Category Archives: Open Thread

24 May

Weekly Open Thread – Under The Bus Goes Israel Edition -Bumped

…he has essentially denounced as evil and misguided, though in a lukewarm fashion, decades of American policy in the Middle East. Second, he has delegitimized Israel, at least within the context of its current borders. Third, he has by implication suggested that the rule of many of his allies is undemocratic and in consequence, declared himself King of Arabia. He has assumed ultimate responsibility for the political development of the region now. He’s declared it broken. Now he owns it.

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15 May

Weekly Open Thread – Bumped

AP Spin edition Continue reading

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6 May

Weekly Open Thread

Bad news edition

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1 May

Weekly Open Thread – Bumped

You’re A Racist Version

Tavis Smiley on Tuesday said the upcoming presidential race is “going to be the ugliest, the nastiest, the most divisive, and the most racist in the history of this republic.”

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22 Apr

Weekly Open Thread – Bumped

Sarah Palin edition. You must watch this speech in its entirety. She gave it yesterday in Madison, WI, and it was a barnstormer.

Because let me tell you what isn’t courageous: It’s politicians promising the American voters that, as we drown in $14.5 trillion debt, that they’re going to cut $100 billion out of this year’s budget. But then they cave on that and they reduce it down to $61 billion after they get elected. Then they get in there and they strike a deal and decide, nah, they will reduce that down to $38 billion. And then after some politics-as-usual and accounting gimmicks, we find out it’s not $38 billion in cuts. You know that $38 billion – we don’t have it; we’re borrowing it. We borrow from foreign countries to give to foreign countries, and that’s insanity. We find out it’s not even $38 billion; it’s less than $1 billion in real cuts. Folks, that $352 million in real cuts – that’s no more than the federal government is going to spend in the time it takes us to hold this rally today! That is not courage; that’s capitulation!

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7 Apr

Weekly Open Thread

Couple new posts added to the Highlighted Post section on the sidebar and deserve a read if you haven’t read them before or it’s been awhile. First is Why Our Military is So Hated Around the World and the second is America’s War of Aggression Against Muslims Confirmed by Release of Abuse Photos, both written in 2009 by Wordsmith. Continue reading

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30 Mar

An invitation to Obama supporters [Reader Post]

Here’s your chance to explain things to the rest of us.

This is what you Obama supporters voted for:

Obama: Don’t stay in Iraq over genocide Continue reading

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29 Mar

Weekly Open Thread

“The burning heavens reflected in a mud puddle.” Continue reading

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21 Mar

Weekly Open Thread

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14 Mar

Weekly Open Thread

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