graffen48's Comments (148)

“I appreciate your description of Sarah Palin. She has become an exercise in how well we can verbally put this back where it belongs, oh, I don't know, head of some PTA maybe??”

“Soon, I'm afraid, something will happened. Something that changes everything. There won't be do-overs or second chances. This change will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt (finally) that progressives and liberals, lefties and hippies, and other assorted intelligent, empathetic, honest, caring, loving, and concerned, people had it right.
Yes, the world is about to sneeze, and it ain't god playing dice with the universe.....it's us playing dice with ourselves,and everything that makes life possible. Through ignorance, fear, stupidity, laziness, sloth, greed, prejudice, and more, we've brought it to this point. Once the forces of the universe kick in, we can point fingers and call it prophecy all we want, but some of us already know. We don't need to invent excuses. We can only keep trying to do the right things and hope, somehow ,we make it through.
As Mr. Weber so succinctly pointed out above, the absurdity of it all goes beyond the trappings of logic and reason , or even understanding, so why not laugh? It can't do any harm, no, on the contrary, it feels pretty good to laugh (out loud even) at these clowns. So laugh hard people, and laugh loud, real loud, point at them and go into a bent over belly aching whoopee. Do it now and be healthy my friends, for tomorrow , even that might be against the law.”

“I couldn't agree with you more, but apparently people judge success on money, money, and even more money. E-bay continues to incorporate strange, useless and of course more costly changes. All this means is we will be flooded with her ads from here until election day. Wow, something to look forward to.”

“I wish the president would read your essay's (or blogs i mean). He, (and we) have got to stop letting the classroom bullies kick us around and threaten us with after school beatings. There is nothing to be afraid of with this sorry lot, even if they do walk around with weapons strapped to their bodies. Reality can and will prevail, despite the glassy eyes and the smug smiles. Apparently, there are no right wing intellectuals big enough to stand up to the lowest common denominators of their philosophy. It's time for the president to realize this isn't the 1980's or the 90's for that matter, and their is no delicate balance of power betweemn the 2 parties. He's got the power, his party has the power, let the right wingers scream all they want, they are in the minority. You can't talk reconciliation with a bunch of crazies. It's time for our leader to get a little angry, and put these bone-heads back where they belong, in the dark ages.”

“Every so often someone comes along that gets it, and you Mr. Weber, get it. Thank you.”

“The Republicans, very shortly, will be going into their classic deny everything mode, which essentially means they did nothing or said nothing. You watch, ask Sarah Palin in another week or so about the death panels and for her to comment on her comment, and she will immediately deny even saying that . When pressed with facts , Thats when she'll go into her the press is picking on me mode , and not allowing me to do the work thats important for America, end of conversation. Grassley and the others will say they never said anything about the public option, and somehow blame the media or the liberal bloggers for spreading such lies and deception. just when you thought it couldn't possibly get worse. Of course we all know who started that classic republican political manure, good old tricky dick himself.”

“The sad thing about it is she (our resident Hitlerian expert) has no clue what a complete moron she made of herself in front of millions.”

“It finally dawned on me where Sarah Palin got her shtick.....
Didn't she come of age in the "valley girl" era.?
When, like, you know, it was, like, so cool, you know, to not know (anything.)
Talk about college girls and their iced-teas. Back then, all you needed was a real short haircut and a Reagan bumper sticker to get any, well, you know, valley girl stuff.

Seriously, i feel pity for the people that are going through the embarrassment of living their entire lives with no concept of what reality is and/or was. There are no more Walter Cronkites to set the record straight , and that leaves the riff-raff and con-jobs an opening to swoop in and cash out(on stupidity) as we see so plainly occurring today. Bouncing around like a bowl of jello at the microphone is ok if you're making millions off of stupidity.

I'm a little nervous about the latest fad with the gun strappers, only because after one of them shoots themselves in the foot ( which will probably happened), I don't want a bullet ricocheting off and hitting some innocent bystander.”

