tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post3796277667968955881..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Lost HorizonsJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-25213660244494439662014-10-13T21:27:11.731-05:002014-10-13T21:27:11.731-05:00Having just gotten to this post (an excellent one,...Having just gotten to this post (an excellent one, BTW), I'd be curious to know what your take is on the fun and games going on in Jefferson County, CO... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67725336074601997542012-11-20T08:56:33.255-06:002012-11-20T08:56:33.255-06:00Great post once again Jim.Great post once again Jim.Long Ben Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382408372788942193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-24000167086401524212012-11-20T08:12:32.405-06:002012-11-20T08:12:32.405-06:00Well said, also Nazis!Well said, also Nazis!Long Ben Averyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382408372788942193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-34167585736306143472012-11-19T19:57:59.121-06:002012-11-19T19:57:59.121-06:00Reminds me of a joke someone at work thought he wa...Reminds me of a joke someone at work thought he was being clever to repeat on election day: "Obama will have a lead... until everyone gets out of work." You have no idea how hard I had to bite my tongue not to blurt out, "And he'll get it back once everyone gets out of school."Katianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-70403977105644314882012-11-19T16:53:24.086-06:002012-11-19T16:53:24.086-06:00I agree completely! I agree completely! CindyHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977266126691228007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43377169053227816522012-11-19T11:39:31.316-06:002012-11-19T11:39:31.316-06:00PEPSI...apply *directly* to monitor...PEPSI...appl...PEPSI...apply *directly* to monitor...PEPSI...apply *directly* to monitor...<br /><br />CTYankeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15277054746573913592012-11-19T05:39:24.962-06:002012-11-19T05:39:24.962-06:00I saw that letter the group Anonymous put out as w...I saw that letter the group Anonymous put out as well. If they did indeed stop a hijacking of the vote (which would explain Rove's freak out on Fox) then they should turn over the information on it to the DoJ, not to Assange of Wikileaks. It sure would explain so much of what Fox and the GOP "numbers guys" kept saying before the election. Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-10522022222551363122012-11-18T19:52:25.480-06:002012-11-18T19:52:25.480-06:00Sorry, that's Anonymous the organization, not ...Sorry, that's Anonymous the organization, not "anonymous" the I don't want anyone to know who I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-36598394530695266182012-11-18T18:45:32.136-06:002012-11-18T18:45:32.136-06:00Not to sound all tin foil hat, but think Mittens h...Not to sound all tin foil hat, but think Mittens had talked to Rove about rigging the voting machines. That's why he never prepared a concession speech, they didn't know Anonymous was watching. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-24665088293861571572012-11-18T15:07:22.040-06:002012-11-18T15:07:22.040-06:00Or change the comma after "help it" to a...Or change the comma after "help it" to a period and start a new sentence with "My wife..."<br /><br />:-)DLHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519804896944647270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43184996399249844452012-11-17T13:41:27.460-06:002012-11-17T13:41:27.460-06:00Cuppajava-I don't believe a comma is needed af...Cuppajava-I don't believe a comma is needed after the word "Nazi". But I am not a spelling or grammar Nazi. I am, however, the result of a fairly good public education!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49957487833886109212012-11-17T09:45:30.094-06:002012-11-17T09:45:30.094-06:00Well it's interesting actually. You should go ...Well it's interesting actually. You should go to any of the Mormon "recovery" sites and check it out. They're actually pretty insular and their entire belief system is sort of loosely based on the "milk before meat" adage...you give people small does because they can't handle the whole "Jesus came from planet Kolob" thing and "you get your own planet with you relatives when you die" (ever wonder why they're so into genealogy? Well now you know.)<br /><br />Btw, if you knew how many of them are actually gay (and I mean children of very, very, highly placed Mormons) you'd find the whole anti-gay thing really funny. Not so much for their "wives" though.Skyman123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33070459426765928382012-11-17T02:53:22.197-06:002012-11-17T02:53:22.197-06:00My take on the problem for the RNC was that their ...My take on the problem for the RNC was that their lunatic fringe was showing too much. That instilled _real_ fear of what they would do. That overroad the baseless fear they were trying to project. Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26874071810494539782012-11-17T02:45:37.214-06:002012-11-17T02:45:37.214-06:00I know at least half a dozen now-former Republican...I know at least half a dozen now-former Republicans who became Independents this year thanks to how far off the rails the GOP has gone. They looked at the party platform and were disgusted. It's not an isolated instance.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82986631166996194322012-11-17T02:37:21.964-06:002012-11-17T02:37:21.964-06:00"What do you think about the notion that this..."What do you think about the notion that this willful ignorance isn't as much ignorance as it is a Quixotic attempt to somehow bend actual reality to their desired reality?"<br /><br />That's a more polite way to saying that they think if they lie often enough, enough people will believe it and it will therefor become the "truth". That is exactly what the GOP and Faux Noise has been up to for years. They're trying to "shape the conversation". Unfortunately I think what they've done is convince themselves more than anyone else.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-28321161920450203302012-11-17T02:25:25.366-06:002012-11-17T02:25:25.366-06:00But, but, they said they're going to consider ...But, but, they said they're going to consider the UN Arms treaty. Clearly that means that they're going to grab their guns. That is what I've been hearing from the right-wingers on blogs and FB. Most, if not all, have not ever read the treaty, but that's no surprise.