Disqus - Latest Comments for 2008

Re: My trip to the White House

2008 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:57:48 -0000

John, Kindly beat the crap out of Turbo Tim for me!!!
And I still hold the whole Admin. and Congress up for harsh scrutiny.

Re: I just had to

2008 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:13:07 -0000

He looks a lot like Denny Hastert!...
John A. and Bennett - polar opposites.
And yes, John looks MUCH sharper!
John is suave and not a pig.

Re: Latest victims of the credit crunch

2008 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:18:27 -0000

This is very tragic and but one example of the deleterious impact of the Bush regime on the environment and the economy! I don't think that Obama should cut back tax incentives for charitable donations at this time!...

Re: “Everyone should be abstinent . . . but it’s not realistic at all.”

2008 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:33:12 -0000

Seriously, she sounds so simple-minded. I mean after my younger brother had his first child, he actually could say some profound things about it. All she can muster is--"awesome." As in, that hockey game was so cool and "awesome." That pizza is "awesome"! My new jeans are "awesome." (eyes roll) You get the idea... I know that teen moms adore their kids as much as anyone, but, whew, Bristol doesn't strike me as a deep thinker on the subject!!

Moreover, it doesn't sound like those "wedding plans" are too firm!!...

Re: “Everyone should be abstinent . . . but it’s not realistic at all.”

2008 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:16:24 -0000

Actually, I think she sounds quite stupid. Her comments are so monosyllabic and inane. ...Der! 'Changing diapers is hard work!' But, getting laid was easy! ooops. I didn't mean to talk about that! In fact, who knows how I got this baby?...
Granted, I went to a high school with about twice the population of Bristol's entire Alaskan hometown, but even by the age of 17, I was a lot more reflective, articulate, and responsible than this slutty clown! It's very "realistic" that you'll get pregnant without protection, ya dimwit!
Der! I think she doesn't have much respect for her mother-that's for sure! Or else she's just fully embraced the Palin/GOP penchant for extreme hypocrisy!
i.e. A "reformer" who is found guilty of ethics law violations...hmmm!

Re: Monday Morning Open Thread

2008 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:22:08 -0000

Not so fast! W. MUST PAY!!!! This is not the time for Obama to go chickenshit when the whole nation, the whole world is behind him! Hello!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601083...

Re: Whaling ship collides with activists in Antarctic

2008 — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:01:39 -0000

The Oceans and all their life forms are becoming gravely endangered....
Sea Turtles fatally ingest those non-biodegradable plastic bags that you pick up at the grocery; whales and even dolphins are being hunted by Japanese--a cruel, unnecessary practice, as populations become scarce...

Huge dumps of plastic, toxic algae, and dead sea exist for hundreds of miles!... it's hazardous and disgusting. Even the alkalinity/PH balance of the waters now is altering the biochemistry and mortality rates for many critical forms of ocean life....

What most people don't realize is that, in fact, we NEED MORE truly radical sea activists, or even OUR species will have limits and soon!

We are dependent on a healthy ocean. And I have seen how cruel Japanese hunters are with dolphins, making one of the most intelligent mammals on earth suffer grievously. I'm glad the market for their meats has lost its popularity, especially among school kids! I have never met a child who does not naturally adore whales & dolphins! I say Bring on the Sea Shepherds!

Re: Congress gives itself a $4700 pay raise!

2008 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:50:15 -0000

I see absolutely NO, NO, NO justification for a pay raise for anyone in Fed. govt. at this point. The United States is bankrupt. Time to freeze all raises like the rest of us have endured more or less since Bush has been running amok...
Congress has let us down by not providing checks and balances on the Bush regime. Their approval ratings are abysmal and the Fed. deficit is higher than ever. And you cannot say they need a cost of living increase, as we are swimming in deflation/price declines....

Re: It's over for Blago

2008 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:42:23 -0000

What did Bush or Cheney have to do to get impeached?! Kill millions AND the economy? (oh, yeah-they did do that) What does it take?! The descrepancy here is staggering.

Blago erred in word choice. Bush erred in repeated overt violations of law that resulted in actual criminal actions and severe damages (life and death outcomes!). If Bush hasn't committed Treason, why do we even pay lip service to the Constitution???

