Displaying 2,611 To 2,640 Of 19,504 Comments Chris Christie Cleared on Bridgegate by Wife My pleasure, CL, just doing my job as a journalist and making up stuff. And it is a GOP twofer, whitewashing corruption of a Repub Governor AND portraying women as evil and helpless pawns of their emotions, incapable of functioning rationally when a man dumps them. » Posted By AdLib On March 28, 2014 @ 12:20 am š Funk, that just nails it! » Posted By AdLib On March 28, 2014 @ 12:08 am Kes, the bombshell that could come out of the Christie Kids Independent Report is how he would first give them milk money for school then would beat them up and take it. » Posted By AdLib On March 28, 2014 @ 12:07 am Heh! You’re right, NoMan, no need to investigate Christie any further now that his own lawyer and wife have concluded he did nothing wrong. Why should we be wasting taxpayer dollars on that when we could spend it instead on more Benghazi hearings? Again, where are NJ taxpayers on Christie’s squandering of their money on bogus investigations and corrupt wheeling and dealing? Don’t they care? I guess the next step is for Christie to use taxpayer dollars on a poll of his closest supporters to find out just how much they want the investigations to stop and Christie to become President. » Posted By AdLib On March 28, 2014 @ 12:00 am Kes, we are often on the same page! Great tweet, I saw it. I’ve hammered on Christie a bit in posts but witnessing this bad kabuki theater that is so obviously a sham, I had to wade in on it…just as you did! » Posted By AdLib On March 27, 2014 @ 11:46 pm Beatles, perhaps we’re just misunderstanding what Christie means by “independent” when it comes to this report. Maybe he means “independent of facts and legitimacy”? » Posted By AdLib On March 27, 2014 @ 11:41 pm Escribacat, I also left out, “My husband is definitely not a bully and anyone who’s suicidal enough to call him one, deserves the beating they get from him.” » Posted By AdLib On March 27, 2014 @ 11:37 pm Kalima, the news headlines I’ve seen today all characterize this fraud of a report for what it is. This ploy has backfired and is transparent, only making Christie look more corrupt. And no matter what happens at the end of the US Attorney’s investigation, Christie has no way of getting around that all the people he used his judgment to place in the highest positions were liars and crooks. And how do you spin that into getting people to want you to appoint your choices to the highest positions in the US government? America would want a chief executive who hires crooks and claims he has no idea what they do when they’re in their positions? Good luck, Christie! Looking forward to him running! » Posted By AdLib On March 27, 2014 @ 6:51 pm Murph, it fascinates me how far Christie and Cronies continue to stick their necks out on lies and deceptions when there is a U.S. attorney investigating all of this that will expose them to be continuing in their corruption and abuse of office through actions like this. Christie stole $24 million from NJ taxpayers to hold a special election for a Senate seat that a Dem would win (just a month before the scheduled election) for the sole reason of trying to end up with a bigger margin of victory to help his own Presidential aspirations. Now he steals another million to pay his crony to trump up a pro-Christie PR “report”. At what point do NJ taxpayers show that they’re not just fools to be robbed blind by this overtly thieving governor? » Posted By AdLib On March 27, 2014 @ 6:45 pm Race-Based Research: A History Lesson for Mr. Ryan Great selection indeed, PPO! Really enjoyed it! » Posted By AdLib On March 26, 2014 @ 10:34 am Great article, James! Really pulls the curtain back on the core belief system here of White Superiority. “The Bell Curve” has been broadly discredited by all but the white extremist set (read GOP). In this era where our President is Barack Obama, to trot out again the old racist rhetoric of those with darker skins being genetically inferior to those with the same light skin as those professing superiority is asinine. Wonder how McCain, Romney Rove, Palin, Murdoch, Ailes…and of course Ryan feel at “an inferior” kicking their “superior” asses in two elections. Clearly, the goal here is all about building a case to make non-whites “The Others”, “The Takers”, “The Animals” who are undeserving of compassion, economic aid and support and instead deserving targets of spite and disgust. Why? Because the 1%ers want to put an end to government spending on the people and have tax revenue and tax cuts shoved into their pockets. It is a win-win for Republicans, they can whip up their base with racism by demeaning and devaluing non-whites while maybe winning support for their plans to slash spending on poverty and low income programs as well as Medicare and Social Security. And the idiot Repub voters who jump on board with this, many of whom are poor or elderly, are blindly supporting the cutting of their own throats just to be able to hate on those who aren’t white. And just to be clear about the race breakdown on Welfare: Welfare Demographics Hmm…if we’re going to compare races through poverty rates, sure looks like white people are far inferior to Hispanics, Asians and other races. As you mention James, though many in the White Superiority Party (GOP) want so desperately to sweep slavery under the rug, one would have to be blind not to see the impact of slavery and racism on poverty. These same White Superiority types are also intent on slashing education funding and support for minorities…and then they have the gall to attack them for being undereducated. Their agenda is clear, they want to declare non-whites to be inferior so they can claim justification in treating them like inferiors. 50 million Americans out of 316 million are living in poverty in America. That’s a huge number, that’s people of all races in all states and all regions. If these racist Republicans ever got control of the WH and Congress and shoved through such draconian policies, they would finally learn in an unpleasant way just whose hereditary IQ is lower. » Posted By AdLib On March 25, 2014 @ 2:07 pm Happy St. Patrick’s Day…Unless You’re Gay Thanks for this video, Kalima. Really makes that basic point. » Posted By AdLib On March 20, 2014 @ 8:11 am I appreciate all of the thoughtful opinions expressed here on this topic. Religion, nationality and sexuality are about as personal topics as can be discussed. There are differences of opinion here but no difference in the degree of respect that’s expressed. That is very cool indeed. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 10:32 pm KT – The article I quoted from is for this year’s parade in Boston: In seeking middle ground ā including a since-abandoned plan to allow members of a gay rights group to march as long as they did not wear T-shirts or wave signs proclaiming their viewpoint ā Walsh has operated more in a legislative style than an executive one. But Sunday, Walsh lamented the lack of a deal and the hypocrisy of the parade organizersā continued anti-LGBT exclusion. So the mayor tried to get the organizers to just let gay people march even without any banners or anything else designating that they were gay but the organizers wouldn’t agree to that. You asked before, how would they know they were gay. I think what the situation is that any group wanting to march as a group would identify itself to the organizers and that is when they were denied. No doubt that there were likely gay individuals marching among the crowd but any gay organizations seeking to march together, as other organizations could, even without banners or anything indicating they were gay, were denied. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 1:00 pm KT, I’ve provided links to stories, excerpts from them and quoted the Supreme Court ruling that is specifically on whether or not the organizers can refuse participation in their parade solely because someone is gay. The Boston organizers fought for the right to discriminate and won. Check out the case and ruling yourself and if I’m reading it wrong, I want to know. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 11:59 am Thanks Kes! Ireland has been going through a transition especially since same sex marriage was put on the table so it is very affirming to see Dublin having such an inclusive approach in their parade. As you say, if only America could take a cue from Ireland on this! » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 10:34 am Kalima, the Boston parade explicitly prohibits marchers who are gay, whether or not they carry signs or wear anything signifying they are gay. In NYC, what was an openly hostile policy towards gays has evolved to restricting all marchers to how only gay marchers were restricted (all other groups marching were allowed to march behind banners announcing who they were but in 1991 in the NYC parade, gays had to march behind someone else’s banner or not march at all). What gets me is that this retrenchment by the NYC organizers has distracted people from viewing them for who they have been, people are unaware of their history of homophobia and are even viewing them as being treated unfairly. Eventually, I do expect the restrictions against LGBT to be lifted in the NY and Boston parades but perspective is important and seeing the big picture on how people have conducted themselves over the years is far more revealing about their true intent. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 10:26 am Have to disagree with you KT, I do wish that was the case and if it was, I’d be right there with you. Check out the comment I made below to Fergie, it contains a history of the homophobia connected to both the NY and Boston parades. This is just a fall back position now by organizers who have been anti-gay in the past. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 10:15 am Fergie, exactly, the Irish are no strangers to being treated with prejudice and many relate very much with the struggles of others who have to deal with bigotry. At the same time, there is an unfortunate anti-gay history as a backdrop behind these parades. Though the NYC Parade may have evolved to the point where they universally restrict all marchers from expressing themselves other than as to their Irish nationality, it is a policy that came out of a much more hostile, homophobic starting place. When the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO) asked to join the parade in late 1990, their request was denied, but the organizers insisted it had nothing to do with the belief that homosexuality and Irish Catholicism don’t mix. The Ancient Order of Hibernians, which has run the 252-year-old parade since about 1851, argued that it wouldn’t be fair to let gay groups march, claiming that 30 organizations were already waiting for admittance to an event that the city wanted to reduce in scale. But when the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization asked to see the waiting list, the organizers refused. Mayor David Dinkins stepped in and brokered a compromise: The 135 members of ILGO would be the guests of the Midtown chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the mayor would march by their side. In return, the group would agree not to carry their own banner, and to abide by the parade rule banning marchers from wearing anything identifying themselves as a group. The New York Times headline declared, “Parade Furor Is Settled; Gay Group Will March.” Dinkins joined ILGO in the parade the next day, but the “furor” was just beginning. As shown in the disturbing video below, the group was booed throughout the parade, and at one point, two beer cans were thrown at the mayor. “It was like marching in Birmingham, Alabama” during the civil rights movement, Dinkins told the Times. “I knew there would be deep emotions, but I did not anticipate the cowards in the crowd.” === The legal fight was resolved in 1995 when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that parade organizers in Boston had the right to exclude homosexuals. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/gay-rights-st-patricks-day-parade.html When looking at the overall picture, of how the organizers originally lied to to prevent LGBT people from simply marching without any identifying banners or clothes to later giving in but subjecting them to nasty and abusive treatment then seeing the Boston organizers fighting and winning the right to bar LGBT solely because they are LGBT, one is hard pressed to view them at this point as having a mindset that is just pragmatic about keeping marchers from disrupting the theme of the parade. There is a history of homophobia here and IMO, what has happened in NY is that it has been submerged under this more palatable policy of restricting all people from representing who they are other than being Irish…which on its own is a fair policy to me. However, in Boston where organizers have fought for and retain the right to prevent LGBT members from marching in their parade solely because they are LGBT, the homophobia is front and center for all to see. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 10:07 am PPO – I do absolutely understand your POV on this and my problem is less with the NYC parade than the Boston parade which explicitly restricted LGBT from participating in any case. Here’s an excerpt from an article about how the Boston Mayor tried to broker a deal to let LGBT folks simply march in the parade, not carrying banners or anything that identified them as gay yet the organizers would not agree:
“The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, which sponsors the parade, and MassEquality, the prominent gay-rights group, have been at odds over whether activists could march openly, a battle the veterans group has been fighting with various gay-rights activists for two decades. In seeking middle ground — including a since-abandoned plan to allow members of a gay rights group to march as long as they did not wear T-shirts or wave signs proclaiming their viewpoint — Walsh has operated more in a legislative style than an executive one. But Sunday, Walsh lamented the lack of a deal and the hypocrisy of the parade organizersā continued anti-LGBT exclusion. āThe St. Patrickās Day parade was born out of the celebration of Evacuation Day, a day set aside to recognize and honor our military and those brave Americans who have banded together for the sake of freedom. And so much of our Irish history has been shaped by the fight against oppression,ā he said.
