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Re: Payback is a bitch

Lynn Dee — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:01:11 -0000

Reader Shano, is it? Heeeyyy... is he also Shano of Pittsburgh who does audio clips for Steph and the mooks on the radio?!

Re: Payback is a bitch

Lynn Dee — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:41:26 -0000

Oh! Thanks for the info.

And... I think we can now say it is absolutely a small world.

Re: GOP officials divided over whether "negro" is a slur

Lynn Dee — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:28:01 -0000

The GOP confusion is shocking. Even if they can't decide for themselves whether it's a slur, is there any question that Rush Limbaugh wouldn't use the term if it weren't a slur?

They've apparently lost all moorings.

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:10:23 -0000

You know, I think it's time to drop this particular complaint against Obama. Let it go.

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:07:01 -0000

This is just my opinion, of course, but it seems to me Obama has done all he's going to do and can really be expected to do with regard to Rick Warren appear at the inauguration. The original concern was not that Obama was willing to, for example, talk to Rick Warren, but rather the symbolism of his inviting Rick Warren to appear. I think that concern has been neutralized. To me, it is now possible to focus on what Obama should do going forward without feeling like gays as a group have to swallow what was the very understandable feeling they'd been thrown under the bus.

Again, though, this is just my opinion. If the pain is still there, then of course, the matter shouldn't be dropped.

Would it be possible, though, now that the concern has been heard, to use that pain in a different way? I'm not sure what that would be. Perhaps you, or someone else, has some ideas? It seems clear, though, that Rick Warren is not going to be uninvited. I have even kind of enjoyed, over the past several weeks, the discomfort Rick Warren has obviously been feeling over being "caught" trying to have it both ways. I know the resulting dialogue wasn't intended, but I think it's been helpful.

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:14:18 -0000

You're wrong, timncguy, that's not the reason. But I did appreciate John asking me to explain why I said what I did. For me, the distress I felt when the decision to have Rick Warren speak was first announced has largely dissipated, and having Gene Robinson speak, for me, neutralizes the issue. But, that doesn't mean everyone feels the same way. So basically what happened was I responded with: "Hey, I'm okay with this now; isn't everyone?" And I learned: "Uh, no, Lynn. Not everyone feels the same!"

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:44:44 -0000

I don't quite see the comparison. I agree Rick Warren stands for all the wrong things and that should be taken seriously, particularly as he seems to be wading into political water. It is specifically his speaking at the inauguration that, for me, has been neutralized. But, my initial response notwithstanding, I understand that other people feel differently.

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:22:53 -0000

In virtually all of the things you list here, you're talking about going forward, which is exactly where I personally would put the focus now.

As an added point: You're talking about neutralizing Warren, as if that is what I was talking about. It's not. I was talking about the particular instance of neutralizing Warren's appearance at the inauguration.

Beyond that niggling little point, we seem to be in violent agreement.

Re: Obama to have gay Bishop give invocation at Sunday inaugural vote. Obama official says has nothing to do with Warren controversy.

Lynn Dee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:42 -0000

I didn't first think of my emotional state. Someone else did, suggesting I was "uncomfortable."

But never mind. This is obviously a closed discussion, so I'll just bow out.

Re: McDonald's denies workers comp for shot employee

Lynn Dee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:42:59 -0000

McDonald's must be out of their minds. They should be saying: "Worker's comp is his exclusive remedy, so he can't sue us!"

I can't figure out what they're doing. Didn't they see what happened when Walmart's tried to get that poor woman to repay them for medical benefits?

Re: Yesterday's Prop 8 oral arguments in California

Lynn Dee — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:40:59 -0000

I believe it was the Court (although it may have been Ken Starr) that said something about "all political power" belonging to the people of the state. And it seems to me that word "political" is key. Obviously, fundamental rights should not be subjected to the ebb and flow of political power and should not be submitted to the people for a vote. That's what the whole "tyranny of the majority" concern is all about.

Re: Yesterday's Prop 8 oral arguments in California

Lynn Dee — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:57:47 -0000

I think there's not really, or shouldn't be, a problem with all political power belonging to the people. That's almost by definition. But, that in turn means fundamental rights should not be subjected to that power. The whole point of fundamental rights, it seems to me, that they're impervious to the ebb and flow of political power.

