tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post8118364658709799272..comments2024-03-17T08:27:53.658-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Wishful ThinkingJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-62841173914145675232016-08-30T10:16:23.403-05:002016-08-30T10:16:23.403-05:00Why would any democrat want him to quit? Trump run...Why would any democrat want him to quit? Trump running all the way to the end would almost guarantee a victory for Hillary. didjitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06955660743614212498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42657734213739568762016-08-26T11:56:58.075-05:002016-08-26T11:56:58.075-05:00I don't want him to quit. I want him to lose. ...I don't want him to quit. I want him to lose. I want him to be destroyed in the general election. I want Trump to lose TEXAS. Can you imagine a Republican losing Texas in today's climate?<br /><br />I want him to go down in flames and drag down large swathes of Republican House, Senate and local candidates with him.<br /><br />Not because I think Democrats are automatically better than Republicans in every office, but because the Republican party is seriously broken, and only a major kick in the ass is going to make them see it.Carrie Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112365561508312980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16931242514612462682016-08-24T21:13:10.032-05:002016-08-24T21:13:10.032-05:00So, what if the majority voted "No Confidence...So, what if the majority voted "No Confidence"? Trump, well, he really is a joke, but a joke that appeals to many for a variety of reasons ( and some of those reasons hold a lot of water). Hillary, while the saner of the two is far from what anyone would call a good candidate, just the better of the two. So really, what about voting "no confidence"? <br />Is that a cop out? An abdication of ones civic duty? Hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two weevils (evils)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-50437951849498732582016-08-23T18:11:00.450-05:002016-08-23T18:11:00.450-05:00Hello.....hello...? Jim? Jim...u there? I know tha...Hello.....hello...? Jim? Jim...u there? I know that you have a new home to settle into, your household goods are probably strewn to hell and gone, you have a bunch of woodworking tools to calibrate and Shopkat is terrifying the possums. But, it's been approximately 2.5714 weeks since this post went up, and we are getting anxious that we have not heard from you since.<br /><br />Granted not much has happened in the world and you may not have plugged the TV in yet. In case you needed something to write about: apparently Hillary-gate (or -ghazi, not sure which is more proper) is gonna go back to Congress for another round of GOP hysteria; more emails were released and promptly bored the shit out of everyone; the Clinton foundation is proliferating global Jihad through counter-AIDS/Malaria funding; and HIllary is suffering from a brain wasting disease that can only be diagnosed via Fox Noise.<br /><br />The other guy has said a few things, tweeted a few things. Standard yadda, yadda, yadda. Nothing really Earth shattering. (Until, of course, the Earth really does shatter from the shear amplified resonance of the GOP thousand year storm of stupid.)<br /><br />In any case, looking forward to your next cogent commentary, and all the best with your new abode in FL. Hope you live on a high spot. Cheers - Tommy DTommy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523121772311570947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11173650582848988512016-08-20T10:47:55.756-05:002016-08-20T10:47:55.756-05:00Jim,I began to read the post from "Jude"...Jim,I began to read the post from "Jude" with a more positive view than you did,obviously.I know-you said it was before your 2nd cup of espresso.But I read through her post again,after you'd become angry and I still think she's agreeing with you,even though she's on a substantial misery trip.Why say "sign me"? Try an emphasis on "not" in the first sentence,second paragraph.Try an emphasis on "I hope " .the first words of the last paragraph.I still reckon she hasn't read any of your blog apart from this.A serious failing,as any of us who know your writings understand just where you stand on the issues and complexities)of guns and war.BTW,I have Facebook posts arranged so yours come up first in the morning.Sometimes I simply have to read them to whoever will listen.Many times you express how I'm thinking so succinctly. that I'm fist-thumping the air in solidarity.Could it be that this persons inexact choice of words gave entirely the wrong impression?Just asking.<br />Best regards ,Beth (UK)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959921957886776119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21126017759236309232016-08-20T10:46:55.996-05:002016-08-20T10:46:55.996-05:00My first thought - What on earth does this word sa...My first thought - What on earth does this word salad have to do with the actual blog post?