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Total number of comments: 329 (since 2013-11-28 14:42:46)

John L Hansen

Retired Aerospace Engineer that specialized in Ground Segment engineering and operations of geosynchronous communications and weather satellites from 1962 to 1989. Supported the Apollo Program from 1965 to 1975. Korean and Cold War veteran. Informed Comment reader since 2003

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  • Could China oil Exchange & Green Energy pull the plug on the Dollar?
    • John l Hansen 03/27/2018 at 5:49 pm

      "Johnnie, you don't want to wind up pick'n shit with the chickens", was my mothers admonishment in 1951 when
      I was a lad of eighteen. Now, at eighty five, I have a feeling
      that it may come to pass before I am listed as Deceased.

    • John L Hansen 03/27/2018 at 1:51 pm

      Not to mention Europe.

  • Let's call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just "Hawkish"
    • John L Hansen 03/23/2018 at 2:01 pm

      Spot on, Dr Cole

  • Increasingly Ludicrous WH denial that Austin bombings were "terrorism"
    • John L Hansen 03/21/2018 at 2:13 pm

      My same question again:
      Was he a member of the NRA ?

  • Europe's big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump's Washington
    • John L Hansen 02/26/2018 at 1:55 pm

      Nothing like spitefulness to solve problems.
      Maybe, Trump should try holding his breath until he gets that cookie.

  • Top Ten Signs the US is the most Corrupt nation in the World (2018 Edn.)
    • John l Hansen 02/22/2018 at 11:19 am

      Spot on, Dr Cole

  • Countering Turkish Propaganda, Pentagon reports 150 ISIL Killed in Airstrikes
    • John l Hansen 01/24/2018 at 8:52 pm

      "5 O'Clock Follies", for the
      Generation of Tweetees?

  • How Trump could avoid another $7 trillion bill in Mideast: Back off war with Iran
    • John L Hansen 12/24/2017 at 2:03 pm

      That European dragon in the woods?

    • John L Hansen 12/23/2017 at 5:36 pm

      .1%

  • Marijuana's Key Ingredient Not Dangerous or Addictive: WHO
    • John L Hansen 12/16/2017 at 1:51 pm

      I wonder what the Booze Lobby will have
      to say about this on FOX Real True News.

  • Every Time we Laugh at Trump, It's a 'Tiny Revolution'
    • John L Hansen 11/30/2017 at 3:55 am

      Whats means “action”?

    • John L Hansen 11/27/2017 at 10:17 pm

      Especially, when it's about ones "bodily fluids"
      and "ten to one ratio in the Underground".

  • Nuclear Apocalypse by Accident? Age of Trump
    • John L Hansen 11/21/2017 at 1:56 pm

      Madness going raving, again!

  • World, horrified at Trump, sends US Ranking Plummeting
    • John L Hansen 11/17/2017 at 5:15 pm

      "Land of the Big PX", no more.

  • Upshot of Mueller Probe: Putin did to US what we did to Iran and Iraq
    • John L Hansen 10/31/2017 at 2:22 pm

      Some could say,
      "Equal in Dirt"

  • Iran's Khamenei: We'll observe Deal if Europe does, despite "Charlatan," Trump
    • John L Hansen 10/19/2017 at 2:40 pm

      Spot on, Ali Khamenei

  • Is racial bias driving Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico?
    • John L Hansen 10/19/2017 at 2:42 pm

      Without a doubt.

  • Yes, White Supremacists, some Vikings were Muslims & Thor was Brown
    • John Hansen 10/15/2017 at 11:26 pm

      I'm glad to have been here for the
      last eighty-four years and counting!
      John L Hansen
      (Former Nordic God/Polish
      Peasant Cave Dweller)

  • Trump wants 10-fold increase in Atom Bombs but is after Iran, which has none
    • John L Hansen 10/12/2017 at 6:00 pm

      Could it be that Trump has heard of the ten to
      one ratio in the underworld from Fox News?

