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JackC

Obviously Republicans are best served right now keeping their mouths shut and letting Dems continue their suicide mission. That's how politics work. Once Republicans take over the House their mission will be a "no" vote until 2012 and then we'll see what happens... Yes, but my point is that this is...

JackC

"This president (Obama) has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people … this guy is, I believe, a racist." ~ Glenn Beck Beck is the antithesis of everything Martin Luther King stood for, and his so-called "rally" is an affront to any America...

JackC

The difference between you and I, keaggy, is that you are attacking the very principle of social security, going back to FDR's New Deal; I'm attacking the lack of governmental accountability in managing SS funds, particularly since the 1970s. If you can prove, without the shadow of a doubt, that th...

JackC

I intended my comments generally. Extending unemployment benefits in this environment is not something I take particular issue with. I supported the original bailouts and TARP finds because no matter how angry one might be at banks and wall street it does no good to allow the whole financial system ...

JackC

Yes, when liberals throw out saying like the one above, they are just praying on "guilt". They think somehow they are more noble, better people just by being in favor of this or that program to help the poor or disadvantaged. They never consider or credit the damage you do to a person or group of p...

JackC

I've never had problems with Obama's religious aspects (the guy just needs some swaying on the issue of legalizing gay marriage). You don't think that he really opposes it do you? :lol: He only said he did for the same reason he said he wanted to fight the war in Afghanistan. It was a purely politi...

JackC

"A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." -- Samuel Johnson Maybe not the only true test, but certainly one of them, I say. Is that supposed to have any meaning today? :roll: So the US does not have enough programs in place to help the "poor" to pass "the true test of a ci...

JackC

You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you penalize. It would be helpful if more of our oh so big-hearted policymakers would keep that in mind.

JackC

"A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization." -- Samuel Johnson Maybe not the only true test, but certainly one of them, I say. Is that supposed to have any meaning today? :roll: So the US does not have enough programs in place to help the "poor" to pass "the true test of a ci...

JackC

It's absurd to see the liberal MSM all up in arms about this. How many of those who are calling for the protection of Muslim's "freedom of Religion" also published the cartoons of Mohammad that were published by a Danish newspaper and that caused protests and riots by Muslims accross Europe?? There ...

JackC

Here is another Democrat pollster who has been working with Caddell, Doug Schoen, making the same points. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-18/obama-policies-turning-off-voters-polls-show/2/ If the Obama administration is unable to change the widespread perception that it’s not...

JackC

Here is another Democrat pollster who has been working with Caddell, Doug Schoen, making the same points. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-18/obama-policies-turning-off-voters-polls-show/2/ If the Obama administration is unable to change the widespread perception that it’s not ...

JackC

Cosima___J wrote:Maybe Karl would care to explain his comment? I'm seriously interested in understanding what he is saying. Not trying to be sarcastic.

He doesn't do that. He sits back "above the fray" and only jumps in to pass judgment on, or make snide remarks about, other people or their posts.

JackC

karlhenning wrote:I guess Jack has bought into Newt Gingrich's narrow-minded notions.

Cheers,
~Karl

Oh, what a predictable, name calling dimwit you are.

JackC

I was simply criticizing your logic in saying essentially "The Muslims don't tolerate Christians on their own home ground, so why should we tolerate them putting a mosque near a sensitive area in our country?" Teresa That was not what I was saying. Neither was it the "logic" of what I was saying.

JackC

jbuck919 wrote:
JackC wrote:old line
The key phrase in your post.

Yep, the new left party wouldn't have a clue what he is talking about. But you would think the election results and polls over the last year might prompt them to give him, and other party elders, a listen.

JackC

Aside from this issue, which I believe is judged based on the quality of the playing, does a stereo piano recording offer any benefit over mono piano, in general? That's a good question. I have never really felt much of an advantage to recording solo piano in stereo. In fact, from a pure sound stan...

