tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post963979533134248537..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Commanding the DjinnJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19437208575808133862011-04-21T16:39:12.989-05:002011-04-21T16:39:12.989-05:00Speaking of state rights, it seems that the GOP ha...Speaking of state rights, it seems that the GOP has some pretty interesting ways to flex that power once achieved. Someone shared this with me via FB and I thought it was pretty interesting. I hope that I’m not committing any Faux Pas, I’ve read the posting rules and I think I’m ok, but I’m still pretty new here so please forgive me if I error.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV6_KQhcnG4&feature=share<br />I have never heard you mention this individual so I’m not sure what you think of her work, but the few instances that I have seen show her to be... well... interesting.Dana Teelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686989075671803137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55415319680231005252010-07-06T12:05:49.156-05:002010-07-06T12:05:49.156-05:00I'm just cute that way, doc. Ever the optimist...I'm just cute that way, doc. Ever the optimist, that's me.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-74805645865293835462010-07-06T10:48:56.450-05:002010-07-06T10:48:56.450-05:00Jim, I find it hilarious that you expect consisten...Jim, I find it hilarious that you expect consistency from neocons and TEAbaggers. <br /><br />Ha-ha-ha-ha...<br /><br />Canada, with it's socialist healthcare system occasionally looks very inviting.neurondochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155027993661209263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71811696462164772512010-07-06T08:11:06.938-05:002010-07-06T08:11:06.938-05:00Sorry Jim, didn't mean to steal your thunder! ...Sorry Jim, didn't mean to steal your thunder! I'll submit myself for a summary stoning! Hell, write the post anyway. It will undoubtedly be better than my hastily written rant!<br /><br />Bill, I do seem to recall some small event wherein President Lincoln (whom I do believe was a Republican) used armed force to forestall secession and armed insurrection. What the hell, it only cost us half a million dead to settle that argument . . . 'tis a bit ironic that the "Party of Lincoln" can't seem to remember that!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578918682897536518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19383027904823762432010-07-06T05:30:30.239-05:002010-07-06T05:30:30.239-05:00@ Nick - that is white men, not white people.
@ B...@ Nick - that is white men, not white people.<br /><br />@ Bill The war of Northern Aggression did not resolve the concept of state rights vs the federal gov. for any but the North.Warner (aka ntsc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12924176333302007261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-50908247954505439992010-07-05T23:15:23.910-05:002010-07-05T23:15:23.910-05:00Vagabond, I thought about the Articles of Confeder...Vagabond, I thought about the Articles of Confederation as soon as I started reading Jim's post. <br /><br />Now, I ain't smart like the teabaggers, but didn't wasn't there a bit of unpleasantness in the mid-19th century, wherein the concept of states' rights v the federal government was basically rejected?<br /><br />flaccul -- what Dracula is before he takes his Viagra.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-1271148767479006402010-07-05T20:16:54.798-05:002010-07-05T20:16:54.798-05:00Damn . . . sorry to steal your thunder, Jim. I...Damn . . . sorry to steal your thunder, Jim. I'll submit myself for a summary stoning! Hell, write the post anyway. It's bound to be better than my quickly written and anger filled rant.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578918682897536518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-79515932176233551702010-07-05T20:02:29.517-05:002010-07-05T20:02:29.517-05:00You know, I think the Teabaggers do know, pretty m...You know, I think the Teabaggers do know, pretty much, what they're asking for.<br /><br />They're asking for a return to America circa 1950, as experienced by white people. Preferably white people living in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.<br /><br />Any other option you offer 'em is pretty much second place.Nick from the O.C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59059532601965130582010-07-05T19:52:54.869-05:002010-07-05T19:52:54.869-05:00Vagabond, I hope you're happy with yourself, b...Vagabond, I hope you're happy with yourself, because you basically just stole tomorrow's blog post.<br /><br />hmmmm, perhaps I'm overdue for a "Things that Chap My Ass About Enthusiastic Stonekettle Station Commenters..."<br /><br />;) Kidding, of course, well said and exactly right.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-40544047515120777782010-07-05T19:34:30.272-05:002010-07-05T19:34:30.272-05:00Vagabond,
You're being too damned pessimistic...Vagabond,<br /><br />You're being too damned pessimistic. According to <a href="http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/US100617/July%204th_summer%20vacation/Country_From_Which_US_Declared_Independence.htm" rel="nofollow">a recent Marist Poll</a>, a <em>clear</em> majority of Americans know we fought the Revolution against the English.<br /><br />::snirk::Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43705724079814695812010-07-05T17:10:20.142-05:002010-07-05T17:10:20.142-05:00"Something that looks a hell of a lot like th..."Something that looks a hell of a lot like the European Union."<br /><br />It also sounds like the United States of America under our original form of government, the Articles of Confederation. For those out there who were asleep during high school history classes, our original form of government left all of the power to the states governments. No federal government to speak of, except for a unicameral legislature where each state sent a single delegate (who possessed a single vote). The federal government was responsible for foreign policy and war. but was given no money to wage either (with taxation being a sore subject then, the government was given no power to levee taxes, it instead had to request money from the states which were at liberty to grant or refuse such a request). The federal congress could not override state government on any issue and there was no way to enforce government policy. Military officers the rank of Colonel and below were chosen by the various state legislatures.<br /><br />What was the result of this utopia of states rights? Our shared currency was worthless, our national will was fractured, cogent foreign policy was impossible and every foreign power was a direct threat to our existence, because there was no guarantee one state would come to another's aid militarily (even though the articles bound them to do so, there was no enforcement possible as a practical matter).<br /><br />So, by all means, lets scoot back to that, shall we? Texas and Arizona should realize that Mexico would soon start to look with envious eyes at all that land and resources. The rest of us would be under no real obligation to defend them. Sarah Palin really would be able to see Russians from her back porch, as they would own Alaska. Florida, you could become the northernmost province of Cuba. We would all have to resort to subsistence farming or starve, as no foreign commerce would be possible either. Instead of a federal worker sending me a form letter that I may owe some money on my taxes, a state or local agent can actually come to my house and take me to debtors prison when I can't pay my bills. We can all go back to not having any hospitals and being treated by country doctors. Fuck yes, sign me up right now!!!<br /><br />The problem with teabaggers is: They have no concept what in the fuck they are asking for. If they ever got it, we would all be permanently and irrevocably fucked. How about this: We force anyone wanting to identify as a tea bagger to pass a civics class(that alone will get rid of about 90% of their numbers).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578918682897536518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73098615141113737992010-07-05T16:34:50.155-05:002010-07-05T16:34:50.155-05:00I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for intellec...I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for intellectual consistency out of this crowd.Chris Gerribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484367221527860100noreply@blogger.com