SouthPrairie's Comments (123)

“Oh yes! He belongs with the bottom 23%. Indeed.”

“Big surprise there. Not.”

“OMG, I can't believe that he is homegrown.­....grrrrr­rrr.....”

“Chicken-hawk too.”

“He and Palin seem to have something in common-they're the gifts that keep on giving.”

“Now we know why Palin resigned--she needed more time to duke it out with the media. I am no fan of the msm; however me thinks that Palin cannot expect pure adoration when she's slinging shots across the bow left and right. In addition, how can you NOT expect that EVERY aspect of your financial and moral life will come under scrutiny--isn't it part of the national political scene? I don't necessarily agree with it, but this is no arena for a cat fight.

Plalin, stop flailin. Retreat, reflect, regroup, re-evaluate your priorities--WHAT MATTERS TO YOU MOST? Being popular or being true to your inner values? I'm in no position to give advice, but as a woman of faith, I would argue that solitude is a worthy teacher as is the adoring love of a child.”

“Cutting and running? Hmmmmm....­nice example of Palin leadership.”

“ReasonOverRant nailed it! "Why is Palin cutting and running when the going gets tough?" (Sorry if I quoted wrong)

So here is my take, let's just extrapolate this out to a Presidency--gawd forbid--she gets a bee in her bonnet and she just turns over the presidency of the United States to the VP?

This is a concrete example of her ADMINISRATIVE LEADERSHIP!!

Pay attention America.

Also, didn't it sound like she was saying that she is leaving the governorship to protect Alaska from HER? This is probably the wisest decision of her career.

Wow.”

“So, let's just extrapolate this out to a Presidency--gawd forbid--she gets a bee in her bonnet and she just turns over the presidency of the United States to the VP?

This is a concrete example of her ADMINISRATIVE LEADERSHIP!!

Pay attention America.

Also, didn't it sound like she was saying that she is leaving the governorship to protect Alaska from HER? This is probably the wisest decision of her career.

Wow.”

“Thank you. This was a lovely post. I never believed his accusors, and I hated the media bathos around him. It seems to me they fiested on him to destroy him and now they fiest on him in his death. It is oh so tragic and I feel rather immoral. I pray they leave some dignity for his family and just begin to leave him alone.

Peace Michael, peace.”

“That's what I thought. If you love someone else, be honest about it and I'm sure the S.C. citizens are grown up enough to handle that. It seemed like a melt-down moment. Still we should treat him the way we would want to be treated, but not let him get away with bashing the rest of humanity who has feet of clay.”

“Ever notice how the international news can easily be bumped by any scandalous sensation.

I think that we are being ripped off. 24 hour news cycle indeed.

Seldom do I see objectivity and courage when it comes to political news, international news, or national news, other than some of our foreign correspondents who are in the field.

Everything is canned. Each station says the same thing. They try do give the illusion of diversity by having faux, m.s.n.b.c. but if you get past their particular brand of snear you see that they are basically saying the same thing. They are dancing to their corporate puppet masters just like most of our politicians.

This makes me angry, makes me indignant.­...in the end it makes me weary.”

“Ok. I'll try this again, fluffpo style--no color!! I've been heavily c.e.n.s.o.­r.e.d. these days. Our m.edia has been hijacked by the bathos c.u.l.t. of personality. WE WANT NEWS!! Now the msm is going on and on about how great Jackson was, when THEY WERE THE ONES WHO RUINED HIS CAREER!!! Inuendo, inferrence­...etc...e­tc...

K.i.c.k. 'em when their up...k.i.c­.k. 'em when their down.....”

“I agree, but I think it would serve us better to not enjoy acting like them. Hypocrites need to be called out for sure. It is quite perilous politicizing g.o.d.”

“I patently object to Democrats feasting on this man's affair. We all have feet of clay and to indulge the "fIies on p00p" media is appalling. However with that being said, we do need to call out the hy.pocrisy of politicizing morality and even politicizing G.od. We are all a bit sick and tired of the "Holier than thou" political stance of the Republican Party.