Re: Ford does not need government loans: CEO

2008 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:42:36 -0000

How is Sen. Kennedy doing these days? I haven't heard anything since he mysteriously became ill while eating... He looked very good earlier in the day. Had he been poisoned by the (outgoing) Bush Whitehouse??

And why did Caroline Kennedy just step out of her sure thing appointment to the New York Senate??? That was rather sudden. She certainly had the popularity and qualifications to make a strong run for national office. Was she threatened with assassination... like other Kennedy's faced???....

It could be per www.worldreports.org Archives.

Re: Merrill Lynch, who you bailed out, paid $3bn to $4bn in Christmas bonuses

2008 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:09:02 -0000

And we're still paying a handsome salary to both Bush and Cheney to send us back to the Dark Age.

News on record unemployment in California:
Los Angeles Times | January 23, 2009 | 9:39 a.m. PT

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California's unemployment rate hits 9.3%

California's unemployment rate jumped to 9.3% in December, the highest level in 15 years. Unemployment in Los Angeles County in December was 9.5%.

More at: http://link.latimes.com/r/OZHORT/Q1ZAC/XTP3K4/D...

Re: Obama on Roe v. Wade: "I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose."

2008 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:45:45 -0000

It's such a waste of resources and fundamentally unfair, regardless of your gender. I watched a dimwit guy fresh out of school pass over several women colleagues who had seniority, years of relevant experience, better educations, etc. It was pretty shocking. Ultimately, the company did suffer for it though.

Re: Obama on Roe v. Wade: "I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose."

2008 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:02:49 -0000

Obama has a well-educated, professional wife, who also seems very nice, and I'm SURE she has informed him of the reality of what it is like for women trying to make it-- no matter how good your resume is!...

Having recently faced sexual innuendos and pressures in a so-called professional workplace myself, I have to say that Obama stays current! The lack of equality for female employees remains an insidious problem. In fact, I feel lucky to even get a serious job as a woman! How some single mothers get by is beyond me! Most men I know make much more than I do, but not by virtue of their superior credentials or work ethic!... Just sayin'

Re: Obama puts immediate halt to all Bush-era pending regulations

2008 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:14:58 -0000

We are really blessed to have a very knowledgeable Constitutional scholar and real Lawyer as our President. If he can hold the line with his head and heart in the right place, as well as know his stuff, this country and its citizens will benefit immensely. The Rule of Law is CRITICAL to maintain order, economic prosperity, a true Democracy, and international stability!!

Bush and Cheney were cheap criminal morons who regularly demonstrated wilfull ignorance of the law and of the Constitutional tenets upon which the office of the Presidency even exists!...

How exciting to have someone who really can appreciate The Law as Chief Executive, for a change!!

Re: Obama the Feminist-in-Chief?

2008 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:49:46 -0000

I have to give a big nod to Chris on this. (maybe because I'm actually a woman...) And because I expected a lot more integrity after we battled so hard to get Obama in office, only to have him capitulate to the Establishment to this extent. Sure, anything is better than Bush, BUT some of his choices for cabinet and agency head positions left me ill at ease.... The Powers That Be are well accounted for and I learned not to trust them under Bush... Maybe Obama is under some pressure, maybe he thinks he can keep them in line. However, I would have vastly preferred having him make a complete CHANGE to more liberal, independent executive officials in his Administration. Liberal, Progressive, Free-Thinking, and Independent, as in NOT CORRUPT or even tainted by corporate control and corruption...Public servants who actually work in the best interest of the American Public!...
That is what America voted for!

Re: You can call him Senator Burris by the end of the week

2008 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:05:02 -0000

" His new colleagues did not hesitate to ask for Blagojevich to step down. In a Dec. 10 letter, all 50 Democrats serving in the Senate asked the governor to resign. "

But they let Bush, Cheney, and their accomplices run free?!!! Why are they so afraid to initiate Impeachment in Congress for the good of the world at large?!! I know that it's supposed to start in the House, but their reticence to press the issue is disgusting.
Dems in Congress seem so fatalistic about Impeachment, unless it attacks an outlier to the corporate hegemony...
I really pray that Obama can both withstand and reverse the magnitude of the Hypocrisy that dominates the party!!!...
God help us.