  • As Trump & Pruitt unleash Climate Demons, Scientists dream of Atlantic Wind Farm
    • John L Hansen 10/11/2017 at 5:01 pm

      White-Out of Black

  • How "ghost soldiers" could frustrate Trump's plans for Afghanistan
    • John Hansen 10/11/2017 at 5:38 pm

      It's Vietnam all over again with
      Agent Orange personified.

  • What’s Stopping Media From Calling Las Vegas Killer a “Terrorist”? His Whiteness
    • John L Hansen 10/08/2017 at 12:44 pm

      Yes!
      And if I may ask, was he
      a member of the NRA?

  • Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
    • John L Hansen 10/06/2017 at 5:53 pm

      Nate heading this way,
      I wonder if we will receive
      paper or cotton towels?

    • John L Hansen 10/06/2017 at 5:47 pm with 1 replies

      More fiendish White-Out of Black.

  • Fake News: Fascist Media try to blame Las Vegas Shooting on Left
    • John L Hansen 10/03/2017 at 8:55 pm with 2 replies

      Was Paddock a member of the NRA?

  • Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
    • John L Hansen 09/20/2017 at 12:38 pm

      Trump must have emptied a
      bottle of Wite-Out on this one.

  • Superstorm Donald Hits GOP, aims to Ravage US
    • John L Hansen 09/15/2017 at 5:29 pm

      Keep an eye on FICA Funds.

  • What will Iran do if Trump tears up the Nuclear Agreement?
    • John L Hnsen 09/12/2017 at 9:01 pm

      The usual time tested Jock vs Jock ?

  • Turkey-Backed fundamentalist Militias attack US Troops in Syria
    • John L Hansen 08/31/2017 at 5:53 pm

      How do you spell "Big Muddy""?

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  • Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels
    • John L Hansen 08/31/2017 at 9:23 pm

      “The Obama Administration did not shoot straight on how many people they sent to Afghanistan, which added cost to the mission and made it harder to succeed,” Thornberry said.

      What ?

  • Trump flip-flops on Afghanistan, opts for Years-long Quagmire
    • John L Hansen 08/22/2017 at 12:23 pm

      More White-Out of Black?

  • It’s Not About ‘White Culture’
    • John L Hansen 08/22/2017 at 1:18 pm with 1 replies

      Hey, that's the same definition
      of "Southern Heritage".

  • The Mask Is Off: Trump Is Seeking Pretext for War with Iran
    • John L Hansen 08/09/2017 at 5:31 pm

      Make that back to a shooting
      67 year old super quagmire.

  • Top 5 Trump Secrets of Sadism, from Trans People to Priebus to Police
    • John L Hansen 07/29/2017 at 12:49 pm

      Another good one, Dr Cole.

  • Tesla 3 Arrives: Beginning of End of Climate Change? (Video)
    • John L Hansen 07/29/2017 at 1:17 pm

      Wonder if they will go the way of the sixties terbine cars?
      One must remember, "What's good for General Motors,
      is good for the Country"!

  • Trump: Aid to Syrian Rebels was 'Massive,' 'Dangerous;' slams Post
    • John L Hansen 07/25/2017 at 1:55 pm

      More Trump real true factual lies.
      There's a quid pro quo for debt
      buck$ somewhere in this mess.

  • Top 4 Lessons Trump can Learn from Napoleon in Russia
    • John L Hansen 07/21/2017 at 8:31 pm

      "Where Barflies Get Together"
      in Jeff Session's #3 Bamie ?

    • John L Hansen 07/21/2017 at 1:38 pm

      Scratch "Elba", make it Johnston Island in the Pacific.

  • G19 outmaneuvers climate Rogue Trump, ignores Donald & Ivanka
    • John L Hansen 07/09/2017 at 6:11 pm

      Seems the German Lady made short
      work of the "pudendum grabber".

