tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post6904484529849750345..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Open ThreadAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73010495860714622042016-01-11T08:13:33.403-06:002016-01-11T08:13:33.403-06:0090 plus % of Americans want background checks, a m...90 plus % of Americans want background checks, a majority of GOPers want background checks, majority of NRA membership want background checks. It's not easy to get 90% of Americans to agree on anything these days. <br /><br />when the background check vote came up in Congress, the GOP and a few Dems voted against it and the wishes of the American people and FOR the NRA leadership. <br /><br />Mr Obama is clearly with the American people on this issue and those who voted against it are happy with his conclusion IMOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88527217639277305532016-01-11T04:39:30.837-06:002016-01-11T04:39:30.837-06:00This poisoning of the water is a symptom of the mo...This poisoning of the water is a symptom of the moral degeneration of our society as whole.<br /><br />Look. I understand that Flint, Michigan, is up against it financially. But to allow the water to be poisoned? Unforgivable! Who will be held accountable?<br /><br />The problem of the government's lack of response to pollution/poisoning isn't limited to Flint, Michigan. See this, about the gas leak in Southern California: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/us/california-porter-ranch-gas-leak-emergency/index.html" rel="nofollow">Porter Ranch gas leak triggers state of emergency in California</a>. The leak (methane gas) was detected on October 23, 2015. October 23! Thousands have been forced to evacuate since that time. In at least one location, the leak was detected at releasing 100,000 pounds per hour.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36852435692410935312016-01-10T17:36:17.207-06:002016-01-10T17:36:17.207-06:00Pretty sad chain of events.
It says our nation is...Pretty sad chain of events.<br /><br />It says our nation is approaching third-world status. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think we'll be hearing a lot more stories like this over the next decade. The post-WWII fantasy bubble will eventually explode, and we'll realize we've squandered our wealth and we're no better off than Greece or Argentina.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-79690739269033920252016-01-10T16:38:10.320-06:002016-01-10T16:38:10.320-06:00Hi, Warren. Great to see you here!
lying Lyndon ...Hi, Warren. Great to see you here!<br /><br /><i>lying Lyndon Johnson in an effort to subjugate the Black and other minority population to velvet yoke of the federal government</i><br /><br />And create a Democratic Party voting bloc -- as he well knew.<br /><br />In fact, LBJ despised those with brown or black skins. In our parlance today, he was a white supremacist.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33238582051283597832016-01-10T16:17:04.237-06:002016-01-10T16:17:04.237-06:00@Sue
Racism! You've got to be kidding me.
Thi...@Sue<br />Racism! You've got to be kidding me.<br /><br />This goes with what Ed said but this is a literal truth. At the time of the Civil War, all Republicans were abolitionists by definition and on the other side of the coin, although not all Democrats were slave owners and copperheads all slave owners and copperheads were Democrats.<br /><br />Democrats have done nothing to be proud about, in terms of racism, since. Be it the Jim Crow laws of the South, the resegregation of the Federal Government by Woodrow Wilson or the internment Camps of Roosevelt and the cynical "Great Society" program of lying Lyndon Johnson in an effort to subjugate the Black and other minority population to velvet yoke of the federal government.<br /><br />So get off your high horse and down in the horse crap were you belong. Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2390107446975935952016-01-10T15:22:25.655-06:002016-01-10T15:22:25.655-06:00SF,
With the political leaders MIA on the issue of...SF,<br />With the political leaders MIA on the issue of the nefarious impact of these "refugees," it is inevitable that fascistic, white supremacist groups will gain traction.<br /><br />Europe is descending into a dangerous vortex, IMO.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-51378731132457956432016-01-10T15:08:54.051-06:002016-01-10T15:08:54.051-06:00Never mind. I found this.
