nightwind928's Comments (333)

“If some of us weren't smoking in the 60's,some of you numb nuts wouldn't be here right now ..we're paying for our sins believe me!”

“I don't have to believe Al Gore. It's springtime weather at the end November and we just had a hurricane in the Gulf....hm­mmmmmm...w­onder what THATS about?”

“1.3 billion for the "anti Taliban"..­.. and these guys on Capitol Hill lock up the health care bill, arguing over nickels and dimes. Sure would be better off spent on struggling grass roots Americans.­...oh wait,... it's the grass roots Americans who are supposed to come up with the 1.3 billion for the corrupt Afghani's. I forgot...t­hat's Washington logic at work.”

“This public "show trial" will cost the taxpayers millions of dollars, make their lawyers household names, feed the media and put security at a protracted level. It will give our most fanatical enemies a forum to spew their hatred and incite their comrades. Other than that, it will serve little purpose in the cause of justice. But perhaps, in the end, when the sentences are handed down, we can feel some sort of vindication for the great and terrible damage these people have done to our nation in the name of their misguided religion and bring a small degree of closure to the victims of their crimes. They probably won't be the last to come before the bench in the name of justice for these types of crimes. Maybe the world should finally see, in the flesh, the pitiful excuses of humanity that have caused so many sleepless nights for so long and understand that these men aren't superhuman masterminds, they're just a bunch of bearded thugs. A little grungier than most, not as smart as many, but in the end, not really any different than any other violent criminal.”

“I think I'll put the other one on E Bay...(glo­ves do come in pairs you know ) Or maybe I can get a few bucks for Elvis's mitten, Janis Joplin's ear muffs or even Ricky Nelsons left sock..(I would auction off Pat Boon's white shoes but he's still wearing them in Sun City)”

“That's what's wrong with all structured religions. You have a few people who have attained a high place in the church hierarchy who can dictate to the people and impose their own personal beliefs. This is nothing new, they have been doing this since the Inquisition and the days of the witch burning Protestant Puritans. This just shows that they're still doing it on a smaller scale by publicly ostrasicizing anyone who disagrees with them. A true Christian takes their lessons from Christ who went among the people and spread the word. He didn't demand that an imposing marble and granite edifice be constructed in his name everywhere. He didn't delegate pompous individuals to wear garish robes and silly hats to reside in palatial structures as his go between either. He never said anything about Popes, Bishops or Cardinals being exalted above any other person. If you want to talk to him, he's listening. You don't need some guy in a flowing robe and a mitered hat to schedule an audience with him. But, if you feel the need, go across the street to the Episcopalians, they never turned a Catholic away, and you can receive the same communion and service.”

“When I want to be entertained, I watch the big 3 and cable t v. When I want news and insightful commentary, I watch P B S. I used to be able to get those things on regular T V,many years ago, when journalism was considered trade craft by those who made it their profession. They all retired, died or were replaced by network talking heads who were more concerned with their blow dried, spiffy personal appearance on the screen or being adored by their audience, than continuing the definition of journalism as their predecessors had. Today, sadly, only P B S seems to embrace that philosophy. And thankfully there is abundant talent, like the News Hour people, who take their work seriously. Moyers is one of the last of the old guard to have made his bones when young guys like Cronkite, Murrow, Edwards and Swazy were only seen in black and white at 6 and 11 p .m. before the nightly test pattern. Be well Bill, you have been a member of my family for decades now, I'll miss your gruff candor, articulate delivery and the twinkle in your eye when you knew you'd delivered a home run.”

“So far it's been the Republicans in office at the state and local levels that have raised your taxes...oh wait , I forgot, Republicans don't raise taxes, they just increase and institute "FEES". But as long as it's a Republican doing it, it's just good old Americanism at work, right?....­. Name ONE tax the Democrats have raised on you this year. Your like the rest of the goofy Repub screamers throwing handfuls of crap into the wind.”

“Yes you had free education and health care in Cuba before Castro...b­ut only about 12 percent of the nations population could take advantage of it..The rich sugar and tobacco plantation and rum factory owners and their family's got the chicken and the rest of the population got the feathers. And if they complained too loudly Batista's corrupt goons in the SIM would "disapear" them. I have been to Havanna twice since 1985 so I know from wence I speak. For the privileged class, life was beautiful, but for most others, who sweated in the fields and factories, it wasn't so good. If it had been, Castro would never have even gotten a foothold there.”

“I have lived as a kid in the 50's when the "Red Hoard" were destroying our country from the farthest corners of the world...at least according to the Joe McCarthy's anyway. Now, 6 decades later I don't know why it was so frightening and neither does anyone else who has lived through this history. Communism never quite worked as advertised and went the way of the Edsel for the very reason that it doesn't work.. If it could have worked, it would have been in Cuba where the model was more refined. But due to the embargo, that experiment in government was doomed to fail out of hand. When the Russians came and brought their style of Communism, it was a disaster for everyone concerned. But things did improve on many levels for the population. Free health care ( which even we don't have to date) Free education through college and a few other things proved to be good ideas. But the infrastructure crumbled without U S dollars and a siege mentality by Castro ( not completely unjustified) destroyed the idea of a real socialist society before it could truly be tested. The real loss is to the Cuban people..an­d possibly all of us here at home as well. But now Communism is not an issue anywhere anymore. The "red hoard" was a paper tiger that never bit us. It's time to rethink our policy with Cuba and it's people and move on into the 21st century.”

