rsaillant1's Comments (115)

“...and the grand illusion of Reagan's "Star Wars" initiative.”

“Why don't we capture all that hot air expelled daily by the
do-nothing crowd in Washington­...talk, talk, talk, ad infinitum.

Yaketty-yak and nothing gets done. If we capture all that gas
we can at least put a dent in the CO2 problem.”

“Hannity wears custom made pants.

They're asbestos, so don't expect flames any time soon.

Sad, I've been hording marshmallows, awaiting the conflagration.”

“...and they all appear, as if by magic, accompanied by the
music...."­bring in the clowns, send in the clowns, don't bother, they're here."”

“I equate Fox calling itself a "news" network with
Toulouse Lautrec calling himself tall and thinking
that if he repeats it often enough, all the people
will believe him....yea­h, right....s­horty.”

“Blame that on Drew Carey.

His TV show began with a street dance, choreographed to
the tune.."Cle­veland Rocks." Someone took him seriously.”

“"All of this nonsense by NYCers largely boils down to people who want to feel they are superior based on where they live, but are constantly nagged by the suspicion that, somewhere, people may be living just as well or even better."

The same might be said about Americans, in general. "We're better." Why?”

“"Socialism," another word made "bad" by the right, along with "liberal," and
"Democrat.­" (overlooking, as only they can, that we are a Democracy,
hence, the word Democrat.) I belive the root of liberal is liberate..­.oh yeah,
that's bad alright.”

“Peleador..­.

Sadly,for some unknown reason, I cannot respond to your
comment where it might make some sense to you. Your
"reply" access point is missing, so I'll do it here, while our
dialogue from yesterday resides below.

From your reply; "As usual, you behave as though this isn't extremely common on the left."

How would you know how I behave? You are you acting on assumption. Bad move, but who could expect more?

Then you wrote; "Ask any lefty if Bush said that Iraq was an imminent threat and they'd say "yes, he did". He never did. I'd bet most lefties still believe he said it."

Perhaps not in those exact words, but do the phrases "smoking gun" and "mushroom cloud" ring a bell. Uttered by Condi, who was hired by......wa­it, it's coming....­.The Bush. Now, tell me she spoke out of
turn, or misspoke, and that George did not approve, Can you?


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-weber/deliverance_b_332459.html?page=4&show_comment_id=33426079#comment_33426079”

“From your post; "The 'tea bagger' thing was started, I believe, at the Daily Kos. Some people may have unwittingly adopted it, not understanding what the term meant...."

I think this statement of yours clarifies the argument, nicely.
That being, too often the folks on the right get a little information,
get riled up about it or adopt it, without using their deductive powers to research and analyize.W­itness the latest with the "Satire"label attached. The brouhaha picked up and repeated by Rush and his ditto-brains from an article about the President's college thesis. Does no one on the right understand the word satire. They should. They're living it.”

“"While William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Truman Capote and others were garnering praise for their depictions of life below the Mason-Dixon line, Mercer was adding musical and lyrical flourishes­."

That is, indeed, a list of literary luminaries left wanting for the inclusion of one
Tennessee Williams. How could you overlook his contributions to our image
of the South, Southeren gentlemen, and Southern women?”

“They may be "Wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"....­but surely not
supporting the Constituion.”

“Steven,

Appreciate all your posts, but this one especially.

I fear that no self respecting Republican, who might have mistakenly
meandered onto this site, could ever digest the contents of your
writings, much less grasp your intent. To do so would mean shaving
a few syllables from each word.

Jeb Bush as messiah is both an interesting projection and a frightening
view into the future of politics in this country, and not only as it applies
to the Republicans. I wrote on another post about the "Jeb-ster," that a
journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and then I
went on to estimate the distance from where he resides to the White
House to be of a similar span. This latest from him could be that first step.

We must all work hard to support our President so that he is successful,
so that when the end of his first term approaches, only a few, bitter,
sheltered, hateful right-wingers are present to oppose.”

“....you left out, "The Fair & Balanced" checks and balances. Just sayin'....­...”

“...and in that comment, you divulge your belief that facts may, can and should be argued. Fact, truth if you will, needs no counterpoint, no alternative reality,
no opposing view.

What does it take for you to believe something is true?

Do you need Fox to stamp it as legit?”