BTW, Mr. AOW knows som...Never mind. I found <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/what-did-the-governor-know-about-flints-water-and-when-did-he-know-it/423342/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />BTW, Mr. AOW knows something about this story, which he heard on the news a few days ago.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10215740932750680622016-01-10T15:07:02.805-06:002016-01-10T15:07:02.805-06:00Duck,
Got some links?Duck,<br />Got some links?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62814308841082810302016-01-10T14:34:15.545-06:002016-01-10T14:34:15.545-06:00Z: The particular group mentioned in the article ...Z: The particular group mentioned in the article is a self-described Right Wing group.<br /><br />Of course not all (or even most) who oppose mass immigration are dangerous neo-fascists.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45816928622746296222016-01-10T14:20:56.214-06:002016-01-10T14:20:56.214-06:00Since it's an open thread I'd like to know...Since it's an open thread I'd like to know if folks feel this story is under reported (from my perspective, a rhetorical question).<br /><br />An appointed overseer in Flint, Michigan switched the city water supply to the polluted Flint river and despite a long period of complaints just let it be.<br />The populace is experiencing a variety of illness including lead poisoning in children.<br />The biochemistry dept. at U. Va. (I believe) has examined the water and stated that most of the effects could have been alleviated for under a million dollars of additional treatment.<br /><br />Seems even more arch than just turning off people's water as they did in Detroit.<br /><br />Why hasn't this been reported in depth?<br />What does this say about us as a nation? Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74386702902711484882016-01-10T12:48:23.110-06:002016-01-10T12:48:23.110-06:00Dave: The solution to a problem is usually easiest...Dave: The solution to a problem is usually easiest and accomplished at the lowest possible cost if the problem is tackled early, not left to fester. This is true whether we are talking about cancer treatment or foreign policy.<br /><br />Remember Obama's "red line" in Syria that disappeared? He had an opportunity to act. But even then, the problem was already well established.<br /><br />The situation goes back to 2011 when Obama, all for political reasons, pulled all remaining U.S. troops out of Iraq and allowed intelligence networks to collapse and ISIS to take hold. Obama made NO EFFORT to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq that would have allowed the U.S. to stay engaged.<br /><br />At the very least we could still put up a safe zone in Syria. We've done this before in Iraq and it worked. But Obama isn't doing ANYTHING.<br /><br />I could go on for hours on this topic but what's the point. Obama cares more about left wing politics than he does about implementing a practical, EFFECTIVE foreign policy. <br /><br />Until the adults are back in charge I don't expect much to change. The damage by then will be severe and the consequences will be bloody!Mike's Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74666963133860102102016-01-10T10:40:45.394-06:002016-01-10T10:40:45.394-06:00Cut back on the Kool Aid, Sue. Your imagination i...Cut back on the Kool Aid, Sue. Your imagination is running away with you.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-9393745856504802312016-01-10T10:35:09.814-06:002016-01-10T10:35:09.814-06:00You make law and order sound like a bad thing. Bre...<br />You make law and order sound like a bad thing. Breaking the law is breaking the law no matter who is doing it. Bank robber, illegal immigrant, shutting down commerce are all illegal acts but treated differently. <br /><br />We can have another Waco or we can just ignore them. Ignoring them seems to be the better choice. You are close to a border, how many crimes are committed by illegals crossing the border every day. The answer is a lot and people in that region threatened, vandalized and robbed every day so yes there is a correlation, both are illegal acts. I don't see the same attack on our ineffective handling of illegals so yes it is the same, they are committing a crime.<br /><br />As to your post about being treated bad on other sites. Like this one, we are all at the mercy of the owner and her/his/it's/theirs set of rules. I am not supporter of personal attacks nor of swearing because it shows a lack character or limited vocabulary. I may disagree with you and RN but you stand up as who you are and on the web that is admirable. Of course you express differences without attacking and I can't say the same for Les, at Rational Nation USA.<br /><br />Skudrunnerhttp://skudrunner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-53958332589556123982016-01-10T10:04:23.117-06:002016-01-10T10:04:23.117-06:00Ed,
the parable...talks about works not being your...Ed,<br /><i>the parable...talks about works not being your ticket to heaven</i><br /><br />In my view, that is the parable's primary message -- along with the idea of God's sovereignty in that He decides by what means we may have salvation. Who are <b>we</b> to complain to the Creator?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-59351109598200131712016-01-10T09:16:53.933-06:002016-01-10T09:16:53.933-06:00More "Workplace Violence".More "Workplace Violence".<br />Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-15202609588038446362016-01-10T09:14:53.490-06:002016-01-10T09:14:53.490-06:00I'm not following your blasphemy remark.
Like ...I'm not following your blasphemy remark.<br />Like many parables, there is a multi-layered message.<br />I actually believe the parable you quote also talks about works not being your ticket to heaven, along with the interpretation you give. Or the value of a deathbed conversion.<br />But to think it can't be used to demonstrate the enforcement of contracts is .... different.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34087058605291187032016-01-10T09:08:58.745-06:002016-01-10T09:08:58.745-06:00It's not racism.
