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Yeah, I google 'michelle obama visits person of interest' and that story is in all the usual right-wing blogs. Such a desire to hate.

Michelle Obama visited many victims but we don't know who she did or did not visit as they were closed off from the press. A Saudi newspaper reported that the Saudi was visited but that has not been confirmed.

So what if she did visit him? He didn't commit the crime. Is she supposed to avoid him because he is Saudi? And do they really want to smear Obama for being close to Saudis? George Bush was so intertwined with the Saudis that they called one of the Saudis Bandar Bush.

Why should facts get in the way of blind hatred?

 

[GTI Guy]

Yeah, I google 'michelle obama visits person of interest' and that story is in all the usual right-wing blogs. Such a desire to hate.

Michelle Obama visited many victims but we don't know who she did or did not visit as they were closed off from the press. A Saudi newspaper reported that the Saudi was visited but that has not been confirmed.

So what if she did visit him? He didn't commit the crime. Is she supposed to avoid him because he is Saudi? And do they really want to smear Obama for being close to Saudis? George Bush was so intertwined with the Saudis that they called one of the Saudis Bandar Bush.

He's a terrurust

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/...ng-deported-on-national-security-grounds.html

 

[Link]

Funny how I can't find any news about that anywhere but on right wing nutter sites.

 

[Oblivion]

Stupid question, but is there a difference between a trial lawyer and a regular lawyer?

 

[Link]

Stupid question, but is there a difference between a trial lawyer and a regular lawyer?

There are lawyers that don't go to trial. Corporate lawyers, for example.

 

[Oblivion]

There are lawyers that don't go to trial. Corporate lawyers, for example.

Ah okay. I was wondering why right wingers always complained about trial lawyers.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/czech-ambassador-were-not-chechen-90368.html?hp=l4

The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two separate places, and the Czech ambassador to the U.S. wishes social media users would get that straight in the wake of news that the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are Chechen.

“As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect,” said Amb. Petr Gandalovic said in a statement posted on Friday night. “The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities — the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation.”

On Twitter and elsewhere, some social media users were saying that Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, who were named as suspects in Monday’s bombings, were Czech when in fact the Tsarnaevs are Chechen.

“As the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman noted in his message to President Obama, the Czech Republic is an active and reliable partner of the United States in the fight against terrorism,” the ambassador continued. “We are determined to stand side by side with our allies in this respect, there is no doubt about that.”

God Bless America. Only in this country

 

[Gotchaye]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/czech-ambassador-were-not-chechen-90368.html?hp=l4



God Bless America. Only in this country

Onion called it, more or less: http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-majority-of-americans-not-informed-enough-to,32124/

 

[B-Dubs]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/czech-ambassador-were-not-chechen-90368.html?hp=l4



God Bless America. Only in this country

You know the old saying, Americans learn geography by going to war.

 

[RustyNails]

I heard chileans attacked us in boston,

 

[sc0la]

I heard chileans attacked us in boston,

Waiter, I'll have Freedom Sea Bass.

 

[The Librarian]

I heard chileans attacked us in boston,

I thought it was Checkistan?

 

[GTI Guy]

Funny how I can't find any news about that anywhere but on right wing nutter sites.

That's because the main stream media wants to hide the truth.

 

[B-Dubs]

I thought it was Checkistan?

No no it was Anton Chekhov.

 

[Link]

That's because the main stream media wants to hide the truth.

Obviously. Good thing we have true patriots that aren't afraid to bring us the real stories.

 

[Mike M]

That's because the main stream media wants to hide the truth.

Are you being sarcastic, or are you our new token conservative?

 

[GTI Guy]

Are you being sarcastic, or are you our new token conservative?

How dare you

 

[The Librarian]

No no it was Anton Chekhov.

The brother of Pavel A. Chekhov????!

 

[Hobbestetrician]

I heard chileans attacked us in boston,

If global warming is real then how come we still got Chile?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/czech-ambassador-were-not-chechen-90368.html?hp=l4



God Bless America. Only in this country

This is stupid that they responded. I'm sorry but the czech embassy should be embarrassed they responded to a few idiots on twitter.

 

[Shadow Hog]

The brother of Pavel A. Chekhov????!

No, that's "Chekov".

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

This is stupid that they responded. I'm sorry but the czech embassy should be embarrassed they responded to a few idiots on twitter.

I imagine the Czech embassy probably got a lot of calls about this from uninformed Americans and that's why they responded. It says more about the American public than the Czech Republic

 

[NYCmetsfan]

I imagine the Czech embassy probably got a lot of calls about this from uninformed Americans and that's why they responded. It says more about the American public than the Czech Republic

I'm gonna guess they didn't and instead saw a buzzfeed article and wanted to be hip. Nobody that would even think to contact and embassy would mix up them.

