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Benghazi: the coverup

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Oct 3, 2012.

  1. Nook

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    You read a book? Good for you! .. and it didn't have pictures or say the Earth is 4000 years old! I am so proud of you!
     
  2. bobmarley

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    The Bible never says how old the Earth is, good grief.

    I am high school reading teacher, btw.

    I love when people try to define who you are. I'm sure it would totally reassure your feelings about me as a conservative if I was an illiterate, young Earth creationist.
     
  3. fchowd0311

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    but you do believe in an invisible being you have never heard, felt, or seen.
     
  4. TheresTheDagger

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    You know you've really whipped someone in a debate when they come after you personally.
     
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  5. Northside Storm

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    and thus why emotionalizing things is a bad idea.

    if indeed you cared about innocents dying, this crisis would be one of your last priorities, insofar as you and countless others have made it their first, I can only assume there is some sort of ulterior motive.

    By the way, the reason why I mention this doesn't matter ultimately, is that fudging the truth is very hard to prove, and perjury is about the closest thing this scandal has going for it. Unfortunately, Hillary did not perjure herself, because she couldn't perjure herself---

    uh, international war crimes and unconstitutional warrentless wiretapping are kinda higher up on the scale.
     
  6. Northside Storm

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    If the Supreme Court wasn't stuck in the limbo land of "you can't sue unless you know the government is watching, and you'll never know the government is watching", this thing would be snapped shut, barring massive brainfarts from the conservative justices.

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/1/40...ourt-warrantless-wiretap-opponents-are-losing

     
  7. mc mark

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    This has really got to be embarrassing for Issa. He better find something soon or people are going to start calling him Ken Starr.

    GOP Aides Mock House Republicans’ ‘Crazy’ Benghazi Witch-Hunt

    In particular, these aides say key staffers have been overly consumed with chasing down or addressing inaccurate or unfounded accusations emerging from the inquiry.

    “We have got to get past that and figure out what are we going to do going forward,” a GOP aide stressed. “Some of the accusations, I mean you wouldn’t believe some of this stuff. It’s just — I mean, you’ve got to be on Mars to come up with some of this stuff.”

    the full article
     
  8. Dubious

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    If you are getting paid enough, you don't care how ridiculous you look.
     
  9. bobmarley

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    Increasing Embassy security would never have stopped Benghazi from happening. What was the special mission there for in the first place?

    Northside, I appreciate your efforts to inform us of the many deaths of civilians due to the use of drone strikes.

    If you could do things differently, when it comes to drones and the war on terror, what would you like to see done?
     
  10. bobmarley

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    So should we throw out our Constitution because it's pretty obvious the framers believed in some sort of God.
     
  11. fchowd0311

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    where in the Constitution does it reference any sort of higher being?
     
  12. Dubious

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    "endowed by their creator"

    But science and freedom from myth have come a long way in 200 years.
     
  13. Northside Storm

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    Well, forbidding double-tap is one quick thing off the bat that could be done.

    http://www.policymic.com/articles/2...e-taps-highlight-possible-war-crimes-by-obama

    uh, why

    Anyways, to stick to the topic, Benghazi is a manufactured scandal.
     
  14. fchowd0311

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    What part of the constitution? Can't find it.
     
  15. giddyup

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    "done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,..."

    SIGNATURES
     
  16. giddyup

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    That is actually from The Declaration of Independence-- a most important document.
     
  17. Nook

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    Hypocrite?

    You had no difficulty defining me in the few posts prior to this.

    As far as being a conservative, I am a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, limited government and personal freedoms. If that makes me a radical liberal so be it.

    I don't really care if you are a creationist, tit for tat.
     
  18. bobmarley

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    It’s not just Republicans up in arms about Benghazi. That’s a problem for President Obama.
    By Sean Sullivan, Published: May 22, 2013
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    Last year’s deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya is shaping up as a real political problem for President Obama, with concern extending well beyond the conservative base. More than half of Americans say his administration is trying to cover up the facts of the attack, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

    Fully 55 percent say the Obama administration is trying to hide the facts, while just 33 percent say it has honestly disclosed what it knows of the incident. It’s not just Republicans crying foul: Six in 10 independents and nearly three in 10 Democrats say the administration is not being forthright.

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    Republicans have assailed the Obama administration in the aftermath of the attacks, which claimed the lives of four Americans including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Their focus has been on a set of talking points that initially labeled the attack a spontaneous assault. Later, the administration said it was an act of terror.

    The Obama administration released 100 pages of e-mails last week in an effort to demonstrate that an internal debate over the talking points did not include White House interference. But it has done little to quell GOP criticism.

    “We know there was inadequate security. We know an American ambassador and three other brave Americans got killed. And we know the administration kind of made up a tale here in order to make it seem like it wasn’t a terrorist attack. I think that’s worthy of investigation, and the investigations ought to go forward,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet The Press.”

    White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday the GOP “obsession” with administration talking points is “demonstrably political” and has detracted attention from “the tragedy that happened in Benghazi, the need to find those responsible for the deaths of four Americans and hold them to justice.”
    Americans are split over the question of whether Republicans are playing politics. Forty-five percent say congressional Republicans are engaging in political posturing while 44 percent say they are raising legitimate concerns. Nearly one in 10 say they have no opinion.

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    Here’s why concerns about Benghazi pose a potentially major political threat to Obama: It’s one of three issues that has put him on defense of late, and not even the one Republican strategists believe holds the most potential for long-term damage. The Internal Revenue Service’s decision to single out conservative groups for extra scrutiny is Obama’s biggest problem right now, Republicans generally agree. As he deals with that issue, the last thing the president needs is for concerns about Benghazi to flare up in the coming months.

    Both the Post-ABC poll and a CNN/ORC International survey show that Obama’s job approval numbers are unscathed even as he’s had to answer mounting questions about his administration’s practices on various fronts. But the surveys also show some troubling signals for the president.

    According to the Post-ABC poll, most Americans think the IRS’s decision was a deliberate effort to harass the groups, rather than a administrative mistake. And the public is split over whether or not the Obama administration is trying to cover up the facts in that scandal. Add the concerns about Benghazi, and the resulting concoction is not a pleasant one for the president.

    The new poll was conducted May 16 to 19 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults. The results from the full poll have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
     
  19. bobmarley

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    Leftist Rag New Republic Smears Slain SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle: “If He Had Been A Muslim, We’d Call Him An Extremist”…

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    The piece of ***** who wrote this drivel is New Republic senior editor, Isaac Chotiner.

    Via New Republic:

     

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