The organizers went to the Supreme Court and won a ruling to exclude LGBT people. This is not the action of people who merely want to prevent all people from carrying political signs. So while there is a sound and fair point to make that if a parade is about Irish heritage, the organizers have the right and are not being prejudicial to insist that no marchers carry political signs that disrupt the theme of the parade, I don’t think that’s what was going on in Boston. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 9:38 am KT, that’s actually not the case, check out my comment above. LGBT were indeed expressly restricted from participating in the Boston parade. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 9:22 am Nirek, that is a pretty effective point you make, there are many people who are gay and Irish, which is why some wanted to march in this parade to celebrate the common bond of their nationality. Does that it’s okay to insist they hide they’re gay if they’re Irish? Of course not. Equality is universal or it isn’t equality. » Posted By AdLib On March 18, 2014 @ 9:21 am Science and Anti-Science – The Greed and Duplicity of Rupert Murdoch Kes, it is hard to believe that Obama would be as devious as ordering the bugging of the EU’s phones. The CIA seems to be operating as a stealth government unto itself yet Obama is cooperating with their with them in many ways to avoid Congressional oversight. After all, the CIA is part of the Executive Branch so Obama is their ultimate boss. Does the CIA have collected confidential info on Obama that they use to pressure him to go along with their wishes or does Obama really believe in a CIA that is answerable to no one? That is the really troubling question. » Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 3:37 pm KT, that’s a great point, the wealthy can buy more years of life while the poor can’t always afford the medical care to live even to their full expectancy. » Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 3:26 pm We’ve been so focused on the plutocratic pursuits of the RW, we’ve forgotten about the anti-democratic pursuits of government entities like the CIA. The CIA is supposed to be overseen by Congress but they see themselves as an independent government, able to do whatever the hell they want including destroying evidence in their wrongdoing and spying on and trying to dominate Congress. This is a big deal, it represents a kind of invisible coup that has taken place. Congress needs to bring the CIA leadership down and fight to restrict this rogue agency ASAP…since Obama appears unwilling to do so. » Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 1:30 pm Very funny bit, Dimbulb2! Thanks for sharing it! » Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 1:23 pm Kalima, the nastiest people do seem to live longer than many good people. Maybe it’s because they have more to fear once they die? š » Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 1:09 pm Kalima, great points about Murdoch. Murdoch is only about having power so he can get wealthier so he wants to have influence no matter which party is in power, he’ll try to own the PM whether he’s Labour or Tory.. And Blair was and is such a corrupt POS, being in bed with Murdoch is far from surprising. Indeed, Murdoch was on the verge of buying BSkyB when the phone hacking scandal broke, if that hadn’t happened, the Murdoch empire would have been even bigger. He can’t live forever and he can’t take it with him. Looking forward to that headline on Fox News. » Posted By AdLib On March 12, 2014 @ 8:17 am PPO, it’s sad that the rabid foes of Climate Change science own the National Geographic channel but the agenda makes sense. Any question that we won’t see or hear about Climate Change on NatGeo as we used to? » Posted By AdLib On March 11, 2014 @ 8:54 pm Kes, Fox also has Family Guy which often ridicules religion and there are other irreverent animation and live action shows on Fox as well. It’s more intuitive than it may seem. Murdoch wants as much money as he can get. He wants the money of RW nut jobs and he wants the money of Progressives so he and his companies have different divisions that try to cater or pander to everyone to get everyone’s money. The difference is, he uses his news division to reach the RW and promote his class warfare. Only the entertainment shows have Progressive sensibilities. So the social impact serves him while he profits off those he is trying to politically dominate. » Posted By AdLib On March 11, 2014 @ 8:52 pmComments Posted By AdLib
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