  • Trump's Fascist Weakness Mars Poland Diatribe
    • John L Hansen 07/07/2017 at 1:13 pm

      Spot on, Dr Cole

  • Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
    • John L Hansen 06/29/2017 at 10:07 pm

      It's a rewrite of the "Comey Tapes Saga" for Fox TV.

  • Putin offers Comey Asylum, likens him to Snowden
    • John L Hansen 06/16/2017 at 9:55 am with 1 replies

      Does anyone expect Putin to say,
      "I have that fool Trump in my pocket"?

  • Does Watching too much TV turn you into a Trump Voter?
    • John L Hansen 06/11/2017 at 3:48 pm

      Here where I live in NW Florida,
      it's the same people that voted
      two to one for "Tricky", "Teflon"
      and "Shrub" that brought us the
      spread of "Agent Orange", and
      we all should know what that
      did to our Military Veterans
      and the People of Vietnam.

  • Tillerson-Trump Rumble over Qatar shows White House Divisions
    • John L Hansen 06/10/2017 at 1:55 pm

      Unlike Saudi Arabia, apparently
      Trump has no debt held in Qatar.
      With Trump, it is "All About The
      Buck$", make that "BIG BUCK$".

  • Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi'ism
    • John L Hansen 05/22/2017 at 12:21 pm

      Let me see, 110 bn with 1% "kickback", not
      too bad for a plane ride and verbalizing.

  • Russians Troll Trump, release Photos of Meeting
    • John L Hansen 05/12/2017 at 3:30 pm

      Could it be that Friendship is a
      quid pro quo for Buck$ owed?

  • GOP Politician: ‘ISIS Has Won’ After Confederate Monument Removed
    • John L Hansen 04/30/2017 at 12:13 pm

      What?

  • The Coming Muslim Century: Bad news for President Bannon
    • John L Hansen 04/19/2017 at 2:37 pm with 1 replies

      I wonder what percentage check a religious preference
      Just to "play it safe", plus those that check "none"?

  • Al-Sadr: Russia, America and al-Assad should all get out of Syria!
    • John L Hansen 04/09/2017 at 10:10 am

      Now this guy has the right idea!
      I'll bet the neocons are sorry that
      he turned down their APC ride
      offer back in 2004.

  • Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal
    • John L Hansen 04/08/2017 at 2:05 pm with 1 replies

      Trump says he's not going to telegraph his response;
      Trump then tells the Russkies and some Allies whats
      coming and when;
      Putin passes this info on to Assad;
      Assad evacuates the Target;
      Navy makes beautiful video of missile launches;
      Trump tells people about wonderful mission;
      After 59 hits, Evil Airbase is back in operation
      the next day;
      Navy submits requisition for 590 missile replacements;
      Neocons cream in jeans

  • Washington's Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths
    • John L Hansen 04/06/2017 at 1:55 pm

      Yeah, the Russkies could take Assad for a
      ride in an APC, it worked for us in the past.

  • ISIL: Imbecilic Buffoon Trump leading America to Extinction
    • John L Hansen 04/05/2017 at 7:51 pm

      And, Trump is taking the bait.

  • Why would Trump Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.
    • John L Hansen 03/30/2017 at 4:41 pm

      It's all about Buck$, you know, profits
      for big stockholders of Offensive
      Corporations plus lower or no tax
      obligations.
      Or maybe, Trump whats to outdo
      Truman, by being first to drop a
      thermonuclear, rather than a puny
      uranium bomb, on some Asians.

  • How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump
    • John L Hansen 03/22/2017 at 8:05 pm

      Cancel his debt?

  • Dear Rep. King: Our Civilization isn’t White and American Babies aren’t Other
    • John L Hansen 03/13/2017 at 11:19 pm

      Not to mention the contributions
      of Asians, Chinese in particular.

  • Syria: As 400 more Troops go in, What's Trump's Mission?
    • John L Hansen 03/10/2017 at 8:19 pm

      It's the "John Wayne Syndrome" all over again!
      Remember when Marines landed at Da Nang
      in 65 to make "short work" of Commie Gooks
      and how that turned out?

