Dolmance's Comments (149)
If I Still Worked at Fox News...
Commented Dec 04, 2009 at 17:43:42 in Media
“So, the man doesn't buy into what Fox News is pushing. Personally, I'd rather spend my nights in a homeless shelter than receive a paycheck from those people. He may be telling the truth now, but the man is devoid of character. Just like the rest of his old coworkers.
I'm sorry, but I don't forgive what he's done. And the audience he's speaking to now knows the truth he's now decided to come clean with.”
I'm sorry, but I don't forgive what he's done. And the audience he's speaking to now knows the truth he's now decided to come clean with.”
Going Rouge Skewers Palin
Commented Nov 02, 2009 at 11:55:46 in Books
“I've come to believe the American people are indisputably, absolutely, 100 percent deserving of Sarah Palin being their President.
I support Sarah Palin for President. I will do everything in my power to help her achieve her goal.
Nurture your hate. Peace. God bless.”
I support Sarah Palin for President. I will do everything in my power to help her achieve her goal.
Nurture your hate. Peace. God bless.”
Aaror replied on Nov 02, 2009 at 12:48:08
“You hate America that much?
For that matter, you want someone like her in charge of the US nuclear arsenal?
Yikes!”
For that matter, you want someone like her in charge of the US nuclear arsenal?
Yikes!”
No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"
Commented Nov 01, 2009 at 17:34:30 in World
“I'd still rather do time just about anywhere than in the US, all of them grotesque and deliberate approximations of hell designed by sadists and staffed by venal morons.”
Freightweight replied on Nov 01, 2009 at 18:11:54
“really? so you would rather do the walking on salt thing..... and live without
a toilet with a flush..... nothing compares to the conditions in poor countries. ..
i would say physical torture like this trumps an kind of abuse”
a toilet with a flush.....
i would say physical torture like this trumps an kind of abuse”
War Fever at the Times: A Five-Day Log
Commented Oct 25, 2009 at 14:54:59 in Media
“There is no faster way for a political party to lose power than to lose a war. And if this current incarnation of the Republican Party are allowed back in the saddle, the negative ramifications for not only the US but the entire world would be incalculable; global warming, inane foreign policy, lowering of America's international status, the economy and a resultant world wide depression would put us in a hole we wouldn't be able to dig out of during our lifetimes.
So beating the Taliban isn't just about beating the Taliban. Beating the Taliban is about holding the GOP at bay - the war in Afghanistan really is a fight for civilization. We can't afford to lose it.”
So beating the Taliban isn't just about beating the Taliban. Beating the Taliban is about holding the GOP at bay - the war in Afghanistan really is a fight for civilization. We can't afford to lose it.”
changeself replied on Oct 25, 2009 at 19:09:29
“so go mow them all down, you great democrat!”
littleolwinemakerme replied on Oct 25, 2009 at 16:38:01
“What is "winning it"?”
A Test for Our Nation
Commented Oct 22, 2009 at 07:14:20 in Politics
“Yeah, those teachers with their gold plated boxes of Hamburger Helper are just sooooo greedy.”
The Public Option Is Not Where You Draw the Line
Commented Oct 20, 2009 at 17:32:38 in Politics
“What nonsense. What the Public Option does is assure that if the private insurance industry doesn't clean up it's act, they'll go out of business, because everybody will go to where the grass is greener.
Yes, the Public Option has the potential to put the private insurance industry on the dust heap of history, where it belongs.”
Yes, the Public Option has the potential to put the private insurance industry on the dust heap of history, where it belongs.”
mummblemouth replied on Oct 20, 2009 at 18:04:49
“In your and my mind yes, but we are - excuse me for projecting - we are imagining a real public option that would be open to everyone and tied to medicare. The current options don't look anything like that. However, I disagree with the author that it's a negotiable position. What's that line about standing for something or falling for anything? Single-payer should have been the starting position, but this is where we are and to continually retreat is what is expected of progressives. I say BS. Fight for the best public option we can get and then if we're lucky with also get Wyden's free choice amendment which would actually make it an option for every American. If it's only available to those who can't afford ridiculously expensive private insurance it's not really an option.”
In Praise Of Slow Sex
Commented Oct 19, 2009 at 11:50:36 in Living
“Unless the girlfriend is a doctor on call or something like that, then he should consider getting another one quick. Not because she's a bad girlfriend or anything. It's just that she's obviously not very into him.”
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment
Commented Oct 19, 2009 at 07:39:53 in Politics
“The California Parole Officer's Association says that more than 80 percent of all property crimes are caused by heroin addicts in search of a fix. If the government spent a few dollars on Buprinorphine or actually gave the stuff out (pennies a day), we could cut crime in the US by more than half.