“"For all the millions these CEO's, especially those in the market, garner....­...."

Perhaps my phrase, "in the market" was too subtle.

My inference was Wall street, where the prouct is, as I described, Paper. Arguably, nothing tangible.

As to CEO's creating jobs, far too often they walk into
an established company where the jobs already exist,
and then proceed to send jobs offshore to boost profits. Those are the ones of who I wrote. Nowhere in my post did I
allude to "all" CEO's, "all" Executives.”

“er, uh....gene­rating?”

“The current cast of "entertainers' delivering their take on the news is generasting a handy
list of charcter tags.

Soon we'll all be familiar with references such as; "Going Beck," "Pulling a Rush,"
"Wacky as Dobbs," "Slimey as Bill'o," and "as Pompous as a Hannity."

Better yet, I await the day we all reference, "Gone Like a Fox."”

“Let me add also that this slick trick they've been promoting, called
carbon sequestration, or sequestering, is a false hope. At best it's a band-aid, at worst,
it's an environmental disaster waiting in the wings. Room here does not permit a full
listing of the potential damages inherent in this technique, suffice to say that when CO2
is pumped/stored below ground, obstensibly for eternity, they overlook the potential for
leaking and expulsion by natural events called plate shifting, earthquakes, oh..and
leaking in general. CO2 in these concentrations are deadly to plants, animals and humans,
alike. Want to read what happens in the real world, when an event of this
nature occurs? Get a copy of "Vapor Trails" read it and buckle up tight.....”

“I suggest a scenario in which all coal was removed from the script, and replaced with
tasty little cellophane wrapped candies. These delicious sweets were removed daily from
their resting place by blasting away huge portions of the earth exposing them for retrieval.
In some cases, entire mountaintops were removed by these explosives­....all this ro harvest
these mouth-watering goodies. Did I mention that by some miraculous modification, Mother
Earth or Mother Nature decided to imbue these goodies with beneficial vitamins and minerals?

Final analysis, even if the end product was beneficial, even if the power plants were not a part
of the equation, these little suckers need to be removed from the earth by force, by defacing
the land, they need to be trucked to a destination for packaging, and then they must be
transported to points of sale where they are bought by consumers who must use their
vehicles to visit the stores....­.the list is endlesss, the packaging and the disposal thereof, the
cost to the environment is ghastly even when the product might be beneficial­......

Clean coal? There is no such thing. Coal itself is dirty, dusty and a mess. Burn it and you
quadruple the filth.”

“For all the millions these CEO's, especially those in the market, garner,
what do they make? What do they create? What do they fashion? What is
the product that springs from their efforts. They deal in deals and in essence
see to it that paper, or more apropos in these days, electrons travel about
over wires or via of satellites. There's no there, there. What they create
cannot be held in one's hands. The only thing that gets grabbed is profits.”

“MAcQ...
I would strongly suggest you gather 2 books and read them.

"The People's History of The United States" and "Genesis" by
Chalmers Johnson. All facts within these two volumes are documented
with footnotes for further review and verification.”

“Whoops, I just noted the similarity between my choice of cover-art for
"Burned," and that of Arianna's selection, "In Praise of Slowness."

Selective display techniques at point of sale can eliminate any conflict. Retailers,
take note.”

“I recently spent some time reviewing dozens of submittals of
suggested book covers for my brother's novel "Vapor Trails." He
had asked his older brother, me, an artist to assist in the selection
process. I had just finished reading the final draft and had some ideas of my
own, including book title. The artwork submitted was all spectacular and
all consistent with the story line...I finally narrowed the selection down to two
and made my opinions known. Needless to say, what was chosen was not
one I had picked, and not one among the items forwarded for review.It was
a late entry and was terriffic.

Perhaps my luck will change in this process. My choice would be the
one pictured in the lower right hand side, fully dark with wispy, curly smoke
trails.... smoke can be an indicator for impending fire, or a remnant of
a conflagration. Hence, past-tense "Burned" works with the illustration of choice
not with the unused matches which would best illustrate a book entitled,
"Soon To Be Burned," or "Burned?"”

“How about a marvelous blend of fact wrapped in fiction? Get ahold of a copy of
"Vapor Trails," and you'll have them both, right there in your grasp. You can read
a preview a 3 chapter preview at their site: http://www.vaportrails.org/
Enjoy.....”