In response to Romney's remarks in Israel about the success of Israel vs Palestine and his evocation of Guns, Germs & Steel, Jared Diamond (author of said book) wrote an op-ed saying that Romney is either lying when he claims to have read the book or is functionally retarded for misunderstanding it so completely.
While I wouldn't bet against the latter, I'm guessing it's the former. GG&S is one of those books where it's easy enough to feel like you have the jist of it and feel smart at cocktail parties but which isn't a real enthralling page-turner to read. I'm guessing there's a copy of it somewhere in Casa de Romney with an old bookmark somewhere around page 65.
Edited, Aug 10th 2012 11:43pm by Jophiel
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Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Add Krugman's acid comments about how the writers of Mitts economic policy have likely ruin their reputations.
Sorry folks if you already used up your 5 article limit for the month. Since my local newspaper went to trying not to have to pay reporters to cover news, I felt paying for the times online is well worth it just for the political coverage.
Sorry folks if you already used up your 5 article limit for the month. Since my local newspaper went to trying not to have to pay reporters to cover news, I felt paying for the times online is well worth it just for the political coverage.
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Omegavegeta wrote:
Weird how Romney can't run on his single greatest legislative accomplishment, isn't it?
In other news, Bain Capital start up money came from Salvadoran death squad financiers.
In other news, Bain Capital start up money came from Salvadoran death squad financiers.
Lot of info in that article, not much connecting of dots though. So there's a civil war going on, with lots of fighting and killing on both sides. So anyone of that nationality has to be divided into one of the two camps, and therefore must be directly responsible for any killing which happened? Seems like a bit of a stretch. If the seed money had come from folks on the other side, couldn't the same news sources claim that his money came from violent communist rebels who tortured people?
Just don't see a lot of "there" there.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
Gbaji wrote:
Just don't see a lot of "there" there.
Article wrote:
"I owe a great deal to Americans of Latin American descent," he said at a dinner in Miami in 2007. "When I was starting my business, I came to Miami to find partners that would believe in me and that would finance my enterprise. My partners were Ricardo Poma, Miguel Dueñas, Pancho Soler, Frank Kardonski, and Diego Ribadeneira."
Romney could also have thanked investors from two other wealthy and powerful Central American clans -- the de Sola and Salaverria families, who the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe have reported were founding investors in Bain Capital.
While they were on the lookout for investments in the United States, members of some of these prominent families -- including the Salaverria, Poma, de Sola and Dueñas clans -- were also at the time financing, either directly or through political parties, death squads in El Salvador. The ruling classes were deploying the death squads to beat back left-wing guerrillas and reformers during El Salvador's civil war.
Romney could also have thanked investors from two other wealthy and powerful Central American clans -- the de Sola and Salaverria families, who the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe have reported were founding investors in Bain Capital.
While they were on the lookout for investments in the United States, members of some of these prominent families -- including the Salaverria, Poma, de Sola and Dueñas clans -- were also at the time financing, either directly or through political parties, death squads in El Salvador. The ruling classes were deploying the death squads to beat back left-wing guerrillas and reformers during El Salvador's civil war.
There, there.
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gbaji wrote:
Omegavegeta wrote:
Weird how Romney can't run on his single greatest legislative accomplishment, isn't it?
In other news, Bain Capital start up money came from Salvadoran death squad financiers.
In other news, Bain Capital start up money came from Salvadoran death squad financiers.
Lot of info in that article, not much connecting of dots though. So there's a civil war going on, with lots of fighting and killing on both sides. So anyone of that nationality has to be divided into one of the two camps, and therefore must be directly responsible for any killing which happened? Seems like a bit of a stretch. If the seed money had come from folks on the other side, couldn't the same news sources claim that his money came from violent communist rebels who tortured people?
Just don't see a lot of "there" there.
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remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
Probably my favorite moment of the DNC was when Bill Clinton bowed to Obama.
Prrrrriceless.
Prrrrriceless.
SwaziSpring wrote:
Because that's all Obama has done to insult the British...
Obama has an established foreign policy record. You can like it or not like it or go into conniptions over an iPod but so it goes.
Romney has no record which is why he made the trip. The trip was a fiasco and is still the only "foreign policy" experience he has to bank on. But you're welcome to keep moaning about iPods if you'd like; I'll still feel very comfortable about which candidate I'd want at the table with Pakistan, Iran, Syria, etc.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
If the seed money had come from folks on the other side, couldn't the same news sources claim that his money came from violent communist rebels who tortured people?
