I respect that. I hope he recovers . However his life in politics I have come to loathe. His one good political ideas was term limits. That's one that everybody, regardless of political affiliation or philosophy , should demand. Get these parisites out of DC after 1 term as a Senator, 3 for the House. We have a nation of 300 plus million . There is enough talent . These thieves are stealing the country .
McCain came dangerously close to federal prison for his role in the Keating Five. At the very least his admitted poor judgement directly led to bank failures and suicifdes by heretofore respected members of their communities . People were bankrupted . Savings dissolved . A decent man would have retired from public office, accepting his shame.
Look , many people get cancer. 20 year-olds get brain cancer . Cancer has ripped through my family . I've had cancer. It's a terrible disease , actually a terrible series of diseases. A dear woman of 53 that I know is about to succumb to it. I feel badly for his family . But I feel nothing for John McCain. For too many years, he's been a major part of the problem. And his reflexive urge to commit US troops to every hapless situation in the world is a psychosis born of his incarceration and torture by the North Vietnamese , in my opinion . We are in places right now where we have no business being because of McCain and his ilk .
The current political ban has only been in place since 2015.
We had a few temporary bans in the previous decade. We tried to allow political posts again, but things started getting really ugly well before mid-2015.
I rarely post in NFT's anymore and haven't for some time (other than maybe a movie thread).
I respect that. I hope he recovers . However his life in politics I have come to loathe. His one good political ideas was term limits. That's one that everybody, regardless of political affiliation or philosophy , should demand. Get these parisites out of DC after 1 term as a Senator, 3 for the House. We have a nation of 300 plus million . There is enough talent . These thieves are stealing the country .
McCain came dangerously close to federal prison for his role in the Keating Five. At the very least his admitted poor judgement directly led to bank failures and suicifdes by heretofore respected members of their communities . People were bankrupted . Savings dissolved . A decent man would have retired from public office, accepting his shame.
Look , many people get cancer. 20 year-olds get brain cancer . Cancer has ripped through my family . I've had cancer. It's a terrible disease , actually a terrible series of diseases. A dear woman of 53 that I know is about to succumb to it. I feel badly for his family . But I feel nothing for John McCain. For too many years, he's been a major part of the problem. And his reflexive urge to commit US troops to every hapless situation in the world is a psychosis born of his incarceration and torture by the North Vietnamese , in my opinion . We are in places right now where we have no business being because of McCain and his ilk .
I dont agree with his politics either. But unless you can assign bad intent on him then what you wrote seems pointless.
He seems to speak from conviction. Though I virtually always disagree with him I cant assign bad intent. That being the case combined with the fact he is a war hero, underlies that there is no room for a thread on him getting cancer to mock it.
Listen, Eli and Peyton manning have done some bad stuff and nobody here seems to care. Nobody is pure. Not you or I so leave it off a brain cancer thread IMO.
way more than anyone on this thread ever did. What does it matter what political affiliation he is? Why do people have to start with "I don't agree with his politics". McCain is a great American, full stop. Everyone has beliefs and opinions, and news flash most people don't agree with some of them.
way more than anyone on this thread ever did. What does it matter what political affiliation he is? Why do people have to start with "I don't agree with his politics". McCain is a great American, full stop. Everyone has beliefs and opinions, and news flash most people don't agree with some of them.
You are wrong. People on the thread were uniformly saying I dont agree with him and even I still think hes a great hero. They were pointing out they dont agree with him merely to show their respect for his service by emphasizing that despite disagreemenrs hes a great American. So your conclusion is directly the opposite of what was going on.
way more than anyone on this thread ever did. What does it matter what political affiliation he is? Why do people have to start with "I don't agree with his politics". McCain is a great American, full stop. Everyone has beliefs and opinions, and news flash most people don't agree with some of them.
because he's a warmonger and being a war hero shouldn't make that acceptable.
Became one where everyone wants to spew out their own political prejudices. It's almost as if there was this pent up political bile and Eric pulled the cap off the well for one thread.
Became one where everyone wants to spew out their own political prejudices. It's almost as if there was this pent up political bile and Eric pulled the cap off the well for one thread.
Unfortunately BBI isn't the only place people look for reason to show their asses...errr... I mean political affiliations.
It didn't take long until passive aggressive potshots were made against certain politicians, which may as well be a dog whistle for further political discourse.
