terragazelle60's Comments (206)

“My favorite way to have Acorn Squash is..half the squash,clean it out ( I save the seeds for planting) baste the top with loads of butter...s­pread on the brown sugar. Put cut side up in a casserole dish cover with alluminum foil, put in 350 degree oven for about an hour...or cover with plastic wrap and put in a microwave for about 20 min. Tastes like Pumpkin.

I love Acorn Squash... dice apples, throw in some rasins, a dash of nutmeg on top of the butter and brown sugar...yu­mmy!”

“My husband is 71 and pays 37.50 a month for his prescription plan through AARP. About 65.00 a month is taken out of his SS for Medicare. I am not yet of an age for Medicare so I have no health insurance. If we were to pay for health Insurance for me it would take half of what he makes in his pension.

I would love to be able to get on Medicare for what my Husband has. I am reasonably healthy so as of now I would only be paying in.”

“Steven Baldwin cares more about the religious right then what is legal. Starr persecuted Clinton. It had nothing to do with morallity and everything to do with politics..­.The accusations that were made against the Clintons were proven to be hogwash..S­tarr broke the law to persecute Bill Clinton and his wife...use­ing Linda Tripp, who broke the law but never paid the price for that...I wonder why? Jonas Goldburg's Mother was in on it...and yet no one paid the price for lieing to congress themselves. Lieing should have a price..and in this society it does... they get on t v and become elder statesmen.­..Libby lied to congress ands he gets an award with Cheney.Che­ney who loves to send others to war...he was deferred five times from Vietnam...­and who loves torture, as long as it is someone else doing it.

Starr was a crook and a political stooge being used by the republican party...ju­st like now they are going after Obama. Let a Democrate becaome president and they will go after any dem. Obama is a socialist, facist, communist, anti American born in Kenyan...C­hristian Muslim. He is weak, except when he is strong....­.he is dithering except he wants to rule the world...

No the only think they have against this President is that he is not a Republican­..they would be dancing in the streets if he was. Steven... what do you and your brothers talk about?”

“The Glas-Steagal was repealed by the Republican Senate in 1998 by Phil Graham and John Mccain. The president is not in the legislatur­e... he can not pass laws. You want that 1934 law brought back call your Rep....oh and you do know that Barney Frank is getting that stuff taken care of? Watch his committee.­..very interesting.”

“Did you listen to the speach..re­ally listen, or did you just listen to the Fox News translation?
He never demeaned this nation. It is not strength to be a bully. It is not strength to swagger and sow hate. It is strength to put yourself in the middle of your countries enemies and hold your hand out as a gesture of peace.

I guess after 8 years of B u s h its like the whole country has PTSD...or the Stockholm Syndrome.”

“They voted for something that was changed after the vote...rem­ember? And I think that the people do not realize how close we were to Great Depression. Or maybe the mass of people do not know what the GD was...how very very bad. When Hoover was president when the Depression started he did nothing...­leaving the free market to heal the mess. Well unemployment was at 25% and 10,000 banks failed. The longer you do noting without shoreing up the banks and neccessary businesses­..the longer and motre hurtful the depression is.

It took a Democrat to get in and fix it, even then it was a long process because the Republicans do not think governemnt can help...and it was Government that kept this country from nevewr popping back. TARP was neccessary but it was handled badly. But no surprise, what had Bush done that was right. I saw Katrina up close..I know how Bush works.”

“kemstone..­I know, I just get so frustrated. They will not accept facts no matter how much i try to be reasonable. They may know the truth, but they have alot of reasons for hateing Obama, he is a Democrat, he is "tanned", and he is smart... that is really scary to the Right.”

“Did you forget that the the Patriot Act was taken to the Supreme Court and it was changed and fixed so that yhe PA is now not what Bush had but is what is constitutional and does not use unwarrented wire tapping.

When it came time to reauthorize the law in 2005, Obama voted in favor of it. He started out opposing it: In December 2005, then-Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) brought the bill up for a vote, and Obama said on the Senate floor that he would vote against ending debate – a position equivalent to declaring a lack of support for the measure. He followed through and voted against the motion, and the Patriot Act reauthorization bill sat dormant until 2006. Then in February of that year, Obama said on the floor that he would support the Patriot Act's reauthorization. When Frist brought the bill to the floor again in March 2006, Obama both voted for cloture and for the Patriot Act reauthorization conference report, sending the bill to the president. He also later supported a bill with additional amendments to the Patriot Act, including some civil liberties protections.”

“I think that the Republicans better think twice before trying impeachment with this president. And I mean think hard.”

“Because the media is lazy and just another corporation. Look at the ACORN story... they all piled on that. In the House some bozo rep claimed that ACORN had been convicted of voter fraud in multi states. Well a few moments of research and anyone can find out that they have not been convicted of anything.

The media is part of the constituti­on..part of our freedoms..­well if we relied on them for the truth we are lost.
Oh and the President never worked for ACORN..it was a group of churches he worked for. AS to voter fraud...un­less Mickey Mouse or Daisy tried to vote the worse that could be said was some of the ACORN workers were guilty of Registration fraud. And is there such a thing? As to the Hooker and the pimp..one of the ACORN workers after playing along with the gotya pair called the police and reported them.

But do the media tell ya that? No. After all getting all riled up over those people that help the poor is so much more fun. Truth? Truth don't sell.”

“Unless you have been on another planet you would know that there has not been any new taxes, you can read what has been going on on the internet, all bills are up there. But then you people could not complain..­.no go ahead and do what you have been doing, I would hate to deprive you of reasons to feel superior..­.I have watched all the healthcare hearings on CSpan..the last few days it has been the Finance Committee.­..and Bush got TARP passed , remember? The republicans killed the Budget. There was also a loss of 6 million jobs before Bush left office. Two wars that were fought off of the books, then the tax cut for the richest top... you think that those were free? Obama walks into a chaotic mess and now its his fault?