<br />My second thought - Great, now I'm going to have a Billy Madison quote rambling through my head all day, thanks Jude.saliciahallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866818218078747364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22170843031227566502016-08-20T10:25:13.491-05:002016-08-20T10:25:13.491-05:00"was rated 160% disabled by the VA"? I&#..."was rated 160% disabled by the VA"? I'm sorry, but disability ratings stop at 100%. And I've yet to see a high rating from Agent Orange exposure. I got dosed with it in Nam and Korea (DMZ duty), and between that, a severe hearing loss, back injury, skin lesions and arthritis, I get a grand total of 10% disability from the VA. Jude would get a more sympathetic audience if she didn't exaggerate or make stuff up. Eliyahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182112478879125798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-50263242765309681612016-08-20T09:46:42.886-05:002016-08-20T09:46:42.886-05:00"despite his choice of confinement in the cul..."despite his choice of confinement in the culturally small alcohol-saturated state of Alaska"....<br /><br />My college-educated son has chosen to "confine" himself in Alaska. We have visited several times. Along with its abundant natural beauty, we have been thrilled to meet Alaskans. They are fabulous. <br />smittigirlsmittigirl@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872317895884994308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67002137614964535702016-08-20T08:56:30.126-05:002016-08-20T08:56:30.126-05:00Ara, no he wasn't implying that in the slighte...Ara, no he wasn't implying that in the slightest. In fact the interviewer specifically asked him "oh so you mean power vacuum" etc etc... and he said "No, I meant he's the founder of ISIS."... There's no ambiguity or misinterpretation there.CJ Hannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45948196092840708222016-08-20T07:49:47.748-05:002016-08-20T07:49:47.748-05:00The fuck?
I hope this blogger uses his outreach ...The fuck? <br /><br /><i>I hope this blogger uses his outreach to condemn war, not to boast of his familiarity with weaponry. Any idiot can kill</i><br /><br />I let this comment publish because the sheer clueless ridiculousness of it amuses me. <br /><br />Jude, you haven't read <i>anything</i> I've ever actually written, have you? You didn't even read <i>this</i> essay, did you? Because your comment has nothing whatsoever to do with anything I've written here.<br /><br />I can see you needed a target for what looks to be a lifetime of bitterness and rage and disappointment with your shitty life. I might even have sympathy for your misery, but you figured me for a convenient whipping boy and you couldn't possibly be more wrong about me if you were doing it on purpose. Your sneering contempt for enlisted folks (misguided as it happens since I was both an enlisted man and later a commissioned officer, highly educated, with more than 20 years experience in the intelligence field including extensive experience all over the world and particularly in the politics of Washington) and those of us who served in ships (also misguided, given that a) you don't know the difference between a boat and a ship, and b) you don't know much about the rest of the Navy either) really sets the tone for your idiotic diatribe. You just needed somebody to unload on and you figured I was an easy target. <br /><br />Jude, you're the internet equivalent of the Vietnam commanders who dropped napalm on kids because they couldn't find a better target. <br /><br />Your husband's service entitles you to exactly shit sympathy from me, given that you're using his service to beat veterans like me about the head and shoulders. <br /><br />Fuck you and the miserable sad little pony you rode in on.<br />Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63473859089005653632016-08-20T02:26:47.408-05:002016-08-20T02:26:47.408-05:00We should listen to this guy, because navy enliste...We should listen to this guy, because navy enlisted men are wise in the ways of politics, and the wide world of deadly combat weaponry, although navy service people are largely cocooned in the relative safety of big boats, and the world at large, and despite his choice of confinement in the culturally small alcohol-saturated state of Alaska, which should still belong to natives, and in a lesser sense, to the Russians who tamed and claimed it for white people.<br /><br />The world does not need more tough guys who like guns. We need more smart, cultured, civilized people who eschew guns except in the most dire circumstances. My husband was one of these. So of course, in the general scheme of things, he has paid the ultimate price in terms of his mind and body, while gun nuts thrive. <br /><br />Sign me,<br /><br />The grass widow of a Vietnam veteran, ranger in III Corps 1969-70, where the Vietcong had their headquarters, exposed to heavy concentrations of Agent Orange while on LRRPS. Member of Mensa and Intertel, he started stroking in 1998, by 2005 was rated 160% disabled by the VA, due to Agent Orange exposure. He still soldiers on, in spite of his neurologists's prediction that he would not survive past 2010. <br /><br />VA admitted Dod responsibility, with 100% free care for him, CHAMPVA for me, and indemnity payments to me for life--provided I do not sue them for the devastation of his mind and body, nor for the death of our second child due to multiple birth defects--patent ductus arteriosus, transposition of the great vessels, and spina bifida.