slimcat's Comments (53)

“Damn! All these years after serving five years in the army I didn't know I should still be getting benefits and free health care. And all this time I've been paying the VA for care even though I have fully payed Blue Cross coverage. Do you get this stuff only if you are 'hired'? Maybe I made a mistake in volunteering.

Thanks ever so much for the heads up, roudy.”

“Thought provoking humor is best when it kicks what people hold most dear right square in the nuts. George was, and still is, the Grand Master of this.”

“Put yourself on KP for the rest of the week for failure at reading comprehension. That's an order!

~SFC Smith, 5TH SFGA, 1ST SFGA, 12TH SFGA, '68-'74”

“My wife was an extremely skilled gatherer of information of any type and used this ability in her work as a paralegal researching pharmaceuticals for her firm. Sad and ironic that many of the drugs she researched she ended up having to take. She was a voracious reader who devoured books of eclectic genres. She also loved for me to recite poetry for her and her favorite those last months was Invictus by William Henley. It still flows through my mind with those memories and the last two lines reflect where I now stand:

I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

Thank you Deborah.”

“For ten months I completely devoted myself to my wife's care as she fought a very aggressive cancer, from the first diagnosis to her last breath as I told her for the ten-thousandth time that last March day that I loved her so much.

We had been together thirty-eight years, retired in '98, had a ten year retirement destination delay to help our daughter and finally arrived on the east coast near her family (a promise I made her) and the beaches of South Carolina when we learned of her illness.

Do I feel angry, cheated? Yes, but only at the odds, like you might feel at the craps table in Vegas, except many magnitudes greater. I am also very tired of being told by family, friends and complete strangers what it is I need to do. It has been a little over seven months and has gotten easier and I know things will improve but it will be on my terms.

So, here I sit , a few months from my 65th wondering what the hell is next. Oh, I do all the necessary stuff like cooking and cleaning, tending the yard, shopping, painting rooms and financial crap, but, what else? I also run, now with a vengeance and have increased my mileage from the last couple of years. It is somewhat soothing to temporarily burn out the emptiness I still feel. Sometimes four, sometimes ten miles, I beat out the rhythm of my remaining life.”

“With the Republican't hot air machine in full blow, powered by guys like buchanan and limbaugh, Sonia is sure to be a shoe-in based on recent past events.”

“My god! Americans being congenial to each other and dignitaries from other countries. Next thing ya know, there'll be some kind of commie talk about a global community/brotherhood thing. Dang socialists!”

“Beautifully written, inspiring and a dream I have often dreamt until the reality of who and what we are as a species comes crashing in. The Bonobo chimpanzee is closer to this ideal than we are but, apparently, only because of geography. A good first start for us would be to do away with organized religion but that will most likely never happen.”

“I see an open, happy and loving family. Compare with the dour resignation of the McCains. This says a lot to me.

Great family pix and a wonderful first family.”

“From the article:

"Everybody kind of wanted to spend the last 100-plus days doing some legacy things..." ~ Some Bush Water Carrier

Umm, like what? Starting another war, not responding to a national emergency or maybe declaring martial law and stopping the elections?

Sadly, these crocodile tears will touch the hearts of almost 30% in this country.”

“All across this country we see the neo-conservative hijacked Republican party in its death throes like some demonic beast, gnashing its teeth, invoking its god, screaming its final lies and hatred. Don't ya just love it? Perhaps the Goldwater conservatives will think twice before letting this happen to their party again.”

“So, another pseudo-religious, neocon who routinely helped the bush administration subvert our Constitution and has no qualms ignoring our Bill of Rights hangs himself. Excellent!

There are several gay people in my family and any one of them is a better person than this guy. As a matter of fact, I'd say any gay person is better.

I've always followed the rules for posting on huffpost but an earlier comment I made was inexplicably deleted. Not the first time.”

“Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words, bluprojekt. They are much appreciated and I'll pass them on to my wife.”

“>"How can people who profess to believe so deeply in the love and teachings of Jesus Christ be so unforgiving and hateful towards others?"

I've often wondered the same thing and my conclusion keeps coming back the same: they profess these beliefs for personal gain and nothing more. There is just no other reasonable answer and it fits Occam's Razor nicely.”

“If money is the only thing holding your marriage together, you never really had a marriage to begin with. My wife and I have been through many difficult times in our 39 years but we've learned and grown with each. Four months ago she was diagnosed with inoperable cancer and we have never been closer than we are right now.”

“Joe the schmo is now Joe the 'tukhes lecher'.”

“She probably cut her copy into bookmarks for her bible.”

“No, that's the goal of communism.”

“Next up: Osama Bin Laden to host world peace summit.”

“Time to bring out the scary words: SOCIALISM

Sadly, many people in this country see that word as COMMUNISM, even though the two ideologies have nothing to do with each other.”

“Your post is spot on, Wild West. We are witnessing the American 'Taliban' in action. Keep your powder dry!”

“I'd take a Bill Ayers any day over an authoritarian-conservative from the 'new' Republican't party.

Mr Ayers is a patriot in the best tradition of Thomas Jefferson.”

“But, only if you are ignorant enough to believe it.”

“The Sun was your father and our primordial ocean was your mother. Don't forget you mom!

~robXdion - Star formation, on a galactic scale, is actually a pretty simple process (recipe: gather lots of Hydrogen in one spot) and probably doesn't require the services or attendance of a god.”

“Sunspots are actually cooler (around 4000-4500 Kelvin) than the surrounding material at about 5800 K and appear dark by contrast. Sunspots are actually brighter than an electric arc.”