USAFree1's Comments (277)

“HUH? I thought that Xe (AKA Blackwater) was banned from working for the government. Why are we, yes we, still hiring them?”

“Thank you very much. You wrote what I was going to write. Great minds...”

“Hun, Elton Johns has ALWAYS dressed like that. It's part of his persona, and most of us do it a respect and just chuckle with Elton on his outrageous costumes.”

“Privacy? What's that? There is no such thing anymore unless you are completely off the grid. No utilities, no bank accounts, no communications technology, no health care, and so forth.”

“Please never, ever use a capital C when describing these thugs. They have nothing to do with Christ or his teachings. If anything, Christ would be described as a communist. For those who don't know what communism means: a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole. The definition via a dictionary adds or to the state, but Jesus believed in community. I have never understood how some modern American Christian sects equate capitalism with Christianity. Delusional I suppose. No actually, it comes from Calvinism. LOL!”

“Dems my foot. Neither party wants to upset the financial apple cart. Now let us all do a rousing cheer for the corporatocracy in which we live.”

“Wow! Have you been eating too much gunpowder or what?”

“Unions got you down? Since when have good wages and benefits for working people been a bad idea? Since when has democracy in the workplace been a bad idea? Since when have Joe Republicans, in general, been so rich that they couldn't use a little union organizing? You cut your own throat minnehot.”

“From the article: "Clinton ended his presidency with a budget surplus. But it soon was wiped out by a sagging economy, the Iraq war, GOP tax cuts and the lapsing of the pay-as-you-go restrictions."

How quickly they, we, forget. George W. Bush, his administration, and the Republican Congress wiped out the surplus. The economy wasn't really all that sagging until 9-11. You remember. The attack George pretended or ignored that was coming. Lied into the Iraq War. Disclaimer: I never bought into that bull and opposed it (lot of good that did). Tax cuts that were for the wealthy not you and m. Pay-as-you-go? Hahaha! The Republicans never say a deficit they didn't like as long as they were doing it. You know put the country so much that all those pesky social programs like Social Security, Medicare, unemployment compensation, education, and so for get cut or eliminated. FYI: The ten year cost of health care reform is less than we spend on defense-war in one year. Of course, George didn't want to raise the pay or benefits to military personnel, but he never met a contractor he didn't like. Ye gads and little goldfishes! I felt like I was living in "The Godfather" for eight years.”

“What we seldom hear is that the cost for TEN years for this so-called health care reform is less that this country spends in ONE year on defense-war. Mr. Brownstein is as always way off the mark; but then what else did I expect.”

“Thank you. And back at you aleakbar.”

“Hey, I have an idea. Nationwide strike.”

“Ty for that comment. This president was supposed to come up with what he called his signature piece of legislation then send it to Congress for changes and so forth. No direction has gotten this piece of cow pucky.”

“Some folks say, go ahead and pass it because we can make it better later. NO! This is a horrid piece of legislation. It does exactly what the Republicans have wanted. You must have health insurance or be fined. No limits on what the insurance companies can charge, and do any of you think they won't find a way to deny coverage or deny a claim? This whole thing is bull. Single payer now! This country's health care system is like so 1800s.”

“OMG! Too funny. I'm giggling and chuckling.”

“Amen and amen to that. LOL!”

“Not so much religion as a patriarchal, authoritarian culture. There are plenty of christians in the US who would use stoning here for breaking "their" religious rules.”

“I love Ralph, but he never developed a base nor ran for election to Congress. He needed to do that yet make sure he didn't get corrupted. SIGH!”

“Members of Congress are OUR employees. Unfortunately, when they fail their performance evaluations, they still keep their jobs. The only way we can ever get our country back is through strict regulation of lobbyists, term limits and publicly funded campaigns. One more thing is to make it law that corporations do not have person hood in any way, shape or form. It doesn't matter what your political persuasion might be, this is our country, but right now we are living in one owned and operated for the benefit of corporations and the very wealthy elite.”

“Actually, we are very close to a violent upheaval in the US. All sides in the political spectrum are beginning to lose it. These people are our employees, but they sure don't act like it.”

“No joke. Just more fossil fuels. We can do so much better.”

“I have a question for you right-wingers. Why we're you so vocal and adamant when GW Bush and the Republicans were actually ripping you off?”

“And what will that get for we the people? Hum? Nada.”

“Actually, I've waiting for this from Mr. Sullivan for over three years. As I've watched him to the TV machine, his reaction to the Republican Party and modern conservatism in general made me chuckle, albeit a sad chuckle. I often have wondered if he really understood that modern conservatism and the Republicans, as well as many Democrats, are owned and operated by corporations. As that liberal philosopher Frank Zappa said (paraphrased), "You think you're free. You think you live in a democracy. Try going against the status quo, and then you'll see the truth. There is neither freedom nor democracy in the United States."”

“drumsgirl, I apologize for the "religious" part of the comment. Medicare and Social Security are successes as far as most people are concerned. My generation is the first to pay for their own SS and Medicare. Medicaid is also a success. I don't think any of these programs are abused that much. I do think that the FICA tax should not be capped on income over $90,000. You should read or perhaps re-read US history before these programs were instituted. It isn't a pretty picture. What I'd really like to see end that really is a terrific failure is corporate welfare in the US.”