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[Couldn't her hairdresser put an odd tint in her hair?]
I am absolutely embarrassed by some of the people(?) we have in Congress.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/video/?video...
This particularly pisses me off too. His numbers are through the roof which gives him all the support he would need to address the problem. Not only is that part of the equation ideal, but it would bring all the minority-haters to the forefront so we all know who they are and rectify those seats in the next election. We need to remove their credibility, like we are for this monster.
I think we are all ready for some social progression, don't you?
I was also fired from my job in the Navy for being gay before "Don't Ask / Don't Tell." That policy that forces gay people to LIE about their sexual orientation in order to keep their jobs is ridiculous and needs to END yesterday.
Sorry you lost your job. I don't know if this still applies, but when I was working for the Indiana State Senate (first undergrad), it was completely legal to fire anyone in a federal position for their sexual orientation. We need to get rid of that too if it is still on the books.
I called her office, but I don't feel satisfied. This woman deserves to be the target of a netroots campaign to expose her to the american public and make sure she is stripped of any credibility and never again elected as dog-catcher, much less congress! The "macaca" moment pales in comparison to this!
No wonder the republiCON party is heading below 20%.
Hopefully, she is part of a dying breed.
I feel like hitting something or someone.
I propose she be given a personal experience so she can have the proper perspective on what she so blithely calls a hoax.
My guess is she is taking that beating right now, figuratively. My guess is that it will result in a political death.... That is good enough for me.
I feel your anger though.
It's a bit primitive, but I guarantee that after dropping a few pallid, doughy politicians into the middle of an urban war you'd have both less pallid doughy politicians and a sharp drop in support for the blighted conflict from the rest who survived.
We learn from our own and other people's mistakes. There are people learning from this on her behalf right now. That is helpful in a macro view.
I knew it was empire building from day One. Many people did, not enough though, or more so, those who did raise their voice of NO were muted.
There was enough evidence out there, you may have been listening to much to the corporate media and not enough reading of alternative news.
Yes, we clearly made a mistake, but many were calling the bluff and did not jump on the "Pro Iraq War" bandwagon.
You bought it hook, line and sinker, apparently.
And since when is it ok to go to war - to kill people - based on idolizing a general who lied to the American people??
To answer your question, it is never ok to kill people. It was my mistake, being all of 19 years old, to idolize anyone. I've since learned.
I don't know what you think I meant by this, but I'd like to point out, that at the time no one knew Powell was lying. It is easy to say that now.
I really don't know what you want here, but this is what caused me to switch parties and get reliable news. My whole post was in response to someone saying he wanted to kill somebody, yet you freak out on me for trying to point out that he is over reacting?
Sorry, if I pissed you off, friend. I was just being honest. She doesn't deserve torture and death, but should get political heat.
It's a moot point now, but lets be clear, numerous people were calling the bluff at the time. Google Powell and WMD and you will find quite a treasure trove of information.
I was just trying to be honest here among friends, even though it shows what an idiot I was. I'm not afraid to admit it.
If it is an consolation, even though I still love Powell I still want him to be investigated too, and would not loose a tear if he was found guilty. I just want to know where he stood and what he did behind closed doors. I am optimistic and think that he worked with what he had and tried to fight for our country from inside the monster. Who knows though. nothing is what it seems anymore.
it's 'enhanced firearms instruction'
LOL
I left a message telling her how sick her comment was, how insane it was, and haven't we had enough insanity all ready?
NC needs to get rid of a lot trash before they come of age.
Once the GOP is reduced to AL, GA, SC and MS we can pull the plug on 'em.
NC should be a leading state in the 21st century - the education there is excellent, etc, etc.
The guy on the phone didn't know what she said,
I told him he better find out what his boss is saying.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/29/virgin...
Lovely. Just lovely.
I guess that's why she didn't claim that his death was suicide.
Virginia Foxx has embarassed North Carolina by her ignorant comments. It's high time to stop this sort of bigotry.
I emailed her office. I encourage others to call and email her and let her know that this kind of hateful rhetoric will no longer be tolerated.
If the robbery itself was motivated by hate, then the murder, regardless of whether or not it was premeditated, becomes a hate crime as well. But regardless of whether or not the robbery was motivated by hate, no rational, feeling person could help but conclude from the manner in which Matthew Sheppard was tortured and left to die that the murder was motivated by hate.
I am both disgusted and repulsed by Rep Foxx's desire to discount the seriousness of this abhorrent, hate-motivated murder. Rep Foxx, shame on you!
What did Dorothy Parker say? Heterosexuality isn't normal, it's just common. Common--like this...'person'.
Considering the character and lack of integrity of the Republican Party, what she did must be put in perspective. Bush murdered 1.3 million innocent Iraqi civilians, a couple hundred thousand more Afghani, 4,300 American soldiers and 1,500 citizens of New Orleans in the name of his bigotry and hatred of black and brown people of the world. Compared to Bush, she is itty-bitty small, but very rotten, maggoty potatoes. Then again, compared to Bush, Ted Bundy, Jeff Dahlmer, Ted Kuzinski and Richard Ramirez are also small potatoes.
