Comments on: Open Thread & Jeremiah http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/ Sun, 27 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: chinese searches http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1106899 chinese searches Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:35:07 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1106899 <strong>greatings...</strong> disagree... greatings…

disagree…

]]> By: Fancy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1086751 Fancy Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:18:10 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1086751 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv87T1CQF8E&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv87T1CQF8E&feature=related

]]> By: Magic Puzzle Box http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1085476 Magic Puzzle Box Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:01:58 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1085476 What's with the carrying on about the bombing of Japan anyway? I think Rev. Wright has a bigger problem with the facts than merely getting Pearl Harbor mixed up with Hiroshima. Not alot of Americans know about it, but during WWII, Japan had an empire in Asia at the same time they were Nazi allies. They massacred the citizens of Nanking (see Iris Chang's gut-wrenching study of that situation), colonized and oppressed Korea and Taiwan, had human medical experimentation facilities throughout Southeast and East Asia, including a Chinese facility called Pingfang where kidnapped Chinese had pretty brutal experiments done on them, then the kidnapped comfort women they took from various countries in that region. How in the world can he justify his despicable position of sympathy with the Japanese when this is such a huge sticking point in East Asian politics, when the Japanese government has rather pointed been unwilling to deal with their war crimes, even to not be able to call them warcrimes. What does this Wright character actually know about the subject? Dropping the bomb on Hiroshima didn't happen just because we were bored that day in America and thought we'd do something mean to some non-whites. There was all this stuff going on, they were serious aggressors in the war and a lot of people were suffering under them. The bomb was a way to end it, and if memory serves, it wasn't the easiest decision to make. But somehow that gets twisted into this unbelievable rant against America. I can't even fathom it. What’s with the carrying on about the bombing of Japan anyway? I think Rev. Wright has a bigger problem with the facts than merely getting Pearl Harbor mixed up with Hiroshima. Not alot of Americans know about it, but during WWII, Japan had an empire in Asia at the same time they were Nazi allies. They massacred the citizens of Nanking (see Iris Chang’s gut-wrenching study of that situation), colonized and oppressed Korea and Taiwan, had human medical experimentation facilities throughout Southeast and East Asia, including a Chinese facility called Pingfang where kidnapped Chinese had pretty brutal experiments done on them, then the kidnapped comfort women they took from various countries in that region. How in the world can he justify his despicable position of sympathy with the Japanese when this is such a huge sticking point in East Asian politics, when the Japanese government has rather pointed been unwilling to deal with their war crimes, even to not be able to call them warcrimes. What does this Wright character actually know about the subject? Dropping the bomb on Hiroshima didn’t happen just because we were bored that day in America and thought we’d do something mean to some non-whites. There was all this stuff going on, they were serious aggressors in the war and a lot of people were suffering under them. The bomb was a way to end it, and if memory serves, it wasn’t the easiest decision to make. But somehow that gets twisted into this unbelievable rant against America. I can’t even fathom it.

]]> By: Open Thread &amp;amp; Jeremiah : NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1085106 Open Thread &amp;amp; Jeremiah : NO QUARTER Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:22:28 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1085106 [...] Open Thread &amp; Jeremiah : NO QUARTER Bill Ayers, Bill Clinton, Bill Moyers Journal, Bill of Rights, Bill Richardson, Birth Certificate (Barack Obama), Birth Mystery, Black Agenda… [...] [...] Open Thread &amp;amp; Jeremiah : NO QUARTER Bill Ayers, Bill Clinton, Bill Moyers Journal, Bill of Rights, Bill Richardson, Birth Certificate (Barack Obama), Birth Mystery, Black Agenda… [...]

]]> By: lark http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084817 lark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084817 I admit that the view from the top of the ladder is fascinating. I admit that the view from the top of the ladder is fascinating.

]]> By: stodgie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084783 stodgie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:12:52 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084783 does biden know something we don't? hmmm! i know conspiracy theory! does biden know something we don’t? hmmm! i know conspiracy theory!

]]> By: stodgie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084781 stodgie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:11:19 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084781 rob, your humor is amazing! rob, your humor is amazing!

]]> By: stodgie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084774 stodgie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:08:44 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084774 strawberry, as much as i disliked delay i'll give him this, he took care of his district. obama never did that in chicago. during allison, houston was under water in large parts of the city. no surge just endless rain! mayor brown stood around with a deer in the head lights look while delay and cohorts stood in the other corner getting us help. that is more than perry has done also after ike. and i say again i am no delay fan. strawberry, as much as i disliked delay i’ll give him this, he took care of his district. obama never did that in chicago. during allison, houston was under water in large parts of the city. no surge just endless rain! mayor brown stood around with a deer in the head lights look while delay and cohorts stood in the other corner getting us help. that is more than perry has done also after ike. and i say again i am no delay fan.

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084667 oowawa Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:51 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084667 The federal arrest on corruption charges of a sitting governor of a major state like Illinois is of course a HUGE story, not a yawner at all, whether or not O is ever implicated in the scandal. The federal arrest on corruption charges of a sitting governor of a major state like Illinois is of course a HUGE story, not a yawner at all, whether or not O is ever implicated in the scandal.

]]> By: lark http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084609 lark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:00:33 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084609 Is a non issue only when Michelle says so. Is a non issue only when Michelle says so.

]]> By: lark http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084601 lark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:58:40 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084601 <blockquote>I want my country back!!!</blockquote> Be blessed. Michelle and Biden will come soon to the rescue.

I want my country back!!!

Be blessed. Michelle and Biden will come soon to the rescue.

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084597 oowawa Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:56:22 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084597 From <em>I and Thou</em> by Martin Buber as translated by Walter Kaufmann: <blockquote>Mundus vult decipi -- the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire. "Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus vult decipi; but there is a hierarchy of deceptions. "Near the bottom of the ladder is journalism: a steady stream of irresponsible distortions that most people find refreshing although on the morning after, or at least within a week, it will be stale and flat. "On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish. "Near the top of the ladder we encounter curious mixtures of untruth and truth that exert a lasting fascination on the intellectual community." </blockquote> From I and Thou by Martin Buber as translated by Walter Kaufmann:

Mundus vult decipi — the world wants to be deceived. The truth is too complex and frightening; the taste for the truth is an acquired taste that few acquire.
“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus vult decipi; but there is a hierarchy of deceptions.
“Near the bottom of the ladder is journalism: a steady stream of irresponsible distortions that most people find refreshing although on the morning after, or at least within a week, it will be stale and flat.
“On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish.
“Near the top of the ladder we encounter curious mixtures of untruth and truth that exert a lasting fascination on the intellectual community.”

]]> By: lark http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084585 lark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:50:45 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084585 With the Constitution now out of the way, anything that Oshama does will be beautifully inspiring - specially to the youngens. With the Constitution now out of the way, anything that Oshama does will be beautifully inspiring – specially to the youngens.

]]> By: lark http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084570 lark Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:46:32 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084570 <blockquote>This is what you call a community organizer.</blockquote> A straight arrow shooter.

This is what you call a community organizer.

A straight arrow shooter.

]]> By: oowawa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8093/open-thread-jeremiah/#comment-1084564 oowawa Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:43:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8093#comment-1084564 How could a "flunky" possibly be entrusted with a negotiation this sensitive? How could a “flunky” possibly be entrusted with a negotiation this sensitive?

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