CommentsDisplaying bnjmnwst's 10 most recent comments.

• Watch Rebroadcast & Chat: 9/12 Marchers Promise to ‘Remember in November’

  September 12, 2010 at 4:34pm

  In reply to broker0101.

  I’m at the rally!! This is another step on the road back to freedom!!

• Proposal: Presidential Candidates Submit Handwritten Copy of Constitution

  September 10, 2010 at 2:32am

  In reply to Steverino.

  SICBOY, would having them handwrite the Constitution somehow keep us from being able to determine if they are indeed fine, upstanding, straight-shooting candidates? What’s the problem. It is obviously not a gimmick. The guys who came up with the idea have clearly stated their reasoning. Nothing in there about a gimmick. No, we shouldn’t decide to vote for any candidate simply because he wrote out the Constitution, just like we shouldn’t decide to vote for any candidate simply because he has a particular party affiliation or any other single criteria. We should gather all of the information we can about a particular candidate and make our decision accordingly. Having them agree to write the Constitution will not deter me from doing my duty as a citizen and performing my due diligence. I think this is a fantastic idea, and I would certainly want to find out more about any candidate who would agree to do this.

• ‘I Think He Would Be a Terrific Mayor’

  September 10, 2010 at 2:22am

  I think Rahm would be a terrific guest of honor at a funeral.

• Judge Rules ‘Don’t Ask, Don‘t Tell’ Unconstitutional

  September 10, 2010 at 2:02am

  I’m a little bit confused. I thought the military disallowed service by openly gay members before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I thought Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, was to protect gay members who wished to serve from prying superiors or crusaders within the military. Otherwise, I can’t imagine why it would have ever been enacted. I vaguely remember when it was enacted, and I could have sworn there was already prohibition of service by openly gay servicemembers, and this law was created to allow them to continue to serve unmolested. Is that incorrect? Were gay members allowed to serve openly previously? Wouldn‘t a member have been dismissed before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell for being openly gay? It seems to me that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell did not even remotely introduce the concept or policy of viewing homosexuality as a valid reason for dismissal in the armed forces. On the contrary, repealing it would allow the armed services to, once again, ask and require an answer upon which action may be taken.

• Audio: Daily Kos Founder Says American Right Wing Would Behead if They Could

  September 8, 2010 at 4:25pm

  I like it when trolls come around. I believe it’s good exercise for our ideals when we refute the ridiculous things they say. I don‘t think it’s a bad idea to engage them, at all. However, we must resist the urge, and I’m speaking to myself, too, to speak out of anger. We have a right to be angry at these trolls, because they are slandering us while stereotyping us, two things that should not be done. We should, however, fight fire with water and simply put down our own, correct, beliefs, backed up with evidence, and leave it at that. Let’s refrain from calling anyone names or using a “tone” other than patience and forbearance. Let’s also pay attention to our grammar and spelling, especially when we’re arguing that we are, in fact, well-educated. I love you all.

• ‘March With Me’: Ed Schultz Vows ‘We’ll Get…300,000′ at 10/2 March

  September 8, 2010 at 3:06pm

  I’ll bet he needs a map just to find the mall! What an idiot! FOXNews only covered the 828 rally as a news item. Who wants to bet that MSNBC carries this entire debacle live, or at least spends a lot of time on it?!

• NY Bishop: Workers Need ‘New Social Contract’

  September 3, 2010 at 6:13pm

  In reply to duncan.

  Entropyschild, the government was NOT a part of the parable of the Good Samaritan. It was an individual of means helping his fellow man. That is the only correct way to provide welfare. The government cannot properly administer social services, especially on the national level. There will forever be more and more fraud and waste the further the source of the “solution” gets from the actual problem. We must each help our fellow man as much as we possibly can, and the government should encourage that but otherwise stay out of it!

• Meghan McCain Calls Sarah Palin the ‘Time Bomb’

  September 2, 2010 at 5:58pm

  In reply to Arov.

  Glenn isn’t trying to bond capitalism to the religious right, in order to make money or for any other reason. He’s trying to get us to act right, so to speak. He understands, through his study of history, that we need to be a moral and virtuous people to make our constitutional Republic work the way the Founders intended. He’s asking us and encouraging us to believe in something. It’s not enough to fight for individual liberty. What will we do with it if we win it back? Glenn doesn’t stump for any particular religion, although he isn’t shy about letting us know which religion he belongs to. By the way, I’m not sure that the LDS church is part of the “religious right,” although its members and its tenets are conservative. At any rate, it isn’t about a particular religion. What it is about is acting in a moral, virtuous, and honorable way.

• Hawking Says God Not Needed for Creation

  September 2, 2010 at 5:02pm

  God did it and it doesn’t matter how He did it. Faith does not demand knowledge. If one has faith, one does not need to know. If one knows a little or knows all, he may still have faith, so faith can exist with knowledge. However, knowledge is not required for the existence of faith. Therefore, I believe (faith) that God created everything. I believe that God is omniscient and, therefore, knows much more than Stephen Hawking. I know a few things about what science can prove and what science hypothesizes. I don’t know as much as Hawking. I do know, however, that, no matter how much I learn about the physical universe, I will never disbelieve that God created it. I don’t need to know how He did it to know that He did it.