A couple of weeks have passed since Stanley “Tookie” Williams was put to death in California. After this execution the editor of the Reading Eagle Al Walentis declared his hatred for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for not granting clemency for Mr. Williams. All of the Berks County Liberals from PA Dutchman, Jim Keller, I’m PMS 222, and so on rallied behind this murderous thug, and were against the death penalty.
Now for the present. Now it is Pennsylvania Governor Fast Eddie Rendell’s turn to put somebody to death, and we don’t hear a single peep from Al Walentis declaring his hatred for Fast Eddie on his blog. We don’t hear I’m PMS 222 on her rant about this. This is another do as I say, and not as I do moment here.
In conclusion this just proves that Liberals could care less about the death penalty. They only care when it suits their agenda. Just like Schwarzenegger, Fast Eddie is up for reelection in 2006. The Liberals will blast Schwarzenegger, but when it comes to Fast Eddie the Liberals know that they need their kook base in order to get him reelected, considering Fast Eddie’s failures in property tax reform, the pay raise, raising taxes, and continuing to carry on the Berks County spirit of picking people’s back pockets to pay for their pork.
Here is the article from the Reading Eagle about the execution warrant signed by Fast Eddie Rendell.
Gov. Ed Rendell has signed an execution warrant for a former Reading man convicted in the drug-related killings of two cousins in Exeter Township.
Shawnfatee M. Bridges, 28, an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford in Montgomery County, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Feb. 16.
Bridges, formerly of the 300 block of West Greenwich Street, was convicted as an accomplice in the Dec. 8, 1996, slayings of cousins Damon L. Banks, 22, and Gregory A. Banks, 19, both of 545 S. 171/2 St.
The victims were shot inside a minivan and their bodies dumped along West Neversink Road.
Rendell has signed 43 death warrants since taking office in 2003.
The three people executed in Pennsylvania since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978 all ended their appeals voluntarily.
As of Dec. 1, 223 men and five women were on the state’s death row, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Now in closing I am willing to guess we will see more Matt Heckman bashing from Al Walentis rather then debating this issue. My question to these Liberal Democrats is this. Will you be out there protesting this execution? Will you be out there declaring your hatred for Fast Eddie Rendell? Will you push for resolutions preventing Fast Eddie’s name from being put on any future building? I guess we have to just wait and see.
December 23, 2005 at 1:36 pm
Matt Heckman, you flaming pissant!
I challenge you to find one post on your cheap shot gallery of hate or the Reading Eagle blogs where I “rallied behind this murderous thug” that was executed in California or one where I claim to be against the death penalty. After you find none, I expect you to remove my name from your friggin list. I also expect an apology for the mislabeling attempt.
“Shawnfatee” (no wonder the kid wants to kill with a name like that) could be injected with anthrax to assure a relatively slow, painful death, for all I care.
So much for trying to pin me with your “liberal” label which, btw, you can shove where the sun don’t shine.
December 23, 2005 at 3:59 pm
I am one of those people you typically call a liberal… quite frankly there is no outrage because I strongly support the death penalty. Please take your condecending tone on this one and shove it.
December 23, 2005 at 5:46 pm
He’s signed 43 of them, I believe. Why do you care so much? Maybe one tops will ever see execution. I don’t think any should be executed.
December 23, 2005 at 7:28 pm
“So much for trying to pin me with your “liberal” label which, btw, you can shove where the sun don’t shine.”
Dude, based on the tenor of your posts I’d say you’re an aggressive lil’ progressive, aint’cha?
“I don’t think any should be executed.”
- Ok. Now what?
December 24, 2005 at 8:47 am
” Anonymous said…
“So much for trying to pin me with your “liberal” label which, btw, you can shove where the sun don’t shine.”
Dude, based on the tenor of your posts I’d say you’re an aggressive lil’ progressive, aint’cha?
“I don’t think any should be executed.”
- Ok. Now what? “
Now what? How about putting this quote back into the context from which it was lifted and post it and it’s source here.
Next, go to the topic Matt linked to and find ONE post that I made in defense, or not, of “Toukie” Williams, as Matt claims that I have.
Lastly, create a posting ID if you’re up to the technical challenge, since one anonymous asshole appears to be the same as any other.
December 24, 2005 at 10:29 pm
“Lastly, create a posting ID if you’re up to the technical challenge, since one anonymous asshole appears to be the same as any other.”
Anonymous asshole? I think you’ve got that one down pat you walking bag of vinegar and water. You are one caustic motherf**ker, you know that? How about this: “Go f**k yerself.”
December 26, 2005 at 12:32 am
I’m with Matt on this one. This is a typical Liberal moment. Mr. Heckman has just exposed you bastards yet again on this. I look forward to hearing from you people to see if you will protest this execution.
I Hope everybody had a MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND GOD BLESS US EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 26, 2005 at 8:21 am
Anonymous said…
“Lastly, create a posting ID if you’re up to the technical challenge, since one anonymous asshole appears to be the same as any other.”
Anonymous asshole? I think you’ve got that one down pat you walking bag of vinegar and water. You are one caustic motherf**ker, you know that? How about this: “Go f**k yerself.”
My, don’t some people get a little “caustic” whenever they falsly sense that they are being insulted. My point, is that those who post as “Anonymous” do so at the risk of being lumped together with any and all assholes that do the same. To the rest of us, “you” all look to be the same person.
Now. Just how seriously should WE take anyone who hasn’t the nerve or technical saavy to at least create a posting ID to go with their opinions? You do know that you don’t have to use your real name, don’t you?
How about posting the source of that out of context quote instead of having a hissy fit?
December 26, 2005 at 7:31 pm
No one has pointed out where this has become a liberal or conservative issue. As far as I know, it is usually the conservatives who are against the death penalty… you know being that they are so compassionate.
December 27, 2005 at 6:51 pm
“As far as I know, it is usually the conservatives who are against the death penalty… you know being that they are so compassionate.”
* Well I guess it’s better to be consistent than an utter hypocrite.
Do as I say, not as I do. Cogito Cogito Ergo Cogito Sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.) The progressive mantras.
That said, wasn’t it one of the Bush-bashing automatons on Al’s blog that took umbrage with the characterization of the death penalty issue as right/left? Of course with inconsistent likeminded bigots, you get an inconsistent message.
