raker's Comments (4108)

“Cosign. I daresay that the Obama loyalists who will say that we have no one else to vote for will not reflect on the days when the old Soviet Union offered ballots with a single choice for any office. I won't vote Republican, but I may just stay at home in 2012.”

“I agree completely!”

“In DC we have a theory that the weathermen and the grocery stores are in this together - it's all a plot to sell more milk, bread, and toilet paper. A plot I tells ya!”

“Spot on! I did a couple of years in northern Michigan and it so fine NOT to hear the dire wind chill stuff - it was going to snow, we'd get the heads-up, end of forecast.

Cincinnati, on the other hand, can't talk enough about wind chill. ;-))”

“i've done the Energy Right thing..

and unplugged the effer!

it's just commercials anyway..”

“hate ?”

“Paul certainly doesn't defend the status quo in medical care. He thinks there's far too much government meddling in the delivery of medicine right now, and that the distortions to the market caused by all that meddling, and the barriers to entry created by various licensing laws, the FDA, and the rest of it are major factors in the high costs of healthcare.

Paul thinks there are a lot of problems with the current system. He just doesn't believe the promises of the politicians that everything will be fixed by expanding the role of government in healthcare even more.

Government doesn't mandate cell phones for every American, and yet, lo and behold, the free market has delivered cell phones so cheap that even homeless people can afford them.

And insurance doesn't cover cosmetic surgery, and yet, lo and behold, a free and competitive marketplace has delivered cosmetic surgery procedures that are affordable, safe and widely available.

Most politicians are more than willing to promise you anything and everything, they know from experience that they'll never be held to account when the bill comes due. They're doing it now with this pie-in-the-sky "we know how to fix healthcare" hubris.”

“Agreed.”

“I'm sorry, but Martha's sturff is horrible. I've lived in the South all my life, and I have NEVER seen anyone cook and bake Southern food like she does. Just wrong on so many levels.”

“Because I like to cook my girl friend bought me one of Martha's cook books and after going from cover to cover it went straight into the trash can! The reason I didn't like it was because of the fact all of the recipes were way to complicated! Rachael's way of cooking is for real folks while Martha's is aimed at the family "chef"!”

“Actually both Rachel and Martha cook by sight and taste (and not by mixture amounts) which in turn makes your ability to repeat what they did, by following the recipe nearly impossible. If you cook with rachel go very easy on the EVOO and broths and with Martha you typically need more seasoning.”

“Speaking of Ron Paul and health care... do you know by any chance what Ron Paul does for a living? ;)”

“it was a very popular novel before it became a film.”

“No more business as usual in "our house/ senate" No more defamation and obstruction.
No No No MORE. This Maine woman will vote you out Collins and Snowe. Your done. Shame on you....for not getting this health care work done. Your starting to look like "card board cut outs" !!
Yak Yak Yak
As to the other blow hards.........the people of your states see right through you. Your done. Go home and really L O O K at the homeless, the poor, the jobless, the sick, the real hopelessness you are creating.
I'm so mad I could spit!!”

“Oh please, please, please let that happen.”

“That's not chutzpah, that's being a dick.”

“Isn't it disgusting.
American kids are brainwashed from day 1.
Love your god.
Love your gun.”

“Been that way for a century or so. At least until Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo along with violent games for them like GTA, Doom, etc. Unlike those violent video games, firearms do not have to promote violence.”

“"it's a Democrats-are-no-different-than-Republicans problem because they are all beholden to the corporations who pay their freight."

You are so profoundly wrong on this point. The Democrats are not as good as they should be, but they are VERY different from the Republicans and you seem to have amnesia or are very myopic if you cannot see or remember the difference. I agree that campaign finance reform is the single most material and significant change to our democracy that can be made. But having said that, you really have a lot to learn about politics and government if you cannot see the difference between the two parties...”

“It HAS to be campaign finance reform--that, and Americans becoming thinking enough and informed enough to demand it.”

“It's only a matter of time, please bear with us.

Bill White(D) , the current mayor of Houston is running against Perry. In a pole with an unnamed democrat, Perry and and the democrat are evenly matched. With Bill Withe in the poll, Perry is the looser. We have a great candidate lined up to take the !ying KBH's seat in 2012 and if the DNC and DSCC had helped in 2008, Cornyen most likely would have been defeated. Houston showed the world last Saturday that all Texans are not in lock step to redneck facisim. We are working hard for change and are seeing positive results for that effort.”

“raker~

Please reconsider. There are more of us "blue" ones here who are trying to make a difference. All Texans are not batshit crazy Palin lovers.”