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09.28.2008 12:37 pm

Open Comment Time!

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It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon, with baseball and football on the tube and in the stadiums.

And with those with politics on their minds, it’s also time for the Open Comment Line here at Political Fix.

There’s been a ton of spirited debate recently, as evidenced by our hot traffic on Saturday’s posts.

So I expect that many of you have topics, persons or events to discuss — or that you want us to cover.

All that is fine to bring up.

BUT remember the rules: Civility reigns. No cursing, no profanity or obscene language. (I’ve had to take down numerous posts this weekend that violated the rules. Let’s keep it clean.)

No libelous personal attacks.

Be concise. And please keep your comments focused on regional or local matters. Use the same perspective  when discussing national issues. (There are plenty of national blogs around.)

Batter up, and play ball!

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I doubt Kevin McDermott of the PD will bother covering this topic, but apparently Rezko is thinking about singing before his October trial. Will he live long enough to sing? Could this be an October surprise for Obama?

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/28/rezko-to-start-singing/

It’s unfortunate (and interesting) that the PD stopped covering the trial as soon as Obama’s name came up linking him to Nadhmi Auchi. I wonder why?

Ms. Joyce, are you going to put me in jail?

— A CENTRIST
1:35 pm September 28th, 2008

PETER KINDER WINS!!! That will be the headline after this week’s Lt. Gov. debate. In the last debate, Peter Kinder threw a series of haymakers from the very first exchange. His poor stunned opponent Sam Page never knew what hit him.

— Mo Healthcare Advocate
1:58 pm September 28th, 2008

Haymakers..funny stuff.
Healthcare industry advocate….
How many sick children will the Republicans cut from Medicaid next year?

— Garrison
2:22 pm September 28th, 2008

This just out (it will probably take the PD a week to spin this news, so here is the real deal: The bailout bill:

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/28/news/pdf/index.htm

— A CENTRIST
2:56 pm September 28th, 2008

No cursing, no profanity, no obscene language.
You call this freedom of speech?
Some of us feel the only outlet for our anger against the powers that be is through such language.
We are under the influence of the Republican fascist machine,
The so-called “Neo-con Agenda”,
that has ruled the last seven years,
that has driven America into unprecedented debt,
that has built Guantanamo prison for Afghan farmboys,
that has read your emails, listened to your phone calls,
that has outsourced the military to mercenary death squads,
that has tortured humans with electrodes on testicles,
that ignored the city of New Orleans after Katrina for a whole week,
and I must hold my tongue to speak civily of such monsters.

— mlgb
3:06 pm September 28th, 2008

“and I must hold my tongue to speak civily of such monsters”

mlgb: you are misinformed (in oh, so many, many ways)

You will not be arrested for saying any of that… anywhere, anytime. Curse all you wish. Extra points for including Bush in your ravings.

It’s only illegal to say anything ‘bad’ about Obama. If you (or I) say anything ‘bad’ about Obama (’bad’ being defined by the city and county Prosecuting Attorneys)

So to re-cap:

Bush/Republicans = say anything you wish… in any manor. Facts optional
Obama = say anything (other than mindless cheering) risk arrest.

Got it?

— tsquare
3:21 pm September 28th, 2008
— KosterTheImposter
3:23 pm September 28th, 2008

“O Lord our God,
help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells;
help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their
patriot dead;
help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their
wounded, writhing in pain;
help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire;
help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with
unavailing grief;
help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to
wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land
in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer
and the icy winds of winter,
broken in spirit,worn with travail,
imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it-
for our sakes we adore Thee, Lord,
blast their hopes,blight their lives,
protract their bitter pilgrimage,make heavy their steps,
water their way with tears, stain the white snow with the blood
of their wounded feet!
We ask it, in the spirit of love of Him Who is the Source of Love,
and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend
of all that are sore beset
and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts.

Amen.”

— mlgb
3:31 pm September 28th, 2008

Previous post was an excerpt from Mark Twain, “The War Prayer”, written in 1905 during the Philippine-American War. The relevance of this work, from a native son of Missouri, to the neo-fascist, neo-imperialist, neo-con republican junta in abusive power for seven years cannot be missed on anyone who reads the whole poem.

— mlgb
3:41 pm September 28th, 2008

tsquare- I am misinformed in many, many ways? Prove it.

— mlgb
3:49 pm September 28th, 2008

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