December 27, 2005 at 9:31 pm
Now that you can not pin some people with the liberal label, you just start throwing out the label “progressive.” Funny, that one has never been used before here or anywhere else (at least not until the past few days…) Congratulations, you have proven when you can’t get the upper hand, call someone a name. I think Styrker has made this point a number of times. The death penalty us not left or right issue. I have yet to see anyone provide any evidence to the contrary showing where either side really leans one way or the other on the issue.
People like you will just look for any reason to blast the other side or blast someone for your own sick pleasure. So go ahead, continue to show how truly angry you are. You don’t live a very happy life do you?
December 28, 2005 at 7:30 pm
“Now that you can not [sic] pin some people with the liberal label, you just start throwing out the label ‘progressive.’”
* Firstly, who says I can’t? You? Not so much, pal.
Secondly, the word “progressive” is to be used interchangeably with the word “liberal.” They are one and the same; I just tire of the latter.
If you’re familiar with the progressive agenda, you’ll know it mirrors the liberal agenda in EVERY way. See commondreams.com.
December 28, 2005 at 7:34 pm
“The death penalty is not left or right issue. I have yet to see anyone provide any evidence to the contrary showing where either side really leans one way or the other on the issue.”
* I’d direct you to the archives of Al’s blog in re: Tookie. The political leanings of the board’s most vocal DP critics are patently obvious.
“People like you will just look for any reason to blast the other side or blast someone for your own sick pleasure. So go ahead, continue to show how truly angry you are. You don’t live a very happy life do you?”
* I’m very happy, but there’s a lot of hate in my heart. I am reviled by those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals (and I’ll remind you that these come from one’s socialization and not a position of moral authority) that they resort to calling other people fascists and Nazis. It’s puerile and completely ridiculous. Dick Durbin can draw a correlation between Nazi death camps and U.S. interrogators, but the GOP refuses to reciprocate. Why?
Want further proof? Here’s a compendium of well-known Dem talking heads, PARTY LEADERS, prog. activists, artists and movie stars who have made Teutonic references (comparing Bush to Hilter) in the last year ALONE:
Artists and Musicians
Harold Pinter
Corin Redgrave
Ted Rall
Jay Baker
Aaron McGruder
Linda Ronstadt
Sean Penn
Madonna
Tim Robbins
Susan Sarandon
Etc,
etc,
etc…
Commentators and columnists
Scott Ritter
Harvey Wasserman
Thomas Walkom of the Toronto Star
Neil Clark
Dave Lindorff
Paul Street
Samir Amin
Iver Bogen
Yamin Zakaria
David R. Hoffman (Legal Editor of PRAVDA)
Federico Fasano Mertens, editor of La Republica del Uruguay
Wayne Madsen
Dennis Kaiser
Prashant Bhushan
Dr. Norman D. Livergood
Samir Hussain
Donaldson of the Daily Collegian
Rob Kall and Robert Thompson of At
OpEd News
Bob Fitrakis
Hugh Pearson
Bill Burkett
Carl Doerner
Adam Engel
Thom Hartmann
Michael Berglin
John Pilger
Allen Snyder
Lilian Friedberg
Political campaigners and organizations
MoveOn.Org
Ken O’Keefe
Edward Jayne
PeaceAware
Take Back The Media
Rev. James Love
A Voice for Freedom
Axis of Logic
georgewalkerbush.net
Human Rights Action
Flying Fish
“What Really Happened”
T-Shirt vendors
The ACLU
Every Progressive Activist
Oh and Party Reps:
George Soros
Robert Byrd
John Glenn
Ted Turner
Al Sharpton
Dick Durbin
Howard Dean
And the list goes on, de da dum da dum dum… (to quote Eminem)
If you want, there’s a website out there that will show you via hyperlink EXACTLY where such comments were made.
I’ll move on…
This unrequited inflammatory tenor SHOULD be returned in kind. Progs invariably are the most vocal critics in America. They hate what America stands for, yet claim they’re being patriotic by raising the volume of their voices if for not other reason then to hear themselves talk.
No matter what programs are in place, more needs to be done if not for “society’s betterment” than for mere change. The worst are the college students adorned in Soviet-era propaganda (mass produced by a skateboard company and purchased at Spencer’s or Urban Outfitters for 19.99), who buy into this ridiculous rhetoric of “left=tolerance and right=intolerance.” What an ASININE summary of a very complex and varying political dynamic.
If one looks at the political spectrum in terms of a circle, the poles will always meet. Right is left; left is right.
But since I’m digressing a little, I’ll wrap it up. The right NEEDS to be FAR more confrontational. They need voices that aren’t afraid of the leftist bully pulpit. They need people who aren’t afraid to take on Hollywood, the AP, hell… the world. Classical conservatism is about advocating and preserving for the same rights and opportunities for all, but making sure the system isn’t rigged unfairly towards one group or another. I’d argue that there is NOTHING egalitarian about the Dem party, despite a culture that attempts to pander to minorities while offering NOTHING of substance in return.
December 29, 2005 at 10:58 am
And once again you throw out labels that in no way answer the questions projected towards you. And I refuse to respond to you in an “inflammatory” manner. Anger leads to nowhere. I have viewed the Reading Eagle Blog on the subject of Tookie, and I have yet to see anyone proclaiming to be a liberal say anything any different than anyone claiming to be a conservative. In fact, I did nto see anyone claim to be either. Labels are useless. It is the reason this country can not advance, we label by race, we label by religion, we label by intelligence, we label by wealth, we label by philosophy. This is what divides us and keeps us weak and it is people like you who perpetuate it.
Drop the labels and stop being part of the problem. Drop the anger and stop being part of the problem. And lastly, nice to see you have a list of people you do not agree with…personally since none of them are my friends, relatives, co-workers or otherwise nor do I share any of their ideals in part or full I can care less about how complete you have made it.
Finally, the right are intolerant as your own diatribe seems to illustrate. Thanks for proving this point for us.
December 29, 2005 at 12:06 pm
“* I’m very happy, but there’s a lot of hate in my heart. I am reviled by those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals (and I’ll remind you that these come from one’s socialization and not a position of moral authority) that they resort to calling other people fascists and Nazis. It’s puerile and completely ridiculous.” A Horses Ass With No Name
I am reviled by those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals (and I’ll remind you that these come from one’s socialization and not a position of moral authority) that they resort to calling other people Liberals and Progressives.
