Narcissistic
L. George Eshnaur III, Emporia
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I recently read James Bordonaro’s scathing review of Matthew Spalding’s lecture at the Granada Theatre. In short, Mr. Bordonaro’s article was little more than an attempt to justify his own political leanings and to remove any embarrassment that was dealt to him by Mr. Spalding at the lecture.
The problem that I see with Mr. Bordonaro’s letter is he appears too self-absorbed to understand that there are two sides to this story and only wants his side portrayed publicly. It is okay to philosophically disagree with someone regarding politics, which happens to be the beauty of our political system; however, to denigrate a man (Matthew Spalding) for speaking his particular brand of politics through a fallacious letter to The Gazette is incomprehensible and childish, especially when that man (Spalding) has no recourse to correct the errors. So I will attempt to stand up for Mr. Spalding, knowing full well that I could not do him or his argument justice.
I happen to agree with Mr. Spalding’s argument, political standing, and his insistences that Mr. Bordonaro is deeply mistaken regarding his understanding of Progressivism. Progressivism is fundamentally foreign to the ideology America was founded on. Mr. Bordonaro’s short laundry list of, what he calls, “Progressive” accomplishments was actually accomplished by both Democrats and Republicans; nevertheless, it does not matter who adopts Progressivism it is the same thing — a political mutation of American ideology. One part Mr. Bordonaro forgot to mention, which amazes me, about Teddy Roosevelt is the fact the development of the Progressive Party only came after Roosevelt lost the Republican Presidential nomination to William Taft leading to the election of Woodrow Wilson (Progressive) in 1912.
Mr. Spalding spoke against the current health care bill that would require Americans to have some form of health insurance which is unquestionably an intrusion into personal liberty because it would require all Americans to have insurance even if he or she does not want to. More than anything, Mr. Spalding was exploring the ideology of limited government, which he believes has been missing from our government for some time. Mr. Spalding is a constitutionalist in the strictest sense of the word. Mr. Spalding posits the functions and limits of our government are revealed in the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence, not a foreign ideology (Progressivism) that stems from a European based style of socialism.
Mr. Bordonaro’s barrage against the Heritage Foundation as lackeys of corporate America is a misguided effort to justify his own brand of politics; similar charges can be made against the Center for American Progress for creating and disseminating liberal (Progressive) ideology; again two sides to each argument. What Mr. Bordonaro sees as a threat to American liberties (or his understanding of American liberties), others may see as patriotism or civic duty; again depending on political perspective. For example, Mr. Bordonaro rambles about James O’Keefe’s undercover exposure of A.C.O.R.N.’s activities. Where Mr. Bordonaro sees a problem with O’Keefe uncovering A.C.O.R.N. employees explaining how to wiggle around federal law to obtain funds to buy a house which could be used as a brothel; I see O’Keefe as someone who did his civic duty in ensuring that taxpayer money was not misappropriated. And yes, James O’Keefe and his cohorts were recently arrested (Mr. Bordonaro got something right) on charges of attempting to bug Democrat Mary Landreau’s office, which is undeniably a serious situation, but to compare it to WatergateÅ|get serious. Both acts by O’Keefe and his affiliates were organized and executed by them, not the Republican Party or any other Conservative network.
Mr. Bordonaro’s closing sentence claims Emporians would never be taken by a “charlatan like Matthew Spalding.” However, I remember hearing the crowd burst into applause when Mr. Spalding respectfully answered Mr. Bordonaro’s question. That same respect was not shown to Mr. Spalding in Mr. Bordonaro’s letter or during the lecture when “YOU LIE” was blurted in the theatre by the latter.
For someone who ran for political office, Mr. Bordonaro should have a better comprehension of his constituency. Hopefully, Emporians will take the time to read both Mr. Bordonaro’s article and the one presented here. After that I believe it is necessary, as would Mr. Spalding (and hopefully Mr. Bordonaro), to truly understand the original intent of the Constitution (and America) and the foreign origins of Progressivism. After that all Emporians need to make an educated decision on which is the best way forward for our community and our nation. By all means disagree with one another, disagree with me, but at least have the conversation about how and why America was founded and on what ideological base this country has grown to become the greatest in the world. And to you Mr. Bordonaro — modus Vivendi.
dbuller (anonymous) says...
Way to tell it like it is George
February 11, 2010 at 2:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
George, it looks like you got'em by the yang yang, as John Wayne use to say, "Maybe their hearts and minds will follow."
February 11, 2010 at 5:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Go to Ron Paul with Brian Sullivan on Cavuto: Fed involved with Greece Bailout? Please watch this 5 minute video. Why won't these Progressive Liberal plans work in Greece?
February 11, 2010 at 8:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
There is deceit in the heart of those who sow evil where to those who give council of peace there is joy. What happens emotionally when people try to make peace and don't?
Controversy is a response to an event that has already occurred. The event has occurred and people are distraught, they don't like how it's being handled so they have a conflicting view of how it should be handled. There are people who want to plant controversy. Who are these people? They are the ones who will cause friends to judge one another. Those people are called plowers of inequity. They are people who want to dig and dig and dig and look at other people with a microscope. To judge the and cause others to judge them because they like the result. Whats the result? The result that they like is controversy, it makes them feel alive, it gives them a feeling of superiority by being on the side of the angles. But the cause is not the controversy, the result is the controversy. There is always deceit in their heart. Part of the head set of a person who loves controversy is deceit because if they are not deceitful they cannot stir up a controversy and I'll tell you why, because if they had no deceit people would see through them...they would say the reason you are doing this or that is because of the hatred you have towards this person, it's not about ideology it's all personal. So what they have to do is to be deceitful to begin with to create a climate in which it's clearly or at least clear to the observer that it it's purely ideological it's purely in response to controversy, and it has nothing to do with personalities when it has everything to do with personalities. So that person will do everything deceitfully in order to create an atmosphere of microscopic judgment. To create an atmosphere where each person is scrutinizing the behavior of the other. Controversy is not the byproduct of that persons act it's the goal of that persons act. So the question is how did this person get this way? What attracts this person to the controversy? The divisions that will occur between the people as a consequence of the deceit is like a plow that turns the soil to prepare it for planting. Their goal is division and divisive people as I have described are evil.
