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Guest — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:04:38 -0000

I guess I didn't do a very good job reading your post myself.

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Guest — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:29:26 -0000

Is Nidal Malik Hasan a "Terrorist"?
http://www.slate.com/id/223...

But this might be the smoking gun
http://www.foxnews.com/stor...

I know its exciting to guess the ending of a book before you get there. I
would suggest it doesn't mean you should stop reading the book.

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Ricooooo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:55:59 -0000

"You don't know anything about Hasan version of Islam. Maybe your guessing
right, but your just guessing."

I know what i hear and read. The evidence- as we know it to be at this point- speaks clearly.

Latest: seems he was wiring his paychecks to Pakistan. He made $90K/year and it seems he had nothing to show for it- not in his apartment anyway. He gave away all his posessions and, as is the ritual for muslim terrorists apparently, visited a strip club for 7 hours. I guess he was getting worked up for them 72 virgins, huh?

There are also interviews with co-parishoners (correct term?) of his from his mosque, praising his actions and condemning the victims of those actions.

Do you really have doubts as to the motive behind his attack? You don't have to answer here; I'd rather you think about it and answer in your own mind.

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Pick6 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:55:44 -0000

mj: Obama has made gaffes and will make more. Silly me but I think it's one thing to "mis-speak" - like I do sometimes much to the delight of my grandchildren - but it's another thing to talk like an idiot or often just plain lie.

LIE: "In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession."—GWB, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009

DUH?: "I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best."—GWB, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009

HUH?: "This thaw—took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw."—GWB, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008

TEE HEE: "I didn't grow up in the ocean—as a matter of fact—near the ocean—I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing."—GWB, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2008

TROUBLE W/NUMBERS, TOO: "Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of more than 300 people."—GWB, Charlottesville, Va., July 4, 2008

WTF??: After all, a week ago, there were—Yasser Arafat was boarded up in his building in Ramallah, a building full of, evidently, German peace protestors and all kinds of people. They're now out. He's now free to show leadership, to lead the world."—GWB, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2002

HIC: "And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That's what I asked—4,000 hours." —GWB, Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002

HUH?: "There's no question this is a major human disaster that requires a strong response from the Chinese government, which is what they're providing, but it also responds a compassionate response from nations to whom—that have got the blessings, good blessings of life, and that's us."—GWB, Discussing relief efforts after a Chinese earthquake, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008

DUH: "And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the machine-making place."—GWB, visiting the Silverado Cable Co., Mesa, Ariz., May 27, 2008

"A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind."—GWB, Sochi, Russia, April 6, 2008

THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF: "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq."—GWB, meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008

"Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like—or to the developed world, to people like—in the United States." —GWB, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

"Suiciders are willing to kill innocent life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission."—GWB, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007

The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope—an ideology of hate—excuse me—with an ideology of hope."—GWB, Fort Benning, Ga., Jan. 11, 2007

"You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war President. No President wants to be a war President, but I am one."—GWB, Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."—GWB, Interview with CBS News, Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2006

TEE HEE: I'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound like I'm smart on the subject."—GWB, answering a question concerning a possible flu pandemic, Cleveland, July 10, 2007

And, last but certainly not least, on topic in this thread:

"If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president being—making advice, not—be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group."—GWB, New Albany, Ind., Nov. 13, 2007

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MsOreally — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:03:53 -0000

Thanks seamusnh......... saved me the trouble.

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MsOreally — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:03:59 -0000

Can we hear another Amen.

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MsOreally — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:43 -0000

Amen, nhproud, amen.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:59:12 -0000

You don't know anything about Hasan version of Islam. Maybe your guessing
right, but your just guessing.

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:34:32 -0000

Fear shouldn't drive decisions- agreed. Nor should fear prevent us from acting.

Every American should be angry. Angry at Hasan. Angry at his twisted version of Islam. Angry at ourselves and our inability to "call it like it is" and for letting political correctness get in the way of safety and sound policy.

More and more, people are afraid to speak up; don't want to offend, now do we? Well, I'm offended at what that's gotten us. Most recently- Ft. Hood.

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:29:14 -0000

The shooter has been subdued, the base is secure, why are you so willing to guess when we can wait a few days and know?

It's been a week. We know.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:21:34 -0000

I'm not above being scared Ricoo. I'm just saying we don't need the fear to drive our decisions.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:19:25 -0000

Ricooo,
When in crisis the effort is not just to react quickly, but to react correctly. The shooter has been subdued, the base is secure, why are you so willing to guess when we can wait a few days and know?

I was in Israel and had just gone through security and was standing in the plaza in front of the Wailing Wall . I had spent most of my trip in Tel Aviv which was secure but had mush less military presence then where I was. Flak Jackets, rifles, metal detectors and road blocks where every where in Jerusalem. As I stood alone in the court yard they started the Muslim call to prayers by tapping severl times on the P.A. "Pop" "Pop" "Pop", I nearly hit the ground.

My point is, its not good enough to just to react, you have to react correctly.

