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[trog.livejournal.com]

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[r4mblinman.livejournal.com]

haha, true:)

[malasadas.livejournal.com]

Uh, about Manning? That's bullshit. Someone may have nominated him to make a statement; the process is not exceptionally exclusionary given the wide range of people eligible to make nominations, and there is no designation of "nominee" for those rejected by the committee. He certainly wasn't "THE" nominee since well over 200 names are annually given to the committee.

The argument against Obama in 2009 was that 1) I have skin tags that have been in place longer than he was when he was selected and 2) since then he's blown a lot of shit up.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

So you think syrians should be ok with their despotic leader? So much for watering the tree of liberty and all that I guess.

[trog.livejournal.com]

And yet when 2nd Amendment types in the US talk about needing guns to fight the US fed gov, I bet you're the first one to tell them that's stupid.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Yes, that despotic US government run by a dictator with the worst human rights record in the world.

You know, it's ALMOST like you can't just blanket trade situations that are totally different and make any sense whatsoever, but you constantly do it so who knows.

[trog.livejournal.com]

Indefinite detention without trial, assassinations of US citizens without any due process -- if citizens want to revolt against that, they're wrong, right?

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Your hyperbole doesn't make the US anywhere close to the worst human rights record in the world. Sorry buddy.

[madscience.livejournal.com]

"Yes, that despotic US government run by a dictator with the worst human rights record in the world."

He sure seems to be striving for the title.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

no.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

The Syrian resistance are terrorists now?

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Well you know how beloved the Syrian government is


if it gives a reason to criticize Obama.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

If you can explain without moral language how they are any different to say, Al Qaeda or Hamas, then I'm all ears.

"Terrorist" is a term of morality, not of actions.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Oh, and this isn't to say that I don't agree with arming Syrian rebels, just that one needs to be aware of what their language is doing.

[udoswald.livejournal.com]

1) Obama has made it clear that we are not providing weapons to the Syrian rebels. We are providing other types of support to free people from a horrible dictator.

2) As others have said, anyone can be "nominated" for the Peace Prize. I would be surprised, and frankly saddened, if Manning made it very far in the nomination process. Never forget, George W. Bush has been nominated for the Peace Prize. Nomination means nothing.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

[dorsey.livejournal.com]

We have the technology. The time is now. Science can wait no longer. Children are our future. America can, should, must, and will blow up the moon.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

Actually happened in 2009 :P (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS)