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'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video
Thu Jan 12, 2012
- Sorry guys but Ron is right. And if you want to get into a d**k measuring contest over it I'm at 34 years of service and counting, including 25 years active duty and wartime experience.
'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video
Thu Jan 12, 2012
- and honorable would be what, supporting those who were slamming 747's into the World Trade Center?
'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video
Thu Jan 12, 2012
- My god some of the comments from folks on the vine here defending this inexcusable crap... I have spent 34 years of my life defending this nation so far, but you ignorant idiots make me ill. You really are no better than the enemy we are fighting...
'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video
Thu Jan 12, 2012
- No, Mimi is exactly right, and I DO have a so called "right" to an opinion as a 25 year vet with combat experience. We are held to a higher standard - we are NOT the disgusting animals we fight. To condone their actions suggests that we are, and as a vet I find that insulting.
'Deplorable': U.S. defense chief condemns urinating Marines video
Thu Jan 12, 2012
- Look guys and gals. I'm a 25 year vet and I will tell you folks out there defending this that it is NOT OK and NOT excuseable. I don't give a rats ass what the taliban does. We are better than that, and this behaviour is dishonorable and unprofessional.
Tucson survivor: Giffords 'makes me want to vomit'
Tue Jan 10, 2012
- Oh yeah Danny, well I reported YOU for being a tattletale and namby-pamby! So there!
Tucson survivor: Giffords 'makes me want to vomit'
Tue Jan 10, 2012
- Then honor your deceased wife and leave the douchebagery at home. What if he shot someone in his grief - gonna defend THAT too?
Tucson survivor: Giffords 'makes me want to vomit'
Tue Jan 10, 2012
- The tyrant Obama? Oh, you mean the legitimately elected President Obama... thanks for exposing more right wing stupidity though - too bad it's your own
Tucson survivor: Giffords 'makes me want to vomit'
Tue Jan 10, 2012
- That's been discredited. He was a right wing nut job
Forced Pregnancy? Right-Wing Women's Group Thinks Women Raped in the Military Shouldn't Get Abortions
Mon Dec 5, 2011
- Hey Susi some of us men love giving too...

First Read - Tax group: 9-9-9, a 'major tax cut' for the rich, 'substantial' increase on others

Seeded on Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:10 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

The non-partisanTax Policy Center has already come to some conclusions: Cain's plan would slash taxes for the rich while substantially raising them for the poor and create a regressive tax system.

elections, taxes, democrats, politics, gop, obama, class, cain, tea-party

Bachmann's campaign manager quits, says she's the 'third candidate'

Seeded on Tue Sep 6, 2011 10:49 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

"Third" candidate? What a joke - it just goes to show ya how sickly the GOP field is right now...

politics, gop, limbaugh, beck, hannity, lunatic-fringe, key-bachmann

Bachmann's husband got $137,000 in Medicaid funds - politics - Decision 2012 - msnbc.com

Seeded on Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:54 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Bachmann rails against "socialised medicine" while her hubby rakes in Federal dollars... More right wing hypocricy - what a surprise

conservatives, politics, gop, obama, fox-news, los-angeles-times, tea-party, michelle-bachmann, republican-national-committees

McCain says torture did not lead to bin Laden

Seeded on Thu May 12, 2011 2:34 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

terrorism, politics, bin-laden, obama, war-on-terror, tea-party, torture-gop

Evangelicals Launch Crusade to Adopt (Brainwash) Children From Around the World | | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:37 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Evangelical adoption zealots are on a mission to claim the world's children - regardless of ethics or legality, as the many examples of abuse and scandal in the article show. Even worse, their motives are...

politics, gop, adoption, evangelicals, christianity, tea-party

Gadhafi Says Al Qaida Slipping Hallucinogens into Libyan's Nescafe

Seeded on Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:03 AM EST (msnbc.com)

