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OT: American Politics

heheheh.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/youre-a-...hy-creator-goes-off-on-conservative-activist/

.....Suffice it to say, Sons of Anarchy screenwriter Kurt Sutter does not like conservative media activist and author Brent Bozell...

...Bozell’s piece criticized Sutter and his FX series Sons of Anarchy for “milk[ing] a fictional Catholic school shooting for commercial gain” despite Hollywood’s broad anti-gun sentiment following December 2012′s Newtown school shooting. According to Bozell, Sutter “made a complete fool of himself” by claiming the episode in question was not done for “shock,” but rather as part of the series’ slow development of consequences for its anti-hero biker gang.

In return, Sutter took to WhoSay to post the following letter:

Dear Mr. Bozell,

Yes, I often make a fool of myself, that’s the risk one takes for being outspoken and passionate about one’s creative freedom. And no, I don’t think everyone I meet is an idiot, that wouldn’t make sense. I do however think you are an idiot and your not-for-progress organization, idiotic.

Anyone with half-a-cup of brain cells can filter out the noise of your conservative bellowing and hear the truth – it’s all about your own political agenda. You are desperately trying to create a lobby that matters. But you cannot. And it ****ing kills you that after all these years, you and your hate club are still flaccid and impotent. And the reasons, sir, are quite obvious. You are not very bright, your message is archaic and loving parents can innately sense that the PTC has no heart and no real interest in the betterment of children.

You reek of McCarthyism and holy water. And right-minded folks can smell you coming a mile away.

So keep holding your non-attended press conferences and writing your little Fox blogs. Because with every post you solidify your true message: I’m just an angry white guy with an exclusionary plan, using fear and god to spread a gospel of ignorance.

And just so you have something to quote from this, to work up the four other members, tell them that the tattoo-covered, liberal freak who writes that baby-killing, urine dunking show, said this: “You’re a pathetic ****ing douchebag and I bet your own kids ****ing hate you.”

Godspeed.
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It's kinda striking how much your own little screeds sound like that one.

-you're a lunatic and a moron
-you're a hateful right wing troglodyte
-everyone hates you
-my own $hit don't stink

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
 
I know people don't really care anymore but the shenanigans going on in the senate today are fricken hilarious. Bunch of ****ing nutters.
 
Ted Cruz radio ad:
Obamacare is the BIGGEST threat to jobs this nation has ever seen! It is FORCING people out of work or into part time low-wage jobs. It's causing millions to lose their employer benefits entirely, and then forcing them to pay, out of their own pocket, for Obamacare.
This is our last chance to stop Obamacare. Sign the online petition to de-fund Obamacare today!
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I printed that on my laser, shredded the paper into my garden, and I had several Orange trees in just a few hours! Never heard so much horseshit in 30secs in my entire life!
 
It's not full of shit. I sold out because I didn't want to deal with Obamacare and owners I know are limiting hours to not have to deal with it either.

Keep thinking small business people won't do what they can to save the money. You'd be wrong.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

Here is something about the great Trudeau....

I was watching a documentary about the Canadian involvement on the Iranian hostage situation. Trudeau was pressing Clarke and our foreign minister for a hard line statement about Iran right in the middle of us trying to get the Americans out. I knew he did that then but I now know that Trudeau KNEW about the ongoing attempt to get the American out. He was briefed by Clarke early on and yet, every day, he demanded that the government make hard line statements about Iran. Basically, trying to sabotage the rescue to make Clarke look bad.

I knew Trudeau was an arragoant, self-absorbed a-hole, but I didn't know to what gapping size he was until tonight.
 
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Habsy said:
It's not full of shit. I sold out because I didn't want to deal with Obamacare and owners I know are limiting hours to not have to deal with it either.

Keep thinking small business people won't do what they can to save the money. You'd be wrong.
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This is what I've said since day one. But just like the clowns here have conclusively determined what everyone immediately thought about the Ottawa bus crash, they've decided they know for sure how American business owners will respond to harpycare.
 
Re: OT: Canadian Politics

HabsAddict said:
Here is something about the great Trudeau....

