tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post760505504220048837..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: "You Knew That Going In"Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-60576256584852421382010-03-23T10:55:19.742-05:002010-03-23T10:55:19.742-05:00If I understand things correctly, ACORN had bigger...If I understand things correctly, ACORN had bigger management problems than the fraudulent video. They were doing very good work in a hostile environment, and the point is that plenty of people really were out to get them. <br /><br />Maybe Neil is right and a decentralized organization like ACORN can't be run tightly, or maybe they weren't paranoid enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-90905298290771455412010-03-23T08:55:15.239-05:002010-03-23T08:55:15.239-05:00I'm not quite sure how this statement, reporte...I'm not quite sure how this statement, reported by ThinkProgress as having been said this past Sunday by Rep. Steve King (R-IA), stops short of incitement to violence:<br /><br />"Let’s beat that other side to a pulp! Let’s take them out. Let’s chase them down. There’s going to be a reckoning!"<br /><br /><em>Let's take them out.</em> Not very ambiguous to me.<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/22/king-health-secession/Snowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01749356653903351052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-86759920524725439022010-03-23T08:49:51.788-05:002010-03-23T08:49:51.788-05:00Seconding Neil (can a determined auditor screw any...Seconding Neil (can a determined auditor screw anybody), and adding that things like fraudulent videos, and a press which supports the use of fraudulent videos, are hard to beat. <br /><br />One thing that we should learn to do is to retaliate like m*ther-f*ckers.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-80386051547069026892010-03-23T08:12:32.582-05:002010-03-23T08:12:32.582-05:00Can ships like these even be run tightly?Can ships like these even be run tightly?Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.com