Pelosi censors poster of troops

SUBMAN1 · 08-26-08, 11:37 AM

Why would she do this?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...EDCQ12GB1S.DTL

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cj95 · 08-26-08, 11:42 AM

Anybody got an actual image ofd the poster?

I cant find it anywhere?

Sailor Steve · 08-26-08, 11:45 AM

I don't know; maybe because she's a zero-sum, single-minded, one-sided, two-faced, double-dealing triple-threat four-flusher who wants to put us all behind the eight-ball?

Just like the rest of them.

Frame57 · 08-26-08, 12:21 PM

I hope she chokes on a cannoli...

SUBMAN1 · 08-26-08, 12:30 PM

Pelosi just strikes me of someone that is an off the wall instant decision maker without really thinking her decisions through completely. Imagine if Bush and Cheney both died - she would be our president with this kind of mindset. Scary.

-S

Frame57 · 08-26-08, 12:44 PM

Could not agree more. you should check out a book called "Liberalism is a mental disorder". By Savage. In it he makes a very good observation of what makes the left wing tick.

Sailor Steve · 08-26-08, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

Could not agree more. you should check out a book called "Liberalism is a mental disorder". By Savage. In it he makes a very good observation of what makes the left wing tick.

I've listened to Mike Savage. I think he's a mental disorder himself.

I guess I just don't like extremists of any persuasion. Even when I agree with some of their charges.

JoeCorrado · 08-26-08, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Pelosi just strikes me of someone that is an off the wall instant decision maker without really thinking her decisions through completely. Imagine if Bush and Cheney both died - she would be our president with this kind of mindset. Scary.

-S

Uh, that would be John McCain.

As far as THIS story goes though, I absolutely disagree with removing the posters and would have gone the opposite direction from Pelosi and instead placed posters of EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN who had lost their life due to the Iraq War throughout the halls of Congress. I would have made it so that you could not walk 10 feet without being reminded of those who gave the final measure due to the Bush Folly called the War in Iraq. You best believe it!

And then we would be having a discussion about the Republicans and Bush forcing their removal on the grounds that it was a political statement by the Democrats... and he would be right because that would be exactly what it would have been.

Instead, Pelosi (who is against the War in Iraq just like Mr. Jones is today) did what she would have been forced to do anyway- ask that the posters be removed.

I disagree with not being able to display the ten commandments in front of the county courthouse, I disagree with a lot of things and I disagree with removing the posters too. But that is the law as it stands today.

Sometimes you don't get to do the easy thing, the thing that you might otherwise want to do. Sometimes, as a leader you have to do the thing that the law requires and if Mr. Jones would learn that lesson- then he will be the better for it.

I say change the law and place posters of all of our fallen soldiers throughout the halls of Congress and remind those who support the war, or starting the next one... that there that there is a price for their folly and that THEY are not the ones footing the bill.

But hey, that's just me.

Digital_Trucker · 08-26-08, 01:37 PM

And she used compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act to justify taking the poster down? That's appropriate since she's most assuredly "mentally challenged" like all the rest of them (politicians, that is).

@JoeCorrado I would suggest that we take that one step further and post names and pictures of all US Soldiers killed in every war that this country has ever participated in regardless of which party was "in power" when the war started or why we were involved in it. This would be a totally apolitical display and perhaps would make the "rulers" of our country think at least once about doing it again (no matter what party they belong to). BTW, how is honoring the dead soldiers of the mans constituency a political statement? Some of those folks were undoubtedly Democrats. Granted, I haven't seen the poster either, and if it indeed had some political statement, then it should have been moved inside his office, perhaps.

Stealth Hunter · 08-26-08, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Pelosi just strikes me of someone that is an off the wall instant decision maker without really thinking her decisions through completely. Imagine if Bush and Cheney both died - she would be our president with this kind of mindset. Scary.

-S

With Bush and Cheney alive, it's scary...

Why are you making so much fuss over a poster with troops on it? Jesus...

