tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post8494217812810781842..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Un-American Activities, The More Things Change…Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33713776179814855212014-06-29T03:21:21.503-05:002014-06-29T03:21:21.503-05:00Archive binging 2 years later. Turns out we didn&#...Archive binging 2 years later. Turns out we didn't know how good we had it with Bachman. Ted Cruz might very well be some kind of clone of McCarthy.<br /><br />Graeme Sutton<br />Victoria, British ColumbiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22208848389423924222012-08-01T15:32:56.049-05:002012-08-01T15:32:56.049-05:00Well done sir! But as a native Minnesotan I have t...Well done sir! But as a native Minnesotan I have to say that I found your description of Ms. Bachmann as a "batshit crazy loon" to be an insult to our official state bird -- the loon. (Assuming a loon can be insulted.) Just sayin...DaveTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-45344109862752862022012-07-26T13:17:26.543-05:002012-07-26T13:17:26.543-05:00She has no shame, sir. She has no shame.She has no shame, sir. She has no shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-36910716888049718932012-07-26T12:52:06.980-05:002012-07-26T12:52:06.980-05:00http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/tea_party_still_lo...http://www.salon.com/2012/07/25/tea_party_still_loves_michele_bachmann/<br /><br />my favorite question to those people who, like bachmann, bark and snarl unsubstantiated and unsubstantiatable claims of all strips and kinds is "prove it". often being compelled to add the caveat of "without using the bible".<br /><br />thanks, jim. you do good work.david harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-65618584312440457462012-07-23T16:20:49.873-05:002012-07-23T16:20:49.873-05:00Rep Bachmann has very loyal supporters who accept ...Rep Bachmann has very loyal supporters who accept her every pronouncement regardless of its truth.<br /><br />It surprises me that her loyal followers/supporters saw nothing wrong with more-American than anyone else Michelle Bachmann applying for and accepting dual citizenship with Switzerland. She has been so busy promoting the idea that somehow President Obama must have dual citizenship and that the mere idea that he could qualify for such was ground to brand him as un-American.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117837896972479819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-44792440924059790122012-07-23T08:00:48.774-05:002012-07-23T08:00:48.774-05:00Great article, Jim.
The one thing that should hav...Great article, Jim.<br /><br />The one thing that should have been added to it, however, was the part that Edward R. Murrow played in bringing down Senator McCarthy.<br /><br />Murrow's television programme made the senator look very bad. In a subsequent live interview, Senator McCarthy tried to diss Edward R. Murrow, which caused public outrage against the senator and his tactics to reach fever pitch.<br /><br />This was seen by many people to be the last straw. At this point, the US congress had had enough, and sought to have Joe McCarthy censured (albeit it ended as just a public shaming). This irreparably damaged his reputation and political career.ronaldgnewtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997547267423108146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-35568233007848948452012-07-22T11:23:35.732-05:002012-07-22T11:23:35.732-05:00Superb, superb, even more superb than your usual, ...Superb, superb, even more superb than your usual, which is superb.<br /><br />I've <a href="http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15297469&postcount=531" rel="nofollow">linked</a> this over at the Straight Dope ("EddyTeddyFreddy" in case you're wondering) and so far garnered responses: "Thanks for linking that; it was excellent." "Thanks ETF, that is an excellent post."Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2526659855912407652012-07-21T15:09:36.477-05:002012-07-21T15:09:36.477-05:00I can only imagine the responses I will get from o...I can only imagine the responses I will get from our three stooges.