tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post6326700077051726779..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: Cheap TalkTom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-15882966359291029842017-09-05T12:18:32.598-04:002017-09-05T12:18:32.598-04:00This came to me via email. I post it with the auth...This came to me via email. I post it with the author's permission:<br /><br />Read your article on the history of no action by the US leading us to this untenable situation.<br />Being a former atomic weapons specialist in the Army, I know how technically difficult it is to get an ICBM delivered atomic bomb to work correctly. That said, they may have had help achieving this, but I have my doubts.<br /><br />That said, the world faces more danger from too many evil, anti-American countries at present that could very easily end all life on the planet. <br /><br />The Israel tactic of surgical strikes appears to be the only option, but China and Russia need to be onboard with this.<br /><br />How do we get there?<br /><br />Michael Donahoo<br /><br />Sent from my iPadTom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-78123205616351945622017-09-04T10:24:19.642-04:002017-09-04T10:24:19.642-04:00I think Tom is too embarrassed to comment again af...I think Tom is too embarrassed to comment again after all this. Tom's faulty arguments and outright lies aside, how can anybody supporting Trump NOT be embarrassed with who is representing our country? <br /><br />A three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You’re perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who’s managed to offend all our allies in a few short months? And you’re okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he’s finished with it? <br /><br />It blows my mind that this cretin is still suckering people into thinking he cares about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-11309232405159229522017-09-02T10:11:35.104-04:002017-09-02T10:11:35.104-04:00Strange how Tom's "side" likes to lu...Strange how Tom's "side" likes to lump whole groups of people together as "evil" (Muslims, North Korea), and yet they jump to the defense of groups of demonstrators being called racists (KKK, neo Nazis), going as far as to claim that some in the group were "very fine people".Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-54972334294701913302017-09-02T09:52:19.811-04:002017-09-02T09:52:19.811-04:00"for us"? You and who else? - Fair enoug..."for us"? You and who else? - Fair enough. Consider the pronoun changed from us to me. You've written about universal conservative victimization and universal liberal bias, hypocrisy, oppression, intimidation, discrimination and general thuggery long enough, I thought it was safe for me to take that license. <br />"Obama did not call Islam evil and the effect was…?" Obscuring just who it is that wants to kill us and why.” Obscuring who wants to kill us? Tell me you know anyone who is unsure why we conducted combat operations in Afghanistan, mountainous regions of Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Yemen. Tell me you know people who simply can't figure out why Obama increased the drone-strike campaign in those countries. Tell me you know people how can't understand why he rationalized that an individual simply being proximal to a suspected terrorist must mean they're also a terrorist and can be legally taken out with a drone strike. Tell me you know people who can't figure out why Obama increased TSA security for flights originating or laying over in 13 different muslim-dominant countries. Tell me you know people who are confused about these combat efforts. Obama continued many of Bush's military actions and added some new ones, but they're still actions, not words, which is the whole point of your piece; actions matter, talk does not. <br /><br />"Bush called North Korea evil and the effect was…?" Telling Americans who the bad guys were.” Now tell us what strategic advantage we gained over N. Korea with these words: Iraq, Iran and N Korea are an axis of evil? <br /><br />It seems a little coincidental that we invaded and occupied the one country that ended up having no WMD programs when that was the whole pretext for war. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343163377040116742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-15909153866534920022017-09-01T20:45:29.627-04:002017-09-01T20:45:29.627-04:00WHAT? You are claiming that if Bush did not call ...WHAT? You are claiming that if Bush did not call North Korea evil then you would be confused as to whether or not they were the "bad guys"?? <br /><br />And your feelings were "obscured" about who the enemy was because of Obama's vocabulary? <br /><br />Do you really need to be told exactly what to think and feel by others? <br /><br /><br /><br />Not Tom's former studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-39186856771060807222017-09-01T18:05:51.547-04:002017-09-01T18:05:51.547-04:00"Actions speak louder than words. Talk is che..."Actions speak louder than words. Talk is cheap. Put up or shut up. Prove it."<br /><br />When I was a kid, there were one set of facts and a bunch of different interpretations. You could go to a place like the encyclopedia britannica and everyone would agree on the basic facts there. Now there are different set of facts. The far right has set up their own websites, with their own facts and everything else is just liberal facts. <br /><br />Everything's a conspiracy with the far right. Evidence is not needed. Republicans spent 25 years and 10's of millions of dollars to prove that the Clintons were guilty of something, anything. But they never found anything. Trump and his close associates have openly stated doing things that are borderline illegal. Maybe there isn't anything there but it's not a witch hunt to investigate people who brag about committing crimes. <br /><br />The far right has rejected every source that used to be considered evidence. The far right makes it's decisions about the world and everything that goes against it is liberal. If Trump says water is not wet, his hard core followers say yes sir and call anyone who believes that water is wet is a liberal/communist/socialist/nazi.