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"...the entire economy is now in service to the military" Richardo Mar 2012 #1
I hate to break it to you but Drale Mar 2012 #2
First George W. Bush's and now Obama's Executive Orders tightens that up. Isn't that right? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #5
It has been on a "war footing" a lot longer than that . . . markpkessinger Mar 2012 #46
Help me out here. Skinner Mar 2012 #3
That's a quote from the lead article. "This amounts to putting the economy on permanent war footing" Better Believe It Mar 2012 #7
Oh, right. I see. Skinner Mar 2012 #11
No problem. I hope my bold highlighting of the quote helps to prevent any more confusion. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #14
Well, uh, that doesn't really fix the misleading headline itself. Skinner Mar 2012 #16
I'm open to any suggestions you may have on improving the caption. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #24
Not even World Nut Daily fell for the interpretation in the OP. (See my post 27.) msanthrope Mar 2012 #28
But the 23 special souls who rec'd this OP certainly did! Number23 Mar 2012 #146
Do you also consider WND a dependable and truthful news source? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #148
Swing and a miss. Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #150
I can't explain it, Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #188
Happy to help! Number23 Apr 2012 #191
Who said I'm not supporting Democrats? Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #192
Like I said, if you want your name hitched to some month old, unhinged foolishness Number23 Apr 2012 #193
Whoosh. DevonRex Mar 2012 #145
Bullshit and paranoid crap of the highest order. TheWraith Mar 2012 #4
You won't be saying that when a GOP Administration starts using this law. Zalatix Apr 2012 #186
No shit.... truebrit71 Apr 2012 #190
you know MrDiaz Mar 2012 #6
Welcome to DU!!! That's an awful lot of memes in there. msanthrope Mar 2012 #19
yes MrDiaz Mar 2012 #40
Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #95
Do you normally insult and belittle new DU'ers? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #98
I usually am a bit snippy with people who use hyperbole and half truths to make points yes. DFab420 Mar 2012 #111
Insulting personal attacks against DU'ers goes way beyond simply being a "bit snippy". Better Believe It Mar 2012 #121
I don't think there is a single personal insult or attack. The author of the post clearly has a very DFab420 Mar 2012 #122
The campaign of deliberate deception marches on.... Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #161
He's right on at LEAST 3 of 4 counts. So your little attack was undeserved. n/t Zalatix Mar 2012 #118
Lol he's wrong on 3 out of 4... the only one is the Patriot Act. Other then that it this is all DFab420 Mar 2012 #120
So you're denying that we have troops in Afghanistan? Zalatix Mar 2012 #123
omg dude...seriously? did you not read my post before face-mashing your keyboard? DFab420 Mar 2012 #124
You answered YES (but..!) and YES (but...!). His points were valid. Zalatix Mar 2012 #125
I understand what you are saying MrDiaz Mar 2012 #126
"the entire economy is now in service to the military". Hyperbolic BS, imo. Here are the players - pinto Mar 2012 #8
Matthew Rothschild points out in detail how that Presidential authority is delegated. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #13
My point - Ultimately it's an elected President's call. Not the Pentagon's. pinto Mar 2012 #15
Another point: these EO's provide for executive branch compliance with the Defense Production Act pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #20
Oooh ProSense Mar 2012 #9
Not even World Nut Daily fell for the interpretation in the OP. (See my post 27.) msanthrope Mar 2012 #30
Sigh, bashers have no credibility any longer and neither do hyperbolic uponit7771 Mar 2012 #10
None. Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #12
What's even more shocking is that an admin hasn't put a stop to it. The agenda is as clear as day. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #17
That's what I want to know. FSogol Mar 2012 #18
Because the admins think you are wrong? Rex Mar 2012 #112
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer....nt msanthrope Mar 2012 #21
Is that the theory we're operating from? Cuz nothing else explains it. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #25
Oh, there's the amusement factor, too. See post #27. nt msanthrope Mar 2012 #32
Not really shocking at all if you've spent any amount of time on DU. Rex Mar 2012 #113
pure projection on your part inna Mar 2012 #154
Some bashers on DU are determined. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #79
it really is a poutrage fail... dionysus Mar 2012 #104
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss randome Mar 2012 #22
It sounds to me like somebody knows something they don't want to say in plain language GliderGuider Mar 2012 #23
You raise a very good point I hadn't considered. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #26
??? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #58
Oh, I'm a collapsologist. GliderGuider Mar 2012 #60
Well, as they say...."it takes all kinds".... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #62
yep. They've tried to hold it together for the last few years but EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #172
