joanno's Comments (142)

“Only serves to prove there are still many racists amoung us despite their protests. Carrying on about use of 'race cards' is proven quite fraudulent when this type of image is so highly ranked. Racist is as racist does.”

“Anyone 40 or younger is completely detached from Reagan and sees him as a dinosaur. Classic conservative move though...p­ledge undying allegiance to the past. Yawn.....”

“If every Democrat had such moxie and understood that as a party they could revamp healthcare, energy policy, economic policy, immigration policy, and 21st centry education policy in a truly centrist way as the party works to address the full spectrum of beliefs under their tent, then we would truly have an American renewal that the party could take complete credit for. Why oh why can't they see that? Or, perhaps they do and just can't articluate it in those terms. Only the wheel of time turning will tell.”

“Another gestapo like action by the Cahtolic Church. Mix politics and religion and loose your tax exempt status...a­bout time we exercise our civic order in the face of such shameless religious meddling in the political realm.”

“She;s too enchaned with herself to be reflective.”

“Here's the actual viewership numbers from last week: Fox news: 2.6 million, NBC news: 9.5 million, ABC news: 8.3 million, CBS news: 6.2 million. While Fox wins the cable news ratings game, Fox, CNN, MSNBC and other cable news outlets together amount to about 4 million. Americans overwhelmingly turn to the major braodcast channels for their news. Fox gets boasting rights only in cable land but when put up against all news outlets, they pull about 9% of American viewers while NBS pulls about 35%, ABC about 33%, CBS about 28%. Fox is far, far from #1 news in America. Perhaps more truth telling about these polls (as well as lots of other things) would help.”

“CNN's focus on 'breaking news' throughout the day trivializes their efforts to be perceived as a serious news source. There are many, many stories that need in-depth reporting and other than 60 Minutes and PBS, there are precious few TV outlets giving us those in-depth, behind the screen, beyond the sound-bite looks at reality. Because they have tried to retain a non-partisan view, they are in a good position to re-envision the news they deliver. They might start by recognizing most of us are discerning, smart, thinking folks who are looking to understand what is happening and could care less about the latest car chase on some interstate.”

“Great comment!”

“These figures show that what happened to our economy last year verged on a complete collapse of our whole economic system. Actions like TARP and the stimulus stemmed the tide but the effects of something that deep unfold over time. Many views expressed here are a product of the naive inpatience evident in American thinking about a lot of things. Life is not a reality show like Survivor that unfold and come to a winning conclusion in 10 weeks. Time to get real. Things will improve, slowly if no new actions are taken, more quickly if some new energizers are put into the system. The sky is not falling, we are not going to collapse into anarchy or dictatorship. Life is not an action movie.”

“Your ignorance of how the economy works is phenomenal!”

“Get a grip...the­re is no reason to worry that anything other than Ameircan justice will prevail. Lots of murders are spurred by religious and cultural factors...­.there is no precedent for that leading to anything other than the law being enforced.”

“Zing? Did you not note she asked as many questions as Roberts? I guess they're both clueless according to you. Zap!”

“There is well documented evidence that animal abuse is frequently a precursor of violence towards humans. I hope that is part of the court record.”

“The Games always bring huge money to the private sector and prestige/attention to the host city/country which in turn churn the investment waters. This is unimportant to this group because hiding under the tax banner is another purely UNAMERICAN group that wants the country to fail...not Obama, the country. Another game you are involved in is claiming your opponents are calling you racist...l­et me clarify for you...we are calling you UNAMERICAN for dunning an American city just so you can poke the president. Pathetic.”

“Nice try but thinking is not in this person's repetoire.”

“Bennett poses as an intellectual but his real small mind was on full display during this full interview where he acted like all the other right wing boors.”

“Brilliant, mdia savvy synopsis of repub stance on healthcare. Speaks to the gut. Stated with fierce disdain. Right out of the right wing playbook. About time! Way to go!”

“Treason...­pure and simple.”

“The continual use of the word "silly" is inane in this environment. Surely in an administration of word crafters, they could do better in calling out the utter nonsense going on while not inflamming the situation. That said, the decision to post lesson plans having kids write essays about what they can do "to help the president" was just plain ridiculous. Talk about feeding the enemy! Where's the smarts I thought was in such supply?”

“There is nothing in this ad worthy of sensible comment, it says nothing about WWF which leads to important questions.­..who created the ad and for whom did they really create it? Much scrutiny is owed DDB Brasil...I would never trust them to deliver the goods for my company after seing this.”

“Clearly, you also share the moral relativity stance, but have the duplicity to deny it to others. You can decide which Vatican views are right and which are wrong, but no one else can. Look in the mirror and you will see your greatest enemy and the greatest enemy of the Church: hypocrisy.”

“The video clearly displays a side of Hillary we rarely see. The body language speaks volumes. That she allowed herself to lose her cool in a situation like this indicates a major button was pressed!”

“Rep. Dan Maffei, 25th NY. Meeting held in library, supposed to be 1:1s. Many showed up because of emails on both sides so he held a public session after private sessions. Local news looking for drama, found a little but even they had to acknowledge things were civil. People were given a chance to write their comments to givre to rep. Everyone was given 2 minutes to ask a question or make a comment. Only one person at a time expected to speak and audience was asked to refreain from talking with each other. Public session went very well! http://news10now.com/content/all_news/central_new_york/479355/impromptu-healthcare-town-hall-held/?RegionCookie=1013”

“I just returned from a very civil discussion with a NY rep. While waiting for the public session, many of us engaged in conversations in small groups, sharing a variety of viewpoints and getting a chance to set the record straight where misinformaiton was evident. It was a very productive exchange amoung The People. Our representative is a solid dem liberal on this issue and the audience had lots of folks who had other ways of thinking about this issue. Groundrules were laid and followed. Good points were raised, good ideas were articulated and respectful dialogue occured between the rep and The People. I have learned that most people see the need for significant reform but are concerned about out of control costs related to a fully realized public option which would then cause the governement to do things like ration health care. If signifiacnt attention were paid to cost control and a public (or co-op) plan was designed in such a way to make it highly unlikely we would morph into a single payer system I think we could get what we need . At least that's what I've learned by having the chance to truly listen to and engage with folks with other points of view than mine. The tragedy of the mobs taking over so many meetings is that those types of meaningful discourse are unlikely to happen. When they do, the true strength of democracy in action is evident.”

“Clearly the socialist tag wasn't working so they had to raise the heat of the label. What a poor, pathetic excuse for opposition. What they have failed to realize is that their heated rhetoric has made it impossible for sincere opposition voices to be heard. The shut down the debate obstructionists have assured that in the end, they can just be ignored.”