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JumpyJack Commented on The Reason McCain Picked Palin, Video Proof by JumpyJack

2008-11-08T11:10:33Z

Come on Lis, are you saying that jokes are bad, because they distract us from our current _true happiness_?
I, for one, think it's finally time to relax a bit, because for the past couple of months or years we'd mostly been worried sick, and I really missed having a bit of fun.

JumpyJack Commented on It's Over by hrebendorf

2008-11-05T02:40:15Z

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU NUTS!!!!!!!!
Now go to bed!
(But of course you won't, we're just getting started :))

JumpyJack recommended Greg Palast and RFK, Jr. on How The Election Could Be Stolen by M.J. Rosenberg

2008-11-04T02:37:15Z

JumpyJack recommended Voter Fraud Charges Collapse by ACORN Communications

2008-11-03T23:52:08Z

JumpyJack recommended On Madelyn Dunham. by Scientific

2008-11-03T22:28:45Z

JumpyJack Commented on Republicans ashamed of themselves? by Mehitabel

2008-11-03T22:47:58Z

I think they have less to lose breaking the law than identifying themselves with this bunch of goons.

(Besides, it's not like those people see breaking the law as a huge obstacle.)

JumpyJack Commented on Not Bloody Likely!]]> by David Moore

2008-11-03T19:19:06Z

Well of course McCain can win New Hampshire!
All he needs to do is change his party, change his policies to resemble Obama's, and say: "My friends, I finally found my own voice," with tears in his eyes.

JumpyJack recommended Awesome Ground Game Leverage - A Campaign Story by moodpost

2008-11-03T04:41:28Z

JumpyJack recommended A report from the ground in Raleigh, NC by akbarjenkins

2008-11-03T03:01:11Z

JumpyJack Commented on Palin Pathology: What's Wrong with Sarah and Her Fans? by eades

2008-10-26T00:12:42Z

Calm down. Nobody's saying that McCain, Palin and Bush are like Hitler. What Mark wrote (and I agree) is that they pushed some of the same buttons. Just replace "Jews" with "Muslims" and you'll get the picture. A lot of Americans today are convinced that Muslims (in general) are sworn enemies of the USA, and many people would agree to wipe them completely off the face of the Earth. And they didn't come to that idea alone (most of them never even saw a Muslim) - it was fed to them.

Same thing with liberals. The definition of the word "liberal" means only to support people's freedom, i.e. to be helpful and tolerant toward others. But to many people "liberal" means roughly the same as "evil people with no moral values who hate and want to destroy the country". This couldn't be further from the truth, but many Americans see liberalism as the root of all evil, much like the Germans saw Jews, once successfully brainwashed by Hitler.

It's not the same by far, but there are similar patterns. Also not unimportant is the fact that Hitler came in power and managed to brainwash an entire nation right after the big economic crisis, when people were very susceptible to the idea of a scapegoat, because they wanted to punish someone for their problems.

1930 is not that long ago and don't think that something like that can't happen again, given the right circumstances (a big enough crisis) and the right demagogue. And you know, there are still people (not few) who value their own ambition much more than people's lives.

JumpyJack Commented on Palin Pathology: What's Wrong with Sarah and Her Fans? by eades

2008-10-25T23:32:54Z

OMG Bulldog, are you completely insane or completely brainwashed? America is THE MOST CAPITALIST country I know (there may be others, but probably not in the "known" world). And you're acting that by a Democrat vicroty it's suddenly going to turn into COMPLETE COMMUNISM?! To you it's all either black or white, you don't see any other colors. You don't see that MOST other countries in the world are more "leftist" than the US (because the US is a very right-leaning country) and in many of them life is as good as or better than in the US. Now if the US moves just one inch to the left (which in reality means moving to the center), you think the only possible outcome is it becomung like Cuba?!

You know, there's a difference between putting a grain of salt in your bowl of soup and putting a ton of salt in it. The former makes it taste better, the latter makes it "like Cuba". I'd like you to see that difference.

JumpyJack recommended Palin Pathology: What's Wrong with Sarah and Her Fans? by eades

2008-10-25T03:21:48Z

JumpyJack recommended McCain/Palin Supporters Slash Tires and Heckle Early Voters in North Carolina by eades

2008-10-21T03:45:56Z

JumpyJack recommended SCAAMD - Calling All Watchdogs by LisB

2008-10-20T14:56:51Z

JumpyJack recommended Morning Joe Gets Schooled by Zbigniew Brzezinski on Powell/Obama Endorsement by astral66

2008-10-20T16:47:48Z

JumpyJack recommended Demand A Palin Press Conference! by ryoma

2008-10-21T00:37:13Z

JumpyJack recommended What Women Know About Sarah Palin - and why they don't buy her by MaxineAlbert

2008-10-19T16:03:20Z

JumpyJack Commented on NC State Statistical Update - 10/18 Analysis by John Nail

2008-10-20T09:51:30Z

In the upper right corner of the posting screen there's a menu "Display Options". Click it and check "Excerpt". It brings up the Excerpt field at the bottom of the screen, I believe that's the "read more thing".

JumpyJack Commented on Nice, Honest Display of Racism in Ohio by JumpyJack

2008-10-20T09:49:13Z

This brings as to philosophical questions: Should we be hateful toward the hateful? Should we tolerate intolerance? By being hateful and intolerant toward the hateful and intolerant, are we being the same as them, or are we being better? Etc.

JumpyJack Commented on West Virginia Voting Machines GOP Fraud? by somibear

2008-10-20T09:37:16Z

What I'd prefer is a petition to disclose the source of the voting machines, at least to an independent group of experts, as well as experts from both parties. Having proprietary machines is like giving all the people's votes to one company (coincidentally owned by Republicans) and trust them to just tell you the final result, i.e.: "McCain won by 500 votes, gee, we're sorry, better luck next time...".

And people, PLEASE, record your voting using a cell-phone or something. And if you notice any user-interface glitches, like flipping votes, try to analyze what's going on, is it flipping in both ways or just one way, is there a pattern to it etc.

JumpyJack Commented on Powell Immunizes Obama by rsl

2008-10-20T00:53:34Z

What I think is going to help Obama in this regard, though, is that people have come to know him as a steady and smart leader. According to the post-3rd-debate polls, they are beginning to trust him as much or than McCain even on matters like national security. So I think even a major national security event would be unlikely to cause a major shift in McCain's direction.

JumpyJack Commented on Powell Immunizes Obama by rsl

2008-10-20T00:38:17Z

It might have worked that way if Republicans weren't so quick to completely disqualify their own people who expres different views. In this case it's being spun as a mere racist endorsement; if Powell was white, they'd have thought of something else, like "anti-Americanism".

JumpyJack recommended Colin Powell Salutes Muslim Americans in Obama Endorsement by eades

2008-10-19T21:49:26Z

JumpyJack Commented on Nice, Honest Display of Racism in Ohio by JumpyJack

2008-10-19T21:52:51Z

I did state that the letters should be kind, because this man is probably very scared. But I said it in a sarcastic way, so I guess it counts more as mockery than good intentions.
You're right, this is no place for such stuff, and neither is any place else, so I removed the address (hey, isn't the new TPM great, it allows you to do that!).

JumpyJack Commented on Whites must stop McKKKain by somibear

2008-10-19T20:00:13Z

Being from Ohio and speaking of KKK, have you seen this?