<br /><br />When people walk down the streets in large groups with a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other hand, that is not a peaceful demonstration. Not everyone in the demonstration is a nazi but when you walk down the street with a weapon in your hand, with a guy carrying a nazi flag on one side and another guy in a kkk uniform on the other side, you should expect to be called a nazi yourself. <br /><br />ScenarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-74221970943339985352017-09-01T17:55:43.072-04:002017-09-01T17:55:43.072-04:00"You can fill in the blanks for us in these t..."You can fill in the blanks for us in these two questions:"<br /><br />"for us"? You and who else?<br /><br />"Obama did not call Islam evil and the effect was…?"<br /><br />Obscuring just who it is that wants to kill us and why.<br /><br />"Bush called North Korea evil and the effect was…?"<br /><br />Telling Americans who the bad guys were.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-73273598863323643812017-09-01T16:31:42.967-04:002017-09-01T16:31:42.967-04:00Conservatives made so much out of Obama’s exclusio...Conservatives made so much out of Obama’s exclusion of radical islam references. This gives us an opportunity to study the cause and effect. In an earlier post to a previous blog, I asked what would be different if Obama mentioned radical Islam to a degree that would satisfy you, and I didn’t get an answer. We now have a controlled case study to review. You can fill in the blanks for us in these two questions:<br />Obama did not call Islam evil and the effect was…?<br />Bush called North Korea evil and the effect was…?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343163377040116742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-270971939663856312017-08-31T19:52:46.475-04:002017-08-31T19:52:46.475-04:00I find it both incredible, and yet at the same tim...I find it both incredible, and yet at the same time not surprising, that Tom is called out for an outright, blatant "alternative facts" lie, and like Trump, completely ignores it and comments on something else. <br /><br />"The Captain is a former student who has offered to tell me who he is."<br /><br />But he isn't. Wow. What more does one need to be assured of Tom's dishonesty. Why would anyone travel to "debate" somebody like this? Why would we believe ANYTHING he says? Tom may very well be naive, but he has proven himself to be dishonest as well. What a combo. Sad!Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-61327272678220734562017-08-31T18:19:10.920-04:002017-08-31T18:19:10.920-04:00It wasn't much, no, but it did call evil what ...It wasn't much, no, but it did call evil what it is before the world. Reagan did a small service too, calling the USSR the evil empire. Calling the enemy by its name helps, as in the case of radical Islam.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-85535558037018112017-08-31T17:53:42.411-04:002017-08-31T17:53:42.411-04:00'One thing Bush did was declare Iran, Iraq, an...'One thing Bush did was declare Iran, Iraq, and North Korea “The Axis of Evil” ' In phrasing that way, you're giving credit to Bush for making what turned out to be a vaguely threatening bluff. The step you're trying to give Bush credit for making actually supports the thesis of this blog that bluffing is usually dismissed. Neither aid nor threats did anything to slow or stop North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343163377040116742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-15498690644699465342017-08-31T17:15:06.089-04:002017-08-31T17:15:06.089-04:00The Captain is NOT a former student of Mr.M's
...The Captain is NOT a former student of Mr.M's<br />I use "Mr. McLaughlin" as an address in public forum as that's how SOME mannered folks still do it. ALSO , as we've NEVER MET.<br />I AM quite familiar with the history of the area, including Fryeburg and Lovell. <br />The Captain is really CaptDMO (no period denoting an abbreviated title) which is NOT to imply in ANY WAY that he is, or was, a member of Armed Forces, Law Enforcement, Salvation Army, Fire Dept, etc. I could be a Dance captain, or Captain of Industry, but that's not really important. <br />The Captain <i>generally</i> behaves himself, and although he MAY use BIG WORDS, and references <i>seemingly</i> obscure to those of limited, and narrow scope, is NOT interested in the new trend in non-sequitur douchebaggery troll assaults in the other public spheres he maintains and supports.<br />The Captain by no means "takes Mr. M's side" on ALL issues, yet manages a modicum of decorum, civility,an reason when our "taks" are at odds, NOT seen from the so-called "many" that amusingly choose to get their name in "the paper"(including some of their other "regulars" that I simply find unengaging, yet HAVE/DO cross paths with) AT ANY COST!<br />CaptDMO ALSO uses ONE name, and no sock puppets, and no ambiguity as to who's "speaking". <br />The offer to <i>come out of the closet</i> to our host still stands of course, <br />If my plea for <i>nom d'internet</i> (y'all talk 'nuk too...right?) isn't compelling to him, I'll simply retreat. <br /> I'd be happy to meet anyplace between Kezar Lake, and the office of The Daily Sun.