I was watching a documentary about the Canadian involvement on the Iranian hostage situation. Trudeau was pressing Clarke and our foreign minister for a hard line statement about Iran right in the middle of us trying to get the Americans out. I knew he did that then but I now know that Trudeau KNEW about the ongoing attempt to get the American out. He was briefed by Clarke early on and yet, every day, he demanded that the government make hard line statements about Iran. Basically, trying to sabotage the rescue to make Clarke look bad.

I knew Trudeau was an arragoant, self-absorbed a-hole, but I didn't know to what gapping size he was until tonight.
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Canada got got hosed in that movie. This is another example of how awesome we were during the Trudeau days.

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We've discussed the fairly unique slot where Habsy's business size falls under before. nothing new.

as for what you've said from day one, we can all read krauthammer ourselves to get your opinion before you know it yourself.
 
http://swampland.time.com/2013/09/24/obama-and-rouhani-a-handshake-that-could-shake-the-world/

.....Obama came to New York on Monday to push agenda items ranging from civil society to Syria’s chemical weapons. But those topics have been overshadowed by possibility—discussed endlessly on Monday here in Manhattan by everyone from diplomats to reporters to senior government officials—of whether he might make the first contact between a U.S. president and an Iranian leader since Iran’s 1979 revolution. On Monday, White House officials would only say that Obama was open to such a meeting, but that none was planned.

The very idea would have been ludicrous as recently as last year’s U.N. confab, when Iran was still led by its last president, the combative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He turned his visits to the U.N.’s annual gatherings in New York as an opportunity for noxious Holocaust denialism and anti-American broadsides that sent western diplomats marching out of his speeches in protest. More importantly, the Iranian regime—whose agenda is set by its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei—showed little interest in striking a deal with the west over its steady progress towards nuclear weapons capability.

Since Iran’s June presidential election, however, Tehran’s tone has changed. The country’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has not-so-implicitly contrasted himself with Ahmadinejad, and speaks of “a path for negotiations and moderation” that might relieve international sanctions that are crippling Iran’s economy. He has tweeted kind words about Jews at a time of fear that Iran’s nuclear program—which its leaders deny is meant for military purposes—poses a mortal threat to Israel. And his government has released dozens of political prisoners in an apparent signal of reform and openness. Even more important, Khamenei, successor to the infamous Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has shown clear support for a new diplomatic push; last week he endorsed “heroic leniency” in Iran’s diplomacy.

“There’s something really interesting going on here,” says Kenneth Pollack of Brookings Institute, a former CIA Middle East analyst and author of a new book on Iran. “We should’t dismiss this as just words.”

Pollack notes that Bill Clinton came close to an encounter with then-Iranian president Mohammed Khatami at the United Nations in 2000. At the time, Khatami was seeking better relations with the west, and Clinton was open to the meeting. Elaborate scheduling changes allowed the two men to wind up in the same room, but an actual encounter never happened—thanks to hardliners in Iran who opposed it. If Rouhani is able to pull off some direct contact with Obama, it would be a sign not only of his own thinking but of the domestic political climate in Iran....
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blacksheep said:
Ted Cruz radio ad:

I printed that on my laser, shredded the paper into my garden, and I had several Orange trees in just a few hours! Never heard so much horseshit in 30secs in my entire life!
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How annoying are ads that contain capitalized words? You know it's pure propaganda when you see capitalized words in an ad that already contains a negative message/tone.
 
Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes
Obama: "Together, we've worked to end a decade of war." Someone tell al Qaeda and its affiliates.

The White House @WhiteHouse
President Obama: "Today, all of our troops have left Iraq. Next year, an international coalition will end its war in Afghanistan." #UNGA

Patty Culhane @PattyCulhane
As Obama applauds the need for the UN remember he said the charter rules on force didn't apply to US/Syria

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: The world is more stable than it was five years ago, but "dangers remain" #UNGA

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Speaking after Brazil's Rousseff, who scrubbed DC visit to protest NSA spying on her, Obama says he tries to balance security and privacy.

