Vice President Biden Tells Afghans: U.S. Willing To Stay Beyond 2014

How fortunate for the Obama-Bide­n-Bush-Che­ney-Milita­ry-Industr­ial-Comple­x that the news is consumed with the shootings in Tucson last Saturday.
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GOP Representative Wants To Erect Plexiglas Shield Around Congress

GOP Representa­tive Wants To Erect Sneeze-Gua­rd Sleaze-Gua­rd Around Congress.
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

"How did you get in the Pundit's box with that politicall­y incorrect statement about a child!"

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I dunno; perhaps HP's moderat0rs are also experienci­ng 'compassio­n fatigue' and have been waiting for someone to step up and complain?  ;-)

FWIW, I have no control over which, if any, of my comments get into the pundit's box, nor do I know how I (or anyone) becomes a pundit.
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

How do you know that you're not the one projecting­?

Charitable giving is down.

I tithe, but to specific organizati­ons that I've researched­, pre-select­ed (non-denom­inational with low overhead, low administra­tion fees) and never because of an ad on a website.  This year, most of my donations went to local organizati­ons for peoples' services.  

 How do you do it?
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

If leftwing broadcaste­rs are advocating the k!lling of Republican­s (or anyone), I'm against it.  

You obviously don't follow my writing or else you would know that I've denounced just about all of those you mention and I do it regularly, with the exception of Monteil Williams (he's not even anywhere on my radar as having expertise or influence on politics).  

I've looked up some of the comments you claim these people have made (and FWIW, the only person on your list who might be considered leftwing is Monteil Williams), and I wouldn't put their comments in the same category as rightwinge­rs at all.  I don't think that any reasonable person would agree with your characteri­zation that  Chris Matthews was "fantasizi­ng about the de@th of Rush" - Here's the clip.   

Nor would I agree that Ed Schultz's comments about Cheney are equivalent­.  

You've convenient­ly ignored my comments about the origins for h8-speech, with people on the right like Joe Pyne and Morton Downey, Jr.  Are you unfamiliar with them?  Before Sarah Palin's particular brand of vicious sarcastic bile was Maureen Reagan -- Perhaps you don't recall her radio show, but there was nobody on the left talking like that, with one exception, and he wasn't a broadcaste­r (Gore Vidal).  

Where it began is important to this discussion­.  Democrats took the high ground for many years and for many reasons.  It wasn't in Democrats' nature to engage that way, and when the DLC took over the Democratic Party, it wasn't in the DLC's interest to do it.  

If anybody ever needed evidence that the DLC is made up of DINOs, maps with bulleyes is it.
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GOP Representative Wants To Erect Plexiglas Shield Around Congress

When you're in Congress or the WhiteHouse­, you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another JohnAllenM­uhammad & LeeBoydMal­vo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­rSpeight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another JiverlyWon­g, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?


No.

KEEP READING
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

How so?  How do you know that you're not the one projecting­?

Charitable giving is down.

I tithe, but to specific organizati­ons that I've researched­, pre-select­ed (non-denom­inational with low overhead, low administra­tion fees) and never because of an ad on a website.  This year, most of my donations went to local organizati­ons for peoples' services.  

 How do you do it?
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

What did I say that "attacked" your service?
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

THEN STOP DOING IT!

Take responsibi­lity for Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Mark Levin, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin, Fox Network, et al, and get them off the air!

LOOK IN THE MIRROR!
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

And HP, the holiday season is over:  Enough with the cleft palate kids' and abused animals' ads.

I know, heresy, but I think we're all tapped out, if not of money, then certainly of good cheer.  These ads don't bode well for people's moods.  

Sometimes I wonder what planet Ar!anna lives on, what with the new 'Divorce Section (How to have friendly divorces)' on HP and the ad space she sells.  In economic times like these, people do not get divorced.   A more realistic and helpful section might have been "How to stay married in hard times".  

And when it comes to charitable giving, how much can those who frequent HP afford to donate?  
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

Are you seriously going to defend where Republican­s have brought our political discourse with "Democrats do it, too"?  Should Democrats have stood mute?

I'm old enough to recall where and when this all began (Joe Pyne and then later Morton Downey, Jr.) and the steady and escalating decline in discussion and debate after Reagan ended the Fairness Doctrine and corporatio­ns bought up the communicat­ions' networks and flooded the air waves with conservati­ve h8 radio.  It wasn't the left that got us to this place.  

How about being a force for good, ol' AF Retired, and call for the end of it?  
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

75 pending comments, most of which will be scrubbed??

Why does HP even bother inviting comments from readers if it only publishes approved opinions?  

What a powerful message of disrespect to those who come to HP and take the time to write and post comments.
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Rush Limbaugh: Jared Loughner Has 'Full Support' Of Democratic Party

1,934 pending comments??­??

Why does HP even bother inviting comments from readers if it only publishes approved opinions?  

What a powerful message of disrespect to those who come to HP and take the time to write and post comments.
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Rush Limbaugh: Jared Loughner Has 'Full Support' Of Democratic Party

When you're a member of Congress or in the White House, you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?


Lamar Alexander'­s response to this tragedy is more of the same that got us here.  More "tax cuts for the rich", more deregulati­on and privatizat­ion, more gvns, and "leave Sarah Palin alone".

The media talking heads, everyone from Chris Matthews to perennial guests like David Frum, echo similar comments, offering "advice for Sarah Palin, to keep her as a viable presidenti­al candidate"­.  

Congressma­n Peter King's solution is to ban guns from 1000 feet of wherever members of Congress happen to be speaking.

And Rush Limbaugh is back making a$$!nine inflammato­ry and divisive assertions­.

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own narrow self-inter­ests?
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Obama Arizona Trip: President To Attend Shooting Memorial

When you're a member of Congress or in the White House, you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?


Lamar Alexander'­s response to this tragedy is more of the same that got us here.  More "tax cuts for the rich", more deregulati­on and privatizat­ion, more gvns, and "leave Sarah Palin alone".

The media talking heads, everyone from Chris Matthews to perennial guests like David Frum, echo similar comments, offering "advice for Sarah Palin, to keep her as a viable presidenti­al candidate"­.  

Congressma­n Peter King's solution is to ban guns from 1000 feet of wherever members of Congress happen to be speaking.

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own narrow self-inter­ests?
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Nearly 50 Percent Of Mental Health Services Recipients In Giffords' County Were Dropped In 2010

When you're a member of Congress you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own, politician­s', narrow self-inter­ests?
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Arizona Shootings: Our Moment of Silence Needs to Be Followed by More Than Just Lowered Voices

When you're a member of Congress you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own, politician­s', narrow self-inter­ests?
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

When you're a member of Congress you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own, politician­s', narrow self-inter­ests?
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Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation

258 pending comments??­?

Why even bother?
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Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation

When you're a member of Congress you have a responsibi­lity to problem-so­lve and prevent tragedies like this from happening. 

Another cr@zy man got a gun capable of k!lling a great number of people in a short period of time and did it. 

Another Virginia Tech massacre.

Another Columbine.

Another Alabama. 

Another John Allen Muhammad & Lee Boyd Malvo ('Beltway snipers').

Another Christophe­r Speight, Appomattox shootings.

Another Jeff Weise, Red Lake, Minnesota.

Another Jiverly Wong, Binghamtom­, New York.

Another Patrick 'Going Postal' Sherrill, Edmond, Oklahoma. 

The only difference is fewer people were k!lled this time, on Saturday, but two of them were special, members of the 'establish­ment elites'.

Will the NRA finally be shown the door, expelled from the legislativ­e process, and automatic weapons banned?

Can public schools across the nation now expect monies to be reinstated for counseling and mental health screening and treatment?  

How about reinstatin­g public facilities for the emotionall­y disturbed; money for mental health hospitals?

How about that public option for healthcare­, and expanded coverage for mental health treatment?

Is the FCC now going to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and regulate hate radio?

When are these public servants going to get off their butts and start working on behalf of the People and not their own, politician­s', narrow self-inter­ests?
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Sales In Glock Pistols Up After Arizona Shootings

Fear is what fuels the hate and violence, and it's fomented by the government and the media.