  • Trump endangering rest of Us to hunt down the Law-Abiding Undocumented
    • John L Hansen 02/22/2017 at 2:29 pm

      Makes one wonder how many Asians
      and Europeans have been rounded-up?

  • Could Trump's War of Words with China turn Hot?
    • John L Hansen 02/13/2017 at 8:14 pm with 2 replies

      Does war cancel debt between opponents?
      If so, wouldn't that be a really Yuuge Deal?

  • Trumpworld Fake News: Iran attacks US Navy, Iraqis Massacre Bowling Green
    • John L Hansen 02/03/2017 at 1:32 pm

      It appears that Real Women
      want to go to Eye-ran too.

  • Trump Counter-Terrorism Program to drop White Supremacists, focus on Islam
    • John L Hansen 02/03/2017 at 1:50 pm

      And just what are your Tarheel
      Confederate Good Book beliefs?

  • Meryl Streep calls out Trump: Having Bully-in-Chief Coarsens whole Culture
    • John L Hansen 01/09/2017 at 2:44 pm

      Makes one wonder whose neurons
      are fingering Trump's keyboard?

  • Preparing for the Normalization of a Neofascist White House
    • John L Hansen 01/02/2017 at 5:20 pm

      It's a Classic Hostile Take-over;
      Downsize;
      Sell Assets;
      Doff-out Debt Free with Several Billion Tax Free Ca$h.

  • Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL
    • John L Hansen 12/28/2016 at 12:12 pm

      Why so, do you think
      it might have something
      to do with a stealth
      Muslim in High Power?

  • Top Five ways Jesus was not White
    • John L Hansen 12/25/2016 at 8:03 pm

      What?

    • John L Hansen 12/25/2016 at 8:00 pm

      That Jesus was White?

    • John L Hansen 12/25/2016 at 3:04 pm

      Wasn't Palestine/Israel located
      in NE Africa before 1869?
      If so, wouldn't that make
      Jesus an Afro-Semite?

      Regards,
      John L Hansen
      (half ex-Nordic god &
      half ex-Polish peasant)

  • How Rupert Murdoch & Fox Created the Fake News Industry
    • John L Hansen 12/01/2016 at 8:36 pm

      After all is said and done;
      It's all about the Buck$!

  • The Manhattan White House, the Secret Service, and the Painted Bikini Lady
    • John L Hansen 11/28/2016 at 11:26 am

      Are we nearing the
      apex of Capitalism?

  • Will Turkey leave NATO for Sino-Russian Shanghai Cooperation Council?
    • John L Hansen 11/23/2016 at 11:36 am

      There must be a used APC
      available somewhere!

  • Dear Ann Coulter: Ben Franklin didn't think you or Trump are White, Either
    • John L Hansen 11/08/2016 at 2:29 pm with 1 replies

      "Swarthy", haven't heard that one in a long time.
      How would we that are "Ruddy" fit in?

  • The Hatred that Trump's Lies will Leave Behind
    • John L Hansen 11/06/2016 at 2:08 pm

      Tricky Dick, Teflon Ron, Shrub and I thought they had
      hit the bottom of the barrel, I guess I was very wrong.
      Also, forgetting the dog, I believe that Donny would have
      to stand in his highchair in order to kiss Hillary on the cheek.
      John L Hansen 80+

    • John L Hansen 11/06/2016 at 1:38 pm

      Spot on, Dr Cole and Mr Grumpy

  • The Presidential Debate that did not really Happen
    • John L Hansen 09/27/2016 at 12:41 pm

      I watched Hogan demolish Col.
      Klink while sipping warm milk.

  • What did we buy with the $5 Trillion that the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars have cost us?
    • John L Hansen 09/13/2016 at 12:53 pm

      Madness gone raving about "hollowed out"!

  • The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL
    • John L Hansen 09/04/2016 at 2:44 pm with 1 replies

      It's a mistake to read all white people into it.
      It is also a "tell" to refer to friends, music and
      language that one prefers. Quit swinging at
      shadows.

  • French Court lifts Municipal Burkini Ban; & Why should you care what other people wear?
    • John L Hansen 08/27/2016 at 5:09 pm

      Excellent response, Muslima Lawyer

    • John L Hansen 08/27/2016 at 5:00 pm

      Spot on, Sufi Muslim

  • Donald "Dr. Strangelove" Trump and some of the Times We almost had a Nuclear War
    • John L Hansen 08/04/2016 at 5:08 pm with 1 replies

      Spot on, Mr Grumpy!

  • Dear Trumpists: Khizr Khan is not 'Muslim Brotherhood' and it wouldn't matter if he Were
    • John L Hansen 08/03/2016 at 2:12 pm

      Trump would fit the bill
      for your last sentence.

  • Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump's Lies about the United States
    • John L Hansen 07/22/2016 at 2:30 pm

      No NRA in Germany?

  • Nice, France, Attack: A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers
    • John L Hansen 07/15/2016 at 4:03 pm

      France ,Tunisia, Generals
      and de Gaulle.......oh my !

  • Has the US Military become a B Movie Alien for the rest of the World?
    • John L Hansen 07/13/2016 at 7:30 pm

      Yes!

  • The Real Problem with the Iraq War: It was Illegal
    • John L Hansen 07/07/2016 at 5:19 pm

      It was, and still is, all about
      jockstraps filled with buck$.

  • Obama in Hiroshima, Memorial Day and the Iran Deal
    • John L Hansen 05/29/2016 at 7:51 pm

      Capital Democrazy, comes to mind.

  • The Pentagon's War on Accountability: At $600 Bn a Year, Why aren't any Wars being Won?
    • John L Hansen 05/25/2016 at 8:02 pm

      Wow, spend all dem Buck$ and wind
      up with a "Hollowed-Out-Force".
      Gee, I wonder what's going-on?

  • Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?
    • John L Hansen 05/18/2016 at 1:44 pm

      Reminds me of the Christian brouhaha
      over Elvis and Rock 'n Roll in the Fifties
      when America was suppose to be "Great".

  • US spends as much as next 11 countries on War Industries; why do Cruz/Trump want to Spend More?
    • John L Hansen 05/03/2016 at 1:43 pm

      You can't spend your Social Security if you're deceased.

  • As Coasts Flood, why isn't the Corporate Press asking Candidates about Climate Change?
    • John L Hansen 03/03/2016 at 9:31 pm

      huh?

  • George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It
    • John L Hansen 02/16/2016 at 5:32 pm

      "Never mind what I told you--you do as I tell you"
      - W. C. Dukenfield

  • Pentagon, running out of Smart Bombs, will Double anti-ISIL Budget
    • John L Hansen 02/04/2016 at 2:51 pm

      It reads like 1980 Reagan Nonsense all over again!

  • Oregon Standoff: What If The Armed Men Were Muslim Or Black?
    • John L Hansen 01/11/2016 at 4:16 pm

      "......their compound." ??

  • Israeli PM: 'Arab terror and Jewish terror' are different
    • John L Hansen 12/28/2015 at 11:33 am with 1 replies

      Let me see if I have this straight,
      My Semitic terror is different than
      your Semitic TERROR?

  • Is Clinton right that Trump is Helping ISIL?
    • John L Hansen 12/21/2015 at 9:32 pm

      The "Fat Lady" hasn't sung yet.

    • John L Hansen 12/21/2015 at 5:15 pm

      Make that ISIL

    • John L Hansen 12/21/2015 at 5:11 pm with 1 replies

      ISIS Pert Chart (Secreted Copy):
      (A) Provoke US - (B) US Respond
      with BIG BUCK$-------Repeat (A)

  • US Arms sales don't Fight Terrorism & War, they Provoke Them
    • John L Hansen 12/21/2015 at 4:25 pm

      War is a protection racket, pay up and shut up!

