Konnie's Comments (273)

“yeah, shrub already did that :kill the economy, so there are no other jobs,
and then start a couple wars......­.he called it the army......­.....”

“a performer usually mistakenly attempts to bolster rather than destroy their career after their talent has waned not before. Mr. Lambert was blessed with every opportunity to take both his voice, and entertaining ability to great heights during a time in society when openly gay performers are fully embraced. a walk down show-biz history lane is littered with the carcasses of performers
who listened to bad advice, got big heads, bad drugs and a case of the doubts and committed
career suicide. Instead of become a rising star, Adam is going to become the newest has-been,
relegated to small stages, the butt of comedy routines, and an addition to the "what-ever­-happened-­to" lists. that sure was a fast 15 minutes.”

“first - it's an indictment of the publicity machine around this new celebrity. Before we get to the part where this performance - that was seen more in replay than saw it live, thanks to the bru-haha over
it, may or may not set back gay marriage, let's talk about all the other stuff. This looks to me like a classic case of The George Michael Big Head - Believing
you own publicity syndrome. Obviously everyone surrounding this kid had a hand in promoting
the enveloping-pushing performance. Add a possibility of some back stage courage-booster,
and this is what everyone wanted: ATTENTION. (not good attention, but attention none the less)

And to make the gigantic leap that some how a rock and roll performance on an award show
will set back gay marriage is only comparable to madonna's rolling around the stage performance setting back the stripper cause. get a grip. anyone against gay marriage is against anything gay.
those folks don't need excuses.”

“i wondered where you were wordsmithi­e.........­...but you nailed it as usual.

on one hand:

isn't it sad that the men and women who survived the great depression and won WWII spawned
such a bunch of scardy-cats and hand-wringers. it's probably a good thing most of them are
gone now and don't have to be embarrassed by their kids......­......

on the other hand:

who is kidding whom. the leaders of the limpuglicans aren't afraid....­.......the­y are playing the
folks like a cheap violin. they are laughing all the way to the bank......­....they see the writing on the wall
and are making hay while the sun shines ( insert every cliche you can think of here). they are going
to milk this fear for as long as it takes - i'd say about 7-1/2 years - until another non-africa­n-american MAN takes back the white house. even they can't wrap their head around a woman president - even
one of their own.”

“add optimism to that list. the show hit the air after bobby and martin, chicago and during the viet nam
war. this show imagined us - the planet - surviving! and somehow we overcame prejudices,
and greed, and became better human beings. they talked about WWIII and a nuclear holocaust
that the planet managed to dig its way out of........­.....somet­hing uplifting and hopeful to think about
when the world is crumbling outside your door.”

“i watch the show, and part of the problem is that sally/nora and i are the same age.
they have "aged" her for the show. the grey hair, and bad makeup, and mom-jeans/less than
current clothing..­..........­come on. both sally and nora are rich and live in southern california.
what are the chances either sally in real life*/ or nora in tv land would appear in public like
that. I don't live in southern california or tv land and i wouldn't be caught dead with that
droopy grey hair style or those clothes.

* notice that sally appears more youthful/ confident/better dressed and coiffed in her
tv commercials than she does on the series.

so the question during the program isn't one of age - but rather attractive­ness/curre­nt-ness
- and that doesn't have anything to do with skinny jeans. but it stills begs the question,
why would that man be attracted to nora? we know women can
dress the man up, but does a man ever say - "hey babe - color your hair"?”

“the only difference between the elites on the left and elites on the right is: the elites on the left
want to help the working class improve their lives and the elites on the right want to exploit them
and improve their own lives.”

“um, didn't the voters know who this %^& was when they voted for him? didn't anyone know his
views? is this his first term? what do the locals have to say about his actions? didn't think
R.I.enders were that weird.....­.....more info please.”

“jesus wept.”

“there have always been those kinds of groups. fortunately they seem to be losing their influence.
but we still have to be vigilent. they look like pathetic old men and women who used to be important
grasping for relevance in a modern world they themselves are afraid of. they don't understand the
"young folks" today basically. didn't socrates wail about that......­..... but yes, expose them and
anyone who seeks them out. they prattle about upholding a constitution they don't understand
and would see us become the christian taliban ..........­.and they can't wrap their closed minds
around that concept either.”

“wait a minute. jon was merely parrotting all the arguments the rest of the planet is saying.
he's not any more un-educatred than the rest of us climate non-professionals.

if you listened to what he was saying you would understand: we need to be convinced that
somewhere along the line the "universal" solution is going to rise to the forefront OR NOT.

look at it another way: in between records and cassette tapes there was 8 track.
a lot of people invested in 8 tracks....­.........t­hen cassettes made everything obsolete,
and a lot of people wasted a lot of money, and today still can't listen to their old music.
get my drift here?

no one wants to jump on a bandwagon that may be obsolete before the trip is paid for.
we all grasp the concept of technology improvements of one kind of technology. just not
the invention of a total different and better technology that would wipe out the investment
we already made. we as in federal, state, local governments with tax payer dollars and
personal investments. like i just installed a geo thermal hvac system. a huge investment
for me........­.it will take years for me to pay off my home equity loan for this one purchase.
i am scared to death that someone will re-invent the wheel and make my house worthless
before its paid off.”

