Jamie Weaver
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Lol... Or don’t show up and have you criticize him.Or postpone a political rally long enough to show the victims families a little respect.
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Cute, but for global warming alarmists this is a good thing. There have been studies completed about the carbon foot print for a six pack beer and apparently it's contributing to the problem.
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actually, I was initially supportive of folks like Manning, Snowden, etc.
The thing about obama is that he did go after the leakers but was pretty much hands off to the journalists. I'm sure some of the blackops and other intelligence entities (not LEO - there is a big difference in both purpose and tactics) would love to find a way into the journalists but you forget that going back to the beginning of the nation and especially among foreign correspondents, the was sometimes confusion of who exactly some of them were working for.
Then you asked specifically: "In politics where voices need to be heard, how are "muted, behind the scenes criticism and resistance," effective? "
First, voices being heard is only one part of the equation and given the explosion of dialog fostered by the internet, plenty of voices are making sounds.
One might even point to expert voices; the voices of the scientists and climate modelers who are saying we're running out of time to make the kinds of changes necessary to avert, well, the big killing that promises famine, flooding and the sinking, literally of coastal cities around the world displacing literally billions. We see thes voices routinely ignored by those on the right who value the extra .2 percent profit they may make from the stocks and bonds this quarter but reason, since they're already 70, they'll be dead before the big killing comes. The only group I see being heard by Trump, who is all about the money, are the evangelicals who equate the short-sighted policies they know will lead to massive destruction, death and misery within a couple of decades with the end times under the belief they are the same thing.
The only problem I have with them is they seem to believe that God, who created the heavens and earth in six days, is no longer capable of doing the end time on his own but rather needs the help of conservative icons like Charles and David Koch and that champion of the world's right wingers, Vlad Putin and others to force the conflict on the notion they're doing Gods' work. Well yeah, I think they are trying to do God's work and I think he might be getting a bit pissed at their effort as in so doing, they're doing the exact opposite of what Jesus taught.
I recall the famous quote of Ben Franklin, who coined it as he left Independence Hall after the constitutional convention. A woman passerby asked Dr. Franklin, "Well Doctor, what have we got - a republic or a monarchy?"
"A republic if you can keep it," replied Franklin.
My personal opinion is we need to do a lot more work to keep our Republic and the so-called Republicans are not doing much to help.
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Keeping you on topic is like trying to nail jelly to a wall.
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Trump is using the DOJ to go after ordinary citizens for the sole crime of opposing his policies. I would think even a die hard Trump Republican would have the sinse to see the difference.Firstly, I didn't mention Eric Snowden or Chelsea.
Secondly, You're making crap up again, Citizen. If you will slow down and check your bias, you might realize that you can't get a warrant based on merely opposing someone policies. There has to be something criminal to obtain a warrant. With respect to Domestic Violence, warrants were filed in February of 2017 and 1 filed in July of 2017. At that time, only the AG had been terminated. Comey followed prior to the July warrant request.
Thirdly, the story is outdated crap.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/justice-department-facebook-anti-trump-activists/
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Where were we ... saying that kind of crap doesn't need to be happening ... Obama got a great deal of criticism for his attacks on whistle blowers and journalists not to mention the criticism that he got for his use of drones to kill individuals.
The right wing's portrayal of liberals as being unabashedly in love and uncritical of Obama is, well a lie. That we didn't rush the ramparts or burn him effigy is not to be confused with blind devotion. After all, you guys were doing a great job of burning him in effigy and you would have called us copycats had we started doing so. I think our muted, behind the scenes criticism and resistance, was probably effective.
Oh, and we start with the knowledge that perfection eludes us all which contrasts with the right which, when confronted with an issue like whoring around by the man, we don't double down on the lie and like Kavanaugh on Fox, claim we were a virgin until age 21 or some such.
Reading the full article, we discover that this is really old news as the effort to get this information from a search warrant/subpoena began in February 2017, within weeks of the Trump administration taking 'control' and starting to make their moves on political opponents immediately upon taking office ... as if that was a crime to redress one's government for grievances.
This just shows their purpose in gaining office was to grab power ... and I'm afraid they want to keep it. It would be better for them if they can just manipulate the election system - game it - but it is also obvious they have no understanding of representative democratic institutions, nations or peoples.
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I'm fairly certain you were the only liberal on this site to even mention the drone attack that killed that american child. With respect to journalists being spied on, homes raided, and basic 1st amendment rights infringed upon, you might have mentioned some concern, but I don't recall seeing anything and I certainly don't believe DVP or CC even blinked. In politics where voices need to be heard, how are "muted, behind the scenes criticism and resistance," effective?
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For example ?
I sincerely believe if Jackbooted Brownshirt Trump police showed up in your neighborhood some of you would be shouting what about Obama as your friends and neighbors were dragged out screaming and thrown in patty wagons.
Off the top of my head... They prosecuted more whistle blowers than all the other administrations combined since George Washington. Used the FBI to spy on Journalists. Weaponizing the IRS....
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The persecution of social media geeks is a little different than armed right wing militia's. Your side has a way of creating false comparisons.
The one about Kavanaugh and Emmett Till was extremely offensive. Kavanaugh would never be at risk of being brutally beaten to death or to a larger extent, having the assailants walk away acquitted.
You responded at 1am so I'll chalk it up to being late, but what in the hell are you talking about?
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And out come the "what-a- about " diversion.
No it’s not... It’s where the “F” were you during the Obama years. You couldn’t have missed the news stories.
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All of a sudden folks are interested in what the White House has been doing....Where were you two over the last 8 years of the Obama Admin?
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Do you seriously believe anyone is going to believe a republican any republican has ever given a tinker's damn for the working class ?
Who do you think populist nationalism is directed at?
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If there is a crime, then by all means prosecute. With that said, there is a difference between tax evasion and legal tax avoidance.
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Michael Moores explanation is closer to the truth in my opinion. Some Obama voters flipped, blue cities voted Trump as well as more Minorities.Agreed, that fear and tribalism is how Trump won the WH.
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Apparently so should Obamas White House Counsel.....Tony Podesta should be worried...
Obamas Former White House Counsel Lawyers Up After Mueller Probe Referral
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Sanctimonious delusions.
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The reality is that the NRA could disappear tomorrow and it would have little to no impact on gun control. The money the NRA spends isn't a drop in the bucket when you see whats flowing through political coffers. At the end of the day, the most effective tool of fighting gun control is to put a democrat in a pulpit. Gun sales and conceal weapons permits, go through the roof.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/nra-money-isnt-why-gun-control-efforts-are-failing-commentary.html
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Thanks for the heads up. I might have to join.
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Frankly, that is the worst logic applied to an argument that Ive seen in a while. Ill ask you one question....A 3D printer takes the gun corporations that control the NRA out of the equation. As Pubby has educated you, profitability tanks if Bubba can manufacture a 60 caliber machine gun from a 3D printers from Walmart. Use your brain... These printer range from $199 to $125k. Want to take a guess which version couldnt print a fire arm OR how much the resin would cost to print a gun?Trump got his walking papers from the NRA that is why he is not fighting it.
Its much cheaper to purchase a gun out of the trunk of a democrat.
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I guesstimated.... If you approve that as your official number, by all means Im willing to runNot sure how you ran your search but I only get 469. "Bush isn't President anymore" comes up 58Xs from a number of cons during the same period so we are playing by the rules the cons made up. If cons don't like it, why do they do it? Just more hypocrisy from cons?
with it.
Keep a count folks. You (each) can mention Obama 469 times before being labeled a hypocrite.
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On 8/18/2009, guess who said "Newsflash, Bush isn't president anymore."
http://paulding.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=218920&p=2877929
Who ? Was it me?
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Considering that administration no longer has power, may be we should deflect for the current administration. Let's see if it has the same traction.
Deflection by no means. Its up to date news that no one is talking about. I would hope you wouldn't want to suppress such a fact.
On a side note: So with a new president, we should ignore the previous administration's actions or lack thereof? Just making sure we play by the same rules. Do a Paulding.com search.....From 2009 - 2017 you mentioned Bush 500-750 times (guesstimation). That's more deflection than you can shake a stick at.
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Who would have thunk it ?
Alleged Russian Agent Maria ButinaA federal grand jury indictment returned on Tuesday accuses Butina of partaking in a Kremlin-directed plot to ingratiate herself with U.S. political figures in order to convince them to pursue Russian interests. Part of that effort allegedly involved leveraging her ties to the National Rifle Association, which she’d cultivated as founder of the Russian gun group The Right To Bear Arms, in order to gain access to conservative political circles and Republican lawmakers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/feds-release-allegations-against-russian-173532356.html
Apparently she's met with a few folks...
The meetings, disclosed by several people familiar with the sessions and a report prepared by a Washington think tank that arranged them, involved Stanley Fischer, then Federal Reserve vice chairman, and Nathan Sheets, then Treasury undersecretary for international affairs.
Butina traveled to the United States in April 2015 with Alexander Torshin, then the Russian Central Bank deputy governor, and they took part in separate meetings with Fischer and Sheets to discuss U.S.-Russian economic relations during Democratic former President Barack Obama’s administration.
Think we should investigate what was discussed?
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What gave you the idea that ANYONE WAS FOR UNFETTERED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION?
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LOL...I think the democrat party walked off and forgot you.
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If he steals the breast feeding mothers, they'll have to put the babies on formulas...Its a win-win.
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Nato members increase defence spending by $100 billion after Donald Trump called them 'delinquents'
in Wild side of the news
Posted · Edited by Jamie Weaver
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/27/nato-members-increase-defence-spending-100-billion-donald-trump/
So it would appear rather than destroy NATO, Trump's calling out of Allies not pulling their weight has had the desired affect.
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