December 29, 2005 at 1:00 pm
“I am reviled by those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals (and I’ll remind you that these come from one’s socialization and not a position of moral authority) that they resort to calling other people Liberals and Progressives.”
Nice try, but the terms Liberal and Progressive do not carry the negative connotation, nor the association with 1930s Germany. It’s really not that difficult to understand, but it does require some honesty on your part!
December 29, 2005 at 1:09 pm
“And once again you throw out labels that in no way answer the questions projected towards you”
* The only question I could find was ” You don’t live a very happy life do you?” and it was addressed. In the first line of my post, no less.
You’re an ass.
December 29, 2005 at 2:19 pm
“I have viewed the Reading Eagle Blog on the subject of Tookie, and I have yet to see anyone proclaiming to be a liberal say anything any different than anyone claiming to be a conservative.”
* You must not have looked too carefully. There were a lot of posts, maybe you missed some. Thomas, Fly and PMS222 (among others)… ALL are dyed-in-the-wool prog nudniks. Read again, buttercup. Don’t pretend that there are no political undertones, that’s just silly. To rework an old adage: “Not all progressives are anti-death penalty, but almost all those who are anti-death penalty are progressives.”
“Labels are useless. It is the reason this country can not advance, we label by race, we label by religion, we label by intelligence, we label by wealth, we label by philosophy.”
* Classical conservatism labels by “American.” That’s it. Labels are perpetuated by progressives, as evidenced by the activist Courts of the 60’s and 70’s. See also terms such as “suspect classification” and “fundamental rights”, where individuals are singled out and conferred more or less rights (presumably to “level the playing field”) based on the color of their skin or gender.
Prog heroes champion this nonsense and then you say it’s the CONERVATIVE base that labels? The P.C. movement is a DIRECT product of the maturation of 60’s protest gen activists to positions of influence and power.
“Finally, the right are intolerant as your own diatribe seems to illustrate. Thanks for proving this point for us”
* No more intolerant than you are of me, brotha’.
“I am reviled by those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals (and I’ll remind you that these come from one’s socialization and not a position of moral authority) that they resort to calling other people Liberals and Progressives.”
* Are you equating “Nazi” with “liberal”?! Really?! Are you serious or are you just being tongue-in-cheek?
Calling you a progressive, is akin to calling me “conservative.” I don’t really mind, even though the term obviously means something very different to both of us (to you hatred, bigotry and intolerance; to me egalitarianism, civility and the better things in life). But conservatives really don’t have that magic word that takes the discussion beyond the pale, do we? They’re not even comparable, stop.
December 29, 2005 at 2:55 pm
Here is the information you have yet to answer to…
“No one has pointed out where this has become a liberal or conservative issue. As far as I know, it is usually the conservatives who are against the death penalty… you know being that they are so compassionate.”
So point it out where it is a conservative or liberal position. Just providing the name of a bunch of liberals does not lend credibility to your claims, and neither labeling those who disagree with you. I and other readers are still waiting.
“You’re an ass.” Yup, keep throwing out the names, and get nsaty. You only go to prove how angry a person can be when they are wrong.
December 29, 2005 at 10:08 pm
“No one has pointed out where this has become a liberal or conservative issue. As far as I know, it is usually the conservatives who are against the death penalty… you know being that they are so compassionate.”
* There is no question there. Just a Berks Countian who may or may not have Down Syndrome and the attendant Moe Howard haircut, eating Play-Doh noodles smiling to himself in front of a computer thinking he somehow won a talking point by backtracking, syllogistic philosophical grandstanding and issue-distorting.
I guess I could TRY and write something as utterly-meaningless and ask you to “respond”, but I’m afraid I’d only end up disappointing you. Ok… you got me! You twisted my arm! I’ll try:
“I think therefore I am, but if I am do I think?”
Hmmmmmm… How do you respond?
I will, however, point out that “as far as you know”, you know s#it.
Go to Gallup, Zogby, or any number of other political polling sites. You’ll see the split is FAR more tangible than you’d imagine. While it IS TRUE that the left side of the aisle joins the right on the DP more than other topics, the DP like any other issue is skewed heavily. And YES, that means there are more “liberals” that are against the DP than conservatives. If you can’t see that, I’m not going to do your homework for you, but really stop trying to maintain such a transparent and untenable position. You’re not fooling anyone, kitten.
“I and other readers are still waiting.”
* Read also you and your mother.
“You only go to prove how angry a person can be when they are wrong.”
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I didn’t realize there were “right” or “wrong” answers in the free exchange of ideas. I should go get a textbook! But you’re correct, I am angry. And it’s righteous anger!
XOXO
December 29, 2005 at 10:25 pm
“Classical conservatism labels by “American.” That’s it.”
Then I guess there are no classic conservatives, so that statement goes out the door….
“I don’t really mind, even though the term obviously means something very different to both of us (to you hatred, bigotry and intolerance; to me egalitarianism, civility and the better things in life). But conservatives really don’t have that magic word that takes the discussion beyond the pale, do we? They’re not even comparable, stop.”
Civil huh? You are intolerant. I can tolerate you and your kind. It is clear you can not tolerate anyone that does not agree with you. I am attempting to reason with someone, and take offense when they call me an ass for doing so. That is arrogant and ignorant to say the least, and far from civil.
Lastly:
“You must not have looked too carefully. There were a lot of posts, maybe you missed some. Thomas, Fly and PMS222 (among others)… ALL are dyed-in-the-wool prog nudniks. Read again, buttercup. Don’t pretend that there are no political undertones, that’s just silly.”
Your so-called undertones are not evidence. Pretending has nothing to do with it, there are no specific references to liberal or conservative, aside from the fact that Al himself is usually on the side of liberals. I am someone usually referred to as a liberal, though I am happy Tookie is no longer with us. He deserved to die. And so does everyone else sitting on death row. All of those who I know who share my views on the world politically also believe that Tookie should have been put to death. The only people I heard calling for him to be let off the hook were conservatives claiming let God judge him…. So please find some real proof to back up your claims, or go on assuming and making broad generalizations.