I dont understand your policy about no political comments or threads, it keeps me away and I'm sure many others. Biggest news story since 911 and we can''t discuss on this forum.
Sure. It costs me a ton of traffic. But it's not worth the headache. The country is too polarized, similar to 1860.
You made it ultra-polarized with your radical right comment re: McCain. When the owner of the site makes the comments you made every radical clown is going to come out from hiding and follow suit.
I read the initial thread but didn't comment. Pretty ridiculous that there's a no political thread mandate on the site but then the owner of the site chimes in with a few absurd political comments.
This was exactly my issue when the OP on the deleted thread qualified his well wishes for Senator McCain by identifying his political philosophy. I knew this was exactly where we were headed. People on both sides of the political aisle just can't help themselves. Here we are in the the thread discussing why the other thread got deleted and we're headed for a second deletion on the same subject.
right as the thread got deleted. You did not say that you disagreed with his politics. You questioned his honor and integrity. For that, I was basically blasting you in my reply.
You do not have to agree with his politics to admit that the guy has honor and integrity. Even his political opponents would disagree with you. In fact, you actually chose the LAST person in politics to accuse of lacking honor and integrity.
I think you will agree that I have NEVER in all of my years on BBI questioned anything you have ever said, called you out, etc. However, today you may have made the "stupid post" hall of fame. I suppose we all get one of those once in a while.
There are millions of people who question John McCain's integrity. It sounds like there is a lot you don't know about John McCain. We'll have to leave it at that unless you want to e-mail me privately.
I dont understand your policy about no political comments or threads, it keeps me away and I'm sure many others. Biggest news story since 911 and we can''t discuss on this forum.
Because god forbid someone's feelings get hurt in an online forum thread
There are millions of people who question John McCain's integrity. It sounds like there is a lot you don't know about John McCain. We'll have to leave it at that unless you want to e-mail me privately.
Don't you think the timing of your comment is a tad bit inappropriate and lacks class? Seems like your apology is just a half assed one to save face.
I didn't realize "yikes" was that powerful of a word. My apologies.
Be honest with yourself. You said more than that. You took a very radical position vs a guy who's been a very solid moderate republican and public servant for his entire political career.
It was an absurd position to take and discredits the non-political mandate on the site. Looks like to me as long as you're a Trump nut swinger you're fine.
way more than anyone on this thread ever did. What does it matter what political affiliation he is? Why do people have to start with "I don't agree with his politics". McCain is a great American, full stop. Everyone has beliefs and opinions, and news flash most people don't agree with some of them.
because he's a warmonger and being a war hero shouldn't make that acceptable.
That's rich coming from a clown, who can rationalize just about every incidents of innocent civilians being killed by the police. Seriously, get the fuck out of here with your hypocritical bullshit.
I don't agree with his politics or ethics. But I don't wish him any ill will. My "yikes" comment was in response to someone who made him sound like saint. I disagree.
"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
And there are times I thought McCain was all talk and no walk. More or less a pandering politician who plays the crowd. With that said you don't take away from McCain the fact that this is a man who sacrificed a ton for this country and his fellow service men.
You can disagree with someone without taking away the integrity of what they have done throughout their life
of Chris Christie on a beach that was shut down to the public. But it was ok for the governor to do as he pleases and make rude comments to the public. That was deleted and deemed political despite the fact that no one mentioned anything other than how absurd it was and how fat he is. Weird.
of Chris Christie on a beach that was shut down to the public. But it was ok for the governor to do as he pleases and make rude comments to the public. That was deleted and deemed political despite the fact that no one mentioned anything other than how absurd it was and how fat he is. Weird.
Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
Both political parties have become either far right or far left. And when they get voted in, they don't govern based on their campaigns.
The media adds fuel to the fire and we really don't know what the truth is anymore. If you're liberal you're gonna believe the left leaning media. If you're conservative you're gonna believe the right leaning media.
John McCain is an American hero. But he is part of the problem in this country. He is a career politician and they've put us in massive debt and every law they pass seems to create more problems which results in more laws passing that create more problems. I don't understand how the Chuck Shumers, Mitch McConnell's, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain's of the world keep getting elected lol.
The problem with political discourse is that if you have an opinion which someone disagrees with, they usually personally attack you and take a "how the hell can someone have an opinion different than mine (mine is right!)" attitude.
