tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post1589827761514882469..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: Poli-tics suck our bloodRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-86679278248443439852012-01-07T09:57:36.103-08:002012-01-07T09:57:36.103-08:00Santorum was just quoted as saying that it's b...Santorum was just quoted as saying that it's better to have a father in prison than to have a same sex couple raise a child.<br /><br />No more needs to be said about the fellow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-10309140499807114142012-01-06T17:07:44.644-08:002012-01-06T17:07:44.644-08:003:24, are you kidding?
What were the acts that co...3:24, are you kidding? <br />What were the acts that constitute the demonizing and disenfranchisement? What is the targeted group? What is the basis for your imputation of "religious zealotry" as Santorum's motive? You offer not specifics at all. You are not supporting your claims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-84491772421899494672012-01-06T15:24:53.699-08:002012-01-06T15:24:53.699-08:00What "specifics" would you like, 2:08?What "specifics" would you like, 2:08?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-8133971859833179322012-01-06T14:08:22.692-08:002012-01-06T14:08:22.692-08:002:01, I don't disagree, but you are short on s...2:01, I don't disagree, but you are short on specifics. Claims are not arguments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-65382525106242017342012-01-06T14:01:21.463-08:002012-01-06T14:01:21.463-08:00I'll explain it simply and clearly for you, 1:...I'll explain it simply and clearly for you, 1:42. Santorum has used his national presence and his position as a senator to demonize and disenfranchise a significant group of people for no other reason than religious zealotry. That encourages the nasty brutish dolts who then go out and attack said people, either in the physical sense or through legislation that denies these people basic rights that the rest of the population enjoys.<br /><br />His anti abortion fanaticism also encourages more dolts to plant bombs and shoot people.<br /><br />See--hatemongering! Seems obvious now, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-46543522157493063792012-01-06T13:54:42.604-08:002012-01-06T13:54:42.604-08:00The problem of corruption--the kind in which the c...The problem of corruption--the kind in which the candidate carries water for, say, an industry that has been supportive--is very old and much discussed, going back more than fifty years. So is the old problem of "dirty hands," the possibility that, at least for some leaders, such corruption is inevitable, if the politician is to remain viable, the system being what it is. All of this is utterly familiar ground.<br />But some politicians--especially the crew of Republicans that gained prominence after Bush's 2000 victory--have engaged in corruption that cannot be explained in terms of the old categories. To dismiss the corruption of a Santorum or a Gingrich based on "they all do it" reveals ignorance of political science and American history. We need to consider what kind of corruption is embraced, how much, and for what reason. And some of these people really stand out.<br />I must say, Republican apologists aren't what they used to be. Their arguments would be persuasive only among the Fox crowd--i.e., total ignoramuses.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-37664393348299941292012-01-06T13:42:00.076-08:002012-01-06T13:42:00.076-08:00Nothing described above qualifies as "hate mo...Nothing described above qualifies as "hate mongering." I think you ought to lighten up (as bvt often suggests), you're just jumping to conclusions and taking it all the wrong way. As for Santorum's record and business deals, that's not "hate mongering" and you know all politicians do this stuff. In short, see my coment on todays topic, also about Santorum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-25319544628830673932012-01-05T17:22:52.756-08:002012-01-05T17:22:52.756-08:00Today's Reuters article on Santorum makes clea...Today's <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/us-campaign-santorum-newspro-idUSTRE8040RV20120105" rel="nofollow">Reuters</a> article on Santorum makes clear what a sleazy politician this guy has been. <br />My favorite part concerns his exit from Congress:<br /><i>A few weeks after he left Congress, although his law license had expired, Santorum landed a job in the Washington office of Pittsburgh-based law firm Eckert Seamans. Lawyers at the firm had given Santorum 45 political contributions totaling $24,400 while he was in Congress, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.<br /><br />As senator, Santorum "was a friend of the firm," said Timothy Ryan, Eckert Seamans' chief executive officer. Santorum helped make introductions and did other "relationship work," including providing Eckert Seamans' clients with business and strategy counseling, Ryan said.<br /><br />Since then, thanks to his political contacts, Santorum has cobbled together a comfortable living as a political pundit, policy advocate and corporate consultant. His 2010 financial disclosure form shows that the self-described "grandson of a coal miner" earned at least $900,000 that year.</i>RickyMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-64620084976436042882012-01-05T17:08:36.799-08:002012-01-05T17:08:36.799-08:00I dunno about Santorum being a hate-monger, but I ...I dunno about Santorum being a hate-monger, but I do recall that he is an idiot, which is demonstrated by one episode related in a well-documented paragraph in Wikipedia:<br /><i>In June 2006, Santorum declared that weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) had been found in Iraq.[95] Santorum's declaration was based, in part, on declassified portions of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.[96] The report stated that coalition forces had recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions that contain degraded or vacant mustard or sarin nerve agent casings. The specific weapons he referred to were chemical munitions dating back to the Iran–Iraq War that were buried in the early 1990s. The report stated that while agents had degraded to an unknown degree, they remained dangerous and possibly lethal.[95] However, officials of the Department of Defense, CIA intelligence analysts, and the White House have all explicitly stated that these expired casings were not part of the WMDs threat that the Iraq War was launched to contain.[97] </i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-87302059800602651092012-01-05T16:54:55.574-08:002012-01-05T16:54:55.574-08:00Here you go, 4:17:
He said gay marriage could lea...Here you go, 4:17:<br /><br />He said gay marriage could lead to bestiality. He blamed "radical feminism" for women going to work at the expense of children. He compared women seeking abortions unfavorably to slaveholders, saying that even they "did not have the unlimited right" to kill their slaves. It was a manner that eventually wore thin on Pennsylvania voters, who turned him out of office in 2006 with a resounding 18-point loss.<br /><br />This is all verified and part of his public record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-11124861683016184412012-01-05T16:45:59.974-08:002012-01-05T16:45:59.974-08:004:17, here's the part of your remark that is w...4:17, here's the part of your remark that is worth repeating: <i>"please explain to us what Santorum specifically said, that makes him a "hatemonger.""</i><br />--The rest--the stuff about somebody's big "cranium" and something the "left" allegedly does or says--is the kind of crap that makes me delete your comments sometimes. If you have a point, make it. Leave out the gradeschool stuff. Please.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-16078179469332190282012-01-05T16:17:17.736-08:002012-01-05T16:17:17.736-08:00It seems your brain is just too damn big for your ...It seems your brain is just too damn big for your cranium, must have also been tough on your mother's birth canal. So why don't you please explain to us, what Santorum specifically said, that makes him a "hatemonger." And please keep in mind, the left's widely misconstrued coment where he supposedly said the the word "blacks" doesn't count anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-51769789313462203152012-01-05T13:49:12.967-08:002012-01-05T13:49:12.967-08:00Santorum is a hatemonger, who desires to disenfran...Santorum is a hatemonger, who desires to disenfranchise an entire segment of the population based on zealous religious dogma. If this is your kind of guy, then you should apologize to the Neanderthals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-65116000028661115212012-01-05T09:18:36.276-08:002012-01-05T09:18:36.276-08:00If anything's Neanderthal, bvt, it's you f...If anything's Neanderthal, bvt, it's you for deleting posts. The person simply pointed out that the google definition is phony, probably posted by some lib who hates Santorum. So what do you do? You let the reference to a bogus definition stand. Hardly Collegiate I must say, a likening to Reeve's plagiarism in a way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-18334065247963199232012-01-04T14:21:45.685-08:002012-01-04T14:21:45.685-08:00I deleted 12:09's infantile post.
New Rule: y...I deleted 12:09's infantile post. <br />New Rule: you've got to be at least 13 to post a comment on DtB.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-81191027373878764732012-01-01T07:55:13.766-08:002012-01-01T07:55:13.766-08:00How about a minimal IQ requirement for posting her...How about a minimal IQ requirement for posting here? Some standards, please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-618702988143676362011-12-31T18:04:13.529-08:002011-12-31T18:04:13.529-08:00Do try to stay on point, folks.Do try to stay on point, folks.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-63771992924599301912011-12-31T16:47:22.096-08:002011-12-31T16:47:22.096-08:00They should also offer rewards for O's ex girl...They should also offer rewards for O's ex girlfriends to come forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-58149794091691068392011-12-31T16:44:58.798-08:002011-12-31T16:44:58.798-08:00I agree with Mitt's son: Obama should release ...I agree with Mitt's son: Obama should release all his grades (ya know that education we all paid for!) And his REAL birth certificate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-24692387224520890672011-12-31T14:56:18.209-08:002011-12-31T14:56:18.209-08:00Haliburton's technology in putting out oil wel...Haliburton's technology in putting out oil well fires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-60490800937891323592011-12-30T15:15:11.695-08:002011-12-30T15:15:11.695-08:00Well, BvT, I was anticipating some abject stupidit...Well, BvT, I was anticipating some abject stupidity and subject changing, as well as a complete avoidance of the issues, but those two responses are each little gifts of complete and utter dimwittedness. (Hillary Clinton! Haliburton as a model of efficiency in providing military lunches!)<br /><br />Imagine the mind that phrases such thoughts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-37837446506861139572011-12-30T14:20:48.484-08:002011-12-30T14:20:48.484-08:00Ah, the sophisticates are among us again! If we pl...Ah, the sophisticates are among us again! If we play our cards right, they'll entertain us further! "Pussies." "Chicken choking." Marvelous!Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-59323834343249593452011-12-30T14:07:07.111-08:002011-12-30T14:07:07.111-08:00Oh, and many dems voted for that war including you...Oh, and many dems voted for that war including your Hillery Cliton, and you know it. So go choke yer chicken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-35389562638187852962011-12-30T14:01:24.182-08:002011-12-30T14:01:24.182-08:00One trillion over 9 years is not the same as 1.3 T...One trillion over 9 years is not the same as 1.3 T in one year. Who else would you have hired? Only Haliburton had the technology. You guys are such pussies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-26136040871137318622011-12-30T08:03:33.641-08:002011-12-30T08:03:33.641-08:00Do you think Mr. Troll will explain the disastrous...Do you think Mr. Troll will explain the disastrous war his people started, to the tune of a trillion and counting? And that benefitted Haliburton, whose former chief exec was--hmm--I seem to have forgotten. Anyone?<br /><br />Oh, and who voted against the war when he was a senator? Who was that guy again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com