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16568830049765816922012-11-17T02:23:35.573-06:002012-11-17T02:23:35.573-06:00Most of what I've seen from the GOP since the ...Most of what I've seen from the GOP since the election, when it wasn't outright denial, was them saying that people just didn't understand their message. That they need to "repackage" it. As if polishing a turd will make it anything else. As Jim said, spacial disorientation. They can't or don't want to see that their message was heard just fine and rejected.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-30757058232959458682012-11-17T02:20:29.734-06:002012-11-17T02:20:29.734-06:00I'm actually wondering if Jim saw the same spe...I'm actually wondering if Jim saw the same speach I did. Most of it was cut and pasted from what I assume his victory speach would have been. He's reverted to type. It's as they say, it's how someone behaves when he thinks no one is watching that tells you who they really are.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60863888445550775482012-11-17T02:14:46.628-06:002012-11-17T02:14:46.628-06:00Wasn't it Mark Twain that said; "It's...Wasn't it Mark Twain that said; "It's a damned ignorant man who can only spell a word one way"?Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57218521229753990772012-11-17T00:39:41.766-06:002012-11-17T00:39:41.766-06:00Interesting post, many good points. Here are two ...Interesting post, many good points. Here are two to which I take exception.<br />First, I believe the 'real' Mitt Romney showed himself in the 47% video when he thought he was talking privately to his rich backers. He managed to come out and say a few inoffensive words on the night of his defeat, but that was just as stage managed as the rest of his events.<br /><br />Secondly, I feel (and I may be wrong) that you and some of the people who commented are saying that President Obama won because the Republicans were inept, didn't believe the data, etc. Remarks like 'it was theirs to lose', and 'they could have won...' which I have seen a lot lately, seem to take President Obama out of the equation. I think President Obama won because he is a brilliant, compassionate, centered, man of deep moral and ethical beliefs, which he has developed and refined over a lifetime, and who put together a brilliant team of independent thinkers, not yes-man, to whom he listened before making his own decisions. In the end, this was acknowledged by the electorate and put into sharper relief when compared to Romney. People saw that he had tried and accomplished much in his first term, even faced with the total intransigence of the Republicans. To say or imply that his victory was anything less than a total and positive victory is to sadly diminish him and give way more credit to the Republicans than they deserve. I apologize if this is not what you intended. I may be a bit sensitive on this, as I have been hearing it a lot lately.mlfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454611597785457644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-82810095038481877822012-11-16T21:58:39.016-06:002012-11-16T21:58:39.016-06:00Sorry Jim, I can't fly with your premise that ...Sorry Jim, I can't fly with your premise that "we actually saw the real Mitt Romney, sincere and likeable, finally free of his party." IMHO Romney represents that rarified class of people who seldom expose themselves to the common man and the common American condition. He's occasionally held his nose and actually mixed with the unwashed masses to give the impression that he truly gave a shit about what Americans care about. <br /><br />And the Republican party is not even his party. This was only a candidacy of convenience cause Mitt was just the least insane of the 2012 GOP bullpen. Romney never seemed to settle on exactly WHY he wanted the Oval Office. I sensed that as a silver spoon, hyper-wealthy, entitled, life-long VIP, Romney assumed that POTUS was his due as his next and ultimate personal best. Like Dubya before him, Mitt had been born on third base and thought he had hit a triple. <br /><br />A life spent in a family bubble of wealth and privilege, with all about him bowing and scraping, convinced Romney that he actually was superior to all of us. He survived the primary process and his bubble was mated with the the manufactured GOP 'reality', fueled by billionaire funding set loose by Citizens United. He approached the election as a leveraged buyout, sustained by his 1% class who feel that anything and anyone can be bought, used and profited from. How could he possibly lose?<br /><br />Had Romney actually won the election, the Executive branch would have been sub-contracted out to the howling mob of lunatic neo-cons to attempt to destroy what they hate. And all the salable parts of the government, public services and national treasure would have been stripped and sold off. The Dubya years started that process, but the GOP, 1% and lunatic fringe saw 2012 as perhaps the final chance to seal the deal and take as much as they could before demographics finally caught up with them. <br /><br />Yes, Romney and the GOP were flying confused and without bearing in the end. They attempted to spread baseless fear amongst the common people to win the day for Romney. But, by election day the GOP leadership and their paymasters must have been terrified that possibly their last opportunity for plunder had passed. Sucks to actually have to work for something. Tommy DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26116533798083146032012-11-16T20:50:42.438-06:002012-11-16T20:50:42.438-06:00Perhaps if we need to be afraid of "dark mone...Perhaps if we need to be afraid of "dark money", we need to take a very close look at Mormon influence in various elections.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73288254269856135432012-11-16T20:46:15.313-06:002012-11-16T20:46:15.313-06:00That disconnect is the reason Romney never appeare...That disconnect is the reason Romney never appeared to be "real". And as to "moral"? No one who says "I like to fire people" or walks a blind man into a blank wall is "moral"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18096413858006897512012-11-16T20:42:50.008-06:002012-11-16T20:42:50.008-06:00Logic... We don' need no stinkin' logic! ;...Logic... We don' need no stinkin' logic! ;)Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899724691662334134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12424182898932994582012-11-16T20:40:35.928-06:002012-11-16T20:40:35.928-06:00^^^ This! Oh, this! ^^^^^^ This! Oh, this! ^^^Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899724691662334134noreply@blogger.com