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cmorg: And you guys blame it on me ... pubby

Yes, and her profile showed she had stopped by last on Sept. 24th, just a few days before her passing. pubby

Actually, I think You and Condi Rice were among the few who didn't believe that a plane could be hijacked and used as a weapon. Indeed, there were instances going back to the 1970s when someone seeking to take out Dick Nixon did that and then there was the irate tax protester in Texas who did the same thing, flying his twin engine aircraft into the IRS building in Austin TX in 2010. As far as using a 'plane' as a bomb, it was actually pretty well publicized as a concept by Hollywood in the 1950s when they recreated the actual use of planes as bombs as flown by Japanese Kamikaze pilots. I

Actually, I don't think she is on probation ... rather she lost her law license as the result of what should have been a civil case but because of the fine legal system in Gwinnett County, turned into a unnecessary mess, if memory serves. I had a long talk with Ms. Fuller and from that story, it appears she was the victim of the good old boys network who asserted the payments from the court for her work as a public defender were due an attorney who didn't do the work. I've seen a few of these kinds of shenanigans pulled. You know, NJ - the requirement in conservative circles that no good

Or even the sitting Representative whom the Democrat you oppose is challenging. BTW: the Democrat has repented and even written a book about the experience, whereas the last time I heard the incumbent in the race is proud of being in contempt for so long. pubby

Here's how it went in the old-tyme politics. A bombastic politician would stand on the stage and give his short stump speech. A couple of folks in the audience would ask a question and then the politician, to avoid answering them would give the high sign to the band who'd start playing Dixie ... everyone would immediately start singing, 'I wish I was in the land of cotton ..." Now, they sit there and make their stump speech alerting all the folks of the impending doom and likelihood that everyone is going to be beheaded with a paring knife, "cause they're here." When someone pipes

Now to the point of your 'strategist' Jerry Pournelle. The issue is not religious war... it is how to get the carbon-based fuels from under the ground in Iraq to Europe and stick it to Putin. This passage from Mr. Pournelle's blog posting on the strategy. It is ... all about the oil. The religious war stuff is nothing but fodder to get the natives excited, fearful, restless and mad. pubby

which logically leads to this post: Which pretty much makes the point that this is exactly how the German people ended up complicit in the holocaust ... which was no more the intention of the mass of the German people in 1932 than it is our intention to commit genocide on Muslim people today. The point being that this is the road that has that slippery slope, Zorro.

Receiving a call from Iran, however, is the type of thing that will flag the American citizen for increased scrutiny including a review of all numbers you've called (don't call me pubby

He may know some of the factions in Islam but he certainly skipped a few history classes. He lost me with this piece. Actually, while not a dictatorship or democracy, the Ottoman empire was pretty much dominant in that region for a good part of those 1000 years and probably would have continued into the 20th century if it hadn't been for its choice to ally with Germany in WWI because of their ongoing conflicts in caucuses with Russia which sought to dominate the area. As far as stable republics or democracies ... with the founding of the United States in 1789, which for all intent

I would suggest that regardless of the circumstance, voters have proven to be quite forgiving. Just ask Rep. Paulette Braddock who certainly has a career checkered with mug shots, convictions, civil judgments, diversions and contempt of federal court orders entered against her the latter while a sitting representative. Knowing the facts seems not to be a critical concern to voters in the east Paulding area. pubby

We've been attacked, be afraid, the sky is falling and take comfort that we're the one's that blew them away with shock and awe thirteen years ago. We're going to get them back 'cause we're the Christians that believe in revenge against the infidel Muslims, no liberal panty-waists here, we are real men and real women who don't like gays and live by our faith.. Yes, this is a holy war and you're with us or against us. Perpetual war! perpetual war! perpetual war! ... we're Christians and we believe in revenge cause the Bible tells us so. Still, be afraid, they're coming after us unless you pu

