Posts Made By: James Brown

Are you suggesting that Mile High Stadium [SIZE="Small"](aka Invesco field)[/SIZE] is not holy ground? >

Jim

Robert Hennessy said:

Jim-

When Obama is elected, will you be loving America or leaving America?


Bob

This Jim will be staying and loving America. Moaning about the end of the world and living abroad is for self centered losers like Alec Baldwin.

If Obama wins I expect to pay more taxes and I might suffer through a business downturn, although I have an ace-in-the-hole there.

I expect to pay more taxes if McCain wins too.

So it goes. Not much will change.

Jim

Jim Moscheck said:

But she does read a teleprompter well...

Jim,

Are you stealing lines from Jim Babcock?

Actually this line is apparently a key Democratic taking point since I heard it on CNN and PBS before I logged on here.

Nonetheless, after the last 8 years of mangled English, I'm darned glad that Palin, Obama, McCain and what's-his-name can read a teleprompter well!

Jim

Jim E. Gleason said:

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=28946

Jim:

Why do you think that we have time to peruse more than one politics forum? It's not like we all don't spend too much time with just the one, without being linked to others. For me at least, another forum is a line I can't cross. Just my humble opinion of course.

J

Hi Kevin:

Which of Dr. Chopra's observations do you agree with and why?

Jim

Tom Rodstrom said:

Loose your home loose your vote. It appears that Republicans are contemplating using forclosure lists to prevent voters from voting. Brilliant, Rove has been taking his vitamins! Just what I would expect from the Republican machine. Now if they can only find a way to keep out everyone making $250K or less they will be on a roll.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/3047244;_ylt=AoW7_Au1IKbfTXQaGhNQTORhr7sF

Hi Tom:

This reported scheme would be pretty bad, if it were true. Who can tell from this piece? I'm not saying that Michigan Republicans are above this, but why screw around with Michigan. Michigan is in the bag for Obama no matter what manipulations are made.

On a side point, I'm amazed that the article says the following:

"The federal suit, which Democratic lawyers acknowledged was based solely on unconfirmed news and Internet reports..."

Can this possibly be true? If we have arrived at the point where Federal Court litigation is filed based upon unconfirmed news or internet reports, the wheels really have fallen off the civil justice system.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b) states as follows:

[SIZE="Small"][COLOR="Blue"]11(b) Representations to the Court.

By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper — whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it — an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:

(1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;

(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;

(3) the factual contentions have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and

(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

The litigators I know take Rule 11 very seriously. I can't imagine filing a lawsuit based upon an unsubstantiated news or internet report. Of course, I don't know any of the battalion of lawyers the major parties keep at the ready for stuff like this. They probably make run-of-the-mill mob lawyers look like Abraham Lincoln.

Jim

Tom Rodstrom said:

In the years I've been posting on this forum Jim and I have blasted each other mercilessly, but I gradually came to like and respect the man. We both care deeply about this country and want the best for it. We just have much different ideas of what that is and how to get there.

In the past I have chastised Jim for making money as a military contractor. I was wrong. As I came to know Jim better I became absolutely certain that Jim's only motivation was love of country. He selflessly put himself in harms way and was wounded in Afghanistan. That makes him a fallen hero in my book.

The injuries he received in Afghanistan are almost certainly are the cause of his recent stroke and heart attack making him a casualty of war once again. I miss Jim on this forum and shed some tears when I think of him and what his service has cost him and his family.

I would like to send him a card and some flowers wishing him a complete and speedy recovery. My only contact with Jim is through Astromart so I do not have his address. It would be nice if Herb, or someone who knows him better could help me and anyone else to send best wishes to Jim. In the mean time for those who are so inclined please keep Jim in your prayers. For those who don't pray, perhaps a random act of kindness as a tribute might be in order.

Health, Happiness, and Clear Steady Skies to All
Tom

Hi Tom:

Very nicely put. As Tom knows, Jeannie Babcock sent the news yesterday that Jim B. is now conscious, and fighting for recovery. I am sure that it will be the fight of his life.

I have an address for Jim, courtesy of James L. I'll send it to Tom. If anyone else wants to send a card etc. just p.m. me for the address.

Jim (the other Jim B. )

Here is the full frame shot that the previous crop was taken from. Canon 300D at the prime focus of a TEC APO 140 refractor.

Jim

Robert Pasken said:

In 2003 a study found that viewers of Fox News were significantly more misinformed about the Iraq war, with far greater percentages of viewers erroneously believing that Iraq possessed WMDs or that there was a credible link between the 9/11 attack and Saddam Hussein than those who got their news from other outlets like NPR and PBS. This has lead to the rise of websites like FactCheck and SourceWatch.

Hi Robert:

2003 kind of taints these questions. Things were a lot less certain back then, (if I recall correctly? Maybe not??)

Nonetheless the above is not my point. The righty bias of Fox is not news. Of course neither is the lefty bias of certain other news outlets.

Therefore, I'd be interested in seeing how many viewers of various news outlets believe that Clinton was impeached for having sex with an intern. Or how many viewers of CBS etc. think that the final count of all hanging chads by the major news organizations clearly showed Gore winning Florida 8 years ago. I imagine that you might see a similar misinformation "correlation" in reverse. Did the source of this study ask any questions where a Democratic predisposition and bias might lead the respondees to more readily accept selected commonly held misinformation?

I'm not excusing the ignorance of those who are holding fast to misinformation and propaganda by the way. I am suggesting that this study might have had a bias/agenda which is apparent from the particular misinformation they chose to explore.

Jim

Rod Kaufman said:

McCain will show up at the debates even though a bailout deal hasn't been reached:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.mississippi/index.html
Of course, his bull-speak was his presence was critical in resolving the economic disaster wrought on this country by his party but now he feels comfortable in participating because he's given his input. I'm sure we will all sleep better tonight knowing he's given his all and he's content with the progress!

Hi Rod:

As each piece of the financial crisis has unfolded I keep thinking "there is absolutely no way Obama can lose now." I have just barely enough insight to know that the blame which is placed upon the Republicans is not justified in this instance. I definitely have enough political maturity to know that whether the blame is justified is irrelevant.

Now McCain appears to flip-flop on the debate. As of a few minutes ago there was no deal in Washington. I thought McCain's decision to go to Washington and skip the debate was dumb for this very reason. McCain should have known he would have to recant. Obama is making McCain blink.

Unless McCain absolutely destroys Obama tonight, the election is over. Obama would have to show up drunk, or pick his nose on TV or go off on a racist tirade or some such thing to lose now. Look for a 5-10 point lead by Obama in the critical swing states by this time next week.

Finito.

Jim