“i agree with you, help me come up with something new to say. better yet, come up with a solution. how can citizens without money force our government to give up the money?
show us the way to get publicly funded campaigns and elections, and influence-free candidates into our government and the corporations out of it. what's your
best answer to gettng the supreme court to rule that corporations are not
"people"..­.......”

“seems to me that the whole "discontented with dc" meme goes a lot deeper than our disappointment
in Obama's start. the in your face bought and paid for government of the corporations, for the corporations and by the corporations has slapped the hope right out of us. the united states of
goldman sacks.....­..........­the bite me insurance industry..­......and laughing in your face health
care for profit industrial complex...­.........i­ts been shocking. its like we finally looked up
after 8 years of living in abject fear after 9/11 and realized we had missed the biggest
heist in the history of the world. and we don't know what to do about it. not like we can
write some new laws, or plan a coup......­..........­the fox is in the hen house, and we are
pretty much "insert accurate word here"”

“i have a ex-friend like you.......­........yo­u are perfect. and everyone else is just lazy......
if everyone had your will power, your drive, your intellect.­.........l­ike i said ex-friend.

go away.”

“since the original post was not comparing the style but the impact i thought the comparison valid.”

“remember when there used to be only 1 puny wall street business show on tv - the one with Louis Rukyser (sp)......­........no­w they are everywhere on every channel. meanwhile how often do you
hear the latest unemployment numbers? or the average wages? It takes Bill Moyers to do the
heavy lifting for the working classes on pbs.......­...and you are correct, it's sad that the msm seems to only see teabaggers outside the beltway...­..........­but that's what reinforces their
story line and confirms what they already "know"....­don't let facts get in the way of your
meme.”

“we don't need another book. we need some marching orders. we need to be told where to show up and when. we need phone numbers to call, and addresses to write, and the names of some
progressive candidates to run against the dirty dogs - in BOTH parties who are doin us wrong today. we need to figure out strategies for end runs around the status quo. we need to plan
to crack open the beltway and let some fresh air inside that hot house of insiders. the teabaggers
are not the only rabble that's been roused.”

“the 60's had Gene Roddenberry and the 70'/80s had MIchael Landon, and in between and throughout the 90's there was Ron Howard. Like Capra - there are little jewels in the crud to be found if you go looking. Serling and Sales were originals because tv was new and exciting - that appeared magically in your livingroom. the best shows appealed to the sophisicated. today its targeted to 15 year old boys with puberty issues.”

“yes wordsmithie, some of us are old enough to remember when ted ran the show, and the news
was more like the BBC and less like .......wel­l whatever it is today.....­....I was thrilled when the Headline channel was added.....­........un­til little susie ambulance chaser started wailing about
missing white girls.....­.......see­ms there is never an end to them......­....when will the msm ever
return to the high road?.....­..........­....or more correctly, is there even a high road to return to?”

“before i send praise to the blogger, let me fill you in on some secrets: faux fact-free is on basic cable
opposite cnn. whereas msnbc is not. there are some areas of the country where the only
cable news is faux fact free. there are some airports that have 1 tv with the sound off - rolling the
scroll turned to faux fact free 24/7. 17-60 year olds who are still employed are not watching the tee vee, they are in fact working. so that leaves faux fact free with the unemployed, the unemployable, the uneducated retired and the uneducated others. basically that 20% who
still belong to the limpuglican party - believe the earth is flat, that man never landed on the moon,
and elvis is still alive.....­......”

“no, it's about time. these liars should have been called out by the real media but weren't.
so it had to be done by an entity big enough to get some attention. that would be the WHITE
HOUSE. now everyone is paying attention. and faux is on notice. like i said - its about time.
now someone other than msnbc can spotlite their little "faux paws", if they have the guts.”

“i wouldn't bet on it. it took the federales to bring the civil rights laws to the south.
it took the federales to bring equal education, it took the federales to bring
standardization of highway construction to the country...­.......do you see a
pattern here? somethings are just too big, too important to be left to
provencial - local legislatures to wrap their head around. some of these
issues are just to detailed for part time legislators without wonkish staffs
or the personal time needed to complete these much needed shifts
in public action. sometimes you actually need to be ahead of the curve
of the districts served.

citizens shouldn't have to pack up and move to a different state for
health care they can afford. and in most states, there are no options
for voting out one bad apple for another bad orange....­.......the­re are
few shining knights who step up for the grueling - low paying, time
consuming expensive postion of state legislator, and play
don quioxte against the intrenched old-white boy senority system in place. most
give up and go back to their real lives.”

“lest you think i missed this one, wordsmithie - my comment was moderated for some reason....­.........
but your word pictures were outstanding as usual.”

“pick up a copy of "Shock Doctorine" by Naomi Klein.....­...you will never look at the world quite the same again.....­....”

“fabulous wordsmithie - i have been cringing for sooooo long. i actually left a comment that
making sausage actually requires that one know the recipe....­..........­.its been downright painful
watching the process up close and personal.

for the first time in human history ( and this is
the part our leaders have failed to grasp) it's candid camera 24/7. all bloopers all the time.
they don't understand that high definition not only shows the skin pores, it shows the hypocracy
and the ignorance, the willfull dillusion, and party line delivery system on that same in your face
tee vee. in the world of you tube, there is no off the record. todays cell phones might as well
come with a loud beeping signal to warn our legislators they are under the microscope every
where. all the time. you are correct - its ugly.”