Anger is a gift (Happy 3rd Anniversary!)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Will this suffice?

Yeah, that should about do it. Unfortunately, my budget in more in line with Prudence's idea.

What say you, €?

I'll even throw in a poly-sci textbook to help you get over the humps.

[Not Afraid]

Fridge is too dangerous and he just bought a lava lamp.

[sleepyjeff]

You guys....

[Gemini Cricket]

US President George W. Bush made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January 2003 that he was determined to invade Iraq without a UN resolution and even if UN arms inspectors failed to find weapons of mass destruction in the country, The New York Times reported.

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[wendybeth]

Well, you know- war was "inevitable". This just made it more so.

I read stuff like this, and the second thing I think of is what sort of spin revisionists and apologists will put on it. Three guesses as to what the first thing is.

[Gemini Cricket]

Scalia flips people off seconds after attending church and we're fine with that. If that person was someone on the left, he/she would be crucified. Double standard.

[scaeagles]

Really? I seem to recall a rather famous video of Bush flipping off a camera. I think that was blown up pretty big. Not a double standard in the least.

Of course, I fail to see the relevance of that comment to the thread in question, but that's OK.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Really? I seem to recall a rather famous video of Bush flipping off a camera. I think that was blown up pretty big. Not a double standard in the least.

Total double standard. Anything happen to Bush because of it? Nope. Not a dang thing.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Of course, I fail to see the relevance of that comment to the thread in question, but that's OK.

Of course it's okay, because it's totally relevant. It's yet another example of the moral double standard that occurs when someone on the right does something compared to someone on the left. The media gives a free ride to the right. And just to reiterate that, here's an example:

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used an Italian hand gesture when questioned by a reporter after attending church this past weekend.

The Boston Herald reported Monday that the justice made "an obscene gesture under his chin" -- which prompted some online reports that Scalia had used his middle finger.

Untrue.
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The bold is my emphasis. Is this a news story or a commentary about the news story? This AP reporter has agreed with Scalia's spokeperson. Case closed... according to the spokeperson. Yeah, if we took the word of every spokesperson for the person in question no one would do any wrong...

[scaeagles]

What should have happened to Bush? Was it publicized and somewhat embarrassing? Yeah.

What should happen to Scalia?

Is this any more important than, say, Ginsberg falling alseep during arguments before her court the other day? Did you hear about that? I would guess not, but as I do not watch any evening news programs perhaps it was on. Hell, I'd probably fall asleep during some of that stuff too.

But, to follow your logic, I could crow from the mountain tops that should it have been Justice Thomas who fell asleep, he would have been crucified.

The thing is....it's not a big deal. Honestly, GC, I think you dislike Scalia so much that you want it to be a big deal.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Honestly, GC, I think you dislike Scalia so much that you want it to be a big deal.

I find Scalia to be a hypocritical jerk. The man comes from church and flips people off seconds later. But, hey, he's a good guy. He's just Sicilian that's all...

Hey, this atmosphere was not laid out by me. It's the whole moral era that Bush and friends were supposed to be presenting to the country. Yeah, right. They are no more moral than the Democrats when they ran the White House.

This thread's about anger. And, you know what, people that can't see a dang thing wrong with anyone in this Administration make me mad. There you have it.

And speaking about Supreme Court Justices, Ginsberg shouldn't fall asleep on the job she should be criticized for that. But here's a tidbit from Sandra Day O'Connor, you know, Reagan's nominee:

Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.

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O'Connor said on NPR that the US is showing signs of the beginnings of a dictatorship under Bush. But, hey, we didn't hear that in the news either.