Comments on: Hayden: Same S***, Different Appointee

By: Glinda

Glinda — Sun, 14 May 2006 18:28:10 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Mr. Gordon!
PS, Olbermann has two Ns (to remind one to linger lovingly when pronouncing it. :-)

By: Sol

Sol — Tue, 09 May 2006 08:35:30 +0000

That’s what happens when you have a retard as president. He appoints another retard to head the CIA.

By: Mitchell Port

Mitchell Port — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:47:04 +0000

Continued…
“Even if he would be willing to pay $10,000 to determine the winner in November, the expected value (probability times value) of his vote for Kerry is only $0.00017. Americans won’t even stoop to pick up a penny on the ground yet every four years they happily cast votes worth one fiftieth as much.”
“it is clear that no third-party candidate will win the 2004 election, but my friend’s support would certainly help his favorite political party stay in business and therefore get noticed.”
“likely, as any third party becomes successful, the Democrats and Republicans will simply adopt that party’s platforms.”
“Your one vote has the same power to affect the results whether you vote for a major or minor candidate, but a vote for the candidate you respect and agree with gives you the expectation of a better outcome.”

Your vote means NOTHING, so why would you use it to vote for Bush, when it could mean a lot more if you voted for Badnarik?

By: Mitchell Port

Mitchell Port — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:45:00 +0000

Scott you are very misinformed. There is no such thing as a wasted vote, and you should not vote for the lesser of two evils:
http://chelm.freeyellow.com/wastedvote.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/hooper1.html
http://yearningtobreathefree.blogspot.com/2006/04/another-poke-at-wast ed-vote-myth.html

Here are some highlights:
“A Presidential race will never be decided by one vote. And if by some mathematical chance it got that close, it would be decided through the Courts and through lawsuits (as the 2000 election was decided).”
“Even if once in your life you missed the chance to cast that mythical deciding ballot, the harm from selecting the wrong person in one election is more than offset by a lifetime of giving voter support to the lesser of two evils rather than standing up for what you believe.”
you’d have to vote for a very long time ”“ 230 million years ”“ to swing one election and all you’d have to show for it is a Bush in the White House instead of a Kerry.”

By: Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:03:27 +0000

Hayden nominated for CIA director amid scandal

By: The Disenfranchised Voter

The Disenfranchised Voter — Tue, 09 May 2006 04:20:09 +0000

Oh jesus christ, who let the Bush-bots here?

Get away “backwash”! Go polish your jackboots or something.

Thank you for reminding us about how much of an attrotious pick Hayden is. Our country is going to hell in a hand basket because of the Bush Administration.

The fuckin Democrats damn well better grow a pair and block this nomination.

By: Hammer of Truth

Hammer of Truth — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:40:01 +0000

By: Timothy West

Timothy West — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:20:11 +0000

Damn, if he was the lesser evil I’d like to see the bigger one.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 08 May 2006 22:39:01 +0000

Charles,
Remember at one point slavery was not only legal but upheld by the supreme court. Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right. For the record I voted for Bush, but only because he was the lesser of two evils.

By: Rhampton

Rhampton — Mon, 08 May 2006 21:45:49 +0000

Feds Drop Bomb on EFF LawsuitThe federal government intends to invoke the rarely used "State Secrets Privilege" -- the legal equivalent of a nuclear bomb -- in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class action lawsuit against AT&T that alleges the telecom collaborated with the government's secret spying on American citizens ... The complete paperwork justifying the government's decision will be filed by May 12.

By: Torfinn "the Mighty"

Torfinn "the Mighty" — Mon, 08 May 2006 21:45:45 +0000

Yet more asshattery.

The NSA program we speak of completely disregards everything we stand for as a country. THere is no oversight, there is no protection for citizens, and there is no justification worthy of even considering problem 1 and 2.

Charles, if you want to live in a socialist country that has protections for it’s citizens that it simply undermines I suggest you move out of MY country and go somewhere that doesn’t have a constitution or bill of rights.

Outside of that, please stop trying to justify abuses of my FREE country and it’s citizens.

I’ve yet to see this extreme left portrayal you speak of, all I know is that the entire oversight process is being circumvented, the amendments in place to protect us from being spied on are being brashly ignored, and noone seems to have any power to do anything about it.

I don’t remember voting on whether or not we wanted to stay a free country or have gestappo like police/intelligence services, do you?

By: Mitchell Port

Mitchell Port — Mon, 08 May 2006 21:40:56 +0000

How can anybody who made those comments get a top job in Washington? I hope to see another drop in approval ratings for Bush.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:56:29 +0000

What wiretapping abuses are you referring to? The NSA program is not a wiretapping abuse. It is a duly authorized program and always has been. The only controversy is the misleading portrayal given by extreme left Democrats that want to undermine any effort of the Bush administration to affect the coming elections.
How long must we endure these misleading portrayals that have no legitamacy what so ever.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:38:19 +0000

“no warrants issue, but upon probable cause”

You only need probably cause for a warrant. He must mean he’s planning on doing warrantless searches.

By: foxnewlieslegal

foxnewlieslegal — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:23:41 +0000

Surprise!

(#11) The Media Can Legally Lie

In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.

http://projectcensored.org/publications/2005/11.html

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:01:47 +0000

I admit there was a time I liked Fox News. Pre 9/11, at least. I still watch some of the libertarians on there, like Jonathan Hoenig (who said on air he voted badnarik)from the investment shows and Judge Napolitano.

However, a majority of Fox News shows and personalities, from the newsreaders, the morning show hosts, even the weathermen, and of course the anchors, are nothing but kool-Aid drinking Bush cheerleaders. Comparing being critical of Fox news to being a member of MoveOn is like saying being critical of Bush is “un-libertarian.”

By: Help Me Impeach Bush

Help Me Impeach Bush — Mon, 08 May 2006 19:00:14 +0000

I read somewhere that this appointment would put a military man in charge of every intelligence agency in the USA. That's always nice when you're fighting WWIII. This is yet another instance in the Bush Administration of rewarding failure - Hayden can't even remember the 4th Amendment, he thinks warrantless spying on Americans is a good idea, and he gets promoted.

By: Rhampton

Rhampton — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:50:40 +0000

johnny,
Since when did FOX News care about protecting our civil liberties? Was that after they defended the Bush Administration’s wiretapping abuses or perhaps before they joined-in with the “we are a Christian nation” nonsense?

By: Stephen Gordon

Stephen Gordon — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:07:41 +0000

How's this for one of many examples. In this case, Bill O'Reilly did everything he could to duck Badnarik and other Libertarians.

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:01:02 +0000

Wow whats wrong with Fox news, here i thought this was a Libertarian site not an offshoot of movenon.org