Chuckie Schumer admits: He’s an idiot…more: “There is no doubt that we were hoodwinked”
Sen. Charles Schumer plays the “dupe” card. Yes, you can question his competency now. He admits it–he’s an idiot:
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito “duped” the U.S. Senate into confirming them, a top Democratic lawmaker charged on Friday, days after a key Republican questioned if they had lived up to their promises.
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, a member of the Judiciary Committee that held hearings on the two, said they staked out moderate positions in congressional testimony but became part of a conservative bloc that issued restrictive rulings on issues from free speech to civil rights.
Schumer, in a speech to the American Constitution Society, talked about the confirmation of Roberts and Alito in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
“Were we duped?” he asked.
“Were we too easily impressed by the charm of nominee Roberts and the erudition of nominee Alito?” Schumer asked. “Did we mistakenly vote our hopes when our fears were more than justified by the ultraconservative records of these two men?”
“Yes,” he said
As penance for the Democrats’ self-admitted stupidity, Schumer is now threatening to snuff any new confirmations of Bush high court nominees. Via Politico:
ew York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a powerful member of the Democratic leadership, said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”
“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.”
Just a reminder that Chuck Schumer was the ringleader of the appalling circus that the Alito hearings devolved into last year. The made-for-TV antics and bloviating prompted none other than Robert Byrd to take to the floor to condemn the proceedings. Remember:
Regardless of any Senator’s particular view of Judge Alito, I think we can all agree that there is room for improvement in the way in which the Senate and indeed the nation have undertaken the examination of this nominee.
Let me be clear. I mean no criticism of the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee or any particular member of that ccommittee. I feel compelled to address this issue. Not to point fingers. Not to scold. Not to assign blame. But only to address specific, sincere, heartfelt concerns that have been brought to my attention by the people of West Virginia in particular.
The people of West Viriginia in no uncertain terms were, frankly, appalled by the Alito hearings. I don’t want to say it, but I must. They were appalled. In the reams of correspondece that I received during the Alito hearings, West Virginians–the people I represent–West Virignians who wrote to criticize the way in which the hearings were conducted used the same two words. People with no connection to one another. People of different faiths. Different views. Different opinions. [They] independently and respectively used the same two words to describe the hearings. They called them called an outrage and a disgrace.
And these were not form letters ginned up by special interest groups on either the right or the left. These were hand-written, contemplative, old-fashioned letters written on lined paper and personal stationary. They were the sort of letters that people write while watching television in the comfort of their living rooms or sitting at the kitchen table. It is especially telling that many who objected to the way in which the Alito hearings were conducted do not support Judge Alito. In fact, it is sorely apparent that many who opposed Judge Alito’s nomination also opposed the seemingly made-for-TV antics that accompanied the hearings…
Here’s another reminder of the atrocious behavior of the Dems.
And now Schumer has the gumballs to bleat that the Dems were “duped” and “hoodwinked?”
Gag.
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For this, I give Bush high marks. It is almost worth all of the other Liberal BS that we have had to deal with to know that Alito and Roberts were confirmed.
Schumer needs to remember payback can take place later on.
“Schumer voted against confirming Roberts and Alito. In Friday’s speech, he said his “greatest regret” in the last Congress was not doing more to scuttle Alito.”
Amusing.
“greatest regret” – not doing more to scuttle a Bush nominee.
At least he’s being honest now about how he thinks and acts, and isn’t pretending to be fair and objective (to the process and the nominee from a republican) anymore.
LOL!! Good God Almighty! When will the Leftinistra take personal responsibility for their OWN actions and STOP blaming others? Judas Priest!
So, let us see if I have this “RIGHT”.
The WORSE President in American History; the MOST dumb person living in the White House; the MOST ignorant man born in this universe; has outwitted and outsmarted every single Leftinistra that has dared to cross his path.
Do I have this “RIGHT”?
Doesn’t say much for the Leftinistra, does it?
OK. I am going to half-way “steal” this post from the Great Michelle Malkin.
If there are ANY objections, let me know.
Welcome to the new bolshevik revolution carried out by the same people, now called the DEMSHEVIKS…
The far left base of the democrat party can’t be pleased with the way things are going.