December 29, 2005 at 10:34 pm
I’m torn. I don’t agree with an eye for an eye untill everyone is blind. I do however, think murderers should be locked up for the rest of their natural life. Why do pro death penalty advocates in the USA not call for Bush’s date of execution? I believe he has had more links to murder than Tookie…agree? Don’t kill the guy, he needs to face God at his appointed time. Just lock him up…thats all.
December 29, 2005 at 10:35 pm
Hey, why do you have “blog owner approval” for comments? Free speach yes?
December 30, 2005 at 9:30 am
“* Are you equating “Nazi” with “liberal”?! Really?! Are you serious or are you just being tongue-in-cheek? ” A
I believe that you were the one who brought up the nazi reference here. I would say that the comment was meant to point out that generic rants against the “left” (or those perceived to be on the left) are made by “those who are so bigoted and blinded by their own partisan ideals. Valid point, whether you agree or not.
“Calling you a progressive, is akin to calling me “conservative.” I don’t really mind, even though the term obviously means something very different to both of us (to you hatred, bigotry and intolerance; to me egalitarianism, civility and the better things in life).” A
One of your “civil” compassionate conservative comrads, also filled with hate in his heart, lives to bash “liberals” at every turn of his cheek. I’ve had no less than the following “labels” bestowed upon me by this esteemed friend and point man of the blog massah.
PA Parasite
PA Defeatist
PA Jacque Chirac
PA Cleric
PA Flip Flop
Pa Terrorist Supporter
PA Murderer
PA Fleecer
PA Who Flew Out of The Cuckoo’s Nest
PA Marxist
PA Porky
PA Porky Pick Pockets
PA Pick Your Pockets
PA Carper
PA Hypocrite
PA GEDer
PA Oedipus
PA Junior Enterpriser
PA Cry Baby
PA Pompus
PA Fabricator
PA Feel Good
PA Big Government
PA Snake Oil Salesman
PA Good Ole Boy
PA Fauxer
PA Flies Blind
PA Empty Head
PA Ged Drop Out
PA Loser
PA Cry Baby
PA Pick Your Pocket Parasite
PA Brown Bag
PA Stonewall Pick Your Pocket
PA Pervert
So much for your opinion that “Labels are perpetuated by progressives”. When you proclaim how proud you are to be a “conservative”, realize that the company with which you choose to associate, can tarnish your own image and message by default. Unfortunately, hokie strokie is not the one & only “bad apple” in the barrel.
The only difference between you two is in the delivery of your impotent venom. One, obviously educated beyond the eighth grade level, just uses fancier words than the other. Your hate and intolerance remains the same.
Meanwhile, I’m still waiting to hear an apology from the blog massahbeta for naming me as one of the death penalty opponents in his original post. Just another example of how “conservatives” just hate to admit that they made a mistake.
December 30, 2005 at 11:26 am
“Then I guess there are no classic conservatives, so that statement goes out the door….”
* Are you familiar with classical conservatism or are you waxing euphoric with a complete lack of understanding again?
And BTW, the accepted number of ellipses is three, not four.
“You are intolerant. I can tolerate you and your kind.”
Oh ok, well I was gonna say your nasty posts in response to my nasty posts proves you’re intolerance to my point of view, but since you said you’re tolerant of “my kind” then I guess you are. MAN do I feel silly! :-X
BTW, “your kind” certainly sounds like a “label”, don’t ya think, precious?
” I am attempting to reason with someone, and take offense when they call me an ass for doing so”
* I believe your first post was along the lines of “[a]s far as I know, it is usually the conservatives who are against the death penalty… you know being that they are so compassionate.”
Are you trying to tell me this WASN’T a backhanded comment? Of course it was. Get off your horse, Zorro.
“Your so-called undertones are not evidence. Pretending has nothing to do with it, there are no specific references to liberal or conservative, aside from the fact that Al himself is usually on the side of liberals.”
* One does NOT need SPECIFIC REFERENCES OR PROOF that the aforementioned posters have liberal or conservative leanings when invariably those who were calling for clemency have used the phrase “reich-baby” on 18 non-consecutive occasions. Or are you going to argue the asinine point that there’s no “proof” these individuals are using “reich-baby” to describe people on the right?
You’re the guy on Al’s blog who said this is not a right or left issue, and I respect you for breaking ranks with many members of your party. But if you are seeking further proof that this is a RIGHT/LEFT issue, one has to look no further than the divide in the Supreme Court.
In January 1985, the Court permitted Georgia to electrocute Roosevelt Green after his stay application failed by a 4-4 vote. Justices William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens voted in favor of a stay (considered by all to be the left wing of the Court); Chief Justice Warren Burger and justices Byron White, William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor voted against (considered by all to be the conservative backbone of the Court).
Or how about the 1985 the case of Willie Darden. The five conservatives (this time including Justice Powell) had become so fed up with what they viewed as “liberal efforts to derail the death penalty” that they refused to grant Darden a stay, even though the four “liberals” had voted to grant review in his case.
Look at the current court. Is it any mystery that O’Connor was the decisive vote on the DP mental retardation/juvenile cases? The ones where she joined lib members Stevens, Ginsburg, Souter and Breyer in citing international law, treaties and public opinion to support their decision whereas Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy cited, you know, actual U.S. constitutional jurisprudence? Those intolerant fiends.
A simple way of defining the argument is in terms of the way abortion v. execution is viewed by respective parties. For most conservatives, it’s between and innocent child and a guilty murderer. Libs draw the line at mass of tissue versus (admittedly imperfect) human life.
If you want more here’s a quote from a June 20th story revealing the results of a ABCNews poll:
“Support for the death penalty runs highest among Republicans (77 percent in favor), but it’s also supported by majorities of independents (62 percent) and Democrats (55 percent) alike.
Men tend to favor the death penalty more than women do; whites are much more apt to favor it than are blacks; and those with higher incomes are more likely to support it than are those who make less.”
There ya have it. You made me go and do your homework for you.
December 30, 2005 at 1:34 pm
“Valid point, whether you agree or not.”
I don’t agree, so who is judging as to whether your point is “valid” or not?
“Labels are perpetuated by progressives.”
* Labels, Addy. Labels. NOT insults. I most certainly NEVER stated that insults fly from only one side here. If you actually read my comments instead of posting them while pondering your retort, you’d see they were made in the context of labeling people based on their ethnic identity, their religion and their gender (and I don’t mean epithets; I mean true “labels”, e.g. African American v. American, etc.)
December 30, 2005 at 1:37 pm
“Free speach yes?”
* Free “speech” for “Amerikkkans” here only, pal. Antagonistic Canucks need not apply.
Happy belated Boxing Day.
December 30, 2005 at 5:02 pm
I get the impression debating with you (the coward anonymous) is like debating with a 6-year-old. They miss the point over and over again and lack both the intelligence and understanding to put together a vaild thought. If I were anonynmous +1 I woudl just let you live in that little fantasy world that you comfortably spend all of your waking hours in.
December 30, 2005 at 7:08 pm
“I get the impression debating with you (the coward anonymous) is like debating with a 6-year-old. They miss the point over and over again and lack both the intelligence and understanding to put together a vaild thought.”
- Oh, j.p., who may or may not actually be anonymous +1, with a hyperlink to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (clever but a little adolescent). Since we all know you so well (read also true identity, place of employment, mother’s home address… wait I actually DO know that) we couldn’t possibly call YOU a coward, could we?
What’s that I smell? Is that sulfer and methane? Wait.. no that’s hypocrisy. Sorry, they smell pretty similar to me.
If you want to call your callow palaver “debate”, go right ahead. Far be it for me to tell the retarded youngster with cerebral palsy he can’t play baseball like the normal kids.
Since you can’t understand my arguments, which address each and every “point” (for lack of a better word) of anonymous +1’s comments, I’ll put it in language you can understand:
You equals douchebag.
Ok, I forgot I have to spell that phonetically… er… fo-net-ic-uh-lee, so u can reed it:
U ee-kwuls doosh-bag.
Although you are very charming and all, I’m afraid that if you don’t like what I have to say, then you should be responding in kind. Don’t try to be clever, it’s obviously working far better for me. Savvy?
December 31, 2005 at 8:58 am
“I didn’t realize there were “right” or “wrong” answers in the free exchange of ideas.” A-hole-in-one
FYI, in the “free exchange of ideas” there are no questions, so there would be no “right” or “wrong” “answers”. Even a “Berks Countian who may or may not have Down Syndrome and the attendant Moe Howard haircut, eating Play-Doh noodles smiling to himself in front of a computer” would know that.
“What’s that I smell? Is that sulfer and methane? Wait.. no that’s hypocrisy. Sorry, they smell pretty similar to me.” A Horses Ass With No Name
You should be very familiar with that smell. If it’s hypocrisy, it’s your own. Otherwise it’s probably just the smell of your “syllogistic philosophical grandstanding and issue-distorting, aka, verbal flatulance, blowing back in your face. WE think it’s simply a combination of both.
December 31, 2005 at 1:33 pm
You equals douchebag.
And you = immature
Thanks for providing proof that you have no maturity whatsoever.
FSM Rocks!
January 1, 2006 at 9:41 am
“..lives to bash “liberals” at every turn of his cheek.” PA Tackling Dummy
Well, there you have done it…that is my New Years Resolution….
“PA Parasite
PA Defeatist
PA Jacque Chirac
PA Cleric
PA Flip Flop
Pa Terrorist Supporter
PA Murderer
PA Fleecer
PA Who Flew Out of The Cuckoo’s Nest
PA Marxist
PA Porky
PA Porky Pick Pockets
PA Pick Your Pockets
PA Carper
PA Hypocrite
PA GEDer
PA Oedipus
PA Junior Enterpriser
PA Cry Baby
PA Pompus
PA Fabricator
PA Feel Good
PA Big Government
PA Snake Oil Salesman
PA Good Ole Boy
PA Fauxer
PA Flies Blind
PA Empty Head
PA Ged Drop Out
PA Loser
PA Cry Baby
PA Pick Your Pocket Parasite
PA Brown Bag
PA Stonewall Pick Your Pocket
PA Pervert ” PA Whiner
If The Shoe Fits…
“The only difference between you two is in the delivery of your impotent venom. ” PA Blowviator
If his posts are impotent, why do you respond?
“One, obviously educated beyond the eighth grade level, just uses fancier words than the other. Your hate and intolerance remains the same.” PA Thin Skin
Get ready folks, this is his preamble to storm off in a hissy fit to his mosque and lick his wounds.
Too bad Al Walentis is not here to protect him from the nasty conservatives.
“Meanwhile, I’m still waiting to hear an apology from the blog massahbeta for naming me as one of the death penalty opponents in his original post.” PA Criminal’s Rights Over Victim’s Rights
WE are waiting for you to produce the financials on Goggle Works to prove it is nothing more than a deep sinkhole for taxpayer dollars and dumping down for feel gooders.
January 1, 2006 at 1:16 pm
“Even a “Berks Countian who may or may not have Down Syndrome and the attendant Moe Howard haircut, eating Play-Doh noodles smiling to himself in front of a computer” would know that.”
So you DO understand?
BTW, I particularly enjoy you using my words to bolster your argument, but you should really cite the souce, my friend. Didn’t you see the copyright logo? That’s MY intellectual property!
And FSM is gay.
Cheers to you. May wou contract syphilis in the new year.
January 2, 2006 at 3:25 pm
“The only difference between you two is in the delivery of your impotent venom. ”
If his posts are impotent, why do you respond?
You know, I just love to yank an old crank. Your ‘venom’ is even more impotent. A case where “more” isn’t necessarily better.
“One, obviously educated beyond the eighth grade level, just uses fancier words than the other. Your hate and intolerance remains the same.”
Get ready folks, this is his preamble to storm off in a hissy fit to his mosque and lick his wounds.
Another Nastradumbass prediction that falls short, as usual. You have to actually hit your mark before you can claim to have inflicted any “wounds”. Your BS does nothing more than taint the air like a cloud over a mushroom compost heap.
Too bad Al Walentis is not here to protect him from the nasty conservatives.
Too bad that,”here”, the only ones that are “protected” by the blog massahbeta are his pawns. Evidently, they need all the help they can muster.