I think it's smart not to discuss politics here. There are few places to go to get away from the political tension in this country, so it's refreshing. ESPN is having problems not only because of how much they charge, but because they push a political agenda down your throat and it's annoying. That's my opinion.
of Chris Christie on a beach that was shut down to the public. But it was ok for the governor to do as he pleases and make rude comments to the public. That was deleted and deemed political despite the fact that no one mentioned anything other than how absurd it was and how fat he is. Weird.
Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
RE: RE: Cool Eric, you could have just left this at
"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
Both political parties have become either far right or far left. And when they get voted in, they don't govern based on their campaigns.
The media adds fuel to the fire and we really don't know what the truth is anymore. If you're liberal you're gonna believe the left leaning media. If you're conservative you're gonna believe the right leaning media.
John McCain is an American hero. But he is part of the problem in this country. He is a career politician and they've put us in massive debt and every law they pass seems to create more problems which results in more laws passing that create more problems. I don't understand how the Chuck Shumers, Mitch McConnell's, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain's of the world keep getting elected lol.
The problem with political discourse is that if you have an opinion which someone disagrees with, they usually personally attack you and take a "how the hell can someone have an opinion different than mine (mine is right!)" attitude.
I think it's smart not to discuss politics here. There are few places to go to get away from the political tension in this country, so it's refreshing. ESPN is having problems not only because of how much they charge, but because they push a political agenda down your throat and it's annoying. That's my opinion.
And the Paul Ryan's, tea party clowns, and other radical right donks that primary out conservatives are seriously attacking the debt? Get a grip.
RE: RE: Cool Eric, you could have just left this at
"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
I can't answer that until Beez makes his final determination :-)
McCain came dangerously close to federal prison for his role in the Keating Five. At the very least his admitted poor judgement directly led to bank failures and suicifdes by heretofore respected members of their communities . People were bankrupted . Savings dissolved . A decent man would have retired from public office, accepting his shame.
Look , many people get cancer. 20 year-olds get brain cancer . Cancer has ripped through my family . I've had cancer. It's a terrible disease , actually a terrible series of diseases. A dear woman of 53 that I know is about to succumb to it. I feel badly for his family . But I feel nothing for John McCain. For too many years, he's been a major part of the problem. And his reflexive urge to commit US troops to every hapless situation in the world is a psychosis born of his incarceration and torture by the North Vietnamese , in my opinion . We are in places right now where we have no business being because of McCain and his ilk .
We had a few temporary bans in the previous decade. We tried to allow political posts again, but things started getting really ugly well before mid-2015.
I rarely post in NFT's anymore and haven't for some time (other than maybe a movie thread).
McCain came dangerously close to federal prison for his role in the Keating Five. At the very least his admitted poor judgement directly led to bank failures and suicifdes by heretofore respected members of their communities . People were bankrupted . Savings dissolved . A decent man would have retired from public office, accepting his shame.
Look , many people get cancer. 20 year-olds get brain cancer . Cancer has ripped through my family . I've had cancer. It's a terrible disease , actually a terrible series of diseases. A dear woman of 53 that I know is about to succumb to it. I feel badly for his family . But I feel nothing for John McCain. For too many years, he's been a major part of the problem. And his reflexive urge to commit US troops to every hapless situation in the world is a psychosis born of his incarceration and torture by the North Vietnamese , in my opinion . We are in places right now where we have no business being because of McCain and his ilk .
He seems to speak from conviction. Though I virtually always disagree with him I cant assign bad intent. That being the case combined with the fact he is a war hero, underlies that there is no room for a thread on him getting cancer to mock it.
Listen, Eli and Peyton manning have done some bad stuff and nobody here seems to care. Nobody is pure. Not you or I so leave it off a brain cancer thread IMO.
because he's a warmonger and being a war hero shouldn't make that acceptable.
Lol
Unfortunately BBI isn't the only place people look for reason to show their asses...errr... I mean political affiliations.
Because that's a overt political post. We've banned people all over the political spectrum.
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I dont understand your policy about no political comments or threads, it keeps me away and I'm sure many others. Biggest news story since 911 and we can''t discuss on this forum.
Sure. It costs me a ton of traffic. But it's not worth the headache. The country is too polarized, similar to 1860.
You made it ultra-polarized with your radical right comment re: McCain. When the owner of the site makes the comments you made every radical clown is going to come out from hiding and follow suit.