February 11, 2010 at 8:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
You've done you're share of dividing. I've seen it.
I'm not a boy
I'm a man
A man who sees the shadows behind your eyes
February 11, 2010 at 8:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tbluma (anonymous) says...
koelemos
you must have been lookng in a mirror and admiring youself when you wrote that.
February 11, 2010 at 9:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LAZER (anonymous) says...
Republicans, Conservatives can DISH IT OUT...they can and do denigrate Obama and the Democrats daily on numerous radio stations as well as on Fox News (news? gimmie a break!).
February 11, 2010 at 9:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
LAZER
Are you saying that liberals are innocent? Do you just not see when they do the same thing because you agree with them?
February 11, 2010 at 9:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LAZER (anonymous) says...
Hey, koaleomos! You think people are going to read you long, Windy comment. You need to break it into paragraphs, perhaps submit 2-3-4 comments. I won't read it. Whew!
February 11, 2010 at 9:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LAZER (anonymous) says...
To Serioiuslyfolks: I ain't saying any such thing. All I am saying is that Conservatives can dish it out...but, can't take it.
The "take themselves" to be godly...that they are better than NON COSERVATIVES.
When is the last time any Republican, Conservative were adult in referring to anything Democrats do, say...as evil. Lke, Death Panels!
And they bellyache about "DEFICITS"...but, that's all the Republicans did during Reagan's, and Both Bushes Terms.
Heck...George Junior wouldn't even include his War in the Budget! And, you know he and the Republicans deliberately went to War in Iraq...for Political Gain. George Bush had no respect for the dead soldiers he created.
I really think Bush and the Republicans were nothing...if not Blood Thirsty! They were agents of the Devil!
Take That!
February 11, 2010 at 9:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
seriouslyfolks, Thanks for the referral to U2 Kite. Haven't listened to them in a long time.
LAZER, koalemos is the Greek God if foolishness and Stupidity. People not only read his long winded posts horizontally, they also read his posts vertically looking for whatever wisdom they may gain.
The one who skips koalemos's words miss out on something they would otherwise pay for. BTW, welcome to the nightmare.
February 11, 2010 at 10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Tea baggers are nothing new and I say they have a right
Bitch about cold of winter or the darkness of the night
Love to point out the problems and look for someone to blame
Unless you have solutions it's a never ending game
May you hold your misspelled sign with pride and scream about the rain
At least passers by will pity you cause they think you are insane
Kansas is a red state and it always has been that way
I know why that is (morons) but I just don't want to say
So many live below poverty giving the rich man what he craves
Says a lot about Red states high taxes for the low wage slaves
Masses living hand to mouth are forced to pay more tax
Your hard earned money used by rich people scratching each others backs
Blue jean wearing lawyers talking simple so you will vote
Understand he will change into his suit and make fun of your goat
Today you call yourself tea baggers as you hold up misspelled signs
Tomorrow you will have to close a school so the rich can keep dressing fine
February 11, 2010 at 10:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
tbluma, as far as looking in a mirror goes...who didn't read my thesis on Controversy, Divisiveness, Deceit and Evil without thinking of themselves a little and their enemies a lot? I cannot take credit for the words because someone else translated them from the Torah and I just wrote them down.
February 11, 2010 at 10:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MrCmonkeeDo (anonymous) says...
Say what?
"...the current health care bill that would require Americans to have some form of health insurance which is unquestionably an intrusion into personal liberty because it would require all Americans to have insurance even if he or she does not want to."
Try as he might MrCmonkeeDo can't think of a single American who doesn't want health insurance. Certainly the folks who don't have insurance want it. Albeit there may be a lunatic fringe out there but come on. Sensible folks don't have insurance because they can't afford it or don't qualify for it; it's not that they don't want it. Heavens to Mergatroyd that's silly.
February 11, 2010 at 11:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgWFxF...
February 11, 2010 at 11:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
What's Up? The world's central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday. 24 central bankers including the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank landed in Sydney to meet in secret location. Greece, Portugal, Spain and Dubai could default on debt repayments combined with disappointing job report spook investers.
February 12, 2010 at 12:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Please don't worry my brother in this world we are all the same we must find peace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjFnJ...
February 12, 2010 at 5:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Narcissus is another Greek god who looked at his own refection in the water and fell in love with himself.
Narcissism is then a noun meaning anybody with an excessive admiration for himself......Narcissistic is the adjective form and the title of this thread.
After reading over this thread I would say all but one poster on here probably deserves to be......I will let you decide which poster you think I am referring to.....but that poster is not me. ☺
February 12, 2010 at 5:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
I can't find it. I just can't find the poster you are referring to. At first I thought dbuller but after discovering that he just created that account to comment on this story and he was the first comment, I decided that dbuller was L. George Eshnaur III, Emporia so if I'm right, he deserves to be on the Narcissistic thread almost as much as I do.
