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Benaround on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:39 a.m.
You are correct...and it drives Liberals (who thrive on controlling-people) nuts.
Another historical fact is that not all American slaves were black. Many were
Irish and other minorities who initially could not survive on their own.
Also mention that historically the African Slave trade was primarily done by North African Muslims.
The other frustration talking to Lefties is their standards. They either have
multiple-standards or ....no standards. (Rarely a consistent standard.)
Scoutster on IRS’ tea party admission was planned
May 18 at 9:38 a.m.
This is not a scandal, it is a screw up by some low level functionaries trying to weed out the flood of Tea Party related groups that sprang up as Beck and the rest frothed up the market share.
The IG basically said so yesterday in testimony.
Investigate all you want, but it is illogical to believe this is some master conspiracy on behalf of the socialists. Would you assume it would never come to light if the Master Muslim Socialist Himself sent the orders to Cincinnati? Would you believe career bureaucrats routinely bend to the partisan will of political superiors as if the pendulum won't swing the other way? What silliness. Get a grip.
Impeachment? What a laugh. We need more Barbara Jordans and fewer Michelle Bachmans.
Kool-Aid anyone?
Nick Gier on Guest opinion: Idaho colleges lag in funding
May 18 at 9:36 a.m.
I forgot to include the salaries of the three university presidents. It is a whopping $342,000. Nick Gier
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:36 a.m.
It's damaging to society to treat all people equally? The concept that all are created equal and deserve equal justice before the law is the fundamental basis on which this country is based.
You would accept a society that discriminates against some, yet without understanding that if some may be discriminated against, that there may be reasons in the future why people may find that YOU may be discriminated against.
If you understand anything about the Constitution, you should understand that ensuring equal justice before the law for all people is the shield by which you ensure equal justice for yourself.
liveinfearoftheSPD on Officer believed suspect had gun
May 18 at 9:34 a.m.
"Had Carins been deaf, this would be a valid argument. But he wasn't."
And you know this how? Was he a good friend of yours?
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:33 a.m.
Agreed. Personally, I am proud that we passed Marriage Equality. I have many gay friends and have all of my life. One of my good friends recently passed the Bar in California and is practicing law after going back to school. He's 43 and living his dream and I couldn't be more proud of him.
brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 9:33 a.m.
President Carter Joins Former
Bootleggers Against Cannabis
-> Project SAM wants to
make sure kids use booze
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
fluent_in_sarcasm on FBI swarm Browne's Addition
May 18 at 9:29 a.m.
My initial assumption that the perpetrator was your typical right-wing.....anti-government headcase.....may have been mistaken.
Ain't none of THOSE folks in Browne's Addition.
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:28 a.m.
Where kids are concerned, love trumps all.
Jeffrey_Grey on Officer believed suspect had gun
May 18 at 9:28 a.m.
Had Carins been deaf, this would be a valid argument. But he wasn't.
WillyPeter on Spokane police Officer Jeff Graves faces stalking, harassment claims
May 18 at 9:27 a.m.
It's my opinion that in nearly all cases the Sheriff and Chief would handle these "violations" properly and expeditiously....if they knew that they'd be supported by "the system"....aka the unions and the courts. Quite sad, and expensive, that their hands are so tied.
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:27 a.m.
Nothing wrong with discrimination? Now, there's an interesting, if short sighted, point of view.
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:27 a.m.
My best friend in junior high and high school had two mom's. We spent alot of time at his house and ours, and there wasn't much difference at all between the two homes. One thing was fundamental, two parents taking responsibility for raising well adjusted, self confident children. I remember my parents not being too happy about it in the beginning, but they soon began to realize that his Mom's were doing a great job raising a great kid and his sister. They both are successful in their careers and married and have kids of their own now and we still stay in contact today even though we are in different areas of the US.
BenGawzee on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:24 a.m.
Those laws are damaging to Society yet somehow that is just fine right?
RedCedar on Monkey killer gets prison, treatment
May 18 at 9:24 a.m.
I'm pretty sure spanking the monkey is a misdemeanor in Idaho, so I would have thought beating the monkey to death would have been a hanging offense.
BenGawzee on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:24 a.m.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:23 a.m.
Anti-discrimination laws are not meant to change your feelings, they are meant to change your actions. You are free to think as you please, but you are not free to, by your actions, damage the rights of another.
Benaround on Froma Harrop: No back stories, just assuring health coverage
May 18 at 9:22 a.m.