This is so basic I just have to believe (or hope?) that the Justices were simply ensuring that the attorneys would thoroughly address the issue.

It's gotta be that, right?!

Re: Palin says McCain's campaign staff was unworthy of prayer

Lynn Dee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:49:52 -0000

Palin seems not to have realized that she's just given expression to the snobbery of the Christian right.

Oops.

Re: Coretta Scott King: Racism and Homophobia are the same thing

Lynn Dee — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:57:21 -0000

I would like to make a comment about the discomfort some (many? most?) of the anti-gay marriage folk feel at the sight of gay PDA's (public displays of affection). This is sometimes recounted as one way that gays impose their "lifestyle choices" on straights.

And I would like to separate that discomfort from what some of these people apparently regard as a reasonable solution. The discomfort itself is fine. If the whole concept of gay sex is new to you, then it is perhaps similar to being a kid and first discovering what's involved in straight sex. ("The man puts his what where??!!") So I get that. What I don't get is why this discomfort should translate into: "And so, to protect me from these uncomfortable feelings, I don't want have to see any gay PDA's, and I certainly don't want to have to consider what's involved in gay marriage."

These people need to come up with another solution.

BTW, it occurred to me as I was writing this that it was another place where the analogy to racists against interracial marriage could easily be made. That is, sometimes in life, we have to own our uncomfortable feelings and find solutions to them that don't involve externalizing them and demanding that others not trigger those feelings. Nowhere is that more true than where the solution these racists, bigots and homophobes would prefer involves putting the burden on others to curtail the exercise of their own human rights.

Re: Who do you side with? The parents or the state?

Lynn Dee — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:32:49 -0000

I side with the Court. The kid is not a piece of chattel that the parents can do with as they wish.

My only reservations have to do with how do you decide when our experts are right, and when it's a toss up? It's a case by case call, I guess. But this one doesn't even appear to be close.

Re: Obama gives uncomfortable, contradictory answer on gay marriage, but also slips and gives his REAL view I think

Lynn Dee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:48:46 -0000

Every time I hear Obama speak on the subject of gay marriage, I say -- to the T.V. or the radio -- "I don't believe you. You know better, Obama. I know you know better."

I know he has a lot on his plate, etc. etc. and perhaps feels he can't take this battle on now. Fine. But jeez, it must stick in his craw to say something as lame as "defining marriage belongs to the states."

Meanwhile, why not put a moratorium on DADT drummings-out of qualified people from the military?

Re: Feeling the hate in Jerusalem on the eve of Obama's address

Lynn Dee — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:36:28 -0000

Well that was depressing. I never thought I'd hear American Jews sound like white trash Republicans.

But here's a question: Does this represent some significant strain of thought in Israel? Or is it as meaningful as filming during spring break in Ft. Lauderdale and trying to extrapolate from that, politically?

Re: Feeling the hate in Jerusalem on the eve of Obama's address

Lynn Dee — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:32:36 -0000

"He is a muslim."

Why not just wear a sign that reads: "I'm an idiot. Ignore me"?

Re: It's hard to be bipartisan with catty, petty Republicans like Iowa's Charles Grassley

Lynn Dee — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:20:12 -0000

I'm waiting for Grassley to tweet: "Ur not tha boss of me, bho!"

Re: McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge?

Lynn Dee — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:08:27 -0000

Is that the sound of whining I hear, from the top 1%?

Re: Russ Feingold Makes John McCain's Day

Lynn Dee — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:55:20 -0000

Oh right. A long-time democrat is sick of hearing about race and is going to vote Republican because of it. Sure thing, ya troll.

Re: Russia, Georgia, and the campaign

Lynn Dee — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:14:07 -0000

Thank you, Jed.

And Sen. Obama, please please please push back on McCain's handling of the situation.

Re: Karl Rove's Spin: This Is An Attack On Cindy McCain (!)

Lynn Dee — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:52:46 -0000

Plus: How many of us don't know how many houses our spouses own?

Or: It's not the wealth, Karl. It's the cluelessness about his own life and the lives of most Americans.

