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60. If it's so common sensical, why isn't the rest of the world on board? One person's

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #50)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:38 PM

Sep 2013

'common sense' is another person's total bullshit.

With apologies to Thomas Paine.

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White House: Irrefutable Assad link to gas attack lacking, but passes ‘common-sense test’ [View all] HardTimes99 Sep 2013 OP

Lack of sufficient evidence. dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #1

Or that the NSA buggers have listened and found that the HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #3

common sense, this administration's version of Bush's 'gut' sense. roguevalley Sep 2013 #35

Remembering madamesilverspurs Sep 2013 #2

To say I'm flabbergasted is putting it mildly. Didn't Kerry just a few days ago HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #7

"Proofiness" a word similar to truthiness, meaning to have a common sense feeling he must be guilty. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #29

"Common sense" - two words I am putting henceforth on my permanent shitlist - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #78

"This is not a court of law" Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #4

Courts of law and due process are so last century - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #5

What was I thinking? Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #8

Yes, clearly a case of pre-9/11 thinking. nt Beer Swiller Sep 2013 #40

The UN is a court of law??? LOL... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #43

The one that matters? Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #72

My assertion that the UN is not a court of law... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #76

Very Sensible and Practical.. frylock Sep 2013 #6

And, dare I add, 'banal'? - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #9

Reality based, real world realism seems... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #45

Common sense test says that going to war requires evidence beyond a reasonable doubt leveymg Sep 2013 #10

Bingo deutsey Sep 2013 #34

So, since we have better than probable cause, and we have... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #49

IF this happened beyond Assad's purview... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #11

His brother did it, and his brother is the real boss. Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #13

Then he needs to go all David Kaczynski over his ass! Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #15

You and DEBKAfile claim this. leveymg Sep 2013 #20

What if it was actually the rebels who exploded that CBW ordnance? Should Assad HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #14

Few reputable sources have blamed the rebels.... Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #16

Since we're making 'common sense' our standard these days, why not apply HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #17

Not talking "common sense". Just speaking of what's been reported by multiple sources. Cooley Hurd Sep 2013 #24

The means and opportunity, Assad had both. christx30 Sep 2013 #38

I generally shy away from CT because they fail Popper's 'falsifiability standard' but HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #52

The Assad government was in it's third day of the most cheapdate Sep 2013 #42

Give back your ill gotten Peace Prize blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #12

Memo to Nobel Prize Committee: Do not hand out peace prizes in advance. Thanks! - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #18

A most excellent point. arewenotdemo Sep 2013 #66

That's just fucking stupid. Autumn Sep 2013 #19

The entire regime change policy toward Syria has been fucking stupid. leveymg Sep 2013 #22

I'd definitely add Samantha Power to that cabal. arewenotdemo Sep 2013 #69

I'm increasingly convinced this was all no series of unfortunate events, and that there's more leveymg Sep 2013 #71

Even Brzezinski can't figure why Obama began his illegal covert war against Syria. arewenotdemo Sep 2013 #73

Brzezinski is one cold-blooded SOB, isn't he? Willing to take the deaths of 3,000 civilians on 9-11 HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #79

No question he is. Yet I find what he has to say about all this to be very convincing. arewenotdemo Sep 2013 #82

And after Bush and Iraq MissDeeds Sep 2013 #27

wow, so he's a 'gut player' ? phantom power Sep 2013 #21

Yeah, Syria is *nothing* like Iraq durablend Sep 2013 #23

"Common Sense" said Spain attacked the Maine, Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #25

heh, nice try at swapping ontology and epistemology MisterP Sep 2013 #26

Actually, the "common sense test" is exactly how the baggers "know" Obama needs to be impeached. beerandjesus Sep 2013 #93

Is the "common-sense test" sufficient to launch a war of aggression other than to fulfill a indepat Sep 2013 #28

Everyone knows that there is no common-sense in Washington. NONE. :-| n/t DeSwiss Sep 2013 #30

Common sense dictates Unknown Beatle Sep 2013 #31

Thank you. My wife would tell you that I started channeling the same rage I used HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #47

An image is worth a thousand words... soo... Scootaloo Sep 2013 #32

I'm not the world's greatest at the graphics thing (my wife's area of HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #56

some of us 'old timers' should remember a 1960's political term azurnoir Sep 2013 #33

More of a "credibility ABYSS", i.e., bottomless depths of hubris shading into total darkness Divernan Sep 2013 #41

Wow! I really wish you would make this its own OP. Magnificent HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #68

I'm so channeling Ron Nessen's (Nixon's press secretary) repeated assurances that HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #54

The standard for war is lower than the standard for criminal law? daleo Sep 2013 #36

Absolutly, Without an overarching... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #44

That was the idea behind the UN daleo Sep 2013 #48

I don't think that was the idea behind the UN... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #55

There are only two justifcations for acts of war. another_liberal Sep 2013 #53

"Common sense" said Hitler needed lebensraum, so buh-bye Poland and the USSR - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #58

You are confusing "common sense" with "self interest".... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #64

Actually, it is you who conflates the two. I find DU a pretty sensible place compared HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #65

I agree, DU is a pretty common sense community... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #70

First of all, please allow me to compliment you on your civil tone. That said, I HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #75

I still must disagree, on both points... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #81

Sorry, but I have to disagree... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #61

We signed the treaty which established that standard. another_liberal Sep 2013 #63

I looked into it a bit more carefully... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #74

The Syrian government is still sovereign, no matter how disreputable we may view it to be. another_liberal Sep 2013 #89

Thats the interpretation we have been operating on... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #96

As long as we don't act as a Security Council unto ourselves. another_liberal Sep 2013 #97

It was once "common sense" that the sun orbited the earth deutsey Sep 2013 #37

Plus the Earth couldn't rotate, because we would fly off daleo Sep 2013 #51

Harvard produces some real Crap. GeorgeGist Sep 2013 #39

Hah! One of the few laughs I've had today. :) - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #77

Everyone close your eyes now and say along with me: another_liberal Sep 2013 #46

Mmm he probably did but if so evidence is going to be damn hard to get cstanleytech Sep 2013 #50

"Damn hard to get . . ." another_liberal Sep 2013 #57

"We need to set that bar very high indeed!" Oh I agree. nt cstanleytech Sep 2013 #59

If it's so common sensical, why isn't the rest of the world on board? One person's HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #60

Because the rest of the world doesnt want to get caught with its pants down cstanleytech Sep 2013 #62

I can tell you why Russia isn't on board... reACTIONary Sep 2013 #83

Don't forget to click your heels three times! deutsey Sep 2013 #87

Given that our congress has no common sense NV Whino Sep 2013 #67

Sense ???? SamKnause Sep 2013 #80

All it takes AnnieBW Sep 2013 #84

You mean you weren't comforted by SoS Kerry's assertion that there HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #85

Kerry had previously claimed it was "undeniable". The WH is walking this back. Pterodactyl Sep 2013 #86

Interesting development, huh? n/t deutsey Sep 2013 #88

Frankly, this DOES make sense to me. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #90

Whose common sense? Mz Pip Sep 2013 #91

His "common sense test" sounds like something less than the least truthful thing Kerry could of avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #92

"truthiness" /nt Ash_F Sep 2013 #94

No, Mr. President, it doesn't. Without irrefutable evidence, you can't justify this. Arkana Sep 2013 #95

It's better than proof: it's in his gut MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #98