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Re: Evening Open Thread

mon_dieu_ishmael — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:29:02 -0000

Did you look at the picture of Mr Obama trying to put the Medal of Freedom on Mr Crow? Mr Crow is wearing what appears to my untrained eye to be a feathered head bonnet that is all up in Mr Obama's face as he tries to put the medal on Mr Crow. Look at Mr Obama's facial expression. My point is that it is funny.

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Micheline — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:05 -0000

Your point

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JeffL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:12:37 -0000

Tancredo = liar. No problem. And I'm not discounting the possibility that Tancredo feigned some of his "outrage" about Kos mocking his "depression". Facing Markos, a person of any wit would be looking at the first opportunity to bail of out the discussion at that point.

I wince whenever I perceive someone making mental illness some kind of joke, or of conflating clinical depression with "feeling sad for a couple of months".

It seems to me that someone who has been diagnosed and medicated for years for things like panic disorders and depression is not a good person to have on the front lines. He would be endangering himself and others. I know college could be a challenge for such an individual but a final exam might not be as stressful as getting shot at.

By all means let's call Tancredo out for his hypocracy, his lies and lack of empathy for others. But if he truly had a serious mental disorder, let's not applaud when people mock that. Markos erred with those 6-7 words and could have made a similar point much more effectively.

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rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:39:23 -0000

you can see my experience with gardening with my next questions.....

the bulbs are planted NOW, for harvest in the spring? winter won't kill them?

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rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:28:10 -0000

LOL....

sometimes, you gotta laugh

that was cr-azy.

lol

this guy should be Obama on SNL.

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Town — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:23:56 -0000

LOL @ http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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texascowgirl — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:51 -0000

Ignore it. It's crazy.

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mon_dieu_ishmael — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:59 -0000

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

Some of the comments at the link are kind of funny, especially the picture of Mr Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Mr Crow. It looks like Mr Obama is trying to avoid getting a feather stuck up his nose.

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djchefron — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:35:22 -0000

I have love ones with bipolar and I understand what you are saying but Markos was on point.Tancredo supported and some might say had a hard on for the Vietnam war.He was in college and wasn't subject to the draft.When he graduated he no longer had those deferments so all of a sudden he had depression and WOULD NOT! serve in a war he was so gung ho about?GTFOH. His cowardly ass needed to be called out,I am a veteran my family has single payer health care thru the VA Administration and what he says is bullshit.My family have the best health care other than if we was buku rich in America.So not only he is a coward he is a LIAR!!!!!

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rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:28 -0000

Craig,

we haven't elected - statewide- any right wing GOPers. our GOPers have been middle of the road folks. some milquetoast, other crooks, but none right wingers.

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soothsayer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:37 -0000

Isn't he the one who said that the quickest way to get a school yard bully to back down is to stand up?

Democrats need to stand up.

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soothsayer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:02 -0000

Good luck with that.

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JeffL — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:40:40 -0000

Tancredo is on my short list for people I most enjoy seeing roasted. Markos mostly hits a fair target in this clip.
However,
I'm married to a forensic psychologist and have a family member who is bipolar. I have a tough time admiring Markos' personal comments relating to Tancredo's deferment.

I don't know enough about Tancredo's deferment history and maybe he lied his way through it. But IF he had a legitmate mental disability, that needs to be respected.

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soothsayer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:48 -0000

I'm planting 200 bulbs this weekend.

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miss_opinion — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:32 -0000

what

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Karmi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:33:42 -0000

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.
Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't - Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow.

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rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:28:12 -0000

now, I use a lot of garlic, but have never had garlic soup.

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blksista — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:20 -0000

Yum Yum Yum

A kitchen without garlic is a kitchen with no soul.

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rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:11:40 -0000

that's why Grayson is such a breath of fresh air. he takes it to them and doesn't back down.

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Alexander2 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:04:31 -0000

You got me here. So, the TARP was supposed to improve the unemployment numbers? The TARP had nothing to do with output or employment in the short run. No one said that the benefits of TARP were to be measured in terms of output and unemployment. The sole purpose of TARP was to stabilize the financial system, which it has done. (I have tons of criticism of TARP, but this isn't one).

That would be the stimulus, job creation and bringing down the unemployment rate. The administration is currently considering a variety of creative ways to deal with unemployment. Why don't you post that?

Warren is piling on to the narrative that Morning Joke has established. I love Elizabeth Warren, but I hate to see her used by people like Morning Joke.

Christine Romer gives a good and balance take on today's unemployment figures. But that doesn't fit into this steady drum beat of weakness, corruption, and incompetence that you want to create here at Firedoglake/JJP.

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RobM — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:59:15 -0000

Gardeners alert
Garlic Garlic Garlic

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RobM — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:54:52 -0000

Thank you rikyrah and djchefron

We liberals, leftists, progressives and whatever else we call ourselves but the Democrats as a matter of fact need more slap downs like that. This idea of we can't respond like the right is ludicrous. The media wants a story they can sell. The Republicans always come prepared w/ talking points and people. They let the Ron Christie's and Sheena the she-devil speak for them so as to claim we're pure(any one see Rep Cantor talking about Limbaugh being off base today?). We need to embarass them off the air. We need people to check there ego's so spokesmen can speak. It really comes down to the idea of whether or not the Democratic Party is an organized party or not.

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rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:39:49 -0000

unreal, isn't it

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djchefron — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:04 -0000

Go to Daily Kos. You will LYAO

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rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:26 -0000

yep...at the link.

and, you can go to msnbc.com, click on The Ed Show, and it's the first segment from today.