fnygy's Comments (203)

“Love. Chris. Kelly. Period. Makes me laugh every time.”

“I hate this argument. Happily, I'm a thin person and have never had an issue with food. But, I know many people who do and it usually starts in childhood. Are CHILDREN responsible for their obesity? The fact is, we're all in this mess together. For us to blame people for "lifestyle" choices, like alcoholism, depression, obesity, etc. is to ignore the human condition.”

“I'm a Colorado native who has lived in DC, NYC and LA - Denver wins, hands down. I love this city. Welcome Huffpo.”

“Of course it was useful idiots of the left in charge 8 years ago. Senator Hart and others were warning of an attack then - it fell on deaf ears. Attorney General Ashcroft removed federal agents from terrorism assignments to fight pornography. The fact that we were attacked - and probably will be again - is not because of the left or the right. It is because we are a free nation and there are people who wish us harm. Freedom comes at a price. Would you prefer a police state? That's safer.”

“I'm a Roman Catholic who was educated at Catholic high school and university and the FIRST thing that gave me pause about Justice Sotamayor's confirmation was her religion. My father (also a Roman Catholic) and I discussed it at length.

He marveled at the way fundamentalist protestants - who for most of his life had scorned Catholics as "papists" - had championed a number of these Catholic justices. The alliance between conservative Catholics and fundamentalist protestants began BECAUSE of the abortion issues, and is now strengthened by their aversion to gay rights.

In my opinion, the reason that Republican presidents have appointed so many Catholic justices is because there are few fundamentalist protestants who would be qualified, frankly. Besides the abortion issue, Roman Catholics diverge greatly in their religious beliefs from fundamentalist protestants, most notably in the fact that they don't believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. This is no small distinction. Catholic jurists, for example, don't reject human evolution or geology that proves the earth is billions of years old. It would be difficult to find someone qualified for the Supreme Court who rejected science as most fundamentalists do.

As for Sotomayor, I believe her selection - beyond her obvious qualifications - was based more on ethnicity and gender. The fact that she is Catholic was incidental in this instance. It's because we, as Americans, don't seem able to talk about religion that this issue was sidelined, I think.”

“If ONLY it looked like Vatican II. Roberts, Scalia and Alito are extremely conservative and orthodox Catholics - more Opus Dei than Vatican II (the name given the second Vatican Council convened by John the XXIII to modernize the Church).”

“While your prescribing yoga for TV personalities - can you give a shout out to Chelsea Handler? I enjoy her show - she's a funny dame - but I almost can't watch her because of the tension you can literally see in her shoulders. This girl needs a down dog more than anybody I've ever seen. She's going to run into back trouble, too - if she hasn't already - because those tight shoulders probably indicate a very tight hip complex, too.

Thanks for the good advice!”

“First, these women weren't hostages - they were prisoners charged and convicted of crimes. I'm not saying they were guilty of anything, I'm just saying North Korea wasn't holding them hostage or publically demanding anything for their return.

Second - were any concessions made? Did money change hands? Unless and until these questions are answered in the affirmative, I think this author jumps the gun.”

“Thank you. Even the comments included in this piece strike me as much more sexual than political, or racial. This guy was one sad, sick sob.”

“Agreed.”

“Johnson was also a master legislator - something we haven't had in the White House since. Probably never will again, since votes can be used so effectively against a candidate in a campaign.

In my opinion, our system is broken and beyond repair, unless and until the money is removed from politics and redistricting is taken away from the parties. Even then, it may not work because, frankly, the American people are furiously stupid. And proud of it.”

“he crucial question is: can America and China forge a partnership capable of acting boldly enough to prevent a climate catastrophe?

In a word: no. We can't get our own sh#$% together. Let alone try and get China to get it right. I hate to say it, but this thing is impossible. We'd better start looking at what we're going to do when for the worse possible scenario because I think that's what it's going to come to. Sorry, young people. You inherited the world at the worst possible time.”

“Dig it. I'm a middle aged white woman so I have very little experience with this sort of thing. I do have on incident, though that was great big wake up call for me. In the early 90's I did stand up comedy for a living and traveled around the country working in clubs with other comics. Once, in Houston, TX, I was working with a black comic from Louisiana - a very funny guy, as I recall. Since I had flown in and he had driven, I asked if he could drive me to the grocery store so we could get some food for the "condo." He obliged, but told me he was nervous about it because it was "dangerous" to drive around with a white girl. Wow - I thought. How crazy is that? Sure enough - we were stopped by the police for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! The cop asked if i was all right!! When I said I was fine, we're just on our way to the grocery store - he gave me a look I'll never forget - filled with loathing and disgust. He almost through the guy's license back in his face and followed us all the way to the store. It was chilling.

I also watched my friend be followed by security pretty much every where we went that week. It was mind blowing and changed completely my view of the world.”

“Most excellent retort. Me likey.”

“It's almost inevitable that gender bias would be one of the hardest prejudices to overcome since all races, creeds and classes have rigidly held gender ideas. It will take much more progress and lots of courageous women (left, right and center) to finally dispel these biases. I'm grateful for the women willing to take the heat.”

“It's always interesting to me to see how we deal with strong willed, charismatic women - and (not incidentally) mothers - who assert themselves on the public stage. It is my belief that there is some deep, psychological underpinnings we have that is somehow tied to our ideas and ideals about motherhood that lead to the visceral reactions we have toward women like Sarah and Hillary. The Cult of Motherhood does us all a disservice - certainly mothers who are expected to be somehow saintly and selfless because they've born children - as well as to all of us who have had mothers who don't (CAN'T) measure up to a mythical standard of perfection.”

“Your premise is false. The CIA had very good information regarding the inevitable economic collapse of the Soviet Union.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2751/is_n41/ai_17426424/pg_6/

Reagan chose to ignore and obfuscate the intelligence for political reasons, including promoting missile defense.

Also, there are many, many people concerned with a possible global financial collapse. I suggest you read anything written lately by Kevin Phillips.”

“Probably because the party that brought us George W. Bush is certainly capable of bring us Sarah Palin.”

“Begala isn't a reporter, he's a commentator. He has never represented himself as "objective."

Read the text of her speech - it's on her website. Begala attacked the message as written by the messenger.”

“Yes. And, a good point guard gets through the press, passes the ball and... heads to the bench?”

“Given the crimes of which he was convicted and the penalties he courted, I think the sentence was justified. Obviously, he can't spend 150 years in prison. But, I think it's appropriate that he spend the rest of his life behind bars. No doubt there are others who 'know where the bodies are buried.' And, with the threat of SERIOUS jail time, my guess is they'll start talking.”

“To each one's own. I much prefer Burton's Batman to The Dark Knight.”

“Well thought out analysis.”

“"Sadly, some inside government and within the private sector see every issue as material for a sort of political high theatre, to be used to gain votes or energize political bases or simply to raise funds. I would have thought that a subject as important as the health care received by the American people would rise above this sorry spectacle. "

Seriously?!? Did you REALLY think they would "rise above" it?!? If so, you haven't been paying attention for the past 15 years, or so!”

“Dead on right.”