I, and others I talk to, desp...It's not racism.<br />I, and others I talk to, despise him for what he does, the same as his wife.<br />I don't despise his kids. Yet. Give 'em time like the Clinton kid.<br />I do hear the occasional voice that indicates a racist bent, but that is not the overwhelming norm.<br />Remember, the Democrat Party is the party of slavery, the Confederacy and the KKK.<br />No black man voting democrat prior to 1964 held his head high in black society.<br />The Republican Party voted in the Civil Rights Act opposed by the Democrats in Congress.<br />Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-22470534890726697182016-01-10T08:55:15.099-06:002016-01-10T08:55:15.099-06:00The majority of young American women who want Obam...The majority of young American women who want Obama to bring in Muslim refugees. Are democrats who also are for Hillary's women's rights etc., does that include being RAPED , Beheaded etc. I Guess so?<br />WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA!Anti Obama am Inoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-14411679473218889772016-01-10T08:30:23.911-06:002016-01-10T08:30:23.911-06:00You really don't have to make anything up to e...You really don't have to make anything up to embarrass the writers of the conservative bible or conservapedia for that matter. (Salon linked me to the conservapedia article on Obama, I thought it was parody similar to dikipedia.)<br /><br />The well-known parable Jesus told about the householder going to the market to hire laborers in Matthew 20 is simple to understand. The man hires laborers early in the morning. Then he goes back three more times to hire men at 9:00 a.m., 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m. Each man has been told he will receive one denarius for his labor. Finally the man returns to the market to hire more men at 5:00 p.m. (the eleventh hour.) Every man is paid the same. The ones who worked all day understandably grumble that the last men received the same wage. The householder tells them he has honored his agreement and he is free to do with his money what he will.<br /><br />The parable teaches the Jews that Gentiles too will receive a full inheritance of the kingdom of God even as the Jewish people who have been with God since the very beginning. A similar message to that of the parable of the prodigal son. Here is the conservative bible take on things:<br /><br />At issue is not the principle of "equal pay for comparable worth," but that an employer has the absolute right to pay whatever wage he wishes to pay, so long as he honors his agreements without discrimination. In the same way, God has the absolute right to reward those of us who serve Him exactly as He wishes, and He will always reliably honor the agreements He makes.<br /><br />Sorry boys. That's blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Better get down on your knees and pray for forgiveness.Flying Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-29574846692074090692016-01-10T07:29:25.590-06:002016-01-10T07:29:25.590-06:00Ed,
Hillary's relationship with Bill haunting ...Ed,<br />Hillary's relationship with Bill haunting her now? Hahaha.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86609713114599374032016-01-10T07:19:58.453-06:002016-01-10T07:19:58.453-06:00http://liveactionnews.org/planned-parenthoods-face...http://liveactionnews.org/planned-parenthoods-facebook-page-filling-with-outraged-supporters/Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-81030037322542177902016-01-10T06:49:28.762-06:002016-01-10T06:49:28.762-06:00Who remembers Colleen Hufford, beheaded in Septemb...Who remembers Colleen Hufford, beheaded in September 2014 in Oklahoma?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3390537/Preliminary-hearing-set-suspect-Oklahoma-beheading.html" rel="nofollow">Muslim convert 'who beheaded female colleague at Oklahoma food plant' to stand trial for first-degree murder</a><br /><br /><i>Bare Naked Islam</i> <a href="http://www.barenakedislam.com/2016/01/09/oklahoma-muslim-beheader-to-stand-trial-for-1st-degree-murder-but-no-hate-crimeterrorism-charges/" rel="nofollow">has</a> additional information, including what the beheader posted a month earlier on his Facebook page.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-78058386178819284412016-01-10T06:21:46.876-06:002016-01-10T06:21:46.876-06:00Benghazi is of interest to right wing true believe...<i>Benghazi is of interest to right wing true believers, only.</i><br /><br />And demonstrably false. Why peddle such pablum?Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-22045679076270591392016-01-10T04:25:41.390-06:002016-01-10T04:25:41.390-06:00Who here has seen the January 18, 2016 edition of ...Who here has seen the January 18, 2016 edition of <i>Time Magazine</i>? The cover blares "How Trump Won." The lead article is "The Art of the Steal."<br /><br />And there's <a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-01-08/new-poll-shows-donald-trump-is-a-real-threat-to-hillary-clinton" rel="nofollow">this in <i>U.S. News</i></a>:<br /><br /><i><b>Trump Could Win It All: A new survey shows a sizable number of Democrats ready to defect from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump</b></i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-9537296198127243662016-01-10T04:17:55.755-06:002016-01-10T04:17:55.755-06:00How popular is Hillary, really?
See this at The B...How popular <b>is</b> Hillary, really?<br /><br />See <a href="http://theblacksphere.net/2016/01/see-how-popular-hillary-clinton-really-is/" rel="nofollow">this</a> at <i>The Black Sphere</i>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com