Boadicea's Comments (2652)

“Refreshing, to say the least, and like you, I make no pretense to knowing what should be done to resolve this nightmare.

You are also among the very very few who even seem to notice how many others we have implicated in our war - often while our leaders were acting in less than good faith.Than­k you for reminding us.”

“Despite the blip of the bombing in Spain, the threat of a nuclear terror attack is, indeed, America's and Israel's alone. America is the only country on earth the terrorist's hate as much as Israel, because the terrorists know that with America propping it up all these decades, Israel would have collapsed years ago. Bin Laden is obviously a strategic genius, like Hitler until he insanely invaded Russia. Bin Laden knows that all he has to do is nuke New York, thereby imploding the American economy in one fell swoop, and America's capacity to support Israel and even to defend itself will be hugely compromised. Bin Laden would be no more concerned about America than he is about Norway if it weren't for Israel. If he can get those Pakistani nukes--and both America and Israel will be helpless to stop him if Afghanistan falls, and Islamic radicals take over Pakistan--both America and Israel will be toast, since there will be no way to stop Al Qaeda suicide agents from blowing up New York and Tel Aviv simultaneously. This is not 1968, when we could have simply pulled out of Vietnam with minimal consequences to us or the world. Boomers love to fantasize that it's that easy now, but it is NOT.”

“I agree with you. She signed a contract, and they schedule these movie projects several months ahead of when they begin filming. I doubt she can get out of some of her commitments if she wanted to. The fact is, she has regrets, but she is no different than many other working mothers out there. I work full time and am the major breadwinner in my family. We set out to adopt a child through foster care. We got selected for 2. And then guess what? I finally got pregnant. Will I regret having to work full time while raising 3 kids? Yes, but I will manage happily”

“Nonsense. The reason it sounds the way it does, is that the article wasn't about Broderick. It was about Parker.”

“Yeah, Ian McKellen is really obscure. Must be those uncommercial indie films he can't seem to stop doing.”

“Tony Curtis dressed as a transvestite in the "Some Like It Hot" comedy and he was in a daffy role in some shipboard romantic movie. I never thought of him as a strong leading man by any stretch of the imagination and ,as mentioned earlier, Rock Hudson was about in the same category. Of course, my opinion. Others may disagree.”

“Well Sweeties, if you watched something more than reality t.v. you just might know.”

“Co-sign...­I love him and can forget his sexual preferences in his roles...I wish he'd get the good roles.”

“Because that's the sacrifice you make when you get married. If you are unwilling or unable to make that sacrifice, then you either make sure your spouse is OK with an open relationship BEFORE you get married, or you don't get married at all. In my case, I waited to get married until I was in my mid-30's..­..an age where it was much easier to not be ruled by my hormones.

Tiger's transgression is not that he sought sex outside his marriage, it's that he lied to and betrayed his wife (apparently routinely).”

“At least they (your husband and brother) have the right to voice an opinion. The rest of us, well, I will speak for myself, have no experience to judge this matter except to say, there were no good choices.

A lot of chicken-hawks always do the quarterbacking for these wars, and don't know a damn thing, unlike your family who should be given the thanks that were not given at the end of Vietnam.”

“Although I believe you're sincere, you're wrong to give him the benefit of the doubt. He doesn't have to escalate, and he can progressively bring the troops home after they train the Afghan forces. We have no business being there. There are serious problems to take care of here, and although your husband and brother are soldiers, I regret to have to tell you, that they are pawns in a bigger game that won't ever benefit them. This country needs to pull away from depending on the defense industry to sustain it. Creating WMD's and technology destined to destroy lives is immoral, occupying other countries is immoral. Profiting from wars is immoral and using young men and women as pawns in war and filling their heads with lies so they can go off and k!ll in our name is tragic and unforgivable.”

“Meanshile, while you try to be reasonable toward Obama, the American people starve, go jobless, lack health care and have their sons and daughters sent to die in a quagmire. This situation doesn't call for phony reasonableness, it calls for clear headed opposition to an escalation that can accomplish NO good. I don't care what Obama believes, he is damaging the American economy (raising the deficit to crisis levels) with this war escalation and this will probably derail health care reform, Sorry. I disagree with you.”

“If this couple were black, they would not have been allowed to get in without being on the invitation list!”

“Mirren, Helen: In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007. - ISBN 978-0-297-85197-4”

“Yes the same phrase stuck in my mind for the beauty of it and for the hope of this world in the future. I had this very same sense of the President when seeing him in person long before the election.

Perhaps it could be contagious like a good flu, "a genuine courtesy of the heart". Thank you Dr. Chopra fpr sharing the evening with us and for your attention to detail and the beautiful expression in your article.”

“The problem is that your not being vaccinated impacts on others when you get infected, which is about 30% likely.

So are you willing to make any sacrifice at all to your health to protect the people in your community?

I say yes, you should.

Ultimately­,anti-vaxe­rs say no.”