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Fantasia II Koo Koo Ka Choo User ID: 839765 United States 06/14/2010 11:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | He is drunk as a skunk. George Orwell was right..Black is White, Up is Down, War is Peace... "Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." Yesterday is history.......Tomorrow a mystery.......Today is a gift......thats why we call it the Present!!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1002834 United States 06/14/2010 11:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | These sort of videos are questionable to say the least. Remember the "hero" who took down Acorn with his undercover sting video. It was all over fox and it resulted in the complete collapse of Acorn and cost many people their jobs. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 982289Well a couple of months after all is said and done a DA who was putting together a case to try each of the Acorn employees released the unedited videos. What did we find out, well first the video was cut to eliminate critical clips that showed that the employees were not compliant with the prostitution. For example one man was shown in the video offering his help in smuggling child prostitutes across the Mexican boarder. He asked questions like how many and where were they going to be smuggled from. What the movie maker failed to mention was right after that conversation the employee called his brother who was a police officer in the city and reported the incident and the officer turned it over to the division that handles those cases. The point is don't hang this congressmen out to dry without first waiting to hear all the facts. It is very possible that what is not being shown are actions by the "students" that might have not been as nice as they imply. Trust me based on the opening question these "students" had all intention of using this video to attack the congressman. Hell if I walked into a tea party rally and started asking hostile questions I guarantee I would not be walking out with all my teeth. You mess with the Bull you get the horns. zThere must be some video evidence of Tea Perty violence directed at pseudo reporters. A Tea party bus had eggs thrown on its winsheid by SEIU t-shirted thugs... nobody lost teeth. You'd think.... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 990737 United States 06/14/2010 11:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who are you? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1002868I would have told him, "your fucking boss", now get your hands off of me before I have you arrested. I AGREE completely -- so would have I I would have broken his arm/face in about 3 0r 4 places, then I would have said "someone YOU WON'T put YOUR hands on, motherfucker." hahaha i love internet tough guys |
Bugbomb User ID: 832050 United States 06/14/2010 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ol' Bob Etheridge, a US Congressman since 1997, should just RESIGN now ... OR he can fight it and make it even MORE painful for his party. This video will be played over and over from now until election day -- not only in the 2nd Congressional district of North Carolina, but at the national level to get the power-hungry Libs out of office. Count on it. And I have a feeling that the Conservative running against him, Renee Ellmers, will be taking his place come November ... [link to www.reneeforcongress.com] [link to www.2ndncgop.com] . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 751882 United States 06/14/2010 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Geez-o-pete! Quoting: ResisterWhat is this congressman's name? What he did is considered assault. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) He is a Dixiecrat, not a Democrat! This, from his campaign site, says it all: Bob and Faye remain active in their church and both teach Sunday School. For his diligent and decades-long work for the Boy Scouts, Etheridge has received the Silver Beaver Award; the highest award a Scout leader can receive. |
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Bombhillz User ID: 665912 United States 06/14/2010 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I might be stupid, but asking people "do you fully support the Obama agenda?" Quoting: SpaceCommandThose are fighting words, maybe insulting. You people do not get it, those are provoking questions in a government that still does not get rid of torture, and that still hands out trillions to bankers. People are balancing what they say everyday in Washington. This incident is a bunch of emotional hogwash on all sides. Just blame the Congressman, ask him if he has stopped beating his wife while you are at it. Dude hes a CONGRESSMAN its his job, if he didn't want to answer the question he could've walked on you logic is a joke.... Your paid to be here aren't you? |
Real N' Raw User ID: 957585 United States 06/14/2010 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is really messed up. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 488035What the hell are they putting in the water? I can't believe that a congressman would do this, what kind of retarded human beings do we have running this country? I could totally see him being in a rob zombie movie. This is the type of people running this country. The type thats for sell to the highest bidder,not to bright. "While it is true that the ALL is all, It is equally true that the ALL is within all." -The Kybalion- Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. -(The Buddha) |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1002878 United States 06/14/2010 11:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This will be on fox news in a day or so. This congressman has no right to assault him. The kid did right by not attacking him, because he now has a case. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1002878Of course, if he did touch him it could have been looked as self defense. |
Bombinhillz User ID: 665912 United States 06/14/2010 11:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Watch the video, these kids were abrupt and rude. You do not see the face of them, it is blotted out. You see a caption, not a continuous picture. That may or may not matter, but everyone has rights here, including this Congressman. Quoting: ResisterHow do you know what he is going though on that day? Maybe some lobby is heavily pressuring him to vote against his conscience, for that matter for something Obama is doing. Grabbing the kid was at least equal or greater than the rudeness of his question. But to make so many judgments about him, walk a mile in his shoes someday. I do not trust the comments here that only too typically demonize a Congressman who is at some point getting little or no respect. "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?" Half the ordinary people here might get pissed off at that kind of question when they are just walking down the street. You are either wacked out on crack, a shill, or a statist who believes the public should never ask even simple questions. In the video we saw a young person dressed in a suit greet a congressman politely with "good morning congressman", call him sir repeatedly and ask one single question. "Do you fully support the Obama agenda?". Nothing about that is rude. It was way more respect than Rep Etheridge apparantly deserves. I want to see that soon to be ex-CONgressman perp-walked by the capitol police for assault on tonight's news. |
