May 18, 2008
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GOP' Needs New Slogan
Or, how 'bout: "Keep the White House White"? posted 05/18/2008 at 02:03:08
The election will make up the world's mind about which America is the real America.
"John McCain, the real America"
Snigger. posted 05/17/2008 at 11:05:21
"John McCain, the real America"
Snigger. posted 05/17/2008 at 11:05:21
The Evangelical Swing Vote
One wonders if you have read Rand. Her Objectivism is about ultimate morality, of which Hagee et. al. could not begin to approach. There are aspects of Objectivist philosophy that I question because it ventures into utopist dogma by failing to take into account people are not born with equal ability. She never recognized that providing a social safety net could be an enlightened act of virtuous selfishness.
Comparing the Religious Right to Ayn Rand is comparing a culture based in superstition and prejudice of the worst sort to work accomplished in the best traditions of rationalism, whether one agrees with her or not. posted 05/17/2008 at 10:57:57
Comparing the Religious Right to Ayn Rand is comparing a culture based in superstition and prejudice of the worst sort to work accomplished in the best traditions of rationalism, whether one agrees with her or not. posted 05/17/2008 at 10:57:57
Hillary Should Stay in Because She Can
Disclaimer: I support Obama
Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race as long as she wishes. I don't know what's happened to our country on too many levels to enumerate, but, me? I was always taught that giving up was unAmerican. Who ever won anything by giving up? As far as the dirty politics go, sadly, they are der rigor today. There is truth to the idea that Obama dealing with Climton slime is a form of political innoculation.
As for the "goodie, goodie, a fun campaign," things are serious and the next generation is about to get its focus changed from "is it fun?" to "is it food?" posted 05/16/2008 at 02:00:39
Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race as long as she wishes. I don't know what's happened to our country on too many levels to enumerate, but, me? I was always taught that giving up was unAmerican. Who ever won anything by giving up? As far as the dirty politics go, sadly, they are der rigor today. There is truth to the idea that Obama dealing with Climton slime is a form of political innoculation.
As for the "goodie, goodie, a fun campaign," things are serious and the next generation is about to get its focus changed from "is it fun?" to "is it food?" posted 05/16/2008 at 02:00:39
Conyers On Rove: "We'll Hold Him In Contempt"
Yeah, yeah, bark, bark, woof, woof, woof. Sheesh. I don't know what's more pathetic, the Bushies or the Democrats juggling their newly won congressional power like it's a hot potato. So far, they've been far better whinners than leaders.
Maybe president Obama can give them backbone. posted 05/17/2008 at 10:44:06
Maybe president Obama can give them backbone. posted 05/17/2008 at 10:44:06
Change, Hope... and Money!
All the hand wringing in the halls of congress over how to extricate ourselves from the political and financial mess we're in is really simple. What's difficult is the required leadership. What, then, is the recipe?
--Abandon our notions of empire and bring the troops home from everywhere.
--Cut the Defense budget in half and redeploy those assets to paying our bills*, energy independence and space.**
--Stop corporate welfare and tax those earning over half a million a year appropriately.
The budget would soar back into surplus, but we wouldn't have to wait until the actual surpluses arrived. Markets are forward looking and the benefits would be immediate. The country would turn from pessimistic to optimistic. Courageous leadership is required because the entire K Street gang are Pentagon parasites, and parasites don't like it when their host is weakened.
A lot of people are going die in the coming decade from natural causes. It is time to grow up...or die.
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*Paying the bills means stopping wasteful spending on wars and investing in soft and hard national infrastructure (soft = health and education. Hard = transportation and power).
*Space is essential spending on at least three levels: it is a driver for new technology, it employs our brightest and broadens humanity's attention to planet Earth rather than tribal affliation, which is the root of war. posted 05/16/2008 at 02:30:40
--Abandon our notions of empire and bring the troops home from everywhere.
--Cut the Defense budget in half and redeploy those assets to paying our bills*, energy independence and space.**
--Stop corporate welfare and tax those earning over half a million a year appropriately.
The budget would soar back into surplus, but we wouldn't have to wait until the actual surpluses arrived. Markets are forward looking and the benefits would be immediate. The country would turn from pessimistic to optimistic. Courageous leadership is required because the entire K Street gang are Pentagon parasites, and parasites don't like it when their host is weakened.
A lot of people are going die in the coming decade from natural causes. It is time to grow up...or die.
_____________________________
*Paying the bills means stopping wasteful spending on wars and investing in soft and hard national infrastructure (soft = health and education. Hard = transportation and power).
*Space is essential spending on at least three levels: it is a driver for new technology, it employs our brightest and broadens humanity's attention to planet Earth rather than tribal affliation, which is the root of war. posted 05/16/2008 at 02:30:40
George W. Bush To Gain Son, Jenna Bush To Lose Her Virginity
Crude. We have become what we decry. posted 05/09/2008 at 19:09:05
Bob Barr Is All That Stands Between Us And Darkest Night
:)!!! lol! ..work sand bags into feng shui. That's rich, really good. I see an insomniac Woody Allen character pacing his two a.m. bedroom floor grunting decorator sand bags around the room. posted 05/06/2008 at 11:44:13
Chris: help, please.
I'm in no-man's land. I call myself a non-dogmatic Libertarian with a heart. I'll explain, then I'd like someone to tell me which pigeonhole I should crawl into. :) Talk about asking for it. ).
But, I'm serious.
Take all the Libertarian stuff and add to it the following qualifiers:
--having a social safety net is a good investment (it must be rehabilitative)
--controlling guns makes sense so long as military troops are forbidden to operate on US soil (except if we're invaded by Canada or something--they're been "carping" about salmon, lately) Real hunters have no use for automatic weapons. If you want to own a Rambo special, you can in a certified gun club where the gun cannot leave the premises.
--free markets need regulation (aimed at preventing crime)
--people may be created equal, but are not created with equal talents and opportunity; that needs to be part of all social equations.
--we should abandon all pretensions of empire, downsize the military to a true defensive role
--if we had not tried to secure oil via empire, we'd be energy independent because of free market response
You get the idea. Maybe I'm just a Jacob Javits Republican.
Help. What am I?
Oh, and I like Obama. posted 05/06/2008 at 11:03:00
I'm in no-man's land. I call myself a non-dogmatic Libertarian with a heart. I'll explain, then I'd like someone to tell me which pigeonhole I should crawl into. :) Talk about asking for it. ).
But, I'm serious.
Take all the Libertarian stuff and add to it the following qualifiers:
--having a social safety net is a good investment (it must be rehabilitative)
--controlling guns makes sense so long as military troops are forbidden to operate on US soil (except if we're invaded by Canada or something--they're been "carping" about salmon, lately) Real hunters have no use for automatic weapons. If you want to own a Rambo special, you can in a certified gun club where the gun cannot leave the premises.
--free markets need regulation (aimed at preventing crime)
--people may be created equal, but are not created with equal talents and opportunity; that needs to be part of all social equations.
--we should abandon all pretensions of empire, downsize the military to a true defensive role
--if we had not tried to secure oil via empire, we'd be energy independent because of free market response
You get the idea. Maybe I'm just a Jacob Javits Republican.
Help. What am I?