<br /><br />Upon his return, he wisely would not allow a gun in our house. He killed, by his own admission, 20 or 21 men up close and personal. An unknown number by a brief stint Huey door gunning. More by grenade. Even more by ordering air strikes. Worst of all, he said, were the WP grenades--allowed only for lighting up battlegrounds, but occasionally landing on non-combatants and burning them to ash. He said they crumbled when you touched them. (Still, he was psychologically hardy enough that when he returned, he only suffered briefly from hyper-vigilance. But that has returned with his service-connected dementia.) <br /><br />Vietnamese kids would play with small random blobs of white phosphorus--they burned when exposed to air, and went out when the kids covered them with dirt. All citizens should know that their military employs weaponry that is worse than anything they can imagine. War does not inflict neat clean kills as depicted in movies and video games. It causes long-term horrendous suffering.<br /><br />The tiny boy in Syria who has brought tears to so many people should wake the sleeping among us--countless children have always been the most innocent victims of war. Use your google for something other than diet and makeup tips.<br /><br />I hope this blogger uses his outreach to condemn war, not to boast of his familiarity with weaponry. Any idiot can kill. The price is high, the rewards are nil.<br /><br />The rewards are nil. The suffering is endless.<br /><br />Judenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-4289458263729417992016-08-16T23:46:23.818-05:002016-08-16T23:46:23.818-05:00As always well said. Personally my dream would be ...As always well said. Personally my dream would be for Hillary to sweep all 50 states, Trump found guilty in RICO case, the Russians and Deutche Bank to call all loans in and Trump lands in prison, no money, no property, Melania bolts, kids leave the smoking ruins of Trump empire and move to Iowa and change their identities. Trump forgotten. Tilphousianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-66405737172254525992016-08-15T10:16:18.947-05:002016-08-15T10:16:18.947-05:00Ageed, sociopath could not stand the conflict that...Ageed, sociopath could not stand the conflict that would arise in his own head, could have a mrltdown. Good thing for the rest of the world, but doubt if he will do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39520825945860053342016-08-14T16:18:04.028-05:002016-08-14T16:18:04.028-05:00Matthew, I'm sorry to hear that your card got ...Matthew, I'm sorry to hear that your card got stolen. There's never anything fun about that. <br /><br />I will cancel the donation process from my end. You should see a notification from PayPal in the next day or so (sometimes takes up to 24 hours to process when I kill a transaction from my end). <br /><br />Note: you can always reach me at my public email address as listed on the main page of Stonekettle Station: jim@stonekettle.com<br /><br />Again, sorry for the problems. I'll take care of it from my end immediately. // JimJim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15412924253412145182016-08-14T15:25:12.444-05:002016-08-14T15:25:12.444-05:00Hi, Jim -- I set up a recurring donation to Stonek...Hi, Jim -- I set up a recurring donation to Stonekettle Station via PayPal. But the credit card I used was stolen and the account was closed. PayPal tried to process the transaction and failed, and is asking me to talk to you about it. I'd like to continue donating to your site, but I don't know how to delete the faulty donation. I also can't find a way to contact you other than through a comment to one of your posts. Can you help?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023442913104216372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46927432993642143322016-08-13T11:09:13.624-05:002016-08-13T11:09:13.624-05:00I agree with every-but-one thing you said in this ...I agree with every-but-one thing you said in this piece. At least some of us liberals are not — repeat, not — hoping Trump will drop out. He's like an ironclad insurance policy guaranteeing the next president will be a Democrat. Why would we want Trump to quit?<br /><br />Yours crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-58856601372051083832016-08-13T10:36:43.093-05:002016-08-13T10:36:43.093-05:00Greetings
You give him too much credit methinks. ...Greetings<br />You give him too much credit methinks. More accurately, one could say that he was inadvertently referring to said vacuum (which was predicted by many people much smarter than Trump is). He has conveniently glossed over all that history and is counting (a safe bet) on his followers to not dig any deeper or to know any better. We need some ironic bumper stickers ; If Trump Said It, I'll Believe It! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-83961250694911951242016-08-13T05:19:03.265-05:002016-08-13T05:19:03.265-05:00Actually what he truly was implying was the vacuum...Actually what he truly was implying was the vacuum created by the Cheney/Bush team in an already volatile geography.Arahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468833726698099387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60214981372102342202016-08-12T13:53:43.148-05:002016-08-12T13:53:43.148-05:00Ok, Trump's latest insane (got a better name?)