Ask yourself why the corporate-­owned government and media are fueling citizens' fears.
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Arizona Legislature To Announce Anti-Westboro Law To Protect Shooting Victims

Very well said.
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Arizona Legislature To Announce Anti-Westboro Law To Protect Shooting Victims

You don't have that right in the public square.
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Peter King, Leading Republican, To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation

Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislatio­n that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official, according to a person familiar with the congressma­n's intentions­.

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And this would have prevented Loughner's shooting spree how?
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Embattled U.S. Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Resigns As Calls For Oversight Grow

WHERE?  SPECIFICAL­LY?
About Afghanistan
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The Giffords Gun Clip: How A 'Weapon Of Mass Destruction' Became 'The Weapon Of Choice'

"BTW, these comments are OT too. You break the rules when it fits your agenda apparently hypocrite.­"

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Actually, my comments aren't OT but they are not in compliance with HP's comment policy, that's true.  Have you ever read it, by the way?  HP's comment policy?  

Watch me bring it into compliance­:

You're actually a good object lesson for what's wrong with the country, how we seem to have reached the tipping point, how trying to get the nation back on track may be an exercise in futility because of people like you who think the rules don't apply to them.  

You offer up lame excuses, one reason after another, for your boorish and inappropri­ate-to-the­-setting behavior.  Normal, emotionall­y healthy people don't enter into the public square, disrupt the activity, and then when called on it, refuse to apologize or offer contrition­.  

By the way, we have laws in society because of people who won't abide by an honor system.  Because of people who lack common sense (or who have emotional issues, mental disease, are ig.no.rant­, poorly or educated or resist learning) as to how to respectful­ly share common resources.  There are laws against spitting in subways because people spit in subways and the spreading of diseases like tuberculos­is from spitting in subways.  

We have laws against dirt-bikin­g in desert parks because there are too many like you, who think you're special and the damage you do to the desert when dirt-bikin­g isn't destroying the fragile ecosystem there.   But you don't have the common sense (or you're a narcissist­) to realize that you're not the only one doing it.  It's the same problem with cars and carbon emissions -- "My driving isn't causing climate change".  But you're not the only one driving.  Nor are you the only one throwing your McDonald's wrappers out of your car window or dumping your dead appliances or sofas on country roads (who do these people think are going to clean up after them?)

The surest way to see the internet get policed is to continue offending others by not respecting the rules set forth by website hosts.  Your outlaw ways ruin it for everyone.  

Be the CHANGE you want to see in the world.
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The Giffords Gun Clip: How A 'Weapon Of Mass Destruction' Became 'The Weapon Of Choice'

"Know why the site doesn't stop it? Clicks baby, they bring in the dollars and without music nights the click rate would be way lower. 

If you knew anything about human behavior you wouldn't make the silly assertions you do. This is an anonymous website not someones living room. Face it, you are the odd one out here regardless of the rules."

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I don't doubt that's true, which would then make Ar!anna Huff!ngton a hypocrite or a lousy manager for having a stated policy but not implementi­ng or enforcing it.   

But that's her.  

We're talking about you and the barnyard animals you were raised by and with for not respecting the rules of the host's 'home' (Ar!anna Huff!ngt0n­'s website) or even common etiquette for behavior in the public square (the internet).   
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The Giffords Gun Clip: How A 'Weapon Of Mass Destruction' Became 'The Weapon Of Choice'

"You must get very tired with all that jumping to conclusion­s. Did you research every thread I have ever posted music on?  Then you don't know my experience­s do you. Take your ball and go home you are outnumbere­d. Better yet you can join huffwatch and whine there. It has turned into a community apparently without you."

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There's that adolescent narcissism again.  

Just like the light goes out but refrigerat­ion continues when you close a refrigerat­or's door, time and posting (comments on HP's threads) doesn't stop when you log out.  All the evidence that is required for my experience to be accurate and your experience to be inaccurate is the threads themselves­...And not just the threads that you post on.  

Posting music links is off-topic and against comment policy, PERIOD.  You do it, then another mouth-brea­thing knuckle-dr­agger sees you getting away with it, and entire threads get taken over.  You shouldn't be doing it at all.
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