Re: Illinois House impeaches Blagojevich

2008 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:13:17 -0000

Bottomline, Blago. is a lightweight compared to the ongoing mass crimes of Bush/Cheney....

The Feds continue to misdirect their focus and resources while U.S. citizens pay out the nose!

Funny how hard the Feds work to take down those Dem Govs. (like Eliot Spitzer) who actually show some resistance to the whole Bush-endorsed banking/financial scandal. Gov. Blagojevich had recently shown public objection to the huge bailouts that excluded factories in Illinois. He put some heat on the powers that be. And so did Gov. Spitzer, who is not one to get into the cross hairs with.

But, don't think for a moment that Cheney didn't partake of the D.C. Madam's selections. Oh, no! Cheney was on The List of the D.C. Madam, who committed "suicide" just before she had been scheduled to appear on the matter in court, on the record, under oath. Hmmmm!... The hits are getting rather obvious.

The question now IS whether the new President will uphold The Law because it's getting pretty damn tattered and dusty lately!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Illinois House impeaches Blagojevich

2008 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:40:24 -0000

And what was the crime exactly?! Found guilty of "Trash talkin" in office?! Solicitation requires more than perceived intent. It requires a clear act. And speaking of the Gov's trash talking... As I vividly recall, VP Cheney told Sen. Leahy to f* off on the floor of Congress when pressed regarding his close ties to the rampant, ongoing thieving at Halliburton, et al.... and that was on a good day for him.

I just have to say that after living in Illinois during several years of Gov. Blagojevich's reign, the worst thing that he ever did to me as an Illinois tax-paying citizen was having a tricky name to pronounce! In real life, that's the extent of the impact of Blago's "crimes" to his constituents in Illinois... Blago never went out of his way to ruin the state and actually break laws, right and left. Hence, U.S. Atty. "Hands Off Rove" Fitzgerald conveniently can't manage to present an indictment! Hmmm... very fishy, as in, it's a fishing expedition! (That's the best they can do after investigating and taping him for years? Give me 5 minutes to see the records Cheney hides and he would be strung up on probable cause!)

By contrast to Illinois, after years of Bush here in the US of A, I can hardly keep up with all the offenses and violations he has directly committed re: our Constitution, economy, careers, the environment, to our military and defense resources, our international reputation, Iraq, etc. For his WMD lies or negligence during Katrina alone, Bush should have been impeached with prejudice long, long ago!!...

The injustice here is STAGGERING!!! It's out of control.

Re: Palin's son-in-law gets job that may be illegal nepotism job

2008 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:38:47 -0000

What happened to that state Ethics Investigation of Gov. Palin???! Besides her baldfaced denials, AFTER BEING CONVICTED!

By the way, I used to work in VA state govt. and after interviewing someone with limited credentials and an utterly crappy writing test, the mgt. was quick to collect all copies of her writing test!!... all the better to hide raw evidence of overt nepotism and partisanship in a "non-partisan" agency! That candidate was WELL-connected. Her GOP father was the manager of the Director's son at another VA state agency! (This was not under Kaine--it was under the Legis. branch.) My, she was sitting pretty!! She seriously was about 10X less qualified than others we interviewed who had no connections! She also was a total GOP-slanted bitch, but I digress!... :-)
....So much for my years as an idealist public servant!

Government has become synonymous with Corruption--yet another Bush legacy!

Re: Howard Dean, shafted

2008 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:22:06 -0000

Some of you guys are SO getting played!!

Don't you get it yet? You were made to think that John Kerry (the near miss) wasn't cool enough for you,didn't give you that confidant, fresh feeling like Obama does?.... all the while suave Obama THROWS YOU UNDER THE BUS!! OUCH! (sorta like the Bush effect!...)

Americans are not critical and discerning anymore... Did Bush teach us absolutely nothing?! A lot of people "like" Bushie, but the guy is an abomination who is currently kicking America into the gutter, all but literally! He's a professional liar, fake & dishonest to the core...

Obama... well, I lived in Chicago and he's known to very subtly and effectively 'twist a knife' to get what he wants... yes, it's all about HIM. A sell out? The signs were all there. Remember his FISA vote, where it was close and not based on false intelligence like the Iraq UN resolution enforcement vote? Hello?

