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MrDiaz

(731 posts)
126. I understand what you are saying
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 04:57 PM
Mar 2012

but it does not change the fact that the IRAQ war just ended 3 months ago while the afghanistan war was escalated under obama, but is now beginning the process of ending. And even though congress may be behind it, the change I was looking for towards guantanamo, hasn't changed, regardless of congress the war is still going on, regardless of congress the Bush Cuts are still there, and even though the congress is majority republicans, If i recall correctly obama had 2 years with a democratic congress, or am I wrong?

"...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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