I guess if I were one of them, I’d be asking myself exactly what the democrat party has accomplished in the last decade.
Too funny.
All this is blather or is that rather blather. Are any of these fools (New acronym – LSOS) attempting to represent the constituency that sent them as representatives to our Capitol? They’ve raised their own pay and the inflationary minimum wage (little else), and today they pretend to wonder why the markets are in upheaval.
They exercise a risky scheme involving a scary level of resources trying to convince the uneducated that the ‘Market’ IS ‘The Economy’. Muddy the waters, obfuscate and lie if they think the ends justify the means. Stalin would be proud.
Chuck E. Cheese Schumer is what he is.
To #7 (Uplander)
Indeed. Stalin would be proud.
http://takeourcountryback-snooper.blogspot.com/2007/07/stalin-loves-our-democrats.html
If Bush wants a legacy, he could do a lot worse.
Dare we hope for one more constructionist jurist?
The SCOTUS is one tremendous reason a true Conservative is so important, in the Whitehouse.
Ahhh, nothing like shooting for a single digit approval rating. Popping popcorn and sitting back for a great show. I love a great implosion!
There…fixed it.
PBoilermaker
‘ppreciate ya! Great fix!
Who knew it took this much effort to be a do nothing congress?
Not according to Alan Colmes. After the Dimocrats dropped the ball on “John Doe” and they got hammered by the conservatives, Alan Colmes actually said that the Dimocrats came in and saved the day for “John Doe”. I wet myself over that one.
I think Chuckie is a perverted reprobate. His presence in the Senate is a disgrace and a reproach to all Americans.
Can you say “Brainwashed“?
Same thing must be true for Hillary’s apparent misunderstanding in originally supporting the Iraq war. Shades of George Romney!
Here’s one to keep in the memory banks next time he tries for an arbitrary bit of legislation with no basis in fact.
This posturing nitwit is truly dangerous because of the adoration of the East coast based MSM. His international naivete and crass partisanship sound convincing to the BDS adherents, but he is likely to throw the country in a Constitutional crisis for no good reason.
I suppose it has never occurred to Schumer that their decisions have been moderate. He is so far left that he has lost sight of of the middle.
I don’t understand the logic behind the Senators thinking. I have no idea what angle he’s trying to use here. He new damn well what he was doing then. So why flip-flop, what does that accomplish? THESE NUTROOTS DRIVE ME TO DRINK COFFEE!!!!!!!
I truly am beginning to believe that these pols are that stupid. Arrogance and stupidity are as bad as drinking and driving.
Didn’t Roberts and Alito make it a point to not answer any questions regarding how they would rule on a given SC case?
Somewhere in New York a village is missing an idiot.
Yes, our Senators really are that stupid. Look at Brownback, Voinivich or whatever, Akaka,Obama,Kennedy, idiots.
Snoop, I love how the dems and their wacked out moveon.org, Kos, etc underlings say it’s always how the dumb, nazi, hitler, chimpy George Bush lied to them. If they’re so gullible, then are these the people we want running our government? HAHA! And they don’t seen to mind trying to paint a flaming liberal as a moderate in order to fool people into voting for their guy. They’ll be doing that with Shrillary, bank it!
The real question is why are they getting elected over and over again if they’re so much dumber than Bush and gullible enough to get “conned” by somebody as “stupid” as him? And of course they never begin to mention the fact that THEIR candidate (Mr. treason Jon Carry) had worse grades in college than the retarded Bush.
The treasonous dems are a bad joke some evil force is playing on America right now.
Chuck “Seltzer Man” Schumer is a dangerous human being. Is his next step to impeach a sitting Chief Justice for lying to Congress?
He is making a mess out of the Alberto “VO5″ Gonzalez case. (Related to Elian? Maybe it’s an out?)
And he has no clue about the consequences of retreat and defeat in Iraq.
Image: Bear1909 holding his nose.
Blutarski-like numbers dead ahead.
Once again, the democrap check bouncers’ hatred for President Bush and his lust for power out weighs the good of our country.
Chucky Schumer, check bouncing king, is a disgrace to our country and should not hold high office.
