MountPanic's Comments (62)

“All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

-G. K. Chesterton”

“Nice. We need to see more of these kinds of points made in the marijuana debate. This is the kind of thing that could get those dwindling few Republicans who haven't completely lost their feather-pluckin' minds on board for the cause; bottom line dollars and sense.”

“Spirituality is the goal. Spirituality is a personal relationship with God in whatever name or concept by which you recognize it.

Faith is there to fall back on when Spirituality is weak. Like a friend you haven't spoken to in a long time, but understand that you'll still be friends when you see each other again.

Religion is there when Faith is weak. You might not have the will to keep your own Faith strong, but you can rely on others to support you.

Unfortunately, a lot of people never make it past religion, and there are a lot of reasons for this. Religion, being a human creation to quantify the unquantifiable, is vulnerable to the imposition of others' wills. Especially by making the focus of religion the afterlife and how to get there, people have been blinded to God's love surrounding them now. They feel the ache of that lack, but not having the tools to understand it, turn it into a more fervent pursuit of the wolf-in-Go­d's-clothi­ng they've been handed by those seeking power and control.”

“Most Facebook quizzes are created by children who don't even know who THEY are yet, far less qualified to dictate who anyone else is in anything more than lunchroom gossip terms.”

“No, I'm not calling him a Reaganite. Obama is a centrist, which is not a creature I believe legitimately occurs in nature. What I'm saying about his over-willingness to believe in the the Myth of the Market is that these myths were unchallenged for too long, to the point where someone otherwise reasonable can waste as much time and effort coddling it, as Obama has done.”

“My greatest problem with President Obama (who I voted for and still support) is that he believes too much in the Reagan era capitalist mythology that A) Wall Street = The Economy, B) That government should be run like a business and C) that corporations possess a shred of sense or decency when applied to anything other than their most immediate gain.

Geithner is simply the raging cold sore of the President's infected thinking.

Furthermore, this is why anyone using the word "socialist" in reference to Obama has a clearly demonstrated failure to understand the words that they are using.”

“I've thrown out spent 9-volts that were more shocking than the fact that Dobbs lied about this.”

“Ding-ding-­ding-ding-­ding!

There can be no starker example than the Carter/Regan presidencies. Carter was honest and head-on about the problems that faced us and the responsibility required to change us from a self-destructive course. People didn't like that. It didn't make them feel good. They wanted the bad man who suggested they had a role in the solution to go away.

So they elected Reagan who rolled back as much of Carter's progress as he could and said "We don't need to think about that, let's just decide we're right without really thinking about how or why we're right, and the good feeling will make it all seem like a dream." For this, he's idolized by the ignorant. But looking at the fallout of this policy, we're now dealing with all the issue he left to fester unseen and unheeded while living in self-serving ignorant bliss.

Debt is worse. The disparity between rich and poor is worse. The corporate abuse of the environment is worse in SO many ways. Our dependence on foreign fossil fuels is worse. Basically every seed that came to fruition under the Dubya; the Worst President Ever were planted by Ronald Reagan's "leave it to the children" policies.

It also helps that the people narrow-minded enough to become Republicans comfort themselves with the thought that if they can callously trample over others on their way to financial security, then anyone can, if they just APPLY themselves.”

“Only if your house of lies is that fragile.”

“Furthermore, a resignation would be a political liability in upcoming elections as well as meaning he could forget about a 2016 bid.”

“I get your point from a "drama" perspective, Ar, but the dots just don't connect from a practical standpoint, and Joe's flair for drama notwithstanding, he's a pretty accomplished pragmatist as well. Biden is in the best possible place he could be to be a voice of dissent in the administration when it comes to our broken policies in the 'stans.”

“Why?

Because too many people become doctors for the wrong reasons in the first place.”

“I'll let you in on a little secret; men aren't exactly singing "zippity-doo-dah" either.

The problem is an antagonistic society that pits us all at each others' throats to survive. If we were operating with love and helping each other, we'd all get farther along.”

“Rangel is a liability. We don't need that kind of trouble in our government or on our side of the fence. He should resign PERIOD so we can groom someone honest for the job.”

“Seconded.”

“The "zero tolerance" approach to co-worker shenanigans might make legal sense from a "CYA" perspective, but it's utterly unrealistic in dealing with the realities of true human behavior. Humans have sex. When humans are thrown together for the majority of their waking hours in a workplace, humans are going to find other humans in the workplace to have sex with, regardless of hierarchy. It's simply disingenuous to pretend otherwise.”

“Keep us posted, Dawn. I'm our HuffPo family would be glad to help them boost their numbers.

Mwah.

Ha.

Ha.”

“Painting themselves as the excluded is an essential tenet of neo-conservatism. It gives them the validation to sink to any loathsome depth of deceit and malice, even when they're in power. As long as they have anything less than full obeisance from every living person on the planet, they'll attempt to claim the mantle of victimhood.”

“When everything has a price, nothing has a value.

The race to the bottom continues, and idiocracy prevails.”

“That's "Browncoat­s."

To find out what "Brownshirts" are, maybe crack a history book? It's totally up to you, but it would help to avoid looking silly in the future.”

“Seconded.”

“Good call, Arianna.

Obama, like Clinton before him, is far too invested in the mythology of "The Market" (for example, that it has any more sense to preserve itself than a black hole has to stop sucking).

Unfortunately, it's the rarest of politicians that can resist the subtle influence of the over-represented high end of the wealth spectrum, and for many, selling us out is their mission statement.”

“RE: the front page headline

I think "threat" would be a more accurate term than "risk." Risk is something we do to ourselves. A threat is something done to us by other interests.”

“Thank you for sharing your experiences with this incredible person, Mr. Elisberg.

I'm coming to find, at this point in my life, how much of my world view came from M*A*S*H*, and by extension, Larry Gelbart.”

“The destruction of the middle class is just the callous by-product of their true intention; the obscene bloating of the predatory, tax-dodging, exploitative, wealthiest few.”