Comments on Stonekettle Station: The Ballad Of Rick Perry

Ballad of Gingrich the Newt (as sung) for anyone i...

2011-11-26T14:17:51.372-09:00

Ballad of Gingrich the Newt (as sung) for anyone interested... lol
http://www.myspace.com/video/writch/austin-lounge-lizards-sing-gingrich-the-newt/35083568

Jim, I truly love your posts. They make me think,...

2011-11-23T13:08:39.835-09:00

Jim, I truly love your posts. They make me think, they make me laugh, then in the comments we get "The Care and Feeding of Trolls." I think this one is at least Sophomore level.

I love how they announce themselves. "Hello, my name is Anonymous. Im an absolute idiot. Here's we're Im wrong..."

Ha. Ha ha ha. Ah-hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! HA...

2011-11-23T07:49:29.809-09:00

Ha.

Ha ha ha.

Ah-hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

HA!

Snerk.

And a Tom Lehrer fan, huh? Just confirms for me your high intelligence and discriminating taste in tomfoolery.

Jim, That was the funniest thing I've read sin...

2011-11-22T12:04:45.701-09:00

Jim, That was the funniest thing I've read since Douglas Adams passed away. You win the internet for best use of the phrase "serial buggery" in a blog post.

On my last hitch, I had occasion to meet W and Perry on the same day. I was the PAO for NAS Corpus Christi, which had a Coast Guard station as a tenant command. They made a huge pot bust, so Gov. W and Lt. Gov Hairdo come down to speechify and grip and grin. W managed to malaprop his way through a 5-minute speech with 10 errors I could catch. Perry, working the crowd, walks past me as he gets done, looks at me resplendent in the dress whites of a PO1 and says, "Thanks Sarge." Some things never change . . .

Just a quick note concerning our current crop of P...

2011-11-21T16:07:49.306-09:00

Just a quick note concerning our current crop of Presidential wannabees.
FEAR THEM!!!
All of us who have served over the past 40 years know what a leader, supported by a fanatical religious following, can do to a country.
Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and you betcha, the Mormans fall into that group.
Every church is pushing their members to "GO OUT AND VOTE FOR THE B-I-B-L-E candidate.
I am a solid Christian and I fear these assholes.
You had better fear them and tell your neighbors to vote for truth.
YELLOWDOG GRANNY can show you the difference between truth and lies, if you don't know.

What was that you said about hats? Back to the Na...

2011-11-21T15:48:31.843-09:00

What was that you said about hats?

Back to the Navy Dept meme (Jarheads, Squids, relative IQs...meh). A couple weeks after Pan Am 103 was destroyed the 22 MEU was ordered to prepare for an amphibious assault near Tripoli to attack a pesticide plant that Moammar bought from the Germans. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed and Raygun's desire for immediate retribution was called off; saving me and a couple thousand of my close friends from death by stupidity.

At least we got past Reagan without lobbing nukes around. Then came Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie and that coke snorting, AWOL Texas ANG guy from Conn. A bunch of Saudis and a couple other non-Iraqis are allowed to board airliners and fly them into some buildings, killing the first 3000 Americans of the last GOP admin. Followed by >5k more service folks and a boat load of brown people sitting on top of our oil.

As CWO Jim put it so well in his 21 Oct post on Qadhafi's respectful demise, good riddance. But for awhile there Moammar was Dubya's BFF and maybe finally a man Condie could cherish (cause Laura and her mother-in-law are not into sharing). But, he's dead now at the bargain price of a cool $billion and one beat up F-15E. (Both crew recovered by Marines, thank you very much. Oh alright, there are also sailors on the Kearsarge. (Trivia: Same boat that picked up Scott O'Grady))

But I digress and extend. The prospect of enabling Rick Perry or any of the batch of GOP lunatics and morons running for Prez to have any sort of "finger on the button" moment is unattractive. In addition to a string of continuous foreign entanglements to kill even more brown people (and further enrich former P's and VP's), we at home would eventually have to fend off the Jesus police interrupting our quiet Sundays asking why we are not at church.

As the Master Chief noted, after years of defending freedom and democracy as we practice it, it is a bit difficult not to be somewhat let down by the freak show.

Try and imagine my embarrassment. I was commission...

2011-11-21T13:28:19.062-09:00

Try and imagine my embarrassment.
I was commissioned "Admiral" in the Texas Navy by Gov. Bush in 1995 even though I voted for Ann Richards. Back in the 70's I voted for Bill Clements, even though I am a Democrat.
Next thing I know, America elects a bumbling, corporate shill, Bush, as president and a full blown idiot is promoted Gov. Perry.
Now all of my home state is giddy over this goofy clown running for president.
31 years protecting these idiots and now I are one.
Great post, Jim.

Much appreciated, and makes a better "stuck i...

2011-11-21T12:33:52.247-09:00

Much appreciated, and makes a better "stuck in my head" song than "Tomorrow" ever did.

