BlackWidowPilot's Comments (543)

“Authoritarian vultures of a feather, all squabbling together, over the dead elephant carcass that is the "Greedy Old Perverts" of the 21st Century...

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“Excuse me? What planet do you spend most of your time on, citizen? The churches are indeed free to speak out as they see fit, and have done so throughout our nation's history.

Clearly, "AnotherAngle," you are untroubled by the ravages of actual, empirical facts.

It is truth the taste of which makes you gag, but that's only natural for the demonstrable authoritarian.

God pity you.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“In other words, the junior league of the self-anointed "party of conservative Christian family values" will be compiling a list of professors that among other things insist upon students actually engaging in sound logic and reasoning, follow standards of academic rigor, use the Scientific Method in science classes rather than presenting Creationist quackery and calling it science, and engage in sound, established standards of research methodology.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“So in other words, you are quite content with the current status quo of legalized corporate predation that masquerades as healthcare in this country, a system that sees circa 45,000 *Americans* including *children* die each year due to lack of access to affordable healthcare, for no other "sin" than being declared "...not profitable enough!" by some insurance company hack so his CEO can have a third BMW G-series roadster in the garage in his second vacation home in The Hamptons, but God forbid We The People actually take care of our own, 'cause that's "socialism" 'cause Limbaugh the Hutt sez so.

Guff. Don't like government running anything? Fine. Turn in your Social Security card, give up MediCare if you're already on it, and never call 9/11 for any reason whatsoever, stop using the municipal water and sewage systems, and stop driving on all those roads that have been provided and maintained at taxpayer expense.

BTW, you studied theology where again? The churches Catholic and Protestant alike are *not* free to say what they like if it contradicts the teachings of Christ, most especially if the church leadership is playing *politics* and trying to twist the Scriptures to suit their agenda.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen
One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“Seconded.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“No, according to the Scripture, it is *not* their right to deny aid to the sick, the suffering, the hungry, the homeless:

"Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."

- Matthew 25:31-46

To punish the poor and suffering to make a political point is contrary to the teachings of Christ, and IMHO should be condemned by every honest Christian clearly, loudly, and without hesitation!

Christian is as Christian does, and hypocrisy is neither a "family value" nor Christian virtue.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

PROTESTant”

“And I don't happen to be a 'liberal" by any definition you'd recognize. Yes, the Papacy s free to play politics. *And* they most assuredly will be called out for their hypocrisy:

"Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."

- Matthew 25:31-46

To punish the poor and suffering to make a political point is contrary to the teachings of Christ, as is *hypocrisy­.*

Christian is as Christian does, and hypocrisy - like willfully ignorant bigotry- is neither a "family value" nor Christian virtue, citizen.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

PROTESTant”

“No, according to the Scripture, it is *not* their right to deny aid to the sick, the suffering, the hungry, the homeless:

"Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."

- Matthew 25:31-46

To punish the poor and suffering to make a political point is contrary to the teachings of Christ, and IMHO should be condemned by every honest Christian clearly, loudly, and without hesitation!

Christian is as Christian does, and hypocrisy is neither a "family value" nor Christian virtue.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

PROTESTant”

“"Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me."

- Matthew 25:31-46

To punish the poor and suffering to make a political point is contrary to the teachings of Christ, and should be condemned by every honest Christian clearly, loudly, and without hesitation!

Christian is as Christian does, and hypocrisy is neither a "family value" nor Christian virtue.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

PROTESTant”

“Monsanto's despicable practices in using their genetically modified soybeans to contaminate neighboring farmers' soy crops, then sue the independent farmers for "violating Monsato's patent" as a means of coercing farmers to submit to Monsanto's terms and use their GMO soy seeds, or be driven into bankruptcy.

This is nothing less than legalized racketeering, done with the collusion of elected officials in congress that have taken lobbyist's "campaign contributions" to pass laws enabling Monsanto to do to America's soybean production what the insurance company racketeers have done to our nation's healthcare system.

Enough is enough!

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of their country."

- Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan. November 12, 1816

Truer, more prophetic words were never written by one of our nation's Founders.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“Perhaps, but I prefer my pit bulls are of sound mind and body; Adolf the Ghoul is clearly *rabid,* and therefore unfit for duty...

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million Declared "...not profitable enough!"”

“Hmmm.. well, lessee:

"Unlike The Huffington Post, where bloggers and writers are given almost complete freedom over their own content (the HuffPost editorial team ensures accuracy but does not dictate point of view), Odom is setting up a "news" site that he admits will tell only his "side" of the issues. And bloggers get paid only if the editorial team approves their posts. In other words, bloggers will get paid only when their articles are in agreement with the site's founder."

