mythster's Comments (44)

“Could Barack Obama be the Trojan Horse, now inside the White House with the powers that will bring down American democracy and the the real American way of life? Have we unwittingly created a monster that could destroy the country in a final fight to the death between the forces of peace, democracy and compassion and the fat cats of Wall Street and the tea baggers of Main Street?

We shouldn't wait to find out - it will be too late by then. We've got to re-organize and launch a movement to force the President to honor his campaign promises and give us back the government he promised or face defeat in 2010.”

“Good on you, Mr. Peele
As an ex-alcoholic who woke up one morning two years ago and decided that "enough was enough" after more than fifty years of limping along on my alcoholic crutch, I decided why and how I needed to stop and did it for myself because I couldn't afford to waste any more nights or mornings under the influence or after-effects of alcohol. The last thing anybody who drinks to excess needs is an excuse to continue and a legal cop-out is just another excuse.
I think Biden is a perfect example of the kind of politician we don't really need and I can't understand why Obama ever took him on but perhaps "the great pragmatist" has some secret agenda that will de exposed in the future”

“Met any "perfect men" lately? I hear Demosthenes is still looking”

“Good on you! Now the next step is to start a program of meditation so that you can really understand what spirituality is all about.”

“Just using the term "Socialized medicine" demonstrates a serious lack of objectivity and political naivete or serious bias. Can you, or anyone you know actually define socialized medicine? Have you ever lived for an extended period in a country with a single payer system? E.g. the U.K., France, the Scandinavian countries etc.? Do you think that the system as it now stands, is "the best of all possible worlds?"
What are the factors contributing to the high rate of suicide among medical practitioners in this country and what are the suicide rates for MD's in Europe and elsewhere>
Finally, did you do any research at all before writing this article or is it all just a "pipe dream"?”

“I can't help but suspect that many of the people who chose to be "childless" have made the choice because they don't like kids and/or they know that they would be lousy parents. I applaud their decision because the last thing we need in this old, tired and overcrowded world is more unwanted, unloved and un-cared for children.
Just "tell it like it is" folks.”

“Hopeamist: Someone who refuses to believe, not withstanding evidence to the contrary,
that things will come out all right in the end. There usually the ones with rabbits feet on their keychains and pockets full of wishbones and they leave milk and cookies out every night.”

“THIS IS A TEST
If Obama does dump Summers (and in his heart he knows that he should) than this will
be a clear message to all the phonies on State St.,Wall St. and all points north, south, east and west, that the President is serious about cronyism and good ol' boys' "business as usual". If he don't, he ain't and then we'll know for sure.
Give us some hope Mr. President, please!”

“"the little guy's not completely stupid" ??
Palin rallies, Teabag parties, guns & "roses"?
I'm not too sure”

“"Not all banks are culpable" ?
No, only the ones that think they are above the law
So how can can you get to be "above the law"?
By being on top of course.

"Power corrupts" - uh huh.”

“There's a certain symmetry to the current tendency to unmask Ronald Regan's feet of clay and the exposure of Nancy's dedication to the proposition that all are men are created equal "only some are more equal than others". Wouldn't it have been glorious if Nancy could have been at the Palace and watched our gal Michelle put an arm around little ol' Queen Liz' shoulders.
Just like in Bob Dylan's song "The Times They Are A-Changin'"”

“As the Ancients might say- today: "You can take the Geithner/Summers et.al. boys out of the Bank but you can't take the Bank out of the boys" The usurers have got us by the shorts and they won't let go.
The Bushman, Paulson & the rest of the gang had the whole thing worked out a long time ago. Welcome to the pigeon coop.”