As clashes rage across the country, leader says militants are 'exploiting' teens, giving them 'hallucinogenic pills in their coffee'

egypt, middle-east, terrorism, al-qaida, democrats, politics, gop, unrest, obama, libta

Glenn Beck Targets Frances Fox Piven

Seeded on Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:07 PM EST (The Nation)

In Beck's twisted telling, it is activists like Piven—not the militias of the right—who threaten Americans' safety.

politics, gop, obama, limbaugh, beck, tea-party, right-wing-domestic-terrorism

NBC/WSJ poll: Obama bouncing back

Seeded on Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

WASHINGTON — What a difference a few weeks can make. Last month, Republicans were celebrating their midterm victories; Democrats were licking their electoral wounds; and President Barack Obama's approval rating was stuck in the mid-'40s.

economy, democrats, politics, gop, obama, polls

Defiantly Tone-Deaf Palin Goes on 'Blood Libel' Defensive

Seeded on Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:56 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Dear everyone in the world: no one is as unfairly persecuted as the victim Sarah Palin. At least that's what the consummate narcissist-patriot appears to believe in a new interview, her first since the shameful "blood libel" comments, wherein Mrs.

politics, gop, tucson, palin, blood-libel, tea-party

Michael Moore: "If You've Got 17 Cents in the USA, You Can Take the Life of a Federal Judge

Seeded on Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:57 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

Michael Moore speaking out on gun control in the wake of the Tucson shooting... Cuss & discuss but mind yer P's & Q's (CoH)

politics, gop, limbaugh, gun-control, right-wing, tucson, nra, beck-hannity

Did Obama Defend Sarah Palin in Tucson?

Seeded on Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:16 AM EST (The Nation)

Here's the quote from Obama's address that most conservative pundits have interpreted as their own private presidential pardon: "But what we can't do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on one another. That we cannot do. That we cannot do.

politics, gop, oreilly, limbaugh, tucson, beck, hannity, malkin, tea-party, domestic-terror

Why Right-Wing Fearmongers Have Blood on Their Hands

Seeded on Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:09 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The Right bears the lion's share of the blame for creating a toxic environment in which unstable people come to believe their political opponents are pure evil.

politics, gop, oreilly, limbaugh, tucson, domestic-terrorism, beck, hannity, tea-party, hate-speach

Palin explains 'blood libel' comment

Seeded on Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:00 AM EST (msnbc.com)

WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov.

violence, politics, gop, extremism, tucson, palin, tea-party

Sean Hannity: US can "go into" Kuwait, Iraq, and "Take all their Oil."

Seeded on Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:36 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

On his Friday show, Sean Hannity wondered why Iraq and Kuwait hadn't "[paid] for their own liberation" by the United States, and said that America has the right to "go in there...and take all their oil."

iraq, terrorism, politics, gop, coulter, limbaugh, beck, hannity, malkin, tea-party

Weighing the Consequences of Political Rhetoric

Seeded on Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:27 PM EST ()

When Jared Lee Loughner allegedly shot Giffords and 18 others on Saturday, it was part of a pattern. Yet among conservatives, there's a frantic effort to deny that there's any political context to this attempted assassination.

politics, gop, obama, limbaugh, domestic-terrorism, timothy-mcveigh, beck, gabrielle-giffords, right-wing-tea-party

Sarah Palin's Unsubstantiated Death Threat Claims

Seeded on Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:37 AM EST (The Nation)

ABC's decision, yesterday, to run a piece titled "Death Threats Against Sarah Palin at 'Unprecedented Level,' Aides Say," based on hearsay from Palin's aides without any corroborating evidence, is irresponsible at best. Worse yet, U.S.

arizona, politics, gop, obama, extremism, palin, tea-party, p-olitics, right-wing-hate, loughner

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Hate Spewing Shock Jocks Whine about Criticism in Wake of Shootings

Seeded on Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:29 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

