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hrebendorf Commented on Jake Tapper Sucks and ABC Mega-Sucks by hrebendorf

2009-02-10T03:32:22Z

I've missed you too, TheraP. I'm caring for a loved one, so I haven't had much spare time lately. Still reading when I get a chance, though.

hrebendorf recommended Jake Tapper Sucks and ABC Mega-Sucks by hrebendorf

2009-02-09T23:49:44Z

hrebendorf Commented on The Gaza War and Israel's Future by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-01-19T15:23:15Z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NorthwoodsMemorandum.jpg

hrebendorf Commented on In Google We Antitrust by James Grimmelman

2009-01-16T16:07:43Z

On a fairly regular basis, Google makes major changes to their search algorithms and kills our small online business by making us essentially "disappear" for a period of from days to weeks. If we want to stay in the results, we have the choice to pay them. Otherwise, we're at their mercy. Google is FAR too powerful. If they can afford to put their own satellite in orbit, they need to be watched--very carefully.

Don't trust big corporations. None of them. Not even a non-monopoly that does no harm. Like Google.

hrebendorf Commented on Death By 1,000 Cuts: The GOP Takes On Obama's Nominees by Elana Schor

2009-01-16T14:39:42Z

Thanks for covering this vital story. I haven't checked in for weeks, but I'm incredibly relieved to see that pissing and moaning are still alive and well.

hrebendorf Commented on The Gaza War and Israel's Future by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-01-04T01:41:47Z

This is not conspiracy theory. Al Qaeda is a tiny organization. The Bush administration conflated dozens of tiny, mostly inconsequential organizations under the banner of "Al Qaeda" in order to justify their phony "War On Terror™©®". And the ONLY reason we're fighting this phony war is so the administration could claim war powers in order to attack and limit the rights of citizens and expand the power of the executive branch. Don't be a goddamn fool. There IS no War On Terror™©®. There is only an incredibly obvious farce, perpetrated on a gullible public in order to create a false sense of jingoistic "patriotism". Don't be a goddamn fool.

hrebendorf Commented on The Gaza War and Israel's Future by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-01-04T01:35:53Z

Yes. Both Hamas and Israel should lay down their arms. I'm fine with that.

hrebendorf Commented on The Gaza War and Israel's Future by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-01-04T01:22:38Z

You present a magnificent example of the hateful intransigence that has fueled this war from day one. There is not an innocent party in this conflict. There is only stupidity compounded by stupidity.

hrebendorf Commented on The Gaza War and Israel's Future by M.J. Rosenberg

2009-01-04T01:09:08Z

"Any country has the right, even the obligation, to respond militarily to thugs who rain down thousands of rockets on its people, leaving its children quaking in terror."

And any population, living in endless slums and witnessing their mothers giving birth in the dirt at checkpoints and their children being gunned down in the streets for throwing rocks at Israeli tanks, has a right to be outraged. There are thugs on both sides of this battle. In America we hear the American side of the story, which is the Israeli side of the story. This is a disaster, and if it happened anywhere else in the world, the battle lines would be far less clear than they appear to us here.

M.J., I am in complete agreement: this action will bring peace neither to the Middle East nor to Israel. To achieve peace, you must start with peace. Hamas is not the problem. The problem is vengeance. Endless, stupid vengeance.

hrebendorf Commented on The Hypocrisy of Caroline's Critics by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-12-24T20:15:30Z

Has anyone ever told you you look sort of like Rick Warren?

hrebendorf Commented on The Hypocrisy of Caroline's Critics by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-12-24T20:14:26Z

And you're getting to be more and more like a Walt Disney film about a dog named Goofy.

hrebendorf Commented on The Hypocrisy of Caroline's Critics by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-12-24T20:12:58Z

"Spoken like a true NY pol."

Spoken like a pol, period. What did you hope she would say? Something idiotic and careless, that would kill her chances to get the seat?

hrebendorf Commented on The Hypocrisy of Caroline's Critics by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-12-24T20:07:54Z

dijamo, please. Stop with the "no qualifications whatsoever" horseshit. If you have a point, deliberately asinine garbage like that completely undermines it.

hrebendorf Commented on The Hypocrisy of Caroline's Critics by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-12-24T20:02:01Z

Thanks, M.J. As far as I'm concerned this whole "experience" mantra is a shopping cart full of crap and a complete red herring. Caroline Kennedy will do just fine, just like our good Senator from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone, did just fine. I must disagree with one thing you said, however:

"Governor Nelson Rockefeller, a Republican, appointed a fellow Republican to the seat. No one complained because that was the law even though New Yorkers had elected a Democrat to the seat four years earlier."

I'll bet somebody complained...

Cheers, Happy Holidays and thanks for another dose of your clear-eyed sanity.

hrebendorf Commented on A Little bit of Hope for the Holidays by burnedoutdem

2008-12-24T19:52:38Z

Thanks for the great story. I don't think we can get Lance products here in Minnesota, but I'll buy them if I see them. Here's another great holiday story for ya:

http://www.startribune.com/local/36692839.html

hrebendorf Commented on Melissa Etheridge... Sweet, But Outrageously Naive. by loki

2008-12-24T19:28:36Z

I take that back. You're an ass and no one loves you.

hrebendorf Commented on A Discussion of Gay Marriage by Zipperupus

2008-12-24T19:22:31Z

There's nothing to worry about there. Just as straight couples always raise straight children, gay couples always raise gay children. The only complication arises if, say, a lesbian couple raises a boy. In that case, the boy becomes a lesbian.