  • Roof, Dear and Tashfeen Malik: 'Self-Radicalized,' 'Terrorism,' 'Lone Wolf' and Double Standards
    • John L Hansen 12/05/2015 at 10:42 am

      Yes, always has been.

  • Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?
    • John L Hansen 12/03/2015 at 6:38 pm

      "Don't hit other kids" - K101 (day 1)
      "Don't call other kids names" - K101 (day 2)
      "Some of you will never learn" - K101 (day 3)

  • US to send Spec Ops troops to Iraq to fight ISIL, but do Iraqis want them?
    • John L Hansen 12/02/2015 at 7:33 pm

      Reminds me of the early sixties and some
      Green Hats cleaning up a French mess.

  • "For Paris" on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted
    • John L Hansen 11/23/2015 at 2:47 am

      My "second guess" is that it's
      a gigantic out of control mess.

  • Why ISIL is a Vast Exaggeration: & No, it can't Shoot down Planes
    • John L Hansen 11/01/2015 at 11:39 am

      It's the same ole fecal matter:
      No boogeyman under your bed,
      no free-market defense buck$!
      So, go shopping for tape and be
      sure to duck and cover afterwards.

  • Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?
    • John L Hansen 10/30/2015 at 3:39 pm

      It's way pass time to drop the spiteflness.

  • In final Failure for Bush/Cheney, many in Iraq seek Russian Alliance
    • John L Hansen 10/09/2015 at 12:35 pm

      What's the rub, Russia is
      full blown Capitalism at
      it's finest. So why not let
      Putin pull a Shrub in the
      Middle-East?

  • No, Donald Trump, Mideast wouldn't be more Stable under Saddam & other Dictators
    • John L Hansen 10/06/2015 at 8:13 pm

      Will the US be more stable under Mr Trump?

  • Alabama Requires Photo IDs for Voting, Then Shutters DMV Offices in Black Counties
    • John L Hansen 10/04/2015 at 4:53 am with 1 replies

      Same fecus for shades other than white in Texas.

  • Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll
    • John L Hansen 09/30/2015 at 3:32 pm

      You mean to tell me that the exUSSR
      doesn't have a Soviet Fox News or
      Grand Old communist Party (GOcP)
      to force feed the gullible public?
      Wow, they sure are far behind on
      the Capitalist Freedom Curve (CFC).

  • Islam Hysteria: 14 yr old Muslim Student Invents Digital Clock, is Arrested
    • John L Hansen 09/16/2015 at 7:01 pm

      Maybe, CSI Irving was unaware of
      clocks without little and big hands.

  • Nearly Half of Republicans Could imagine backing Military Coup
    • John L Hansen 09/13/2015 at 3:31 pm with 2 replies

      Why?

  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the single greatest acts of terrorism in human history?
    • John L Hansen 08/07/2015 at 5:14 pm

      See recently declassified "Pumkin Bombs".

  • Obama: Opponents of Iran Deal are Warmongers
    • John L Hansen 08/06/2015 at 1:40 pm

      And rightly so, and it will be interesting
      to watch which of them will beat the
      tom-toms the loudest tomorrow on Fox News.

  • How Likely are the GOP Presidential Candidates Top 10 to drag us into War?
    • John L Hansen 08/05/2015 at 1:46 pm

      It's One-upmanship for the Big Cup Prize.

  • Trump Swiftboats McCain the Way W. Swiftboated John Kerry
    • John L Hansen 07/19/2015 at 5:31 pm

      Seems I recall that McCain was pardoned
      by "I'm not a crook" Nixon for his Conduct
      Unbecoming an Officer while in captivity.
      One must remember RHIP, especialy for
      the son of a Flag Rank Officer who was
      himself the son of Flag Rank Officer.

