karen1p's Comments (62)

“If your mother thought "the Road" was bleak then she had better avoid the other great books written by McCarthy”

“Neocon tactics, when you can't get your way any other way, claim to be doing God's Work. Read the philosopy of Leo Strauss and it is right there.”

“I don't think Jackie was attempting to "retrieve" anything. I think she was in shock and was either trying to get help or get away, or maybe both. I would imagine her mind was in complete shock and she did not know what she was doing - it was likely a reflex. The idea that she was attempting to retrieve part of his head is fairly preposterous; I doubt that's where her mind was at that moment. Help was probably all she could think - help him, help me, get me out of here, omg. The poor woman was in total shock.”

“LOL

His skull was detached??


LOL

You must be watching a Stone movie!”

“The Zapruder film was color.

FWIW”

“According to Jackie and the SS men, she has no recollection of jumping on to the back of the care. The reports at the time say she was asking for help for her husband and not running from the car.”

“"Family of Secrets"? Isn't that the John and Mackenzie Phillips saga?”

“"Conservatives and their behaviors are quite abhorrent to have to endure."

That's the kind of politics we're trying to move away from. The kind that takes one extreme wacko and associates an entire political party to it. It only debases the debate. Don't let this one wacko insight a damn thing. Give it no mind.”

“Check out this map from Southern Poverty Law Center:
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp
With California, one of the "bluest" states in the nation having the highest number of hate groups, you can see that this sort of thing is not unique to "red-neck state(s)." Indeed, looking at the map there seems to be more a correlation of population (and relative poverty) to hate groups than, necessarily, "red-neck"ness.

This kind of behavior was going on when W was around and before.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=628
This 2005 article discusses the almost 60 right wing terrorist plots uncovered since the OKC bombing in 1995, from all over the country.”

“I had the same sort of reaction when reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo a few weeks ago--there's a passage in which one of the main characters, a financial journalist, takes his colleagues to task for their failure to do their jobs at the most basic level. It reminded me of Jon Stewart taking down Jim Cramer earlier this summer. And the book was published in Sweden in the early 2000's.”

“I can't prove what I think is true. But we will all see in a couple of months. By Jan, healthcare will be behind us one way or another (pass or fail).

I am a leftist liberal and consider Obama to be a centerist at best. He isn't liberal. But most of what people want isn't even all that liberal. It is just sensible.

If he doesn't get at least those major things done, then I would agree that he failed. But he hasn't failed yet. The righties have been on their path of destruction for decades. It may take Obama a couple of years to get things turned in the proper direction.

That being said, I know that we may not get a public option like we should. That is disappointing. But it isn't over yet. I can't believe anyone would be minimizing the massive importance of healthcare reform.

You just mentioned foreclosures. All the statistics show that a large percentage of foreclosures and bankruptcies are a result of medical bills. And 140,000 Americans die every year from survivable conditions but they had no healthcare.

How is that a small thing?

Obama has until Nov 2010 to prove himself. If he has done well and delivered on at least a few things and turned the direction on some others, then the Dems will do well. If not, they will lose badly and Obama won't get anything done during his last 2 years.”

“You need to keep pressure on your elected representatives to pay attention to the American people, we are the ones who put them there, not the corporations. Write and call your representatives weekly, and let them know your position on the many issues that are on the table right now. Get your friends and family to do the same. The more pressure they get the more likely they will begin to listen. It won't be easy defeating the corpoate barons with all their money and power, but if we don't try and try hard to take back our country, it was never our to begin with.”

“Revolution”

“The answers I think can only be actions. And actions won't start until things get worse. The system has gigantic momentum and inertia and will keep rolling on until people are so poor, diseased, and miserable that all it will take is "Let them eat Cake!" to get real change started.

John Brunner's "The Sheep Look Up" is a great, but terrible look at this ..from back in 1972

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheep_Look_Up”

“The current political/economic system is far too corrupt and ossified for any meaningful transformation. Obama is shaping up to be merely a transitional president. He gives good rhetoric but seems to lack the courage of any convictions or principles. He appears weak when the country needs someone to demonstrate strength and real leadership.”