“Meanwhile, I’m still waiting to hear an apology from the blog massahbeta for naming me as one of the death penalty opponents in his original post.”
WE are waiting for you to produce the financials on Goggle Works to prove it is nothing more than a deep sinkhole for taxpayer dollars and dumping down for feel gooders.
Please… hold your breath until I accomodate you… Please! ;o)
Meanwhile the blog massahbeta hides to avoid facing up to the FACT that he’s made another false accusation with nothing to back his big mouth up with. Typical.
January 2, 2006 at 3:59 pm
“BTW, I particularly enjoy you using my words to bolster your argument, but you should really cite the souce, my friend. Didn’t you see the copyright logo? That’s MY intellectual property!” © 2005 AnonymousHorsesAssWithNoName
Even a “Berks Countian who may or may not have Down Syndrome and the attendant Moe Howard haircut, eating Play-Doh noodles smiling to himself in front of a computer”, would know that a legitimate copyright notice requires the symbol, year of first publication and the copyright owner’s name. Your tasteless “intellectual property” now exists as part of the Public Domain due to your gross negligence or blatent cowardess in omitting your legal name. Take your pick. ;o)
Cheers to you. May wou [sic] contract syphilis in the new year.
May your wishes for me be returned to you & your entire family. ;o)
January 2, 2006 at 6:22 pm
“Too bad that,”here”, the only ones that are “protected” by the blog massahbeta are his pawns. Evidently, they need all the help they can muster.”
DOes the “conspiracy” encompass all facets of your life? I’d be willing to wager dollars to donuts you buy into that anti-Semitic progressive line to. Tell me, PA Fascist, is it all the “Jews” fault?
January 2, 2006 at 7:08 pm
“You know, I just love to yank an old crank. Your ‘venom’ is even more impotent. A case where “more” isn’t necessarily better.” PA Punch Drunk
You remind us of a boxer that has been KO’d and then proclaims he is the victor…LOL
“Your BS does nothing more than taint the air like a cloud over a mushroom compost heap. ” PA Mutt
A dog smells his own shit first….
“Too bad that,”here”, the only ones that are “protected” by the blog massahbeta are his pawns. ” PA Sour Grapes
Americans infuriate a leftist.
“Meanwhile the blog massahbeta hides to avoid facing up to the FACT that he’s made another false accusation with nothing to back his big mouth up with.” PA Brownose
The liberal likes to sniff the backsides of criminals to feel good.
In your case, you can add the backsides of our nation’s enemies.
January 2, 2006 at 9:07 pm
“Too bad that,”here”, the only ones that are “protected” by the blog massahbeta are his pawns. Evidently, they need all the help they can muster.”
DOes the “conspiracy” encompass all facets of your life?
What “conspiracy”, you nut? I know first hand about the many times I’ve had posts blocked by Matt. Why do you think he has posting by approval only? So he can control the dialog…in his favor. The “Right” thinks this is an appropriate way to limit “free speech”.
Don’t believe Matt when he claims to only block vulgar posts.
I’d be willing to wager dollars to donuts you buy into that anti-Semitic progressive line to.[sic]
How much?
Tell me, PA Fascist, is it all the “Jews” fault?
Tell me first. What are you accusing them of now?
January 3, 2006 at 9:00 am
“What “conspiracy”, you nut? I know first hand about the many times I’ve had posts blocked by Matt. ” PA Paranoid
Oooooh, sweet pea is everyone hurting your itsy witsy little feelings?
Of course, we would have to believe the rantings of an anonymous, terrorist sympathizer.
“Why do you think he has posting by approval only? So he can control the dialog…in his favor. The “Right” thinks this is an appropriate way to limit “free speech”. ” PA Hypocrite
Wasn’t that the very same tactic you were cheer leading on the Reading Eagle mosque when it was directed at conservatives!?
“Don’t believe Matt when he claims to only block vulgar posts.” PA Vulgar
We see many of your posts filled with hateful expletives, so your claims of censorship are false.
How many times have you posted about having sex with the deceased mothers of people you dislike!?
Leftnut, anarchist, communist, terrorist sympathizing, demagogue….
January 3, 2006 at 11:01 am
“Why do you think he has posting by approval only? So he can control the dialog [the rube spelling]… in his favor.” - PA Reichsman
* Matt’s blocked my posts over 15 times. Even ones I’ve spent half an hour preparing. I sincerely doubt it’s a concerted effort to “get you.”
“I’d be willing to wager dollars to donuts you buy into that anti-Semitic progressive line to.[sic] How much?” - PA Mengele
* Weren’t you paying attention? ‘Dollars to donuts.’
“Tell me, PA Fascist, is it all the ‘Jews’ fault? Tell me first. What are you accusing them of now?” - PA “JEW H8R” (his vanity plate).
* It’s certainly difficult for me to be an anti-Semite, what with me being a Jew and all. Mazel Tov, pal.
But back to you; ask your (D) cronies about their position on Israeli-Palestinian and Afro-American-Jewish relations. I’d love to see what the Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, and Sheila Jackson-Lee would have to say in the privacy of their own home. Or if you’re Earl Hilliard, Jim Moran, Cynthia McKinney or Fritz Hollings, to the press.
Marx was a flaming anti-Semite (communism before heritage). Communist regimes and socialist groups around the world have prohibited Jews from being party members. This brand of anti-Semitism has sadly become kind of accepted in the U.S. Now Congressional Democrats have joined in the chorus of anti-Jewish sentiment around the globe by giving voice and credibility to the view that Israel was responsible for the Iraq war. What’s more, trivializing the holocaust is a mainstay theme of the left, from PETA’s ad campaign comparing the holocaust to Americans eating chicken for dinner to the constant attempt by “the academy” to argue that Israel is behaving like the Nazis? Anyone remember the words of Ward Churchill or the self-loathing Hebrew Noam Chomsky? It’s a well-known fact that leftists hate Jews. So what’s to debate? You are a leftist conspiracy theorist; this much is known. It would be a logical conclusion to say you blame ‘the Jews’, no? 2005’s equivalent of the Budweiser Frogs (short-lived, stratospherically annoying), Cindy Sheehan, sure thinks so!
As Ed Rendell once famously said: “My father always told me, the biggest crooks from Monday through Friday are the ones in the synagogue on Saturday.”
