tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post115045985585800575..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: a self-serving letter written simply to cover his own behind.Rich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150865730600921892006-06-20T23:55:00.000-05:002006-06-20T23:55:00.000-05:00Does it make me such a bad person to believe that ...Does it make me such a bad person to believe that if the Iraqi people wanted to be liberated, they should have done it themselves, with us only supporting after resistance movements started?<BR/><BR/>That being said, perhaps we did owe them liberation because of the disgusting sanctions we put on the country. Those sanctions killed Civil society in Iraq and are the main reason that there was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150853031376527752006-06-20T20:23:00.000-05:002006-06-20T20:23:00.000-05:00Bill,Did you ever wonder about such things before ...Bill,<BR/><BR/>Did you ever wonder about such things before you labeled those who oppose the Bush Stay-to-Pay Iraq policy a "culture of defeat"? <BR/><BR/>One risks losing credibility as a serious person when one seems concerned only with ones own suffering.<BR/><BR/>And yes, when my peers are made to fight and die so that Bush supporters can continue to buy time in an effort to eventually prove So-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150818578523926852006-06-20T10:49:00.000-05:002006-06-20T10:49:00.000-05:00I do.I do.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150813660841986702006-06-20T09:27:00.001-05:002006-06-20T09:27:00.001-05:00Austin, Do you ever wonder, when you write such co...Austin, <BR/><BR/>Do you ever wonder, when you write such comments to people you don't know... what losses they may have suffered?<BR/><BR/>On this, or any other issue?<BR/><BR/>Liberals always assume the poltical must always be personal... they lose all credibility as serious people.<BR/><BR/>BillBill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150802694400934372006-06-20T06:24:00.000-05:002006-06-20T06:24:00.000-05:00"Imagine a Vietnam in 1968..."Bill, I've forgotten..."Imagine a Vietnam in 1968..."<BR/><BR/>Bill, I've forgotten -- what years did you serve in Vietnam?So-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150743183310133562006-06-19T13:53:00.000-05:002006-06-19T13:53:00.000-05:00We have the politics right with this war.Imagine a...We have the politics right with this war.<BR/><BR/>Imagine a Vietnam in 1968 united north and south with a freely elected national unity gov including everyone from conservative religous parties to the communist party; and ethnic minorites...Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150739090321524652006-06-19T12:44:00.000-05:002006-06-19T12:44:00.000-05:00President Bush sneaks into Iraq for five hours and...President Bush sneaks into Iraq for five hours and then leaves. What does that action tell the Iraqi people and particularly insurgents and terrorists? What does it tell our troops? It’s pretty clear, that politics are more important than winning the war. Agree with the above, either we substantially increase troop levels or we announce a date for leaving. No more brave American Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150717755664237882006-06-19T06:49:00.000-05:002006-06-19T06:49:00.000-05:00Murtha certainly has a plan for himself. That we n...Murtha certainly has a plan for himself. That we now know.<BR/><BR/>I doubt Rove had --or has-- much say one way or the other on foreign policy other than advising against anything politically unpopular; should anyone bother to ask him.<BR/><BR/>For Murtha to ramble on about Rove is just plain self serving politics. Not serious criticism or analysis of the Administration's waging of the war on Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150683231151182912006-06-18T21:13:00.000-05:002006-06-18T21:13:00.000-05:00To those who accuse Americans who want a change of...To those who accuse Americans who want a change of course in Iraq of being part of a 'culture of defeat':<BR/><BR/>"He’s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside-saying stay the course. That’s not a plan! <BR/><BR/>"We've got to change direction. You can't sit there in the air-conditioned office and tell troops carrying seventy pounds on their backs, inside these armored So-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150677745120042382006-06-18T19:42:00.000-05:002006-06-18T19:42:00.000-05:00Bill,Make sure Denny buys a few acres near any suc...Bill,<BR/><BR/>Make sure Denny buys a few acres near any such proposed bridge across the Fox and ... lo and behold a few years later you'll get funding for a bridge or two. And then Denny will sell his land three months later and make a million bucks.<BR/><BR/>Great idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150572248349647912006-06-17T14:24:00.000-05:002006-06-17T14:24:00.000-05:00The Feds are out for money laundrying, and there's...The Feds are out for money laundrying, and there's lots & lots to look at over at Broadway Bank.<BR/><BR/>Just ask the folks at ABN AMRO LaSalle Bank. Back in 2001 they got a little loose with their dealings, then in 2003 they got "religion" big time, since then they've spent an absolute ton of money on revamping internal systems, a number of high ranking people at AMRO and LaSalle got chopped, Making The Wheels Turnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786636690998841783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150555448455422902006-06-17T09:44:00.000-05:002006-06-17T09:44:00.000-05:00Alexi has much worse loans than that, or more spec...Alexi has much worse loans than that, or more specifically his dad has much worse loans. They were cutthroats and did high risk lending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150502330285127072006-06-16T18:58:00.000-05:002006-06-16T18:58:00.000-05:00I wish Hastert could use that clout to get us a fe...I wish Hastert could use that clout to get us a few more bridges accross the Fox.<BR/><BR/>I'm with the Black Caucus on Jefferson. He should stay where he is until indicted. I said the same for Delay. Same goes for him.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150490240423341252006-06-16T15:37:00.000-05:002006-06-16T15:37:00.000-05:00Opa! -- well put.It ain't the laws that were or we...Opa! -- well put.<BR/><BR/>It ain't the laws that were or weren't broken -- it's the obvious lack of ethics.<BR/><BR/>If you're going to talk Washington Bill, then let's point out it is the Democrats who voted to remove one of their own from his committee seat because of the current evidence against him (even before a court proceeding) as opposed to the conservatives who come to the immediate Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150484515147728972006-06-16T14:01:00.000-05:002006-06-16T14:01:00.000-05:00If Hastert's land deal is perfectly legitimate, th...If Hastert's land deal is perfectly legitimate, then so is every deal that the Broadway Bank and Giannoulias have been involved in.<BR/><BR/>Neither broke the law, but both cases stink really bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150483512572796152006-06-16T13:45:00.000-05:002006-06-16T13:45:00.000-05:00So Speaker Hastert selling a farm is worthy of Ill...So Speaker Hastert <EM>selling</EM> a farm is worthy of Illinoiz...<BR/><BR/>...but Senator Durbin and Obama's <EM>votes</EM> in the Senate --on behalf of the people of Illiois-- are off limits?<BR/><BR/>Especially when we have a <EM>culture of covering ones tail</EM> which seems scalable from Washington to Cook County.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-1150475893741622712006-06-16T11:38:00.000-05:002006-06-16T11:38:00.000-05:00Bill, if you want to start a thread about Alexi Gi...Bill, if you want to start a thread about Alexi Giannoulias, I would understand. But you had to stray into national politics with this “culture of defeat” crap at the end of your post. The last time I looked, this blog was called Illinoize, not Iraqize. Why can’t you play by the rules and stick with local and state politics?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com