<br />CaptDMO Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-74966741886771911802017-08-31T15:37:01.399-04:002017-08-31T15:37:01.399-04:00Why try and rearrange schedules and trek up to you...Why try and rearrange schedules and trek up to your area just to appease a host who is already throwing out insults to potential guests, all just to once again hand you your butt? So speaking for myself, I'll just do it here. I'm sure the "entire community" is not watching your show. There are probably just as many people that read this. If I wanted to humiliate you in front of most of the community I would just do so by responding to the Daily Sun, as a lot of people do.<br /><br />I can see you are unable to defend yourself before this blog's community.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-12870790801236655072017-08-31T14:58:16.909-04:002017-08-31T14:58:16.909-04:00The Captain is a former student who has offered to...The Captain is a former student who has offered to tell me who he is. <br /><br />Robert and Brian? Here's your chance to "hand me my butt." I'll again take your responses to my invitation for one or both of you to appear in person on my show and make your arguments as a "No."<br /><br />I can see you're both unwilling to debate me face to face before the entire community.<br />Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-22628183491934295342017-08-31T13:20:48.762-04:002017-08-31T13:20:48.762-04:00Why don't you call out CaptDMO for being a cow...Why don't you call out CaptDMO for being a coward? His "handle" is even more anonymous than a first name. Oh, because he takes your side! (at least I think he does, who knows what he is ever really saying).<br /><br /><br /><br />A bit more of your hypocrisy? Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-26182018299521284232017-08-31T11:02:58.842-04:002017-08-31T11:02:58.842-04:00I guess since you were getting your butt handed to...I guess since you were getting your butt handed to you in the argument, and you felt defenseless, you needed to deflect and attack the identity of the one making a fool of you....as if their name had anything to do with the argument at hand. <br /><br />Perhaps, in light of all the evidence listed above of Trump supporters violence against those that are different, people don't want their personal information listed. Who wants anything to do with your white-clad, masked and hooded, thug buddies....cowards all.Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-17676836833610028662017-08-31T10:49:00.640-04:002017-08-31T10:49:00.640-04:00There's an open invitation for any of you cowa...There's an open invitation for any of you cowards to come on my TV show. We'll film a special edition for you. Brian has managed to find excuses why he can't, and I still don't know who he is. Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-34982823372986168292017-08-31T10:46:47.274-04:002017-08-31T10:46:47.274-04:00There are lots of Roberts and Brians out there. I ...There are lots of Roberts and Brians out there. I can see you like to hide behind anonymity just like your black-clad, masked, Antifa thug buddies -- cowards all.Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-87480664028288234572017-08-31T08:45:37.772-04:002017-08-31T08:45:37.772-04:00Sorry, my name is Robert. Does this change any of...Sorry, my name is Robert. Does this change any of the facts?<br /><br />https://www.thecut.com/2016/10/violence-committed-against-women-by-trump-supporters.html<br /><br />http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/305749-republicans-employ-double-standard-to-discredit<br /><br />http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27738018/ns/us_news-life/t/obama-election-spurs-race-threats-crimes/#.WagE3a2-LowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-65391925403803923402017-08-31T08:34:17.093-04:002017-08-31T08:34:17.093-04:00I put my name on my opinions. Why don't you?I put my name on my opinions. Why don't you?Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-85349186510929022042017-08-31T08:31:37.438-04:002017-08-31T08:31:37.438-04:00(New York Times) Campuses Confront Hostile Acts A...(New York Times) Campuses Confront Hostile Acts Against Minorities After Donald Trump’s Election<br /><br />BEATEN in the streets? How about MURDERED in the streets (Ms. Heyer)<br /><br />So just knock it off. Nobody buys that the far right are perfect little pacifist angles being abused by big mean hippies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-76847831295934994882017-08-31T08:16:03.166-04:002017-08-31T08:16:03.166-04:00Would Hillary supporters be shouted down on colleg...Would Hillary supporters be shouted down on college campuses? Beaten up in the streets?Tom McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-77258123652756780742017-08-31T07:41:47.945-04:002017-08-31T07:41:47.945-04:00Tom's theory of constant criticism of the pres...Tom's theory of constant criticism of the president backfiring and resulting in re-election does have some truth to it, but only if the criticism is unjustified. Just look at the 2012 election as a perfect example.badda bingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-12239326299538999392017-08-31T06:27:53.464-04:002017-08-31T06:27:53.464-04:00Trump's followers are just like him - they lov...Trump's followers are just like him - they love to dish it out but they just aren't tough enough to take it back in return. Pathetic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-60381221531445869102017-08-31T06:24:34.732-04:002017-08-31T06:24:34.732-04:00Had Hillary won I'm sure that Tom and the rest...Had Hillary won I'm sure that Tom and the rest of the alt-right would have said, "congratulations" and put away their daggers. There would have been no columns from Tom whining about every little thing she did and said, and all the alt-media talking heads would be saying, "Show the president some respect, give her a chance". So of course Tom is upset that Trump's words and actions are drawing so much criticism. Unfair!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com