January 3, 2006 at 11:25 am
I want to add that I am not the only person that screens comments for this site. Yes I am the blog administrator, and the founder of this site, however I trust the judgement of the other screeners, and when they have a doubt about a comment they will bring it to my attention. If some comments that were valid were rejected then I’m sorry for the confusion. I will have a metting with the screeners relating to this to clarify what should be, and not be rejected.
Thanks
January 5, 2006 at 4:43 pm
“Why do you think he has posting by approval only? So he can control the dialog [the rube spelling]… in his favor.” - PA Reichsman [the hateful bigot spelling]
* Matt’s blocked my posts over 15 times. Even ones I’ve spent half an hour preparing. I sincerely doubt it’s a concerted effort to “get you.”
So when I make a comment about Matt blocking my posts it’s a “conspiracy theory”, but when you do it, it’s an attempt to prove that Matt is not out to “get” me. Well, peebrain, my point, since your reading comprehension challenges left this slip by, was that Matt controls what gets posted to CONTROL THE DIALOG [Webster spelling]. Only Matt can explain why your bile got blocked. His attempt to pass the buck for blocked legitimate posts is a typical wingnut tactic. The main reason he started screening posts was because he was getting his ignorant conservative ass whooped on his own blog.
I see that Matt has STILL not acknowleged that he was DEAD WRONG about me defending ANY death row inmate on Al’s blog. Again, typical!
“ask your (D) cronies about their position on Israeli-Palestinian and Afro-American-Jewish relations.”
Considering that I’m a registered Republican that has never been registered as a Democrat, those “cronies” would certainly not be mine. Why bring all those “enemies of Israel” into the discussion when all you really want to know is my position on the subject? Perhaps you are trying to make me appear guilty by association, when, in fact, I’ve never been associated with these people or their philosophies. That’s another wingnut strategy that doesn’t work except with wingnuts.
“Tell me, PA Fascist, is it all the ‘Jews’ fault? Tell me first. What are you accusing them of now?” - PA “JEW H8R” (his vanity plate).
* It’s certainly difficult for me to be an anti-Semite, what with me being a Jew and all. Mazel Tov, pal.
It will be equally difficult for you to prove that I am a “JEW H8R”, pal. Just as posting swastikas on a picture of the Mayor doesn’t make him a Nazi, your labels prove that you don’t know squat about my feelings about Jews. It’s interesting to see how someone who chastised Matt for pasting swastikas on the Mayor’s picture turns around and uses similar tactics against me, calling me “JEW H8R”; “PA Mengele”; “PA Fascist” and “PA Reichsman”. It’s also interesting to note how someone with an obvious way with words has resorted to hokie strokie’s tactics. They never worked for him so what makes you think that they will work for you?
“It’s a well-known fact that leftists hate Jews. So what’s to debate?” Flaming “kosher” hypocritical bigot!
Let’s debate the levels of your obvious prejudice, bigotry and “righteous hate” and how they undermine any of your attempts to “win” debating points.
You are a leftist conspiracy theorist; this much is known.
Why? Just because some arrogant wingnut with a bug up his ass says so? Well, pal, you just helped confirm my “conspiracy theory” that Matt is blocking legitimate posts to control the dialog on his blog when you admitted that he’s blocked your posts as well. How did it make you feel when you wasted a half hour of your precious time only to have all your ‘hard work’ blocked by the Massahbeta?
BTW, your “leftist” label doesn’t stick very well either.
It would be a logical conclusion to say you blame ‘the Jews’, no?”
Blame ‘the Jews’… FOR WHAT?!?!?
There’s one Jew that I can blame for being a flaming blogger who comes to illogical presumptuous conclusions. Of course, I must point out that that has nothing at all to do with his religious beliefs. Rest assured, I take your comments as a reflection of your own personal character and will not base my opinion of other followers of the Jewish faith on one asshole.
January 6, 2006 at 9:28 am
“DIALOG [Webster spelling]”
Hey, innocent bystander here. Actually, the Webster I’m looking at says dialog is a variation of the word “dialogue.”
Just so you know…
January 6, 2006 at 11:06 am
“The main reason he started screening posts was because he was getting his ignorant conservative ass whooped on his own blog.” - PA Ethnocentrist
* Well by way of an initial impression, this comment sounds a little self-congratulatory. That said, there is a PALPABLE difference between me noting that I have had posts erased and YOU complaining of the same. For starters, you pine about at LEAST three times a week about the “Massahbeta” and make it abundantly clear that you believe your posts are deleted because of content. Whereas I offered my own experience to give credence to the proposition that maybe Matt accidentally deletes posts instead of intentionally doing so. Keep in mind my views aren’t exactly “antithetical” to his.
“Considering that I’m a registered Republican” - PA Aryan
* No one believes you. Stop trying to lend credibility to your position by misrepresenting your political affiliation. Stop! I beseech thee. It’s almost comical. I know, I know… it’s TOTALLY common place for a registered GOP’er to refer to other “likeminded” Republicans as “ignorant conservative ass[es].”
From now on, when criticizing you and your anti-Semitic hate speech, I’ll tell you that I’m a registered Democrat. That lends instant cred, don’t you think?
Hey, don’t tell me I’m a conservative! I’m a Democrat, buddy!
“Why bring all those “enemies of Israel” into the discussion.” - PA anti-Zionist
Because you agree with their position. I’ve yet to meet an anti-war crusader who has not at least entertained the notion of an Israeli-conspiracy in this war for “oil, imperialism and Zionist oppression.”
“BTW, your “leftist” label doesn’t stick very well either.” - PA Won’t Be Joining the J.C.C.
It sticks quite well, thanks. No one on this board would believe you to be anything short of absolute left-wing partisan; Berks County’s version of a modern day Zapatista. Isn’t that right, Subcomandante Dutchman?
January 6, 2006 at 11:07 am
“Hey, innocent bystander here. Actually, the Webster I’m looking at says dialog is a variation of the word “dialogue.”
Did it say that it’s a “rube spelling” variation? Not in my book.
January 7, 2006 at 1:48 am
“Did it say that it’s a “rube spelling” variation? Not in my book.”
- No, just the incorrect spelling.
