White House Pushes Back On Report That Rahm Was Skeptical Of Obama's Mosque Endorsement

He basically said nothing.

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So why open his mouth in the first place?



Your description of what Obama did is classically called a "disinformation campaign".



It why (and how) those who voted for him are angry, confused, and arguing among themselves about who he is and what he stands for.



Obama's purpose was not to bring clarity to the furor and lead Americans out of the miasma of the past decade since nine-eleven, but to restoke the raw fears and ignorance that were exploited after nine-eleven to get us into wars of choice for profit by the richest.



That's not leadership.
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Obama: 'No Regrets' Over Ground Zero Mosque Comments

Why would Obama have any regrets over keeping the real issues facing voters from being covered and discussed in these weeks before the midterm elections?
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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

Women do not report because reporting gets you raped again by the judiciary, the press, and people who are turned off to you because you have been raped, like your husband.

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It's not a contest, but if you believe that "rape is the most under-reported crime in America", it's not one you can win without proof (reporting). Men, also, do not report getting raped, for many reasons.



Perhaps the biggest reason is the fear of being perceived as homosexual. Apparently that is so powerful that criminals such as burglars and robbers sometimes rape their male victims as a sideline solely to prevent them from going to the police, according to Stephen Donaldson, president of the advocacy group Stop Prisoner Rape, who says that that has helped to lead to the widespread and pervasive suppression of the knowledge of male rape.
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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

More men are raped than women? Nope.

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Yes.



Not only in prison, but to males under the age of 21.



Rape is the most under reported crime in America. We have no idea how many are raped.

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I think you, too, are proving my point, about the diminishment and dismissal of men's feelings.



Men are people, too, and experience the same feelings as women when raped: Depression, anger, guilt, self-blame, sexual dysfunctions, flashbacks, and suicidal feelings.



Other problems facing males include an increased sense of vulnerability, damaged self-image and emotional distancing. Male rape victims not only have to confront unsympathetic attitudes if they choose to press charges, they also often hear unsupportive statements from their friends, family and acquaintances. People will tend to fault the male victim instead of the rapist.



Sound familiar? ["She was asking for it, wearing that short skirt" versus "How can he claim to have been raped against his will if he got an erection?"]
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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

The definition of rape (sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against someone's will) isn't dependent on the geographical location where it occurs.



Rape is rape, no matter where it happens.



I think you're actually proving my point, about the diminishment and dismissal of men's feelings.
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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

Federal statistics gathered by the DrugAbuseWarninNetwork (DAWN) do indicate an increase in the number of people “mentioning” marijuana during ER visits. (It's hardly unique to marijuana however, as the overall number of drug mentions has risen dramatically since the late 1980s – likely due to improved federal reporting procedures.) However, a marijuana “mention” does not mean that marijuana caused the hospital visit or that it was a factor in leading to the ER episode, only that the patient said that he'd used marijuana previously.



For every ER visit related to drug use, hospital staff list up to five drugs the patient reports having used recently, regardless of whether or not use of the drug caused the visit. The frequency with which any drug is mentioned in such visits is generally proportional to its frequency of use, irrespective of its inherent dangers.



It's foolish for anyone – especially those in the administration’s anti-drug office – to imply that marijuana is in any way potentially more dangerous to one’s health than heroin. Marijuana's mentioned to hospital staff more frequently than heroin, not because it’s more dangerous, but simply because a far greater percentage of the population uses marijuana than uses heroin. It is also worth noting that alcohol is by far the drug most frequently reported to DAWN, even though it is reported only when present in combination with another reportable drug. Moreover, marijuana is rarely mentioned independent of other drugs.



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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

When rape (or anything else) began to be a problem isn't the issue; Obama wasn't elected to continue the status quo. He ran on a platform of CHANGE.



No sooner did he get into office than he dug in his heels, slooooowed everything down, flip-flopped on everything he campaigned for and continued the Bush-Cheney policies.
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