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Brwnstown User ID: 897397 United States 06/14/2010 11:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the kid's youtube account with both videos, from two different angles. They appear unedited. Both under 45 sec Quoting: Dread Pirate Roberts[link to www.youtube.com] I happened to notice in those 2 videos that the congressman also took his camera, add theft to assault....... |
Smilin' Irish Eyes User ID: 656642 United States 06/14/2010 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Beck played the soundbite on his radio show and will have it on his program tonight. This just went viral. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 554503Good, it should go viral. Tired of all politicians (both sides of the aisle) acting like they are better than their constituents. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. -- Lord Chesterfield |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 998408 United States 06/14/2010 11:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yea, for example, Carly Fiorini saying Barbara Boxer's hair style is outdated. Watch that incident go unnoticed. She shpould be charged with assault. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1002834Wow! DOUBLE STUPIDITY!! 1.) For bringing up a comment someone made about appearance and urging arrest for assault for a COMMENT. 2.) Suggesting that comments are worthy of Arrest!! Nice going TROLL!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 945031 United States 06/14/2010 11:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is really messed up. Quoting: Real N' RawWhat the hell are they putting in the water? I can't believe that a congressman would do this, what kind of retarded human beings do we have running this country? I could totally see him being in a rob zombie movie. This is the type of people running this country. The type thats for sell to the highest bidder,not to bright. Jesus christ, could you imagine being in a room full of these guys and just listening to their conversations as a bystander? I couldn't keep a straight face for the life of me. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 989025 Canada 06/14/2010 11:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who are you? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 990737I would have told him, "your fucking boss", now get your hands off of me before I have you arrested. I AGREE completely -- so would have I I would have broken his arm/face in about 3 0r 4 places, then I would have said "someone YOU WON'T put YOUR hands on, motherfucker." hahaha i love internet tough guys |
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SpaceCommand User ID: 911549 United States 06/14/2010 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I might be stupid, but asking people "do you fully support the Obama agenda?" Quoting: SpaceCommandThose are fighting words, maybe insulting. You people do not get it, those are provoking questions in a government that still does not get rid of torture, and that still hands out trillions to bankers. People are balancing what they say everyday in Washington. This incident is a bunch of emotional hogwash on all sides. Just blame the Congressman, ask him if he has stopped beating his wife while you are at it. Honestly SpaceCommand that is why the Congressman should have said, "no comment" or just not responded in any way. Quoting: Smilin' Irish EyesBut for you to think that the simple statement of "do you fully support the Obama agenda" are fighting words or an insult is really quite laughable. If you are for something stand your ground, if you are against something have the fortitude to stand behind your actions/decisions. I agree with the other poster that something did spook him for a politician to react that way on camera and to such an innocuous question. I stand by my decision not to rush to judgment. Believe me I want to support those kids, and even excoriate the Congressman as many have done here. The key here is to ask a larger picture of the truth, not to make excerpts necessarily determine our reality. It is the story sometimes of the blind men asked about the elephant. One holding the tail suggests it is a rope. Another with the ear says it is a big leaf, and so forth. None of us really knows this Congressman, only his moment of bad behavior. In court maybe he is some percentage on the side of self defense with his grabbing and asking questions compared with the set and setting of the students. A jury might decide that. I admit to ignorance, and wanting to ask more questions. Many of you have already made up your minds. "With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." William Wordsworth And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address Lincoln's economic advisor Henry C. Carey explained the universal issue in his 1851 Harmony of Interests: "Two systems are before the world.... One looks to pauperism, ignorance, depopulation, and barbarism; the other to increasing wealth, comfort, intelligence, combination of action, and civilization. One looks towards universal war; the other towards universal peace. One is the English system; the other ... the American system, for ... elevating while equalizing the condition of man throughout the world." "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein |
Bugbomb User ID: 832050 United States 06/14/2010 11:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Geez-o-pete! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 751882What is this congressman's name? What he did is considered assault. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) He is a Dixiecrat, not a Democrat! This, from his campaign site, says it all: Bob and Faye remain active in their church and both teach Sunday School. For his diligent and decades-long work for the Boy Scouts, Etheridge has received the Silver Beaver Award; the highest award a Scout leader can receive. NO, he's a fucking Democrat. Don't try to protect his Liberal, Populist ass -- [link to www.ontheissues.org] Just because Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC) has forgotten the values of his youth, it does NOT mean he's any LESS of the SAME kind of Democrat that Pelosi loves to have in her back pocket when she needs another vote! . |
Wake UP! User ID: 876127 United States 06/14/2010 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Hello Congressman, do you fully support the Obama agenda?" Quoting: SpaceCommandNo introduction, no asking a question "may we talk to you, we are from X University learning journalism?" He is from the South, and they are practically asking him to jump off a cliff with their question out of nowhere. So what does anyone expect? In Washington DC people play rotten politics, so he says "who are you," quite firmly. It could be someone sent to entrap him, who knows. Maybe he is having a bad day. But these kids were abrupt and rude asking him out of the blue in this context "will you jump off a cliff for me?" Are you kidding me?!?! They work for US and have to answer to us. NOT to the media or some organization or college. The media does not represent us! Wake up! |