...Ok, Trump's latest insane (got a better name?) ramblings re. Obama being the founder of ISIS, that sort of rhetoric is sailing mighty close to the winds of sedition. Really? Accusing the CinC of being a terrorist organizations founder? I don't care what his disciples think he said, his actual wording was pretty damned clear.<br />Watch out for squalls mate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-53036738571654865772016-08-12T09:58:10.868-05:002016-08-12T09:58:10.868-05:00I read this post as I usually do. nodding my head,...I read this post as I usually do. nodding my head, humming words of agreement, and occasionally snorting coffee out of my nose. Yes yes yes. <br /><br />Now I have a question, and it doesn't have anything to do with politics. Well, except it was triggered by three words you used: re the GOP's hoping to find a new crime or whatever to charge Hillary with, your generic example was "something something gazpacho." Words for the ages, yes?<br /><br />I do fiber work - I'm a spinner (I have a ShopKat diz!), knitter, and designer. I'm working on a new shawl design, part of a challenge to finish something new before the end of the Olympics. It's very nice (I am biased, but hey). After the Olympics I will offer the pattern for sale. <br /><br />And I want to name this pattern Something Something Gazpacho. Lifting three words from your post is plagiarism (using your words or ideas as my own). And as you are the absolutely last person in the universe whose anger I wish to provoke, may I have your permission to use your words as a design name? I will give you credit and link your post. I will send you a copy of the pattern to give to a knitter dear to you (I don't believe you knit, but you have so many talents...). I will make handspun, organically-filled catnip mice for ShopKat and Stupid. <br /><br />Thank you for your kind consideration.<br /><br /><br /><br />Kaythearkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590628702303142598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-79879394023963245842016-08-12T00:22:45.507-05:002016-08-12T00:22:45.507-05:00I generally agree with the assertion that Trump wi...I generally agree with the assertion that Trump will not drop out. He has already admitted that he cares neither about the health of the GOP nor about winning or losing. He is already visibly preparing this excuses to explain away his loss, should he lose.<br /><br />Staying in the race, on the other hand, ensures that he gets lots of attention.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190550390894019841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12101472721532985512016-08-11T18:57:45.166-05:002016-08-11T18:57:45.166-05:00Amanda, we would be welcoming President Bernie if ...Amanda, we would be welcoming President Bernie if that were to happen 😏 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493997623308891808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59584301827969193502016-08-11T10:07:34.561-05:002016-08-11T10:07:34.561-05:00"I thought it might be possible for big Repub..."I thought it might be possible for big Republican donors like the Koch Bros to " buy him out" of the race."<br /><br />In general, that was sort of my thought. If there is a way for Drumpf to make MORE money by dropping out vs. staying in the race and losing, my guess is that he would do it in a heartbeat. Then he would cook up some lame excuse as to why he dropped out. And, of course, it would be an excuse that put him in a positive light while throwing everyone else under the bus...regardless of how obviously ridiculous the excuse might be. I think he would shoot his own son in the eyeball if there was buck in it for him...because only losers allow themselves to get shot in the eyeball.<br /><br />Dw33z1Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272513377279330221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57164548969251105802016-08-11T04:34:29.252-05:002016-08-11T04:34:29.252-05:00You have an absolute gift for cutting through the ...You have an absolute gift for cutting through the felkercarb. Your assessment of the waste-of-testosterone Trump as an "attention whore" is so right on target and it's going to get me through a few days with a smile on my face. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-88351274081374761012016-08-10T23:51:20.211-05:002016-08-10T23:51:20.211-05:00Two things:
1. I would like to become one of your ...Two things:<br />1. I would like to become one of your Facebook minions whenever you have a spot open up. You're welcome to look over my profile for signs of idiocy. Amy Bowers, Tucson. Just sayin. <br />2. Some of your comments reminded me of stuff. "Something, something, gazpacho" reminds me of my late husband, who always said, "something, something, darkside." Thank you for that. I really miss him.<br />Also, your comment "And his toadies all nod, it’s true, it’s all true! Yeah, you tell ‘em, Mr. Trump! You tell ‘em!" reminds me of a chapter in the book "The Dawn Treader", which is Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia. There's a chapter about a species called the Duffers or Dufflepuds, as they renamed themselves. They. Agreed. With. Everything. <br />That's all. Nothing special or insightful, and you'll probably not see this, anyway. <br />Much love from Arizona!<br />AmyAmy Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673769997891580486noreply@blogger.com