Yes? Couldn't both be true? Why would you want to argue it matters at all? Shouldn't corporations sell to whomever has the money to buy? You see, this is where the high ground exists for your side. He legally accepted funds from interested investors. So? Don't argue the other stuff, it's not the point. The point for you should be that money is money. If Bain traded them grenades for the cash, sure that's an issue. If they took payment in cocaine and the souls of dead children, then there's an issue with the cocaine part. Get it? Even debating the point lends it a legitimacy you should be denying.
We need a conservative poster who isn't also an idiot in the worst way...
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What has the Asylum slummed too? Now we've got Smash making their arguments for them!
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Smasharoo wrote:
We need a conservative poster who isn't also an idiot in the worst way...
While you're at it, find me an honest man...
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Debalic wrote:
While you're at it, find me an honest man...
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Smasharoo wrote:
We need a conservative poster who isn't also an idiot in the worst way...
I'm pretty sure almalieque scared off Uglysasquatch.
Just as Planned.
I don't really weigh in on US political threads, not knowing them that much and when it comes to conservative policies in general, I generally won't speak up when gbaji will just come along and fucks up any ground work you may have laid in a conversation with anyone here.
Every now and then I might pipe up, but only for a few posts at most.
Every now and then I might pipe up, but only for a few posts at most.
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here's some fun reading for the US election
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=2
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=2
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Sir Xsarus wrote:
here's some fun reading for the US election
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=2
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=2
That... that was beautiful.
Dang, the crymore smiley is broken.
Smasharoo wrote:
If the seed money had come from folks on the other side, couldn't the same news sources claim that his money came from violent communist rebels who tortured people?
Yes? Couldn't both be true? Why would you want to argue it matters at all?
Um... I'm *not* arguing that it matters. I'm arguing against those who think it does. The specific point I was making was that if you look hard enough at any source of money, you can find some way to argue it's "bad". Which makes the argument irrelevant, doesn't it?
Maybe a different direction, but basically the same point you say I should be making. Except that the way you seem to think conservatives should say it involves them basically dismissing any ethical concerns about the source of money for something at all. I don't think that's a particularly great approach. Well, it's great if you want to fall right into the "greedy conservatives don't care about anything but making money" argument. Which I'm going to assume is precisely why you recommend it.
My argument isn't that we should ignore any ethical concerns, but that we should be reasonable in their application. The arguments being made here are not very reasonable. It's guilt by association of the most absurd degree.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
gbaji wrote:
It's guilt by association of the most absurd degree.
Maybe keep this line in mind next time you use the phrase "you liberals"?
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
Maybe a different direction, but basically the same point you say I should be making. Except that the way you seem to think conservatives should say it involves them basically dismissing any ethical concerns about the source of money for something at all. I don't think that's a particularly great approach. Well, it's great if you want to fall right into the "greedy conservatives don't care about anything but making money" argument. Which I'm going to assume is precisely why you recommend it.
First, try not to "assume" anything about why I do things. A fruit fly has a better chance of understanding quantum physics than you understanding my motivation for doing anything.
Second, you're wrong. It is the right approach. It's simple, concise and a compelling argument. That's the right approach. Arguing the minutia of something that's prima facie idiotic is a waste of time. This isn't a Saturday morning cartoon, you don't have to save "Form Blazing Sword" for the end. I wouldn't argue about the font on Obama's birth certificate. I'd just laugh at a fucking fool who thought it would be taken up by SCOTUS.
Memories....light the corners of my mind.....
First, try not to "assume" anything about why I do things. A fruit fly has a better chance of understanding quantum physics than you understanding my motivation for doing anything.
Second, you're wrong. It is the right approach. It's simple, concise and a compelling argument. That's the right approach. Arguing the minutia of something that's prima facie idiotic is a waste of time. This isn't a Saturday morning cartoon, you don't have to save "Form Blazing Sword" for the end. I wouldn't argue about the font on Obama's birth certificate. I'd just laugh at a fucking fool who thought it would be taken up by SCOTUS.
Memories....light the corners of my mind.....
Disclaimer:
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
In another show of foreign policy acumen, Romney blames Obama for apologizing to the embassy attackers...
...based on a statement originating from the US embassy in Egypt prior to any of the attacks.
...based on a statement originating from the US embassy in Egypt prior to any of the attacks.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Hello? America to Joph? Obama is a commie muslim sleeper agent. He apologized ahead of time knowing when and where the attack was going to happen.
George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Dave Weigel wrote:
President Romney will make darn sure that no embassy ever issues a calming statement when protesters are about to attack.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Wait, are these oil rich protesters?
Well, their hair is probably rather oily...
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
But is it hashish or crude?
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