I read the initial thread but didn't comment. Pretty ridiculous that there's a no political thread mandate on the site but then the owner of the site chimes in with a few absurd political comments.
You do not have to agree with his politics to admit that the guy has honor and integrity. Even his political opponents would disagree with you. In fact, you actually chose the LAST person in politics to accuse of lacking honor and integrity.
I think you will agree that I have NEVER in all of my years on BBI questioned anything you have ever said, called you out, etc. However, today you may have made the "stupid post" hall of fame. I suppose we all get one of those once in a while.
Because god forbid someone's feelings get hurt in an online forum thread
Don't you think the timing of your comment is a tad bit inappropriate and lacks class? Seems like your apology is just a half assed one to save face.
This is completely unnecessary as well. As someone that you dislike would say, "they go low, we go high."
Be honest with yourself. You said more than that. You took a very radical position vs a guy who's been a very solid moderate republican and public servant for his entire political career.
It was an absurd position to take and discredits the non-political mandate on the site. Looks like to me as long as you're a Trump nut swinger you're fine.
I've said my piece.
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way more than anyone on this thread ever did. What does it matter what political affiliation he is? Why do people have to start with "I don't agree with his politics". McCain is a great American, full stop. Everyone has beliefs and opinions, and news flash most people don't agree with some of them.
because he's a warmonger and being a war hero shouldn't make that acceptable.
That's rich coming from a clown, who can rationalize just about every incidents of innocent civilians being killed by the police. Seriously, get the fuck out of here with your hypocritical bullshit.
I don't agree with his politics or ethics. But I don't wish him any ill will. My "yikes" comment was in response to someone who made him sound like saint. I disagree.
That's all.
You can disagree with someone without taking away the integrity of what they have done throughout their life
Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
The media adds fuel to the fire and we really don't know what the truth is anymore. If you're liberal you're gonna believe the left leaning media. If you're conservative you're gonna believe the right leaning media.
John McCain is an American hero. But he is part of the problem in this country. He is a career politician and they've put us in massive debt and every law they pass seems to create more problems which results in more laws passing that create more problems. I don't understand how the Chuck Shumers, Mitch McConnell's, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain's of the world keep getting elected lol.
The problem with political discourse is that if you have an opinion which someone disagrees with, they usually personally attack you and take a "how the hell can someone have an opinion different than mine (mine is right!)" attitude.
I think it's smart not to discuss politics here. There are few places to go to get away from the political tension in this country, so it's refreshing. ESPN is having problems not only because of how much they charge, but because they push a political agenda down your throat and it's annoying. That's my opinion.
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of Chris Christie on a beach that was shut down to the public. But it was ok for the governor to do as he pleases and make rude comments to the public. That was deleted and deemed political despite the fact that no one mentioned anything other than how absurd it was and how fat he is. Weird.
Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
Offensive.
Ban this man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
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"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
You are.
That is all.
The media adds fuel to the fire and we really don't know what the truth is anymore. If you're liberal you're gonna believe the left leaning media. If you're conservative you're gonna believe the right leaning media.
John McCain is an American hero. But he is part of the problem in this country. He is a career politician and they've put us in massive debt and every law they pass seems to create more problems which results in more laws passing that create more problems. I don't understand how the Chuck Shumers, Mitch McConnell's, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain's of the world keep getting elected lol.
The problem with political discourse is that if you have an opinion which someone disagrees with, they usually personally attack you and take a "how the hell can someone have an opinion different than mine (mine is right!)" attitude.
I think it's smart not to discuss politics here. There are few places to go to get away from the political tension in this country, so it's refreshing. ESPN is having problems not only because of how much they charge, but because they push a political agenda down your throat and it's annoying. That's my opinion.
And the Paul Ryan's, tea party clowns, and other radical right donks that primary out conservatives are seriously attacking the debt? Get a grip.
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"I crossed a line I shouldn't have, and apologize" and left it at that, yet you continue to throw in your qualifiers and justification of what you think of the man.
But is saying, "I apologize" really an apology? Or does he have to say, "I'm sorry?"
I can't answer that until Beez makes his final determination :-)
Fuck Ya!
Mer'ca!!!
Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
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Seeing a whale lampooned like that put BBI at risk of being sued by PETA.
lol
Please don't encourage such hate speak.