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Moniker means name or nickname for people like you in Rio Linda!

Wow!!! Are you really serious? This person with a life, family, and friends is worse than the cancer that ravages her body.

Don't ever feel sorry for cancer! You truly have misspelled your forum moniker....

As I thought, you cannot cite a single reference...

If this concept of 'malignant hatred causing cancer' has been in the literature for years, you should have no problem finding a reference of a legitimate study with data supporting your theory.

In my world, cancer is caused by tangible things like smoking, diet, environmental exposure, genetics, etc.

I agree with you that stress can be correlated with a myriad of diseases (e.g. hypertension). However, the uniformed posting to this topic seem to think that Molly Ivin's aggressive liberal tendencies or her lack of faith and spirituality (typical of liberals) caused her cancer and her progression over 6 years to the metastatic setting. The reasons for her disease are related to biology rather than to spirituality or politics....

Can you cite one published research paper that analyzed the statistical correlation between "malignant hatred" and the incidence of cancer?

We're all waiting.....

I recently had a cousin die of brain cancer within 4 months after diagnosis. She was only 49 and had been an oncology nurse for over 25 years. She was a wonderful person who helped many people with a strong faith and a tremendously positive and selfless spirit.

Do you really believe that Molly Ivins experienced breast cancer and her disease progressed over 6-7 years to the metastatic stage because she has an unhealthy soul resulting from an ultra-liberal political point of view? What's more likely is that she was a smoker during her lifetime or she has a genetic predisposition to breast cancer and her cancer is of a type that did not respond well to standard therapies.

As someone working in the field of oncology, let me tell you that cancer kills Republicans as well as Democrats, people of faith as well as those of little faith.

After 7 years of treatment, it appears Molly has an aggressive metastatic breast cancer, which is now resistant to standard therapies and is spreading wildly throughout her body. At this point she likely has very little time left, months or even weeks.

We may not agree with her politics, but does she or anyone really deserve such a miserable, painful end? I think not! We should say a prayer for her and her family, not unkind words....

He gets re-elected with nearly 65% of the vote, each time out.

I Ttink he's still popular here....

Isn't the Bill Clinton/Dick Morris axiom in politics that 'all news is good news'? This lame(brain) call for a filibuster (without having the votes)is just Kerry's pathetic attempt to beam himself from the political wilderness back into the DIM 2008 presidential spotlight. Jean Claude hopes that DIM media lapdogs like Chrissy Matthews will give his story a big play tonight getting his name out there again. Oh, what a great leader...

Hillary is a loser unless she can turn a red state or two to the dark blue side. While Obama appears to be a press fav and a very attractive candidate, Illinois and 90% black support are already in the Hillary column. Her majesty is morelikely to turn to a Midwest governor (e.g. Tom Vilsack, Evan Bayh)to get the needed electoral margin. She might also turn to Wes Clark to shore up the natural concern of a woman president fighting the war on terror. I believe Obama's turn will come farther down the road. But, in politics, one can never predict with certainty. If I were in the anyone-but-Hillary camp, I would be floating the concept of Hillary as the butch-lesbian enabler of Billy Boy, reminding the DIM power brokers of all the Clinton scandals. On the GOP side, I'm praying for a Hillary candidacy...they'll bury her...

The ad must be working...the DIM playbook calls for them to trot out Inouye with his Medal of Honor when they get into trouble on national defense...this is pretty deep in their playbook, so the focus group testing and overnight polling of the GOP ad must be pretty bad for them...watch the MSM avoid this ad and focus on the prospect for Iraqi civil war after next week elections, the "bad" Bush economy, Kyoto/global warming or other bash-Bush issues on the Sunday shows...

You are right about Chrissy Matthews. He was clearly upset about the Woodward development and attacked Woodward for the timimg of this revelation. He also suggested that Woodward's source was Cheney, implying that the VP is in hot water. It was fun to watch him spin like a top when presented with facts that don't fit his template that Bush and his administration are corrupt.

When his show first started, I thought he was usually pretty fair. But, after he had that medical brush with death, he reveted to his true blue lib hetitage, consistently working from the DIM playbook. Fortunately, he does not have much of a following.

Now calm down St. Chuckles. "Pith helmets", oh please, get a grip! Having a hissy fit like Harry Reid and the Senate Dims will not bolster your arguments.

The only way to really cope with the truth is to finally accept that GWB is President and your guys are out of power. The more your guys let emotions control your words and actions, the longer you will remain in the political wilderness.

So, can we go get a beer now!

St. Chuck said..."All this other stuff about possible inconsistencies in later publications of Mr. Wilson are really collateral issues and have nothing to do with the events that occurred in early July of 2003. It doesn't serve conservatives well to focus on the man and build an army of strawmen when the issue is really simple and straightforward."

So, St. Chucklehead, you basically are sugarcoating all the lies of Joe Wilson as "collateral issues". These are not strawmen arguments. On the contrary, they directly undermine the credibility of this witness, Joe Wilson. Unfortunately, this includes his conclusion, that the Bush administration manipulated WMD information, in the July article published in the NYT.

It's not just me and thousands of other blogger types who are questioning Joe Wilson's credibility. The list includes journalists such as Bob Woodward, who has pointed out many of the inconsistencies (i.e. lies) in the Wilson narrative. For the most recent exposure, please read the Op-Ed from Max Boot that appeared yesterday in the LA Times. He slams your boy big time for his consistent pattern of lies and wonders if Wilson lying to the media is a crime!

Libby may very well have lied about his conversations with reporters. But, he has not been indicted for outing the so-called "covert" CIA agent, Valerie Plame. And, despite the Lib mantra, he is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.

