jgoose71

His backing of Harry Hay, one of the NAMBLA founders, and his support of a high school boy continuing a relationship with a much older man are well documented. But those on the left still back him because apparently if you are open in your support of pedophilia, its OK. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Irony score 10/10. (Since you are unlikely to figure out why, you're posting about bias from unashamedly biased site that openly admits that it only picks on liberals.) As state before, "decent is the highest form of patriotism", or did you forget that as soon as Bush left office and became a lapdog like the rest of the media? It did take me a moment, but I think what you mean is "dissent," right? Patriotism can take the form of dissent, but not dissent for the sake of dissenting. (And just remember that for 7 long years the right has been beating on about never questioning the CinC during a war. How long did that last once it wasn't their CinC anymore?) I think you are missing the point of the award. Let tell you what my history teacher told me a long time ago- The purpose of the first amendment and a free press is so we know what is going on in our country and our government. With that said, if the press is always kissing our appointed officials asses, what good are they? If we can't count on the press to shine the light into the dark rooms where the dirty deals are being made on such things, like oh... I dunno.... Healthcare? We are letting our country drive head long down the corruption road at a faster pace then ever before. These reporters are a shining example of what we can expect our news to look like when we have a state run press. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Irony score 10/10. (Since you are unlikely to figure out why, you're posting about bias from unashamedly biased site that openly admits that it only picks on liberals.) As state before, "decent is the highest form of patriotism", or did you forget that as soon as Bush left office and became a lapdog like the rest of the media? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

This is some of the best examples of Media Bias. Yes it is a conservative site, but they didn't make these quotes up. The winners even come with video And the winners are: http://mrc.org/notablequotables/bestof/2009/ You have to go to the links on the side to see the runners up. For 8 years we have heard that "Decent is the greatest form of Patriotism." I guess it's now time for the Elite Media to roll over like a bunch of lapdogs. My Personal favorite- Being leader of the free world is obviously a step down from being a Social Organizer. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I had to choose enlisted/liked it. The first half of my career was working on aircraft for a bunch of spoiled officers that all thought they were Tom Cruise. Second half was for me. The Military taught me how to Scuba dive and skydive, things I couldn't afford to do after I figured out that my ex wife was psycho and we separated. I've been having fun ever since. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Understood, it sounds like someone can't handle a strong independent woman. Do you have your girlfriend or wife walk 3 steps behind you with her head bowed all the time? Me, I like a woman with a strong sense of self, a little bit of a stubborn streak and the ability to stand up for them selves. A good woman keeps life interesting, just like I'm sure these woman can do. You are right, to each his own. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Also, strictly speaking as a consumer, what I would like is a car that can get me through the day and will recharge overnight. I really don't like the gas station comparison because part of owning an electric car would be never having to pull into a gas station again. But also, for road trips, the cars that are able to do quick battery swaps would be nice. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

That's strictly a transitional artifact. 50 years from now people will associate the whine of an electric motor with power in ways that will make a supercharged V-8 sound "quaint" like a steam engine. I can absolutely guarantee the Audi electric concept that was just recently shown puts more torque to the ground than any car you can name. This was my first time seeing the new Audi e-tron. To bad its only coming out in a limited trial run. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/03/audi-e-tron-electric-car_n_378738.html I wonder if I could tow a boat with that? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Battery packs for the Prius are several thousand dollars each, if I recall correctly something that Bill mentioned. I think the '$10 battery pack swap' is a LONG way in the future. Yes, but if electric cars take off, maybe not that far. A "one for one" swap times a lot of cars would go a long way towards offsetting the battery costs. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I believe electric cars are a part of the answer. In Europe where they already have "Cap and Trade" gas is $8 to $9 a gallon and nuclear power is taking off, so is the little electric commuters. With The EPA naming CO2 as a dangerous gas and trying to hold a gun to congress's head, we may see it here also. Not to mention I would love to see the Arab countries drown in their own oil. The Tesla (with the largest battery) advertises $4 a charge. For a car that also advertises up to 300 miles per charge, you can do the math for miles per gallon gas equivalent. As said earlier, a lot of "go-green" rich guys are eating up the initial costs. Prices will come down and when a nicely loaded electric car gets to the $30,000 and below mark, I will probably buy one. One of the failings right now is the current infrastructure to support such vehicles. That's why I asked about a common car battery. Imagine pulling into a "gas station", paying maybe $10 for a 5 min battery swap, and being good for another 200-300 miles? Just a thought. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