Oh, and I like Obama. posted 05/06/2008 at 11:03:00
If It Please the Court Gift Shop
Good point. The gift shop really is a metaphor for Washington. I missed it. Thanks. posted 05/01/2008 at 17:47:27
Ms Scovell,
Your article should be used for all so-called journalists as a model for a news story. It's not Watergate, it's not even enough to rattle a teacup, but it has all of the critical elements a story should have. You noticed something amiss, had a hunch, followed it up to conclusion, established verified facts and wrote an interesting story that informed me of a couple of things. I don't want to make too light your piece because one of the things you revealed is that the one institution in our land that should be above the petty is, well, worse than petty--it's silly. posted 05/01/2008 at 17:10:58
Your article should be used for all so-called journalists as a model for a news story. It's not Watergate, it's not even enough to rattle a teacup, but it has all of the critical elements a story should have. You noticed something amiss, had a hunch, followed it up to conclusion, established verified facts and wrote an interesting story that informed me of a couple of things. I don't want to make too light your piece because one of the things you revealed is that the one institution in our land that should be above the petty is, well, worse than petty--it's silly. posted 05/01/2008 at 17:10:58
On My Switch From Clinton to Obama
Hillary is not Bill.
Loyalty is non-transferable.
Political dynasty runs counter to the American system.
A career politician is counter to the American system.
The system is failing because it has been perverted.
Hillary is not Bill. Loyalty in non-transferable. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:45:50
Loyalty is non-transferable.
Political dynasty runs counter to the American system.
A career politician is counter to the American system.
The system is failing because it has been perverted.
Hillary is not Bill. Loyalty in non-transferable. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:45:50
Nelson Mandela On Terrorist Watch List
Democrats point at Republicans pointing at Domcrats, pointing at...
IT IS US!
Until we accept that, nothing will change. We must rise up non-violently and demand change. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:31:19
IT IS US!
Until we accept that, nothing will change. We must rise up non-violently and demand change. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:31:19
wowOwow Conversation: Why Isn't Anyone Screaming About Taxes?
KarateKid darling, if we all paid more attention to the message instead of the deliverer, the world would be a much better place. I don't believe her message is about whinging for sympathy, she's making a valid point that we should take seriously.
I'll ask you the same quetion, sort of, that I asked above: if a millionaire had the cure to your financial challenges, would you refuse to listen because the source was a millionaire? posted 05/01/2008 at 06:42:05
I'll ask you the same quetion, sort of, that I asked above: if a millionaire had the cure to your financial challenges, would you refuse to listen because the source was a millionaire? posted 05/01/2008 at 06:42:05
To continue the metaphor, I should have added...and they (sheeple) come ready-made with wool over their eyes. posted 05/01/2008 at 06:36:17
I know all about the newsletter flap. I really doubt he is a racist, but that misses a MAJOR point. We have to stop throwing babies out with the bathwater.
If Hilter had the cure to cancer would you refuse to use it because Hitler invented it? What must be evaluated is the idea, not the source. Would you reject a book that had information that could earn money for you because you didn't like the publisher or the color of the cover?
There is an irony here: racism is all about rejecting people because of some superficial characteristic (usually skin color). So we reject Ron Paul's ideas because of something/someone he was associated with years ago? Isn't this the logical process that underpins racist logic? Isn't this playing out right now with Obama/Wright?
This disease of labelling people is killing our democracy. We smear a label on someone and they're immediately on the defensive. Usually they never get the label removed because once labelled, sheeple turn-off and refuse to listen.
Labels are fodder for lazy minds, and sheeple have notoriously lazy minds and gobble fodder unto oblivion (we have fat bodies and fat heads).
And, FYI, Rep. Paul has denied those allegations and says that the articles in that newsletter were published without his knowledge or consent. Now, whether you believe him or not (I do), at the least he regrets it. posted 05/01/2008 at 06:27:41
If Hilter had the cure to cancer would you refuse to use it because Hitler invented it? What must be evaluated is the idea, not the source. Would you reject a book that had information that could earn money for you because you didn't like the publisher or the color of the cover?
There is an irony here: racism is all about rejecting people because of some superficial characteristic (usually skin color). So we reject Ron Paul's ideas because of something/someone he was associated with years ago? Isn't this the logical process that underpins racist logic? Isn't this playing out right now with Obama/Wright?
This disease of labelling people is killing our democracy. We smear a label on someone and they're immediately on the defensive. Usually they never get the label removed because once labelled, sheeple turn-off and refuse to listen.
Labels are fodder for lazy minds, and sheeple have notoriously lazy minds and gobble fodder unto oblivion (we have fat bodies and fat heads).
And, FYI, Rep. Paul has denied those allegations and says that the articles in that newsletter were published without his knowledge or consent. Now, whether you believe him or not (I do), at the least he regrets it. posted 05/01/2008 at 06:27:41
Corrections:
Change "Real Ron Paul" to "Read Ron Paul"
Change "heart" to "social-heart" (He has a heart and is a very nice man.)
And while I'm at it, you should consider arranging a meeting with him and really learn what he's about. You won't agree with a lot of it, but you'll see he alone (excepting maybe Al Gore) sees the way foreward. Armed with his insights, you might be able to effect real change in the public attitude. posted 05/01/2008 at 03:09:32
Change "Real Ron Paul" to "Read Ron Paul"
Change "heart" to "social-heart" (He has a heart and is a very nice man.)
And while I'm at it, you should consider arranging a meeting with him and really learn what he's about. You won't agree with a lot of it, but you'll see he alone (excepting maybe Al Gore) sees the way foreward. Armed with his insights, you might be able to effect real change in the public attitude. posted 05/01/2008 at 03:09:32
You've hit the nail, Whoopi--the problem isn't so much the amount of taxes we pay, it's what we get for them, zippo! Our taxes, when you add them up are higher than Europe, and what do Europeans (sans UK) get?
-nearly free top-rate health care (Michael Moore)
-nearly free top-rate education
-job conscious government and real unemployment protection
-real pensions paid with real money
-peace in the valley
-modern public infrastructure
-freedom (relatively) from government snooping
-tax equality (mostly)
-higher standard of living
-lower crime
And I'll tell you a little secret (it's secret because the American Sheeple are too lazy to look), this economic "slowdown" has just begun. There will be another "Bear Stearns", and another, and finally the pain will be great enough that Sheeple will shape-shift back into people and blame the Democrats, and they'll be half-right.
Real Rep. Ron Paul's message (he's kind of like the Tin Man), give him a heart and you have the way foreward. posted 05/01/2008 at 03:03:41
-nearly free top-rate health care (Michael Moore)
-nearly free top-rate education
-job conscious government and real unemployment protection
-real pensions paid with real money
-peace in the valley
-modern public infrastructure
-freedom (relatively) from government snooping
-tax equality (mostly)
-higher standard of living
-lower crime
And I'll tell you a little secret (it's secret because the American Sheeple are too lazy to look), this economic "slowdown" has just begun. There will be another "Bear Stearns", and another, and finally the pain will be great enough that Sheeple will shape-shift back into people and blame the Democrats, and they'll be half-right.
Real Rep. Ron Paul's message (he's kind of like the Tin Man), give him a heart and you have the way foreward. posted 05/01/2008 at 03:03:41
Natural Nudists Unite -- And Apologize!
Oh, Erica, dahhling! I tink ah am een luvvv wit you...until your next misandrous blog :)
Why don't you explain that "sexualizing" a fifteen year-old girl is redundant.
We are a society of repentance. A good Christian guy (I know this about him because he made sure everyone knew it) really screwed me over on a business matter and I caught him red-handed. I confronted him about it in the lobby of a Dallas hotel and he wrung his hands--I thought he was going to cry--and said words to the effect, "Ah know ah done wrong, but Jesus will forgive me."
I hit the ceiling and shouted, "Well, you fucked me, not Jesus and I don't forgive you."