Chuck Schumer is a limousine liberal who is out of touch. The last cool thing Imus did before he got the boot was roast this gobbler for never having set foot in Walter Reed Hospital before gang piling on the recent “scandal” over “care”. Chucky actually spit dust he was so choked on Imus’ line of questioning.
Schumer should be relegated to a sweaty small carnival somewhere near a river, holding a job driving an Oscar Mayer weiner wagon. “I was great once in the US Senate. I had it all. Haircut. Cologne. $50 dinners at the taxpayers expense.”
Dupe is too good a lable. Putz. Petard. Slug.
bear1909 #30
That was beautiful.
Very well framed post MM. Thanks.
I don’t know what happened to the sophistication of the Senate. After being called a ‘bigot’ last month, and the leading senator telling our soldiers that they are ‘losers’ though he roots against them, and now this guy saying that no matter who, he’s going to vote against – something really does need to be done.
Weren’t Senators originally appointed positions? I don’t know who they were appointed by, maybe the Governors of the states. . . but it might be a good idea to go back to that system. The senate is no longer a hall for reasoned and sophisticated gentlemanly debate as it was intended. They all pander for votes in partisan fashion like is expected in the house.
The Senator Byrd quote was dead on. He’s seen the Senate go downhill, and I’m glad he’s willing to call them out on it.
Great post MM, thanks.
Thomas #31:
Schumer is one of my pet peeves. May his fall from grace be as severe as my fantasies. Thanks!
There is something strikingly loathsome about that man. A self hating jewish liberal who would pee on the Constitution to jack up his ego. Politico described him as a “powerful” senator. I was near a pig farm in NC once and there was something powerful about that, too. He is a dangerous egotistical man and threatens to unravel further the fabric of a great nation. Unfortunately there aren’t enough right thinking people in NY to remove him from office.
According to the Politico they concerned that Roberts and Alito aren’t following precedent when they said they would. Last I checked, stare decisis was one of the main reasons why it took so long to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson. I know it’s hard for Schumer to believe, but sometimes precedent shouldn’t be followed.
almeehan#34:
sooooieeeee! baby.
as for the electorate of New York, it’s like my good farmer friend Dug said one day knee deep in hog sh*t- “if yer gonna be in the hog business, then you best be smarter than the hog.”
Here is a great slogan for a politician to get himself reelected: “I was duped!”
Earth to Chuck: Resign now. Go re-arrange your sock drawer. Get a hobby. Chase your wife around the house in the Hamptons. Do anything but continue to serve yourself in the US Senate.
They’ve been playing this hand more and more since no WMDs were found. Every time the Dems want to find a scapegoat, appeal to their base or both, they cry about having been “mislead”. They have a culture of using a successful technique to death once having found it, so expect plenty more of this.
Yes, because taking government away from the people is an admirable goal. Politicans choosing politicans will not make anything better.
The problem, and this goes for both the Repubs and the Dems, is that politics has become both the means and the end. There just aren’t enough Jefferson Smiths.
This guy embodies everything that is rotten about the Senate. What a slimebag.
http://thepeoplescube.com/images/Transformers_Democrats.gif
The people that were duped were the people of New York, who continue to learn nothing by reelecting Mr. Schumer. I am a born and raised New Yorker, and 1992 took away a great Senator in Al Damato, and replaced him him with this left wing shill.
I just watched my tivo. Good job hosting O’Reilly Double-M. Well done.
eric http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
Yea,well I almost hope Schmuck and the Dems follow through on this idea…that way if 1 or 2 libs retire from the court,and the Senate refuses to confirm a new Justice, the conservative majority will be even more pronounced…either 5-3 or 5-2…and even if Rodham should be elected and nominates lefties to the SCOTUS, it will be a piece of cake for the GOP to return the favor and refuse to confirm them too….thereby keeping a conservative majority of 5-2 or 5-3… which will serve as a constant reminder of what a brilliant political tactician Schmuck is
I believe if anyone has been misled, it’s the United States of America and its citizens. WE HAVE BEEN DUPED and LIED TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
These egotistical, diabolical, seed plotting moronic, egotistical, narcissistic fruitflies, million $ bank accounts (off shore), never worked a real job, liberal left-winged batties. pop tartin’, smokin’ pot liberals…….
