melponeme k's Comments (110)

“Levi, we need you. Please spill the dirt with dates, photos preferably, and even a money trail.”

“Wrong. We should be encouraging her right up to the republican nomination in 2012.”

“Correct. Just remember the hate fests she ginned up during the campaign. People are sheep - easily led to their worst instincts by a talented manipulator like SP.”

“The parallels are there, but I see Mr H being just so much more competent than Ms P.”

“Truer words, never spoken.”

“IMF has been serving the global elites' agenda wonderfully.

before clinton, who's the ambassader for the uber-rich neo-cons", wants to help people,

monkeys will have to fly out of her fat butt!”

“I think they already have their claws in US, That's why we had to pay them off thru the bank bailout...­...

Lets get VERY serious about stopping more $$$$ giveaways to them, even if Rahm wants it so. Ol' Rahm helped Bush get 4-5 freetrade agreements thru before Bush's fastrack authority ran out.
Now, the people in Peru are rioting against American "interests" down there.
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Palast says it best:
http://www.gregpalast.com/oil-and-indians-dont-mix/#more-2549

Here's another:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8090548.stm
and we wonder why the world hates our government?”

“he had a lot more to do in the first "jurassic" installment.”

“also roger corman who gave a lot of this new breed their first shot in hollywood.”

“I agree.
I also think material wealth can kill the edge of an artist. they lose the hunger.”

“It's not just the "elites", though. The media starting buying into the more talentless stars', producers' , studios' and directors' press machines story that the emperor really DID wear clothes, movies made up entirely of violence and T and A that had nothing to do with the plot--where good acting, intelligent writing, etc. were beside the point--really were great. They promoted these type movies, the folks at home saw the reviews, etc. saying they were 'good', went in droves, and the movies made money. Once they made money, the stars, directors, etc., knew a good thing when they saw it and continued to make more of the same.

Having said that, I also don't believe that every foreign film is good just because it is foreign. For example, lately British cinema seems to be putting out stuff inspired by plotless-American violence/a­nd-t-and-A­, whereas in the past they were kinda good about making films about real-looking people in real situations, not plastic surgery victims in films that look like video games.”

“Ageism is not a valid response to my point.

There are plenty of directors from John Ford to Billy Wilder who cranked out great films well into their twilight years.

In the meantime, the omissions of "Wall-E" and "Gran Torino" for Best Picture last year reminded me of the snubs delivered to "The Wild Bunch" and "Easy Rider" for Best Picture in 1969, two movies that FAR surpassed the eventual winner, "Midnight Cowboy", in their impact on film history and pop culture. The same will be true of "Slumdog Millionaire" to those two pictures.”

“You don't know that about Speilberg. Wait for the reviews to come in for his next project on Martin Luther King. As to the others, these guys are old however Eastwood and the rest of them still a lot of offer. (Where's the women?) Tarantino's newest just got very mixed reviews in Cannes and frankly, he's over and done with as bringing anything new to the screen.”

“where is the next Scorsese?”

“agree.
love "slow product of cousin lovin."”

“I agree also. And I will not be playing along with the "we're the only game in town" routine anymore during future elections.

That is the REAL post-partisanship - abandoning both national parties and voting based upon ideas rather than affiliations.”

“the government can only do what we let them do, we vote for these people and and expect them to work for us, but we are peions, they work for K STREET and those who have the cash, the only way we are going to change this country is to get involved,”

“I totally agree. That IS the driving force of what ALL of them do...with one exception. At LEAST the Dems are with the working class on social issues. If we get health care, workers bill of rights, and tax loophole changes (so the rich have to start paying their fair share...an­d can't ship it overseas) then I will be happy.”

“Well said. It is all about keeping their jobs. It's not just the money, it's the perks. Both sides will pander in order to stay on the public payroll.

I hope people have read the "torture" memos too and realize that there are small children in this country that are being beaten with more physical force, by their parents, guardians or caretakers than anything these murdering terrorists have felt.”

“here, here - you are spot on.”

“Read the article.”

“Dude I'm sorry, but if someone comes walking around me wearing a hat with teabags dangling off it, I'm mocking that thing. It's not natural to ask us to repress something like that.”

“but this wasn't advertised as an "anti-banking criminals" protest - it was advertised as an "anti-tax" protest, despite the fact that the stimulus bill included tax cuts for 95% of americans (myself included - my weekly pay checks have been higher as a result of having to pay less fed income tax)... and despite the fact that it was suposed to be an "anti-tax" protest - ironically held in PUBLIC TAX FUNDED PARKS, it was really just an "anti-obama" protest...­... but why? the guys been in office for less than 3 months!!!! and the stock market has posted gains for 5 weeks running now!!!

it just bothers me - I dont' think the majority of people who attended these tea parties knew/know what it is they're protesting”

“kudos”

“I would bet that most of the teabaggers were Rush dittoheads, actually. Though they are dangerous to America, they aren't in the same league as the gun toting variety.

At least, not YET.”

“no offense, but you are WAY behind the times .... unless you live in a completely arid environment, the fastest growing segment of the food supply network is farmers markets, co ops etc. Eating moe locally, even including meat, dairy etc. from locally raised animals is something more and more people are tuning into, for all sorts of reasons, not the least of them being supporting family farms and farmers in your community.
that is the biggest thing that has gone wrong in the past 30 or so years: the rise of agribusiness and profit and any cost including that of the health of the captive consumer.

try eatwell.org you can enter your zip and find resources close to your home.”

“First of all, bankers aren't being bailed out. The 'bailouts' have been described terribly, though I'm not going to say this is all a function of PR. The fact is, the idea behind the so-called 'bailouts' is to deleverage the bank holding companies by buying off the toxic assets. Here's why--based on the mortgage boom of the mid-2000s, the marginal profit rate--a simple calculus equation that's essentially the derivative of the revenue minus the overall cost of the mortgage to the lender--there was widespread (and not unfounded) speculation as to the continued increase of home values. In 2006, in fact, 40% of the homes being bought were second, third, and fourth "investment" homes, not primary residences--this based on the boom, too. However, because of all of the subprime, variable-rate mortgages that were being given out and being used to buy homes, the lion's share of which were meant as investment homes to be sold before the rate changed, a lot of people began to default on their mortgages, which threw the marginal profit derivative off. Because so much had been staked on that continued growth, there was a huge loss of money because the bets embedded in those derivatives had to be paid off--and the insurance put in place was the unregulated and nonexistent 'credit default swaps,' which were illegitimate and didn't make up for the losses... And so the banks turned inwards, wouldn't lend-hence the need for the bailouts.”

“Lacking an actual argument you just repeat the same diatribe and add in some poorly aimed accusations that I'm somehow a capitalist­...It's laughable, really!”

“How are his policies turning you into a slave? Do you expect Obama to listen to you when you make statements like that? If I were him I'd think you were a right winger because of these kind of statements, and then people like you wonder why he doesn't respond to the "loyal opposition".”

“Again...ju­st flawed”