“I learned about the "Anti-Christ" from priests who could have been the current Pope's uncles.
They taught us to look carefully under the bed for the devil every night before going to bed and that just thinking about sex was a mortal sin. Now, the new Anti-Christ, aka "Benedictus PP. XVI" has taken the Catholic Church and its doctrines to a new low- relegating the Holocaust- denying Cardinal to the shadows.
Bennedino's current insanity shows just how absolutely ruthless "Holy Mother Church" can be when it comes to "propagating the faith"
It reminds me of something the judge said when she pronounced verdict on O.J. Simpson in his trial for armed robbery. She told Simpson and everyone in the courtroom that, when she began the trial, she wondered whether Simpson was arrogant or stupid when he committed his crimes but after hearing all the testimony and evidence, she realized that he was both: "arrogant and stupid". I think we could say the same about "Benedictus PP. XVI"”

“It is ironic that the author's comments about Chris Matthews and his partner in histrionics comes on a day when we begin to see the end of the daily newspaper. News as entertainment and distraction has finally come into its own and the stolid pages of our daily newspapers hardly can compete in this arena. Matthews has the necessary background and intellectual capacity to fill the post of political commentator easily but his lack of self control seriously impedes his overall performance.
"On the other hand", his partner in unrestrained histrionics, Kieth Oberman, reveals his long experience in sportscasting and a style much better suited to his orgiinal career path. "Ya pays your nickel and ya takes your choice"”

“OK guys, here's the big question:
WHY ISN'T GOV. DEAN SEC. OF HEW (or whatever they're calling it now)?”

“"Will real conservative stand up" and shut up and get the hell out of Dodge.
This country has had just about enough of their egocentric, immoral and criminal behavior.
Madoff and all the rest of the free market loonies should be exiled to the Falklands.”

“Who is against bike trails?
The oil companies, Detroit, Nascar and its' fans, couch potatoes, free market marauders,­testostero­ne terrorists, highway equipment manufacturers, gas station owners & operators, car wash businesses, car dealers and garage mechanics, Motorcycle freaks and lots more.
It ain't gonna happen, not in the USA, boy, not in the USA!”

“Why do we hate "Joe the Plumber"? Because he's the voice of the red-neck rabble that would dictate policy in this country if McCain & Sarah had their way.”

“"iyamchazz" has provided a good description of the sociopath, and Thain and Madoff fit the description perfectly. The big question is "How have we come to a point where the Sociopaths are popping up everywhere? Is it nature or nurture?”

“"Ignorance" and most particularly willful ignorance, is never an excuse or even a valid alibi.
Like Marie Antoinette,- Thain, Barney Frank, Paulson and all the others should receive public punishment commensurate with their crimes. How about 30 days in the stocks on Wall St.?”

“Maybe, in "The final analysis", when historians are able to take a very close, objective view of the eight years of infamy that characterized the Bush reign of anti-terror and misrule, they will see how he managed to twist or "spin" public sentiment into hate and fear instead of what might have been hope, compassion and community. 9/11 could have been the catalyst to unify the country and its citizens. Instead it polarized and divided us completely. He should be known someday as "George Bush, the Great Divider"”

“One of the best things about advanced age or "chronological over-endowment" is that you forget a lot of unimportant stuff quickly and I've already forgotten what I wanted to forget”

“It was Francois Rabelais who said "Nature abhors a vacuum." There is a a complete vacuum at the head of the GOP and Ms. Paley is attempting to fill it. Is this truly the party of Lincoln? What a sad commentary on our national politics and perhaps on western civilization. When an ignorant, uncouth rabble rowser can preempt the leadership of one of the two major political parties of the U.S., things have indeed come to a sorry state. Maybe it is the end of our time. The "Decline & Fall"”

“Sinologists seem to be in agreement on the idea that "May you live in interesting times" is not a curse but instead a friendly wish that you don't suffer from boredom throughout your life.

These are "interesting" and "difficult" times but we will survive and perhaps have a stronger, more compassionate and less greedy nation than the one shaped by "Big Bill Clinton and the Baby Boomers" (how's that for a name for a hot Rock Band?)

A note for Katherine G. and her contemporaries (including my baby daughter who was born 28 years ago, when I was 46) You guys have the torch and it is a huge responsibility- DON"T EVER GIVE UP!
Don't slide (like your baby boomer grandparents) from wide-eyed, "We can change the world" idealists into cynical fat cat capitalists and free-marketeers who told the world that "Greed is good"!”

“Anybody who doesn't bow before the god of the free markets is a
SOCIALIST!
Sarkozy in France is a SOCIALIST!

Fact is there are SOCIALISTS under every bed in the land.
Call the Birchers and the National Guard.”