I really hate this buzzfeed driven let's look up idiots on twitter and show how much smarter we are trend.

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

I'm gonna guess they didn't and instead saw a buzzfeed article and wanted to be hip. Nobody that would even think to contact and embassy would mix up them.

No, those are exactly the type of people that would call an embassy. It's not like it takes a whole lot of effort to call them, you don't even have to dial the number if you're using a smart phone

Now, you might be right, but I think you misunderstand the population that would call an embassy (and it's similar to those that call Congressional offices)

 

[speculawyer]

This is stupid that they responded. I'm sorry but the czech embassy should be embarrassed they responded to a few idiots on twitter.

Meh. They need to protect their brand. The idiots that were confused should be embarrassed.

 

[Suikoguy]

Onion called it, more or less: http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-majority-of-americans-not-informed-enough-to,32124/

They must have that Iranian time machine or something.

 

[adamsappel]

Claiming you need guns to defend yourself against a hypothetical tyrannical US government is sort of insulting to the US military.

I've never understood why conservatives who profess to love the police and military unconditionally will in the next breath vow to fight anyone to the death who comes for their guns. Who do they think will do that? Sometimes they'll allow that it will be a private army put in place by a librul president. What leftist peacenik is joining this militia?

Well . . . I'm of two minds on this. I'm a supporter of assisted-suicide . . . if people are old and want to go, let them go. But guns seem a crude way to do it.

Ironically, the only reason I own any guns at all is because I inherited them from my wife's grandfather, who killed himself with a handgun (I didn't get that one).

I can be swayed into allowing a brief period without Miranda rights, to try and get information about immediate threats, but at this point he should be treated like any other criminal. That time has passed. I'm definitely dismayed that the public safety exception is apparently still in effect.

I'm fine with whatever happens to criminals prior to their capture. If they participate in a firefight with cops and are killed, so be it. Once they are in custody, nothing untoward should befall them. I hate police retribution; I hate prison "justice" and rape.

And do they really want to smear Obama for being close to Saudis? George Bush was so intertwined with the Saudis that they called one of the Saudis Bandar Bush.

Bush would walk hand-in-hand with Saudi royalty, and kissed them in greeting. Can you imagine the reaction if Obama did that?

 

[Amir0x]

Onion called it, more or less: http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-majority-of-americans-not-informed-enough-to,32124/

This fucking line:

Kinane’s team was able to confirm, however, that once research subjects were told Chechnya is a predominantly Muslim region, they were “usually pretty good to go from there.”

lol

 

[B-Dubs]

This fucking line:



lol

I swear to god, whoever writes this shit has a time machine or something.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/o...ma-is-no-bully-in-the-pulpit.html?ref=opinion

The pundit class in this country has lost their mind.

They are now complaining Obama is not acting like fictional presidents

The White House should have created a war room full of charts with the names of pols they had to capture, like they had in “The American President.” Soaring speeches have their place, but this was about blocking and tackling.

Instead of the pit-bull legislative aides in Aaron Sorkin’s movie, Obama has Miguel Rodriguez, an arm-twister so genteel that The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker wrote recently that no one in Congress even knows who he is.

 

[PhoenixDark]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/o...ma-is-no-bully-in-the-pulpit.html?ref=opinion

The pundit class in this country has lost their mind.

They are now complaining Obama is not acting like fictional presidents

I can't even agree with this shit. While I do believe that Obama isn't good at playing Washington, that had nothing to do here. This is all about the NRA's influence and fanatic gun owners who punish even the slightest gun legislation discussion

 

[smokeandmirrors]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/o...ma-is-no-bully-in-the-pulpit.html?ref=opinion

The pundit class in this country has lost their mind.

They are now complaining Obama is not acting like fictional presidents

How in the everloving fuck can you write something like that and keep a straight face, or realise that real life isn't a movie?

 

[PhoenixDark]

How in the everloving fuck can you write something like that and keep a straight face, or realise that real life isn't a movie?

The funny thing is that if that type of bribe dependent political game was still relevant in the 21st century, she'd be wringing her hands over Obama "wheeling and dealing" and playing the game instead of changing Washington like he promised.

I can just imagine the horror such an event would be for Peggy Noonan, Politico, etc.

 

[speculawyer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/o...ma-is-no-bully-in-the-pulpit.html?ref=opinion

The pundit class in this country has lost their mind.

They are now complaining Obama is not acting like fictional presidents

Don't ever read Dowd. She's the queen of the false narrative. She just picks some bullshit narrative (that isn't close to reality) and just runs with it. She basically writes anti-fan-fiction.

 

[jamesinclair]

So the big Texas explosion...