I learned that one does not conflate "Jesus" and "fuck" in the same sentence in Dallas hotel lobby. Trust me, never EVER do this. That mentality is the same mentality running (ruining) our country today. posted 04/29/2008 at 14:20:35
Why don't you explain that "sexualizing" a fifteen year-old girl is redundant.
We are a society of repentance. A good Christian guy (I know this about him because he made sure everyone knew it) really screwed me over on a business matter and I caught him red-handed. I confronted him about it in the lobby of a Dallas hotel and he wrung his hands--I thought he was going to cry--and said words to the effect, "Ah know ah done wrong, but Jesus will forgive me."
I hit the ceiling and shouted, "Well, you fucked me, not Jesus and I don't forgive you."
I learned that one does not conflate "Jesus" and "fuck" in the same sentence in Dallas hotel lobby. Trust me, never EVER do this. That mentality is the same mentality running (ruining) our country today. posted 04/29/2008 at 14:20:35
Sexualizing Miley: Are Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus Letting Her Be The New Lolita?
In many parts of the civilized Christian world fifteen is the age of consent.
Children are sexual.
Much of the social problem surrounding adolescent sexuality is a direct consequence of our stupid refusal to accept a perfectly normal part of the maturation process. Where boundaries are drawn is an exceedingly difficult task, but those decisions should be rational, modern and serve the best interest of twenty-first century reality and not two thousand year-old superstition.
Finally, as I have posited many times on this and other blogs, until we decide who owns our body (our self? and if so, when do we take legal possession? the state? god?) we will never be able to solve the gamut of social ills plaguing our uniquely prudish culture.
Gossipy, hateful condemnation by community snips do far more harm to children than their perfectly natural foray's into adult realms. If sex were not such a point of consternation half the dare, and thus enticement would be cancelled from the social equation of when is sex permissible.
This is a tempest in a communion cup.
. posted 04/29/2008 at 11:21:18
Children are sexual.
Much of the social problem surrounding adolescent sexuality is a direct consequence of our stupid refusal to accept a perfectly normal part of the maturation process. Where boundaries are drawn is an exceedingly difficult task, but those decisions should be rational, modern and serve the best interest of twenty-first century reality and not two thousand year-old superstition.
Finally, as I have posited many times on this and other blogs, until we decide who owns our body (our self? and if so, when do we take legal possession? the state? god?) we will never be able to solve the gamut of social ills plaguing our uniquely prudish culture.
Gossipy, hateful condemnation by community snips do far more harm to children than their perfectly natural foray's into adult realms. If sex were not such a point of consternation half the dare, and thus enticement would be cancelled from the social equation of when is sex permissible.
This is a tempest in a communion cup.
. posted 04/29/2008 at 11:21:18
Six Degrees of Barack Obama
Mr Uygur,
Doesn't all this Rovian "stuff" being thrown need a compatible surface to stick? If it does stick, what does it say about us? posted 04/29/2008 at 16:11:53
Doesn't all this Rovian "stuff" being thrown need a compatible surface to stick? If it does stick, what does it say about us? posted 04/29/2008 at 16:11:53
Inspiration Versus Degradation
sufi--consider the possibility that your prognosis is convoluted. If Obama is nominated and loses the election with Rev. Wright cited as the cause, wouldn't the real cause be American ignorance--our inability or willingness to hear/learn the facts--and not Rev. Wright's sermons? posted 04/28/2008 at 09:44:14
Your comment is an excellent demonstration of my point. I'll bet you've never been to Europe. posted 04/28/2008 at 03:47:17
I grew up in small town middle America--Sinclair Lewis' America. Left it. Now I live in Europe, and have done for many years, which has allowed me to see my culture from afar. The root of our failings is abject ignorance and the mythology of patriotism. If there is an American group having valid complaint, it is the African American, so why are we surprised when someone like Rev. Wright expresses it?
Listen to Wolf Blitzer's opening line: "The BEST news team in television!" Horseapples! But it's the attitude that blinds us from seeing...if we're best, why bother with others? And if anyone questions the myth, well, the Greeks invented the solution--hemlock.
Frankly, I don't hold out much hope. Sinclair's America, for all its warts is dead. We torture people and do it for Jesus. Senator Obama may be our last chance to find our way back, and I don't say this out of hyperbole: the leader to heal us must be black man because only s/he has the moral credentials to put the past behind us. At one time I had hoped that person would be Colin Powell--what a bitter disappointment he turned out to be!
P.S., whenever I try to have this conversation at home with people I grew up with, I can never get past the "moral credentials" part because the conversation inevitably is veered into sex. We don't even know what morality is, anymore. posted 04/28/2008 at 00:18:17
Listen to Wolf Blitzer's opening line: "The BEST news team in television!" Horseapples! But it's the attitude that blinds us from seeing...if we're best, why bother with others? And if anyone questions the myth, well, the Greeks invented the solution--hemlock.
Frankly, I don't hold out much hope. Sinclair's America, for all its warts is dead. We torture people and do it for Jesus. Senator Obama may be our last chance to find our way back, and I don't say this out of hyperbole: the leader to heal us must be black man because only s/he has the moral credentials to put the past behind us. At one time I had hoped that person would be Colin Powell--what a bitter disappointment he turned out to be!
P.S., whenever I try to have this conversation at home with people I grew up with, I can never get past the "moral credentials" part because the conversation inevitably is veered into sex. We don't even know what morality is, anymore. posted 04/28/2008 at 00:18:17
Arianna Discusses The Right Wing's "Lunatic Fringe" On ABC's 20/20
I found Stossel's condescending/patronizing manner offensive, but par for ABC.
I suspect that Arianna is really a Liberal Libertarian. Most people who migrate from Conservative to Liberal are people who understand Adam Smith, believe in the principles of the US Constitution, but life experience has taught them that measured gov. intervention is necessary. The theory of free markets is well and good except for two fundamental flaws that must be ameliorated by government: the time lag for markets to self-correct is often too long and kills to many people, and, alas, our free markets are not free at all, they are socialist in service of big business.
I suspect Arianna is another Libertarian who found her heart. There are many of us but we have no niche. posted 04/26/2008 at 05:39:21
I suspect that Arianna is really a Liberal Libertarian. Most people who migrate from Conservative to Liberal are people who understand Adam Smith, believe in the principles of the US Constitution, but life experience has taught them that measured gov. intervention is necessary. The theory of free markets is well and good except for two fundamental flaws that must be ameliorated by government: the time lag for markets to self-correct is often too long and kills to many people, and, alas, our free markets are not free at all, they are socialist in service of big business.
I suspect Arianna is another Libertarian who found her heart. There are many of us but we have no niche. posted 04/26/2008 at 05:39:21
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean May Intervene In Dem Primary
Gore/Edwards--again. They deserve it. posted 04/24/2008 at 17:08:47
McCain In New Orleans: Not Sure If We Should Rebuild 9th Ward
Actually, there's a rational case for not rebuilding the Ninth Ward: it's below sea level and keeping it dry is harming the Gulf's ecology. Instead of pouring millions into a place Ma-Nature has told to stay out of, the people should be relocated above sea level. posted 04/24/2008 at 15:57:19
Hillary Clinton Raises $10 Million After Pennsylvania Win
Clintonian logic: If you're not in power you can't do good, so do bad so you can do good. posted 04/24/2008 at 15:48:34
We used to make those delineations via progressive tax brackets, and it's still a good idea.
How much does one need to raise a family, three children and educate them? Should be enough left over for a pension that will provide a comfortable old age, etc. These things are not rocket science. So, let's say three times that amount is "rich", 10 x is richer, and 100x is red meat for the IRS.
