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Honest question and it may require checking yourself before answering: Is the real issue the seeming lack of MSM coverage of the movie or your perceived lack of outrage this film has garnered vs. Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11?' D'Souza has received tons of MSM exposure over the years. He was the first person I'm aware of to call the 9/11 hijackers "brave." That was a hard comment to ignore in 2002, even for the radical leftist MSM. But honestly, how can anyone take him seriously when he thinks the cause of 9/11 was the American left and their desire for same sex marriage and drug use?

Outstanding suggestion! Consider it seconded. GO SABRES!!!

Further proof as to why the republican party left me vs. why I didn't leave the republican party. But like Mike Tarzai, I have to give Metcalfe credit for speaking like he thinks. Looks like the party is falling in line nicely with Mitt's declaration of war the other day. http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2012/09/20/state-rep-metcalfe-says-voter-id-opponents-%E2%80%98too-lazy-to-get-up-and-get-out-there%E2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-rep-metcalfe-says-voter-id-opponents-%25e2%2580%2598too-lazy-to-get-up-and-get-out-there%25e2%2580%2599

Wish I was as confident as you are. Given the rash of republican controlled states that all had the same spontaneous urgency to fix their voter laws for this election, I think the fix is in. And I think it has the potential to make Florida 2000 look like a smooth operation in comparison. I'm automatically assuming that every swing state will need judicial intervention to sort out the coming messes.

I didn't see the Letterman show but that sounds funny just on the face of it. To me it doesn't rise to the level of an unforgiveable offense. But I can see why someone who's against his re-election would. And that's cool with me. The reason why I mention Bush's decision to prosecute wars AND cut taxes is because I am genuinely worried and convinced that is the EXACT same playbook that Romney will play with if he gets elected. He'll have the same backing from the same neocons to do just that. And his complete detachment and lack of understanding of the middle class will prevent him from having any compunction at all when it comes to committing the lives of our fighting men and women to achieve that end. That scares the living crap out of me when it's not pissing me off to no end.

In the face of the American consulate attack in Lybia and the growing protests at other American foreign diplomatic outposts around the world, do you think any president would make all of his diplomatic work and in what channels that work is conducted, a matter of public knowledge? There are a million reasons why a president WOULDN'T and SHOULDN'T do that. Certainly it can't be news that any politician anywhere will say anything to get elected. IMO, he's absolutely correct that, in the SHORT TERM as he said, the debt isn't the number one priority for the nation. A TON of work needs to be done to just to get in a position to chip away at it. Maybe if some of those Republican senators and congressmen whose first order of business is making sure Obama is a one term president agreed, he would get the consensus needed in order to move forward. The fact of the matter is that EVERY president in my lifetime, from Kennedy through Obama, has never done anything more than pay lip service to the debt. But there has only been ONE president that I can think of, that actually thought it was fiscally OK to prosecute two wars AND cut taxes.

Romney has stated many times in speeches and in his ads that he will be creating 12,000,000 jobs over three years. What more do you need to convince you that his business acumen uniquely qualifies him to bring back our economy?

Then he would have been better served by not embellishing his remarks simply to pander to his audience. Labeling people on public assistance like he did was wrong and stupid, if not an insight into his true beliefs of those that need that assistance. I wonder if he thinks his own father felt like a 'victim.' Or 'entitled.' Or that his dad was someone who couldn't "take responsibility and care" for his life. And why the need to qualify the employment status of Jimmy Carter's grandson? Romney won't do anything to 'fix' the economy because it's out of his power to do so. Wall Street and corporate profits are at near record highs as it is. What, he's gonna get tough on China? That's laughable. He holds major investments there. Nothing will be done to help the economy until businesses take some of that two trillion dollars they have on the sidelines and invest it in American workers. Tax policies and regulations are a red herring. They've never been more favorable to business as it is. My major concern with him is that he's gonna follow the neocon playbook of lowering taxes and prosecuting wars. Perhaps THE dumbest decisions in recent history and more DIRECTLY responsible for our soaring national dept than anything else. But, like Dick Cheney always said, there is nothing wrong with deficit spending. At least when him and the rest of his neocon cronies were doing the spending.

He was also a nuclear physicist. And I think that counts, too.

The office has a way of aging people. I was first struck by this while looking at photos of Lincoln and the difference between his 1st and 2nd inaugurations. It was pronounced. Outstanding post. But the new hero of the right, Ayn Rand, would be very disappointed. Sure, she was bat sh*t crazy and hated Ronald Reagan, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone from making her books required reading for his staff (Paul Ryan).

After seeing this, I can only conclude that Mitt Romney has very deep-routed psychological problems stemming from the embarrassment of coming from parents who were on public assistance when they were starting out. That's the only explanation I can think of. I'd love to be this guy's shrink. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/18/mitt-romneys-fundraising-comments-would-mom-approve/

In other news, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court punted it back to the lower court judge for a further ruling. It'll be interesting to see what this means moving forward. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57515218/pa-voter-id-law-returns-to-lower-court-for-review/

Insulated and completely out of touch when it comes to understanding the motivations and challenges of the average Joe. That's no surprise given his upbringing, that cute little story of how he and the Mrs. struggled to make ends meet in their little Boston apartment notwithstanding. As one of the late night comedians put it, he was living "a hand to phone to broker to mouth" existence back then. I just don't have much of a feel for his personality. He seems very guarded and uncomfortable like I said earlier. Maybe after the debates I'll have a better feel for him.

As an ex-Republican, I'd like to respond. Reagan and Bush 1 were as genuine as they come. Gentlemen both and throwbacks to another time. Bush 2 was manufactured by Rove, including the acquisition of his Texas ranch which was done solely to harken back to the days of Reagan on his ranch. Phony as they come in my book. I think Romney is genuinely who he is and he looks extremely uncomfortable portraying himself as someone he's not whenever I see him give a speech or in those insufferable photo ops at the local diner.