The problem with you and the Libs is that you all seem to be operating in another realm of reality. Facts really don't matter. The only thing that matters is regaining political power, truth and decency be damned. The continual barrage of anti-Bush garbage from the Dim party and its legions are quickly making the Dims even more inconsequential.

Sleep well!

Here you go St. Chuck, more information for you to refute. You should consider changing your moniker to ST. CHUCKLEHEAD!


Scooter and Joe: If only both had been under oath
Manchester Union Leader ^ | November 1, 2005 | Editorial


Posted on 11/01/2005 4:32:06 AM PST by billorites


LYING TO a grand jury to protect your own skin is never acceptable. If the charges against Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby are true — that he is guilty of perjury, obstruction of justice, and false statement — then he should be dealt with accordingly. Funny, though, that Libby is charged with lying in an attempt to cover up an attempt to expose the lies of former ambassador Joe Wilson.

Wilson wrote in his memoir that his wife, Valerie Wilson, aka Valerie Plame, "had nothing to do with" sending him to Niger. Yet the Senate Intelligence Committee found that Plame suggested her husband for the trip.

In June 2003, Wilson claimed he knew that documents claiming that Saddam Hussein had sought uranium in Niger were false because "the dates were wrong and the names were wrong." But the Senate Intelligence Committee discovered that Wilson had never seen the documents. He later admitted this.

Wilson also claimed that his trip to Niger proved that Iraq never sought nuclear material from that country. But the Senate Intelligence Committee found that the CIA had concluded that Wilson's trip did not disprove the charge.

We find it interesting that so many press reports about this saga never mention Wilson's series of falsehoods.

The charges against Libby are serious. So were the charges Wilson made against the Bush administration. It's a shame Wilson wasn't under oath when he made them.

Again, here are some facts...

1. Wilson gave the strong impression publically that Cheney was responsible for his trip. Disingenuous at best.

2. The internal CIA memo from Valarie Wilson recommended her husband as someone who might consult because he had contacts in Niger. It has also been reported that she participated in a meeting about the Niger trip and recommended her husband. While she did not make the final decision, she was clearly involved and influenced CIA management. This contrasts with Wilson's public statements that his wife was "not involved" in his selection for the Niger trip.

3. The Senate Intel committee report suggests that Wilson's debrief actually strengthened the notion that Iraq had made contacts in Africa with an interest in obtaining uranium. It was not clear that an actual transaction with Niger had occurred. There is a difference.

4. There were historical facts known and believed by previous administrations that justified the war. Saddam was known to have developed WMD (chemical, biological, and fledgling nuclear) capability before the first gulf war. There were multiple UN resolutions defied by Saddam. Aside from some of the controversial issues around the Niger connection, there were plently of reason to justify the war. And these were well communicated by the Bush administration. The truth and the facts do not seem to matter to those blinded by their emotional hatred for Bush.

"No it hasn't. In fact, many government officials have backed away from the yellowcake/Niger story, including Condaleeza Rice."

Joe Wilson is a liar and propogandist. He lied (or at least mislead) about Cheney being directly involved in his trip to Niger. Cheney's office may have made the initial inquiry about Niger to CIA, but was not involved in Wilson's selection and never obtained any written report from Wilson about his trip to Niger.

Wison also lied about his wife's involvement in his selection to go to Niger. He stated publically that she was not involved. Later, a memo from his wife recommending him for the trip was made public. The memo clearly undermined his public statements.

And finally, the Senate Intelligence committee report concluded that Wilson's trip debriefing actually confirmed Iraqi interest in African uranium. British Intel also stands by the Niger yellowcake story to this day. These facts conflict with Wilson's public statements about his Niger trip.

Given that Wilson has proven his strong allegience to the DIM party (e.g. working for the Kerry campaign), it is clear that he was and remains a partisan. His lies and fabrications have destroyed his credibility with objective journalists (e.g. Bob Woodward). Only those souls truly blinded by their partisan hatred for Bush still cling to Wilson's propaganda and lies.

"I think Mr. Wilson did a great sevice to our country by exposing the false claims made by the Bush administration during the lead up to war. I would think that conservatives would rally around someone with the courage to do just that, just as they did when Linda Tripp became a hero for her exposure of Mr. Clinton's lies. The double standard that so-called conservatives display on this forum is incredible."

The only problem with your comment is that the story Wilson shouted to the world has been documented as a lie. British Intel stands by the yellowcake story to this day and the Senate Intel committee concluded that the Wilson trip essentially supported Iraqi interest in obtaining uranium from Niger. The other night on Larry King, Bob Woodward used this information to slap down Chris Dodd, who was spouting the Wilson lie. Dodd's non-rebuttal was that it was a complex issue.

Wilson may be a hero to the Left, but in reality he is proven to be a propogandist, an opportunist, and a treasonous liar. And the Dim party, aided by the MSM, continues to perpetuate his dishonesty.

This guy is is fast becoming the second major embarassment for the Pacers after Ron Artest. With knuckleheads like Jackson and Artest in the Pacer locker room, the Pacers are going to miss the maturity and professional demeanor of Reggie Miller before the end of the season. He kept these children focused. If they get off to a slow start, watch for the team chemistry to implode.

He really needs 60 votes to knock down a Dim filibuster, unless the Pubbies were to go "nucular". So, he was clearly trying to avoid that fight. His pick of Miers will be viewed as brilliant "strategery" if she is easily confirmed and subsequently lines up philosophically and by vote with Scalia and Thomas. Time will tell, as this is a matter of faith at this point.