The problem is that tax dollars are plundered, therefore they should be eliminated, or the system fixed to that the public benefits. Here's an example of how the scam works: President gets bazillions for Katrina relief, but slips in a little clause that says they can't have the money unless they match Fed Funds dollar for dollar, which guaran-damn-tees that the people who need the money can't have it. Where does it go? To build a new football stadium in the state capital. (May have the location of the stadium wrong, but it go to build a sports stadium.)
When a corporate president leads his company to disaster and gets a multi-million dollar severance, something is out of whack. posted 04/24/2008 at 15:40:39
How much does one need to raise a family, three children and educate them? Should be enough left over for a pension that will provide a comfortable old age, etc. These things are not rocket science. So, let's say three times that amount is "rich", 10 x is richer, and 100x is red meat for the IRS.
The problem is that tax dollars are plundered, therefore they should be eliminated, or the system fixed to that the public benefits. Here's an example of how the scam works: President gets bazillions for Katrina relief, but slips in a little clause that says they can't have the money unless they match Fed Funds dollar for dollar, which guaran-damn-tees that the people who need the money can't have it. Where does it go? To build a new football stadium in the state capital. (May have the location of the stadium wrong, but it go to build a sports stadium.)
When a corporate president leads his company to disaster and gets a multi-million dollar severance, something is out of whack. posted 04/24/2008 at 15:40:39
We need to get our terminology straight. She isn't getting all of this money from "donors". They are "buyers." And therein lies all the difference between what we used to be and what we have become. posted 04/24/2008 at 15:22:00
Christie Todd Whitman Not Liable For Telling Residents That World Trade Center Air Was Safe To Breathe, Judge Rules
Like, duhuuuh, dude. posted 04/22/2008 at 16:00:53
Ten Things to Remember on Tuesday Night
Oh, geeze--what a wonderful post! Humor is funniest when it takes truth and rips its clothes off! posted 04/22/2008 at 17:04:31
White Men
Isn't this the kind of logic that women use to justify staying with abusive mates? posted 04/22/2008 at 07:27:12
Gore-Obama. posted 04/21/2008 at 03:15:42
In Sweden women have pretty much achieved their goal, but the law of unintended consequences is kicking in. There is alarm that men are retreating from white collar jobs, content to do low pressure construction jobs and hangout with their buddies. They're the model of domestication--they walk their babies in prams and meetup with others at sidewalk cafes and drink beer. It's a riot to see five baby buggies parked at a corner bar and guys drinking their "stor starks" while rocking the pram. Men in Sweden have stopped marrying--they go for cohabitation and carefully insure they have separate bank accounts. Divorce is just a matter of "goodby". There are myriads of single mothers and the rate of increase is exponential. With all the equality, men more and more feel liberated from drone-hood.
Meanwhile, female heart disease is skyrocketing and male longevity increasing. As a long-gone comedian once said, "I kid you not." OH! And social surveys find female fulfillment and happiness on a rapid decline--alcoholism among women is also on an exponential up slope.
Keep ranting, Nora and you'll get what you want. posted 04/21/2008 at 03:06:19
Meanwhile, female heart disease is skyrocketing and male longevity increasing. As a long-gone comedian once said, "I kid you not." OH! And social surveys find female fulfillment and happiness on a rapid decline--alcoholism among women is also on an exponential up slope.
Keep ranting, Nora and you'll get what you want. posted 04/21/2008 at 03:06:19
The problem Karate is that white males are shell-shocked by years of misandry. We're numb. We just want to do our duty and be left alone. After years of face slaps when you see a hand coming you think "slap" and duck, never "caress," and certainly not "joke." posted 04/21/2008 at 02:51:08
We have long been one American made up of two political parties, and after MLK we split into racisit/anti-racist factions in each (2 to the 4th), after the Kenndy murders we fragmented into pro-war, and anti-war (2 the the 6th), then into gender (2 to the 8th), then into liberal, conservative Rep. & Dems (2 to the 10th), then into secular and theist (2 to the 12th), then pro/anti abortion (2 to the 14th)--our society is being pulverized by hate. When people who know better succumb to hate, turning on their partners like cats in a sack, we're destined for a bloody end.*
Those embarked on a program of creative destruction have succeeded in the destruction part.
There is one principle that can lead us back to one America: no matter how august the cause hate is always wrong, never, ever, right.
*If calculated as a factorial, the fragmentation is far worse. posted 04/21/2008 at 02:35:06
Those embarked on a program of creative destruction have succeeded in the destruction part.
There is one principle that can lead us back to one America: no matter how august the cause hate is always wrong, never, ever, right.
*If calculated as a factorial, the fragmentation is far worse. posted 04/21/2008 at 02:35:06
Wrongo! According to Nora-ism, it's your weapon, not your gun. posted 04/21/2008 at 01:52:58
Ah, but the question is: is an object needed to be objective? posted 04/21/2008 at 01:45:44
What I don't get is how a "liberal" writer gets away with trashing a entire segment of our population based on gender and pigmentation. I think we have really gone round the bend, nuts, whacko, or, maybe--I'm hoping this is the case--Nora just couldn't come up with anything jiztsy enough for an article. Controversy is all, write anything so long as it gets a lots of hits, but then that's the ethic we're all supposed to be railing against, which makes us...what's that word we throw at Republicans all of the time? It begins with an "h".
The situation seems as if some sort of evil mind rot took root in Christians, turned them into Republicans, progressed to Neocons, and as its tertiary phase leaves it's host in the throes of Messianic coocoo-ism. Given this article, has the virus jumped the species barrier and infected Liberal? Maybe this explains Hillary's horrid descent into the political muck. Nora, have you been experiencing sudden feelings of joy on Middle-East war threat, or love-hate towards Jews, or dreamy longings to be sucked up into heaven? These are symptoms and if you experience them, visit your shrink immediately and request a nasaloscopy. They put a little tube with an eye on the end up your nose and look to see if your brain is still there. It doesn't hurt too bad, and can save you from losing your mind. Please, do it soon. posted 04/21/2008 at 01:24:08
The situation seems as if some sort of evil mind rot took root in Christians, turned them into Republicans, progressed to Neocons, and as its tertiary phase leaves it's host in the throes of Messianic coocoo-ism. Given this article, has the virus jumped the species barrier and infected Liberal? Maybe this explains Hillary's horrid descent into the political muck. Nora, have you been experiencing sudden feelings of joy on Middle-East war threat, or love-hate towards Jews, or dreamy longings to be sucked up into heaven? These are symptoms and if you experience them, visit your shrink immediately and request a nasaloscopy. They put a little tube with an eye on the end up your nose and look to see if your brain is still there. It doesn't hurt too bad, and can save you from losing your mind. Please, do it soon. posted 04/21/2008 at 01:24:08
The Torture Memo and the Flag in the Lapel
Mr. Bromwich,
Your juxtaposition of Gibson/Stephanopoulos with American Solders holding the line in the face of Iraqi desertion is exquisite. We Americans are naive in our worship of honor and duty much as ultimately were ancient Spartans.
Iraqis who have means laugh at us from incomprehension of our code, a code for which we are willing to die. Iraqis who do not have means know only their misery and the latest rumor about from which direction the next horror will arrive. I wonder what is the difference between Gibson/Stephanopoulos and rich Iraqis?
In what must be karmic irony, Main Street America has more in common with common Iraqis than with those who inhabit the high ether of Gibson/Stephanopoulos. I cannot imagine the Faustian depths these two men plumbed the other night. Isn't there something about rarified ascent and fall to the efect that first whom the gods will bring down they first raise high?
Current American history renders the surreal prose of Gibbon real. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:13:05
Your juxtaposition of Gibson/Stephanopoulos with American Solders holding the line in the face of Iraqi desertion is exquisite. We Americans are naive in our worship of honor and duty much as ultimately were ancient Spartans.
Iraqis who have means laugh at us from incomprehension of our code, a code for which we are willing to die. Iraqis who do not have means know only their misery and the latest rumor about from which direction the next horror will arrive. I wonder what is the difference between Gibson/Stephanopoulos and rich Iraqis?
In what must be karmic irony, Main Street America has more in common with common Iraqis than with those who inhabit the high ether of Gibson/Stephanopoulos. I cannot imagine the Faustian depths these two men plumbed the other night. Isn't there something about rarified ascent and fall to the efect that first whom the gods will bring down they first raise high?
Current American history renders the surreal prose of Gibbon real. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:13:05
And Al Gore Helps John McCain into the White House
Oh, Matt. My difficulty is how to say what I want to you and get it past the censors. Here goes.
This is about the dumbest position on Al Gore I have read in a very long time. Al has his eye on the prize: meaningful action on global warming by the Untied States. If he trashes McCain, he is less likely to get the prize. If he offers praise when McCain does something positive, Al helps his cause.
Can you see this?
Al's concern is about saving the planet, not the Democratic Party. If we could get him nominated with Obama as the compromise (between victory and calamity) running mate, then we might be able to save the planet and the Democratic Party. posted 04/19/2008 at 03:51:39
This is about the dumbest position on Al Gore I have read in a very long time. Al has his eye on the prize: meaningful action on global warming by the Untied States. If he trashes McCain, he is less likely to get the prize. If he offers praise when McCain does something positive, Al helps his cause.
Can you see this?
Al's concern is about saving the planet, not the Democratic Party. If we could get him nominated with Obama as the compromise (between victory and calamity) running mate, then we might be able to save the planet and the Democratic Party. posted 04/19/2008 at 03:51:39
The Debate We Deserve
Professor Zelizer,
I read your piece, empathized, but my gut wouldn't buy your premise. I had much the same reaction the first time I read Socrates' ideas about democracy--his logic made sense, appealed to my intellectual hubris, yet the dialogue left me uncomfortable. I came to understand that the discomfort derived from my conviction that democracy is the best system we have, although the multi-party parliamentary system seems better suited for the modern world.
The American people do not deserve to be served up mindless drivel because they're ignorant. They deserve to be educated. When ignorance is endemic, the first task to convince people that education will make their lives better. You should be using your tower of privilege to demand better public discourse instead of dishing out Socratic sneer and circular logic; i.e., people are ignorant because they're under educated and because they act out of ignorance, they do not deserve to be educated. posted 04/17/2008 at 17:38:32
I read your piece, empathized, but my gut wouldn't buy your premise. I had much the same reaction the first time I read Socrates' ideas about democracy--his logic made sense, appealed to my intellectual hubris, yet the dialogue left me uncomfortable. I came to understand that the discomfort derived from my conviction that democracy is the best system we have, although the multi-party parliamentary system seems better suited for the modern world.
The American people do not deserve to be served up mindless drivel because they're ignorant. They deserve to be educated. When ignorance is endemic, the first task to convince people that education will make their lives better. You should be using your tower of privilege to demand better public discourse instead of dishing out Socratic sneer and circular logic; i.e., people are ignorant because they're under educated and because they act out of ignorance, they do not deserve to be educated. posted 04/17/2008 at 17:38:32
Okay, Now I'm Bitter
He saw the pope's beanie tilt toward Obama while a cloud took the shape of Ray Charles--proof positive! posted 04/17/2008 at 17:44:41
The Very Serious Debate, Starring The Very Serious George & Charlie
Why do I need "a clue" when the answer is staring me straight in the face. This is corporate fascism at work, pure and simple. Have you ever heard Jack Welch croaking his pleas not to trash corporations because they're made up of decent people? What a joke! posted 04/17/2008 at 18:00:16
The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters
Have you been unconcious these last eight years? Is the legancy of GWB what you want for the future? Exacly, what is it that you want that liberal politics are taking/preventing you from having?
These are honest questions. I really do want to understand. posted 04/16/2008 at 08:07:19
These are honest questions. I really do want to understand. posted 04/16/2008 at 08:07:19
Mr. Robbins,
"Where would we be today if we did not hold our president accountable?" Droll. Very droll.
You said a couple of times, "We're better than that.." Really? Are we really?
Half of us voted for what we have, twice. Europe understands morality is not about fucking, we don't. Europe understands that making sure everyone has access to basics like food, water, shelture, medical care, education comprises the floor of civilization, we don't. We think a bible and rod is the stuff of social (oops, can't use that commie word), er community cohesion--and we try to apply that tenet to the world by bombing the holy shit (it IS holy because Jesus approves) out of societies that don't agree with us.
As long as a whimpy little TeeVee creep that made his career on a cum stained dress tells us what is important we're never be better.
We won't change until we're changed, and the coming economic disaster will change us, but to what end is very much in question. posted 04/16/2008 at 02:53:25
"Where would we be today if we did not hold our president accountable?" Droll. Very droll.
You said a couple of times, "We're better than that.." Really? Are we really?
Half of us voted for what we have, twice. Europe understands morality is not about fucking, we don't. Europe understands that making sure everyone has access to basics like food, water, shelture, medical care, education comprises the floor of civilization, we don't. We think a bible and rod is the stuff of social (oops, can't use that commie word), er community cohesion--and we try to apply that tenet to the world by bombing the holy shit (it IS holy because Jesus approves) out of societies that don't agree with us.
As long as a whimpy little TeeVee creep that made his career on a cum stained dress tells us what is important we're never be better.
We won't change until we're changed, and the coming economic disaster will change us, but to what end is very much in question. posted 04/16/2008 at 02:53:25
Deborah Jeane Palfrey, DC Madam, Found Guilty Of Running Prostitution Ring
Goodie, goodie, gumdrops! NOW, we'll be safe from...??? posted 04/16/2008 at 03:27:44
How Many "Gaffes" Equal Incompetence?
Mr. Mean,
If you have your way (I'm assuming you're a McCain guy), how do you envision the world after eight years of him? What will change and how? posted 04/16/2008 at 08:14:21
If you have your way (I'm assuming you're a McCain guy), how do you envision the world after eight years of him? What will change and how? posted 04/16/2008 at 08:14:21
Lookit, Moira--we're just going with what works, here. What about that don't you understand? We loved our last senile president so much we named the nations capital airport after him before he was-a-molderin'-inna-grave. If''n it was good once, it oughtta be great the second time round. posted 04/16/2008 at 03:21:40
Atom-Smasher Could Open Black Hole, Reveal Secrets Of Science
Yeah, maybe...but the Flying Spagetti Monster is the real true god. posted 04/13/2008 at 16:52:19
Clinton Becomes A Gun Lover
And what is even more absurd, it that the ploy will work. After years of denial I have come to the conclusion that we really are stupid. How else to explain half of us voting in the first Shrub election followed by his reelection. This didn't happen in a vacuum...the Supreme Court validated him the first time and our media during both elections. We are stupid, indeed and are beginning to reep the harvest of that stupidity. posted 04/13/2008 at 10:27:11
Just when I think the Clinton campaign can get no more absurd, it does. posted 04/13/2008 at 10:23:47
Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Jong Responds to Callow Youth Taibbi
Ms Jong,
You're pardoned, but I must point out that Maximus lived a full 600 years after Sappho. My sources are not my azz, but W. Burkert, Mary Beard, C. L. Joost-Gaugier, P. Gorman among others, who are regarded as authorities in Ancient History.
You have a point that "worship" is an over statement.
Finally, no one is more disappointed by Hillary than me. I bought her "stuff" until she showed me the lie.
I have no irrational fear of lesbians, or feminists, but I do have a very rational fear of misandrists cloaking their hate as meritorious politics. Your stridency has rendered you boring and not just a little passé.
In the future I'll forgo your posts. posted 04/12/2008 at 08:57:12
You're pardoned, but I must point out that Maximus lived a full 600 years after Sappho. My sources are not my azz, but W. Burkert, Mary Beard, C. L. Joost-Gaugier, P. Gorman among others, who are regarded as authorities in Ancient History.
You have a point that "worship" is an over statement.
Finally, no one is more disappointed by Hillary than me. I bought her "stuff" until she showed me the lie.
I have no irrational fear of lesbians, or feminists, but I do have a very rational fear of misandrists cloaking their hate as meritorious politics. Your stridency has rendered you boring and not just a little passé.
In the future I'll forgo your posts. posted 04/12/2008 at 08:57:12
PhDiva,
Erica is pulling this out of her *zz. Sappho lived in sixth century BCE and was Greek. It seems that Ms. Jong has rolled out the stereotype of the swarthy Greek. There were then as now lots of blonde blue-eyed Greeks.
And, no, she didn't mean she was unattractive. Lesbians worship Shappo believing her to have been a founding lesbian (not merely an inhabitant of Lesbos), but if you read authoritative history there is no ground for asserting that she was a lesbian. She supposedly jumped from a cliff because of lost love for Phaon, a male, but it was most likely part of a spring ritual about death and resurrection celebrating Apollo in which jumpers were rescued by boatmen below--and Phaon was a boatman.
I am not remotely suggesting that Ms. Jong is a lesbian--it's irrelevent--but for some reason feminazi's have taken Sappho to heart under the misconception that she was an enemy of men. In fact, she was a Pythagorean who ideas closely paralleled those of Pythagoras' wife, the lovely Theano who most certainly was anything but a male hater. posted 04/11/2008 at 17:26:10
Erica is pulling this out of her *zz. Sappho lived in sixth century BCE and was Greek. It seems that Ms. Jong has rolled out the stereotype of the swarthy Greek. There were then as now lots of blonde blue-eyed Greeks.
And, no, she didn't mean she was unattractive. Lesbians worship Shappo believing her to have been a founding lesbian (not merely an inhabitant of Lesbos), but if you read authoritative history there is no ground for asserting that she was a lesbian. She supposedly jumped from a cliff because of lost love for Phaon, a male, but it was most likely part of a spring ritual about death and resurrection celebrating Apollo in which jumpers were rescued by boatmen below--and Phaon was a boatman.
I am not remotely suggesting that Ms. Jong is a lesbian--it's irrelevent--but for some reason feminazi's have taken Sappho to heart under the misconception that she was an enemy of men. In fact, she was a Pythagorean who ideas closely paralleled those of Pythagoras' wife, the lovely Theano who most certainly was anything but a male hater. posted 04/11/2008 at 17:26:10
Erica,
Anger does not fit old women, you're supposed to mellow out and set wise examples...not wise-ass ones.
It's time to grow up, now. I love your writing because it so eloquently makes my case that behind every misogynist stands a misandrist. posted 04/11/2008 at 16:55:42
Anger does not fit old women, you're supposed to mellow out and set wise examples...not wise-ass ones.
It's time to grow up, now. I love your writing because it so eloquently makes my case that behind every misogynist stands a misandrist. posted 04/11/2008 at 16:55:42
Misogyny, Momism and Militarism
Why is this article not an example of fomenant misandry?
How can people hate someone they've never met?
This "stuff" is what finally drove Randi round the bend. posted 04/10/2008 at 15:56:44
How can people hate someone they've never met?
This "stuff" is what finally drove Randi round the bend. posted 04/10/2008 at 15:56:44
Randi Rhodes Blames Air America's New Owners On Larry King: "This Is Really About Them Wanting To Change My Contract"
Don't trust Orpheus. posted 04/11/2008 at 08:23:15
THANKS for the tip. I signing up for NOVA. posted 04/11/2008 at 08:21:24
I think Randi, by virtue of her time on the firing line, as it were, has gone through an unsought fundamental change in her life view. She found herself day by day coming to the realization that people ARE stupid, lazy and mostly interested in what they want to believe. People who go to the trouble of learning the facts, in so much as one can ascertain facts, or a least be conversant with what are posited as facts are very rare. I noticed that her increased intolerance came as more and more people phoned in not having even a remote familiarity with "facts", yet aggressively spouted their ridiculous views. I think she hit a frustration wall and then when to the other side of that wall as a disillusioned person. She loves our country, understands what is was meant to be, understands that it could be as it was envisioned by Jefferson et. al., and slowly realized that the odds are fading that America will ever reclaim its egalitarian hope. Then she became angry and hostile.
HIllary, showing her true colors (Republican) may have been the event that pushed her round the bend. Randi needs a rest, and then to figure out her place in this strangeness that used to be America. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:46:46
HIllary, showing her true colors (Republican) may have been the event that pushed her round the bend. Randi needs a rest, and then to figure out her place in this strangeness that used to be America. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:46:46
CraigB, your observations pretty much parallel mine. I think Randi, by virtue of her time on the firing line, as it were, has gone through an unsought fundamental change in her life view. She found herself day by day coming to the realization that people ARE stupid, lazy and mostly interested in what they want to believe. People who go to the trouble of learning the facts, in so much as one can ascertain facts, or a least be conversant with what are posited as facts are very rare. I noticed that her increased intolerance came as more and more people phoned in not having even a remote familiarity with "facts", yet aggressively spouted their ridiculous views. I think she hit a frustration wall and then when to the other side of that wall as a disillusioned person. She loves our country, understands what is was meant to be, understands that it could be as it was envisioned by Jefferson et. al., and slowly realized that the odds are fading that America will ever reclaim its egalitarian hope. Then she became angry and hostile.
HIllary, showing her true colors (Republican) may have been the event that pushed her round the bend. Randi needs a rest, and then to figure out her place in this strangeness that used to be America. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:44:40
HIllary, showing her true colors (Republican) may have been the event that pushed her round the bend. Randi needs a rest, and then to figure out her place in this strangeness that used to be America. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:44:40
Bed Found In Temple For Sex With Underage Girls Right After Marriage, Authorities Say
This was NOT a Mormon temple! Please, Huffpost, get your facts straight. What you have done with your headline is smear the LDS Church, which is known as the Mormon Church.
This cult is no more part of what we know as the Mormon Church than Rev. Billy Bob's Catholic Snake Shakers For Christ is part of the Catholic Church. The real Mormon Church stopped polygamy during the Lincoln administration and excommunicates anyone in their church that practices polygamy.
I am not religious by any stretch of the imagination, but I hate sloppy journalism especially in an organization that I mostly respect.
Let's see if you have the character to apologize as you often demand Washington Post or the Gray Lady when they get their facts wrongs.
What worries me is a nagging suspicion that this wasn't a mistake. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:29:45
This cult is no more part of what we know as the Mormon Church than Rev. Billy Bob's Catholic Snake Shakers For Christ is part of the Catholic Church. The real Mormon Church stopped polygamy during the Lincoln administration and excommunicates anyone in their church that practices polygamy.
I am not religious by any stretch of the imagination, but I hate sloppy journalism especially in an organization that I mostly respect.
Let's see if you have the character to apologize as you often demand Washington Post or the Gray Lady when they get their facts wrongs.
What worries me is a nagging suspicion that this wasn't a mistake. posted 04/10/2008 at 12:29:45
Why America Won't Boycott the Olympics
Allison,
The Olympics must be a-political. There has to be one thing in the international media that isn't the tool of somebody's greivance. When everything is politicized international communication freezes and change, for good or ill, is impossible. Obama seems to understand this while many progressives do not--are you a Hillary supporter?
And even if the USA were dumb enough to protest, China has the power to tip us from a burgeoning mini-depression into a financial holocost. Your post indicates that you might not get that, and if so you're like 99% of Americans. People do not understand BushCo has broken our finanacial back. When Sen. Biden said the war is killing us, he wasn't (for a change) resorting to hyperbole. posted 04/10/2008 at 01:54:39
The Olympics must be a-political. There has to be one thing in the international media that isn't the tool of somebody's greivance. When everything is politicized international communication freezes and change, for good or ill, is impossible. Obama seems to understand this while many progressives do not--are you a Hillary supporter?
And even if the USA were dumb enough to protest, China has the power to tip us from a burgeoning mini-depression into a financial holocost. Your post indicates that you might not get that, and if so you're like 99% of Americans. People do not understand BushCo has broken our finanacial back. When Sen. Biden said the war is killing us, he wasn't (for a change) resorting to hyperbole. posted 04/10/2008 at 01:54:39
Chelsea Clinton Asked About Monica Lewinsky Yet Again
This is sick and it raises sympathies for the Clintons that I do not want to feel. Torturing Chelsea is evil. posted 04/09/2008 at 12:41:20
Lindsay Graham Likes That McCain Calls Him "Little Jerk"
We should be able to discern their intention by Craig's stance. posted 04/09/2008 at 12:38:16
American Cancels 1,000 More Flights, Strands Thousands
EXACTLY! I'll bet dollars to donuts it's because the loads aren't profitable. Fuel costs make it cheaper to cancel flights. This is just the beginning. Andy average won't be able to get a flight but Carl Corporate will have his private wings. posted 04/09/2008 at 14:23:29
FIA President Refuses To Resign Over Nazi-Inspired Orgy
You callin' me a STRAY? YOU CALLIN' ME A STRAY?
Okay. I promise to be good. What was the topic? posted 04/08/2008 at 15:36:16
Okay. I promise to be good. What was the topic? posted 04/08/2008 at 15:36:16
Bingo. That's we have laws against peeking in windows--or is that okay now? posted 04/08/2008 at 15:17:29
I thought free speech was, well, FREE speech. I'm a screaming leftie, pinky (as opposed to pinko--to understand Liberals you have to know yer pinks) but I would march to defend a fascist's right to free speech. posted 04/08/2008 at 15:14:49
Ya never know. Maybe he has a fetish for Jews, and panders to their every need. I'll admit that the probably is, shall we say--low? But as long as he doesn't violate laws, he can be as dispicable as he wants.
If we don't like something, then we can make a law. Laws solve everything, right. posted 04/08/2008 at 15:11:54
If we don't like something, then we can make a law. Laws solve everything, right. posted 04/08/2008 at 15:11:54
Yeah! Like. welll, umm, like giant big, you know? I mean, think about...uh, I forgot. It was really important, though. posted 04/08/2008 at 15:02:36
Nor am I. I'm just saying people have a right to a private life. What he does so long as he does it with consenting adults is no one's business. We can't know what is in his mind and heart, so we can't judge. posted 04/08/2008 at 14:58:10
Maybe the psychology is about his hatred for his father, his guilt for his father...if his father really was associated with the grand demon. You can't make decisions about people because of their parent did. posted 04/08/2008 at 14:50:49
Yeah. Hell with fantasy when you can be a WAR President and have some real fun, for Geezus, of course. Geezus loves war, and torture..ooo yummie torture, and he loves S&M, especially crosses, BIG nails and bloooood*. Geezusites go every Sunday to really expensive buildings and pay to get washed in blood-of-the-lamb, and then once each month they get to drink GEEZUS' blood, and for dessert they get a little nibble of his flesh.
Look, paying someone to dressup in monster uniforms and hurt you is not my cup of tea, I don't understand the appeal, but I don't have to. It's none of my business, or yours.
*I VANNT to KISSSS your NEEECK. (flapp, flit, flippy, flap) posted 04/08/2008 at 14:48:35
Look, paying someone to dressup in monster uniforms and hurt you is not my cup of tea, I don't understand the appeal, but I don't have to. It's none of my business, or yours.
*I VANNT to KISSSS your NEEECK. (flapp, flit, flippy, flap) posted 04/08/2008 at 14:48:35
Where to begin?
Show me the correlation between someone who likes S&M to bad business decisions.
Flash--almost everyone has a kink of some sort. If you eliminate everyone that's different from you then all we'll have is youze. posted 04/08/2008 at 14:36:08
Show me the correlation between someone who likes S&M to bad business decisions.
Flash--almost everyone has a kink of some sort. If you eliminate everyone that's different from you then all we'll have is youze. posted 04/08/2008 at 14:36:08
And the beat goes on.
If a grown, self sufficient, mentally competent human wants his/her fanny whipped who cares? Why is this my business?
Meanwhile, shouldn't we be directing our attention to the economy, global warming, or...hey! Heres a novel idea, how about the ba-zillions we're whipping out to Iraq? posted 04/08/2008 at 12:57:56
If a grown, self sufficient, mentally competent human wants his/her fanny whipped who cares? Why is this my business?
Meanwhile, shouldn't we be directing our attention to the economy, global warming, or...hey! Heres a novel idea, how about the ba-zillions we're whipping out to Iraq? posted 04/08/2008 at 12:57:56
General Won't Promise More Iraq Pullouts
94 bottles of beer on the wall, 94 bottle of beeerr.... posted 04/08/2008 at 15:56:28
Fixing the Problems on Wall Street is Easy: Raise Margin Requirements
AND reinstate the Uptick Rule. posted 04/07/2008 at 11:44:34
Great American Hypocrites: McCain's Old Packaging
You stand amid the carnage of our once great nation laughing?
I've tried to understand you, the generic you that holds your fellow Americans in such contempt, but I cannot. Please, help me understand the self-righteousness, the hubris, the oblivion of comprehension of what we have wrought. What is it that draws you into this horny shell of self that shuts out all reason and emits only ridicule and venality?
What is it that rallies people living from paycheck to paycheck under threat from the tyranny of whim, living in swallowed terror of illness, of misfortune to vociferously champion their tyrants? Do you really not comprehend the horror that has been perpetrated against our country and the world?
What black irony is it that prompts your laughter? posted 04/07/2008 at 18:38:06
I've tried to understand you, the generic you that holds your fellow Americans in such contempt, but I cannot. Please, help me understand the self-righteousness, the hubris, the oblivion of comprehension of what we have wrought. What is it that draws you into this horny shell of self that shuts out all reason and emits only ridicule and venality?
What is it that rallies people living from paycheck to paycheck under threat from the tyranny of whim, living in swallowed terror of illness, of misfortune to vociferously champion their tyrants? Do you really not comprehend the horror that has been perpetrated against our country and the world?
What black irony is it that prompts your laughter? posted 04/07/2008 at 18:38:06
John Kerry: Obama Won't Be Swiftboated Like Me
Actually, your comment has goodie in it that you may not get (being Danish--prune?)
"Blacks don't float" is a well-known factoid in the South, that's why they always drown when they steal 20 feet of logchain and try to swim the bayou for escape.
