tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post4863183763102398374..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Welcome To the Party, Bob DoleJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-88247741752768910642013-03-28T11:13:16.516-05:002013-03-28T11:13:16.516-05:00They cannot vote these cretins out of office becau...They cannot vote these cretins out of office because the alternatives almost always appear just as bad if not worse. The system is broken. We need another party to replace the two f)(*ed up ones we're stuck with, but that would be too easy and shift the balance of power too much. No, the wealthy and corrupt will remain in power for as long as the present age continues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20542138389111343662013-03-28T10:52:38.884-05:002013-03-28T10:52:38.884-05:00As a disabled veteran who is sick of the BS and th...As a disabled veteran who is sick of the BS and the self-serving, conniving, Washington DC hoo-hah, I can say this... if something doesn't change soon, we may just about have a full-fledged second civil war on our hands. Every day those pencil-dicked weasels think of new ways to F@#$ us over and take away what we've earned. I, for one, have had about enough of it. They speak of Social Security as an entitlement when everyone I know has paid into the system for years in the hopes of getting back what they were told they were earning with their hard work. They spoke of the low cost of sending military forces to war in Iraq, but never mentioned the veteran--each and every one of whom is injured in service to this country must be paid something, however small a pittance, for the rest of his or her natural life--until they change the rules. See, and that's what angers me the most... these rat-bas@#$@s act ignorant up front, knowing that it's some other poor sucker that will get the blame and the brunt of the blow. They knew then what they were doing but failed to mention it knowing that by the time the cost forced the government to say, "Well, it's for the good of all Americans that we now pay less and less to veterans." The hypocrisy of it all!!! They were the rat-bas@#$s who chose to send all those boys to war knowing that the cost would be borne by all the veterans collectively later on after the damage was done. <br /><br />And to top it all off... this month the VA compensation was moved from it's previous pay date to the first of the month in alignment with the retirees' pay schedule. That was a fine how-do-you-do when all of us were expecting to get paid today.... and to be made to wait until the first of the month with no prior warning... just a recording at the 1-800-827-1000 number.... what a slap in the face! Next time at least do us the favor of grabbing a little Vaseline before you bend us over, M(&(*F(I&(ers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-13328819325049907112012-12-15T04:45:07.876-06:002012-12-15T04:45:07.876-06:00It may, or he may just be a cold hearted bastard. ...It may, or he may just be a cold hearted bastard. Notice you never see him and Emperor Palpatine in the same room together. KawamuraMasaomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898499587649620185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26979683785446696442012-12-15T04:42:33.106-06:002012-12-15T04:42:33.106-06:00The GOP just gets more and more foul as time goes ...The GOP just gets more and more foul as time goes on. Anyone who can be against a bill such as this, U.N. bill or no, is morally reprehensible and doesn't deserve to govern a small town, much less be in charge of United States policy, foreign or domestic. When will people vote these cretins out of office?<br /><br />By the by, I'm pretty new here, and I love your articles. I've been reading some of your earlier stuff as well, and your political views are a breath of fresh air. Thanks for being you, and doing what you do Jim. :-DKawamuraMasaomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898499587649620185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2695297476565877122012-12-14T11:19:31.681-06:002012-12-14T11:19:31.681-06:00Frothy. It's a frothy mix...Frothy. It's a frothy mix...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43504035288499937922012-12-14T07:36:03.743-06:002012-12-14T07:36:03.743-06:00Anyone but me think Benedict's rejection of th...Anyone but me think Benedict's rejection of this treaty is entirely consonant with philosophy left over from his old Hitler Youth days when "defectives" were to be gotten rid of, thereby tidying up the gene pool?Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26101133667014956002012-12-14T07:31:49.205-06:002012-12-14T07:31:49.205-06:00Good thought, California Girl. They can get away ...Good thought, California Girl. They can get away with stuff now that wouldn't fly under this sort of international accord. You're probably right. But I'm afraid I may be, as well.Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-62154253375103160432012-12-13T20:40:46.037-06:002012-12-13T20:40:46.037-06:00Jesus Haploid Christ?? WWJHCD??
MTCJesus Haploid Christ?? WWJHCD??<br />MTCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-52136499990109815352012-12-13T15:53:08.866-06:002012-12-13T15:53:08.866-06:00could another reason for voting against the treaty...could another reason for voting against the treaty be corporate pressure to do so? Because corps have so many factories overseas, and to date do not have any regulations against worker standards. So if a worker became injured and disabled while on the job, if the treaty passed then the corp might have to pay money to the disabled ex-employee. No treaty = no potential extra cost to the corp.<br /><br />Or, and I can't quite connect the dots on this one...think of all the disabled people there must be in Iraq and Afghanistan, or in all those countries that where there are still land mines, or depleted uranium weapons lying around. Could there be a connection there to some entity in the US not wanting to be required to be legally liable if the treaty were passed?California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646953333226367129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-17645346456137420612012-12-13T15:51:48.631-06:002012-12-13T15:51:48.631-06:00could another reason for voting against the treaty...could another reason for voting against the treaty be corporate pressure to do so? Because corps have so many factories overseas, and to date do not have any regulations against worker standards. So if a worker became injured and disabled while on the job, if the treaty passed then the corp might have to pay money to the disabled ex-employee. No treaty = no potential extra cost to the corp.<br /><br />Or, and I can't quite connect the dots on this one...think of all the disabled people there must be in Iraq and Afghanistan, or in all those countries that where there are still land mines, or depleted uranium weapons lying around. Could there be a connection there to some entity in the US not wanting to be required to be legally liable if the treaty were passed?California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646953333226367129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45721354218749587832012-12-13T10:23:53.781-06:002012-12-13T10:23:53.781-06:00I suddenly find myself troubled by the thought tha...I suddenly find myself troubled by the thought that the only imaginable reason why the rebiblicons would vote down this treaty is that they plan to get rid of the ADA at the first opportunity and are planting the seeds in anticipation of that move. See, once they take this position, their "base" (so aptly called!) start the slow grinding of cognitive gears by which they bring themselves to the doctrinaire conclusion that accommodating the disabled is creeping socialism and must be suppressed.Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-48534905538899984722012-12-13T09:28:15.151-06:002012-12-13T09:28:15.151-06:00We don't seem to have any qualms about imposin...We don't seem to have any qualms about imposing our standards for anything else on other countries, and are frequently prepared to intervene with military or paramilitary force to see to it they do things our way or suffer the consequences. That we should shrink from doing so in the matter of treatment of the disabled seems bizarre in the extreme.Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39471296589793367952012-12-13T09:13:53.792-06:002012-12-13T09:13:53.792-06:00The grotesque fear "conservatives" exhib...The grotesque fear "conservatives" exhibit regarding the UN amazes me. There was a time when people thought UN membership meant handing over our sovereignty to some overarching socialist world government. Now, however, it is clear that the only power the UN possesses is what WE give it. Practically speaking, it is a useful forum for debating disagreements among member states. It is also a useful agency for international cooperation in the establishment of standards: practical things like measurements and railroad gauges, and moral ones, such as how to treat the disabled. Anyone who feels imperiled by endorsing a treaty to extend our own standards throughout the world is simply searching desperately and without regard for consequences for something to fear. Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-68840013263403143262012-12-13T09:01:17.007-06:002012-12-13T09:01:17.007-06:00Sure, homeschooling can be excellent, depending on...Sure, homeschooling can be excellent, depending on who's doing the teaching. It's the idea that public institutions are by their nature toxic and oil the slippery slope to communism and homosexuality that underlies much homeschooling rhetoric that tends to undermine our good-faith efforts to provide a decent education and, by extension, quality of life for all citizens. Once that intellectual prion sets up shop in the brain, a lot of other damage tends to result, producing crazy conservatives (actually not conservatives at all but reactionaries, since they don't conserve anything but only destroy progress)with brains like Swiss (god forbid!) cheese.Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49355930140574523192012-12-13T08:53:59.479-06:002012-12-13T08:53:59.479-06:00I don't know about you, but I see a clear link...I don't know about you, but I see a clear linkage between the former Hitler Youth activist known now as Pope Benedict and a disinclination to support protection for disabled persons. After all, Hitler had a perfectly straightforward policy regarding "defectives", and he implemented it to a fault.Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695294255187655037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66275407712911594362012-12-13T06:59:42.871-06:002012-12-13T06:59:42.871-06:00Great post, Jim. Makes me want to send a nice car...Great post, Jim. Makes me want to send a nice card to Bob Dole. I'm wit' you all the way, except for the part about Ben Stein. He was hilarious on "Win Ben Stein's Money". He's an entertainer, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-24522688957343446042012-12-12T22:57:18.942-06:002012-12-12T22:57:18.942-06:00Great googley-moogley, both of MT's senators v...Great googley-moogley, both of MT's senators voted for the treaty? Be still, my beating heart. Linneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960983671989900721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49481773749585592892012-12-11T17:28:07.754-06:002012-12-11T17:28:07.754-06:00Sorry. Sensitive iPad. Touched the "hate yo...Sorry. Sensitive iPad. Touched the "hate you" box by accident. Love your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12085599622831314992012-12-11T14:42:42.492-06:002012-12-11T14:42:42.492-06:00Aha! Rox, I daresay you only intended to post you...Aha! Rox, I daresay you only intended to post your thoughts once, but thanks to a computer glitch or sumpin, you wound up with your first draft and edited version both posted. Both well-expressed, but with sufficient alteration in expression that the ostensible points made, while in the main the same, are nonetheless not quite identical in overall impression.<br /><br />Or, to rephrase, they read different. ;DNever Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18963167802163412422012-12-11T14:08:03.379-06:002012-12-11T14:08:03.379-06:00I do want to say that, as a product of conservativ...I do want to say that, as a product of conservative fundy homeschooling, I ended up being a liberal intellectual who is currently working on her degree in psychology on scholarship at a very respected school. Yeah, there was plenty of bullshit involved, but I can honestly say that in certain areas, the public education, even though it's secular, is just plain crappy. Just because my parents tried to brainwash me doesn't mean it worked and it doesn't mean they taught me badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20165924337683069082012-12-11T08:29:03.146-06:002012-12-11T08:29:03.146-06:00Every election is important, just ask President De...Every election is important, just ask President Dewey.<br /><br />BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67151311628584175542012-12-11T00:39:56.800-06:002012-12-11T00:39:56.800-06:00Not just 2016. 2014 is going to be rather importa...Not just 2016. 2014 is going to be rather important too. The more of the idiotic Tea Party dolts we can get out of Congress the better.Lucas Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77752631829411108912012-12-10T20:22:07.149-06:002012-12-10T20:22:07.149-06:00What amazes me about all these "the UN is plo...What amazes me about all these "the UN is plotting to take over the US" is that these same people who cry wolf about this also whine to no end about how useless the UN is and how it can't accomplish anything so we should just get out and leave it. And they seem to not see any contradiction in these two statements.Dave1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04182470432981923454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12846205907688186462012-12-10T19:27:25.439-06:002012-12-10T19:27:25.439-06:00Just found this in a piece on the movie, "Hei...Just found this in a piece on the movie, "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" It is narrated by Thom Hartmann, and in an interview article on truth-out.org, I noticed this, which alludes to the fear of the UN:(link is http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/13166-the-corporate-heist-of-the-united-states-government-began-with-a-memo-in-1971)<br /><br />'Mark Karlin: Given the growth in global corporations, reinforced by international trade agreements favorable to businesses and not workers, isn't the pressure on national governments such as the US coming from, in some ways, a shadow corporate power base that transcends international boundaries?<br /><br />Thom Hartmann: Yes, absolutely. For four generations conservatives have been hysterical about the loss of American sovereignty because of first the League of Nations and then the United Nations. But the real threat to American sovereignty comes from transnational corporations who have assembled themselves into transnational institutions like the World Trade Organization, and can now overturn laws passed by federal and state legislatures.<br /><br />This is one of those areas where even the conservative base, the middle-American "Joe six-packs," know that transnational corporations and unfettered free trade are destructive to the interests of the United States. But you'll never hear a word of it in our corporate media, which is largely owned by those same transnational corporations.'Debteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197703432632549237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-70703106797419574352012-12-10T15:58:40.196-06:002012-12-10T15:58:40.196-06:00Twatwaffles!Twatwaffles!Cthulhunoreply@blogger.com