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Actually, the last words of this Red State Update are the clearest summation of the Tea Party mumbo jumbo. Open Thread below.

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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RickBeagle's picture

Okay, I have been cussing a lot today and to be honest, it is pretty bad form for me. But after reading this can you really blame me?

"President George Bush will host an Economic Leadership Forum featuring Maria Bartiromo, Richard Kovacevich, Lawrence Lindsey, and Rick Santelli. […] The Twanna M. Powell Lecture Series is an endowed program designed to bring distinguished leaders and recognized experts on current issues of international and domestic interest to the campus of Texas A&M University."

What the fuck is wrong with the jackasses?!

MsJoanne's picture

Makes perfect sense that papa Bush would love him some Santelli.

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

CNBC?

Hi precious. :<[)


Some stuff you can't make up!

MsJoanne's picture

at AmericaBlog or TP or HuffPo (I don't remember). (It was TP...see his link above.)

Hey sweet thing!!

ron's picture

a teabagging forum?

MsJoanne's picture

They all love blowing each other.

bullfrog's picture

when i was a kid, we went to great america in gurnee, illinois, and i rode the american eagle roller coaster about 7 times, front seat, until no part of the ride frightened me.

that's about the best metaphor for life i could ever come up with.

curtilingus's picture

My Dad built a roller coaster that actually killed a woman.

How's that for a metaphor for life?
;)

MsJoanne's picture

I assume he built many?

curtilingus's picture

Yes in at least three parks. He was in the amusement park business. It was an accident of course.

MsJoanne's picture

What a cool engineering job!

Edwin's picture

In Korea, when the rides kill people (happened more than once), they let folks into the park for free... to say they are sorry. I'm not shittin' ya!

Last time, 110,000 people showed up to get in free, and some got trampled to death trying to get in. Many more got rushed to the hospital.

(It's one whacky place I live!!! I could fill a thread with stories. And we wonder why the whole world doesn't see things through the same lens??)


far left loon >.<

Tim misses Japan's picture

in the Far East (with several trips to P/Busan, I couldn't agree more.

Edwin's picture

It is interesting, and I'll never understand a lot of things (even after 12 years). You must be born into it, of that I'm certain. There is some incomprehensible logic going on, most of the time. I encounter it daily.

It's like everyone here understands it intrinsically, but I'm left scratching my head. They probably think the same thing when they visit Canada/USA.

OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. (Kipling)


far left loon >.<

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

this one is priceless.


Some stuff you can't make up!

MsJoanne's picture

Good night all...always good to see all of you!

Liberalicious's picture

n/t

ron's picture

I left a comment for tyree in your defense on the previous thread.

tyree's picture

well ron im just glad i didnt have to read more of you and msjoann making cow eyes at each other , even the concern trolls banter was more enjoyable! but seriously are you for the new obama biden wars now that an intelligent man is leading the charge in iraq and afganistan? oh geeze of course you are whats wrong with me to ask a question like that!

ron's picture

GFYS. It might do more for your sex life. Leave the ladies alone.

tyree's picture

oh ron im sure you useualy have to supply your women with dildos for enjoyment perhaps thats why mscoweyes loves you so much!

Tequila's picture

Happy snakes on a plane day. Foreclosures went up
in Q1. Do you want bug spray with that? