wedgie's Comments (99)

“As always. Well said, Arianna.”

“Arianna's position is visionary. Every post here seems to imply that letting things muddle along in Afghanistan is acceptable while Joe work's "within the system" to get new policy. Meanwhile we are hemmoraging money and Pakistan is falling further under the influence of Al Qaida.

Why is the anti war process in this country always about ending a bad war TEN YEARS LATER? It's time to act and keep Afghanistan from becoming America's Waterloo.”

“I recently was encouraged to move beyond what in my case was defined as a "victim mindset" and instead view myself as a "creator" or creative person.

It's done wonders for my world view.”

“Oh for GAWD's sake. Yes I want one near my house. Do you want a gas station next to your house?”

“Madoff is the new Ken Lay. Remember way back when, Enron's Ken Lay loaned his jet for George Bush to campaign in during the 2000 election.

Now Madoff, like Lay, will take the fall and thousands of others will get off scott free.”

“When I was a kid, I had measles and chicken pox. Whooping cough and diptheria are much worse illnesses and have fairly safe vaccines. Why are you grouping these four diseases together?

When do we stop adding new (highly profitable) vaccines to our childrens' vaccine schedule? There is no reason to vaccinate for chicken pox. It's absurd.

Wise up. Too many vaccines, too early is wrecking the natural development of childrens' immune systems. AND guess what? The immune system plays a crucial role in fighting cancer and other diseases later in life that are on the rise.

Enough of the ALL OR NOTHING debates.

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“"Bound for Glory, as a Woody Guthrie biopic, is naturally a pro-union screed, among other things, so everyone expected Carradine to behave as a proper liberal. Instead, he started talking about how different things are than they were in the '30s, proposing that, in this near-depression, unions needed to cede some of their power and make concessions so that companies could stay alive."

Obama would say the same thing. And so would I.

Pro-Union screaming woman might want to take a little resposibility for how that evening went.

Rest in peace, David.

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“Camper. That is the most laughable post I have ever seen.

You're just making stuff up.

Kind of like Bush.”

“Change the fine print.”

“You two ought to go somewhere and cuddle.”

“Every single product or service we buy these days from cell phones to banking to credit of all kinds is fraught with "Gotcha" mechanisms that seem to be about grabbing extra bucks from us for any kind of minor infraction.

There is no consumer relationship that isn't about bending us over. Not everyone is in a position to operate on a cash and carry basis. What's really funny, is that with all the advantages credit card companies have, they still manage to piss away their financial stability and end up overextended themselves. So maybe this is their "gotcha". Its about time.

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“The polio vaccine is a good vaccine. Everyone on all sides of this debate agrees on that, including Jim Carry.”

“One more time. Carrey supports some vaccines. Just not every one that comes down the pike.

Please read what he is saying.”

“Links please.”

“So, you're one of those "just trust the government" guys...

Lord knows big business and big government has given us plenty of reasons to trust them. Yasmine Bleeth or no Yasmine Bleeth.”

“Jim Carrey is not against vaccines. He clearly states that some vaccines are needed. But too many is not a good thing. And there are more and more being recommended every decade. Do you really think Chicken Pox warrants a $120 vaccine for every child in America? Carrey believes that some vaccines are needed. Not just every one that big pharma brings down the pike. So, I would respectfully request that you not mis-represent Mr. Carrey's position.

Also, you say this: "Parents who take to heart the Carreys' ill-advised opinions risk not only the health and life of their own children but that of other kids theirs come in contact with."

I'm always amazed when I hear that. How can a fully vaccinated kid be at risk from contact with a child who is not? That is completely irrational.

If you want more info about spacing out vaccines and reducing the impact on an infant, go to AskDrSears.com and look at what he has to say on this issue.”

“JIM has said very clearly in his post that some vaccines are good and some are not so good. Why are lots of people here screaming about absolutes?

My son has not yet been vaccinated. He is going on four. Our decision to hold off on vaccinating him was based on the belief that infants need time to develop their own immune systems before taking on the severe challenge of processing vaccinations. Eventually, he will get the polio vaccine and a number of others that have long track records and the will protect him against serious illnesses.

There is ample evidence that drug companies care more about profits than they do about people. I also agree with Jim Carrey that the list of vaccines infants "need" is only going to grow. The interactions of all these shots can lead to immune system damage. So it only happens to one out of a hundred kids. Do you really want your kid to be in that 1%? Problems like Aspergers, ADD, ADHD are something to be very concerned about.

Most rational discussion about vaccines is centered around spacing out vaccines and not piling them on all at once or in multiple doses. And people should be wary of new vaccines being added to an infant's vaccination schedule.

Thanks Jim and Jenny, for risking your reputation and your future earning power by stepping into a public issue that you could just as easily leave alone.

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“Amen to that, brother.”

“Yoga changed my life dramatically in two ways.

One, it REALLY helped me get my stress and anger under control. Spend an hour moving oxygen through your body the way its meant to be done and you'll be happier too.

Two: it dramatically increased my core body strength, (Pilates can do the same thing) and made me far more limber.

Aerobic exercise is important. But yoga is about breaking all of the bad habits you have formed over the years and returning your entire self to a state of flexibility and emotional relaxation. Stress kills. Yoga heals.

P. S. I am in no way a new age or hippy dippy spiritualist. I'm an agnostic with a healthy distrust of all things "organized religion".”

“I'm sick of all these liberals running the big media outlets.

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“Her lips look painful.

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“I'm not gay, so I can't speak from personal experience, but I have lived with a lot of personal abuse in my life from a fundamentalist family. And I can tell you I have lived with a lot of hate in my heart for a long time. But its time to end the black and white divisions and start to engage the middle right christian community on those issues we support in common.

This will create change on many levels. We already know from recent polls the tide is turning in support of gay marriage. If we can engage and form human relationships it will further erode the bigotry on the right.

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“Torbo, your post is fear and hate veiled in love.

Sorry, but that's what it is.

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“In certain contexts, parody about race is a dangerous thing. In a country still as racially divided as America, playing with issues of race is like pouring gasoline on a fire. It's an irresponsible and ignorant choice. Especially when done by white men to other (predominantly) white people in the upper levels of the Republican Party. Why? Because a lot of those particular white people are bigots.

And, cue the denials...”

“Personally, I would be surprised if anyone entering into Yoga as a "fashionable exercise" wouldn't sooner or later begin to find themselves in a calmer more spiritual place.

It's a function of breathing and moving in that way.

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