  • That Time Ronald Reagan opened Iran and Illegally sold Khomeini Weapons
    • John L Hansen 07/14/2015 at 8:46 pm

      Reagan was a "B" actor In
      Hollywood and Washington,
      nothing more, nothing less.
      Nixon, Reagan, & Bush 2
      were the Moe, Larry, & Curly
      of the GOP.

  • The Confederate Flag flew in Iraq as Symbol of Empire and Militarism ("Valor")
    • John L Hansen 07/08/2015 at 5:35 pm

      It's just a visual proud southern
      hospitality heritage dog-whistle.

  • Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July
    • John L Hansen 07/04/2015 at 10:43 am

      Dr Cole, if I may add:

      Yours are I, Me, My.

      Mine are We, Us, Our.

  • Demonizing as Policy: Washington Elites divided over which state to declare Enemy No. 1
    • John L Hansen 07/01/2015 at 2:06 pm

      I'll put my money on the Walton's pick.
      More "Red under my bed" and "Duck
      and Cover!", on second thought, "Red
      Capitalist and Muslim under my bed".

  • No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman
    • John L Hansen 06/28/2015 at 12:22 pm

      Thanks for the info Dr Cole,
      my brother's widow is a real
      young looker with no pesky
      children.

  • How Lindsey Graham & GOP lost the Chance to be Presidential over Charleston
    • John L Hansen 06/21/2015 at 6:47 pm

      No, Helms was the "Head Racists"
      from North Carolina for a long
      stretch.
      Wait a minute, it just came to me;
      it was........ Strom Thurmond!

    • John L Hansen 06/20/2015 at 12:55 pm with 2 replies

      It's Senator What's His Name from South
      Carolina during the Sixties all over again.
      Actually, as I recall, he was flapping his
      bigoted gums in the Senate from the Fifties
      thru the Nineties.

  • Can the GOP live down Donald Trump's Middle East "Policy"?
    • John L Hansen 06/17/2015 at 12:36 pm

      What do you mean, "live down", they"ll build up on it!

  • Iraq needs another National Party: Tariq Aziz's Baath Party Ruined the Country
    • John L Hansen 06/06/2015 at 1:25 pm with 1 replies

      You'll have to admit that Aziz
      was an excellent Bull-shitter.

  • Washington asks, "Who lost Ramadi?" But Washington never had Ramadi
    • John L Hansen 05/23/2015 at 5:30 pm with 1 replies

      Suggest you stop watching Fox News
      and try to stop preaching hate and
      discontent.

    • John L Hansen 05/21/2015 at 2:26 pm

      SOS dispensed after Korea and Vietnam.
      "We were winning when I left _________"

  • Marco Rubio's Massive Flip-Flop on Climate Change, Green Energy
    • John L Hansen 04/16/2015 at 1:57 pm

      It's past time for another break for water.

  • President Rand Paul's Middle East Policy
    • John L Hansen 04/08/2015 at 3:31 pm

      "Never mind what I told you--you do as I tell you"
      - W. C. Dukenfield

  • Iran's Khamenei: GOP Letter Disgusting, shows Decline of American System
    • John L Hansen 03/15/2015 at 9:22 am

      I'm sure the "one percent"
      would make out like bandits
      and be smiling all the way
      to their Bank$.

    • John L Hansen 03/14/2015 at 11:26 am

      Gollee plus gee-whiz Dr Cole,
      what became of Mr Grumpy's
      spot on comment of last evening?
      Regards,
      JLH

  • Just How dangerous is Sen. Tom Cotton, Iran Letter Crackpot? You'd be Surprised
    • John L Hansen 03/13/2015 at 6:57 pm

      Spot on, but an little too mild, Mr Grumpy.

  • Bombing Iran: What would Happen if the Hawks got their Way?
    • John L Hansen 03/09/2015 at 4:02 pm

      Reads like "General Bull Right"
      is alive and well in Congress.

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