Which would end the insane practice of every single day at every prison in the country releasing proven child predators and rapists from custody because of considerations of space, keeping drug offenders who in most cases have no parole incarcerated.
See, there's a price to pay for being stupid. And every time you hear of some paroled sex offender committing an atrocity, you can consider his/her victim a case of collateral damage in The Drug War.”
Which would end the insane practice of every single day at every prison in the country releasing proven child predators and rapists from custody because of considerations of space, keeping drug offenders who in most cases have no parole incarcerated.
See, there's a price to pay for being stupid. And every time you hear of some paroled sex offender committing an atrocity, you can consider his/her victim a case of collateral damage in The Drug War.”
What Do Dog-Fights and Gloria Allred Have In Common?
Commented Oct 10, 2009 at 22:13:53 in Media
“Gloria Allred showed herself to be pathologically obnoxious when George Harrison died and for some strange reason went on a rampage to find his body. She should be put on a shelf with Orly Taitze (or whatever her name is) and ignored. But unfortunately, the press loves a train wreck.”
brijit replied on Oct 11, 2009 at 19:58:40
“She also had some sort of public tantrum about determining the exact spot where Harrison died. There may have been a point to all her Harrison nonsense but I can't imagine what it was. Except of course as a way to inject herself in the big story of the day.”
What The Happiest And Most Successful Women Do Differently
Commented Sep 28, 2009 at 14:02:14 in Living
“Happiness is genetic. If you're miserable, it's your parent's fault.”
mrportman replied on Sep 28, 2009 at 14:45:59
“LOL A touch of tongue-in-cheek, but probably correct.”
This Week In Magazines: Obama The "Self-Entangling Giant"
Commented Sep 28, 2009 at 07:46:36 in Media
“If you want to know what torture is, look at any of the so called "Supermax," prisons sprinkled throughout the country. Or for that matter, look at just about any prison in America, and consider that about half of the human beings incarcerated in these grotesque hell holes are there for having been so evil, so antisocial, so inimical to the good that they dared to have a drug problem.
Obama got high. Bush got high. Clinton got high. So did the governor of California, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Cindy McCain, Jerry Brown and on and on and on. But they didn't get caught, yet all these people still support those drug laws that have more than a million American citizens sitting behind bars and their loved ones living in anguish and their children often put in foster care to be raised by strangers.
None of these notables ever went to prison for taking drugs. Perhaps a pang of conscience might one day impede on their sense of justice and they would consider turning themselves in to the authorities and demand that they be punished, just as they demand others be punished.
But it won't happen. I guess it's because people are simply awful.”
Obama got high. Bush got high. Clinton got high. So did the governor of California, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Cindy McCain, Jerry Brown and on and on and on. But they didn't get caught, yet all these people still support those drug laws that have more than a million American citizens sitting behind bars and their loved ones living in anguish and their children often put in foster care to be raised by strangers.
None of these notables ever went to prison for taking drugs. Perhaps a pang of conscience might one day impede on their sense of justice and they would consider turning themselves in to the authorities and demand that they be punished, just as they demand others be punished.
But it won't happen. I guess it's because people are simply awful.”
Shouldn't Innocence Matter?
Commented Sep 24, 2009 at 13:14:44 in Politics
“If you're engaged in committing a felony (in this case beating up homeless people), and one of your confederates in said crime kill someone (in this case a police officer), then under the law you're all guilty and you can all get sent to death row.
With someone dying every 12 minutes from a lack of health insurance, I would hope Americans would have the common sense and decency to not waste one more minute on this guy.”
With someone dying every 12 minutes from a lack of health insurance, I would hope Americans would have the common sense and decency to not waste one more minute on this guy.”
vim876 replied on Sep 24, 2009 at 16:51:26
“I have the common sense and decency to know that, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ."”
Jannsmoor replied on Sep 24, 2009 at 14:24:40
“In what state are the laws thusly written? In every state I'm aware of, you cannot get the death penalty for what you describe.
What you have described is not a criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated murder or even aiding and abetting in the commission of aggravated murder. What you have described is felony murder - that is where a person is involved in the commission of a felony, and during the course of that felony, a murder is committed without the knowledge or complicity of the actor.
The actor can be convicted of felony murder but not aggravated murder. Felony murder does not carry the death penalty. Aggravated murder does.”
What you have described is not a criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated murder or even aiding and abetting in the commission of aggravated murder. What you have described is felony murder - that is where a person is involved in the commission of a felony, and during the course of that felony, a murder is committed without the knowledge or complicity of the actor.
The actor can be convicted of felony murder but not aggravated murder. Felony murder does not carry the death penalty. Aggravated murder does.”