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Trulyferal — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:09:03 -0000

See what I mean? My favorite is the 57 state one

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:03:47 -0000

Me attack some poor muslim dude? Nah. In fact, if i hear that phrase shouted in public, i'm going the other way, mj. I'd rather look like a fool and live to endure your ridicule then be hamburger and have you think: "well, i guess the magic 8-ball was right on for once."

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:48 -0000

i'm using your logic and following your lead to make my points. It wasn't Obama's fault, ok? How he reacts IS up to him though. It's not much of a leap to callit a terrorism attack. Why are YOU so quick to say it isn't? Where is the evidence to the contrary that nullifies what they know right now?

Skipping to your post below, I kow what ALLAHU AKBAR means. It's the CONTEXT in which it's said, mj. When it's followed by a bomb or other, similar mayhem (after months or years of planning same, to boot)- not nice.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:59:44 -0000

Although I am so happy you've given me such great choices to choose from I'm going to pass on both. I have never claimed that Obama commitment of 35K troups was made publicly. My quote of sources still is available by searching Google.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:53:10 -0000

I wonder why we ever investigate anything if we could just ask Ricooo "The human magic eight ball"

And before you accidentally attack some poor Muslim dude you might want to know that the phrase "ALLAHU AKBAR" means " God is the greatest" and your just as likely to hear someone who speaks Arabic say it when when they are happy or wish to express approval, when they want to praise a speaker, and even during times of extreme stress or euphoria. Its the "Oh my God!" of the Muslim world.

Your the poster child for the saying "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

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seamusnh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:46:49 -0000

There has not been any public disclosure of Obama committing 35,000 more troops to the war in Afghanistan. You posted this as a fact and you were either wrong or you lied outright. Either provide a link to prove what you said or admit you were wrong....

Obama has not made any commitment. He is asking for more options:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...

The military leaders in Afghanistan have been waiting for an answer from Obama since August.

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Guest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:45:17 -0000

Do you ever trip with all that tangled logic in your head?
9/11 is Clinton fault because Bush was a slow starter.
You've jumped to the conclusion that F.t. Hood was a terrorist attack but its Obama's fault be cause he is so much smarter than Bush?

So, Republicans will never accept responsibility unless its for something positive, did I summarize that correctly?

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seamusnh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:41:32 -0000

Here are a few Obama-sims:

"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of -- I don't know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing." --confusing German for "Austrian," a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009

“There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born.” (Obama was born in 1961 and the Selma march was in 1965)

“Thank you Sioux City” Obama said in Sioux Falls.

“My father served in World War II, and when he came home, he got the services that he needed.” (At the end of WWII, Obama’s father was 10 years old.)

"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009

"No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on "The Tonight Show", March 19, 2009 (Obama later called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize)

"I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances." --after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2008 (Obama later called Nancy Reagan to apologize)

"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." -- defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008

"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." --in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified (Watch video clip)

"I'm here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis." --speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 25, 2008

"Let me introduce to you the next President -- the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden." --slipping up while introducing Joe Biden at their first joint campaign rally, Springfield, Illinois, Aug. 23, 2008

"Just this past week, we passed out of the out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee -- which is my committee -- a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon." --referring to a committee he is not on, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008

"Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008

"How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."

"Hold on one second, sweetie, we're going to do -- we'll do a press avail." --to a female reporter for ABC's Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers

"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." --explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters

"The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."

"Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions." --exasperated by reporters after a news conference

"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people

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walstib — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:17 -0000

Bull. I know full well how to read. If you were talking about "policies" you would have talked about "policies" and not tied only Obama's name to what happened at Ft. Hood, as if to imply he or his policies somehow contributed. They didn't. Army internals blew this one. If you've been keeping up on the issue you would know that by now.

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:37:33 -0000

"Your calling Ft Hood a terrorist attack? Did you decide this or did your imam tell you?"

I just paid attention to the details, mj. Then, i used logic and reason to come to a conclusion.

"my imam"? Sorry to have to inform you, but i don't have an imam.

But, mj- a little advice: If ever you find yourself in public and someone shouts out "ALLAHU AKBAR", and starts to dial a cell phone, or pulls out a gun- you just go ahead and stand there and contemplate whether this is a) a terrorist attack, b) Ric0o0oo0o's imagination running wild once again or c) none of the above.

In the meantime, we'll miss you around here.

Just because you refuse to see things for what they are, why must you insult those of us who choose to?

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:56 -0000

mj mj mj...

Are you old enough to recall the attacks in 1993 upon the same targets in NYC? 1993... Hmmm- who was pres then?

Bush was pres for less than 9 months. Was he privvy to intelligence and was there chatter? Yes. But i submit that Clinton is equally, if not more to blame for 9/11. So if you want to play that game....

Terrorist attacks since Jan of this year, on US soil? Yes, i do. So do you know of it.

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:29:22 -0000

Whoa there, walstib. My post was in response to another. I didn't say Obama "allowed" this to happen. Politically correct policies allowed this to happen. "He's saying some bad stuff, but... he's a Muslim, and how would it look if we complained?"

Instead, how does it look when nothing was done? 13 dead, dozens wounded.

But at least we didn't insult him.

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Ricooooo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:20:27 -0000

Means so much coming from you SLR. Really!