Comments on: Where Was Hillary?

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:00:31 +0000

It seems that TWO different IGs FROM the OBAMA Administration has recommended a criminal investigation be opened up against Hillary Clinton and her private email server..

So... Anyone wanna cry FAUX SCANDAL!!! now?? :D

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:02:53 +0000

And the hits just keep on coming...

The Canary In The Coal Mine
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248907-dem-fears-over-clintons-strength-grow-after-new-poll

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:15:48 +0000

In answer to the question this commentary poses...

Where Was Hillary??

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/23/criminal-inquiry-sought-in-hillary-clintons-use-of-email.html

She was prepping her defense in pending criminal charges...

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:51:02 +0000

Your bias is showing...

Of course it is..

Funny thing is, I am the *ONLY* one here who freely admits that the bias exists!! :D

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 19:46:54 +0000

CW,

First off, we're NOT talking about "immigrants"...

We're talking about ILLEGAL immigrants..

Secondly, no one is saying that **ALL** illegal immigrants are rapists, murders and drug dealers...

All ANYONE is saying is that those who are ARE KILLING AMERICANS!!!

And no one even wants to TALK about the Americans that ARE being brutally murdered and raped and killed...

Why is that??

Michale

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:45:14 +0000

Michale -

I just answered Tuesday's comments, so I have to ask you:

Why is it OK to draw the conclusion that all immigrants are murderers and rapists from a few isolated examples, but it's NOT OK to draw the same conclusion about cops from a few isolated incidents?

Your bias is showing...

-CW

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:28:00 +0000

M - back then pretty much everything had a dozen Soviet ICBMs targeted at it. Or close enough it didn't matter much for most people....

Some targets were considerably more important than other targets..

Mojave was one of those targets..

Plus there were the secret Aliens/Government meetings held in the catacombs under the Mojave Airport..

But I am not allowed to talk about that.. :D hehehehehe

Michale

By: TheStig

TheStig — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:48:50 +0000

CW -

Close behind the Odyssey for "Worst Vacation Travel Ever." Try sacrificing a goat next trip.

M - back then pretty much everything had a dozen Soviet ICBMs targeted at it. Or close enough it didn't matter much for most people....

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:58:34 +0000

I mean, just look at the facts.. O'Malley said "ALL Lives Matter".. And racist fanatics on the Left **BOO'ED** him for saying that.. That says it all regarding where the racist fanatics are coming from.. White lives don't matter. Red lives don't matter. Yellow lives don't matter.. Blue lives don't matter. Only BLACK lives matter.. Yea... THAT's a great message... Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:37:53 +0000

Just answer me one question..

Why is it that black lives only "matter" when their deaths can be used as a political partisan bludgeon to beat people over the head with??

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:22:23 +0000

I think the message the activists were trying to convey was that there is a severe crisis happening in real time wherein Black people in this country can be brtuatlized and murdered with impunity and very little is being done about it.

With the utmost respect, Paula..

That is the BIGGEST load of crap I have ever heard..

The ONE example of a cop murdering a black person that you can point to was a perfect example of justice...

The evidence pointed to the cop's guilt and the cop was promptly arrested...

The BLM group is nothing more than another racist group. Another KKK...

Violent... Ugly... Terroristic... And racist through and through...

ANY candidate who panders to the BLM, the KKK or any other racist group will lose their primary...

Michale

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:04:14 +0000

When I heard about the Black Lives Matter protest and the reaction of Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders my first reaction was that here was a major missed opportunity for both candidates. I think the message the activists were trying to convey was that there is a severe crisis happening in real time wherein Black people in this country can be brtuatlized and murdered with impunity and very little is being done about it. It behooves progressive leaders to actually have sensitivity to the severity of the issue and to then exhibit that sensitivity accompanied by a sense of urgency -- to people from whom they hope to gain votes. All these guys had to do was show some basic human empathy and offer sincere acknowledgement and validation. The fact that Bernie decided to begin delivering his standard stump speech, in effect ignoring the pleas of the activists, showed a a rigidity and tone-deafness that does not reflect well on him. Following that by cancelling scheduled meetings with Black and Hispanic activists made him, I think, look miffed and baffled -- at least O'Malley met with several people afterwards and did what he could both to apologize and to learn something. Since then Bernie has apparently adjusted his stump speech to reference the problems Black Lives Matter is trying to address and that's good. At this point it is the bare minimum but it's a start. Meanwhile Hillary can only benefit -- if she chooses too. Her remarks on facebook today were okay, but could have been better. More urgency needed. And I expect she'll be challenged at some point in public. If I were her I'd be scheduling meetings with Black LIves Matter activists right now. (As I wrote that I had a flashback of the Bill Clinton/George H. Bush debate when the woman asked a question about -- I can't remember anymore -- but Bill walked up to her and looked her in the eye and basically did the "I feel your pain" maneuver. That's really what Martin/Bernie needed to do.)

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:40:45 +0000

Any candidate that can't face down an angry mob of mal-content racist fanatics has absolutely NO chance of facing down an angry islamist fanatic or an angry Russian fanatic.....

O'Malley just lost all chance of even a chance of being elected POTUS...

Michale

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:05:40 +0000

The O'Malley situation was ALL OVER the "news", naturally.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:04:12 +0000

As for the Netroots Nation convention itself, the most notable thing was that two Democratic candidates for president showed up, and three did not.

