Destin's Comments (7428)

“You know, seems the GOP is making a big deal over this because they say it was a photo for Runners World magazine and that Newsweek was wrong to use the photo that was meant for another publication.

I don't know much about copyrights and fair use like the others on here, but as a former track athlete I'm a skeptic that she's a regular jogger. She hast little to no muscle definition in her legs.”

“Guess I should clarify that hearsay is NOT enough to get someone accused of this in the USA. I hope, lol.”

“Hey Sarah, why did you agree to have your picture taken in that fashion if you deem it to be sexist? Isn't that like going to bar, getting drunk and blowing all of your money only to complain about it the next morning and blame it on the bartender?

Nobody forced you to take that picture.”

“The medical center ultimately was going to write it off the last I heard. And they had paid for all of the previous ones. And they were especially supposed to pay for this one as the doctor ordered it to be done that way. Specifically writing that he was to be transferred by ambulance to the hospice care facility. My father died of congestive heart failure and was obviously in the end stages of it when this all happened. He was so weak he couldn't even stand without assistance, couldn't breathe without assistance and if not for the pacemaker and defibrilator he had in his chest, it's likely he wouldn't have lasted as long as he did. And during that last hospital stay is when he requested the no-revive orders along with shutting off the defibrilator. Which that was another reason for the ambulance request, they thought it was very possible he might not survive the transfer to the other facility. I don't know all of the details, I'd have to ask my mom about it sometime, but BCBS was trying to deny everything because they claimed medicare wasn't upholding their end of the bargain but they were.”

“Well, I'm glad to see the USA made the list. I certainly didn't want our rampant corruption at every level of government to go totally unnoticed.”

“You are right Amanda and I love your new photo, you are truly a beautiful woman. I wanna get down on one knee again. :)”

“I'm glad I live in the USA where hearsay is enough to get someone accused of this. Funny how it is that the only evidence they have against this man is the fact that someone mentioned his name just once in all of the many decades of exhaustive research and analysis and witness testimony.

To me this simply sounds like a lust for vengeance as they do not mention one actual proof that the man did anything. Being a German during WWII didn't automatically mean everyone participated in everything. Just look at us, I have nothing to do with what Bush did while President so why should I be charged?”

“She looks like a carbon copy of Milla from that movie Violet Blue. Where's the originality?”

“Awesome band reference, saw them in concert twice back in the day, lol.”

“Typical Republicans. Can't speak or write for themselves so they hijack other peoples ideas and works to call their own.”

“He needs to get out more, this is not a very good way to score women. The last thing many of them probably wanted was to be lectured about religion. Trust me, that's probably not the "Oh God!" that they had in mind.”

“Interesting, we had the very same thing with a local Republican district attorney for the county I live in.

He was making an election year name for himself by going after people sending their kids to school outside the designated school zones. Wanting to charge them with felonies and other crimes. Already has two families slated to go to trial over it.

Then a funny thing happened. The news media started doing it's job. They asked the Republican district attorney if he would charge himself with the same crime as his daughter was going to a school outside the school zone, in violation of the very same laws he was using against other familiies?

He gave the typical Republican response saying that he was above the law and then went further to state that he was doing it for his daughters safety, that someone might kidnap her if she went to the one high school instead of another because it was somehow less secure.

Republican hypocrisy knows no boundaries.”

“You know, I might not post much anymore as 90% of the crap that goes on these days isn't worth commenting on anymore. But I still come by every day and read. I still have friends that express their frustration of how they keep posting and posting and trying to be heard, but never are. I guess that's why I am mostly retired from the blogging world anymore, because I lost faith in my fellow citizens to give a damn.

And I can honestly say one thing as a former reader of Gung Ho and Soldier of Fortune magazines as teen, signed up for the military still in high schooll, pledged to give my life for my country in the misguided belief that it would somehow make a difference and I was trying to do my civic duty and vote in every single election as soon as I turned 18.... and for what? For the crap we have now?

This is America, it used to mean something. It used to stand for something. And yet we still have so much that not one person should have a want or need for anything in America. Yet, it's capitalism that is denying everything to us, be it healthcare coverage, ability to travel, own a home or even seizing property that was actually paid for. I dare you to stop paying taxes on land you own. Watch how fast it is seized from you.”

“That is pretty disturbing. Glorification of self while putting money into their own pockets as they pat themselves on the back.

Is this what we as a nation have become?”

“I have BCBS myself and don't trust it anymore. I've had small things denied already over the past couple of years. My problems are nothing compared to what are outlined in the article above. I really feel for these people because of what they must be going through. I've already suffered the indignity of a few things from BCBS, such as denied treatments or their refusal to pay a doctor visit.

Probably the worst thing I've experienced with them is how they treated our family after my father passed away. Suddenly they didn't want to pay ANY of his bills. They even sent my mom a $1500 bill for the ambulance for transferring my father from the medical center to a hospice where he spent his last 2 weeks alive. BCBS refused to pay for that bill claiming it was unncessary. They even went so far as to say we should have transferred him there in our own vehicle. HOW?? How are we going to fit IV's and oxygen machines and other stuff into a family car in order to transfer him, most especially how were we to carry him to the car in the first place?

That is pretty ruthless. It's one thing that they mess with me, but quite another when they start messing with a helpless parent in the final days of their life.”

“I'm talking about the lying headline, sensationalism at it's very worst.”

“If you mean by "here" that you live in Virginia, I pity you folks. That's where Newt Gingrich now lives and is why I poked some fun at Virginia too.”

“So where is the video of the one shark biting the other shark in half? I go to the trouble of coming here to watch a video and there is no video of the incident. Just what amounts to a still photo of a badly mangled lesser shark.”

“The headline is wrong, just thought I'd point that out.”

“I guess my comment calling out the media for it's gross negligence in reporting this accident didn't get past the folks in charge? Why?”

“And your bio says you didn't become a member here until July 2009.”

“Unfortunate comment and I'm not going to dare label Griese a racist as I am confident that he is not. I think his comments were unfortunate due to the fact that they will likely be seized upon by the extreme right and used for fodder in the immigration debate.”

“That just shows you how ignorant American sports fans are. They think the NFL is a worldwide sport. It's not. It's a very small regional sport even in North America. While it is our national sport, most people outside of the US don't follow it or even probably know it exists.

Now, if you were to ask Montoya if he had ever heard of names like Dan Gurney or Pele or Phil Hill, he would say yes. Funny, most Americans don't even know who Dan Gurney is, or Phil Hill, sadly. Both were international motorsport legends, admired around the world. Phil Hill was America's first World Champion in racecars, capturing the World Title in Formula One with Ferrari in 1961. Most Americans are clueless about that.”

“Ummm, of course the CIA lied. That's what they are paid to do. Lie, deceive, snoop, plunder. The CIA is the arm of the government that does all of the "dirty laundry" work so that they govt at large can keep it's hands clean.

I think it's about time to abolish the unnecessary entity known as the CIA, and get rid of the totally useless NSA too.”

“We Georgians finally wised up and laughed Newt out of the State of Georgia and we have been all the better for it. Good riddance to him and Virginia. They can keep him.”