COPerez replied on Sep 24, 2009 at 13:34:38
“If the rights of even one person are violated or diminished, all our rights are at risk.”
Ganapati replied on Sep 24, 2009 at 13:24:56
“You don't value human life that much, huh...”
The Truth About Burning Man
Commented Sep 11, 2009 at 11:15:47 in Living
“It's the world's greatest gathering for mediocre artists and the people who love them to congregate.”
timthemighty replied on Sep 14, 2009 at 07:22:37
“obviously, you know that this is the real truth, so you better not go.”
Katherine Wethington replied on Sep 13, 2009 at 22:00:56
“Mediocre? some yes, but as I said earlier to the blogger who claims there are no pro's there, there are many professional bands, circus acts, dancers etc from all over”
Age replied on Sep 12, 2009 at 16:02:28
“I'll give your comment a non-snarky go: I suspected, before I went for the first time, that I might be in for a massive dose of "I gave my love a cherry..." around the campfire, with a dash of cool pyro and laser thrown into the mix.
KABONG!! Never, never ever ever, have I been so amazed at artwork. I'm talking interactive stuff, kinetic stuff, massive stuff, mind blowing stuff. And that's just the sculptural pieces. Mutated stiltwalker bikes, vehicles out of some Dr. Suess book (or apocalypse movie), costumes meant for a stage. Music, circus, light, fire. Yeah, amid all this there's plenty of the mediocre, but the tapestry is so psychedelic that it is recommended that you experience it sober until you know what effect it has on you.
I've never been given that warning when entering a museum or gallery.”
KABONG!! Never, never ever ever, have I been so amazed at artwork. I'm talking interactive stuff, kinetic stuff, massive stuff, mind blowing stuff. And that's just the sculptural pieces. Mutated stiltwalker bikes, vehicles out of some Dr. Suess book (or apocalypse movie), costumes meant for a stage. Music, circus, light, fire. Yeah, amid all this there's plenty of the mediocre, but the tapestry is so psychedelic that it is recommended that you experience it sober until you know what effect it has on you.
I've never been given that warning when entering a museum or gallery.”
diabiblical replied on Sep 12, 2009 at 13:04:17
“Thank you for the flashback, Dolmance. Your words are spoken with the bitterness of a true failed artist. I haven't heard such whimpering since art school. (gag)”
Gonzo Rock replied on Sep 11, 2009 at 13:05:13
“rightON Dolmace!!! Stay home and go to your 37th + hip art opening of the year... make the same droll comments over and over and over again... don't switch your life up... instead curl your smile in a dower all knowing pose. The Burning Man environment filters out negative energy personalities and I am sooooo glad of that.”
3dtrix replied on Sep 11, 2009 at 12:21:03
“Anyone who reaches within themselves to create anything that can be called art - even if they do it poorly - has more courage and spiritual fortitude than someone willing to pass judgment on them anonymously. The aspiration and intention are far more important than that you might be impressed. ..”
liberalligator replied on Sep 11, 2009 at 12:09:03
“Weekend warriors and internet daters who pretend to be into s&m so maybe they can have sex with someone”
Tom Shales Is So Right, Beautiful Women Are Terrible At Comedy
Commented Sep 09, 2009 at 10:23:07 in Comedy
“I don't know about that. I have a tape of The Three Stooges with Lucille Ball when she was 18. And she was amazingly beautiful.”
Hard Labor
Commented Sep 07, 2009 at 09:41:21 in Business
“Unemployment ALWAYS rises for several years AFTER A RECESSION.
This is a fact of life. This is what Republicans are hoping they can pin on Obama, but it's still the same old same old - try to blame the Democrats for the pain associated with the mess that they themselves created.
Again - UNEMPLOYMENT ALWAYS RISES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER A RECESSION IS DECLARED OVER!!! Whew.”
This is a fact of life. This is what Republicans are hoping they can pin on Obama, but it's still the same old same old - try to blame the Democrats for the pain associated with the mess that they themselves created.
Again - UNEMPLOYMENT ALWAYS RISES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER A RECESSION IS DECLARED OVER!!! Whew.”
The Lies of Texas Are Upon You
Commented Sep 05, 2009 at 19:09:39 in Politics
“It's an accursed people, genetically incapable of growing up.”
Acknowledging America's Arrogance
Commented Sep 05, 2009 at 16:48:05 in World
“Pakistan made the Taliban possible and the Taliban made Al Qaida in Afghanistan possible. There's still a lot of people in positions of power in Pakistan who are aiding the Taliban and letting them use their country as a base to attack American and NATO troops. Pakistan has a history of deliberately promoting terrorism against India and the world at large.