Platapus · 08-27-08, 04:39 AM

Evidently this has been part of an ongoing problem

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...allways25.html

This also appears to be a continuation of Rep Jones' disagreement with the house on how to honour the dead solders.

http://jones.house.gov/release.cfm?id=692

While this specific poster may not be objectionable it appears from other stories that Rep Jones has had other posters outside his office that did break the house rule.

The new policy went into effect April 17 after approval from Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. They sit on the commission that oversees much of the Capitol complex.

The new clean-up rule was designed to make it easier for staffers and tourists to flee the building in case of an evacuation and make it easier for people using wheelchairs to navigate congressional corridors."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...allways25.html

And this isn't the first time that Jones has been told to remove his posters.

"While the GOP held the House majority in September 2004, Reps. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) were asked to remove hallway military memorials. Both Emanuel and Jones refused to take them down."

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/...008-05-14.html

There is always two sides to the political coin.

SUBMAN1 · 08-27-08, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

With Bush and Cheney alive, it's scary...

Why are you making so much fuss over a poster with troops on it? Jesus...

Bush is the man in charge, and watching him speak, you know he thinks his thoughts through carefully before talking into the mic. This is who I'd want on the red button when the time comes - someone who thinks, and then makes a very tough call.

Pelosi however is the type that would push the button because Putin didn't like the perfume she was wearing. This is of course after she called him an idiot for not knowing it's some $10K bottle of elephant seal balls, I mean hormones! :p

I think the rest of the posts in this thread will answer the rest of your questions a lot better than I can.

-S

08-26-08, 11:37 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pelosi censors poster of troops Why would she do this? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...EDCQ12GB1S.DTL -S __________________

08-26-08, 11:45 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know; maybe because she's a zero-sum, single-minded, one-sided, two-faced, double-dealing triple-threat four-flusher who wants to put us all behind the eight-ball? Just like the rest of them. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-26-08, 12:30 PM	#5
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pelosi just strikes me of someone that is an off the wall instant decision maker without really thinking her decisions through completely. Imagine if Bush and Cheney both died - she would be our president with this kind of mindset. Scary. -S __________________

08-26-08, 01:37 PM	#9
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	And she used compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act to justify taking the poster down? That's appropriate since she's most assuredly "mentally challenged" like all the rest of them (politicians, that is). @JoeCorrado I would suggest that we take that one step further and post names and pictures of all US Soldiers killed in every war that this country has ever participated in regardless of which party was "in power" when the war started or why we were involved in it. This would be a totally apolitical display and perhaps would make the "rulers" of our country think at least once about doing it again (no matter what party they belong to). BTW, how is honoring the dead soldiers of the mans constituency a political statement? Some of those folks were undoubtedly Democrats. Granted, I haven't seen the poster either, and if it indeed had some political statement, then it should have been moved inside his office, perhaps. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

08-27-08, 04:39 AM	#11
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Evidently this has been part of an ongoing problem http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...allways25.html This also appears to be a continuation of Rep Jones' disagreement with the house on how to honour the dead solders. http://jones.house.gov/release.cfm?id=692 While this specific poster may not be objectionable it appears from other stories that Rep Jones has had other posters outside his office that did break the house rule. The new policy went into effect April 17 after approval from Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. They sit on the commission that oversees much of the Capitol complex. The new clean-up rule was designed to make it easier for staffers and tourists to flee the building in case of an evacuation and make it easier for people using wheelchairs to navigate congressional corridors." http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...allways25.html And this isn't the first time that Jones has been told to remove his posters. "While the GOP held the House majority in September 2004, Reps. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) were asked to remove hallway military memorials. Both Emanuel and Jones refused to take them down." http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/...008-05-14.html There is always two sides to the political coin. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-26-08, 11:42 AM	#2
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	Anybody got an actual image ofd the poster? I cant find it anywhere?

08-26-08, 12:21 PM	#4
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I hope she chokes on a cannoli...

08-26-08, 12:44 PM	#6
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Could not agree more. you should check out a book called "Liberalism is a mental disorder". By Savage. In it he makes a very good observation of what makes the left wing tick.