tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post6627754746222961439..comments2024-03-28T08:17:14.194-04:00Comments on the daily howler: IN THESE (THERAPUETIC) TIMES: Rachel’s Nazi bombers!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-75541953299651860472011-10-18T19:41:50.885-04:002011-10-18T19:41:50.885-04:00I'm still puzzled over what is murky about Rob...I'm still puzzled over what is murky about Robertson's reporting on the work release matter.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84191400704700966982011-10-18T19:36:06.112-04:002011-10-18T19:36:06.112-04:00I used to like Maddow and Olbermann. I don't k...I used to like Maddow and Olbermann. I don't know if their journalism was any better in those days, but both had a satirical take on the issues that was entertaining even when I disagreed with their positions. Over time both of them intensified their pandering, probably in response to audience feedback. Now they are obnoxious and boring, even when I agree with their positions.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47952329819065313682011-10-18T15:41:09.614-04:002011-10-18T15:41:09.614-04:00gravymeister,
You asked "What have Arizonans...gravymeister,<br /><br />You asked "What have Arizonans done to deserve all this?" <br /><br />Iowans have been asking themselves this for months. I don't understand why we get so riled up whenever some other state tries to move their primary ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. I would almost rather go last, at this point.BKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780381542236932101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84967553487273529102011-10-18T15:11:43.746-04:002011-10-18T15:11:43.746-04:00I don't get the supposed Nazi reference. I goo...I don't get the supposed Nazi reference. I google "papers please" and nazis are only mentioned twice in the first several pages, both time by the same person who didn't seem to understand who the Nazis were and wasn't talking about a specific policy. <br /><br />I'd say that referencing a similar, recent immigration bill in another state that was passed in the past couple of years makes sense. Not that I'm a Maddow fan, but I think accusing her of violating Godwin's Law for referencing the common name for Arizona's bill is a bit much.Alex Blazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29027617578123350072011-10-18T13:44:56.682-04:002011-10-18T13:44:56.682-04:00The most pathetic thing about Maddow's lazy jo...The most pathetic thing about Maddow's lazy journalism is that there is no need to make such vague connections between the anti-immigration bill and Alabama's tragic civil rights history of half a century ago. Simply Googling the sponsor of the bill shows that he apologized just last month for referring to blacks as "aborigines."<br /><br />http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/09/alabama_state_sen_scott_beason_2.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27878064138160213022011-10-18T11:26:02.158-04:002011-10-18T11:26:02.158-04:00David Tomlin
The French did indeed require all re...David Tomlin<br /><br />The French did indeed require all residents to carry an ID card. Visitors that left the country and returned twice a year did not need a French ID card.<br />This has little meaning now, since the borders of EU nations are open. <br /><br />All one has to do is say they went to another country for a day. There is no passport or visa stamp required that would prove leaving and returning.<br />EU citizens can stay as long as they want. (This is the main reason Turkey is kept out of the EU.)<br /><br />All residents in France, even illegal ones, are required to get healthcare insurance, however. That policy is enforced.gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26811906258763623622011-10-18T11:06:31.870-04:002011-10-18T11:06:31.870-04:00MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH, Republican candidate...MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH, Republican candidate Herman Cain paid a visit to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the sheriff notorious for "immigrant sweeps" in Hispanic neighborhoods. Object of visit: Border security.<br />Republican Candidate Michelle Bachmann visited Arizona Senate Majority Leader Russell Pearce, the man that hired Kris Kobach to help him write Arizona's immigrant enforcement law SB 1070, and then rammed it through the legislature. Object of visit: Border security.<br /><br />Both Cain and Bachmann used the opportunity attack Candidate Rick Perry for not being a "true conservative," said Larry Sabato of he University of Virginia's Center for Politics. Perry is losing support from Republicans because of his position allowing illegal immigrants in-state tuition, Sabato said.<br /><br />TOMORROW: Newt comes to town. <br />What have Arizonans done to deserve all this?gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4047586163256862332011-10-18T11:02:40.743-04:002011-10-18T11:02:40.743-04:00It's my understanding that a national identity...It's my understanding that a national identity document system was pioneered in the French Revolution, and exists today in France and some other European democracies.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.com