Now can you find something for our dear Tx. Representative Hensarling on the Super Duper Budget Committee? He's being especially obnoxious today. The Texas Corporate Team has their collective hand so far up his ass they can brush his teeth from the inside.

@Anonymous-Not-Judy, Hopefully he can grow so...

2011-11-21T09:23:24.154-09:00
@Anonymous-Not-Judy,

Hopefully he can grow some wings and try see it from high above instead of sitting in the forest looking at the trees

There is very little that will get you banned here quicker than those little passive-aggressive barbs.

The reason I refuse to march with OWS has nothing to do with the media, it's because of snide little pinheads like you.

I see OWS just fine, I don't agree with your viewpoint. Here's why: I've spent a hell of a lot of my military career cleaning up after you big picture dickheads. Starry eyed dreamers just like you with your head in the clouds and no goddamned battle plan. Ass backward into the unknown and let somebody else pick up the pieces, camp out in the park for a rock concert and let somebody else sweep up your trash afterward. You know who you remind me of? Those guys who thought BP actually had a real contingency plan for a deep water oil well blow-out. What they actually had was a folder full of bullshit and a hundred pages of smoke and mirrors. When disaster struck, there they were with their dicks in their hands and that stupid look on their faces – and somebody else had to take care of the details. I’ve been that guy far, far too often.

People like you think you know what a forest is from a few satellite photos but never bother to look at the actual fucking trees.

You want to know why I think the way I do? You want to know why I demand to know what the details are before I join up? I’ll tell you why: seven thousand of us are dead because some big idea guy in the Bush administration didn't bother with the actual details before sending us into battle – and don’t bother to try and tell me otherwise because I was fucking there. Wall Street dry fucked us all hard repeatedly right in the ass likewise because those people who should have been scrutinizing the details were busy flying around in the clouds. I’ve been the victim of a thousand anonymous assholes just like you, full of wind shit and excitement and lean on anything that actually resembles either concrete goals or measurable objectives.

Tell you what, Anonymous, you can save your sanctimonious "learn to fly" bullshit for the birds.

You think because you’re standing out there waving a sign and chanting Kumbaya that you’ve got the big picture? You might as well join Rick Perry and pray for rain. Fuck you, Anonymous, I risked my life for this country for over twenty years, I’ve fought in two wars, sailed every ocean of the world, slogged through the mud on six continents, and I've been pepper sprayed more than once, I earned my worldview and at least I have the guts to own what I say.

You want to change my mind? Then make a better argument instead of dropping snide remarks.

Now, you are done here. This post is about Rick Perry, the next person to mention OWS gets deleted. You want to occupy something? Go occupy the previous two posts about Occupy Wall Street, that's what they are there for.

Ok, I post rarely, and probably would fall into th...

2011-11-21T08:58:04.637-09:00
Ok, I post rarely, and probably would fall into the Jim "sycophant" category...

But I love how folks like Anonymous "support this movement 110%", except for with a name. I'm not saying I care who this is, at all. Just chuckling here.

Also, Anon, Jim was making a point with the Judy comment that he can see the IP traffic and can associate a name that way. Easy way to avoid this, use a name.

Sorry, a bit of a rant. This statement, has absolutely nothing to do with my beliefs on OWS, God, Country, Apple Pie or the Yankees.

@Pangolin....I'm just the messenger. It's...

2011-11-21T07:50:48.184-09:00
@Pangolin....I'm just the messenger. It's the media that is parroting the "dirty hippies" line as well as all the other things I mentioned. It was cold out in the front lines yesterday but I will keep going....on weekends....see....I have a job, in my 40's...have never been a "dirty hippy" so I pretty much break every stereotype the media tries to paint on me. So I arguably have more to offer the OWS movement than the kids who are out there camping in the winter. I missed the 60's protest movement but I believe that it changed things for the better. It just didn't seem like it at the time.....THAT is why I support this movement 110% and that is why I think Jim is so wrong about it. Hopefully he can grow some wings and try see it from high above instead of sitting in the forest looking at the trees.

No I am not Judy whoever that is supposed to be.

I'm a little old to run off to Broadway.

2011-11-20T16:44:00.180-09:00
I'm a little old to run off to Broadway.

Priceless! Have you thought of, "the stage&q...

2011-11-20T16:41:08.199-09:00
Priceless!

Have you thought of, "the stage"?

Whoever that Anon was (s)he obviously hasn't b...

2011-11-20T15:09:31.360-09:00
Whoever that Anon was (s)he obviously hasn't been spending much time working with an OWS encampment. We argue like a sack of cats; politely, of course.

The perspective of outside observers is actually very important to OWSers and Jim's criticisms were cogent even when I didn't agree with every dot of what he wrote.

It's the "you're just dirty hippies" flock of parrots that we ignore.

@Anonymous: Upon reflection, allow me to add this:...

