Comments on: Obama Condemns Crackdown in Iran, Praises “Courageous” Dissenters

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:30:58 +0000

Who is he? I think the brand is separating from the man, and am wondering do we have an authoritarian follower as pres.? Status quo patriarchy in terms of finance and military is who he seems to be following. Say it ain’t so. I want to believe it ain’t. But after Gaza and Goldman … now Pakistan and the torture stuff… he can’t be proactive, only reactive. it is heartbreaking. And then the right wing crazies, yeah, so manipulative and hysterical and crazymaking in their wrong-headed accusations. Doesn’t excuse what he is and isn’t doing, despite their irrationality. And the press is so amoral and petty and shallow and amnesia-like, they might as well be commentating on a sports game, not life and blood issues. They are so titillated by hissy-fit right wing, they skew reality in respecting them.

By: bilejones

bilejones — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:03:26 +0000

And where was The Chosen One when the Israeli thugs were murdering 1500 Palestinians?

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:56:15 +0000

Chuckie cheeze todd might want to consider the possibility that the POTUS is a wee tad smarter than he…and act accordingly in the future.

Naw…….he’s a villager and they know it all.

Too bad he’s on msnbc so neither Keef or Rachel will poke any holes in his little bubble tonight but it sure has been fun reading some of the take-downs on him in the lefty blogs this afternoon. :-)

Simple pleasures; gotta get them where ya can.

By: redfish

redfish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:06:01 +0000

Allow me. 9-11 conspiracy theorists are lunatics and nut cases.

By: redfish

redfish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:04:53 +0000

Translation – allow the Taliban to rule unimpeded once again. It seems to me the Afghans already made their decision – to allow Al Qaeda and their Taliban enablers a “home country” to train, plan and execute terrorist attacks on innocent people in the West that don’t share their revolting religious extremists dogma. Your using Afghanistan and Iraq in the same sentence is an attempt to create some moral equivalency between the two. It does snot exist and clearly reveals what your true agenda is.

By: bonkers

bonkers — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:02:30 +0000

Totally with ya. I don’t want to brand anyone who starts talking about 9/11 stuff to be considered a nutcase. Sure, some are just as in any group, but most I’ve ever spoke with can defend their positions pretty well and could be on to something. If they ever are able to prove something definitive, I’ll be applauding them.

Plus, any study of history shows that something like a 9/11 conspiracy is very possible, since similar things have been done before.

By: Sufilizard2

Sufilizard2 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:02:23 +0000

My question is, what’s the point of pursuing the 911 conspiracy. I personally believe there was some level of foreknowledge if not outright involvement by the neo-cons. But I also don’t think we’ll ever get actionable proof.

Even if you could ferret out the details what will it accomplish? I already think they’re a bunch of evil douches, my opinion of these folks couldn’t get any lower.

I also think this crowd is already guilty of some heinous crimes which can be documented and the hard evidence is already out there in the public domain. But we can’t even get any kind of legal action based on evidence that’s already uncovered and in public, why would I think digging up some sketchier evidence would do any good.

I’m not saying the 911 conspiracies are wrong (though they can’t all be right), I’m not even saying I don’t occasionally like to foray into that realm of speculation. I’m just saying we only have so much time and energy in this life and I think we’d be better served focusing it on some more pressing issues.

But that’s just my take on it. I’m sure others disagree and that’s great. We don’t march in lock-step like some others I could name.

By: GregB

GregB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:32 +0000

The same people that think Obama is weak and feckless also think he’s a ruthless, steely eyed fascist ready to march them off to workcamps.

-G

By: ealvarez12

ealvarez12 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:57:00 +0000

Obama has had to play the the safe card given his previous declarations on establishing a better political and diplomatic relationship with Iran. The country, at this point, had given him no other alternative than to condemn the treatment of not only its people, but foreign journalists and correspondents.

Evan
http://www.beyondrace.com

By: Sufilizard2

Sufilizard2 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:54:51 +0000

Agreed. I think that even though Obama is hardly a “revolutionary” it doesn’t mean he can’t stir up some truly revolutionary impulses. A little hope goes a long way and may even have some consequences unintended by the one who initially packaged up and marketed that hope.

Freedom’s funny that way.