That's what I would have expected.

Indeed, I can't imagine anything that happened there could have been better than the progressive foreign policy panel moderated by the executive director of Moveon.org.

It was very good and what conferences like this should be all about - mobilizing Americans to fight for what is enlightened policy.

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:17:35 +0000

During the height of the cold war, Mojave had more than a dozen Soviet ICBMs targeted on it..

At the time it was a major transportation hub...

My lovely wife worked as a Security Guard at that Mojave airport.. :D I was an FSO at Edwards at the time..

Every time I watch Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Indy's boyhood home reminds me of Rosamond.... :D

I first drove this route back in the 1980s, and seen it grow (very slowly) over the decades.

You probably drove thru while I was there.. We left in '86 after the Challenger disaster...

Michale

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:57:29 +0000

Michale -

One more thing. The airport in Mojave is (for those who don't know) used for both frieght and for training pilots on jumbo jets (if they crash in the desert, they're not going to hit anybody or anything).

I drove by it a few days after 9/11, when all planes were still grounded. They were using it as an overflow parking lot for the West Coast, and I've never seen that many big jets parked in one place in my life...

-CW

By: Chris Weigant

Chris Weigant — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:55:07 +0000

Michale [6] - You'd be astounded at the improvements they've made to CA-58. From Bakersfield all the way past Edwards, it's now a 4 lane freeway (2 ea. direction). Instead of going through the town of Mojave, it now bypasses it. When you get to Barstow, it's a 4 lane freeway again, and you don't have to wind through city streets to get to I-40 or I-15. They've basically got one stretch left (right around the Four Corners jct with US-395) to build an overpass and a few more lanes, and it'll be a freeway from Bakersfield to Barstow. I first drove this route back in the 1980s, and seen it grow (very slowly) over the decades. Anyway, thought you'd be interested... -CW

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:23:25 +0000

But sooner or later, Clinton's got to make her case in front of skeptical progressive crowds. Newsflash.... Sooner or later, Clinton's got to make her case in front of skeptical INDEPENDENT crowds... If she can't, she won't be elected POTUS.. It's really that simple...

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:26:57 +0000

If black people don't think that white lives matter, why should white people think that black lives matter??

I have never understood that...

I mean, honestly. Think about it..

A group dedicated solely and completely to the safety, advancement and preservation of a single race over other races..

If THAT is not the textbook definition of the KKK, then what is??

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:23:43 +0000

Coming back (luckily, we took a different route to get back), we got rained on in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Now, I've been rained on before in Death Valley, but that was something like two minutes of a few tiny drops. This was a whole different story. It was pouring cats and dogs when we drove through Barstow, and going down the mountain pass into Tehachapi it rained so hard the freeway slowed to about 40 miles per hour.

This brings back some memories... I was in Mojave in the mid-80s.. Have a small horse farm plot at the base of the Tehachapi mountains..

Fond memories..

Glad ya made it home in one piece.. :D

Michale

By: Michale

Michale — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:20:57 +0000

O'Malley then royally stepped in it by saying "Black lives matter" and for some reason then felt compelled to add "White lives matter." You could hear an audible groan in the room when he said this (and repeated it, for emphasis). This seem to be a common theme amongst the Left... ONLY black lives matter... :^/ I would think the mantra "ALL lives matter" would be the mantra de jour... If black people don't think that white lives matter, why should white people think that black lives matter?? I have never understood that... But sooner or later, Clinton's got to make her case in front of skeptical progressive crowds. That's the only way she can convince any segment of them to get excited about her campaign in any way. That's the problem with the Clinton campaign.. She *CAN'T* handle anything she doesn't have firm control over... She *CAN'T* think on her feet.. Which is why she is disqualified to be POTUS... Michale

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:40:18 +0000

Maybe she should just withdraw from the race, altogether. Heh.

By: John From Censornati

John From Censornati — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:14:26 +0000

She should apologize to all of the Netroots heroes who sacrificed to make the treacherous desert crossing during dangerous climate change wild fires and weather. She should apologize to their families too.

By: John From Censornati

John From Censornati — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 02:04:12 +0000

She had scheduling conflicts.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:39:32 +0000

Chris, I guess you didn't make it to the panel on how to promote a progressive foreign policy and its focus on the Iran deal ... let me rephrase that ... its focus on why and how to support the deal and prevent a congressional override of a presidential veto. (I thought I might have heard your voice asking the last question...) I watched the whole panel discussion today and, let me tell you, I was impressed! There was a great emphasis on what the progressive community can and must do to ensure that this nuclear deal with Iran is not scuttled by the US Congress and some very, very powerful lobbyists. I'm not sure what I expected to come out of another NetRoots Nation gathering - well, that's not true ... heh, oh, I kid the progressive community ... all the time - but I'm very happy to see them actually praising something that the Obama administration has achieved. It was refreshing, to say the least. In fact, it was almost as if they weren't quite sure what to do with a position of being in favour of the administration - they are a little out of practice in mounting a campaign in support of something, I guess. But, in any event, I'm glad they're all on board with this and with great enthusiasm because the forces lining up on the other side are pretty muscular and won't go down without a very long and drawn out fight.