February 12, 2010 at 6:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
And I also....that's why I removed myself from consideration though I doubt if I would have gotten any anyway.
February 12, 2010 at 6:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
"...the current health care bill that would require Americans to have some form of health insurance which is unquestionably an intrusion into personal liberty because it would require all Americans to have insurance even if he or she does not want to."
You nailed it, Mr.CMonkeeDo. After reading that passage, I too find it makes no sense. I would guess that all Americans want some form of health insurance. And if they believe it is an intrusion to their personal liberty and don't want any insurance, then what?
Do the rest of us pay for your health care when you get a catastrophic illness and can't pay the hospital bill? Do we just have constant keg parties and taco feeds to gather up the bucks to pay your bills? Or do you just take out bankruptcy and stick it to the medical establishment thereby raising the costs for the rest of us?
This idea of yours smacks of anarchy. You don't want any government, but you do want certain parts of it when your ship is sinking.
You don't want any government, yet you will expect the rest of us to go to your fund-raising keg parties and taco feeds so we can help you pay your medical bills. Think about it like this...
you as an individual, is expecting the group to help you out.
Well, hell, dude. That's socialism!!! That's the government bailing your sorry a$$ out just because you refused to pay a monthly premium.
Jeez!
February 12, 2010 at 8:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
irishemporia (anonymous) says...
Taco feeds, create? Really? Sounds a little racist to me, except that I know you are a former(?) teacher and are smarter than that. And do you really think that health care is so affordable and so unnecessary that people can "refuse" to pay their premium. Is it possible that the cost of healthcare insurance is so high that they can't pay the premium.
February 12, 2010 at 8:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
I know a guy who makes just enough to not qualify for any type of government assistance and cannot afford health insurance he can't afford rent or food either at least not for himself. Why? Because most of his pay check goes to his exwife and his 4 kids(which is where his money should go maybe not quite so much but whatever). So yes there are people who do not want to be forced to pay for insurance. Right now the best health care for him is being able to buy food because if you stop eating ................ well you get the opposite of healthy. I know this is a rare case but cases like this are out there. My point is it's presumptuous to assume that there is no one that doesn't want insurance.
February 12, 2010 at 8:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Maybe seriouslyfolks...but then to use that rare case as an excuse to not provide health care to the tens of thousands that do want but can't afford it is also a bit presumptuous. And it is even more presumptuous to use that rare case as a reason to denigrate progressives for even trying, as Mr Eshnaur the third was trying to do.
MrC and create have it right in my opinion.
February 12, 2010 at 9:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
I never said to use it as an excuse. It needs to be considered. It seems to me that with hrc they think they have it all figured out and know exactly how much it will cost and I just don't believe that. I think they are assuming it is going to run perfectly and there won't be fraud and it will be all rainbows and unicorns. That has never been the case. There is always fraud and things always end up costing a lot more than expected when it comes to government. They need to listen and consider all questions and objections that are raised if this is to be done correctly. It's assumed that any questions or objections that are raised are just partisan grumbling so they are just dismissed. I just want everything to be considered so it can be done as well as possible. I know I sound like a raving foamy mouthed tea party attendee and I apologize for offending anyone but it just makes sense to me to proceed with caution and do it right.
February 12, 2010 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
I forgot to add racist.
"I know I sound like a raving foamy mouthed RACIST tea party attendee....................."
February 12, 2010 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
No seriously I didn't mean to imply that you did.....but that has been used as part of the opposition to hcr by others. There are many legitimate questions that can and should be asked about the cost of hcr. But to my way of thinking, rejecting it because some tiny handful don't want it is not a legitimate reason.
For them I would say fine...no health care reform for you. But you pay for all medical treatment up front.....no bankruptcies...no bailouts...no mercy.
And like koalemos said.......don't expect me to come to your taco supper fund raiser either.....I know....I'm cold....☺
February 12, 2010 at 10:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
I think you should seriously reconsider a statement like that. You might miss out on some really good tacos.
February 12, 2010 at 10:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
I like soft shell tacos.....the hard shell ones hurt my old geezer teeth......lol
February 12, 2010 at 10:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
LOL
That's too bad because IMHO crunchy tastes better.
February 12, 2010 at 10:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
I agree....or I did agree prior to obtaining my geezership.
February 12, 2010 at 10:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
Reddog,
Could you pretty please try to keep at least somewhat relevant to the discussion, it's gets old having to skip over multiple posts at a time that have no relevance here the gazette has forums for this and I doubt the author wants his message denigrated by you.
February 12, 2010 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Get in the ballgame or be the waterboy.
February 12, 2010 at 11:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
"For example, Mr. Bordonaro rambles about James O’Keefe’s undercover exposure of A.C.O.R.N.’s activities. Where Mr. Bordonaro sees a problem with O’Keefe uncovering A.C.O.R.N. employees explaining how to wiggle around federal law to obtain funds to buy a house which could be used as a brothel; I see O’Keefe as someone who did his civic duty in ensuring that taxpayer money was not misappropriated. And yes, James O’Keefe and his cohorts were recently arrested (Mr. Bordonaro got something right) on charges of attempting to bug Democrat Mary Landreau’s office, which is undeniably a serious situation, but to compare it to WatergateÅ|get serious"
This is too rich, Mr. Eshnaur at what point does logic enter into your equation? Who is to say if he had not been caught that it would not have escalated the levels you mentioned above? In fact one has to seriously question the validity of any of his work now based upon the fact it has been clearly shown that he will break the law to accomplish his agenda, civic duty indeed. The fact that you attempt to downplay the crime is very telling of your character to quote you "a misguided effort to justify your own brand of politics".
