Bah Humbug

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:06:42 -0600

"Wow, Bah Humbug, your ability to cut and paste from the republican spin machine is impressive." Man, RK, that was weak. Can't come up with a worthwhile response, can't dispute anything I wrote, so the best you can do is some crack about "the republican spin machine". Lame, lame, lame.

RK

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:31:37 -0600

Wow, Bah Humbug, your ability to cut and paste from the republican spin machine is impressive.

Bah Humbug

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:54:51 -0600

"America needs to get the majority of its soldiers out of Iraq immediately." Yeah, and let the country slide into a real, and brutal, civil war. Don't believe me? Just look at what Hamas and Fatah are doing after the Israeli withdrawl. I guess Mr. Edwards would rather we just shoot cruise missles into aspirin factories from afar. "America needs to back the G8 on climate change." The G8's current stance on climate change sounds a lot like America's stance on climate change. Namely, that the economy-crippling, back to the Stone Age-style cuts the EUniks are calling for are the wrong way to go. "America needs to cut air pollution over the next few years not by 50%, but by 80%." Industry is getting cleaner and cleaner. Automobiles are getting cleaner and cleaner. Etc., etc. I also think I heard that there were no ozone action days across the country last year. I believe we are doing pretty well reducing pollution, Mr. Edwards. And that gazillion square foot mansion Mr. Edwards lives in probably has a minuscule "carbon foot print", right? "We need universal health care. '38 million people without health care is embarrassing.'" Right. We need socialized medicine like we need a hole in the head. Aren't most countries with socialized medicine now moving towards privatization? Oh, wait, there's always Cuba, with Castro's glorious example of "universal healthcare" - where most citizens have to turn to the blackmarket for care. Oh, and I imagine health care in the US would be in better shape if we didn't have ambulance-chasing lawyers like Mr. Edwards driving up the cost with lawsuits and sky-high malpracice insurance rates. "Edwards vowed that, on his first day in office as President, he'll shut down Guantanamo prison." And do what with the terrorists being held there? Try them in our criminal courts? That sounds like a great idea! We'll give the jihadis bent on America's destruction the same rights as every American citizen! The prisoners at Gitmo are treated very well. They are fed better than our troops are, and every religous requirement is taken care of. How 'bout we fast-track the military tribunals and get this over with. Which, by the way, would be far more justice than the 3 recently kidnapped US soldiers received. "Right now, 'America is not the good guy,' but it should be. Improve foreign relations." America is not the good guy? I guess Mr. Edwards missed the rock star-like reception Pres. Bush recently got in Albania. France has swung to the right, rejected socialism, and elected a president who campaigned on a platform of closer ties to America. Just two examples. Who sees America as the bad guy? That thug in Venezuela? Castro? The brutal dictator in North Korea? Those radical Islamist theocrats in Iran? "Start providing meaningful aid to the Darfur region of Sudan." Yes, I agree, we should start providing meaningful aid to Darfur. Which is something Pres. Bush has already called for. However, Mr. Edwards's buddies, Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, and Co. seem far more concerned with complaining about Alberto Gonzales than sending aid to Darfur. Perhaps Mr. Edwards could skip a couple of haircuts and send the money instead to Darfur? No, Mr. Edwards is more of a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of guy.

jack

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:51:03 -0600

Oh sorry, I must have missed that. My mistake. My comment was just a little out of frustration I guess because, while I think y'all do a great job and I appreciate the service you provide to regular schmoes like me, sometimes it feels like you tell us about things after the fact. And I'm left thinking, "Gee wish I had heard about that earlier. It would have been cool to check it out." But don't get me wrong, I LOVE the site. Guess I just haven't had time lately to read it a closely as I usually do. Again, sorry, my bad yo.

Scooby

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:45:44 -0600

Is 5 days notice enough? www.austinist.com/2007/06/07/john_edwards_stopping_at_scholz_next_week.php

jack

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:41:19 -0600

Hey, it would have been cool to know about this before it happened... just a thought.

Austinist: John Edwards Campaigning in Austin Yesterday

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