BrakktonBookerNPR @brakktonbooker
POTUS at UN: "Like every generation of leaders we face new and profound challenges and this body continues to be tested"

BrakktonBookerNPR @brakktonbooker
POTUS: We have limited the use of drones so they only they only target ...a continuing imminent threat the US where capture is not feasible.

SYRIA

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
#Obama : On aug 21 the regime used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of people #Syria

The White House @WhiteHouse
Obama: "With respect to #Syria, we believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons."

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: What's the role of the United Nations and international law in meeting cries for justice #UNGA

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: We believe that as a starting point, the international community must enforce the ban on chemical weapons #Syria #UNGA

Doug Saunders @DougSaunders
In denouncing Syria's gas horror, Obama cites both use of gas in Nazi Holocaust and use of gas in Saddam's mass killing of Iranians.

The White House @WhiteHouse
President Obama on #Syria: "Without a credible military threat, the [@UN] Security Council had demonstrated no inclination to act at all."

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
#obama there must be consequences if #syria regime doesn't abide by commitment to get rid of chemical weapons

White House Live @WHLive
Obama: "However, as I’ve discussed with President Putin for over a year...my preference has always been a diplomatic resolution." #Syria

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: If we cannot agree even on this it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing even the most basic of international laws #UNGA

The White House @WhiteHouse
Obama: "If we succeed, it will send a powerful message that the use of chemical weapons has no place in the 21st century." #Syria #UNGA

Tim Hanrahan @TimJHanrahan
Obama on Syria: "This is not a zero-sum game. There is no cold war to be won... I welcome all nations" to help end war. #unga via @WSJ

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: Today I can announce that we will be providing an additional $340 million ... it can help desperate people to survive #Syria #UNGA

Andrew Kaczynski @BuzzFeedAndrew
Obama says the US is now providing an additional $340 million in humanitarian aid to Syria. Rand Paul's head just exploded.

Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes
Obama says Syria is a reminder of the vacuum that can exist when the US is disengaged. Hmmm.

Sam Stein @samsteinhp
US aid to Syria is now nearly $1.4 billion since the crisis began, WH fact sheet notes


MIDEAST POLICY

Arash Azizzada @87films
PICTURE: Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif watches while US Pres. Obama speaks
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Mark Mardell @BBCMarkMardell
Obama says US is chastised for meddling in the region - and for failing to act -says this allows regional leaders to duck problems

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
#Obama : there are those frustrated US hasn't used force to get rid of #Assad ..others blame us for taking action in the midEast

Christina Wilkie @christinawilkie
Obama: Contradictory attitudes towards US in Middle East have an impact on American public. #UNGA

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: We will dismantle terrorist networks that threaten our people #UNGA

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama says US is "prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure our interests in the region."

Josh Jordan @NumbersMuncher
It IS a historic day - the first time Obama said we were going to depose Assad. Probably first time he heard it, too

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama says "we will not tolerate the development or use of weapons of mass destruction," a statement to Iran as he seeks nuclear deal.

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: USA is prepared to use all elements of our power including military force to protect core interests in the region #UNGA

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
We deeply believe it's in our interest to see a MENA that is peaceful..can rarely achieve that through military action #obama

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama doubles down on Middle East as center of foreign policy ambition for second term despite significant hurdles and risks.

Mark Mardell @BBCMarkMardell
Obama -" we will be engaged in the region (MIddle East) for the long haul"

WSJ Washington Wire @WSJwashington
Obama: The US "has a hard earned humility" when it comes to our ability to influence affairs in other countries. #unga @WSJ

Doug Saunders @DougSaunders
Obama disses idea of "American empire" (if you study US's actual imperial period, pre-WWI, it does seem hyperbolic).

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: Disengagement would be a mistake, the U.S. must be engaged for our security #UNGA

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: We must stand up for our own narrow interests and the interests of all #UNGA


IRAN

Mark Mardell @BBCMarkMardell
Obama tells US core interests include stopping development of nuclear weapons

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
US dip efforts will focus on #iran pursuit of nuclear weapons and Arab-Israeli peace #obama #israel #aipac

ndy Carvin @acarvin
Obama: In the near term, America's diplo efforts will focus on Iran's pursuit of nukes and the Arab/Israeli conflict. #UNGA

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama says if US and Iran can resolve nuclear dispute, that can lead to "different relationship" based on "mutual respect."