February 12, 2010 at 11:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
leshnaur (George Eshnaur) says...
I am glad to see there are so many differents opinions on here. I just wanted to say that dbuller is not the author of this piece-although that would be hilarious if I was that narcissitic to post good job to myself. I just want to point out that the article was more of a summation of Spalding's lecture and political viewpoint. I feel that the idea that was pulled out of my article (healthcare) was not the intention of the piece. I am not opposed to healthcare reform, just the one that is being presented or rejected now. Several of you have made very valid points regarding the healthcare situation. However, what I was trying to show is how Spalding (and other Conservatives-including myself) do not believe in mandating someone to have healthcare. I did not have it for 6 years and I am glad I saved money by not paying the premiums-yes I am lucky nothing happened. The real concern is the fact the government would mandate their citizenry to have insurance because then where does it stop. Spalding's and my own view of the Constitution shows that the government does not and should not have the authority to do so. Some on here have claimed that anarchy stems from lack of government; however, that is not what I want or suggest. James Madison wrote in Federalist 51- If all men were angels, no government would be necessary. We know that not to be true. Perhaps an evening with the Federalist Papers and even the Anti-Federalist Papers would help everyone better understand original intent and limitations of government-our government!
February 12, 2010 at 11:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
"Get in the ballgame or be the waterboy.'
How about at least attempt to abide by the User Poster Agreement Policy you acknowledged when becoming a poster here. Or do you walk around town in a shirt that says "I make stuff up". You been on the bench awhile there buddy, none of your arguments hold water, no facts, all propaganda. Everyone loves watching a train wreck......
February 12, 2010 at 11:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
leshnaur (George Eshnaur) says...
I should also comment on the information regarding James O'Keefe. I submitted this letter on Monday morning and since then the charges against O'Keefe have been dropped therefore he was not caught doing anything illegal.
February 12, 2010 at 11:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
". I did not have it for 6 years and I am glad I saved money by not paying the premiums-yes I am lucky nothing happened. The real concern is the fact the government would mandate their citizenry to have insurance because then where does it stop."
Now days if you play that game, and get hurt, you go bankrupt and those around you absorb your mistake in one way or another, sounds indirectly like socialism to me..... if you are so worried about insurance being mandated, better check into what happened when the Patriot Act took place, considerably more government intrusion in that bill than in this one.
February 12, 2010 at 11:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
"I should also comment on the information regarding James O'Keefe. I submitted this letter on Monday morning and since then the charges against O'Keefe have been dropped therefore he was not caught doing anything illegal."
OK sure..... and OJ Simpson was innocent.
February 12, 2010 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
leshnaur "that would be hilarious if I was that narcissitic to post good job to myself"
You misspelled narcissistic.
February 12, 2010 at 11:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
goodoleboy
It's funny that you mention O.J. Simpson. I was not in the U.S. during the arrest and trial and all that so I didn't get the constant media bombardment that folks in the states did but I did notice one thing. Some people seemed to think that if they proved that the police were corrupt and they were framing the Juice that would prove his innocence. I heard somebody ask if it could be possible that they are trying to frame him AND he is guilty? It's possible that he is guilty and the cops miss handled things. One does not exclude the other. It seems to me that is what is going on here. Just because O'Keefe may have committed a crime doesn't mean that A.C.O.R.N. isn't also corrupt. If O'Keefe is busted for something, he'll have to answer for that. Shouldn't the same thing happen to A.C.O.R.N. if their corruption is exposed?
February 12, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
It was sarcasm, but.....
If you have the corrupt exposing the corrupt, how do you know who is corrupt? Never said ACORN was clean, but O'Keefe is not either, and it's time for the conservatives to recognize this.
February 12, 2010 at 12:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
I know the O.J. thing was sarcasm, it just reminded me of what I remember about the trial and all that and how it is similar(in my mind) to what is going on with this. I personally think it's time for the liberals to recognize corruption within their ranks as well as the conservatives. But nobody wants to admit to being flawed(human).
February 12, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
The TEA party movement is mainly a bunch of ignorant white people who are angry that a black man is the President of the United States. Some people that show up at the Tea Parties are there to watch the idiots. Here is a good example of what I am trying to get across:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.c...
February 12, 2010 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
News Flash Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2010 page A 23, "The Tea Parties have made history. They stopped a monster of social enginering, stole a president's halo and enraged their enemies.
February 12, 2010 at 1:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqQRf...
February 12, 2010 at 1:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
What an appropriate picture there, koalemos! Good find!
irish,
What term do you want me to use instead of taco feeds? That wasn't being racist at all. It so happens that taco feeds are the most popular fare for fund raisers because everybody likes them and you can buy them by the dozen and take 'em home and fry 'em yourself. Good grief, man, should I also not have referred to beer just in case I insult some German and not give enough attention to Japanese beer or Mexican beer? For fund raisers, it makes more sense to serve domestic beer because it costs less to buy.
Maybe I should have said roast beef suppers instead. Would that have been more neutral to suit you? Did you know that fewer people will go to a roast beef supper as a fund raiser, but more will buy tacos. Get real, it's all about the money.
This must be pick on create day.
BTW irish, with a national health plan, health premiums will be more affordable for those wishing to take advantage ot it. For those who don't, they can continue with their regular plans. But one way or another, everyone needs health care insurance of some sort because I'm sick of paying for your healthcare bills, and I'm sick of seeing the medical establishment eat the charges because eventually they pass it down the pike to me.