<br />Senator Coburn<br />Senator Inhofe<br />Rep. Boren<br /><br />Apologies to Moe,Larry and Curly.Joeklahomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60508597282472349562012-07-21T13:45:28.884-05:002012-07-21T13:45:28.884-05:00Yes, that's why I included the apology. I woul...Yes, that's why I included the apology. I would like to parody the whole song for Shelly, but I'm just not that clever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63379599006306006482012-07-21T08:23:25.086-05:002012-07-21T08:23:25.086-05:00Oooh...good call, Jim [re: why she keeps winning e...Oooh...good call, Jim [re: why she keeps winning elections]threelittlebirdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022435244212951372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21990445329856741752012-07-21T02:42:09.279-05:002012-07-21T02:42:09.279-05:00Bat Guano.Bat Guano.JS Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610995767866282645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71686055735469322302012-07-21T00:39:50.097-05:002012-07-21T00:39:50.097-05:00And Hitler was just an Excitable Boy, they all sai...And Hitler was just an Excitable Boy, they all said.JS Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610995767866282645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91354822486853808362012-07-21T00:31:26.495-05:002012-07-21T00:31:26.495-05:00They are repeating history, but they don't kno...They are repeating history, but they don't know it, and wouldn't care if they did, because they are sure they are correct.JS Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610995767866282645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27238902930645903602012-07-20T22:50:55.706-05:002012-07-20T22:50:55.706-05:00Well, it's actually "Lying Eyes", bu...Well, it's actually "Lying Eyes", but it works either way.Robert Heinlein's Liberal Sonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60565427564264946112012-07-20T20:20:37.346-05:002012-07-20T20:20:37.346-05:00Anyone who was paying attention in Minnesota knew ...Anyone who was paying attention in Minnesota knew about Bachmann before she first ran for Congress. I have never forgotten the report on MN public radio of a GLBT rally at the state capitol. The reporter noticed someone lurking in the bushes and recognized Michelle Bachmann. She never gave a coherent reason for her actions. No one needed to sneak around the rally was on the front steps.<br /><br />I am absolutely not surprised and I will be sharing some of my income with the campaign of her opponent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3994399554665799532012-07-20T18:16:07.519-05:002012-07-20T18:16:07.519-05:00Remember: To maintain the purity of your precious ...Remember: To maintain the purity of your precious bodily fluids only con sume bourbon and branch water - Col. Ripper commander Burpelson AFB.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580903086991161233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-37770158077150427242012-07-20T18:15:37.915-05:002012-07-20T18:15:37.915-05:00I'll stay away from the meat of the article, s...I'll stay away from the meat of the article, since I think my sentiments have been expressed quite thoroughly through the words of other commenters. I would like to say that I am quite pleased to see that there really are other people out there that think with their gray matter and not their fecal matter.<br /><br />Referring back to some comments about the shooting this morning, it amazes me that so many people immediately latch on to the religious issue or gun control and fail to acknowledge that maybe, just MAYBE, there is something broken in our society. Or the guy was just a nut job. I did appreciate the point that one poster made in defense of the whole gun control assault when he mentioned that the guy rigged his building with bombs, and they are *already* illegal.<br /><br />I'll finish off with a story of hypocrisy and real irony, just because the opportunities to tell such things to people who will actually be able to process such things comes so infrequently these days:<br />During the 2008 elections, I had to sit in the middle of quite a few people who I think had a talk radio tuner built into the back of their brain (you know the type). One of the things they latched onto was the whole "spread the wealth" comment. Socialism this, welfare that. Blah blah blah. Fast forward about a year and we are all in a big "all hands" meeting at the large company I worked for. We got to sit through one meeting informing us of record profits and all that fun stuff. This was followed by a speech on how they would be reducing the benefits and giving little or no raises to "remain competitive". In quite the ironic twist, I sat and listened to these same individuals go off on angry rants about how it is completely unfair that the high level corporate officers and stockholders are getting huge bonuses and dividends while they are simultaneously reducing our overall compensation. They insisted that this was not fair and something should be done about it (perhaps they meant they should "spread the wealth"?).<br /><br />While this certainly diverges from the topic a bit, I think it illustrates the point that there are many people that don't have any real substance behind their arguments, beliefs, or paranoia.<br /><br />BTW, I don't think most of the points made in the article will make shit's worth of difference, as much as I wish it would. It's not that good points were not made, it's just that people as a group are not as smart as we think we are. The simple fact is we *don't* learn from our mistakes, let alone the mistakes of others. Think about this for a moment: of all the people you know that have been busted for DUI before, how many have stopped drinking and driving? (I know more than one that have wrecked and gone to jail and STILL do so.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-67754385020800161362012-07-20T17:47:16.452-05:002012-07-20T17:47:16.452-05:00An excellent summary of McCarthyism and demonstrat...An excellent summary of McCarthyism and demonstration that witch-hunting still remains a popular sport among some elected officials today.<br /><br />But your essay omits one of the most important reasons McCarthyism ended: the Army-McCarthy hearings. The live television broadcast of those hearings and the work done by the Army's lawyer, Joseph Welch ("Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?") played a major role in McCarthy's decline.<br /><br />/WCWickersham's Consciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760115318125972949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-92092300988864208732012-07-20T17:39:29.748-05:002012-07-20T17:39:29.748-05:00Lately, every time I see that Michele Bachmann pho...Lately, every time I see that Michele Bachmann photo (you know the one I mean,) the chorus of an Eagles song keeps running through my head (with apologies)<br /><br />- "You can't hide your crazy eyes, and your smile is a thin disguise. I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your crazy eyes."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3632987758181659772012-07-20T16:51:27.142-05:002012-07-20T16:51:27.142-05:00I not only wrote my Senators and Rep, but I wrote ...I not only wrote my Senators and Rep, but I wrote Senator McCain to commend him for standing up against this insanity. Excellent post, as always.AnnLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18302520885355984852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41618312291302066552012-07-20T16:12:04.266-05:002012-07-20T16:12:04.266-05:00I become more firmly convinced that there is no su...I become more firmly convinced that there is no such thing as a coincidence. I have been bemoaning that a friend is falling off into the dark side of the right fringe lunatics. She's been "liking" articles by Santorum (can we still google him and get that oozy result?) and on this hunt by Bachmann. Then you write this post. No such thing as a coincidence. How can I post this article to Facebook?sophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-65961514167956461102012-07-20T16:06:53.853-05:002012-07-20T16:06:53.853-05:00I started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov. Some of th...I started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov. Some of the words are mine, some are Jim's. His are better.<br />Go sign petition at http://wh.gov/alou.teqnopaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880812077008455608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-7481704877881264432012-07-20T15:13:43.316-05:002012-07-20T15:13:43.316-05:00sadly my congress critter is Doug Lamborn(R)...he&...sadly my congress critter is Doug Lamborn(R)...he's a toadie for the Koch Bros. and various coal oligarchs and absolutely useless unless you need to have someone rubber stamp your rape of the land somewhere.Jim Baileynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20886419991399352542012-07-20T15:12:48.587-05:002012-07-20T15:12:48.587-05:00According to Wikipedia, the GOP using red as a des...According to Wikipedia, the GOP using red as a designated color goes all the way back to...<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" rel="nofollow">...an episode of the <i>Today</i> show during the <i>2000</i> election</a>.<br /><br />It's kind of funny how the level of <i>saturation</i> we get with mass-media these days can make something seem like it's been around forever when it's only been around little more than a decade. I would have guessed "red state" went back much further in time if I hadn't looked it up.<br /><br />American campaign colors tend to be chosen by the campaign and there isn't really a "designated" color. <a href="http://cdn103.iofferphoto.com/img/item/129/453/845/xHoK.jpg" rel="nofollow">John McCain and Sarah Palin used blue campaign stickers</a> in 2008 and Mitt Romney has been using <a href="http://store.mittromney.com/basics/bumpers-stickers/romney-for-president-bumper-sticker.html" rel="nofollow">blue-and-white stickers and/or white stickers with a red-white-and-blue theme</a> so far.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-21378343962948330972012-07-20T14:26:39.623-05:002012-07-20T14:26:39.623-05:00So given the historical usage of "Red" t...So given the historical usage of "Red" to denote socialism, how come the Republicans chose red as their parties designated colour?TimBohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128235274340905534noreply@blogger.com