“I still say we did alright as a country, electing someone named Barrack Obama, fresh off the heels of the Cheney/ Bush administration and all its attendant paranoia. That would be like Russia electing a guy named Jim Flowers, or better yet a woman named Alice Smith. Ha, just when the rest of the world thinks they've got us figured out. Please don't let the depraved rantings of some ignorant few spoil the party, Instead, feel pity upon these sorrowful souls for it is they who are trapped within the non -realities of their minds, and who will suffer the embarrassment of living an entire life without having a clue as to what the hell is really going on.”

“You do have a point. There are a lot of lazy people in this country, I've seen it time and time again at businesses and workplaces, both blue and white collar. People can and do create their own realities and it does take a lot of energy to sit around and whine about a situation. For most of us, there are always ways to improve our situation, it just depends how badly we want it. If you're stuck in a dead end job, get out, and don;t use the excuse there is nothing else, There is always a way to make a living , no matter how far down one might have to go to start over, hey , its just a brief stop back on the way up again.”

“Obvious, and only sane postion against the insanities of power and greed, but it's the metaphors that tell the truth in this piece. As usual , just when i think i'm all alone in this world, Mr. Weber comes in with a gem, and restores my beliief that, yes, there are still "good guys" in the world.”

“Well................at least she won't be killing wolves, or chasing witches anymore (i don't know about the witches part).”

“Part 2
I've always felt looking at someone's personal life is a good gauge of who a person really is: do a little research on this right wing crowd, and it's quite amazing how much baggage these people carry around. Palin expresses fear about David Letterman around her daughter, when its people like Bill O'Reilly she sould be concerned about with his proven track record on sex and women in his personal life. This has always amazed me about these types of people. I don't need to stand behind a bible or anything else to know whats right and whats wrong, and I'm not afraid to stand up and admit if I've made a mistake. I'm still naive enough to believe that positive will always win over negative in the long run, and that love is so much healthier than hate. The first step is admitting you have a problem. Mr. O'Reilly, we are waiting.”

“It does appear hate runs rampant in this country, indeed, all over the world , but lets not forget one important fact . This country did, after going through the trauma of 9/11 and the Bush years, elect a black man with the name Barrack Hussein Obama. My impression of these extremist type views is most of these people seem very unhappy with themselves and their lives. Unhappy , insecure, paranoid, and apparently need someone or something to blame for their own shortcomings. Obama and socialism fit the bill nicely for these people. It allows them to shuck the responsibility for their own lives, and play the blame game. Then , you have the people that see this and use it as an opportunity to gain advantage for themselves. People that hate are really projecting how they feel about themselves. Instead of looking inward, and trying to change, they look outward and find a scapegoat. It requires much less mental energy.

Part 1”

“Here's my entry......

"Change, It Really Is Happening"

May the best best 5 words win, good luck everyone”

“I don't know, everywhere i've turned the last batch of years , its been Republicans caught in men's restrooms, Republicans caught having affairs with young members of their staff, Republicans disregarding and breaking laws at will and then telling the rest of us we can't do it. Republicans caught tampering with and intimidating voters on election days, Republicans telling us all about the weapons of mass destruction. If there were an actual count made of these "ugly characterisitcs" dating back to Nixon and Spiro Agnew, i think it's plainly obvious who is way ahead of the rest of us. This clear and huge difference does make it worth discussing, and quite frankly makes your whole point meaningless. It is the consistent pattern of violating the very things they try to moralize to us about is what makes them contemptible , even despicable hypocrites sometimes.”

“Well said. Adherence to rigidity and the mind numbing repetitiveness of dogma creates a self hypnosis or "mini" nirvana in some people. It placates them. They don't have to worry, or think too much about thinking. This is one obvious reason there hasn't been an original thinker on the right since William Buckley Jr. It's much easier to regurgitate the mantra of "stars" like Palin or Limbaugh, which is unfortunate for the masses because there is absolutely no intellectual credibility, just more rehashed versions of older right wing ideas. Its amazing and so much better to be alive and aware, and i thank my inner self for keeping an open and curious mind about life,love the world, the universe politics etc etc.I don't say i know the truth, but i can say I'm doing my best to try and find it.”

“What is everyone so afraid of??? This reminds me of the big communist scare a generation ago, when calling someone a communist was so serious, entire restaurants would get quiet if the word was overheard.....shhhhh!!! Lets all click our heels together and say communist, socialist, fascist together five times real fast. Maybe then, we could move on to even better words that cause us great discomfort. Ah the beauty of the freedom of the net . I say let em rant, when you strip away the veneer they really come out this sounding like a bunch of whiners, complainers, and well, just jerks overall. Like we all really give a damn at this point if some idiot can save the government x amount of dollars for some future budget. If you don't want the money, fine, step aside so I get my shot at the American dream, you boring little whiners. the Candyman is here, and you act like scrooges.”

“"(The iCrank? The iFoam? Submit any and all suggestions.)"

After considering all the obvious choices here(and getting some good deep belly laughs from everyone in the room), my choice is simple, yet has a certain right wing elegance to it. Folks, welcome to the iBeck.
This could even make it into the everyday vernacular of the "I feel cheated" and the "I don't know about him, I think he's one of dem socialisamystics" crowd. Oh, where are you Rasputin when we need you?? Example of usage as a verb: "I think dat Obama there needs to be iBecked that'll learn him."
Example of usage as an adjective: "that Fox News sure is the iBeckest news show on Tv".

And finally: its usage as a an alternative product to challenge the iPhones status as top "i" anything-
ex-"honey have you seen the new iBeck model 300B phone. It comes with preprogrammed eight wing talking points as automatic answers to anyone on the other end of the line you might think is one of them socialisms-ie (We know all about you boy, and those meetings in your garage at night, homeland secuirity is watching you).

Of course, the end of each message could have a little sales pitch "support Glen Beck for Homeland Security-Keep our cuntry safe-(he he he)”

“old crap and it will continue until people wake up and kick banks down off that artificial pedestal they've built . Don't you hate the condescending attitude they all have. It makes me want to pick up a pitchfork and do some googling. Forward, march!!!”

“Hey Mike, funny thing about this stuff is I remember you saying this would happened..... 10?? 15 years ago?? Of course back then you were someone irritating but not dangerous to the powers that be. The accident at Three-Mile Island opened a lot of peoples eyes to the cold hard reality of why corporations really exist.,and that is for profit period I understand that money has to exist and that investment is what drives and keeps the economy healthy, but sometimes i wish they would change the rules a little and force some of these "investors" to work for their money. The idea of these people sitting around on their a***** only worrying about how big their next dividend check will be just seems to go against every natural law in the universe.maybe if the corporations and banks had cared more about their clients and customers, a lot of this quick profit taking and leave it for the next guy to clean up attitude would be different. Just because someone has a pile of money doesnt mean they should be treated like their **** doesnt stink and the only thing that matters is making that pile get bigger and bigger. Anyhow I'm rambling here, great post as usual Mike, thanks.”

“Good post. Has it ever occurred to these people(Palin,Steele, et al) that praying might just anger their god instead? Look at the results from all that "praying". Kind of looks like it's not the way to go. We see what happened to our "praying" president, hmmm?? Isn't that the classic definition of addiction, to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?”

“Beauty??? I don't know, i'm trying to look at her now and pretend i believe all the garbage that comes out of her mouth and she still reminds me of some yahoo who's in over their head. Sorry, ummm beauty never came to mind, interesting term you came up, i'll give you that.”

“For all the gamblers out there, who are veterans of the touch screen technology, we can only say one thing, good luck!!”

“Excellent post. You have accurately described the game that goes on between public defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. It's assembly line justice at its best, with railroading being the more apt description. Thanks for being real with this post. I have seen the conditions you describe, and nothing has changed in 30 years. Slap a big enough bail on someone and hold them in jail with delays of more than a year very possible for a trail, and you can get almost anyone to accept a plea bargain. It's a rich man's game once again.”