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13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Local illegal immigran... · 0 replies · +14 points

Obama and his cronies have tried multiple times to get the Congress to pass laws to give amnesty to "young" illegals, but they couldn't get the Congress to do it. So once again, Obama does an end-run around the Constitution and just does what he wants.

The President isn't meant to do an end-run around the Constitution and the Congress; Executive Orders aren't meant to be a President's way of ruling by fiat. But Obama keeps using them to do just that.

13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Local illegal immigran... · 1 reply · +6 points

Except this is exactly the opposite of what you're claiming. Obama and his cronies have tried multiple times to get the Congress to pass laws to give amnesty to "young" illegals, but they couldn't get the Congress to do it. So once again, Obama does an end-run around the Constitution and just does what he wants.

You can't use this as an attempt to give the two-party system a black eye, just so your 3rd-party candidates have a better chance.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Beaverton church sues ... · 0 replies · -8 points

Notice I'm not defending what this pastor allegedly did. My remark was about the bigoted responses here from some who are taking this as an opportunity to bad-mouth all churches.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Beaverton church sues ... · 1 reply · -23 points

Nice to see the fair-minded, unbiased remarks here, instead of people with an axe to grind going off on anti-religious screeds by painting everyone with the same broad brush. Because, you know, one news story proves that all churches are corrupt.

14 years ago @ The Heritage Foundry - Public Comments Overwh... · 0 replies · +1 points

Why do you feel it was "decent people" who did it? People who think the state should not only allow them to kill their children, but who want to use the state to silence any who oppose them, aren't exactly "decent people".
Whle I agree with Art that many voted for Obama (for example) out of ignorance, it was a willing ignorance. They didn't want to know what the man really stood for, they just wanted to do the "liberal" thing of electing a "black" man. (Not that the Dems were the first to put a Black candidate forward; just that they want to claim to be the only ones who would do so).
However, many in the media and the liberal elite (and even the rank-and-file) elected him specifically because he would do the evil that they're in favor of-- which goes far beyond government-sponsored abortion. In fact, he's in trouble with parts of his voting-base precisely because he hasn't done _enough_ evil yet.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Compromise sought in N... · 0 replies · +4 points

Being polite? How is saying "Our way is the only right way, therefore no one is allowed to have any other way of looking at things-- and if you do, we will shut you down by any means possible" being polite? You pretend that Conservatives are just "mean", while Liberals are "polite", but so much of what they do in enforcing their view of "politeness" is accomplished only by trampling on the rights of others.

Conservatives do _not_ want to "keep everything the same". There is plenty of harm that Liberals have done in the name of saving people from themselves, that conservatives want to change. Conservatives very much want to make a difference in the world. They just believe that the way to do so is by public discourse, while Liberals want to shut down any opposing views so they're the only ones who can have any control.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - \'May Day\' protests t... · 0 replies · +7 points

Talk about the pot calling the kettle names... That was a pretty hypocritical display there, Pete!

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Compromise sought in N... · 2 replies · +4 points

I see what you're saying, but I said "liberals" for a reason.

It's decidedly a Liberal tactic to try to shut down opposition, by keeping those who disagree with them from being allowed a voice in the discussion. And of course PC is almost entirely a Liberal philosophy, that itself demands everyone follow its dictates without any dissent. To disagree with PC is to automatically be labeled as wrong, no questions asked and no venue granted to prove yourself innocent.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Homeowner catches burg... · 2 replies · +7 points

"after the homeowner chased him off with two kitchen knives in his boxer shorts"

Why did the homeowner have kitchen knives in his boxer shorts?

I'm sorry, but that's two stories in a row with bad writing about edged weapons. (See the article about the shoplifter who "flashed the sword and took off, cutting through a nearby apartment complex".)

Kinda makes you long for the day when news stories were written by professional writers.

On topic: It would sure be nice if we could shut down the revolving door on the jailhouse. But since we have a society founded upon the rule of law, but a culture that continues to deny the importance of values and morality (meaning we actively teach that those things don't matter, and people should just do whatever they want) it'll continue to get worse. There aren't enough cops and not enough prison space to deal with a culture that doesn't respect the rule of law, or the rights of fellow citizens for that matter.

/end soapbox.

14 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Homeowner catches burg... · 0 replies · +5 points

Or they read about it on the internet, say in comments to a story about a home invasion...

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