JackC

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/video-democrat-pollster-warns-american-anger-has-become-pre-revolutionary Pat Caddell, who was a pollster for Jimmy Carter, is an old line Democrat and certainly no closet republican or conservative. It is fascinating to hear how much of a panic he is...

JackC

You're wrong.Obama isn't really left-wing at all. But this nation has gone so far to the right as a whole that any one who disagrees in the slightest with conservative orthodoxy is automatically labeled a left-wing,commie pinko,socialist,Marxt and communist bad guy. How utterly ridiculous ! The iro...

JackC

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7952796/Obamas-to-begin-sixth-holiday-of-the-year.html So after Michelle Obama gets blitzed for being dumb enough to spend a vacation in Spain, and even the MSM media has been commenting on how disconnected and out of touch Obama...

JackC

Oh, and by the way, do you think as part of this greater "respect and understanding", Muslims might allow a Christian to set foot in Mecca??? Not build a church there mind you, just walk through it, you know, to "increase mutual cultural understanding and respect". :lol: :lol: While I think it is a...

JackC

Gee -- Now Howard Dean says the Mosque should be moved.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/ ... _idea.html

When did HE become such a bigot!!

JackC

Cosima___J wrote:Jack, when does Ms. Pelosi come up for reelection? If it's anytime soon, she might want to follow Harry Reid's example.

All members of the House are up for election every 2 years - but it is unlikely the citizens of her district in San Fran will throw her out.

JackC

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/08/18/pelosi_supports_looking_into_mosque_opposition_funding.html Speaking with KCBS reporter Doug Sovern, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses the NYC mosque controversy: "There is no question that there is a concerted effort to make this a political issu...

JackC

Come on, why not build a mosque on the site of the towers itself? The site was already committed to other projects. I think everyone knows that. I did. I was making a point. There is some proximity to Ground Zero that almost everyone would have agreed would have been unacceptable. If the Ground Zer...

JackC

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2010/08/16/GR2010081603346.gif For those who are protesting, just how far does the mosque need to be? . . . Cheers, ~Karl While I'm not protesting, mind you, to avoid causing problems, it most certainly needed to be more than a couple blocks a...

JackC

http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/16/musli ... ty-center/

Now that Obama came out to support them, the people who wanted to build it there have apparently decided to give up and build it somewhere else.

JackC

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHYUXhXg36rpzKeUva55Llvea41AD9HKOTM04 So now even Harry Reid has to run from Obama's remarks about the Mosque. I guess he must be really be scratching his head as to why Obama would jump into this by taking a position that is opposed by 68% of the Am...

JackC

Although I'm not a huge fan of his own muisic, Rachmaninov was also very great pianist, and I think his Chopin recordings are unsurpassed. If you can live with dated sound, get this disc for $10.

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/alb ... um_id=6188

JackC

It may have been depressing, but it is hardly new. In fact, it is much worse than the fact that whites that can't point to these obvious problems. Blacks can't do it either! Just look at what the leaders of the black community (and many liberal whites) did to Bill Cosby a few years ago when he tried...

JackC

With all the more talented, deeply musical people in the world who get no recognitionn because people like Bang Ban suck all oxygen out, why give Bang Bang another chance?? Instead, wouldn't it be better to reward some more serious musicians who care more about the music than whether they can be goo...

JackC

Geez, why all the dumping on Dr. Laura for using the N word. We have free speech in this country, right?? Who cares that it is vile and grossly insensitve to blacks?? Shouldn't blacks fully embrace the freedom on speech in this country that allows a smuck like Dr. Laura to say anything she wants, ev...

JackC

I'm not sure that all the other tacky stuff around ground zero has much to do with anything. If the thing had just been built with no fanfare it would have been a non-issue. But that isn't where were are. It was already becoming a symbolic/political issue. Polls show that 60% of people recognize tha...

JackC

Did you ever think you would see an individual molecule, or an individual atom???? How cool are these pics! http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17699-microscopes-zoom-in-on-molecules-at-last.html http://www.manep.ch/img/photo/challenges/spm/atoms.jpg http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2009/09/f...

