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Posts Made By: Dave Snope

July 19, 2013 04:14 PM Forum: Politics

I'm Just All Broken Up...

Posted By Dave Snope
Countries that have their populations sucking at the government teat inevitably fall into unrest when the milk dries up.

July 19, 2013 06:59 PM Forum: Politics

He's a uniter

Posted By Dave Snope
What a load of crap. Perhaps he should check the facts instead of continuing to spread lies that divide and inflame racial tensions.

Black defendants are more likely to be acquitted than white defendants. A study in the '90s found blacks convicted less frequently than whites in all but two of 14 categories of felony crimes, including murder, rape, burglary, felony theft, drug trafficking and other crimes against people.

July 19, 2013 09:48 PM Forum: Politics

He's a uniter

Posted By Dave Snope
Not to mention trying to undermine the Stand Your Ground laws, which had no bearing on this case and have been proportionately much more beneficial to blacks in Florida than other groups. I guess he's only trying to help the CBC, NAACP, Sharpton, Jackson, and any other leading fact-challenged dividers. Can't give the poor people in bad neighborhoods the tools to defend themselves.

July 20, 2013 05:05 PM Forum: Politics

Weiner Now The Frontrunner For NYC Mayor

Posted By Dave Snope
NY Post:


Oy! Jewish leaders are kvetching over Anthony Weiner’s accepting campaign cash from a lobbyist for Al Jazeera — Osama bin Laden’s favorite TV network.

City Councilman Lew Fidler (D-Brooklyn), who has endorsed former city Comptroller Bill Thompson’s mayoral bid, called on rival candidate Weiner to return the $4,950 donation to lobbyist John Merrigan.

“Al Jazeera and its lobbyists are no friends to New York City or our Jewish community, and Anthony shouldn’t accept their support,” Fidler said. “They have spread hate and lies against Jews, not only here in New York but across the world. The right thing to do is to give this money back. Anthony should do exactly that.”

July 22, 2013 06:01 AM Forum: Politics

A teen shot and killed, where is the outrage, the

Posted By Dave Snope

the Department of Justice’s statistics show that violent crimes against White non-Hispanics increased 18 percent from 2010 to 2011.

This increased cannot be put down to an across the board increase in violent crimes, because during that same period, violent crimes against blacks only increased by 2 percent.

Serious Violent Crimes against whites, such as rape and murder, increased by 13 percent. Serious Violent Crimes against blacks within that same period increased by only 4 percent.

Crimes directed at men significantly jumped by 27 percent in that same period suggesting that white men have suffered a major jump in attacks within that year.

July 22, 2013 03:45 PM Forum: Politics

He's a uniter

Posted By Dave Snope
Obama once understood the needs of the poor to be able to defend themselves:

nine years ago then-State Sen. Barack Obama actually co-sponsored a bill that strengthened Illinois' 1961 "stand your ground" law.

The Obama-sponsored bill (SB 2386) enlarged the state's 1961 law by shielding the person who was attacked from being sued in civil court by perpetrators or their estates when a "stand your ground" defense is used in protecting his or her person, dwelling or other property.

The bill unanimously passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois Senate on March 25, 2004 with only one comment, and passed the Democrat-controlled Illinois House in May 2004 with only two votes in opposition. Then-Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) signed it into law.


http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/07/obama-strongly-supported-stand-your-ground-when-in-illinois-senate.html

July 23, 2013 05:28 PM Forum: Politics

Weiner Now The Frontrunner For NYC Mayor

Posted By Dave Snope
Not exactly a reliable source, but "Carlos Danger" is priceless:

“Exclusive: Anthony Weiner is a sexual predator luring his victims,” blares the inflammatory headline at the gossip website,TheDirty.com. A new set of unverified images from a chat session in which Weiner allegedly engaged in sexually explicit conversations with another woman from last summer threaten to derail Weiner’s campaign for mayor of New York City. BuzzFeed.com reached out to the Weiner campaign for comment but, as of this writing, not yet responded to the explosive new claims of impropriety.

“My source is solid,” the bombshell post at TheDirty.com begins. “She really thought Anthony Weiner and her were in love, they spoke on the phone daily multiple times a day for 6 months. Anthony Weiner played with her emotions and mind. Most calls were phone sex.” [...]

The images taken from Facebook and the social network Formspring are blurred but are alleged to be Weiner going by the handle “Carlos Danger.”

July 25, 2013 01:41 AM Forum: Politics

the reason for electronic medical records

Posted By Dave Snope
So they can check your tea party affiliation before approving your chemotherapy?

July 28, 2013 06:24 PM Forum: Politics

Your Take On Rep King's Statement:

Posted By Dave Snope
Well, I'm not a Republican, but I saw him talk about this on TV and while it may have been hyperbole, he definitely wasn't presenting the 100:1 as a statistical fact that deserves fact-checking. He was simply making an allusion to counter a leftist agenda that presents a perception of all illegal immigrants as enrichers to our society, with an alternative perception that highlights illegal activities observed by him personally on numerous trips to the border and interviews of border agents. The actual ratio is unmeasurable and may be greater or less. It strikes my as completely disingenious to "fact check" an allusion like this, especially with no facts to support said fact-check, and it comes accross as a cheap attempt to discredit a politician who has put a great amount of effort and research into championing national security issues, world terrorism, and protecting citizens from threats.

P.S. King was censured for these remarks by Boehner, so that might best answer your request for a Republican response to them.

July 30, 2013 02:20 AM Forum: Politics

OMG, 34K pension, and no health care copay

Posted By Dave Snope
He retires at 42 and has the nerve to say "after a lifetime of service". Oooh, "they would have to hire their own attorney.. to challenge the city". Wow, that's just like what normal people have to do. I do feel bad that he might get screwed out of some of his pension. Maybe he should have been voting for fiscally responsible public officials instead of the usual corrupticrats that trade pensions for union campaign funds.

These reporters always find the person that has a spouse with cancer to take care of. They never find the person who is double-dipping after retirement with a six-figure pension and is married to another retired "public servant" doing the same thing. Vacation homes, boats, gourmet dining, exotic world travel, that is the life for a retired public servant in my state.

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