The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Scrooge McSam]

Hehehe

Sleepyjeff, check your quotes!

[scaeagles]

If only you would say that, Scrooge, the world would be a better place.

[Scrooge McSam]

I take no pleasure agreeing with Hillary.

There

Let's hug

[scaeagles]

Dissent is cool. I get dissent and I'm fine with it.

What I don't understand is why certain Hollywood types (Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte), who are certainly free to call the US government and Bush whatever they want, go to Venzuela in support of solidarity where all media is being taken under government control, private property is being seized, and political opponents are being imprisoned.

I wonder what any of those who praise Chavez would do if the US government seized all of their wealth in an effort to redistribute it to the poor, or imprisoned them for speaking out against the leadership in power.

I don't get it.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex

Isn't the hypothetical Obama answered for being willing to to go into Pakistan exactly the same reason we went into Afghanistan?

I missed this earlier....I don't think so. In Afghanistan, there was direct government control by the Taliban and they were providing safe harbor for them. The government supported what the Taliban and terrorists were doing. Not so in Pakistan, where efforts are being made (though I don't necessrily agree with the methodology).

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Let's hug

You want me, don't you?

[Scrooge McSam]

LOL

If pork just wasn't so salty...

Hehe No worries, you're safe.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I missed this earlier....I don't think so. In Afghanistan, there was direct government control by the Taliban and they were providing safe harbor for them. The government supported what the Taliban and terrorists were doing. Not so in Pakistan, where efforts are being made (though I don't necessrily agree with the methodology).

But a fundamental part of the Obama quote was that we have "high value" intelligence about specific Al Qaeda targets and the government of Pakistan is not doing anything about it.

Sounds like the same thing to me. If Pakistan is harboring Al Qaeda we'll go in.

[Scrooge McSam]

There are no words.

A fiction writer couldn't come up with this stuff.

State Representative Bob Allen says he was feeling nervous and offered sex to get away from a man he didn't trust.

Allen chairs the House Energy Committee and co-chairs Senator John McCain's presidential campaign in Florida. He is the Police Union's 2007 Lawmaker of the Year, and he recently sponsored a bill to crack down on soliciting sex in public parks.

[SacTown Chronic]

^ "You wouldn't hit a guy with a c**k in his mouth, would ya?" ~ Jon Stewart