JackC

I found it interesting to read that because these cars make no "noise" they are a danger to other drivers, the Government has given them a deadline to come up with some kind of sound... It actually is an issue. I was once almost hit when I walked in front of a hybrid car that was making no noise an...

JackC

He got elected and is Presdent now. He''d be better off to just come out and admit the obvious. He can rely on the old stand by - I've come to adjust my views - - yada yada.

The more he tries to be "subtle" about this, the sillier and more dishonest he will look.

JackC

During his campaign, Obama said he was against gay marriage. He was lying of course, but that's what he said. This ruling re-ignites the issue and may put him in a difficult spot, given his past statements.

JackC

I found it interesting to read that because these cars make no "noise" they are a danger to other drivers, the Government has given them a deadline to come up with some kind of sound... It actually is an issue. I was once almost hit when I walked in front of a hybrid car that was making no noise an...

JackC

I think it is important to preserve it to the greatest extent possible. As to paying for the repairs, it seems to me the German government ought to be willing to lead the effort.

JackC

The Chevy Volt is about to be launched. It's sort of cool techonology. It goes 40 miles on battery power alone. After 40 miles, a gas powered generator provides enough electricity to take it an additional 300 miles. After that, you need to refill the gas tank. It's fast and can get to 100 mph in 9 ...

JackC

You changed your Thread Title... :wink: Not only that, I changed my first post a lot. I liked the car a lot more until I did the math on how much I might "save", which turns out to be how much I would lose. I could afford it and I'm willing to pay extra to avoid buying gas, which is something we ne...

JackC

I knew someone who had one, John, though that expression was not used then! This was a wealthy lady in her 50's or 60's (with homes on Park Avenue and at Amagansett) who married a cellist who was at least 20 or 30 years younger. Not long ago I read that she had died, aged 90 or so, and was survived...

JackC

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html This polling data from realclear politics is striking. The average of all the approval polls now shows that fully 50% disapprove of Obama's job performance, while only 44.7% approve - for a negative 5.3% spread. (Ga...

JackC

The Chevy Volt is about to be launched. It's sort of cool techonology. It goes 40 miles on battery power alone. After 40 miles, a gas powered generator provides enough electricity to take it an additional 300 miles. After that, you need to refill the gas tank. It's fast and can get to 100 mph in 9 s...

JackC

When we had record snowfalls and cold spells last winter, the proponents of AGW correctly pointed out that one can't just look at the "weather" and conclude anything about AGW. It would be nice if they would follow their own wise counsel and not try to argue that the latest hotspell or drought some...

JackC

I will repeat what I have stated on other threads, very little of the predictions you see in public documents are anything but summaries of the scientific research on the subject of AGW. The above article is a book review, so you certainly won't see charts and graphs from Dr. Cullen. The book will ...

JackC

And I never said that a "tipping point" was around the corner; I said that the concept was on my mind lately. Not only are there many variables, as recently illustrated by the 40 percent depopulation of phytoplankton, but there are also latent potentials for accelerated change, as recently identifi...

JackC

Getting back to the actual topic at hand "The Concept of a Tipping Point", the New York Times published a book review on a related subject that contradicts much of what the anti-AGW lobby (including Randall) is saying. Quoting from parts of the review: Warming Is Real. Now What? By MICHIKO KAKUTANI...

JackC

Not logical for the reasons stated in my previous message. Whatever he wrote, this single person at that single moment in time, in no way can serve as proof that this decade has had no warming, certainly not in the face of all that has been shown on ten different levels of scientific analysis. As a...

JackC

For New York City: http://www.psmsl.org/data/obtaining/rlr.annual.plots/12_high.png Each dot represents the median sea-level in a given year. One can proceed from there and locate the greater constellation of median dots for different time periods. I observe that the majority of them fluctuate arou...

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