tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post3450875663048595191..comments2023-07-06T08:47:49.421-05:00Comments on Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics: Political inflationStreet Sweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04829434036913451764noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-25316291831519036812008-09-25T10:16:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:16:00.000-05:00Actually, anonymous, this state's been populated f...Actually, anonymous, this state's been populated for many decades by a lot of "good Germans," Americans of German ancestry, many of whom fought and died in two wars against bad Germans and their despicable ideologies. As I recall, Marxism and Nazism were both conceived by bad Germans and are opposed even today by Republicans, and an occasional Nebraska Democrat. What's your point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-41054010168926052052008-09-23T20:38:00.000-05:002008-09-23T20:38:00.000-05:00Is Republicanism in this state a genetic defect? T...Is Republicanism in this state a genetic defect? This state would make very good Germans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-67121955757446550532008-09-22T09:36:00.000-05:002008-09-22T09:36:00.000-05:00With regard to Chuck Hagel, it's sad to see him de...With regard to Chuck Hagel, it's sad to see him degenerate from an active public servant of his constituents to a rambling irrelevant placeholder on the Senate stage. His principled opposition to Bush policies seems to have slid into becoming a thorn in the side of his fellow party members, even on issues which he used to support. <BR/><BR/>Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) wrote a letter to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-49611202189893893492008-09-22T09:19:00.000-05:002008-09-22T09:19:00.000-05:00From the Guardian: “James Hansen, who heads Nasa'...From the Guardian: “James Hansen, who heads Nasa's [sic] Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, called for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of “actively spreading doubt about global warming.” The article continues by reporting that “he is also considering personally targeting members of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-55044799168748089222008-09-21T09:19:00.000-05:002008-09-21T09:19:00.000-05:00Oh, I forgot, Jim Esch is the poster child of trut...Oh, I forgot, Jim Esch is the poster child of truth and integrity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-90498982279557923382008-09-20T10:20:00.000-05:002008-09-20T10:20:00.000-05:00Eh, Lee Terry could care less what the truth reall...Eh, Lee Terry could care less what the truth really is, as long as it sounds good in an ad or a quote in the paper.<BR/><BR/>Remember how he insisted for the longest time that the Chinese were drilling off our coasts by Cuba? He didn't do a whole lot of fact checking on that whopper either.<BR/><BR/>I think Richard Carter needs to turn his "truth squad" inward on the Terry campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-37708521366160384232008-09-20T10:10:00.000-05:002008-09-20T10:10:00.000-05:00"What is with Dems and inflating actual prices?" ..."What is with Dems and inflating actual prices?" <BR/><BR/>SS, you are expecting reason from the unreasoning.<BR/><BR/>Dems are grounded in heart not head. It is like Obama embracing the tiny part of the population that is black while kicking the majority that are women. Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-86348448392592436582008-09-20T08:35:00.000-05:002008-09-20T08:35:00.000-05:00Is it at all possible that the porcupine or whatev...Is it at all possible that the porcupine or whatever variety that you claim to be near extinction is getting smaller because another type is getting bigger? Isn't that called "life"? Maybe instead of sending our country to the brink of desimation, economically, we could just increase hunting on the variety that is getting over populated? That would seem to allow for more food sources for all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-7471465964759231212008-09-20T07:58:00.000-05:002008-09-20T07:58:00.000-05:00The different herds have different survival rates ...The different herds have different survival rates given the same conditions? Does this make even the slightist scientific sense? And you're telling me that in 2002, with ANWR already being an issue, scientists could not possibly be making stuff up to go along with "the herd?" What are scientists but humans? You think they aren't political creatures as well? Now who's being naive?<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-55415483158694535552008-09-20T00:13:00.000-05:002008-09-20T00:13:00.000-05:00Scientists are always off when their studies reach...Scientists are always off when their studies reach conclusions that Republicans don't like. Why do you think Bush spent all those years trying to fill EPA jobs with oil cronies and then blacking out the real scientific results that didn't match what Republicans wanted to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-88618147381729517792008-09-19T23:30:00.000-05:002008-09-19T23:30:00.000-05:00To Rick ------- is the USGS scientists always 100%...To Rick ------- is the USGS scientists always 100% right or have they ever been off with their predictions?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your brilliance with us not so gifted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-72355828144959673572008-09-19T18:40:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:40:00.000-05:00Republicans are mad at a fellow party member becau...Republicans are mad at a fellow party member because he tells the truth?<BR/>No wonder the party lost the house and senate and soon the white house.<BR/>Go Barack and Esch!<BR/>ricky from omahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-26101758672909753322008-09-19T18:26:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:26:00.000-05:00Me thinks the edjee-cated professor should stick t...Me thinks the edjee-cated professor should stick to his profession (chemistry, I believe) and avoid subjects he knows nothing about, or is unable to proficiently research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-22153143956772608822008-09-19T18:16:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:16:00.000-05:00Right Wing Professor:The figures you cite are from...Right Wing Professor:<BR/><BR/>The figures you cite are from Prudhoe Bay and involve the Central Arctic Herd, not the Porcupine Herd in ANWR. As noted by the USGS scientists, the Porcupine Herd is less adaptable than the Central Arctic Herd.<BR/><BR/>The section of the USGS study on the Central Arctic Herd concluded that development did affect the distribution of the herd (since the caribou Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-71991778828902257702008-09-19T18:13:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:13:00.000-05:00SS: I’ll grant you that the fact checking in the ...SS: <BR/><BR/>I’ll grant you that the fact checking in the Reader article was terrible – in that they didn’t do any – and I’ll concede your points 2-6 – but my problem isn’t that the Reader didn’t check the caribou statement. <BR/><BR/>I take issue with Lee Terry failing to check the accuracy of that statement before repeating it.<BR/><BR/>The idea that caribou “like” oil pipelines is one of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-35247511765734564012008-09-19T18:10:00.000-05:002008-09-19T18:10:00.000-05:00How "Heineman" for Heineman to say nothing about H...How "Heineman" for Heineman to say nothing about Hagel. You might call it polite...I call it typical Heineman artful dodginess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-84008075946680946522008-09-19T17:56:00.000-05:002008-09-19T17:56:00.000-05:00You people amaze me! The world is falling apart. ...You people amaze me! The world is falling apart. We are facing an economic crisis which they are now saying will require hundreds of billions of dollars from middle class tax payers. We are presently hundreds of billions of dollars in debt because of the war. Money has been borrowed from Social Security with no plan to repay it. Gas prices, food prices are at an all time high. People are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-31354656803919500562008-09-19T17:22:00.000-05:002008-09-19T17:22:00.000-05:00Hagel has carried the Nebraska GOP for a long time...Hagel has carried the Nebraska GOP for a long time so one would think they would still bring some support for him. His support has helped build the party to what it is today. However, how can one expect to change their views, or have their true inner views come out, and expect thier suppoters to follow blindly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-87600248112539651282008-09-19T16:35:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:35:00.000-05:00The New York Times, on the construction of the Ala...The New York Times, on the construction of the Alaska Pipeline, Oct. 14, 1973, said the question was “whether the caribou will go the way of the buffalo.”<BR/><BR/>In fact, the herd has increased from 6,000 to 30,000.<BR/><BR/>That's the kewl thing about being an environmentalist. Nobody keeps track of all the times you predict doom and it doesn't happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-1866810339505773722008-09-19T16:31:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:31:00.000-05:00As magnificently gifted as I am, we do, on occasio...As magnificently gifted as I am, we do, on occasion, receive information on issues from outside parties...Street Sweeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829434036913451764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-86896643102011309772008-09-19T16:29:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:29:00.000-05:00Street Sweeper can you just admit once and for all...Street Sweeper can you just admit once and for all that you are either currently, or you were in the past, a Terry staffer (either congressional or campaign)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-39884874874786634042008-09-19T16:08:00.000-05:002008-09-19T16:08:00.000-05:00You want "Facts", do you Rick?Here are a few that ...You want "Facts", do you Rick?<BR/><BR/>Here are a few that were left out of the Reader article -- beyond the authors not being able to add and subtract:<BR/><BR/>1. They fail to mention that Terry has authored 7 major laws in just the past four years.<BR/><BR/>2. They say Terry co-sponsored 118 bills in his 10 years on the Hill, compared to Jon Christensen who co-sponsored 408.<BR/><BR/>Nope. Street Sweeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829434036913451764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-12265489094242228952008-09-19T15:54:00.000-05:002008-09-19T15:54:00.000-05:00Why did you leave out the best quote from the whol...Why did you leave out the best quote from the whole Reader article?<BR/><BR/>“We can even protect the caribou,” said Terry. “The caribou like it actually. since [sic] they have to heat the oil to pump it, the caribou huddle up around the pipelines. It keeps them warm.” – Lee “I just make this stuff up” Terry in reference to ANWR<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait, what’s that you say? The last time U.S. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-67635388992968589072008-09-19T15:05:00.000-05:002008-09-19T15:05:00.000-05:00It's not as if this is one incident by Hagel. Even...It's not as if this is one incident by Hagel. Even while he was co-chairing Bush's Nebraska campaign in 2004, he was constantly on TV deriding the war effort. We've put up with four years of this stuff. Frankly, I though it took the Nebraska GOP far too long to call him out, in this very mild way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-89822954616127219972008-09-19T14:59:00.000-05:002008-09-19T14:59:00.000-05:00Anon @2:03If Hagel is saying that, we could say th...Anon @2:03<BR/>If Hagel is saying that, we could say the same back to him. As for your clever little slogan, why don't you check out some of the posts about Richard Carter at NNN and then give us one for the Dems.BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010819134737110123noreply@blogger.com