Re: Joe Biden and 2016

Lynn Dee — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:48:34 -0000

How about this? How about if Joe says: "If I'm as sharp as I am now, I'll absolutely consider it. If I've lost a step, probably not. And if I've forgotten how many houses I have, unequivocally NO."

Re: Joe Biden and 2016

Lynn Dee — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:42:40 -0000

Oh I like SeattleAJ's comment: gets right to the point and adds cheese.

Re: Why is/isn't she there?

Lynn Dee — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:40:01 -0000

I was just watching this at work. And, having watched the McCain interview earlier, where he seemed so befuddled, I was wondering if McCain has reached the point where he can no longer appear in public by himself.

Re: McCain Loves Him Some Town Hall Action

Lynn Dee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:28:50 -0000

Is anyone else as mystified as I am why town halls are considered McCain's specialty? I mean, maybe he's better at town halls than he is in other venues, but he's not exactly a firecracker. I've seen Obama in town halls, and he's every bit as comfortable in that setting as McCain is. And he's more fun and has more to say!

Re: Not That Popular

Lynn Dee — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:11:52 -0000

What's the difference between considering another candidate and voting to replace Lieberman? Is it just a matter of emphasis?

Re: Let Me Get This Straight

Lynn Dee — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:53:32 -0000

I agree Obama's not the problem. Not only is his support for the auto bailout clear, but there really is only one President at a time -- and the Constitution is quite clear as to who that is right now.

Still, Frank's line about Obama "overstating the number of Presidents we have" is just priceless. So I forgive him.

Re: Removing Blago The Right Way

Lynn Dee — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:26:56 -0000

I agree. Blagojevich is not physically incapacitated and, whatever his personality problems and problems of judgment may be, he's not mentally or psychologically incapacitated. This is a political matter, and the state's Supreme Court should not get involved.

I'm guessing Attorney General Madigan's filing of this motion is also more of a political ploy to put pressure on the Governor than anything she hopes will be successful.

Re: While Gregg was playing politics...

Lynn Dee — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:30:11 -0000

The speech was amazing. I heard it last night, unprepared for just how beautiful and inspirational it would be. What a treat.

Re: Michelle Obama’s Being Defended - One Article at a time

Lynn Dee — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:01:46 -0000

Michelle Obama looks fabulous. Ready to be First Lady.

:)

Re: Dignity is Priceless

Lynn Dee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:38:47 -0000

I must admit, this story brings a tear to my eye.

Re: Donna Brazile Says She Ain’t Going to the Back of the Bus

Lynn Dee — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:59:21 -0000

Was that amazing or what? I just saw that over at Andrew Sullivan's site and came right over here to talk about it.

And also this: I am SOOO ready for Barack Obama to be elected President.

Re: Obama Buys Half-Hour of Network Primetime

Lynn Dee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:21:56 -0000

Jed Lewison had a good comment on this. He called it a "landslide strategy":

Quote: "You don't buy 30-minute chunks of national TV time if your goal is to eke out a narrow victory. You do it if your goal is to blow your opponent out of the water. And you do it if you realize that the bigger your margin of victory, the more you can get done in your first few months as President.

In short, you do it if you're as interested in governing effectively as you are interested in winning."

http://jedreport.com/2008/10/a-landslide-strate...

Re: Paglia: ‘Birthers’ Aren’t Racist, and They Have a Point

Lynn Dee — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:36:38 -0000

I see Camille Paglia's quest -- for attention so satisfying she'll never have to seek attention again -- continues.

Re: Grayson's blockbuster appearance on CNN: "Democrats have to have guts"

Lynn Dee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:06:52 -0000

Jeez, Wolf Blitzer and Gloria Borger sure are tools. Did they go on like that over Joe Wilson's "you lie!"?

Anyhow, someone needs to clone Alan Grayson.

Re: Grayson's blockbuster appearance on CNN: "Democrats have to have guts"

Lynn Dee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:26:37 -0000

I didn't take what Grayson said to mean that Republicans actually want people to die (even tongue in cheekly), but rather, that that's the only plan they're offering people: don't get sick but if you do, die quickly (because that's the only way to avoid leaving your loved ones a pile of debt). It's a small difference, perhaps, but I think it's an important one.