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama overture to Iran -- not seeking regime change and respect development of peaceful nuclear energy.

The Associated Press @AP
MORE: In address to U.N., Obama says he welcomes signs of new Iranian government's "more moderate course":

The Associated Press @AP
BREAKING: Obama directs Kerry to pursue nuclear weapons deal with Iran: "diplomatic path must be tested."

The White House @WhiteHouse
President Obama: "We are encouraged that President Rouhani received from the Iranian people a mandate to pursue a more moderate course."

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama says he is directing Kerry to pursue nuclear deal with Iran along with other members of P5+1

Cal Perry @perrycal
Secretary #Kerry will meet with the FM of #Iran - marking the highest level diplomatic contact between #US and #Iran in more than 3 decades.

BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking
Deal on nuclear programme should be possible if Iran acts in "transparent & verifiable" way - President Obama bbc.in/1b9kOO2 #UNGA

Noah Pollak @NoahPollak
Obama didn't say U.S. would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. Interesting omission. #UNGA

Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes
Did I miss President Obama's mention of Iranian sponsorship of terrorism in his UNGA remarks? Serious question, not snark.

Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes
Re Iran terror MT: @OKnox @stephenfhayes Yep. He had line about killing Americans either themselves or by proxy. Betw 17-20 mins into speech

ISRAEL

Alan Fisher @AlanFisher
Pres Obama says time is ripe to press for resolution of long conflict between Palestinians &
Israelis.

CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk
Obama: Just as the Palestinian people must not be displaced, the state of Israel is here to stay. #UNGA live blog:

Christina Wilkie @christinawilkie
Obama: "Occupation of the West Bank is tearing at the Democratic fabric of the Jewish state." Ouch. #UNGA #Israel

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama speaks to a "secure Israel" and that a two-state solution is the only way #UNGA

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama focuses more on Israeli-Palestinian dispute than he has lately, in effect embracing a Kerry initiative that had many in WH dubious.

DonnaLeinwand @DonnaLeinwand
#Obama on peace between #Israel and #Palestine: Let's emerge from the familiar corners of blame and prejudice. @UN

EGYPT

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
#obama on #egypt : we have been attacked by both sides..we will maintain constructive relationship with interim gov

Sherine Tadros @SherineT
#obama : we have not delivered some of the military aid, will depend on #egypt progress

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: U.S. has purposely avoided choosing sides in #Egypt ... True democracy requires a respect of minority rights and rule of law #UNGA




AMERICA's ROLE

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama rebuts Putin: "I believe America is exceptional" because it stands up not just for its own interests but "for the interests of all."

Washington Post @washingtonpost
Obama: I believe such disengagement would be a mistake.... America must be engaged for its own security wapo.st/15pC4fk #UNGA

The White House @WhiteHouse
Obama: "We stand ready to do our part to prevent mass atrocities & protect human rights. But we cannot & should not bear that burden alone."

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
Obama raises Benghazi, defending Libya intervention, saying that w/o it, there would now be civil war.

DonnaLeinwand @DonnaLeinwand
#Obama at #UNGA: Sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit wanton murder.

Ari Shapiro @arishapiro
This Obama UN speech is a direct response to criticism that the US is an imperialist bigfoot on the international stage.

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: These are extraordinary times with extraordinary opportunities #UNGA

DonnaLeinwand @DonnaLeinwand
#Obama at #UNGA: The world can "live up to humanity's highest ideals."

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama in closing: We remain convinced that this community of nations can deliver a more just and peaceful world #UNGA

The White House @WhiteHouse
Obama: "We are ready to meet tomorrow’s challenges with you—firm in the belief that all men and women are in fact created equal." #UNGA

USA TODAY @USATODAY
Obama: I know what side of history I want the United States to be on #UNGA
 
Aaron Blake @AaronBlakeWP
Senate unanimously confirms first openly gay federal appeals court judge wapo.st/18VPZEP
 
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