I am at a loss for words.
The point is that Senators should be focused on GOOD POLICY, NOT getting re-elected. Should we now start electing Supreme Court Justices too? That’s politicians choosing as well. Would you rather see the Supreme Court Justices more partisan too? We could give them term limits and have a vote.
I for one am more comfortable with how the founding fathers set up the checks and balances. If they set up voting as a privelege, it should not be a ‘right’ as it is now (not saying what the criteria should be, but too many people vote who shouldn’t – meaning they don’t know the issues – because it is their ‘right’).
If they set it up so that the Senate was an appointed position, I’m sure this was the reason. There should be a governing body not concerned with anything but good policy, and doing the right thing for the country. As it stands now, from the time they are elected, the only thing they concern themselves with is getting re-elected. They don’t care how much mud they have to sling or how ugly and hateful they have to be to get re-elected.
Gayle,
Tell us how you really feel. lmao!
“The point is that Senators should be focused on GOOD POLICY, NOT getting re-elected.”
Theoretically and ideally, they should be one and the same, since good policy amounts to a satisfied electorate. The problem is media and the gross misuse of it, the re-writing of history and the like. The problem is that people are too corruptable as a species for that kind of theory to be expected in practice.
” There should be a governing body not concerned with anything but good policy,”
This was the big message in Mr Smith Goes To Washington, and that message is at least as true today. Both quotes – and I mean no offense on this – remind me of the basic flaw in socialism: to work in the real world, you basically need a human race comprised of essentially flawless personal values and an unerring determination to put the good of others ahead of themselves. That’s why capitalism works – because it’s the polar opposite of that mindset and tends, though not completely, to prove that those kinds of lofty ideals are essentially impossible with the kind of flawed human race we have on the world today. But they’re still good words, those words of yours, because people think that’s how it’s supposed to be, and that’s good because it maintains what little shame this society has left, and that’s a bit of a good policing mechanism for our elected officials, anyway.
I believe Schumer is one of the most dangerous people in America. That guy is a nut case, but you have to give him credit for speaking out loudly and passionately for what he believes. The Republicans mostly act like wimps with little passion, The Republican senate caucus is full of people like Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Olympia Snowe, Chuck Hagel, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, etc. who don’t embrace traditional conservative values.
God forbid we have judges on the SCOTUS that actual understand the US Constitution better than the famous legislator-from-the-bench Judge James Munley over the wishes and laws of the community of Hazelton, PA on the illegal invasion of their community. Then again what do you expect from a Clinton appointee. I guess that 4 year disagreement between some of the Confederate States and the Federal Government in the 1860s had absolutely nothing to do with “States Rights.”
Can’t get over how irresponsible, narcissistic, and just plan dangerous our Congress Critters from the left side of the aisle and their RINO partners are becoming. The more and more these idiots open their mouths the more I believe we need to enact term limits to eliminate this self imposed ruling class who believe themselves to be royalty answerable only to themselves. As long as ACORN can stuff the voting roles with fake identities and the dead are able to vote these people will continue to rig our electoral process. Almost forgot to mention the busing of people to other states and cities to cast fraudulent votes too. If not for these tactics there would be a major shift in our political landscape. Maybe the framers of the US Constitution were right in only wanting land owners to vote, because they had the most to lose. You have to take a test to drive a car why not make potential legal voters take a civics test to vote?
So much for venting my Saturday morning outrage, have a safe weekend everyone. Boom’s checking off headset for now.
AJ, there’s more from where that came from! LOL!
I am smokin’ angry at the do nothing but not follow the CONSTITUTION – me me me looking in my mirror hate mongering liberals.
I know you are all ready for me to weigh in on this. After all, Chuck is my Senior Senator.
Ok, I think it was clear that both Roberts and Alito were conservatives. As Scalia pointed out, those two, unlike him, overturn precedent and pretend they haven’t done so.
Like it or not, the President gets to pick nominees to the SCOTUS when vacancies arise. The way for liberals to change it is to win Presidential elections.
Other than that, I don’t understand MM’s point. The hearings are a joke, but whose fault is that? There are rules that say you cannot ask questions about a case that may be heard by the SCOTUS, but that includes almost anything–the law is dynamic. For that reason, the hearings are a joke. It has nothing to do with what party is in power.