January 7, 2006 at 1:46 pm
“The main reason he started screening posts was because he was getting his ignorant conservative ass whooped on his own blog.” - PA Ethnocentrist
* Well by way of an initial impression, this comment sounds a little self-congratulatory.
Did I claim that I was single handedly whooping Matt’s ass? Go spend some time in the “archives” and you’ll see that others helped.
That said, there is a PALPABLE difference between me noting that I have had posts erased and YOU complaining of the same. For starters, you pine about at LEAST three times a week about the “Massahbeta” and make it abundantly clear that you believe your posts are deleted because of content.
I guess that I wasn’t clear enough in trying to point out that I believe that my posts were deleted by Matt so that he could control the discussion, not because of vulgar content as he claims. I had a one word reply to someone elses post blocked. That one word was simply “Doubtful.” Hardly “vulgar”. Your point that Matt could accidently block posts is certainly a possibility, but do you think that 15 blocks of your own efforts, seem to be “accidental”??? Maybe they were vulgar. ;o)
I’ve lost count of the number of posts of mine that were blocked.
“Considering that I’m a registered Republican” - PA Aryan
* No one believes you. Stop trying to lend credibility to your position by misrepresenting your political affiliation. Stop! I beseech thee. It’s almost comical. I know, I know… it’s TOTALLY common place for a registered GOP’er to refer to other “likeminded” Republicans as “ignorant conservative ass[es].”
If you’ve ever registered to vote, you would know that there is no Oath of Allegience to the party line, special loyalty tests or hazing rituals to qualify. There is no requirement to be “likeminded”. I have my reasons for registering as a Republican, but they do not include approving of the way the national Republican leadership operates.
If Matt can call me a son of a bitch and lie about my feelings on the death penalty he’s just going to have to live with a few epithets hurled in return. Grow a skin.
“From now on, when criticizing you and your anti-Semitic hate speech, I’ll tell you that I’m a registered Democrat. That lends instant cred, don’t you think?”
Perhaps you can dig up some examples of my “anti-Semitic hate speech”.
It’s obvious to see from which side the hate is coming from. Interesting to see that you didn’t want to “debate the levels of your obvious prejudice, bigotry and “righteous hate” and how they undermine any of your attempts to “win” debating points”. Hmmm…Could it be that you just didn’t have any credible defense to that point, hypocrite. ;o)
“Why bring all those “enemies of Israel” into the discussion.” - PA anti-Zionist
Because you agree with their position.”
Your mindreading abilities are on par with those of Nastradumbass. Post some evidence.
“I’ve yet to meet an anti-war crusader who has not at least entertained the notion of an Israeli-conspiracy in this war for “oil, imperialism and Zionist oppression.”
Your lack of life experience is duly noted. Maybe one day when you get a real job, instead of a paralegal internship, and you can finally move out of mommy’s and daddy’s house, you’ll get to meet some real people who will open your eyes. With your cocky attitude, I’d suspect a few may want to blacken them instead.
“No one on this board would believe you to be anything short of absolute left-wing partisan…”
…that is anti-union, anti-affirmative action, anti-prevailing wage, anti-big government, anti-Federal Reserve, anti-NAFTA/CAFTA, pro-welfare reform, anti-entitlements for illegal aliens, pro-immigration reform and strict Constitutional constructionist. Yeah, all that and more is what makes your label slip off, PAL!
Go help your mommy with the dishes, you leech.
January 7, 2006 at 1:53 pm
“Did it say that it’s a “rube spelling” variation? Not in my book.”
- No, just the incorrect spelling.
Like the difference between “color” and “colour”.
Only the anal give a shit.
January 8, 2006 at 1:46 am
PA Fascist. Grab your noose and let’s round us up some Jews!
January 9, 2006 at 5:01 pm
“Isn’t that right, Subcomandante Dutchman? ”
Well, well, his reign of Windy Cleric may have ended and he is now the head of another Hate group.
Only a subcomandante? Very disappointing.
“I guess that I wasn’t clear enough in trying to point out that I believe that my posts were deleted by Matt so that he could control the discussion, not because of vulgar content as he claims ” PA Pervert
Does claiming to have sex with your adversaries mothers count??
“I have my reasons for registering as a Republican,…” PA Maxwell Stunted
Oh, here we go again. She claims to be a secret agent in the Republican Party plotting its overthrow.
She made the same threat in the 2004, Presidential Elections.
Thanks for all your hard work, Duchess…LOL,LOL,LOL
The Left Was Shown The Door In 04
January 9, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Where’s your credibility, Matt Heckman? “Accidently” deleting these posts, eh? Fucking LOSER! Wallow in your pig sty of hate with your “posse” of wingnut rejects. I have no more time for your games, asshole.
” Anonymous said…
Hey Matt,
I agree with most of the stuff you post on here, but I look at the battle going on over at Al’s blog regarding the reckless exploitation of Nazi references and I can’t help but think this somehow hurts our credibility.
No one here is a Nazi.
You’re a smart guy, Matt. Please don’t stoop to their level.
Thanks,
J.B.”
So much for credibility…
January 10, 2006 at 2:45 pm
“Matt Heckman, you flaming pissant!….I expect you to remove my name from your friggin list. …since one anonymous asshole appears to be the same as any other. ..Anonymous” do so at the risk of being lumped together with any and all assholes that do the same. ..There’s one Jew that I can blame for being a flaming blogger who comes to illogical presumptuous conclusions….Fucking LOSER!..” PA Garbage Mouth
Just a mishmash of foulness from the self proclaimed, “respected professional” who squeals he is censored.
Tell us once again, PA Pervert, about your sexual exploits with the female corpses of some posters’ mothers !?
“I have no more time for your games, asshole. ” PA Douche Bag
As was predicted, our leftist zealot will run to the safe confines of the Reading Eagle Mosque or his fantasy, to lick his wounds or whatever.
January 10, 2006 at 11:12 pm
“Maybe one day when you get a real job, instead of a paralegal internship, and you can finally move out of mommy’s and daddy’s house, you’ll get to meet some real people who will open your eyes. With your cocky attitude, I’d suspect a few may want to blacken them instead.”
- And the best part is, you’ll never know if I’m your attorney. I could be ANYONE! Keep that in the back of your head, Dutchman. I pray it will put your mind at ease.