tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post6624361116475163932..comments2024-03-29T11:39:12.832-04:00Comments on Not of this World: James ComeyEd Bonderenkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-26061237209291830672016-11-02T19:23:40.946-04:002016-11-02T19:23:40.946-04:00This has been an interesting conversation. I appre...<i>This has been an interesting conversation. I appreciate it.</i><br /><br />Thank you. It's good to see that some venues still enjoy respectful and tactful discourse.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-29773748838931321282016-11-01T18:41:31.568-04:002016-11-01T18:41:31.568-04:00Why would I try and convince you? Were you trying ...Why would I try and convince you? Were you trying to convince anyone with your previous post?Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-77709809737337846912016-11-01T18:38:44.255-04:002016-11-01T18:38:44.255-04:00CI: "Good points, but you only listed the neg...CI: "Good points, but you only listed the negatives of one candidate. Sort of weighting the premise a bit, no."<br /><br />LOL. CI, if you want to prove to yourself that your stance is purely rational, there's an easy test. Privately list Trump's negatives and compare them to even this shortened version of Hillary's. When you've found them to match Hillary's, you know that your position is completely rational. <br /><br />Once you have satisfied yourself, then you armed to convince others as well. Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-41995811986887114792016-11-01T13:07:51.018-04:002016-11-01T13:07:51.018-04:00(Fingers working faster than brain.)
I have a sour...(Fingers working faster than brain.)<br />I have a source that says your "ignore in the hallways" comment is valid, Ed.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-63196844759416113812016-11-01T13:05:47.471-04:002016-11-01T13:05:47.471-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-8262030687046017382016-10-31T23:08:22.828-04:002016-10-31T23:08:22.828-04:00Yep. I try not to generalize and give individuals ...Yep. I try not to generalize and give individuals a chance.<br />Then I get burned. :)Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-32500593177830757972016-10-31T21:54:42.304-04:002016-10-31T21:54:42.304-04:00As an aside, it is so unfair to say cops are bad b...As an aside, it is so unfair to say cops are bad because 0.000001% of them have killed an unarmed person. It happens with whites as well as blacks. Who out there thinks an entire population of (fill in the blank) can possibly be held to some standard? Geeez, talk about unreasonable fantasy.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-83579679749270004002016-10-31T21:51:53.529-04:002016-10-31T21:51:53.529-04:00I've known good and bad cops of several variet...I've known good and bad cops of several varieties. Of course, slice and dice all the employees of IBM or Facebook, or Apple. You've got every kind of person there. From Evangelical to pervert to actual physical abusers to you name it. Of course, the cops will fit into every category you can name as well. I don't know how you verbalize it. The cops are a population like the rest of us and hopefully will not be above the law, but too many times I think they are.<br />I was thinking cops in general also rather than just traffic cops.<br />Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-16862910146552773212016-10-31T21:30:10.549-04:002016-10-31T21:30:10.549-04:00I was unfairly dismissive of traffic cops.
I'v...I was unfairly dismissive of traffic cops.<br />I've known GOOD and BAD.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-60635742764601482062016-10-31T21:25:12.781-04:002016-10-31T21:25:12.781-04:00Noble behavior-traffic cops. Huge subject. Probab...Noble behavior-traffic cops. Huge subject. Probably too big even for a post.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-7923176856946878082016-10-31T20:32:34.918-04:002016-10-31T20:32:34.918-04:00Good analysis.
And i did hear he had a stack of r...Good analysis. <br />And i did hear he had a stack of resignations on his desk that he could NOT accept.<br />And subordinates ignored him in the hallway. <br />I do like to ascribe noble behavior to law enforcement, though. Except traffic cops.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-83463869704744379942016-10-31T19:47:23.052-04:002016-10-31T19:47:23.052-04:00I re-read this and have some thoughts.
