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pineywoodsfats commented on the diary post Obama is almost for marriage equality. Almost, but not really. by Bill Perdue.
I will consider Rocky Anderson, though I’ve read some things he’s said about foreign policy which I dislike.
Presently, I’m thinking about Stein of the Green Party, or writing in Bradley Manning.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Trolling Jesus
There are undoubtedly some Nebraska football players who are gay, and probably dozens of gay players on other Nebraska sports teams.
Unfortunately–particularly in football–I doubt if any will speak out.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Obama Lies About Federal Marijuana Law to Rolling Stone
Right now, I’m thinking I’ll write in Bradly Manning.
That could change the more I find out about Stein.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the diary post Fred Karger Campaign Ad Flagged, Pulled by YouTube by Lisa Derrick.
Just guessing–his political positions are probably very similar to a boatload of local California democratic politicians. If he’s trying to make a political name for himself he could do that more easily by being a gopper.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Press Objects to Decision to Close Guantanamo Hearing to Keep Details on Detainee’s Torture Secret
Yeah, white-noise machines to keep the press from hearing state secrets? And that’s now considered a default attribute of our justice system?
Orwellian won’t do. Words fail me.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Auto Industry Comeback: Creating the Conditions for Success
I have read recently that although engine performance has been drastically improved vis a vis mileage in the past 10 years, something on the order of 75% of that improvement has been wasted simply by making the car itself heavier and larger.
In any case, what passes for “better gas mileage” also seemed to me to be pretty lame. There are pickups out there now that are “boasting” they get 21 mpg. Big deal, 10 yrs. ago they were getting 19 mpg.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post BofA Also Selling Credit Card Debt to Collectors With No Quality Control
As far as I know, this is pretty standard operating procedure in the debt collection business. Most old credit card debt is sold by most banks for pennies on the dollar without any guarantees. That’s why it’s cheap.
As long as consumers know their rights when they get a collection letter from these agencies–demand verification of the debt–they have some protection.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the diary post Vive la Différence ! by cmaukonen.
Regarding the 2006 passport figures, I would disagree with you that the figures today would be much lower. In 2006, it was possible for a US citizen to travel throughout most of North America and the Caribbean without a passport which imho accounted for the low percentage of passport holders. It didn’t mean Americans didn’t [...]
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post How the Future of Health Care Could Affect the Supreme Court
That’s interesting, but I think this country will see political changes that will be more consequential than technological changes.
I have no idea what’s coming down the pike, but never in my worst dreams could I have imagined 30 years ago how the constitution would be stripped like it has been in the past 10 years.
If that regression continues, I think the role of the supreme court will change along with other institutions. If I had to guess, I would guess that as an institution it will be more and more sidelined by the executive and at some point probably ignored altogether.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Afghan Massacre Suspect Had Foreclosure Problems at Home
Thank you.
I was getting ready to post something similar, but you saved me the trouble.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the diary post From Cadillacs to Pickups: Are Conservatives Swapping Black Scapegoats for Working-Class White Ones? by Phoenix Woman.
The biggest difference between the hostile democratic and republican policies towards the working class of any color appears to be rhetorical.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the diary post Nine Years Later: More Shocked, Less Awed by David Swanson.
It might well be larger, but unfortunately I doubt if it will be any more effective at least in initially stopping the war.
Although I do think that the political, social, and economic fallout from any Iran war will consume the US much more quickly than the Iraq war did.
Great diary btw. Thanks.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post The Roundup for March 12, 2012
Read recently about a newly graduated pharmacist who was making somewhere around $135,000/yr yet couldn’t qualify for a mortgage solely based on the size of his student debt
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post International Law Protects Billy Graham’s Son but Not Afghan Children
You’re right of course. Also, just in case, I wasn’t trying to dismiss what you had to see.
It was just my roundabout way of describing the state of affairs.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post International Law Protects Billy Graham’s Son but Not Afghan Children
I think they do, at least the policy makers. They see the irony, they just don’t care.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post International Law Protects Billy Graham’s Son but Not Afghan Children
Thanks for reporting the truth.
Unfortunately, it’s reached the point where articles like yours have become dog-bites-man events rather than the other way around.
Sad there’s not even much reason to report things such as this, anymore than to report the sun came up this morning. Just take it for granted that US is a lawless state both here and abroad.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Greek Bailout Deal, With More Austerity, Poised to Pass Parliament Amid Riots
Why should the German people pay anything? They didn’t lend the money to the Greeks, the German banks did.
If the German banks try to stick it to the German taxpayer, here’s hoping–a vain hope most likely–that the Germans respond far more effectively than American citizens did.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Greek Bailout Deal, With More Austerity, Poised to Pass Parliament Amid Riots
Let’s certainly hope so.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Greek Bailout Deal, With More Austerity, Poised to Pass Parliament Amid Riots
Well, Greece has elections coming up soon, but from what I’ve read their choices aren’t any more “choice” than ours.
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pineywoodsfats commented on the blog post Greek Bailout Deal, With More Austerity, Poised to Pass Parliament Amid Riots
It was reported several months ago that the Greek government had miraculously found enough money to enter into a deal with the US to buy a hundred or so tanks, as well as a frigate, maybe two, from the French.
This caused a spat between the French and Germans, not because the thrifty Germans were aghast that Greece would spend money like this, but because the Germans accused the French of cutting them out of their own frigate-building business.
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