Um, not even World Nut Daily fell for this overblown interpretation... msanthrope Mar 2012 #27
. ProSense Mar 2012 #29
This is going to be the greatest thread, ever. Here's the OP, for posterity. msanthrope Mar 2012 #31
Excellent... one_voice Mar 2012 #33
"Your source has been Snopesed by World Nut Daily" pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #34
I'm not going to depend on the right-wingnut website you used to interpret the meaning of the EO Better Believe It Mar 2012 #35
Cherry picking by any other name... Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #39
Are you mischaracterizing my post deliberately or did you fail to notice the mention of the Bush EO? msanthrope Mar 2012 #44
I didn't notice the one brief mention of a Bush EO. In response to your second question .... Better Believe It Mar 2012 #65
How did you miss it in a 4 paragraph excerpt? As for the World Nut Daily, has it occured to you msanthrope Mar 2012 #74
Right-wing websites don't like what they view as "attacks" on the military-industrial complex. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #77
Because WND isn't able to both critique the President and uphold the MIC? Look, the msanthrope Mar 2012 #80
I don't visit any right-wing websites like WND for my news nor for any objective critique of Obama Better Believe It Mar 2012 #83
I think you should at least google before you post to save yourself some embarassment. nt msanthrope Mar 2012 #84
I'm not embarassed by refusing to use right-wing websites like WND as a prime source of news. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #86
When you post an article that's nuttier than squirrel poo, msanthrope Mar 2012 #87
Ask BBI about Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller website. He's used it as a source many time... SidDithers Mar 2012 #94
The fact that you use a "nuttier than poo" right-wing website to back up your opinion says it all! Better Believe It Mar 2012 #97
"Nuttier than squirrel poo." You've got to use the phrase msanthrope Mar 2012 #114
Whoooosh! Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #89
"embarassment" is yours - or at least it should be inna Mar 2012 #158
Are you sure about that?... SidDithers Mar 2012 #93
and the hammer drops... dionysus Mar 2012 #106
You don't visit them for "objective critique"... SidDithers Mar 2012 #140
LOL Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #37
WoW! Thanks for introducing some historical context. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #41
Ironically, the OP's source was founded by one of the greatest Senators that ever served-- msanthrope Mar 2012 #49
I couldn't agree more. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #63
Right wing wackos agree with you. girl gone mad Mar 2012 #48
Yeah, ProSense Mar 2012 #53
Apparently, the RW wackos bothered to do the research the 'progressive' editor didn't do.... msanthrope Mar 2012 #55
Hard to tell the "rightwing wackos" from the "leftwing wackos" these days. They use the same..... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #59
Now, now don't pile on. They have to find some way to explain their blind, mindless recs Number23 Mar 2012 #147
The acorn doesn't fall from the tree, huh? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #149
posts like these make DU suck inna Mar 2012 #165
Please go find something else to do. Number23 Mar 2012 #166
"you've had alot of fun and practice making this place suck" inna Mar 2012 #168
You are the queen of Number23 Mar 2012 #169
"You sound like a crazy person who is bored out of their skull!" inna Mar 2012 #170
This is the comment to which I'm referring Number23 Mar 2012 #175
wow, dude, everything ok in the meat world, i hope?... inna Mar 2012 #180
"everything ok in the meat world" Number23 Mar 2012 #181
not even reading your crap inna Mar 2012 #182
Don't go away mad but PLEASE GOD just go away Number23 Mar 2012 #183
"I have Absolutely NOTHING Intelligent to Say" -dude, lol, quit effing projecting inna Mar 2012 #171
You obviously have alot of time Number23 Mar 2012 #176
How about you both just put eachother on ignore... ellisonz Mar 2012 #177
And this concerns you... how, exactly? Number23 Mar 2012 #178
This is a public forum... ellisonz Mar 2012 #179
btw, EVERYBODY *should* read this, to "get" what i'm talking about: inna Apr 2012 #184
No, the facts agree with him/her. This post is too crazy for WND. geek tragedy Mar 2012 #136
Oh, that's awesome... SidDithers Mar 2012 #81
Apparently he is an actual Rothschild. So I will note the delicious irony msanthrope Mar 2012 #85
FDR was a 1%er, bvar22 Mar 2012 #90
Is he related to this one? If so, that says it all. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #119
You have found the place at DU where "no shame exists" grantcart Apr 2012 #189
Here is a scenario for you to ponder...this is all happening in peacetime between all major players. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #36
Bad misinterpretation of the EO. But, it serves your purpose, MineralMan Mar 2012 #38
Decency expects every citizen to do their duty.... MrScorpio Mar 2012 #42
I've always been in favor of decency. Now what is our primary duty as citizens? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #43
How will you accomplish that goal? Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #47
Well, ProSense Mar 2012 #50
