Recent content by yutsnark

The motive is mostly humanitarian. People were about to be slaughtered, and we were in a position to prevent it. America's doing the right thing, for a change.

Surely Bush Sr. didn't pretend to be an outsider, did he? But regarding your question, when you're running for office, you find out what people want, and you promise to give it to them. And what are some things that almost everybody wants, regardless of whether they are liberals or...

No, it doesn't blow my mind. Some historians have been presenting that case for 100 years. Others say exactly the opposite. Apparently you find the former more convincing. Me, I don't know.

I don't know what you're really asking, but I agree that Blagojevich's and Palin's books fall in the same category.

You're right that Nixon had an "enemies list." He was very different from Obama, and by the way, he wasn't even a Democrat. (Betcha didn't know that.) Presidents conduct formal "debates" only as part of the campaign. Obama has had numerous town hall meetings and interviews with members of...

Of course it's flawed. Who would say otherwise?

I doubt it.

It's necessary to throw a bone to the bigots, in order to get the bill passed. Political expediency.

Heh, good point. Remember the hysteria about Obama "pallin' around with terrrrrists"? You never hear much about Bill Ayers anymore, do you? Where's that cabinet post he was going to get? It's always been that way. They prophesize doom, and when the world survives, they change the subject...

To make it fair and balanced, they'd have to give him a 12 hour show. Plus, they'd have to air some specials by Huey Newton and Bernadette Dorn.

It's an idiom, meaning "we have resolved that we will no longer try to change each other's opinion."

It's not just Obama. We all want civilized debate, don't we? Do you think that, because his "czar" used a cussword, Obama should now call for an uncivilized debate? What sense would that make?

It's not just Obama. We all want civilized debate, don't we? Do you think that, because his "czar" used a cussword, Obama should now call for an uncivilized debate? What sense would that make?

I don't know about all the news shows. I listened to NPR, and watched Stephanopolis and his pundits on ABC. Nothing there about blown captials or broken nations.

What, specifically, is the essay question? Surely your teacher is asking for more than just a list.