Froma doesn't cover the issue that maybe 20 million new people will GET healthcare...but that about the same number will LOSE their current healthcare (and doctor).
The costs are becoming extreme...and some of the implementation had to be
put off to AFTER the 2014 mid-term elections to prevent voter backlash.
Also I am worried that with the Internal-Revenue System overseeing the system
misjustice will be sent to the Mayo clinic for her "bad-cough"...while I will be sent
to see Dr Josef Mengele's German grandson (Dr Fritz Turnankoff ) at the "free-clinic"
BenGawzee on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:22 a.m.
America used to at one time have another "legal" liberal democrat policy. It was called "Slavery". It was legal but it was wrong. Before you go rewriting history and try to pin that on the Republican party anyone who knows anything about history knows the huge plantations that had slaves were almost exclusively democrats. As a country we rejected the evils of Slavery and if we are smart we will also reject the evil that is homosexuality. It took a long time to get rid of slavery but maybe we won't be so foolish when it comes to defining deviancy down.
greentea on Spokane police Officer Jeff Graves faces stalking, harassment claims
May 18 at 9:22 a.m.
The police need the permission of a judge to check out a persons Facebook page? I would not have believed that to be the case.
Norma Petterson on Obituary: Gingrich, Judith Suzanne (Littlefield)
May 18 at 9:21 a.m.
Our best to Moe and his family at this time.
BPHS Class of 56
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:19 a.m.
Did I say, "you must remember this"?
This works well into the conversation, too. After all, a kiss IS just a kiss and a smile IS just a smile. You must, after all, admit that, gay or straight, the fundamental things apply as time goes by.
WillyPeter on Spokane police Officer Jeff Graves faces stalking, harassment claims
May 18 at 9:18 a.m.
Probably not. We have, and should have, higher expectations, and requirements, for LEO's.
brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 9:18 a.m.
That said, their demand for filler about school boards and city councils was insatiable.
RedCedar on If you team up, be clear about rules
May 18 at 9:14 a.m.
Sure, of course it's worth it in entertainment value. But for a likely ROI, an S&P index fund is a better gamble.
brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 9:10 a.m.
There are unsolved murders in every town, and meanwhile the jails are full of drug addicts. In another generation, all respect for this kind of "law and order" will have evaporated.
I think our friend Mindy was murdered - the whole press of the entire area should have devoted full time to solving that one, because the police certainly did not. But they moved on to another story, hopefully happening in Boston or someplace else so they don't have to aggressively cover the same people they drink with in the bars.
I don't play such games. I write what I know and what I think. My latest flirtation with working for a newspaper was a disaster: two investigative reports, uncovering crime and malfeasance in government, shot down to avoid stirring the pot. They basically wanted press releases rewritten, when they advertised for a reporter. I found something else to ...
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jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:10 a.m.
At what point in your life did you 'choose' to be heterosexual? If this is, indeed, truly a choice, then you must remember this. When did you make your choice?
RedCedar on We’ll learn more if we let folks vote
May 18 at 9:10 a.m.
Ha!
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:10 a.m.
We have a set of rules for this forum. He is welcome to his opinion, but doesn't have the right to be obscene or defamatory on this blog. Hence the flag, make sense?
RedCedar on Facebook aims to be ‘social ad’ juggernaut
May 18 at 9:07 a.m.
I bet the real number was 666 million, but some bible-reader caught it before the press release went out, and thought it safest to lop a million off.
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:04 a.m.
Yes, in fact, they were harmed by not being served. They were denied the services that all others who enter that store receive with the simple understanding that all they have to do is have the money to pay for the service.
However, for this couple, there was attached to the contract an additional rider, i.e. that you must not be gay. This is discrimination. They were harmed by being turned away and having to pay the expenses of going someplace else, purchasing someplace else where they may not have gotten as good a price, having to take the extra time to do so, all because they don't share the same world view as the shop owner.
Were they damaged?
Indeed, they were.
Diana on IRS’ tea party admission was planned
May 18 at 9:04 a.m.
Maybe you should lose the drama and stick to the facts.
BenGawzee on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:04 a.m.
"men"?
Diana on If you team up, be clear about rules
May 18 at 9:03 a.m.
Oh, come on. Five bucks a week is worth it in entertainment value.
BenGawzee on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 9:02 a.m.
Looks to me like you just made his point.
WillyPeter on We’ll learn more if we let folks vote
May 18 at 9:01 a.m.
Good comment, but, recommend that you delete "the ruling class", and insert "King County."
ChiefsFan21 on Officer believed suspect had gun
May 18 at 8:59 a.m.
Since when is not listening to commands while being unarmed, Punishable by death? I feel really bad for the hard of hearing or deaf people. Sheesh, the disabled really don't stand a chance in this town huh??
brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 8:58 a.m.
Organization of American States:
Maybe We'd Better Legalize Weed
-> No support for same for hard drugs
-> American demand, Latin American
supply and countries verging on collapse
-> 400 page report arose from Cartagena
conference where Obama just said 'no'
http://www.usatoday.com/story/...
Every article I read about Wash. legalization has this wishy washy paragraph saying it all depends on what the Feds do. Let's have more reporting on how the state is going to assert its right to home rule, whatever Deputy Holder says about it.
jlang57 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 8:56 a.m.
The fundamental concepts upon which this country is founded are that all men are equal and deserve equal representation before the law.
This means that unless a particular action by a person harms you or denies your rights, you cannot legislate against it.
Since the law does not consider such concepts as 'deviancy' or 'perversion', but, rather, looks solely at rights, then the issue is not whether or not gay people should be allowed to marry, but who's rights will be damaged or denied if they are allowed to marry.
Since it is obvious that who a person chooses to marry neither changes the marriage of anyone else, nor damages the rights of anyone else, then there is no legal footing to oppose gay marriage.
To deny the same rights that you claim to a group of people, absent any harm to another, simply because of who they are ...
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gotcha on Overturn Citizens United
May 18 at 8:54 a.m.
Anyone notice.... No libtards on the sites today.... Must have a Communist party meeting somewhere.
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 8:54 a.m.
Ignorant much? These two men had been customers of this florist for years, until they asked her to do flowers for their wedding. And for the record, they didn't file the lawsuits and stand to gain nothing from this.
WillyPeter on Detective, officer on leave
May 18 at 8:49 a.m.
O.K., I'll admit it. It's not easy, but honest, for me to believe that I agree with you, again (it happens so seldom....:- ).
idahocity on Officer believed suspect had gun
May 18 at 8:46 a.m.
i agree with you but police are hyper violent these days and nervous. i am not sure if it has to do with being ex military and serving multiple tours or just training to fear shadows now days. in any encounter you might end up dead.
my step dad used to be highway patrol and not once drew his 41 magnum revolver. my stepbrother, a full blooded native,and i, were stopped by police at least three times that i remember for not pausing long enough at a four way stop, failing to signal long enough before changing lanes, and a stop light that was not broken. i was frustrated. i thought we were being singled out for being indians. my stepdad said to be polite, deescalate and sort things out later.
regardless, there are dangerous people out there and i am glad there are men and women brave enough ...
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brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 8:43 a.m.
Millions of killers and kingpins agree, the drug war makes it all possible.
brentandrews on TGIF Wild Card -- 5.17.13 - Huckleberries Online - Spokesman.com - May 17, 2013
May 18 at 8:43 a.m.
Steb, that's awful. Police should stop arresting marijuana smokers and round up all the killers. But it doesn't really pay to arrest killers, while the federal government will provide millions in grants to arrest potheads, and besides you get to steal all their money and personal belongings under RICO. It's keeping most law enforcement agencies afloat without raising taxes and the newspapers are afraid to report it. Another FAIL by the police and the media. Burn one down today and blow it in their direction.
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 8:42 a.m.
Also Flagged for obscene and defamatory.
hollyjoe on Officer believed suspect had gun
May 18 at 8:41 a.m.
Believed he had a gun didn't see one but it didn't matter they have a medical
examiner that shields them from the truth they can back shoot and murder
anybody while on the ground at will to prevent truthful testimonies of their
victims
slednek509 on Bad side of ignorance
May 18 at 8:40 a.m.
Flagged for obscene and defamatory.
Digger on Wayne Enters Plea, Offers Lesson
May 18 at 8:37 a.m.
Um.... I'd rather have law professionals making rules for the courts operation than the legislature who can barely go one session at a time without tripping over their collective dicks.
WillyPeter on Federal execs to reap bonuses
May 18 at 8:31 a.m.
Although there are characteristics that both arenas share, Government will never be run "more like business." Government poo-bahs are largely selected based on who they know....personal popularity. Where business is more focused on professional accomplishment....measureable, empirical, product results.