MikeB said,
I know you are all ready for me to weigh in on this.
You think way to highly of yourself…
good morning everyone , yes even you MB.
That poor tick must still be spitting, trying to the bitter taste of Schumer out. Ewwwww!
We’ve been duped? We’ve been had? We’ve been lied to? This is a very common trend by the Defeatocrats over the past year as we all know. A convenient excuse to recant on anything they did in the past. As many have said before they constantly call GW dumb, but he is somehow able to fool them at every turn. If that is the case how do they think then that they will be able to negotiate in the Middle East. Lying is way of life over there. Anyone every heard of the term “diplomatic lie?” Even though lying is forbidden in the Arab/muslim culture, it is allowed when dealing with someone outside of your tribe/country if it benefits your welfare or being. So with that said how are some of our brilliant democratic leaders going to overcome something like this?
So, if it is appropriate to hold hearings to see if a nominee to the US SC has misrepresented their position in testimony, Shouldn’t hearings be held as to candidates, running for office, who misrepresented their positions to the electorate?
I’m with ya Plain, but there wouldn’t be anyone left.
Oh no, MikeB. It has everything to do with which party is in power. As a matter of fact, that is all this is about, nothing more. The judiciary is how liberals intend to insulate themselves from election results, overturn the will of the people, and maintain liberalism despite what people voted for in referendums around the country.
If a judicial nominee doesn’t indicate they will toe the liberal line on the bench, their life will be invaded by opposition research political hacks, and their reputation smeared. No holds barred, no sympathy for families. They will completely carpet-bomb your life. It’s rank intimidation, that’s all.
Chuckey-Schmuckey Schumer (BDS-NY) is the ring leader of this circus. They let all non-liberals know, if you dare to oppose their agenda, you are going to be targeted by slimey partisan smear artists, constitution be damned. It’s all politics, not law.
A lot of what underlies BDS is the bizarre love/hate relationship that today’s donkey party has with George W. Bush.
On the one hand, they like him because he’s so convenient. Just like the old pastime of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” with donkeys it’s “Six Degrees of George W. Bush.”
Anything bad – anything – can within six steps of “logic” be dot-to-dot connected to that man. I’ve heard it proposed and rationalized that he was responsible for the earthquake and tidal wave in the Indian Ocean three years ago.
At the same time, because he’s so imbecilic, he’s easily manipulated by his puppet masters, like Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. By manipulating George Bush like a ventriloquist’s dummy, these nefarious characters can bamboozle even the most wary donkey; accordingly, when they make fools of themselves, they can always escape responsibility for it.
It’s kind of like the MasterCard commercials:
- Being able to call George Bush a knuckle-dragging, drooling, imbecilic fascistic Adolf-wanna-be: Smarmy.
- Being able to make a buffoon of yourself, and claim that George Bush tricked you into it: Indispensable.
- Being able to do call upon either of the above at will, with no sense of self-irony: Priceless.
The George Bush Card: “He’s Everything You Need Him to Be” (TM)
On the other hand, the same Jekyll/Hyde qualities they find so handy are a simultaneous source of considerable fear and hatred. Think about it: If you were confronted with somebody so apparently wicked that you’d have trouble distinguishing him from the Anti-Christ – and who, alone or in league with his far more dangerous handlers, is literally capable of committing any imaginable evil – wouldn’t you be scared of him? Wouldn’t you hate him?
Not that it’d be justified… there’s a couple of words representing two important planks of BDS: “Paranoia” and “Superstition.”
You can see both on display with Schumer’s remarks. His irrational fear of his nemesis nominating another conservative Justice, is coupled with the alternative-reality based superstition that getting Roberts and Alito confirmed could only result from his abusing/manipulating the confirmation process.
And what happens when donkeys give in to paranoia, superstition and BDS?
They show you who they really are:
That’s one of the most alarming expressions of demagogic, ends-justify-the-means, Stalinist-inspired oratory I’ve read in a while.
“Scratch a liberal, and you’ll find a totalitarian underneath.” Q.E.D.
You are absolutely right, Regulus. Stalinist methods to control the debate and the process, and if you disagree, there are ready-made catagories for your marginalization, such as “mentally unbalanced”, “hate speech purveyor”, “corrupt”.
That reminds me of a press conference I saw in the year 2000. It was the Russian Navy “answering questions” from the press after the Kursk disaster. There was an Admiral at the podium, and the mother of one of the Kursk sailors confronted him in front of the press, demanding answers about the fate of her son.
If this were a U.S. Navy Admiral, he would have gotten her answers for her. Instead, the Putin people decided right then and there she was “mentally unbalanced”, and a Russian Naval nurse in uniform and trenchcoat appeared from the back of the room, approached the woman from behind, produced a syringe from her trenchcoat and sedated the woman against her will. They dragged her, half asleep after 5 seconds, out the back door. Right in front of the press! That is how a Stalinist deals with confronting the opposition to their agenda.
The “Fairness Doctrine” is the liberals version of the “needle”. You are a hater, or a nutcase, and we don’t have to put up with your ideas. You have no right to speak your mind. Even if you’re a judge.
You know something is dangerously wrong when they no longer FEAR the APPEARANCE of OPEN COMMUNISM.
Just saw elsewhere that California GOVT is sending California traffic tickets to MEXICO for processing – giving all material necessary for IDENTITY THEFT of American citizens TO THE GREATEST PURVEYORS OF AMERICAN STOLEN IDENTITIES.
And Schumer is letting us know our chances of JUSTICE are now greatly depreciated.
One term limit for senate at 6 years. Then you’re out. House: one 4 year term and you’re out. Make them crawl on their bellies as lobbyists if they want to be “on the Hill”.
Otherwise, get em out. If they truly want to do public service, volunteer like most of us. Do it for the “love”, ya know. Ha!
Ya i know, it would penalize the good ones. But maybe it would make the good ones even better, with a deeper sense of urgency.
They are spending our Country into oblivion.
Image: Bear1909 with both paws shakin the cookie jar upside down askin “Wha happa, Lucy?”
“Justice” Ginzo-berg, former head of the ACLU, on the Supreme Court, something that makes my skin crawl. I hope she is replaced by Bob Bork.
That would put Schumerova’s thong in a twist, eh?
Image: Bear1909 with paws over his ears twisting and squirming as he shrieks “Ewwwww! Brain worm! Ewwww!”
C-Boy: Cough up chapter and verse on this reference to Scalia.
Schnell!
I agree with Chuck, he IS an idiot.
Chuck was duped. He thought it was Julia Roberts, and the Senate was switching to Alito blend coffee…
And if you’ll follow my logic here:
Professor J. Scott Armstrong of Wharton (bet with Al Gore that Al declined) has written on Competitor Orientation and how he believes it can hurt the firm. Not to stretch it too much, or put words in his mouth, but experiements show that many people will choose the irrational position of say, reducing their own firms profits (as opposed to a second choice of greatly increasing their profits) if it damages the competition. They do this even if the choice has no long term competitive advantage. It’s sort of a we got them this time mindset. If people are wired that way – and apologies to the Prof for using his research as he may not have intended – it would explain why Schumer and his ilk would be willing to be Dupes, idiots, lied to, continuously befuddled by the Bush/Rove Master/Blaster duo (i.e. reducing their own “profitability” – as in 10% approval ratings). It’s a case of “we don’t care what it does to our party or nation (the firm), as long as it damages the other party (competitive firm/same nation).” The good of the nation (firm) has no bearing on their decisions as long as they see only a competition between parties.
OK, it’s pretty early in the morning to flesh out that argument, but will throw it out for thought. Here’s a pdf of the paper.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/papers/643.pdf
Chucky’s Bride; Dame Pelosi
and all the while just ‘a smilin’!
Maggots.
“There’s one born every minute”
and the Poster Bo is:
“Gloom and Doomer” Schumer -
should have read “Poster Boy” …
Anybody else think that force could be Soros? This is a guy who has made a crap load of money and is using it to undermine America and all she stands for. He has a twisted perspective and is using money he made from the system to destroy it. He is the evil force behind a lot of what is out there from the left side of the political spectrum.