Its like exhibit 101 of a libertarian fail.

Texas hates zoning because FREEDOM...
....which leads to nursing homes being built next to dangerous industrial areas.

Texas hates big government....
....which leads to a volunteer fire department, next to a dangerous industrial area

Texas hates regulation...
....which leads to the company illegally failing to disclose they were a massive time bomb

Texas wants the few services they pay taxes for to spend as little money as possible...
....which leads school districts to locate in the cheapest possible land to "prevent waste". Cheapest land tends to be found next to dangerous industrial areas.

 

[Link]

So the big Texas explosion...

Its like exhibit 101 of a libertarian fail.

Texas hates zoning because FREEDOM...
....which leads to nursing homes being built next to dangerous industrial areas.

Texas hates big government....
....which leads to a volunteer fire department, next to a dangerous industrial area

Texas hates regulation...
....which leads to the company illegally failing to disclose they were a massive time bomb

Texas wants the few services they pay taxes for to spend as little money as possible...
....which leads school districts to locate in the cheapest possible land to "prevent waste". Cheapest land tends to be found next to dangerous industrial areas.

Thanks, Obama!

 

[jamesinclair]

Thanks, Obama!

Rick Perrys America

Remember when everyone said he was a shoo-in for the presidency?

As hilarious as those who say that about Cuomo today.

 

[Suikoguy]

Oh there are scores of people defending the lack of zoning laws, and comparing it to living next to a gas station or an airport. "There is always a risk."

*sigh

If this had happened when school was in session...

I guess it's just the continuing notion that it's nothing to worry about unless it happens to you.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Rick Perrys America

Remember when everyone said he was a shoo-in for the presidency?

As hilarious as those who say that about Cuomo today.

Perry seemed like the perfect anti-Romney until he opened his mouth and revealed he could barely form sentences. Also, gotta love Cruz demanding federal money to help rebuild West, given his Sandy vote.

 

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Perry seemed like the perfect anti-Romney until he opened his mouth and revealed he could barely form sentences. Also, gotta love Cruz demanding federal money to help rebuild West, given his Sandy vote.

On that note, I was reading this article earlier and came across this gem:

And the media question being asked over and over is how could something like this happen? Sen. Cruz warned it’s a little early to be asking that.

“All of us want to know what happened here: What caused the explosion? What factors made it more likely? I think it would be a mistake to rush to a conclusion before the facts and evidence are assembled.”

The ironing is delicious.

 

[speculawyer]

Perry seemed like the perfect anti-Romney until he opened his mouth and revealed he could barely form sentences. Also, gotta love Cruz demanding federal money to help rebuild West, given his Sandy vote.

Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. There is just no sense of comity.

And the media question being asked over and over is how could something like this happen? Sen. Cruz warned it’s a little early to be asking that.

“All of us want to know what happened here: What caused the explosion? What factors made it more likely? I think it would be a mistake to rush to a conclusion before the facts and evidence are assembled.”

Fucking moron. Yeah, like we've never had any experience with this type of event ever . . . something with fertilizer . . . in Texas . . in April . . . never could have foreseen that.

The Texas City disaster of April 16, 1947 is the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions.

The 38% ammonium nitrate, used as fertilizer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster

Fuck off you fucking idiot, Cruz.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Common sense. This picture lacks it. How people accepted this is is mind boggling, but at the same time we had a fireworks factory explode here in the Netherlands which was located in the middle of a residential area.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Common sense. This picture lacks it. How people accepted this is is mind boggling, but at the same time we had a fireworks factory explode here in the Netherlands which was located in the middle of a residential area.

I remember seeing videos of that. Was nuts.

 

[TacticalFox88]

I love how Perry spent years demonizing Obama and shitting on the Federal Government until this explosion happened he's like

"Lol, my bad, can I please have some halp pwease?!"

 

[The Librarian]

I have the PERFECT banner for the next OT.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I remember seeing videos of that. Was nuts.

Yeah the video one guy managed to make was definitely nuts. The aftermath was a warzone too.

 

[Dr. Pangloss]

Rick Perrys America

Remember when everyone said he was a shoo-in for the presidency?

As hilarious as those who say that about Cuomo today.

Sorry, this is not Perry's fault. The fertilizer plant has been there since 1962. And that was when Democrats controlled the state.

 

[TacticalFox88]

I have the PERFECT banner for the next OT.

Mark Ruffalo or Edward Norton?

 

[The Technomancer]

I love how Perry spent years demonizing Obama and shitting on the Federal Government until this explosion happened he's like

"Lol, my bad, can I please have some halp pwease?!"

No, but see, it actually happened to him, and he knows that he's not a moocher and he's not inefficient, so its alright.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Meh