Yeah, I'd say Kerry (have you actually seen his unyielding anti-Bush/Cheney voting record?!), Dean, Kucinich, Clark, Conyers, etc. are getting the shaft, to OUR detriment.

Biden, that was the first sign that "change" was relative and highly compromised.

Re: Howard Dean, shafted

2008 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:16:25 -0000

What's funny is that you guys are SO getting played!!
You just keep it up, too?
Don't you get it? You think that John Kerry wasn't cool enough for you,didn't give you that confidant, fresh feeling like Obama does?....
all the while suave Obama THROWS YOU UNDER THE BUS!!
Hello!

Americans are not critical and discerning anymore... Did Bush teach you absolutely nothing?! A lot of people "like" Bushie, but the guy is an abomination who is currently kicking America into the gutter, all but literally! He's a professional liar, fake & dishonest to the core...

Obama... well, I lived in Chicago and he's known to very subtly and effectively 'twist a knife' to get what he wants... yes, it's all about HIM.
A sell out? The signs were all there. Remember the FISA vote, where it was close and not based on false intelligence like the Iraq UN resolution enforcement vote? Hello?

But, you think John Kerry is the problem who deserves your contempt? Come again? The fact that Kerry doesn't sell out, manipulate, or kiss ass, really knows his stuff, and doesn't have to rely on the "I'm so cool, you just love me act" can make Obama a wee bit nervous....

Re: Money for nothing - the bonus fiasco

2008 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:58:11 -0000

THIS IS SICk!

My husband is getting laid off this week (thankfully, he's amazing enough to already have another offer), but he is someone who really deserves such a bonus. As an engineer,
he actually makes things, the calculations, the real hard work in the manufacturing sector. He doesn't just steal someone's money!! NO CEO deserves obscene bonus or any bonus, for that matter, when their company is subject to taxpayers' bailout money!!! Are you kidding? This abuse of the taxpayer is how revolutions got started and won!!!

Re: At some point, we were all that shoe

2008 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:30:14 -0000

The creature who holds and regularly abuses the office STOLE that office and billions from our Treasury, hundreds of thousands of lives, and enabled millions of lost jobs. And because our country has become composed of complacent, unprincipled, frightened little wimps, he's getting away with it.

Sometimes you have to stand up to the REAL criminal, even if it takes a sacrifice.

I have far more respect for this shoe thrower than I'll ever have for Bush and his kind... By the way, Bush's cocaine possession, DUIs, AWOL status, SEC violations, and countless other criminal activities should have put in the slammer for much of his life & prevented his nomination (but daddy Bush and his dirty money bailed him out).

Re: At some point, we were all that shoe

2008 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:01:51 -0000

Yes, that custom of the soles of your shoes representing the lowest
of the low is pretty well-established in about half of the world!

And truly, Bush is "BENEATH CONTEMPT," to say the least!
That's not political, that's just fact.

It's disgusting to have him even show his face on "our behalf."
He deserves far worse than a shoe demonstration.

We need to sic any remaining good U.S. Attys. (OH THAT'S RIGHT, BUSH FIRED/OFFED MOST OF OUR BEST PROSECUTORS!) after Bush and Cheney for their numerous violations of law and international treaties.

Obama KNOWS they have broken just about every Law they could... now what will really happen??...

Re: The Right to Die: Terminally ill man's suicide shown on TV in Britain

2008 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:55:30 -0000

There IS a slippery slope here... You can see how everyone rushes to get plastic surgery because it's the "in thing" and so few people are satisfied "as is" with their physical being in the here and now.

I also have a young relative (very young) with a fatal, rare, degenerative disease. I can see the depression building in her little eyes with all the treatments that keep her alive, but she has so much to teach others and share with her family!... They/we love her a lot, but her life is a huge and often painful challenge.

I've grown to believe that she may have impossible challenges, but she cannot have a 'choice.' She MUST continue for all her family, friends, school classmates, church, community, medical team, etc. They are learning, expanding, and evolving from the privilege of knowing her under her circumstances. I hear stories and revelations of how people have been so touched by her all the time. (It's also interesting to note that her parents have had an easy life and all the material things you could wish for, but may lack spiritual development... Their daughter can open their eyes--a gift to them!)

I believe everyone truly has a purpose, however "seemingly" small!!