He's perfect for those that will surround him in office. Reagan and both Bushes had the neocons running policy. Romney will have the neo-neocons, otherwise known as the Tea Party, running his policy.

I don't think Romney has dug himself a hole so much as solidified his base from all those that have been saying he "spoke the truth" in those comments. I'd be surprised if it moved the bar one way or the other.

As to the bolded: 1.) Please feel free to post as much of your bigoted vitriol as you like. I firmly believe in shining as much light on ignorance as possible. BTW, The "Army of God" is always looking for a few good soldiers. I hear you can get a good deal on a Paul Hill or Scott Roeder FatHead if you visit their website. Army of God. Has an ironic ring to it, no? 2.) Yes, a teacher at Brevard Community College speaks for all of academia and we should remove all of our impressionable young hearts and minds from schools across the country immediately. All except Robert Jones University and Liberty University of course. It doesn't matter AT ALL what any Christian does or doesn't do in reaction to having his faith insulted. It is not germane to ANYTHING going on in the world ANYWHERE. Just because I don't shoot doctors and blow up clinics doesn't make me a nice person.

Same old accuracy issues. Not the same old pass delivery issues. He's been late on throws this season and not just because he has a long wind-up. When you triple-hitch an out pass, you're thinking way too much. I've never seen that in him before. I agree that the less we ask Fitz to win games vs. managing them, we're in far better shape. GO BILLS!!!

Good point. I've been arguing this on TSW as well. It's obvious to me that Fitz is preoccupied with mechanics. The out to SJ that got picked by Revis last week is the best example. He triple-hitched a pass that is required to be released before the receiver makes his break. Triple-hitched! This is as routine a pass play as there is and one Fitz has made successfully countless times since high school. I am willing to bet that he's never triple-hitched that pass before. There is only one explanation that I can think of: he's doing too much thinking out there. And the pass to a wide-open Chandler yesterday verifies that. The Chiefs' preoccupation with Mario Williams allowed both tackles to see far more one on one battles yesterday than the week before. Whoever is seeing the single coverage has to make the other team pay and they did yesterday. I hope it continues. I can't say enough good things about Glenn. Every time he's been beaten with speed, whether Orapko or Jared Allen in preseason, or Coples and Hali the first two games, that Condor-like wing span of his just neutralized it. And to see him get his massive frame down field to block was great. LBs and DBs especially didn't want any part of him after a while. And it's infectious. GO BILLS!!!

Was Saylor the same judge that pulled out his Pennsylvania State Surpreme Court Judge I.D. during the hearing and said that even though he could use that ID to open up every locked door in the state Supreme Court building, he wouldn't be able to use it as a voter ID?

While our invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan haven't helped, I don't think this is the issue that tips things. We've been there for over 10 years. In a nutshell, these protests are about the embarrassing lack of opportunity in some of the world's richest lands. And it has been for as long as I've been interested in the region. Look at the people doing the protesting. By and large they are disaffected young men, under the age of 30. Easy targets for manipulation by fringe militant groups and religious fanatics. Just look at the unemployment rates in some of these countries. In Saudi Arabia, certainly one of the richest countries in the region, 90% of their work force is comprised of foreign nationals to begin with and the unemployment rate for men between 20-24 is over 40%. Is it any wonder it was such a fertile ground to recruit the 911 terrorists. Or how about Libya, another rich OPEC oil nation emerging from under the yoke of a dictator? Unemployment over 20% with a whopping 50% for those under the age of 20. In Egypt, where Mubarek was largely ousted due to the severe economic problems in his country, unemployment actually rose in the year and half since his ouster. I could go on and on. But to me it isn't a mystery at all. Ever since oil was first discovered in the region over a hundred years ago, monarchies, dictatorships, and puppet regimes were allowed to grow rich while their own people never got a fair stake in the profits in most of those countries. Throw in the advent of modern communications and the internet and social media and you have the perfect storm. The Arab Spring is still in its infancy. What we're witnessing is an illustration of that. We need to remember the vast, vast majority of its peoples are not part of a fringe group. If an insult to Islam was the real impetus behind all these protests, we'd see people by the millions taking to the streets worldwide vs. the thousands we are seeing now. This is about lack of economic opportunity more than anything. And it will be until those governments are stabilized democracies and they are open for investment. I submit it starts with an investment in their own people. They certainly have the resources.

Do we really believe these protests are about religion? Popular anger is sparked by many things. Sustained popular anger, as we've seen for generations in the region, is always about many things. I submit an insult to Islam is the least of the reasons.

Easy for you to say. GO SABRES!!!

I learned in school a long time ago that the Civil War was indeed about state's rights. Of course it was. But just what specific state's rights do you think the confederates were talking about? None of the ancillary reasons put forth by the leaders of the south is not related to the issue of slavery. Lincoln was looking to preserve the Union and slavery was the political carrot he offered the South. The issue of slavery was the hot issue of the day and had been for quite a while. The founders knew full well that slavery was going to be the powder keg issue moving forward as well. I don't think the Emancipation Proclamation has been deleted from school curiculums. It's one of the most important pieces of legislation in this country's history afterall. I'm not sure what level of nuance you would have elementary and middle school students dig into the subject though. We teach our kids that 1+1 equals 2. It wasn't until college that I was asked to express and prove that theory in a mathematical formula.

My point is that both Republican governors, who came into office two years after Obama and whose tenures coincide, are trumpeting the fact that their state economies have turned around and the prospects are great while at the same time Romney is telling the same people that the economy is in ruins and will get even worse if Obama is re-elected. I find that interesting.