Just the Outrage Du Jour. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #57
Great analogy. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #144
You are nailing it. truedelphi Mar 2012 #52
But ProSense Mar 2012 #54
Why are you bringing historical facts into a perfectly good anti-Clinton/Obama rant? nt msanthrope Mar 2012 #56
I Don't think you have proven your point to me. truedelphi Mar 2012 #75
If you oppose Pres. Obama so much as you always seem to do MrScorpio Mar 2012 #61
When Obama does the right thing I support him. When he advocates bad policies I oppose them. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #69
As Eisenhower would remind us this really isn't anything new - TBF Mar 2012 #45
A permanent military emergency is not okay just because it's been around forever. JackRiddler Mar 2012 #70
In my opinion you've got to get rid of capitalism if TBF Mar 2012 #71
oh, it's you again. Sheepshank Mar 2012 #51
My thoughts exactly. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2012 #64
. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #139
Does this mean that Obama could, as a necesary act of 'national secuirty' Rosco T. Mar 2012 #66
Obama did not say that. Dishonest CRAP headline. Whisp Mar 2012 #67
Did someone say he did? The author wrote that. That's why he's called the author! Better Believe It Mar 2012 #78
I've developed a habit here of not reading the continuous false crap by certain posters. Whisp Mar 2012 #102
So does that mean you have withdrawn your mistaken claim that Obama was quoted in the caption? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #155
others here thought it was a misleading title. Whisp Mar 2012 #163
While this isn't a major step off the cliff, bvar22 Mar 2012 #68
"In 2008, I had expected our Constitution Scholar to Walk us Back from the edge...." Robb Mar 2012 #96
You MUST have missed this part: bvar22 Mar 2012 #99
Struck a nerve, eh? Robb Mar 2012 #110
Yes you struck a nerve. bvar22 Mar 2012 #128
To the contrary. Robb Mar 2012 #130
Another failed attempt. bvar22 Mar 2012 #132
Okey doke. Robb Mar 2012 #133
If you want to argue that issuing the updated EO doesn't move us to the left, I get it. onenote Mar 2012 #100
"substantively different".. NO, and I was very clear about that in my post. bvar22 Mar 2012 #109
Sorry. When you said this "inched us closer" I didn't realize that you viewed standing still onenote Mar 2012 #117
Putting the official Democratic Party Seal of Approval... bvar22 Mar 2012 #131
The official Democratic Party seal was already on it from 1994 onenote Mar 2012 #134
This post is creepy and misleading. Nothing new from this source. Pisces Mar 2012 #72
I am happy to see that others are finally joining the suspicion that I have written for months. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #138
Are you suggesting that I fit that category? If so, what do you base your personal attack on? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #143
I don't think he's "suggesting" at all Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #162
This is a paranoid misunderstanding of the EO. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #73
Keep trying...nt SidDithers Mar 2012 #76
This is nothing compared to Revelyell Mar 2012 #82
You know it's an utter fail when your regular defenders are MIA. great white snark Mar 2012 #88
"CREEPY" is ... bvar22 Mar 2012 #91
"Creepy" ProSense Mar 2012 #92
Guilty as charged, mam! bvar22 Mar 2012 #127
nice attempt to shift attention from the epic poutrage fail... dionysus Mar 2012 #105
The Progressive has lower standards than WND. Objectively and indisputably geek tragedy Mar 2012 #137
YOu made my day by making a very good truedelphi Mar 2012 #151
Oh for frack's face this is an update to an executive order nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #101
Updated, refined, clarified, and re-issued. bvar22 Mar 2012 #108
If you've noticed something specific that makes this worse than the EO it replaces onenote Mar 2012 #116
keep trying. dionysus Mar 2012 #103
What's creepy is this hyperbolic characterization of an updated EO. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #107
why, are you insinuating that the anti dem campaign isn't working? dionysus Mar 2012 #115
shit doesn't work without a flashlight AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #129
! dionysus Mar 2012 #141
Sheriff Arpaio writes for The Progressive now. More fodder for the nutjob geek tragedy Mar 2012 #135
That's totally false. The Progressive hates him. What's your source for that bull shit? Better Believe It Mar 2012 #142
They doan need no stinkin sources. bvar22 Mar 2012 #152
Right. That's an old propaganda technique used against uninformed people. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #156
! Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #159
lol, projection at its finest isn't it! dionysus Mar 2012 #164
exactly. inna Mar 2012 #157
kr inna Mar 2012 #153
starting a fire then fanning the flames... typical tricky dick inspired repuke politics roman7 Mar 2012 #160
The "Executive Order" is what it is. I am sure the usual DU mob will attack anyway. L0oniX Mar 2012 #167
Kick Better Believe It Mar 2012 #173
DEBUNKED. Bobbie Jo Mar 2012 #174
Kick Bobbie Jo Apr 2012 #185
Wait a minute, I thought liberals wanted the government to be able to step in treestar Apr 2012 #187
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