From "Candidates Debate Foreign Policy"
brjohn9: Romney has no coherent foreign policy, so far as I can tell. Instead, it's just opportunism run amok. Just look at this mess:
"I will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on Iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. I will restore the permanent presence of aircraft-carrier task forces in both the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf region--and work with Israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. For the sake of peace, we must make clear to Iran through actions--not just words--that their nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated."
Everything in that paragraph is either deceptive or trivial. Obama has already implemented the tightest sanctions that have ever been imposed on Iran, or any other country for that matter. Just in the last year, five different aircraft carrier groups have deployed to the region, and at least two have been in the theater at all times. That doesn't include all the air power we have based in Qatar. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says that military assistance and coordination have never been tighter. The Obama Administration has made it abundantly clear that it will not "tolerate" a nuclear Iran and is prepared to attack if necessary.
Romney doesn't offer real policy alternatives, beyond $2 trillion more in defense spending. All he has is rhetoric and chicken-hawk tough-guy talk. The clothes have no emperor.
From "Hosemann: Give Voter ID Facts Straight"
goldeneagle97: You may be in awe of my "perceptive powers," but please enlighten me on the amount of voter fraud actually takes place to even justify voter ID.
From "Miss. Says 'No Thanks' to Medicaid Expansion Dollars"
brjohn9: It is disgusting that they would turn down this money. I very much doubt that they will turn down the money for long.
This year's most entertaining legal reading was Ginsburg's sort-of dissent in the healthcare case. It was fun partly because it took a pitying "young whippersnapper" tone with Justice Roberts for his misreading of the Commerce Clause. But her argument on the absurdity of the majority's decision on Medicaid was wonderful. She pointed out that no one disputed Congress' authority to repeal Medicaid and replace it with a new, similar program. By doing so, Congress could have effectively offered states the same deal as in the ACA--take the expansion of Medicaid or leave the entire program. But somehow, Congress lacks the authority to expand the program, rather than repeal and replace it? This position is logically incoherent.
justjess: The whole idea behind sending back Medicaid dollars is strictly political. Srahmina and brjohn9 gave a wonderful account of the minds of these Mississippians who make decisions about our State. The question was asked about ignorance. ... Both descriptions apply; however, the citizens of this state must also consider the fact that these folks are voted in. How stupid could one be to vote against your own interest?
If race is that important, I guess it is understandable that our leaders are willing to sink with the ship rather than save it. Where are the members of the Black Caucus? Where are the Democrats? Where are the progressive thinkers? I am so sick and tired of this thundering silence from elected officials who are paid to speak up and out!
From "The JFP Debate Drinking Game Rules"
kdg1stlove: Okay, with these rules everyone will be passed out by minute 15... just saying...
From "Downtown Development" Gallery
Belvedere: Great stuff. Every day as a boy, I'd ride with my mother to take my father to work in the King Edward Building where Mid-Continent Oil and Gas had offices. So to me the area around the King Edward and the Standard Life Building is downtown. The area around the Lamar Life Building and the Governor's Mansion is uptown. I'm more of a downtown kind of guy.
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