2011-11-20T14:56:01.063-09:00
@Anonymous: Upon reflection, allow me to add this:

I find it ironic, incredibly so, that a member of a movement that is at its very core about freedom and liberty for all including freedom of thought and conviction, and to top it off someone who lays claim to a lineage stretching back to the protest movements of the 60's, i.e. you, would actually throw this at me: If you are not participating then how can you say you get OWS? You are no different than the galtian overlords in their ivory towers who also say they get it then start complaining they might lose their Bush tax cuts. Or casually say "get a job hippy" or whatever.

You're either with us or against us, eh? The Bush Doctrine. Irony, @anonymous, indeed.

Oh right, I'm no different than the Wall Stree...

2011-11-20T12:34:50.811-09:00
Oh right, I'm no different than the Wall Street execs you hate. I'll be sure to say hi to the CEO of Bank of America for you when I see him later at the country club.

Here's what I get about OWS, if I don't agree with you exactly, then I'm an enemy of America. I'm getting that part perfectly. As I said, you've got more in common with the Tea Party than you think.

And you're the one who brought up Buffalo Springfield, don't get all passive aggressive about it.

I think you're right, Judy (that's who you are, isn't it?). We have nothing to talk about, so how's about you shove off now. K? Thanks.

If you are not participating then how can you say ...

2011-11-20T12:21:45.750-09:00
If you are not participating then how can you say you get OWS? You are no different than the galtian overlords in their ivory towers who also say they get it then start complaining they might lose their Bush tax cuts. Or casually say "get a job hippy" or whatever.

Your fatal mistake in your response is to break down the words of the song instead of referring to the historical context and what those events have accomplished. Has nothing to do with some song. I just thought it was the right era that it might get through to you somehow....guess I was wrong.

Or perhaps you do not think the protests of that era accomplished anything? In that case we have NOTHING to talk about.

Thanks, Jim, for giving Perry's "canned-i...

2011-11-20T12:16:31.423-09:00
Thanks, Jim, for giving Perry's "canned-idiocy" precisely the kind of attention it deserves. He's given us all a good laugh, now he can go home. I have watched the current crop of "candidates" perform, and have wondered if I'm watching reruns of The Gong Show. Unfortunately, there's no one to deliver the merciful clang of the gong and they just go on. Worse yet, one of those morons will probably end up in the White House. If this is the best the country has to offer, we're in trouble.

@Anonymous, was there an actual specific question ...

2011-11-20T11:48:17.011-09:00
@Anonymous, was there an actual specific question in that snotty remark?

I get OWS just fine. I even sympathize with basic idea behind the movement - but not some of the individual ideas expressed such as ending the Fed or communism. You'll note that I never said that I didn't believe in OWS - you just assumed that I didn't. What I object to is the lighting shit on fire part and smashing windows. I've explained why in exhaustive detail and I'm not going to argue about it here with some random anonymous pissy commenter.

I don't like Pelosi. It's a personal thing. I don't hate her, I don't think she's destroying the country, I don't wish ill for her, I just don't care for her for a number of reasons. All of which I've likewise written about and don't feel like rehashing. That said, here's the bottom line: she's not my Representative, so I don't really care about her one way or the other. If the people who elected her are happy with her as their congress person, more power to them.

As to the Buffalo Springfield, don't try to teach the Warrant how to use a marlinspike. I'll see you your first stanza and raise you the rest of the song, start with the part that goes: Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.

Jim Wright still doesn't understand OWS. Part...

2011-11-20T11:22:38.230-09:00
Jim Wright still doesn't understand OWS. Part of the puzzle came from his casual mention in this piece that he is no fan of Nancy Pelosi. Hopefully he will elaborate because I found that combination of things kind of curious.

Here Jim, let me put it in historical context for you. I'm sure you can connect the dots....but only if you want to.

There's something happening here

What it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over there

Telling me I got to beware

Buffalo Springfield ~ For What It's Worth

and next time - I agree with dblvet - spew alert,...

2011-11-20T10:31:28.262-09:00
and next time - I agree with dblvet -
spew alert, please. My sinuses just got coffee cleaned. While they probably needed it, it was neither comfortable nor pleasant for my wife to watch.

142nd fastest master debater? You get 10 points f...

2011-11-20T10:29:49.909-09:00
142nd fastest master debater?

You get 10 points for that one!

I'm a long-time reader since "Teacher Bas...

2011-11-20T09:20:06.733-09:00
I'm a long-time reader since "Teacher Bashing 101" and a first time commenter. Would you believe I found your site when googling the work of the late, great Molly Ivins? She would appreciate your work on Guvnah Goodhhair, I think. I know I'll be laughing about this one for quite some time. Thank you for once again, making my day!
Mary R. from CA

On Tom Lehrer, there were three LPs, one of which ...

2011-11-20T04:11:26.534-09:00
On Tom Lehrer, there were three LPs, one of which was originally issued as a 10" not a 12".

There are also several singles as well as some songs for The Electric Company.

All are available as CDs.

The last LP, That was The Year That Was, exactly two songs could be played on the air, one being New Math.

Love, love, love it! I'll be sharing far and w...

2011-11-20T02:11:50.598-09:00
Love, love, love it! I'll be sharing far and wide for all those who need a really good laugh!