It is our right and our duty to criticize the people who have put the fate of our country in peril," Rush Limbaugh said this week on his syndicated radio show.

terrorism, politics, gop, coulter, extremism, limbaugh, savage, right-wing, beck, hannity

Let's Get This Straight: There Is No Progressive Equivalent to the Right's Violent Rhetoric

Seeded on Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:15 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The shooting in Tucson was not an anomaly. It was an inevitability, and as long as we play this foolish game of "both sides are just as bad," it will be inevitable again.

arizona, terrorism, politics, gop, ann-coulter, extremism, glenn-beck, tea-party, right-wing-hate, loughner

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Is Arizona the epicenter of divisiveness?

Seeded on Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:06 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Margaret Robles lamented the shooting in the town where she'd lived all her 64 years. She praised Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, agonized for all the victims. But her sadness was mixed with shame.

arizona, democrats, politics, gop, obama, hate, extremism, bigotry, tea-party, loughner

McCain: Too early to endorse Sarah Palin for 2012

Seeded on Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:15 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain is calling Sarah Palin an "outstanding candidate" for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, but says it's too early to endorse her.

politics, mccain, gop, 2012, obama, limbaugh, right-wing, beck, hannity, sarah-palin

Atheists Best Informed About Religion

Seeded on Fri Oct 1, 2010 10:32 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

Earlier this month Florida pastor Terry Jones caused an international uproar when he threatened to burn copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, despite the fact that he'd never read the book and doesn't know what it says.

democrats, religion, gop, islam, evangelicals, christianity, judaism, right-wing, ignorance, mormonism

What America Has Lost; It's CLear We Overreacted to 911

Seeded on Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:26 PM EDT (Newsweek)

Nine years after 9/11, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is simply not that deadly a threat? Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden's terror network has been unable to launch a single major attack on high-value t …

terrorism, democrats, politics, gop, war-on-terror, al-qaeda, 911, tea-party, threats-to-liberty

Mass Assassinations Lie at the Heart of America's Military Strategy in the Muslim World

Seeded on Fri Sep 3, 2010 5:39 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The truth that many Americans find hard to take is that that mass U.S. assassination on a scale unequaled in world history lies at the heart of America's military strategy in the Muslim world, a policy both illegal and never seriously debated by Congress or the American people.

afghanistan, middle-east, terrorism, politics, war, gop, islam, mulsims, al-quaeda, petraeus

Fox News: A Post-Government Employment Program For War Criminals

Seeded on Fri Sep 3, 2010 5:22 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then.

rove, politics, gop, obama, fox-news, limbaugh, right-wing, beck, hannity, neo-cons

How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the "Traditional Family" They Claim to Treasure

Seeded on Fri Sep 3, 2010 3:24 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Thanks in part to the GOP's failed policies, America is such a hard place to raise a family that many people are delaying getting married and having kids.

conservatives, democrats, politics, gop, obama, evangelicals, coulter, reid, limbaugh, right-wing

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I have a question about an Air Force Crew Chief. If you get assigned to escort contractors on a military base as opposed to deploying with your unit, is that conisdered an honor, or a "you weren't that good as a crew chief"?
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Simba.....................

I can't believe that I neglected to make a comment on your column before now!
My gosh! You were my first newsvine crush, and I still love you madly! Hee!
So, I have repaired my oversight.
Thank you for some of THE BEST articles and seeds on Newsvine! It makes my day when I find one. ♥
— G. H.

Fearless!
— ABD3

Scott, I didn't see this comment until yesterday. Thank you - I take that as a compliment of the highest order! Mark Twain is quite possibly my favorite author
— Simba1chief

You are amazing. Are you sure you're not the reincarnation of Mark Twain?
— Scott (Scoop) Butki

Thank you for your service Simba and for your invitation, you sound like an interesting person to know and chat with....don't hold back your religious beliefs. You would be surprised by some of the others on New vine.

Look forward to talks....
— DragonWoman