There's nothing "arrogant," about going after people who are trying to kill you, no matter where they are. What's arrogant is anyone in Pakistan thinking they're going to get away with this.
Either they take care of the Taliban or they're going to lose their country. And it might be America that makes that happen. So they should shape up.”
There's nothing "arrogant," about going after people who are trying to kill you, no matter where they are. What's arrogant is anyone in Pakistan thinking they're going to get away with this.
Either they take care of the Taliban or they're going to lose their country. And it might be America that makes that happen. So they should shape up.”
I Agree With George Will
Commented Sep 05, 2009 at 16:44:09 in Politics
“One of Obama's promises when he was campaigning was to pacify Afghanistan and go after our enemies inside Pakistan if necessary.
Why on earth would we leave Afghanistan? It's ridiculous.”
Why on earth would we leave Afghanistan? It's ridiculous.”
What's Wrong With This Country?
Commented Sep 05, 2009 at 13:08:02 in Politics
“Because Republicans are like conservatives in every society since ancient Greece, through Rome and all the way through to today - they love power more than they love their country. They're traditionally the ones who join forces with any occupying force during war, they're the first to surrender in war when their bottom lines are threatened, and they are always more than willing to burn the whole house down if they don't get their way. That's why the South was against Washington during the Revolution.
Conservatives live in every country on earth. And they're the ones who are always making either their minorities or their neighbors miserable - whether they live in India, in the Arab World, in Africa or here in the US.
Imagine a world where they didn't exist? It'd be like Heaven on earth.”
Conservatives live in every country on earth. And they're the ones who are always making either their minorities or their neighbors miserable - whether they live in India, in the Arab World, in Africa or here in the US.
Imagine a world where they didn't exist? It'd be like Heaven on earth.”
Why is Pat Buchanan Defending Hitler?
Commented Sep 04, 2009 at 11:03:49 in Media
“So it was the Brits fault that Hitler planned to turn the Poles into a slave race and kill whoever wasn't up for the job? Wow. Thanks for enlightening me.”
Why is Pat Buchanan Defending Hitler?
Commented Sep 04, 2009 at 11:01:52 in Media
“Why not just state the obvious - Pat's defending Hitler because he's a Nazi. And anyone who reads "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich," would have to conclude that the tone of the Nazi's hysterical writings and utterances quite clearly approximate those of the Republican Party and their mouthpieces over at Fox News.
There's a little bit of Lenin in the Democrats, but there's also a little bit of Hitler in the Republicans. However, unlike Lenin and the Democrats, a little bit of Hitler goes a long, long way.”
There's a little bit of Lenin in the Democrats, but there's also a little bit of Hitler in the Republicans. However, unlike Lenin and the Democrats, a little bit of Hitler goes a long, long way.”
Oonagh replied on Sep 04, 2009 at 11:06:08
“What I am always amazed at is when Chris Matthews calls Buchanan a great historian. .....”
18 Years of Failed Parole in Dugard Kidnapping
Commented Sep 01, 2009 at 14:50:58 in Politics
“This girl is one of a million plus cases of "collateral damage," in the Drug War. Because if drug offenders were able to get parole, they wouldn't have to let violent sex offenders out on the street every single day.
You can read about a paroled sex predator committing some sort of atrocity just about every day. They have to let them out to make room for all the drug users - a million plus.
The Drug War - courtesy of the Right Wing, the gift that keeps on giving.”
You can read about a paroled sex predator committing some sort of atrocity just about every day. They have to let them out to make room for all the drug users - a million plus.
The Drug War - courtesy of the Right Wing, the gift that keeps on giving.”
ivoteforsmartpeople replied on Sep 01, 2009 at 15:26:16
“I can't argue with any of that!”
Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'
Commented Aug 26, 2009 at 23:54:25 in World
“They're all nuts.”
News Corp Should Fire Glenn Beck
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 14:45:23 in Media
“You have no sense of discrimination. MSNBC merely calls Fox News and the Republicans out on their daily lies. If nobody's there to do it, then the propaganda these people put out remains unchallenged and even more Americans will be imbeciles.
People like yourself are a total mystery to me.”
People like yourself are a total mystery to me.”
News Corp Should Fire Glenn Beck
Commented Aug 19, 2009 at 14:43:59 in Media
“Why would they do that? Glenn Beck is the voice of Rupert Murdoch, tailored for an audience made up of fools. They know what they're doing. They know what they hired him for, and so does he.
Glenn Beck is a mouthpiece for Rupert Murdoch.”
Glenn Beck is a mouthpiece for Rupert Murdoch.”
pixiepotpie replied on Aug 20, 2009 at 12:46:54
“Cha Ching!!”


