tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post1012370998517082599..comments2023-07-30T01:08:43.318-07:00Comments on Politics Plus: Defective RahmTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-46476537971044237132010-01-30T14:40:20.618-08:002010-01-30T14:40:20.618-08:00RZ, you incorrectly said that he had done nothing....RZ, you incorrectly said that he had done nothing. Your first article, which I already replied to in another thread, does not support your incorrect statement. Changing the subject to support an untenable position is a technique called <i>redefining</i>. It is a logical fallacy. Piling on other unrelated material is a technique called <i>dumptrucking</i>. I am familiar with these techniques,TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-1823338635741950092010-01-30T11:19:37.991-08:002010-01-30T11:19:37.991-08:00Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 8:07 PM
Justice O...Posted Friday, January 29, 2010 8:07 PM<br />Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe<br />Newsweek<br /><br />By Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman<br /><br />Excerpt from the Aug. 1, 2002, ‘Torture Memo’:<br /><br />For weeks, the right has heckled Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. for his plans to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators in New York City and his handling of the Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-40756698485171602292010-01-30T11:13:45.386-08:002010-01-30T11:13:45.386-08:00Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by the Dai...Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 by the Daily Telegraph/UK<br />'Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Barack Obama Ups Spending on Nuclear Weapons to Even More Than George Bush'<br /><br />by Carol Driver<br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/30<br /><br />He is also stimulating this.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-38343619898854202732010-01-30T11:07:46.938-08:002010-01-30T11:07:46.938-08:00Lisa, I was horrified when Obama appointed him. I...Lisa, I was horrified when Obama appointed him. I was right.<br /><br />Thanks, Gwen.<br /><br />RZ, I'm afraid that just isn't true. Obama is already admitting that he has made mistakes, and he has numerous accomplishments in his first year, including the largest stimulus package in US history (even it it was too small).<br /><br /><br />Stimpson, every time the Democrats have adjustedTomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-55699579381131062632010-01-28T01:31:45.645-08:002010-01-28T01:31:45.645-08:00It seems President Obama's State of the Union ...It seems President Obama's State of the Union speech restored all of the Dem's popularity.<br />Even Rahm's?ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-31028552251968880612010-01-27T15:20:44.963-08:002010-01-27T15:20:44.963-08:00I knew we had been pawned by President Obama when ...I knew we had been pawned by President Obama when he appointed Rahm Chief of Staff.<br /><br />Broke my heart, too.<br /><br />:(Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960542364479215780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-29188664872743995382010-01-27T13:21:21.456-08:002010-01-27T13:21:21.456-08:00I suggest you vent your frustration with DNC. If I...I suggest you vent your frustration with DNC. If I can no longer trust the progressive agenda as anything other than another lie I was seduced into voting for, I am no longer going to vote at all. Silence may be the only voice that is left.<br /><br />If Reid is not forced to retire and lieberman stripped and given committee assignments same as Specter was when he went Democrat and assigned the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-38134944018537879782010-01-27T12:11:22.721-08:002010-01-27T12:11:22.721-08:00"Many in the party, particularly in the wake ...<i>"Many in the party, particularly in the wake of the loss last week of a Massachusetts Senate seat, contend that the White House should chart a centrist approach ..."</i><br /><br />Those are no doubt the same slow learners who pushed ahead with "bipartisanship" against all evidence that it was just giving Repubs a licence to bugger health reform.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183891839987655906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-32651630451760488592010-01-27T09:14:15.937-08:002010-01-27T09:14:15.937-08:00If Obama gets rid of Rahm, he will at the same tim...If Obama gets rid of Rahm, he will at the same time be admitting that they failed in the first year of his Presidency. The first year is when a President has political capital, and must get things passed. Well the only thing that passed was, THE FIRST YEAR.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-42677762699430054132010-01-27T08:19:18.671-08:002010-01-27T08:19:18.671-08:00You GD right he deserves it! Great guns here TC. ...You GD right he deserves it! Great guns here TC. It's becoming more and more mute though, isn't it? My disappointment with my President is getting out of hand... you know? Good post. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776805599159893803.post-31632762893882455212010-01-27T07:28:51.470-08:002010-01-27T07:28:51.470-08:00Rahm has needed to go for a while; at first, I tho...Rahm has needed to go for a while; at first, I thought he would kick Republican ass, but he wound up demoralizing the progressive Dems. He's way past worthless.Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.com