Barack's candidacy will force America to face its racism as never before--and, I'm predicting, sadly, we'll fail. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:57:47
"Blacks don't float" is a well-known factoid in the South, that's why they always drown when they steal 20 feet of logchain and try to swim the bayou for escape.
Barack's candidacy will force America to face its racism as never before--and, I'm predicting, sadly, we'll fail. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:57:47
No, not boats.
He'll be watermelloned, biboveralled and big they-got-good-teeth-though smiled.
Half of us are racist--or, if you want to get all statistical--figure that of all the dolts who voted for bush, 60% are praise-the-lord racist and the other 40% are either racist in denial or oblivious to their bigotry. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:32:55
He'll be watermelloned, biboveralled and big they-got-good-teeth-though smiled.
Half of us are racist--or, if you want to get all statistical--figure that of all the dolts who voted for bush, 60% are praise-the-lord racist and the other 40% are either racist in denial or oblivious to their bigotry. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:32:55
Hillary Clinton: I Started Criticizing Iraq War Before Obama
Nope.
I'll be distracted by secondary issues--forest and trees thingie. Only Big Al has the vision to see through all the noise. Big Al would have the guys home in a heartbeat. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:44:50
I'll be distracted by secondary issues--forest and trees thingie. Only Big Al has the vision to see through all the noise. Big Al would have the guys home in a heartbeat. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:44:50
Nope.
Only Big Al has the vision to do that. Barack will be confused by short term, secondary issues. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:39:32
Only Big Al has the vision to do that. Barack will be confused by short term, secondary issues. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:39:32
How 'bout Sillary? posted 04/06/2008 at 05:35:52
The press is busy trying to mesmerize/distract the public from the looming (think tsunami on the horizon) financial disaster. The idea is to avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy, which is reasonable but in this case all they'll accomplish is to allow the savvy more time to take cover and setting up the clueless for castastrophe. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:22:55
Hmm...Hill says words don't count, only action: she carped about the war but voted for it, while Barack said nothing and voted against it.
If ever there was an example of words without thought behind them, this is it. Dumb. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:16:56
If ever there was an example of words without thought behind them, this is it. Dumb. posted 04/06/2008 at 05:16:56
Joe Biden: The Surge Is A Failure
And? posted 04/06/2008 at 05:50:11
Wake Up Democrats: You Are Hung up on Barack, but Hillary is What You Need
Obama is the first politician in a great while to speak to us as adults, and along comes Heather with the baby talk. Guess who offers change and who doesn't. Guess who believes we can make intelligent decisions if we're given straight scoop and who believes we're dolts in need of hoodwinking for our own good. Mama knows best, indeed! Excuse me, I gotta go barf now.
P.S. The candidate the world really needs is Al Gore. posted 04/06/2008 at 00:48:02
P.S. The candidate the world really needs is Al Gore. posted 04/06/2008 at 00:48:02
The Biofuel Boom
You know, until we stop sorting everything as liberal or conservative then we'll never unfuck ourselves. Most issues are humanist--lib or consv are just different tools to address the problem. Newt Gringinch got us into to the mindset that Consv equals good and Lib equals bad so he could hook up the geezus vote. It's a false dichotomy that's destroying our country. The argument we should be having is about which "tool" is appropriate. posted 04/06/2008 at 18:02:05
Feingold Calls Out Intel Chief For Saying Dems Want To Imprison Bush
Hmmm--a little Freud goin' on here? Seems my fondest dream is their blackest nightmare. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:19:44
Peggy Noonan: At This Point You Either Understand The Problem With Hillary Or You Don't
You know, I've sort of gone through the process you've discribed...you begin with an ear to ear shine of joy and are confused when someone asks, "What's the matter? Are you okay?" And at that moment you realize you're frowning, posted 03/28/2008 at 17:46:33
Bill Maher: Catholics Must Get Up Out Of The Pew And Walk Out Of The Church Forever
Bill, Bill, Bill. I'm shocked. I would have guessed that you of all people know better than applying logic to religion. You do know that, don't you? I'm guessing you just had a little fit of rationality that you couldn't contain. If you haven't already, I suggest that you read "The Closing of the Western Mind" by Charles Freeman. The inside page says it all with two short quotes:
"Blessed is he who learns how to engage in inquiry, with no impulse to harm his countrymen or to pursue wrongful actions, but perceives the order of immortal and ageless nature, how it is structured." Euripides (fragment of a 5th century BCE play).
"There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity...It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn." Saint Augustine (late 4th/early 5th century CE). posted 03/28/2008 at 17:16:10
"Blessed is he who learns how to engage in inquiry, with no impulse to harm his countrymen or to pursue wrongful actions, but perceives the order of immortal and ageless nature, how it is structured." Euripides (fragment of a 5th century BCE play).
"There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity...It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn." Saint Augustine (late 4th/early 5th century CE). posted 03/28/2008 at 17:16:10
Woman Says TSA Forced Piercings Removal
Oh geeze! Don't give people ideas! I love your logic, though. The best way to test a ridiculous given is to take it to extremis. I suppose there are groups that would implement your idea, although the detonator is a problem.
There used to be a famous stripper, "Chris Colt and her 45's"...I wonder what TSA would do about her? posted 03/28/2008 at 03:37:33
There used to be a famous stripper, "Chris Colt and her 45's"...I wonder what TSA would do about her? posted 03/28/2008 at 03:37:33
The sad fact is that our legal system doesn't work like we see it on TV. It's outrageously expensive, so slow that whatever injuries have been done are calsified into permanent parts of our soul, and rarely succeed if targeted against government. Most people don't bother. posted 03/28/2008 at 03:32:58
While I'm no fan of Lenin, he did have a point when he defined Fascism as Democracy in decay. If we don't fix our political problems this year, we may never fix them. posted 03/28/2008 at 03:28:10
U.S. Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes 'Super Power' Status
Oh, Shelly! That's not even the half of it. Europe, those nasty, nasty socialists, have physical and social infrastructure. People live with $8/gal gasolene because they have a wonderful public transport system, electrical grid to support it, and social safety nets to keep people free from fear. If there were another major fuel shortage--say we bomb Iran and they block the straits--people in Europe can still get to work in relative comfort and ontine. The downside is that they'd be forced to save money because public transport is cheaper. Imagine the effects a major fuel blockage will have on us. As I said, broadband isn't even half of how far behind we've fallen. posted 03/28/2008 at 17:28:21
"Some Say" Ignorance Is Bliss
Solution: Get cable or Sat. TV and watch BBC or CBC. You'll get fact-checked news professionally presented; i.e., sans idiotic grins and giggles after reporting the latest horrific outrage, AND you will be inflicting pain in the only place TV News has a nerve--their wallet. posted 03/28/2008 at 03:48:22
Should You Avoid Jim Cramer?
The whole CNBC shtik is hubba, hubba, get yer munna NOW. One of their commentators looks so much like W.C. Fields--he even has a little chickadee by his side--that all he needs is a cigar to twiddle. We used to watch "Industry On Parade", now it's stupidity on parade. posted 03/26/2008 at 11:11:36
My Dual Citizenship: Why Did the Media Get It So Wrong?
Martina, if ever there was a time to ignore, it's now. You are more American than the millions who have their heads to far up their ignoramus to understand the difference between Al Gore and George Bush. You know you're the one in the saddle when everyone starts shooting at you. :) a little test of your slang Q. posted 03/26/2008 at 11:21:09
Barack Obama and Brad Pitt Are Cousins, Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie Are Also Cousins, Study Says
Waaay Joke! posted 03/25/2008 at 16:28:02
