Posted on 06/26/2004 4:58:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
Thank goodness he's done with Ireland. Now if he can get out of Turkey without any mishaps. I hold my breath when he's traveling!
Thank you for your comments on #54-55.I think the pretend niceness in the Senate needs to go away. I prefer the days when they clubbed each other down. Those old farts would go away if it wasn't such a good old boys club. Fight for what you believe in or get out.
hehe! Yep.
From that same article linking to FreeRepublic.com:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In 1856 a House member from South Carolina took his cane to an abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, bloodying the Senate floor and leaving the man near death. Capitol attacks these days are not as dramatic, but lawmakers from both parties lament what has become another low point in political civility.
A couple of rounds between Cheney and fat teddy and maybe "The Swimmer" would tone down his BS Class Warfare ad hominem attacks and rhetoric !
In fact, I wish Kennedy would resign. I sent him a number of emails to his Senate email address the last few months because of his over the top comments/outbursts and Bush-bashing lies. Each of my emails was calm and logical and factual, UNLIKE his outbursts. The last 1-2 emails I sent him bounced back to me. He either blocked me out or they shut down his Senate email address.
Memo to fat teddy: If you can't take the heat, STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN ! Resign immediately !!
"George W. Bushs Vietnam" ... quagmire ... "Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management" ... Bush bad ... Democrats good ... blah, blah, blah ! ....
/soapbox :^)
Yup, that works for me. "Go Leahy!" Or "GL!" for short
lol
So Dick Cheney would have a more appropriate response to the reporter?
Welcome to FreeRepublic.com.
I presume you found this thread via a search engine and thus may not be familiar with FreeRepublic.com. Don't mind some of the denizens of this site, we're all a little prone to overstatement here but in general, you will find no better news and analysis site on the internet.
Keep in mind that much of the news that comes out of Europe and Ireland these days is anti-American. As someone who knows plenty of Irish in Ireland, I know that much of the populace is not in agreement with much of the journalism. The same can certainly be said for the American press and Americans.
Two of your fellow countrymen frequent the site and I have "Bumped" (put their names in the To list) them to this thread.
Look around and enjoy. Again, you'll find no better craic on the Internet!
Thanks for the ping Incorrigible.
Hey, Cillmaintain - how's Wicklow treatin' ye?
Always good to have a few more native Irish Freepers on board. :-)
Cillmantain, here's a more polite response, just for you.
I've seen nearly nothing but contempt tossed across the Atlantic and circulated in western Europe about the USA for a long time. Too many political people in the UK (England, as the English tend to speak more than others) have denied historical facts and even denied dictionary definitions in their debate opportunities to bash us. I know quite a few. Their accusations are senseless. Why can't they admit their failure in the British Mandate period, etc., and get on with more honest and beneficial foreign relations with us?
There is one man that I know of in journalism in England (which appears to speak for all in the "UK") who is honest. That was Conrad Black (recent owner of the Telegraph).
And the Germans, the Spaniards and the French...! ...can no longer tolerate thinking about them, much.
So it is my opinion that we in the US won't see any positive change without tossing generalized trash (unreasoned insults) back at western Europe until Europeans (or at least a noticable majority) again discover who their real friends can be.
And BTW, I hold the US supporters of John Kerry (including all of our pro-fascist media who work for him) in as much disfavor (as they are Europeans in their black hearts) and hope that we may exile them all to countries more suitable for them.
Have a look around the Free Republic site to learn about the thoughts of half of our population in the USA. ...and apologies if you are conservative and don't hate our country enough to want our next president to be a family breaking, homo-activist communist who would see his own country destroyed by its enemies (Kerry).
Welcome to Free Republic. Don't mind the generalities; we all get 'em from time to time around here (Catholics are often on the receiving end, as well as Oregonians, so I can especially sympathize with you).
May your stay here be long and pleasant!
But, seriously, our states were intended to be just that: sovereign states, in a fairly informal association that became the federal government. That's why we have an electoral college, instead of a national direct, popular vote. It's actually quite a good system, that protects citizens in the less populated states.
Our federal government became much more powerful, and much larger than was ever intended, but we still use this method of election, and I think it's a good system.
The EU uses somewhat different methods, but it also uses certain "undemocratic" measures to make sure that all decisions cannot simply be made by France and Germany.
So, likewise, here, we ensure some measure of distribution of power by allowing the states, not the people directly, to elect our president.
If we had a straight national popular vote, candidates would never consider the views of rural Americans, and would only spend time campaigning in New York, Chicago, L.A., and a couple other cities.
I am glad it was axed!
Democracy is a means to an end; the true ends being justice and liberty.
Anyhow, we can't agree on this, I suppose, but I wish you well, just the same. I think I'll go downstairs and have a homebrew. Cheers!
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