Seems to this independent voter that running with ideologically driven nonsense is the whole point of Odom's little blog, as it is with Fake News, Glenn "The Crybaby" Beck, Bill O'Liar, Rush "Oxycoton" Limbaugh, Michael Weiner Savage, ad nauseum

Truth and empirical facts do not enter into the teabagger concept of reality...

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“How much do you know about Hispanic/Latino culture and socioeconomic and racial animosity one Latino for another?

Do tell.

Past time for America to take out the trash such as Lou "Immigrant Basher" Dobbs.

Yeeeach.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen”

“With all due respect, no. Those are the creedo of the aristocracy of the moneyed corporations and their GOP lackeys, but not anything that is good or decent in America, Her people, or Her culture.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations that dare already to challenge the government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of their country!"

- Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, 1813

Yes, Ms. Huffington, you are correct; we do not live in a fair country.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“Rebellion? An armed insurrection against *whom,* citizen?

Do tell.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“Ms. Huffington, you are spot-on. We do not have free market capitalism, but legalized corporate predation run riot that supports a self-appointed aristocracy of the moneyed corporations, the very aristocracy one of the Founders raged against so long ago:

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations that dare already to challenge the government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of their country!"

- Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, 1813

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“In other words you want the foxes to remain in control of the henhouse.

Brilliant logic.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“Nope.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“No, I cannot apply for MediCare.

No, I cannot get private health insurance.

Judging the past through modern eyes is the cardinal sin of the historian. Trying to twist what happened in the 1920s to justify what is happening in the 21st century is simple intellectual dishonesty in defense of a morally bankrupt political agenda.

I live in Texas BTW, so no, our government doesn't believe in helping anyone but themselves to another gerrymandered voting district that favors the "Greedy Old Perverts."

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“It is the cardinal sin of the historian to judge the past through modern eyes.

Oversimplifying historical events to justify a political agenda of corporations uber alles won't fly, citizen, no matter how much hot air the likes of Glenn "The Crybaby" Beck blows into it.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 million”

“You're dodging his questions, only underscoring your intellectual dishonesty in defense of the morally bankrupt philosophy of Social Darwinism.

You stated earlier you fear "faceless, nameless bureaucrat­s." We already have such creatures making decisions for us every day; they work for corporations, and decide who shall live or die based upon *profitabi­lity.*

Just such a corporate hack made just such a decision for me, declaring I was "...not profitable enough."

That's a quotable quote BTW, from a Blue Shield/Blue Cross broker who gave that as the reason I would "...never get private health insurance.­"

My "sin?" I am self-employed and disabled.

47 million Americans are in the same boat as I.

Circa 15-18,000 Americans including *children* die each year due to lack of access to affordable healthcare, for no other "sin" than being "...not profitable enough" for the likes of insurance company CEOs who need to protect their God-given rights to a vacation home in The Hamptons and an extra Bentley roadster in their garage.

And clearly you find this status quo acceptable.

God pity you.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“That's already been done for me, by a faceless, nameless *corporate* bureaucrat who declared I was "...not profitable enough."

That's a quotable quote BTW, from a Blue Shield/Blue Cross broker who gave that as the reason I would "...never get private health insurance.­"

My "sin?" I am self-employed and disabled.

47 million Americans are in the same boat as I.

Circa 15-18,000 Americans including *children* die each year due to lack of access to affordable healthcare, for no other "sin" than being "...not profitable enough" for the likes of insurance company CEOs who need to protect their God-given rights to a vacation home in The Hamptons and an extra Bentley roadster in their garage.

And clearly you find this status quo acceptable.

God pity you.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”

“"I hope we shall crush in its birth... the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge the government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of their country!"

- Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, 1813

It is the self-anointed aristocracy of the moneyed corporations and their overwhelmingly GOP servants who have worked long and hard to destroy democracy in favor of a plutocratic oligarchy which pays lip service to "freedom" spewed daily by the likes of such paid hacks as Glenn "The Crybaby" Beck on Fake News.

So-called "Libertarians" are simply Social Darwinists with a sugar coating of the word "Liberty." Libertarianism is simply lasse faire corporatism by another name, and doesn't survive the smell test even if one wears a gas mask.

Government is "Of The People, By The People, and For The People." It is up to We The People to determine its nature and its course. Corporatism as practiced by the GOP and its K Street paymasters is not democracy, no matter how much the intellectually bankrupt likes of such as Glenn "The Crybaby" Beck and his ilk may try to spin it otherwise.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million”