Incidentally, for those of you who don't mind a lengthy article, there is a very good one available in the March issue of Esquire. This is an interview of the Minnesotta governor, Republican Tim Pawlenty who is expected to run for president in 2012. Pawlenty discusses the need for Republican party leadership and talks about bailouts, health care, whether Obama is a socialist, and where Republicans should go from here. It's 7 pages long, but you all can read it online if you like. I printed it off because I like to read lengthier copy in my hand -- it's a leftover from having been an English teacher you see.
Here's the link:
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/tim...
February 12, 2010 at 3:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Create good post but, be carefull of those dangling participles.
February 12, 2010 at 5:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Create, Tim Pawlenty is a good one. I can identify with this guy.
February 12, 2010 at 6:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
create.....It must be pick on create day. Now we have reddog correcting your English. Some days you just can't win. :-(
February 12, 2010 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
(sings) pick up your dangling participle tie it to your shirt
YY4U
will know what I'm talkin' 'bout
February 12, 2010 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
News Flash, I just found a recession-proof business, its called lobbying--3.5 billion dollars for 2009. The pharmaceutical boys spent 266.8 million dollars--the greatest amount ever spent by anyone.
February 12, 2010 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
They probably have it to spend. Ever notice how you can't even walk by the Doctors office without picking up two or three new scrips. My mother before she died was taking 36 pills a day....and that's the ones we knew about. That's probably what killed her.
February 12, 2010 at 6:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Create, I was'nt correcting any English, I was just being French and biscuitboy french fried me.
February 12, 2010 at 6:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Biscuitboy, a friend of mine was taking 18 pills a day and his leg turned black and he got back to normal with 50% less pills. Years ago, some of the doctors owned part of a local drug store.
February 12, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
I think some of them still do....or at least a lot of stock in the pharma houses.
February 12, 2010 at 6:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
seriouslyfolks, YY4U told me what you were talking about. That must of been a pretty funny sounding song. ♪ dontcha let ur dangling participle dangle in the dirt. ♪ lol
February 12, 2010 at 8:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
That's mighty damn crazy of you, reddog, to argue verbals with me or any English teacher for that matter. You're lucky that you recanted with something about French because I was about to fry you myself.
Now you get only a short assignment. Use the following word, "cracked," in two sentences. The first sentence should use that word as a verb. The second sentence should use it as a participle in a participial phrase.
You'll be graded on originality so don't tell me to google anything.
February 12, 2010 at 9:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Let the games begin.
February 12, 2010 at 9:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
sandwich
February 12, 2010 at 9:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
reddog, give me five bucks and I'll do it for you. :-)
February 12, 2010 at 10:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
koalemos
Try to stay on topic. create started a game. We are supposed to guess what she is thinking. I guessed sandwich.
February 12, 2010 at 10:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
I apologize for rambling off topic. I was at a website called Cracked. I saw something so funny that I dropped a glass and it shattered on the floor. It was my favorite glass even though it was old and cracked looking. I will have to find a new favorite glass now. OK, what was that game? I'll guess fried egg sandwich with mustard. Those are good.
February 12, 2010 at 10:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Wow, I used cracked as a noun instead of a verb. When I realized that I cracked up laughing while cracking eggs for my egg sandwich. An egg hit the floor and broke. What a mess! I had to mop up the goo and pick up the cracked shells. I guess that's what I ger for cracking up while cooking eggs. I'll go over to cracked.com and watch some more funny $#!+
February 12, 2010 at 10:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
There is one video over at Cracked that makes your monitor look like it's cracked. If you upload it onto your coworkers computer he/she might be tricked into thinking their computer screen is really cracked and you could come over and look like a hero when you fix their cracked computer and act like a detective who cracked the case. It wouldn't work in my office because everyone knows my cracked sense of humor and I would just get cracked on the head.
February 12, 2010 at 11:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Koalemos, Create tried to sandwich me but, everybody knows I'm a hotdog. Where's the mustard?
February 12, 2010 at 11:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Back on subject: go to Eustace Mullins Secrets of the Federal Reserve. This 91 minute video is very interesting and I must confess that I don't go along with everything that is protrayed especially the things he said about the Heritage Foundation.
February 12, 2010 at 11:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
I like egg rolls even though they don't have eggs in them.
February 12, 2010 at 11:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Go to Text book revisionism in Texas that will affect the whole country. Holy cow, this is unbelieveable!!!
February 13, 2010 at 12:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
I really wouldn't worry about the textbooks in our schools. Kid don't read them. They just google everything they want to know. Show me a K-12 history assignment and I'll show you a web sight with that same assignment completed and ready to be turned in. They come in various price ranges from A+ to C-
February 13, 2010 at 12:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Youtube Jim Rogers: Federal Reserve is worsening the Depression.
February 13, 2010 at 12:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Youtube Know the truth about the government health care bill H.R. 3200-Key Points.
February 13, 2010 at 1:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Good job, koalemos!!! You get an A. reddog gets an F for not even trying, and not having yet learned how to post a link.
February 13, 2010 at 5:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
You were thinking about a sandwich, right?
February 13, 2010 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
"When all is said and done, the [Tea Party] this insurgent group is the best group in America--the most sincere, the nearest to the grass roots, the most truely representative of the national opinion. So don't demand that they be immaculate white giants. William Allen White said, "Almighty God carves out his ends with dull tools--always." And when the good ole boys tell you there is a light at the end of the tunnel--it's a Progressive train coming the wrong way. If you learn only one thing from the Greece Fiasco--Start grease'n the wheels cause you all are on that mystery train [we have 12 clues, but who done it?]
February 13, 2010 at 4:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
reddog
I don't know what criteria you are using to determine what is truly representative of the national opinion...but the tea party goers are not truly representative of my national opinion....nor or they representative of the national opinion of the people I know and or work with.
So other than you own.....whose national opinion are they representative of?
February 13, 2010 at 5:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
open_eyes (anonymous) says...
The poll back in mid-December had these numbers: Has there been a more recent one that anyone is aware of, and if so, please post it. But these were the numbers 2 months ago:
Favorable rating:
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Tea Party - 41%,
Democrats - 35%
Republicans - 28%
Somewhat or very negative rating:
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Tea Party - 24%
Democrats - 45%
Republicans - 43%
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/12...
February 13, 2010 at 6:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Biscuitboy, it sounds like to me that you work for the government. Go to one of the eating places on the enterchange and spread your progressive idea's. I talk to these folks everyday and everyone is upset with the way this country is going. I would just like to find one person going through Emporia that would say, The Progressive Liberals are making America great. Just one!
February 13, 2010 at 7:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
It's easy to see that all three groups have real concerns about the direction in which this country is moving. But I see the real problem as neither group will make a single concession, not one. All they want to do is disagree and on the part of the Tea Pottiers, they are so upset and impatient that they want to march in the streets.
Already, the TP is losing membership because of infighting, and Sarah Palin didn't help a bit, did she? She made them look silly and inconsequential.
With regard to polls, I found this today on Iglesias.thinkprogress.org, and I firmly agree with what the writer here has to say about them.
Polls register largish minorities of the population as saying all kinds of things. It’s very hard to know what to make of any of those polls as snapshots without some kind of context and duration over time. Do people even know what the “tea party” movement is? Do the people showing up to the tea parties? I’ve previously discussed my encounter with a tea partier who likes freedom so much that she waves a flag endorsing chattel slavery. I take it that’s not the main thrust of the movement, but obviously there’s a mish-mash of sentiments represented by the attendees.
February 13, 2010 at 7:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
A political movement never comes to the forefront until it has extreme elements and all political parties have them.
February 13, 2010 at 8:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Liberals use derogatory remarks towards conservatives
Conservatives use derogatory remarks against liberals
The tea party is founded on the use of derogatory remarks against anything and everything
We are at the point that anything anyone would like to discuss turns into a partisan fight and name calling while the issues still exist and nothing is decided about what is to be done about it.
Politicians on both sides of the isle accept full pay and entitlements as nothing is done and it is all the other sides fault.
Something needs to be done but the solution cannot be debated because any difference in opinion becomes grounds for war.
So war it will be and in the end there will be no one but you and me suffering alone the results of what we have sewn
February 13, 2010 at 8:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Hey! With a fiat currency, infinite expansion via zero bank reserves to pay for increased government deficit spending, let's party dudes! Our government has spent more money this past year than all other presidents dating back to the start of our country. Economics in one lesson, buy gold, silver, oil and depressed real estate. How long will the rest of the world trust the dollar? Russia is reducing it's exposure, diversifying into Canadian currency and securities. The U.S. monetary base grew by 150% in Bernake's first term. The debt heads towards 14 Trillion which is a direct hit on the purchasing power of your dollar and pension plan. The southern European welfare states are gone. Greece debt is 12.7% of Gross Domestic Product, the USA is 11.4% of GDP but, I guess that's ok.
February 13, 2010 at 9:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
This is a good one--Go to Is the US government to big to fail? Lew Rockwell interviews Gerald Celente.
February 13, 2010 at 9:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
I never said there wasn't dissatisfaction with the government boys and girls.....I said there was no less dissatisfaction with the tea party.
Here's a link for you...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
February 14, 2010 at 3:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Now if you read the whole poll you would find that it was hijacked and the results were skewed drazmitically.....but the poll is there. Just making the point that many of these polls that some of us like to rely on so much arn't worth the paper they are written on and a re badly skewed by either the people that conducted them are the people that responded to them are both.
February 14, 2010 at 3:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Now here is an interesting poll that shows
republicans leading democrats by two points in the 2010 congressional races. But in areas where the tea party runs a strong candatate it hurts the republican and ends up with a five percentage point advantage for the dems.
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2010/...
February 14, 2010 at 3:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Here is a very good Washington Post article that indicates that dissatisfaction with government has not translated into great support for the tea party other than within a narrow group of white conservatives. And a narrow group of white conservatives is not what I would call truly representative of national opinion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
February 14, 2010 at 4:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
reddog, it's easy to pick out places to eat where you can discuss politics according to your own view and get a lot of agreement. Would any of these eateries be a truck stop?
It's easy to pass along fears about "Our government has spent more money this past year than all other presidents dating back to the start of our country" to a guy worried about making payments on a truck and wondering if he'll have to dead head or not. Wow, you've got your own brand of fear-mongering going on.
You trust these pass-through folks as experts, then good for you. Do you throw around all your terms like "fiat currency" and the FDP of Greece to impress them? Do they understand it all? Or do they just understand the jingle in their own pockets?
February 14, 2010 at 4:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Oh yeah, and reddog, you say, "A political movement never comes to the forefront until it has extreme elements and all political parties have them."
That'll be the day when any political movement tells me it agrees with chattel slavery. I wonder if that woman carrying that sign even knows what that is. Or is this her way of celebrating a husband who beats her?
February 14, 2010 at 4:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
For the tea party to have a chance of improving its position it appears it will have to somehow break the angry white conservative image it now holds. So far it has shown little willingness to do that. In fact its keynote speakers at its convention seemed more designed to re-enforce that very view of itself.
