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2006-10-18 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by .com 2006-10-18 12:42|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So-called Congressman Rangel. There. Fixed it.

Posted by Phineter Thraviger1073 2006-10-18 13:07|| 2006-10-18 13:07|| Front Page Top

#2 So-called American. Fixed the fix. Hey, got your back.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-18 13:08|| 2006-10-18 13:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, Charlie Rangel fought at Chosin Reservoir, I believe. He is a patriot, but he has been brought up democrat and thinks that business is the enemy of the people. It also pays his salary. He may end up a bit like Ed Koch, who thinks he's still a democrat, but he's actually a conservative.

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-18 13:16|| 2006-10-18 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 What Rangel did 50 years ago may be worthy of praise. What he has done in the US Congress for the last decade or so does not.

He's a card-carrrying partisan asstard, IMO. He wants impeachment for Bush (I heard it with mine own two ears) and toes the DhimmiDonk line on killing the anti-terrorist programs as well as amnesty on immigration. There are more goodies, but I won't belabor the point. You're very very charitable towards him, wxj.

Posted by .com 2006-10-18 13:22|| 2006-10-18 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 You're right .com, phalk him !

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-18 13:23|| 2006-10-18 13:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Lol, well that was quick!

Posted by .com 2006-10-18 13:25|| 2006-10-18 13:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Rangel was in the Army during the Korean War, earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. However, I haven't seen that he was at Chosin and it seems unlikely given he was USA, not USMC.

Dot is right. He did his part for his country 50 years ago, and since that time has been doing everything in his power to make the US of A into the very image of the enemy he fought.

Of course, I was pleasantly surprised to hear him criticize Chavez's UN temper-tantrum last month. See: Stopped clock - twice a day - correctness of.

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-10-18 13:30|| 2006-10-18 13:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Rangel is an 80% asshole. He's an asshole 80% of the time I hear him, the other 20% of the time he talks about his mil service to justify his jerkoff statements. Plus, he obfuscates anytime someone calls him on his statements. Case in point, about two years ago on O'Reilley & Hannity/Colmes he said African Americans were disproportionately represented in the infanty at 30% of that field and were therefore more likely to get killed than rich white kids. He used that logic to ask to re-instate the draft. Fact was, that blacks only make up about 10% of the infantry and whites close to 75%. Blacks do make up about 25% of the total armed forces.

Everyone on the 'burg respects mil service but this guy is an asshole or he looks at the WoT w/the perspective of someone who fought a more conventional war in Korea - he just doesn't get it. I feel the same way about McCain wrt a guy who we all respect for his mil service but is an ineffective rino.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-10-18 13:53|| 2006-10-18 13:53|| Front Page Top

#9 IIRC, Rangel sponsored a bill to reinstate the draft and then voted against the bill when it was brought to the floor. Sounds like a posturing asstard to me.

Posted by SteveS 2006-10-18 14:04|| 2006-10-18 14:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Fact was, that blacks only make up about 10% of the infantry and whites close to 75%. Blacks do make up about 25% of the total armed forces.

Not to take away anything from anyone of any color who has served in uniform, but I believe there was also a study about the same time that showed that combat positions were overwhelmingly white while administrative positions tended to be overwhelmingly non-white (as opposed to the derogatory term "colored"). The study showed that non-white personnel gravitated towards positions that gave them skills they could use in business when they left the military services. To me, that showed admirable good sense of the kind that Rangel doesn't show a lot of these days.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-10-18 15:33|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-10-18 15:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Lee Harvey Oswald was a Marine, but - come to think of it - he may have been booted out?

Posted by Bobby 2006-10-18 17:17|| 2006-10-18 17:17|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm fairly sure there were army troops at Chosin Reservoir.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-10-18 17:45|| 2006-10-18 17:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Someone pointed out that Rangel, every year, submits pork bills to congress for his little NY district to the amount of $500 BILLION dollars. Of course none of these bills ever pass.

However, if the democrats win back the House, he will be chairman of an important tax writing committee, and will be able to wheel and deal for vast sums of money.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-10-18 17:55|| 2006-10-18 17:55|| Front Page Top

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