the Tesla Model S can do most of that. 300 mile range at 120 MPH with a 0-60 time of less than 6 sec. Holds 5 adults. It is also designed to do a 5 min battery swap. It's just not a truck so it may not be able to haul your boat. Also read up on the other vehicles. It's here, the only argument now a days is the price. All the rich go-green guys are eating up the initial start up costs for the average person (except Al Gore) Sorry, but it is claimed to have a range of 250 miles and a top speed of 120, but it most definitely does not have a range of 300 miles at 120 mph. People want an electric car that will give the same range and performance as their IC engined car. Problem is, just the materials needed to make the batteries to obtain that sort of power storage would weigh as much as a sub-compact IC car. And that's not even counting the battery case, motor, inverter, etc. The other problem is charging. People want 350 mile range and 15 minute recharge. Only way to do that is battery swap. The current needed for that charge rate would require enormous cables and would most likely destroy the batteries that, by the way, prefer a nice slooooow charge. Electric cars will best fill the niche of commuter vehicles. The driving done by most people is commuting to work or taking kids to school and adds up to less than 40 miles a day. 80% of people drive less than 40 miles per day....whcih happens to fall very nicely into a realistc goal of what an electric car can do given an 8-10 hour period to recharge without killing the batteries. Yes, up to 300 mile range and up to 120MPH, but not both at the same time, you are right. But it does sound like you have been reading the design specs for the Chevy volt. Your "realistic goals" are what that car was designed around. Then they gave it a Gasoline Generator for road trips. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Awwww..... What a compliment, thank you. I've been taking lessons on how to argue from the left. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

the Tesla Model S can do most of that. 300 mile range at 120 MPH with a 0-60 time of less than 6 sec. Holds 5 adults. It is also designed to do a 5 min battery swap. It's just not a truck so it may not be able to haul your boat. Also read up on the other vehicles. It's here, the only argument now a days is the price. All the rich go-green guys are eating up the initial start up costs for the average person (except Al Gore) "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I guess I should have asked "Who will bring the Electric Car to the US?" "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

While Toyota has been leading the way with the Prius, It doesn't have a designated "Electric car" yet. They will have an electric commuter some time in the future and the next generation Prius will be a "Plug-in" hybrid, but I didn't have enough info to include them in the survey "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

For those of you who don't know the cars, here are the links: fisker Karma http://karma.fiskerautomotive.com/ Tesla Model S http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php Chevy Volt http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/default/future/volt.do?seo=goo_%7C_2009_Chevy_Awareness_%7C_IMG_Chevy_Volt_Phase_2_Branded_%7C_Volt_HV_%7C_volt Nissan Leaf http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/#/car/index A lot of companies are starting to fight to take the lead on the Electric car. Who do you think is going to come out on top? All of these cars will use lithium-Ion batteries. The Karma and the Volt will both have a Gas back up engine/generator to provide power to the electric motors. Fisker has had delays with it's car, but I got a feeling we'll se them step things up with the release of other cars. With several cars coming out to choose from, I think we will also see there prices come down. Right now only the super rich can afford these cars. The good news is though that Tesla has now made up there start up costs with the sales of their roadster to the guys with the money coming out the wazoo problem, so the model S is going to come out at a slightly lower price and Nissan is saying that the Leaf is supposed to be comparably priced to a mid size sedan. Note: Al Gore has not bought any of these cars Also in the future, since they all use Lithium Ion Batteries, What do you think the odds are of all of these vehicles (or at least the ones that survive the initial battle) go to a common batterie type? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Nice dodge. In a government ran health care plan, who is going to decide who gets the organ in your above scenario? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

So what you are saying is a board of government or government appointed officials would convene to choose who lives and who dies? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

So this letter never happened? Here is a piece: [urlhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Letter-from-President-Obama-to-Chairmen-Edward-M-Kennedy-and-Max-Baucus/[/url] or Dr. Emanuel didn't publish this: http://econopundit.com/ezekiel_emmauel.pdf I guess it's all my imagination. No doubt this stuff didn't make it into the health bill, but there is a reason why. Some called attention to it. If I was a democrat, I would try to deny the above stuff also. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

First off, your Soylent green reference Rocks!!!!! But Soylent green was not discussed in any of the previous health plans. Dr. Emanuell did discuss the the merits of paying out health care based on age and quality of life as a cost savings measure. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