It is facing some what of a quandary. To have any real chance of becoming anything more than a self-limiting movement it must broaden the tent, which then risk alienating the angry white conservative base it is founded on.
You know what? That sounds a lot like the conservative wing of the republican party from whence it came. But I have seen nothing yet to support reddog's claim that it is truly representative of public opinion other than it's dissatisfaction with government. Hell...even a Daily Koss survey shows only about a thirty nine per cent satisfaction with government at present....because it is not moving enough to the left.
I'm dissatisfied with government at present because it's priorities are all screwed up and would respond that way to a survey if asked......but that doesn't mean that dissatisfaction would translate to support for the tea party...and especially for the tea party I see today.
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February 14, 2010 at 4:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
No reddog...I hate to burst your illusion...But I do not work for the government. Except for a stint in the Navy, I never have....!
February 14, 2010 at 5 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
Good morning create....you too are up early. I guess that means we'll get the worm today huh.
February 14, 2010 at 5:05 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
create
If you want to see something really disgusting check out what tea party enthusiast geoffreym has to say on the political shift thread on the forum side.
February 14, 2010 at 5:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Great comment, biscuit. I myself would respond in the same way because it seems that many priorities of our present government have been mixed up. And that means on both sides of the aisle, not just one.
I did read this morning, however, that we are capturing fewer terrorist prisoners. I'm guessing that makes for fewer prisoner controversies. The first two paragraphs of this article in the Wall Street Journal make my day.
"When a window of opportunity opened to strike the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa last September, U.S. Special Operations forces prepared several options. They could obliterate his vehicle with an airstrike as he drove through southern Somalia. Or they could fire from helicopters that could land at the scene to confirm the kill. Or they could try to take him alive.
The White House authorized the second option. On the morning of Sept. 14, helicopters flying from a U.S. ship off the Somali coast blew up a car carrying Saleh Ali Nabhan. While several hovered overhead, one set down long enough for troops to scoop up enough of the remains for DNA verification. Moments later, the helicopters were headed back to the ship."
The GOP and TP complained so bitterly about the Christmas Bomber and his interrogation strategies, yet we never heard anything about this quick take down of the East Africa leader of al Qaeda, bloody as it was.
Quick, bloody, take no prisoners! Can't say I don't agree. War is hell. But the Obama White House was not widely recognized for this little adventure was it? Nobody said, Good Job Mr. President. Good decision to take out this bastard and get the evidence for the kill at the same time. That part was smart, lest opposition say it was just a war story to prop up the headlines. Hell no, never give him a break! Wouldn't want to revive any patriotic verve in the general populace at a time like this when it's easier to whip 'em into a frenzy over the bad economy that took many, many years to develop.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
February 14, 2010 at 5:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
good morning, biscuit. Yeah, I'm up earlier than usual this morning. Don't even know why, but I feel fresh and bitchy as usual. Where's that worm!!!
February 14, 2010 at 5:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
That was the thing that pissed me off about the previous administration. They loved to stand in front of the camera and tell our enemy what we were going to do and how we were going to do it. The same satellite that brought their boasting to my TV was broadcasting the warnings to TV's in the middle east. Remember the time that Bush's rock expert got on TV and boasted about how he could look at video from al qaeda and tell where it was filmed by looking at the rocks in the background? After that, all of al queda's videos had sheets hung up behind them. Cheney actually came out of his office and told the cameras that he knew Bin Ladens cell number and after that Bin Laden got a new phone. America was out there chasing a donkey around the mountains of Afghanistan for three weeks cause they thought it was Bin Laden. It just had that phone that Cheney was bragging about. At least Obama keeps a secret a secret.
February 14, 2010 at 8:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
koalemos
You're thinking of Geraldo.
February 14, 2010 at 8:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
It's true that they are not nearly as quick to heap praise as they are to heap blame. While having a cow about the "kid glove" handling of the Christmas bomber....and it was all Obama's fault., Then when you get quick decisive handling of a situation you get the sound of silence or at best a statement praising the military and insinuating that Obama had nothing to do with it.
Of course the other side has done similar things.....but where is the fairness in this.....where is the looking at both sides the same way?
February 14, 2010 at 8:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Excellent point. Yes, Obama's administration "is really taking a bite out of the terrorists on the ground" (heard on Sunday Morning Talk Show) where this discussion is going on right now on CNN.. Yes, and smart enough not to broadcast secrets. Loose lips and all that.
How the Hell does Cheney speak so loudly and boastfully? Because he doesn't think anyone will argue with him. Ha!
I must have missed this Biden v Cheney thing on terror. Gonna have to look for it on video.
February 14, 2010 at 8:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
When you find it pass it on please!
February 14, 2010 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
koalemos (anonymous) says...
Geraldo is a FOX News contributor. Cheney's only news source.
February 14, 2010 at 9:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
open_eyes (anonymous) says...
Sometimes anger is the only thing that will finally motivate people off their lazy behinds to actually get things done. I don't know about anyone else.......... but I saw an awful lot of anger during the last 4 years of Bush. No less anger than I'm seeing in the tea party (well, if you looked at all the assassination posters, I would say actually more, but that all apparently depends on which news you watch chooses to cover). They managed to channel that anger quite effectively in the 2008 elections. Remains to be seen if the tea party can do the same.
I also saw some discussions on the fact that we are capturing fewer terrorists. The argument was that we are also gleaning less intelligence because instead of capturing them alive and finding out what they know we are just killing them. Well, I see fair arguments both ways on that. Personally I'd like to capture them alive, gleam all they know, and then turn them loose and let them run naked through a minefield to their demise but then again that's just one more reason why I'm not in charge ;-)
February 14, 2010 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
LOL open_eyes. Yes, that discussion about our killing more terrorists was in this morning's Washington Post.
biscuit, I did see that Biden interview (not an actual debate with Cheney after all) on Meet the Press this afternoon. Biden does a pretty darn good job with that interview and defends the administration's policies, and not once did he refer to notes on his hand.
That program will air again on 0200 hours Monday, 02/15 on MSNBC, channel 51 if you get basic cable like I do. I don't know if that's central time or not.
Anyway, there was a panel afterwards that reviewed the Vice Presdent's interview. Rachel was on that panel.
Hope you can view it or record it.
February 14, 2010 at 2:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
open_eyes (anonymous) says...
But there was a time he should have written down on his hand when television was actually invented - LOL.
Sorry, just couldn't resist ;-)
February 14, 2010 at 2:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
0200 hours.....now there is a convenient time for most. But actually that is only an hour and a half before I normally wake up. Thanks create.
open_eyes
LOL about the mine field......we could probably charge admission to watch that and reduce the debt a little bit.
February 14, 2010 at 4:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Who's Geraldo?
February 14, 2010 at 4:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
In America today, we are merging the state and corporate power just like Mussoline did in Italy. Mussoline said, "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corperate power. Lenin said, "Fascism is capitalism in decay. I say why destroy a system that has given man the greatest material comforts? It seems to me that both parties seek to dismantle freedom and constitutional government. They just differ in style. Actually you might say they are twins. We see them fighting each other, but both parties seek one thing--unbridled power.
February 14, 2010 at 8:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
News Flash front page Kansas City Star--Limping Out of the Gate. "You know things are getting bad for the Democrats when the Kennedys aren't on the ballot. Patrick Kennedy sent shock waves throughout America as he will not run because he knows he will lose. In Kansas there chance to win anything is particulary bleak. If the Democrats don't change their ways, they could end up having the GOP own both the Senate and House. I heard they are coming home with body guards. The polls show levels of discontent like in 1994 and 2006 when control of Congress changed hands.
February 14, 2010 at 9:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Create, I usually eat at other places than truck stops, but don't be little the truck driver. My grandfather got bumped off the railroad during the depression and became a truck driver hauling beer from St.Louis to Wichita and my grandmother had a small cafe. After World War 2, my dad and grandfather started a truck terminal with 2 old box cars for a warehouse. It would not meet the building code today and the office was in my dad's basement. I have been self employed for 45 years and self employed people don't get government handouts or bailouts. One last thought My grandfather said, there isn't anything to good for a truck driver. He also said, when it get's to tough for the rest of the guys, that's when it get's just right for me. And then there was this one, "It is easy to be pleasant when life flows along like a dream, but the man worth while is a man with a smile when everything goes dead wrong. For a guy with a 5th grade education, I think he did pretty good.
February 14, 2010 at 9:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Youtube War is a racket by General Smedley Butler and then Youtube The Whitehouse Coup [1933]......I'm a 20% disabled Vietnam Veteran, my father has the purple heart, silver star and bronze star from World War 2, my grandfather served in the Spanish-American War and I had a grandfather who was an outstanding General in the Civil War--General George Henery Thomas.
February 14, 2010 at 11:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
Do you believe everything you see on YouTube?
February 15, 2010 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Do you believe everything you hear on the left? I guess AL Copone did, his right hand man was leftey. Do you believe everything on TV and how about the Liberal education system? Go to Rockefeller File by Gary Allen or put your head in the sand. The welfare state may not be able to take care of you. This coming year, you might change your tune. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both--Dwight D Eisenhower.
February 15, 2010 at 9:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
reddog, I wonder if you can read.
I did not "belittle" truck drivers. To review, here is what I said:
"It's easy to pass along fears about 'Our government has spent more money this past year than all other presidents dating back to the start of our country' to a guy worried about making payments on a truck and wondering if he'll have to dead head or not. Wow, you've got your own brand of fear-mongering going on."
That is not belittling anybody, most especially truck drivers who are having a particularly tough time right now with the slow down of goods being ordered. They are a perfect audience for fear-mongering with economical doom and gloom because they are particularly at risk and will likely hang on every word you say.
Jeez, reddog, learn to make inferences other than negative ones. Your Tea Potty slip is showing. I will try to make it more clear to you the next time.
February 15, 2010 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
No I take in a plethora of news from all walks, right, left, you name it. Then I make up my own mind. Try it sometime, it beats regurgitating the opinions of others over and over like you do here barking at people to go here and go there.
February 15, 2010 at 1:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
NEWS FLASH The dictator of Iran told the people to not believe anything on the web sites. And let me repeat for you, the people I interview our tourists from all walks of life. Nuff said. Stay tuned for the best in news, fair and balanced.
February 15, 2010 at 2 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
goodoleboy (anonymous) says...
Welcome to last week?
February 15, 2010 at 2:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
reddog (K. B. Thomas Jr.) says...
Information is pretty thin stuff unless you mix it with 66 years of experience. Because of NAFTA and GATT our nation is about to fall in the river and at that time we well no longer be the fisherman but the swimmer. Welcome to the new world order!
February 16, 2010 at 3:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Tourists? Tourists? We ain't got no tourists!
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=badg...
February 16, 2010 at 6:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
biscuitboy (anonymous) says...
reddog
Hello out there......is anybody listening??? LOL
February 16, 2010 at 7:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Actually, this one works better. Less work for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQ...
February 16, 2010 at 7:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Did someone say badger?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC...
February 16, 2010 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )