tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6439875489186757681..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.850-05:00Comments on Althouse: Mitt Romney gives some advice to the new President.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70782466367747251922008-11-12T15:22:00.000-06:002008-11-12T15:22:00.000-06:00He has already begun to campaign for the left-wing...He has already begun to campaign for the left-wing illuminati with his first address to the nation. He said they can't fix things in one term, a bit different from his former speeches.knowitallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362656932523931602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91735628418791499522008-11-11T11:38:00.000-06:002008-11-11T11:38:00.000-06:00In some ways it would be beneficial if our preside...<I>In some ways it would be beneficial if our presidency consisted of only one term. That way the President would think about his legacy and the future of the country rather than reelection and partisanship</I><BR/><BR/>Hmm. Counter-example: South Korea. President is limited to a single term, but that hasn't prevented the Presidency from being dominated by fools as weasels for the past decade. Kim Dae Jung was bad; Noh Moo-hyun was worse (got <I>impeached</I> for illegal partisan electioneering). I like Lee Myung-Bak (comparatively), but he's not, objectively, any better than his predecessors on the narrow partisanship issue; I just like the Hannaradang better than Uri.Balfegorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012196656096263507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77953352016857377402008-11-10T21:07:00.000-06:002008-11-10T21:07:00.000-06:00This "advice" is absolutely hilarious(i) fire ever...This "advice" is absolutely hilarious<BR/><BR/>(i) fire everyone who got you to where you are<BR/><BR/>(ii) don't worry about reelection <BR/><BR/>(iii) by doing (ii), clinton enjoyed bipartisan support in his second term<BR/><BR/>the first two are transparent as is, from a potential 2012 GOP candidate (except to the host??) but as to the third, well, clinton got <I>impeached</I> in his second term.The Exaltedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030346881185443267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45348106240409662132008-11-09T10:39:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:39:00.000-06:00Ironically, Romney ask Obama to rise above politic...Ironically, Romney ask Obama to rise above politics and implies that he should govern from the middle, and then takes a completely partisan position on the AFCA. Instead of discussing the complexities of this issue, admitting that employers use pressure and delay tactics in secret ballot elections, while pointing out the a card check is not the most accurate way to find out employees' feelings about unions, Romney pretends this is as simply protecting employee choice. That's just politics as usual. Anybody interested in really thinking about this issue should check out this article: http://nytimes.com/2008/11/09/us/politics/09labor.html<BR/><BR/>This is a good discussion of the issue.Scott Colomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13422467600868392936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19203405678699722282008-11-09T10:34:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:34:00.000-06:00in my excitement to skewer the GOP's on the board ...<I>in my excitement to skewer the GOP's on the board i misspelled...so shoot me.</I><BR/><BR/>No need — you skewered yourself.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007336342718478839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47919601020236550072008-11-09T09:30:00.000-06:002008-11-09T09:30:00.000-06:00in my excitement to skewer the GOP's on the board ...in my excitement to skewer the GOP's on the board i misspelled...so shoot me.hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31645480027076106152008-11-09T08:48:00.000-06:002008-11-09T08:48:00.000-06:00amba said..."I know I'm naive, but . . if there re...amba said..."I know I'm naive, but . . if there really is a right to privacy in the constitution, why doesn't it apply to one's vote whether or not to join a union?"<BR/><BR/>The right of privacy applies only to fundamental liberties. There's a step that the courts go through, identifying those liberties, which involve only matters that are seen as especially personal to the individual and like other things that have already been put in that category, with marital sex being the paradigm.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13863677083393833962008-11-09T07:54:00.000-06:002008-11-09T07:54:00.000-06:00downtownlad said...Mormons believe that the Garden...<I>downtownlad said...Mormons believe that the Garden of Eden is in Missouri</I><BR/><BR/>I think that was 1800s Missouri. Before the area took a turn for the worse.<BR/><BR/><I>..and that they will get to rule their own planet when they die.</I><BR/><BR/>Oprah believes that she will rule her own planet BEFORE she dies and she's Baptist.<BR/><BR/><I>That's what Romney believes too.<BR/><BR/>That's insane and speaks to the low IQ of Mormons (FACT).</I><BR/><BR/>Romney is not lacking in IQ.<BR/><BR/>Issac Newton believed in astrology.<BR/><BR/><I>downtownlad said...I have no problems with shipping jobs to China.</I><BR/><BR/>Romney has no problem with shipping gays to China.<BR/><BR/>I guess you're going to hold that against him as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47986667117166502072008-11-09T07:46:00.000-06:002008-11-09T07:46:00.000-06:00I have no problems with shipping jobs to China.I have no problems with shipping jobs to China.downtownladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663069432164302806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67180392036204579422008-11-09T06:14:00.000-06:002008-11-09T06:14:00.000-06:00A rich white guy hedge fund manager.Hey, there is ...A rich white guy hedge fund manager.<BR/><BR/>Hey, there is some credibility there.<BR/><BR/>Advising a politician to ignore politics - that is easy when you are sitting at home counting your millions.<BR/><BR/>I'm not certain why the GOP hates blue collar workers, but the blue collar workers understand, and the backlash is going to be vicious.<BR/><BR/>Bush used the Department of Labor to try to eliminate labor unions, and guess what, payback is coming.<BR/>(there are a lot of problems with unions, but shipping jobs to China is not exactly working out so well)save_the_rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292805042626368911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56047748563876361632008-11-09T05:44:00.000-06:002008-11-09T05:44:00.000-06:00Mormons believe that the Garden of Eden is in Miss...Mormons believe that the Garden of Eden is in Missouri and that they will get to rule their own planet when they die.<BR/><BR/>That's what Romney believes too. <BR/><BR/>That's insane and speaks to the low IQ of Mormons (FACT).downtownladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663069432164302806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29780301562268088192008-11-09T04:14:00.000-06:002008-11-09T04:14:00.000-06:00downtownlad said...Mitt Romney wants to put gay pe...<I>downtownlad said...Mitt Romney wants to put gay people in concentration camps.</I><BR/><BR/>You say that like it's a bad thing. Concentration camps, yes but he doesn't want to kill them. Just concentrate them so as to create a greater sense of community.<BR/><BR/>Romney's radical idea is to create special neighborhoods where gays can concentrate. Preferably larger cities and college towns. <BR/><BR/><I>Next time a member of the Mormon Church tries to market their idiotic, cult of a "religion" to me, I will spit in their face.</I><BR/><BR/>And you will <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs" REL="nofollow"> fart in their general direction!!</A><BR/><BR/><I>Mormons can go fuck themselves.</I><BR/><BR/>Don't encourage them. They breed like rabbits as it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67125756685858173902008-11-09T02:47:00.000-06:002008-11-09T02:47:00.000-06:00I don't want to be seen as discriminatory towards ...I don't want to be seen as discriminatory towards Mormons. I think Catholicism is a gutter religion as well.downtownladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663069432164302806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28296208515674947092008-11-09T02:44:00.000-06:002008-11-09T02:44:00.000-06:00Let's also not forget that Romney is Mormon SCUM. ...Let's also not forget that Romney is Mormon SCUM. That's right. Mormonism is a GUTTER Relgion, whose members deserve ZERO respect.<BR/><BR/>Next time a member of the Mormon Church tries to market their idiotic, cult of a "religion" to me, I will spit in their face.<BR/><BR/>Mormons can go fuck themselves.downtownladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663069432164302806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49923052767587204442008-11-09T02:18:00.000-06:002008-11-09T02:18:00.000-06:00Mitt Romney wants to put gay people in concentrati...Mitt Romney wants to put gay people in concentration camps.downtownladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663069432164302806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55736318187947027332008-11-09T02:14:00.000-06:002008-11-09T02:14:00.000-06:00The simple fact is that card check threatens the d...<I>The simple fact is that card check threatens the decades-long corrosion of worker organization. The people who oppose it don't give a damn about democracy.</I><BR/><BR/>Here's an exercise. Explain how card check would end the corrosion of worker organization -- without sounding like you're condoning thuggery. <BR/><BR/>It can't be done. <BR/><BR/>If you want to be Pollyanna and assume there will be no intimidation to get people to sign the cards, then you still haven't added a single right to the workers that they don't have already. Their vote would count just the same if they did it behind a curtain or if they did it at the front door of their home while two big guys watch. <BR/><BR/>The card check supporters also argue that the rules now are too stringent in terms of time spans for elections, and what employers can say and when to the workers. <BR/><BR/>Fine. All of that can be addressed -- without changing the secret ballot. <BR/><BR/>The unions know what they're getting with card check -- the power to force workers to join unions involuntarily through intimidation. You on the left -- there is no way to perfume that particular skunk so it sounds like democracy or freedom. <BR/><BR/>Just face it. The honest truth is, you know card check is fascistic, but you don't care because your moral compass has been replaced by a dollar sign. You've sold out the workers you're supposed to represent to a cadre of wealthy labor bureaucrats and their PACs.John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40518935433279761812008-11-09T01:07:00.000-06:002008-11-09T01:07:00.000-06:00Can we bring everybody together on a "solution" on...<I>Can we bring everybody together on a "solution" on abortion?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, easily. Allow people to have it as an option in places where the majority wants it there. Allow people to prohibit it in places where the majority wants that. Self-government is a remarkably simple and easily-implemented concept. Strange, that so many fear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43140048588884495912008-11-09T00:40:00.000-06:002008-11-09T00:40:00.000-06:00Partisanship is a "good" thing. This is why I don'...Partisanship is a "good" thing. This is why I don't understand undecided voters, don't they know that an ideological worldview is necessary? You can't make decisions in a vacuum.<BR/><BR/>How do you solve slavery post partisan? Is there some type of compromise that can be made? How about abortion? Can we bring everybody together on a "solution" on abortion?<BR/><BR/>One side has to win on these types of issues, we do it with elections, other times, war solves it.<BR/><BR/>And the other thing, one term would be ridiculous, as you would be inaugurated as a lame duck and every one else starts campaigning.dualdiagnosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722575476382864838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30825137568200570682008-11-09T00:37:00.000-06:002008-11-09T00:37:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.dualdiagnosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722575476382864838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32809899501185248402008-11-09T00:24:00.000-06:002008-11-09T00:24:00.000-06:00Unions have done great things. But, as has been sa...Unions have done great things. But, as has been said already, it's over. They won. People don't want to be in a union now because they don't see the value in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90221466095507682652008-11-09T00:04:00.000-06:002008-11-09T00:04:00.000-06:00I think there was a time and place where unions we...I think there was a time and place where unions were desperately needed.<BR/><BR/>My sister tried to organize a union, and I think she's right in that a union was called for and necessary to address injustice and abuse.<BR/><BR/>Of graduate students in Universities.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure if they actually allowed a vote, she'd be happy for a secret one.<BR/><BR/>A card check is only so that a union can punish those who think they don't need a union and might vote "no."<BR/><BR/>Hey... I know what would be fair...<BR/><BR/>After the union card-check... the "cards" can be sent to the employer. That sounds fair, right? So the union can see who voted "no" and the employer can see who voted "yes."<BR/><BR/>Anyone who opposes my great plan is obviously NOT interested in democracy.Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59163803360674837172008-11-09T00:03:00.000-06:002008-11-09T00:03:00.000-06:00What Synova said. There are very valid reasons why...What Synova said. There are very valid reasons why union membership has decreased dramatically. If people want them, they can vote for them in secret, just like we do in governmental elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6078155998674310602008-11-08T23:57:00.000-06:002008-11-08T23:57:00.000-06:00The simple fact is that card check threatens the d...<I>The simple fact is that card check threatens the decades-long corrosion of worker organization. The people who oppose it don't give a damn about democracy.</I><BR/><BR/>If a workplace has a need for a union... if workers are ill-treated and ill-paid... a secret ballot will bring in a union. Worker organization is corroding because it was *successful*. But like all successful organizations, they can't afford to admit they've won, because if they win they no longer have purpose. At this point an organization no longer exists for the cause it was created to address, but for it's own existence.<BR/><BR/>A union is not such a universal good that it must be artificially propped up by enforcing a system designed specifically and purposefully to allow the intimidation of workers by the union!<BR/><BR/>You can pretend all you like that those opposing a card check don't care about democracy but a card check is *designed* to promote a union beyond the support that union can get through legitimate means by allowing the intimidation of workers who have different opinions on the need or utility of a union.Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42417527180946637352008-11-08T23:35:00.000-06:002008-11-08T23:35:00.000-06:00Ooooo... hot frothy troll spittle...me likessss, m...Ooooo... hot frothy troll spittle...me likessss, me doessss.<BR/><BR/>Palladin: is that pix not beggin' for a musiccal number or what?BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63567393146308737462008-11-08T23:29:00.000-06:002008-11-08T23:29:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.com