Comey didn&...I re-read this and have some thoughts.<br />Comey didn't create the timing for this event. clinton did by delaying so long and huma did by not turning over computer equpt as she was required to do. <br />huma should be indicted for witholding evidence.<br />hairy reid should have his face punched in again for accusing Comey of trying to affect an election. How about that 'Romney didn't pay his taxes line' eh reid you POS.<br />I don't think Comey is trying to be a good guy and do his job. I believe there was a revolt within the FBI that threatened him to do his job more than clinton threatened him to not do his job.<br /><br />Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-85148408827595022782016-10-31T19:42:43.949-04:002016-10-31T19:42:43.949-04:00He's at the pinnacle of his career, short of a...He's at the pinnacle of his career, short of an AG post.<br />10 yr tenure.<br />To think that the press would be so feckless as they are, given the red meat they were thrown, was almost unimaginable.<br />Of course it's been demonstrated elsewise. So I guess he was a fool. So was I.<br />I wonder if Huma has Muslim Brotherhood emails on that laptop.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-25742415987636162382016-10-31T19:37:57.771-04:002016-10-31T19:37:57.771-04:00I am not the patient sort...I am not the patient sort...Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-76132413288564564282016-10-31T19:28:27.224-04:002016-10-31T19:28:27.224-04:00I heard a highly regarded local politician here, R...I heard a highly regarded local politician here, Rep Tim Walberg (R), somebody I once interviewed on the radio, explain on my friends radio show why so little was done along the lines you describe.<br />I thought I blogged about it but the link is here if you care to listen. You might have already.<br />https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41339180/Tim%20Walberg%20Omnibus.mp3<br />But I agree. Do something this time.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-70891619203079194722016-10-31T19:22:32.784-04:002016-10-31T19:22:32.784-04:00I think we'll have to wait this one out...I think we'll have to wait this one out...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-35035208500525982262016-10-31T18:58:54.279-04:002016-10-31T18:58:54.279-04:00In my mind, congress hasn't stopped barry form...In my mind, congress hasn't stopped barry form doing anything beside denying a scotus appointee. Not trivial, but still they rubber stamped everything else while putting out lip service that would even offend an 18 yr old. For that I have no use for standard issue republicans.<br />I'll vote for them this time, but if hilrod gets in you're going to hear a bif sucking sound next election when the repubblekins get maybe 50% of the votes they got this time. Most of us know a hildebeast win is game over.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-60669606748987232016-10-31T18:50:48.766-04:002016-10-31T18:50:48.766-04:00This has been an interesting conversation. I appre...This has been an interesting conversation. I appreciate it.<br />As to your last point, though, I see the Senate AS important as the POTUS. I doubt we'll get enough for a veto override.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-12867564639760477352016-10-31T18:19:51.577-04:002016-10-31T18:19:51.577-04:00.....but how in the world will not voting for Trum...<i>.....but how in the world will not voting for Trump improve voter turnout for the down-ballot?</i><br /><br />It has no effect either way, that wasn't my point. Trump can effect down ballot races by keeping voters home.......you voting <i>for</i> Trump [presumably]....or I <i>not</i> voting for Trump...doesn't effect the down ballot. Not voting for Trump doesn't <i>hurt</i> the down ballot either, as long as the citizen is going to actually vote.<br /><br />If GOP voters stay home, that can quite likely be chalked up, in large part, to Trump.<br /><br />Frankly, I view the Senate as far more important than the cult of personality POTUS elections have become.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-46735561105873195272016-10-31T17:06:12.964-04:002016-10-31T17:06:12.964-04:00Anonymous and I cross-posted, but seem to be sayin...Anonymous and I cross-posted, but seem to be saying the same thing.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-38168219174140926812016-10-31T17:04:31.463-04:002016-10-31T17:04:31.463-04:00It looks win or lose to me. I see the down ballot ...It looks win or lose to me. I see the down ballot tied to the prez. It's too late to wish for someone else.<br />He either does it or not. <br />Not voting for Trump doesn't help the down ballot.<br />Just their chances of getting something passed.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-60831124983558624002016-10-31T16:59:02.009-04:002016-10-31T16:59:02.009-04:00You may be right about Trump's effect, but how...You may be right about Trump's effect, but how in the world will not voting for Trump improve voter turnout for the down-ballot? ??? Suppressing anti-Hillary votes will also suppress that. Why bother? It's a lost cause before the vote. Is that your view?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-4075613090892296342016-10-31T16:31:14.611-04:002016-10-31T16:31:14.611-04:00The problem remaining, as I see it [presuming Trum...The problem remaining, as I see it [presuming Trump would indeed nominate Constitutional justices], is his effect on the down ballot races...including the Justice-confirming Senate, that now looks to be in jeopardy of flipping g to the Democrats.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-85913332196415899462016-10-31T16:16:09.562-04:002016-10-31T16:16:09.562-04:00I would, at this point, vote for a liberal (and Tr...I would, at this point, vote for a liberal (and Trump would fit), Jackson, Truman, etc. to oppose Hillary Clinton, thinking that it is more important to stop her than to advance a political cause (a more pure party).<br />I honestly believe that Trump would deliver SCOTUS as promised. That is the end game that everything else hinges on.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481053445293173582.post-38265319390119920112016-10-31T15:47:25.572-04:002016-10-31T15:47:25.572-04:00Good points, but you only listed the negatives of ...Good points, but you only listed the negatives of <i>one</i> candidate. Sort of weighting the premise a bit, no. It's also illogical, I'd argue...to proffer that another's carefully thought choices, are entered into illogically....is itself <i>illogical</i>.<br /><br />Virtue posturing is just as easily defined as supporting the very worst candidate that the GOP could ever offer, who took what should have been a landslide debate of Clinton, to a horse race, with the Trump-horse looking like a sure loser.<br /><br />If you want to choose between two liberals with little regard for the Constitution, and the guarantee of simply repeating this theater for every electoral cycle to come....you're welcome to. I wouldn't say it's <i>illogical</i>....it's simply expected.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.com