“There are buildings all over every major city that can't be touched because they are too old and have been abandoned for so long that to restore them would be financially prohibitive. But, because they have been earmarked by the community as having significant historical relevance, they can't be torn down either. The new ones ,built in the last few years, sit alongside them with only a 1/3 occupancy which doesn't even cover the builders note or taxes. Parking is expensive, awkward to get in and out of and traffic makes any downtown trip to a big city, a nightmare. This is what comes from not having good or corrupt city management and poor city planning for the last two decades. Now the chickens have come home to roost and once again we will be called upon to bail out the banks who were only too glad to contribute to the chaos while the tax starved counties still hand out building permits like Halloween candy without regard as to the benefit or harm done by constructing them. All big cities should have a moratorium on new, high rise and multi level building permits until the occupancy level reaches at least 80% of the already existing structures in that city.”

“Picking?..­it's THERE..can you deny it's demise?”

“If those in the exile community still, after six decades, entertain illusions about returning to Cuba in some victorious parade to regain what they left so many years ago, they are kidding themselves. Cuba will never entertain their claims of ownership to anything no matter how much political pressure they think they have here at home. In the mean time they continue to inhibit the normalization of relations with a country that should be a stop on cruise ship routes instead of on some crazy, out dated embargo list. They put their bets on a corrupt, mob owned dictator named Batista and when the wheel of life stopped in 1959, they lost. That's gambling ..too bad, so sad. The whole country shouldn't have to pay off their gambling debt forever, anymore than it has to pay it off for all the other dictators that have come and gone in the world over the years. Castro isn't right, but then neither is the Priemere of China or the Saudi Royal Family or a couple of dozen others we openly embrace in normal relations with. We prop up Kharzi in Afghanistan who's a complete villian...­so what's the beef?”

“Who's military?.­... Maybe the Afghan military thinks those things....­naw,... even they have better sense that that. It's only a handful of misguided dimwits here that have any confidence in her being able to do more than sign a book ( notice I didn't say READ a book)”

“Every single Senator who will vote on this upcoming health bill should have to spend a day "contributing" his or her time in the name of public service before they are allowed to vote on this bill. Those who don't show must abstain from voting or have their vote nullified.”

“Palin's book, whether fact or fiction, will do exactly what she intended it to do....make her a bundle. She is about as bad a political candidate for any office as anybody could wish for, but that doesn't make her stupid. She's gone from someone who nobody but a few, misguided Alaskan voters even knew to a world recognized figure and picked up more than a few nickels in the process. The reason she stepped down as Governor was that it was getting in the way of making money. There isn't a day that goes by that she isn't on this site and almost every other one as well. She's the darling of every talk show and even Oprah considered her a feather in her cap to have on her show. She lives and breathes because of her stardom, not because of her political ability. She is the Paris Hilton of politics, nothing more, but that's enough to keep her in the spotlight with no talent nobody's like Jon and Kate and enough to insure her book makes it to the best seller list whether it is nothing more than a thick, poorly written comic book or not.”

“If you love with anything but an open heart, your cheating yourself and those you direct your love at. Don't let some misguided,­overeducat­ed fool with a college degree cause you to worry about "loving too much"....o­nly about loving too little... and remember that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.”

“I can only wonder how the kids, long ago, razzed guys like Bill Gates and Donald Trump...wh­o now run the frigging world while the "popular" kids fight each other for a crappy middle management job at Wal Mart.”

“In my house we refer to the plastic bin "Crisper" as what it really is..the "ROTTER"”

“Wait a minute!!!.­..you actually TASTED milk that was almost a year and a half old?... Why,...to make sure it was truly old enough to replace?. Promise me, as a public service, that you'll never invite anyone for dinner..EV­ER!!!!”

“America is rich with inventors and those with entrepreneurship. Despite the fact that the climate is geared for big corporate America there are those, somewhere, right now, pondering on the next big thing to bring to the world. It's truly more daunting now to be successful at inventing because of the patent infringements and the legal mess you have to wade through. But rest assured, when the next big thing makes it's debut, it will be an American explaining how it works. The ground for invention is more fertile here than any other country of the world...al­ways has been... that's why we invented most everything worth a damn to date.”

“They sell them all over..you have to get the right paint scheme for it to really be a true circus clown car though...T­hey're called Hummers...­you can tell by all the clowns still driving them.”

“Hillary could extract more meaningful dialog by putting a Sara Palin hand puppet on and asking it political questions.”

“Don't bet the ranch on it”

“There's a reason that Manny is a favorite of the fans..actu­ally many reasons. He, like many boxers, comes from the streets and has risen to the top on his own skill and performance. He is a gentleman out of the ring and doesn't live a life of extravagant excess or get into trouble in his personal life. Even the few detractors he might have pay homage to his unquestioned skills. For many of us, he is is the little guy who wins the good fight by virtue of his great heart and tenacity..­.an inspiration to the rest of us little guys, fighting everyday to survive in life's ring against opponents that would beat us down. He isn't handsome, charismatic or flashy...b­ut he's a winner and that's why so many of us will always be cheering for him from the first bell. We love ya Manny!”