PastaJoe

Gays are allowed, they just can't admit they're gay. I never said the action wasn't legal, I said it was a shame. Forcing a brave veteran to leave while allowing a lovelorn unstable Governor to stay.

Yeah, teams like Detroit, Pittsburgh, Anaheim... Oh that's right, those teams have been in the playoffs at least once in the last few years. Look at Montreal, they realized they weren't a contender even though they made the playoffs, and were aggressive in trying to improve their roster. For a team like Buffalo that continues to under perform and not commit to winning, the lack of upgrade is an insult to the fans. Sure they'll make some minor move and bring in some 3rd line forward and declare them the savior, but they won't make any significant moves.

The wishful thinking of Dick Cheney, just so he can find justification for his past actions.

Don't care, as long as all the partners do it of their own free will and are at least 18, as opposed to some of those cult-like compounds where girls under 18 are put in arraigned marriages to old men. It's a shame that people like Lt. Dan Choi, an Arabic-speaking officer who served for 15 months in Iraq as a member of Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division before joining a New York National Guard unit based in Manhattan, are recommended for dismissal from the military just because of public knowledge of his orientation, yet people like Gov. Sanford are allowed to keep their jobs. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/200...mends_disc.html

So let gays get married, and then it won't be an issue.

Was that right after you opened another package of socks on Christmas? Ralphie from A Christmas Story felt bad for you.

Yes we are getting what we asked for, given that the majority of voters agreed with Obama regarding the need to address our energy needs and global warming. And when you have enough votes to pass legislation, it's not forced, it's the will of the majority.

Age 62, finally succumbed to cancer. How many of us grew up with that iconic poster of her in the red bathing suit.

Obviously the Republicans. Democrats don't go out of their way to tell people who they can or can't marry or what they should do in their marriage. It's up to the couple to decide what they will and won't put up with. I don't care if a cheating politician stays or resigns, as long as they can still do their job. But they should be called out for hypocracy if they say someone else should resign and then don't do it themselves for a similar offense, as is the case with Ensign and Sanford who called for Clinton to resign.

Now we know why he didn't want the stimulus, he had his own stimulus package in Argentina.

Vitter, Ensign, and now Sanford. This is an attempt by Republicans to reestablish their traditional family values that a marriage should be between one man, one woman, and one female on the side.

I don't worship anyone, you moron, but I do trust Obama's decision making, especially his foreign policy team. Bush's problems with the deficit and two wars didn't start with Clinton. He came in with a surplus, gave it away in tax cuts for the rich which haven't helped our long term growth, took the government's focus off al Queda and on Saddam, and ordered the unnecessary Iraq invasion.

Sitting in a chair piled high with the sh#t that the last guy left on it is a tough job. Fortunately he's up to the cleanup task.

That's pretty weak. No rational person believes that guns and ammo will ever be outlawed, that's settled law. That's a fear tactic used by the NRA to prevent ANY reasonable legislation like Brady.

It's ironic that Bristol Palin's abstinence tour is sponsored by Candie's, the teen clothing line that also has Britney Spears as a spokesperson to promote a line of sexy provocative clothes for teens. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/05/b...u_n_196838.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/opinion/07collins.html

Plus the anti-abortion shooter the week before. And it's only been 5 months into the administration. And it's not about veterans, it's about legally monitoring those anti-gov't groups who often try to recruit from the pool of retired veterans. Tree huggers, etc., didn't run to the gun shops to load up on weapons when Bush became president. It's a fact that right wing militia groups increased recruitment and membership after Obama was elected, and there was a rise in gun sales. It's a fact that the false claim of WMD in Iraq was the major selling point to get support for the invasion. And what powers are the Obama administration using that the Supreme Court has ruled as unconstitutional?

No, I mean less religion in general, not any specific, and I'm speaking as a Christian. And what does Israel have to do with religion in the U.S. gov't?

Conservatives can't even handle the truth from FOXNews (which sounds similar to some who post here): On June 10, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith said the Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting validated a recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report alerting law enforcement to an increased threat from "rightwing extremists," including "white supremacists." Smith said: "[T]his is a former military guy and he's gone extremist. They were warning us for a reason -- not about something political or social or anything else. ... It was a warning to us all. And it appears now that they were right." Smith also said that he's receiving "more and more frightening" emails from viewers since President Obama's election, including conspiracy theories about Obama's birth certificate. In response to Smith's remarks about the Holocaust museum shooting, several conservative media figures have attacked Smith or called for his firing from Fox News. During his June 11 radio program, Rush Limbaugh said of Smith's remarks: "For liberals to now claim that the atmosphere is somehow more violently anti-Obama is simply preposterous." Limbaugh also said Smith was "whining and moaning and complaining about emails." After stating that he, too, got "vile, sick emails," Limbaugh said, "Shep, you got nothing on anybody out there." In a June 10 post headlined "Please Shepard Smith Out the Door!" on the blog Atlas Shrugs, conservative blogger Pamela Geller, who has frequently promoted conspiracy theories about Obama's birth certificate, wrote of Smith -- who has also debunked the claim that in the DHS report, the Obama administration was targeting conservatives and others simply because they disagree with administration policies and proposals: "How amusing that Shepard feels the need to take this opportunity to scold us for doing the job the media and schmucks like him won't do. He also took the opportunity to vouch for the DHS report on right wing extremism. You know, the one that targeted vets, tea party attendees, Jewish extremists -- as the real threats to the country. The 89 year old Nazi Von Brunn served in World War II -- are those the new terror threats? WW2 vets? Scary stupidity. FOX could do so much better than this pompous elitist. If Beck proved anything, it's that if you are halfway talented, your numbers will go through the roof. Beating the competition when you're on FOX is no biggie. The competition of CNN, MSNBC et al drives people to FOX. Leading the leftwing media asshats is not the bar to beat. FOX numbers are the bar. I am sure, for example, if FOX dropped Beck into Greta's spot, he would increase their numbers at 10pm by 30%. But Shep sucks. And Shep has always sucked, and it's time to get rid of the deadwood." http://mediamatters.org/research/200906110030

More statements by the promoter of paranoia, Rush Limbaugh, yesterday, trying a CYA to avoid blame for fanning the flames of intolerance. "This guy (Von Brunn) is a leftist, if anything. This guy‘s beliefs—this guy‘s hate stems from influence that you find on the left, not on the right." Take a look at Von Brunn's letter from his car. If you replace the hateful use of the word "Jew" with "liberal", without knowing the source you would think it was from conservative talking heads talking points: “You want my weapons. This is how you‘re going to get them. Obama was created by liberals. Obama does what his liberal owners tell him to do. Liberals captured America‘s money. They control the mass media. The first amendment is abrogated.”

Wow, that's pretty wacked. We need less religion in politics, not more.

Their words, not mine: "We have to stop and shout, and stop this and oppose it," Limbaugh added. "This is not the America that you and I grew up - I said earlier if al-Qaida wants to demolish the America we know and love, they'd better hurry, because Obama's beating them to it." - Rush http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/200...irness-doctrine "It is offensive to the sensibilities of millions of people to hear a member of the state-run media refer to a half-black, half-white human being with no experience running anything of substance referred to as a god. He may be president of the United States, but he's not a god." - Rush http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06...nce.php?ref=fpb "Ladies and gentlemen, there can be no other way to say this now. The gloves have to come off. It's time for people to sober up. The president of the United States, Barack Obama, is destroying the United States economy. There is no other way to describe this, systematically destroying it". - Rush http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE...p;pageId=100595 "Obama is the greatest living example of a reverse racist, and now he's appointed one." - Rush http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/26/ru...-obama-racists/ "And mark my words, this is going to be next, I fear, bail out next debt-ridden states. Then government gets to get in there and control the people." - Palin http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/18738 If you don't think that mentally deranged people with an existing hatred of minorities and the gov't can't and don't take those statements out of context and see them as a call to arms, you are delusional. Rush and his ilk are not legally responsible for any actions, but they have a moral responsibility to not recklessly throw around wrong and misleading statements that will incite others who take their words verbatim. Flame away if you can't handle the truth, but words matter.

Expected responses from right wing apologists.

If you don't think that all this anti-gov't fear mongering talk doesn't rile up these mentally unstable people, you're delusional. Some nuts actually believe what Rush and his ilk say.

Shooter is reported to be an 89 year old anti-government/white supremacist. Thank you to all the right wing wackos like Rush and Palin for stirring the pot with their anti-government fear mongering speeches that are taken to heart by weak minded people like this and the anti-abortion shooter.

Still some here trying to justify the killing of an American in his church because they disagree with his legal profession. Unbelievable. I guess to be consistent you must also approve the killing of military recruiters because the murderer disagreed with their legal profession which recruits people to kill others in battle. Or do you pick and choose who the law should apply to?