A tree will be known by its fruit, we all have feet of clay, and we should treat others the way we would want to be treated--what a world we would live in if we lived by those principles. We would make wiser choices, be humble in our cogent compassion, and restore people and forgive people who changed their ways.

The real crime with this story is that it is bumping the horrid human rights violations going on in Iran. I hope the media will get back to joining with the rest of the world and applying pressure on the Iranian government to give the people a fair vote. If they stopped the violence and gave them a legitimate vote, the protests would stop.

Yes, the gossipy titillation of a fallen politician is great media fodder; however there are far greater fish to fry in the realm of moral injustice than a personal affair. Let's back off and refocus out of dignity to not only Sanford's wife and family, but the Iranian citizens who should have the world's focus.”

“You know, it was a tasteless joke and Letterman is getting hit for making jokes about someones young daughter. Even if she is 18 or even if she does "trot her out" it was still in poor taste and there are consequences for that. Especially when you joke about a Palin kid! You know that Sarah is a media hound, trying to stay in the news until 2012. I don't see anything surprising about this at all. It is nice that Letterman tried to apologize, but he walked into a minefield.

I think that Zelaski did the best she could with the hand she was delt, but come on, don't we have better things to do than defend Letterman's crude joke.

Connecting that to the museum tragedy is like apples and oranges. We're talking a late night satirist telling a bad joke and comparing it to a mentally ill rightwinger. Not the same at all. I think it weakens our argument against h@te speech to link the two.”

“Her reference to Iago was inspiring. Quite apt.”

“Wow. I guess he doesn't remember how that taunting thing worked out for them last time--"Bring it on!"; "Bomb, bomb Iran!" I guess they never learn.”

“Bush's biddings WERE war crimes.”

“Well maybe Specter isn't daft after all. It seems his survival instincts have kicked in.”

“Our troops have sacrificed enough for this man. I don't know. If I were to judge him, I'd want him to see the eyes of every individual who died or suffered due to his decisions.

I don't know, I can't wrap my head around an appropriate fate. I'm glad that is not my job.”

“Conclusion:

And in spite of all these feelings, I cannot help but feel as though I should pity this man—as I am a woman of faith. I see his life coming to the sad and impotent end of a played out despot. And still, people believe him. A tree will be known by its fruit. When will religious people realize the truth? Though we must defend, cannot hate for God, and torture for freedom.

You gain the world but lose your soul.

When will the despots of the world unclench their fists?”

“When I think of his off handed remarks that represent a finger in America’s eye, (so), I realize that he lied to us from the very beginning. He never intended to protect the Constitution. He only intended to protect his own greedy interests. He never venerated or beloved soldiers, he only viewed them as pawns in his game of no-contract fleecing. He never understood the patriot premise of, “Give me liberty or give me death!” He only reacted to danger—fleeing fearfully, as he colluded as to how he could use America’s tragic moment—the highlight of his career—to advance his coffers and political clout. He never comprehended the fact that he was OUR servant and he was to do our bidding. And ever since America has elected a TRUE SERVANT to the American people, he has menaced, maligned, and maliciously demeaned America’s best hope to clean up his inhumane legacy.”

“Yeah, the same t.e.r.r.o.­r.i.s.t.s that C.h.e.n.e.­y. is counting on to make him a national hero again.

The Abscess of EviI's W.a.r. OF T.e.r.r.o.­r.”

“I wish I could say that this behavior in unlike America, but there has always been a strain of brutality in this country. Our history has a cyclically inhumane streak to it. I believe it is born out the cowardice of fear, which is why fear is the antithesis of faith.

I'm so sorry that we lost this young treasure to yet another chapter in America's shame.

The good thing is that they only had 8 years to swell their abcess of evil, and now America can reflect and heal, like we have so many times before. For we have always had voices of reason among us, that have an ethos of understanding that the end does not justify the means. What good is it if we gain the world, but lose our soul.

Again, I'm sorry, but thankful that this story is being told.”