The Republican party knows its folks.. they watch Fox News and believe every lie told them, after all they are geneticly incapable of independent thought..i­ts so much easier being a mushroom..­kept in the dark and fed manure.”

“Simple question..­. what freedoms has President Obama crushed?”

“And what planet do you spend your time on?
I I am sure fear for your son colors your view...but really, do you think that the right cares? You need to be more aware of what is going on.”

“Why is it that all you that claim liberal means soviet? Its like calling someone a Hitler and a Socialist.­..s t u. p i d Liberal does not mean commie. It means that we think that if we all do what we can to give alittle..n­one will be without. Since this is a government by the people for the people...w­e are the government and we can solve problems.

If anything the far right is more like Hitler. Look who are carrying racist signs. Look who left the Democratic Party because we were passing Equal and Civil Rights..it was the Southern Dixiecrats. Hitler needed the people to hate an outside group..it made him possible. So who on the right fits that bill?”

“He is a racist facist.”

“I am 61 and my husband is 71...maybe we are unique, but we two old white folks love and trust Obama. We need change. Change is what life is about...fe­ar is just a little death, and leave that for later.”

“I agree...I remember the fairness Doctrine and how it worked. The right is terrorified of it..Why? because it was the duty of the radio/tv show to have both sides if possible. When Fox news makes a statement they could be rebutted. Often opposites would be on the same show and the truth had a better chance of coming out.

We need more liberal dems to fight the mania and the lies. I think there is a lie gene in the Re pub lican genetics. They can not help it. Government is the problem so they want to be in it to prove it.
Grassley is the big dog in the finance committee, supposedly he is "working" with Dems to get a bill passed. Well he lied about every time he moved his lips. We ought to beable to sue those so called leaders for misleading the public. Scareing elderly people about being in a possition of having the gov kill them. Its high crimes.”

“In ancient Egypt Hathor's temple had the symbol of the black cat..it was the symbol of life and healing. Then later it became associated with Witches...­I think because of their connection with an ancient Goddess.
Either way...how is a black cat, which I have one of...anyth­ing like our president? I really do not think he is a Witch..ooo­ps maybe that will be the next accusation after being a Facist Socialist. Yep...he's a Facist Socialist Witch. Now name the connection between any of those things.”

“Calico is a beautiful cat of Cream, Orange and Black. Mine is names Sage, for her wisdom. Maybe when you have so many differences to contend with you learn patience. But my Sage does not put up with fools...I have a feeling our president is the same way.”

“We run debts with medicare because sticky fingers can'nt stay out of the till. Remember when Gore was saying he would have a lock box for medicare and people laughed and bush said so would he. Well...he didn't. But people will still believe those who are genetically predisposed to lie.

I take it you have never been in the military..­.? I had three children in a military hospital..­.plus had other care. My first child cost be 8.95...tha­t was 8 dollars..m­y last one was 25.00 because I was in there longer...t­wo weeks. Socialized meds? no...just a very efficient and good care.

Ever visited a VA hosbital..­.my Mother and father were in WW2 and both were cared for in the VA system. My children and I volunteered at the medical centaer close by us. Perrypoint VA medical ceter..it is beautiful, huge and has wonderful care for everyone. That is certainly a government run medical stystem. ..So why the fear mongering. You say well this is America and we just don't have government run healthcare­...wrong.”

“no a co op is not a not for profit. My electric company is a co op..and they sure do make a profit...a­nd another name fopr co op is HMO. That sure worked.”

“That was in 2004 and the reason given was that the conservative party who was in power then took money OUT of the healthcare system.

So come up with a new reason.”

“And so the Capitalistic method we have is doing so good...? Really? You have insurance don't you? Is your insurance dependent on your job? hope you don't lose your job... The VA medical system works...me­dicare deffinately does...the military medical centers work... so though public Option has nothing to do with government take over of healthcare and even if they did it would be better then the health insurance take over of healthcare­..a not for profit healthcare system would beat a system that allows a health insurance company to make a profit of 155 billion in this day when they dump sick people from their plans?

And in 1993 the Republicans declaired that HMO's were fixing everything­..and so what are HMO.2009 but Co-ops?

Sure we get all these new young businesses to start up to handle all the co-ops...i­s that guarenteed, or is that more promises by the GOP and the DINOs?”

“No he could not have. Do the racists edit themselves? It is satire...t­here was a warning if you were satire challenged­..

Those words are words that are said...are they uncomfortable? Heck yes...they are hateful and harming...­but they are said.

My best friend happens to be a black gay man...I am a happily married midaged grandmother of 15...and that black man is my best friend.. You want to hear some nasty stuff...th­at man hears it. And he hears it with dignity and pride. He does not let those bigots change him from the kind and balanced man he is.

Ignoreing those words and those who believe them, will not end them...mak­ing them neon..shin­e a light on them that will end them. They are being said about the president of the united states and my dear friend...a­nd wearing ear plugs do not make them go away.”

“No you do not have to be born in America. A citizen is a citizen..t­here were three criteria..­that he be a natural citizen, which means to be born here or have a parent as a citizen, be at least 35 and have lived here for at least 14 years.

That is it. He was born here, his mom was a citizen, lived here all his life except for the four years he was in Indonesia, and he was over 35.
There are too many military brats born out side of the American borders...­soldiers that meet and marry those not ciotizens.­..they have a child. You have to get a birth certificate that states the child was born out side of the country but to a citizen...­that makes that child a citizen. Any child born to a citizen is a citizen. period.”