It's amazing really, I was able to do the job that Politifact missed with a 2 second google search. http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/08/inconvenient-truth-about-death-panel.html You can read the rest of the story if you want. Just follow the link. Despite Obama's openness and government accountability policies, nobody knows if "Death Panels" are in the current health plan (has anyone been following CSPAN?), but if it's not, we can thank Sarah Palin. I think we can attribute level and quality of fact checking to who is being "Checked." "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Wow.. its amazing you guys actually believe the stuff you spout Shame on you and those who think this stuff up...but what the hell a good smear is the norm with people like Rove and Cheney and their fellow travellers. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-krepel/accuracy-in-medias-smear_b_392303.html While CBSNews.com has 108 stories on the Salahis, the site only features one story on the "Safe Schools Czar" of the Obama administration, Kevin Jennings. The article on Jennings, entitled "Kevin Jennings Gets Boost from White House," was written on October 1, 2009. The article defends Jennings, who was selected for the position largely because of his work founding and directing the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a radical gay promotion group. However, since October 2009, a lot has happened with President Obama's favorite pedophile. Videos have surfaced of Jennings teaching 14-year-old boys the dangerous sexual practice of "fisting," and discussing with them the particulars of oral sex. The second paragraph is entirely false. The controversial session to which Duzett is referring -- one of "over 50 sessions" at the 2000 conference sponsored by GLSEN, according to Jennings, founder of the group and its executive director at the time -- was run "by two [Massachusetts] Department of Education AIDS-HIV education specialists and a consultant to the department," as reported in a May 18, 2000, Boston Herald article highlighted by Media Matters. The Herald article went on to state that GLSEN "agreed yesterday that three workshop leaders crossed a line with raunchy content directed at students as young as 14 years old" and quoted Jennings as saying, "We need to make our expectations and guidelines to outside facilitators much more clear because we are surprised and troubled by some of the accounts we've heard." Those false claims, it seems, was the basis of Duzett's claim that Jennings is a "pedophile." In fact, no allegations of pedophilia have been made against Jennings. Shortly after Media Matters posted an item discrediting Duzett's claims (disclosure: I wrote that item for Media Matters), AIM removed Duzett's post from its website. (A screenshot of the full post is available at ConWebBlog.) Given not only the false claims but the potentially libelous nature of Duzett's "pedophile" allegation, it seemed that more than a mere deletion was in order. AIM followed up the next day with a blog post that appropriately began with an apology: Accuracy in Media regrets the publication of a blog entry accusing Department of Education official Kevin Jennings, a homosexual activist, of being a pedophile and personally teaching perverted sexual practices to young people. We have no evidence to support those specific charges. The blog entry was posted by an intern without permission, and has been taken down. And my point was just made. He supported a relationship between an older man and a 15 to 16 year old boy, supports Harry Hay, and the article doesn't even come close to mentioning all the stuff he has tried to force on children, and you are backing him. I would never support anyone with a history like this. Am I perfect? No. Do I say "I will never be perfect so why bother trying?" Hell no. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I think the point went right over your head. I don't agree with what he did, and neither did the republican party, as oppose to the democratic party, who would circle their wagons around such actions. Nobody thinks what he did was right and most still believe in family values. When is the democratic party going to take similar actions against Kevin Jennings? Or is it OK for democrats to be pedophiles because they don't campaign against it? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I had to read your post 3 times. You do understand that some of the hate you spit out in the above sentence fits the democratic party more than the republican party right? Particularly when talking about big government and failed family values. I could understand it if you said that most politiicans belong at the bottom of the ocean, seeing that most politicians are lawyers... regardless of party affiliation. Lets take a look at a couple of case studies to help show why I vote republican: U.S Rep Mark Foley- Was soliciting sex from teenage congressional page boys for more than 10 years. When outed he resigned his seat while being chastised by the republican party and when he left, his party said it was the right thing to do. "Safe school Czar" Kevin Jennings- While in the appointment process it was discovered that he supported NAMBLA founder Harry Hay and encouraged gay student/adult relationships while acting as a councilor at a high school. The Obama admin said he was qualified for the job and they are lucky to have him. I believe that a lot of problems in this country could be solved if we strengthened the family unit. Get both parents involved and raise the kids instead of letting our kids be raised by MTV and X-box. When Ann Coulter says "80% of the kids in jail come from broken homes." the usual response from the left is "she is stupid and have you seen the size of her adams apple?" Very intelligent response. Am I pro life? No. Am I against gay marriage? No, I'm not trying to define "family". I'm not racists and I am not bigoted. I do believe involved parents are the best thing for kids and 2 parents have a lot easier time staying involved than 1. It's also easier for 2 parents to provide financial stability to a house than 1. I would much rather aim high and fall short rather than aim for the gutter. Both parties are full of bad people, but we vote them in. We have no one to blame but us for that. But given a choice I still prefer the pro-family message. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

There are plenty of people on both sides of the isle that fit in both category one and two. When that person fits firmly in category one, vote him out of office. If you knew me personally, you would know that I am far from a saint, but I do my best to love and support my family, and as I look around at what society is turning in to, I strongly support anyone trying to do the same. The problem I have with the democratic party is they support the Rosie O'donnel's of the world who tell people to go out, be single parents when you can't even take care of yourself. It's a crap message that fosters reliance on others instead of responsibility and reliance on yourself. Like I said, when a politician proves to be a real shit bag, no matter what side of the isle he is on get rid of him. If one politician in the party turns out to be a shitbag, don't lump the whole party as a shitbag and throw out the message if it a positive one. If a republican came up with a sure-fire, fool proof method for world peace, would you throw it out and continue down the path of warfare just because you don't like who it came from? (I can already hear the comments about mixing world peace and Republicans in the same sentence Amazon) "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything