Comments on: The Good News and the Bad News on the Fourth of July http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nitpicker http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95622 nitpicker Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:24:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95622 Wow, Roger. The world must be so strange and frightening for someone who doesn't understand simple words like "refine" ("to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions")--which does not mean "flip-flop"--and "clarify" ("to make more understandable"). If people like you and the eager McCain staffers understood terms as simple as these, Obama wouldn't always have to be reiterating his points. Odd, though, that you repeatedly fail to notice that McCain has yet to find a policy about which can't flip-flop; from immigration to tax cuts, the man's only firm position seems to be that he ought to be president. Thank God he won't be. Wow, Roger. The world must be so strange and frightening for someone who doesn’t understand simple words like “refine” (“to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions”)–which does not mean “flip-flop”–and “clarify” (“to make more understandable”). If people like you and the eager McCain staffers understood terms as simple as these, Obama wouldn’t always have to be reiterating his points.

Odd, though, that you repeatedly fail to notice that McCain has yet to find a policy about which can’t flip-flop; from immigration to tax cuts, the man’s only firm position seems to be that he ought to be president. Thank God he won’t be.

]]> By: Peterike http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95611 Peterike Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:45:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95611 Gloria weirdly noted: "He [the Wizard of O] understands what building highways through neighborhoods means for health." What? Is this an ISSUE? Are there that many new highways being built these days? Hell, maybe there are. What do I know. Gloria opines: "76,000 people screaming in a stadium may seem disconcerting to you, but being disenfranchised in 2000 is more disconcerting to me." Oh Lord, will this canard NEVER die? Sheesh. Gloria, get some medication. Gore lied, people cried. He got way richer not being President anyway, by peddling his Miracle Elixir of global warming baloney. So it was all win-win for the greezy little con man and his uber carbon footprint lifestyle. As far as the Big O flip-flopping on Iraq withdrawal, whatever. Of course he's being politically expedient, what else is new? He's just another political 'ho. But if things continue to improve markedly in Iraq, when does O step up and say "I was wrong to oppose the war in the first place. We have achieved a remarkable success and the Iraqi people are now free and a democratic ally in the Middle East." Yeah if he says THAT I might have a shred of respect for the arrogant little twerp. Gloria weirdly noted: “He [the Wizard of O] understands what building highways through neighborhoods means for health.”

What? Is this an ISSUE? Are there that many new highways being built these days? Hell, maybe there are. What do I know.

Gloria opines: “76,000 people screaming in a stadium may seem disconcerting to you, but being disenfranchised in 2000 is more disconcerting to me.”

Oh Lord, will this canard NEVER die? Sheesh. Gloria, get some medication. Gore lied, people cried. He got way richer not being President anyway, by peddling his Miracle Elixir of global warming baloney. So it was all win-win for the greezy little con man and his uber carbon footprint lifestyle.

As far as the Big O flip-flopping on Iraq withdrawal, whatever. Of course he’s being politically expedient, what else is new? He’s just another political ‘ho. But if things continue to improve markedly in Iraq, when does O step up and say “I was wrong to oppose the war in the first place. We have achieved a remarkable success and the Iraqi people are now free and a democratic ally in the Middle East.”

Yeah if he says THAT I might have a shred of respect for the arrogant little twerp.

]]> By: Tim http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95608 Tim Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:20:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95608 Obama is now calling for "voluntary" youth service, run by the government (see Jonah Goldberg at NRO). Yep, let's get rid of those nasty Boy Scouts and bring back the good old days of der Hitlerjugend. Obama and his charming spouse are nothing but fascists, and they are not kidding. Those who feel uneasy about this open air coronation in front of 76,000 screaming fans should feel uneasy. I'm sure the Democrat's version of Leni Riefenstahl, Michael Moore, will be there to film the whole thing. Obama is now calling for “voluntary” youth service, run by the government (see Jonah Goldberg at NRO). Yep, let’s get rid of those nasty Boy Scouts and bring back the good old days of der Hitlerjugend. Obama and his charming spouse are nothing but fascists, and they are not kidding. Those who feel uneasy about this open air coronation in front of 76,000 screaming fans should feel uneasy. I’m sure the Democrat’s version of Leni Riefenstahl, Michael Moore, will be there to film the whole thing.

]]> By: Bob http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95600 Bob Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:35:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95600 Not as cool as McCain's acceptance speech at an old folks' home will be. Not as cool as McCain’s acceptance speech at an old folks’ home will be.