No wonder the GOP is losing members.
If you turn the other cheek enough times, you'll make yourself dizzy.
People like this.. woman.. are barely human as it is. They only respond to base stimulus. Until she sticks her hand in the box with a gom jabbar at her neck, she won't be anything but an animal with human potential ;)
Too many comments on this thread (a few is too many) display the same kind of emotion-fed logic that lead to the torture memos. If you haven't read Ali Soufan's accounts of how he actually obtained information Zubaydah through developing trust and discussion of values--he even wiped the guy's ass when he was bedridden, for Christ's sake!--Google him.
If he can communicate with an al Quaeda member and get him to talk with no threats or torture whatsoever, can't we expect to communicate to our fellow Americans the same way?
Virginia Foxx is doing more damage to herself and her Party than you could possibly do for her.
Matt died in Fort Collins (from where came Bryon White, the author of Bowers vs Hardwick in 1986!), but he was mortally injured after at least eighteen blows to the right side and the top of the head in Laramie. His skull cracked six times. It's amazing he hung on for five days.
By the way, I learned all this long afterwards. Matt should be on a stamp, for he's dead more than ten years. I even designed one.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/New...
It is not certain how the Dem governor will react.
Matt has the repirator attached to his nose and mouth, his head is totally bandaged, and his eyes are closed. One can see some of his freckles, which I used to construct of what he'd look like in 2001. His right ear was sewn back on, the frostbite on his face is clear, and the respirator obscures the rest of his face, especially the cleft on his chin.
All in all, I agree is a a very sad picture of the little blond guy. I wanted to kill Aaron McKinney myself!
will keep trying
Wonder if she's a mother... she doesn't deserve the honor. I wish she had to confront Matthew's own mother face to face, would she have the nerve to say these hateful things
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If so, bring on the fucking agenda! Do i get time for a disco nap before it needs to be passed?
But the other things she says are patently false. He was *not* killed during the "commitment [sic]" of a robbery. He *was* killed because he was gay. She may as well have called the murder a hoax, given the absurdity of those lies.
That is NOT what she said. Reread her actual words. If you have a problem understanding any words go to dictionary.com and look them up.
I'm just sensitive to the troll-calling; it's common here. oh sorry, you weren't calling him a troll, you were just "guessing". ;)
Foxx is pretending it was a simple little robbery gone bad; and claiming that the Dems are making political hay out of a non-event. That is pure BS. She is trying to feign a mountain into a molehill. John A didn't twist or massage any facts.
Lets pretend I'm going Christmas Caroling to gain entrance into a home, to rob the owner. A robbery might accidentally turn into a homicide. If I torture the homeowner, that wouldn't be classified as simple robbery/home invasion. If I tie their tortured comatose body to the Xmas tree, that would not be simple robbery. It would be something that should be in the Silence of the Lambs or a Saw movie.
Matthew's murder was not an accidental murder. There is no hoax. Foxx is trying to make us believe that it was merely a crime gone bad. (a pic of the fence) http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08T96xYaCQ8...
Don't blame you for being sensitive to troll-calling. Trolls just want to enrage others; they will pick the opposing view, for kicks.
"Matthew Shepard bill is named after a very unfortunate incident"
--An unfortuante incident, is when you accidentally run over your neighbors cat.---
"young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery"
---That sentence just boils my blood. She wants to diminish an unspeakable crime, into a botched robbery.--
"It wasn't because he was gay. This -- the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it's really a hoax ..."
---She is lying/(GOP spinning) a heinious hate crime into a "robbery gone bad". No need for a fraudulent hate crime bill, it wasn't a crime of hate. It's those politicans trying to "hoax" street crime into a hate crime I'm not accusing her of ignorance or sheer stupidity. I'm accusing her of being in the same category as a Holocaust denyer.---
This is not the first time I've seen John write something that's a exaggeration, someone call him on it and get branded a troll. It's something that disappoints me about this site. That's all I'm trying to say.
We get your "disappointment" with AMERICAblog and John's writing. Enough, already.
"...........but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. it wasn't because he was gay."
Don't exactly see how that statement can be misinterpreted.
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I personally think gay people are great people....I do. I even have a gay friend who I've been friends with for a long time. But I think it is against nature to be gay...I think gays should live in fear because naturally, guys are not suppoesed to have sex with eachother and girls also. I have nothiing against gay people, but I personally tink that if you want to be gay, your choosing a life of hardship....so what are you expecting? Dont get me wrong...Matthew did NOT deserve to die the way he did, but who says he wouldnt of died from aids or things like that? No one deserves to die the way Matt did, but I tihnk choosing the life style gay people do is there choice of being an outcast for most of their lifes if not all. Its not natural or ethical at all for being gay....so why put yourself through it and live your whole life in fear? I think they should live in fear if they chose to do so, simply because it is not right and they knew the worlds and laws ideas concerning the issue.
Thanks,
I v. T.