AlohaGuy#66:
Dude. Brilliant. I don’t think it is a stretch. It’s a “nuanced” strategy as the DhimmiCrats like to say. Thanks for the link to the paper too.
BrianMallard#70: Soros has put his agenda right out in the open about how he wants to “change the face of America”.
But the point I’d like to explore is how I use the word “evil” in my understanding of this world.
Moreover, I want to explore it for my own benefit and to the benefit of others who would want to understand this Bear better-not to prove you wrong or take exception to how you view the world or the words used therein.
I tend not to use the word “evil” to describe the rational, calculating forces that are at work in the world.
And this forces me to attach the word to the “ends” such forces pursue.
As long as a human being retains lucidity they have the potential to achieve ends that are “good”.
The inherent nature of a human being, by my training and way of seeing the world is not evil.
Their reason leads them to evil ends.
Now, about Mr. Soros the short, Jew-hating holocaust survivor. The man has issues of self-loathing which transmute into issues of control.
Why else would anybody use the marvel that is the global forex market to take down the currency of a country and bring people to their knees (Thailand)?
Currency trading is a passion of mine and has transformed my life from one of indentured servitude to one of peaceful coexistence with the rigors of making a living.
So the tool isn’t inherently evil.
The wielder becomes flawed in his/her application of the tool(s) they wield by virtue of their reasoning, decisionmaking, committment(s) to action, and definition of success.
Fair to say, no?
The other wielders of the same tool are the Saudi royal family members. They wield the same tool on the commodity markets as well.
Imagine making $54 million before breakfast on any given day.
Do you think that would buy a few Congressional leaders to let Keith Ellison get elected?
Or allow John Conyers to aid and abet Hezbollah and Hamas in his district? And then not get any MSM heat when the “Islamic charities” were raided in his home state?
MoveOn.org has tremendous potential for the common good. But it is being directed and wielded by a flawed human soul- a Jew Hating Holocaust Survivor.
Do you think he has money invested in Iran’s nuclear buildup? Do you think he is bankrolling some of Hugo “Chango” Chavez (a distant distant relation, i swear! the name is like “Smith”
)?
Do you think he is bankrolling Al Gore’s activities and megalomaniacal obsessions?
I do.
Image: Bear1909 with clipboard and open-toed shoes sitting next to a couch with a small scared man, who shivers at the thought he has internalized Nazi values of destroying anything which doesn’t fit the vision of Global Rule.
Bear should have his own show.
The imagery of all of his post is truly astounding! Funny yet so true.
Regarding evil. Since I am a….shall I dare say it…..”Christian”….I believe that evil exists in the souls of men. I believe that Satan rules the earth, as my Bible states.
Evil can have a pretty face…..”Edwards”…….for ex;
Evil is further enlightened in lyrics, movies, tv, other media forms. This is how Satan can control those who are gullible…..children in particular.
Don’t mean to sound preachy, but EVIL is real as is GOOD.
Resume your command, Bear!
What goes around,comes around.Any time Beak Schumer is upset,it’s good for all of us law-abiding,pro constitutional U.S.Citizens.
Gayle, i get what you mean. The rule of Satan as your Bible states is the voice within us that skews our brains out
Why do the people of New York keep electing this idiot to office. Is he trying to say that we need more Souters, Ginsburgs and Stephens on the court? And then he has to gall to critize Roberts and Alito for “free speech” rulings? Then we could get more Kelo and McCain-Feingold rulings out of the Supreme Socialists Court.
Get your guns in good working order. We may need them to take back our government soon.
orlandocajun#75- The same reason California keeps re-electing Pelosi Galore, Diane Feinstein, and Babs Boxer.
1) Keep abortion legal.
2) Create a government career track open for middle class dhimmicrats (“doing good work to *care* for people)
3) Hide pork spending and to de-ball the military.
4) and any number of *irrelevant* programs to guarantee “rights” not articulated under the Constitution.
My take anyway.
This is way off topic but I thought you guys would get a kick out of it…. have a great weekend…
By ERICA WERNER – Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON(AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used the Democrats’ weekly radio address Saturday to tout her party’s passage of legislation to implement major recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.
The House passed the bill Friday on a 371-40 vote, a day after the Senate passed it 85-8. The White House said the president would sign it.
The legislation would shift money to high-risk states and cities, expand screening of air and sea cargo and put money into a new program to ensure that security officials at every level can communicate with each other.
Its passage ranks among the top accomplishments of the 6-month-old Democratic Congress. Republicans would say it’s one of the few.
“We will have done in six months what previous Congresses failed to do for almost six years,” said Pelosi, D-Calif.
There was more but I thought I would spare you….. aj
ajmontana#77:
it’s a great day for a baseball game here today.
Image: Bear1909 in doctors lab coat with Pelosi’s noggin in his paws as he examines her Jack-o-lantern for signs of Botox leaking into her frontal lobes.
“Now hold still, Madame Speaker, this might hurt just a wee bit.”
Image: Bear1909 sitting in the sun trying to get his furry head around the idea of Nancy being his GrandMa….”Eeewwww!”.
Batter up!
After further reflection, Mr. Bush needs to tell Mr. Schumer to “Bring it on.” A man who defeated Saddam Hussein will not be defeated by some lilliputian, no matter how loudly he yelps in front of the camera.
http://blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/president-bush-please-tell-charles-schumer-to-bring-it-on/
Respectfully,
eric
Bear, ROFLMA @ Pelosi Galore….
(sides hurting!)
FeingoldFinger
Gayle
My source on “Pelosi Galore” is Conservative stalwart and scholar Dr. Jack Wheeler.
He makes me stand on two legs and howl with laughter.
Some of you ask how us New Yorkers could elect Schumer. Last year, we elected Eliot Spitzer governor and compared to him, Schumer is a paragon of ethics. Last week, Spitzer got caught (or at least his aides got caught) trying to use the state police to smear the Republican majority leader of the state senate. Now, it looks like Watergate all over again, with questions of “What did Spitzer know and when did he know it?” freely thrown around by the media. I’m surprised our hostess hasn’t picked up on this, since Spitzer has been touted as the next attorney-general if a Democrat got elected president.
I’ll have to google him!
Gayle: Wheeler and Co. at tothepointnews.com have kept me in this fight. Thoughtful, intelligent, learned people who look at life and history to make sense of the brain death in Washington. Happy Huntin!
Thanks Bear!
I located the site and added it to my favs!
Shout this out girl , the fool tools are only giving us Memorex moments.
All you have to do is let them talk.
Ok ok so Shoemore wants precedent does he! Give it to him! Put criminals in NY in stocks in public. Hang convicted capital criminals publicly. Run immigrants through Ellis Island. Turn them back if they are unfit, diseased, etc. Hang or imprison traitors even if they are senators or congressmen as we do have a precedent for that. Our nation has plenty of precedent but we all know that is only chucky wucky’s straw man for an excuse allowing him to belch his liberal vomit to the MSM
ewwwww!!!!!
Trouble is, that kind of term limit leaves them NO INCENTIVE to not raid as badly as they can while they can.
there is no incentive in term limits to BEHAVE.
The fault is in the process of RE-ELECTION RULES – and the American people could fix that if they decide to NOT DEPEND on CONGRESS to fix election flaws.
That is like depending on 4 yrs olds to regulate who steals from the cookie jars.
Totally agreed! TOTALLY!
OmbreRose#89: You’re absolutely right. There isn’t an incentive to behave. True reformation would require more than just term limits.
We are talking about the regulation of *Criminal* behavior: lying, deceit, fraud, bribery and money laundering.
Allowing long-term office holding discourages grassroots candidacies and encourages incumbent racketeering.
Disrupting Stasis, Steady State,Status Quo or The Mess We’re In requires creating a system that deprives criminals of their havens.
In addition to re-election rules and term limits, I would further advocate the implementation of transparency laws which include putting all earmarks, and the papertrails which build them, on the Internet for public review.
Pelosi Galore and company just passed a law for public oversight of earmarks,but you have to travel to DC and visit the offices of each Porking Committee, must review records under the eye of Congressional staffer, and cannot make any copies of documents.
I’d like to hear more about the re-election rules change process, OmbreRose, from your perspective.
SCHUMER=BLECCHHH!