]]> By: Iggy http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95581 Iggy Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:42:42 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95581 "And our military, including the National Guard is a volunteer military ... if they do not want to be in the service, they don’t have to be." My sons are Marines and both went to Iraq. Gloria pointed out how the soldiers are being overextended and Terrye responded with the above. I don't like the reasoning implied here which seems to be that since soldiers are free agents, any utilization of them is fine and dandy, no matter what. I've got an idea: lets start saving soldiers up for a rainy day. “And our military, including the National Guard is a volunteer military … if they do not want to be in the service, they don’t have to be.”

My sons are Marines and both went to Iraq. Gloria pointed out how the soldiers are being overextended and Terrye responded with the above. I don’t like the reasoning implied here which seems to be that since soldiers are free agents, any utilization of them is fine and dandy, no matter what.

I’ve got an idea: lets start saving soldiers up for a rainy day.

]]> By: Captain Hate http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95576 Captain Hate Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:07:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95576 "I wish Bush could have flip-flopped on Iraq policy. I wish people could say-oops I made a mistake-can I make it right." Um, he did and ordered the surge. I think you were very fortunate to get 35% of the vote. “I wish Bush could have flip-flopped on Iraq policy. I wish people could say-oops I made a mistake-can I make it right.”

Um, he did and ordered the surge. I think you were very fortunate to get 35% of the vote.

]]> By: obama uber alles! « The Homesick American… http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95559 obama uber alles! « The Homesick American… Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:50:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95559 [...] The Good News and the Bad News on the Fourth of July [...] [...] The Good News and the Bad News on the Fourth of July [...]

]]> By: Ravalli County News » Blog Archive » Barack is a Hack http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95557 Ravalli County News » Blog Archive » Barack is a Hack Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:41:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95557 [...] Roger L. Simon: “The good and bad news all in one: Barack Obama is a hack…  we now see writ large close to the most conventional politician to come down the pike in some time…  there is some reassurance that the candidate of amorphous ‘change’ is in reality the candidate of ‘politics as usual.’” [...] [...] Roger L. Simon: “The good and bad news all in one: Barack Obama is a hack…  we now see writ large close to the most conventional politician to come down the pike in some time…  there is some reassurance that the candidate of amorphous ‘change’ is in reality the candidate of ‘politics as usual.’” [...]

]]> By: Terrye http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95551 Terrye Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:49:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95551 And our military, including the National Guard is a volunteer military. These young men and women in uniform are a national treasure, they really are. But if they do not want to be in the service, they don't have to be. And our military, including the National Guard is a volunteer military. These young men and women in uniform are a national treasure, they really are. But if they do not want to be in the service, they don’t have to be.

]]> By: Terrye http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95550 Terrye Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:47:33 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2008/07/04/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-on-the-fourth-of-july/#comment-95550 Gloria: I wish Clinton had dealt with Saddam and Osama a decade ago and saved us all the trouble today. Maybe you wish that Bush had just said OOPS in 2004 and brought all the troops home and let Iraq descend into chaos. Of course if he had we would probably be back there by now. I just do not see the point in this kind of wishing. As far as that is concerned if Bush had not gotten the go ahead from the Congress to go into Iraq, Saddam would be alive and well today and running Iraq. The Food for Oil scam would have been a great success for the Butcher of Baghdad and his weapons programs would no doubt be up and running today. He would set about finishing the job on the Kurds he started and Zarqawi would be another Osama Bin Laden. You can say I do not know that, but then again you do not know that Saddam would have changed either. You do not know we would be at peace today. I do not care if you have met Obama or not. The man was against the war in 2002 when it costs him nothing, he was in line with Bush in 2004 and then against the war again in 2006. He believes in Obama. So far that is all I can see that he actually believes in. Gloria:

I wish Clinton had dealt with Saddam and Osama a decade ago and saved us all the trouble today.

Maybe you wish that Bush had just said OOPS in 2004 and brought all the troops home and let Iraq descend into chaos. Of course if he had we would probably be back there by now. I just do not see the point in this kind of wishing.

As far as that is concerned if Bush had not gotten the go ahead from the Congress to go into Iraq, Saddam would be alive and well today and running Iraq. The Food for Oil scam would have been a great success for the Butcher of Baghdad and his weapons programs would no doubt be up and running today. He would set about finishing the job on the Kurds he started and Zarqawi would be another Osama Bin Laden. You can say I do not know that, but then again you do not know that Saddam would have changed either. You do not know we would be at peace today.

I do not care if you have met Obama or not. The man was against the war in 2002 when it costs him nothing, he was in line with Bush in 2004 and then against the war again in 2006.

He believes in Obama. So far that is all I can see that he actually believes in.

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