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Thomas Eckhardt

Minneaoplis, MN
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Posted on 03/11/13 at 10:47 am in response to Glenn Greenwald: Rand Paul may have been right, even if he is a Republican

Eric, you're going a little too far even for me in this one. Obama is not killing "foreigners on foreign soil... for any reason that satisfies him". The Taliban's retreat into Pakistan, and their subsequent continuation of the war from these safe havens, left us the choice of invading Pakistan or coming up with another way to strike at the Taliban. Surely, the drone strikes are the less intrusive of the two. That doesn't necessarily make them good or moral, more the lesser of two evils...

Posted on 01/20/12 at 12:30 am in response to All heck breaking loose in Republican race

Jeb Bush, anyone?

Because the last two Bushes were so well loved? Of course, then we could just skip the election and go right to the Supreme Court.

Posted on 01/12/12 at 11:01 pm in response to Freedom isn't free, y'know

My problem (one of them) with Romney is that if you've ever lived in Utah then you know that they don't really believe in separation of Church and State.

Posted on 01/11/12 at 01:59 pm in response to After New Hampshire: Looks like it's gonna be Romney

I agree with Paul. All of those quotes from Romney are designed to help him with the base, they're not plucking a chord among independent moderates.

Posted on 01/10/12 at 05:50 pm in response to Politics by gaffe is stupid, but it probably works

There is a lot in the Romney quote that is just plain crazy. Why would anyone "like" finding out they don't get the service they thought they were buying, forcing them to go back out into the marketplace to try to find a good service provide?

Also, the insurance companies don't keep us healthy, they pay our medical bills when we get sick, but staying healthy is my own business. Having health insurance doesn't make me any less likely to get cancer or hit by a bus.

The guy...

Posted on 01/09/12 at 04:38 pm in response to Montana's justices rebel against Citizens United decision

Dennis

"Corporations have to tell the truth about their products in advertising, they can't lie about their competitors' products, they can't sell unsafe products..."

First of all, Citizens United has nothing to do with product advertising or unsafe products. Nor are they required to "tell the truth" by Citizens United. It allows them to spend money on political advertising with whatever level (or lack thereof) of truthfulness they desire. They can take things out of context...

Posted on 01/10/12 at 01:10 am in response to Montana's justices rebel against Citizens United decision

Dennis

That's funny, I thought he succeeded. When was the last time a corporation was executed? Can a corporation get a conceal/carry permit? Register to vote? Go to communion?

Posted on 12/20/11 at 12:53 pm in response to Republicans debate fairness of Amy Koch treatment: Sexism or something more?

"When is the last time a MALE elected official was treated like this? "

Well, let's see. Clinton was impeached, Spitzer resigned, Weiner resigned. Vitter got re-elected, Sanford finished his term and Gingrich is running for President.

Maybe she's upset that Koch is being treated like a Democrat, Republicans are supposed to get a free ride on these things.

Posted on 12/20/11 at 01:12 pm in response to Probe into climate scientists' stolen emails gets serious

We can only hope those concerned insiders turn themselves in to Federal authorities the way Ellsberg did. At he time, he said "I felt that as an American citizen, as a responsible citizen, I could no longer cooperate in concealing this information from the American public. I did this clearly at my own jeopardy and I am prepared to answer to all the consequences of this decision."

We'll see if the climate hackers do the same.

Posted on 12/20/11 at 12:34 am in response to Archbishop Nienstedt wants pro-amendment 'Prayer for Marriage' used in Mass

Mr Swift

Can you please cite chapter and verse in which "social justice" comes into conflict with the gospels? And please don't use some right wing paranoid fantasy about eating the rich or something.

To me, it seems that Matthew 25:31-46 ("I was hungry and you gave me food...") seems to endorse some type of social justice.