Comments on: American Shame http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69622 Lysander Spooner II Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:56:25 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69622 Bite me, Zython! Bite me, Zython!

]]> By: Shorter Frank http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69621 Shorter Frank Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:15:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69621 so, SO lonely!! so, SO lonely!!

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69620 Lysander Spooner II Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:56:52 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69620 Stop it, Zython, you punk Stop it, Zython, you punk

]]> By: Shorter Frank http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69619 Shorter Frank Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:51:01 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69619 Maybe if I believe hard enough, it'll be true. Oh God, I'm so lonely. Maybe if I believe hard enough, it’ll be true. Oh God, I’m so lonely.

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69618 Lysander Spooner II Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:02:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69618 Every single comment has an answer from you. You can't help yourself. You can ignore dozens of comments, but not mune. Every single comment has an answer from you.
You can’t help yourself.
You can ignore dozens of comments, but not mune.

]]> By: Zython http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69617 Zython Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:56:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69617 <i>No, you dig me, Zy, confess</i> If you want to believe that, I can't stop you. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Whatever helps you get up in the morning. Just...whatever. No, you dig me, Zy, confess

If you want to believe that, I can’t stop you. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Whatever helps you get up in the morning. Just…whatever.

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69616 Lysander Spooner II Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:20:44 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69616 Wrong, "both" Zythons. I don't "Fisk" his every sentence, and pretty much ignore every other commenter. No, you dig me, Zy, confess. Wrong, “both” Zythons. I don’t “Fisk” his every sentence, and pretty much ignore every other commenter.

No, you dig me, Zy, confess.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69615 Anonymous Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:54:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69615 By the way, Frank. Believe it if you wish. Whatever helps you get out of bed in the morning. By the way, Frank. Believe it if you wish. Whatever helps you get out of bed in the morning.

]]> By: Zython http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69614 Zython Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:37:36 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69614 By your "reasoning" you have a crush on Oliver. By your “reasoning” you have a crush on Oliver.

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69613 Lysander Spooner II Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:32:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69613 Zython, we know no one taught you to debate. Or, if they did, we haven't seen any evidence of it practiced here. You follow me around like a hungry puppy, and try to contrive clever "responses" to my every comment -- in fact, every sentence in my comment. That's why I think you have a crush on me. Zython, we know no one taught you to debate. Or, if they did, we haven’t seen any evidence of it practiced here.

You follow me around like a hungry puppy, and try to contrive clever “responses” to my every comment — in fact, every sentence in my comment.

That’s why I think you have a crush on me.

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69612 Lysander Spooner II Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:03:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69612 Zython, we know no one taught you to debate. Or, if they did, we haven't seen any evidence of it practiced here. You follow me around like a hungry puppy, and try to contrive clever "responses" to my every comment -- in fact, every sentence in my comment. That's why I think you have a crush on me. Zython, we know no one taught you to debate. Or, if they did, we haven’t seen any evidence of it practiced here.

You follow me around like a hungry puppy, and try to contrive clever “responses” to my every comment — in fact, every sentence in my comment.

That’s why I think you have a crush on me.

]]> By: Zython http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69611 Zython Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:26:56 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69611 <i>why do have a crush on me?</i> Who the hell taught you "debate"? Ned "Carlos" Mencia? why do have a crush on me?

Who the hell taught you “debate”? Ned “Carlos” Mencia?

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69610 Lysander Spooner II Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:44:46 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69610 I don't hate America, Zython, why do have a crush on me? I don’t hate America, Zython, why do have a crush on me?

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69609 SaveFarris Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:33:52 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69609 <i>2 years later, how many hospitals are still closed?</i> The hospitals (& schools & neighborhoods, etc) won't open back up until they're up to a minimum level of safety and accountability. Of course, they were far below standards before August 2005 to begin with... 2 years later, how many hospitals are still closed?

The hospitals (& schools & neighborhoods, etc) won’t open back up until they’re up to a minimum level of safety and accountability. Of course, they were far below standards before August 2005 to begin with…

]]> By: Zython http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69608 Zython Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:24:53 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69608 <i> It's a shame that we can't just pour an unspecified amount of money into the hands of one of the crookedest, most incompetent governments ever.</i> Why do you hate America? (Always wanted to do that) <i>Unlike US Government "loans", all this money will be repaid -- probably by all US taxpayers.</i> Heven forbid that US taxpayers should have to pay for ANYTHING, especially the well being of one of their major cities. Heaven for-fucking-bid! It’s a shame that we can’t just pour an unspecified amount of money into the hands of one of the crookedest, most incompetent governments ever.

Why do you hate America? (Always wanted to do that)

Unlike US Government “loans”, all this money will be repaid — probably by all US taxpayers.

Heven forbid that US taxpayers should have to pay for ANYTHING, especially the well being of one of their major cities. Heaven for-fucking-bid!

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69607 Duros62 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:45:05 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69607 If I recall correctly, a number of foreign governments offered to send aid and supplies immediately after the devastation, and the Feds turned them down. "No thanks, we got it." 2 years later, how many hospitals are still closed? If I recall correctly, a number of foreign governments offered to send aid and supplies immediately after the devastation, and the Feds turned them down.
“No thanks, we got it.”

2 years later, how many hospitals are still closed?

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69606 Lysander Spooner II Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:00:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69606 I have no objection to their asking for money from whatever source. I didn't notice in the original story, or even the Think Progress link that indicated that conservatives had any objections to their getting money from Togo, Sierra Leone, or Venezuela. Unlike US Government "loans", all this money will be repaid -- probably by all US taxpayers. I have no objection to their asking for money from whatever source.

I didn’t notice in the original story, or even the Think Progress link that indicated that conservatives had any objections to their getting money from Togo, Sierra Leone, or Venezuela.

Unlike US Government “loans”, all this money will be repaid — probably by all US taxpayers.

]]> By: Acanthus http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69605 Acanthus Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:33:09 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69605 Spooner, the thing is, they are no longer just complaining about waiting (after damn near two years), they are taking an alternate route. My criticism of them is that they waited so long to consider foreign aid. Conservatives had a problem with them asking for federal aid from "their" country, and now conservatives have a problem with them asking for foreign aid? Their objections have as much to do with control issues as anything else. Spooner, the thing is, they are no longer just complaining about waiting (after damn near two years), they are taking an alternate route. My criticism of them is that they waited so long to consider foreign aid. Conservatives had a problem with them asking for federal aid from “their” country, and now conservatives have a problem with them asking for foreign aid? Their objections have as much to do with control issues as anything else.

]]> By: Nimrod Gently http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69604 Nimrod Gently Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:48:29 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69604 You misspelled "out of the hands" there Frank. You misspelled “out of the hands” there Frank.

]]> By: Lysander Spooner II http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/06/15/american-shame/#comment-69603 Lysander Spooner II Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:21:44 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=5915#comment-69603 It's a shame that we can't just pour an unspecified amount of money into the hands of one of the crookedest, most incompetent governments ever. They waited 'til water was up to their ankles before they called for the Federal government's help, and now they're complaining about waiting for recovery money? It’s a shame that we can’t just pour an unspecified amount of money into the hands of one of the crookedest, most incompetent governments ever.

They waited ’til water was up to their ankles before they called for the Federal government’s help, and now they’re complaining about waiting for recovery money?

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