NJ: It was workplace violence ... one of hundreds that occur annually. I suppose, if you want to contend that all workplace homicides were based on religious motivations, ascribing this one to Islam may be fair, but only if you want to blame Christianity, Judaism and atheism for the remaining average 699 workplace murders. I think the thing that bothers you folks is that he used a knife and so the number of deaths involved was only one whereas those good - again if you insist on blaming workplace violence on religion - Christians who are responsible for the remaining 699 murd

The shingles vaccine is approved by the FDA for use in adults aged 50+ but is more effective in those aged 60+. Typically insurance, including Medicare Part D, covers the vaccine for those over age 60 and people can get it at pharmacies (even). They say that it will lessen the impact of a bout with shingles but cannot be taken while the rash is active. I don't know the cost of the vaccine without insurance coverage but there are also programs for those who need it and can't afford it as well as options for those who can. I would presume that it might be 'expensive' - $150-$200 is w

I've been looking for an obituary to provide a time for the services ... Is she being laid to rest locally? If not, can someone in the know post the arrangements? pubby

I would appreciate the topic staying its course TP ... please do refrain. I guess since you made it all the way through, Zorro, that must make you 100% nit wit then. Glad I only made it half-way through. pubby

Not all people progress at the same pace, now do they? Why I might even say that you've lagged behind a bit or maybe even want to take a few steps backwards. pubby

Strange, the conservatives I rejected in my youth were fond of saying that a woman's place was "barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen." pubby

What I'll admit is that what the residents voted down was direct local funding of the project at the moment its potential first was known and there was a local effort to realize that opportunity. Actually, when you consider the economic crash in 2008-09 a lot of folks were facing real issues and money was not flowing quickly. Indeed, we had entered a period of deflation like we'd not known since the great depression as home values, business values and money in general was simply not circulating. Any economic activity at the moment was a Godsend. Obviously we needed the econom

Leave Chic-fil-a out of this; they are a member here ... and I've eaten there many times. Heck, why not just say that liberals are the devil and therefore defend the devil and only conservatives who have throughout time, defended freedom. Of course that is a lie. Look at the record of conservatives: Opposed the revolution (Conservatives were the torries) Today's conservatives continue in the tradition of opposition saying NO to everything save more war. In some way's they've regressed adopting a Cotton Mather religiosity that seems to justify punishment of others f

This is sad ... I remember KittyKat at many pcom events, often accompanied with you, Atlantadav pubby

My fear is that some fundamentalist extremists will push the world to the brink of war and then will punch the button creating a nuclear conflagration killing everyone but a handful of fundamentalists who sit comfortably in their bunker saying, "it was ordained and God's will when it was their fundamentalist ignorance, greed and stupidity." One of the reasons for my historical reference has to do with the role of women in conservative (non-progressive) societies. Certainly there were times in western culture when women were considered mere property, were denied the ownership of prope

Okay guys ... You've burst my bubble. This idea that the future is foretold in Daniel and Revelations and there is nothing anyone can do about it suggests you believe everything is predetermined. I.e. there is no free will. What I find so astounding is, logically, from that position the conservative concept of personal responsibility a total and utter myth. Why? Well, if there is no free will, there is no choice. Everything is always exactly as it is predestined to be. How or why would anyone worry about or consider anyone's actions - especially one's own -

Presumably I have more influence over what we do here than what is done there. Also, Matthew 7:3 says: "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Now I'll concede that genocide is hardly a speck in my proverbial brother's eye ... but again, the eye for an eye routine leaves everyone blind. It is pretty obvious that is what has happened, now. It is even more interesting how conservative religious types who wear their religion on their sleeves ignore the Bible when it serves their purpose. pubby

First, when this was proceeding full bore, it was in the 2005-2007 period and frankly, the economy and particularly the financial markets were actually expanding dramatically. The projected time line at that time, including growth, would have been a more modest five-ten year to prosperity expectations. When the facility was completed, the economy was in the tank Obviously, from the 8.1 percent unemployment which is the highest in the nation, Georgia has not recovered, which is pretty much a flip-flop from the rapid growth in the first five or six years of the century. Bottom line, th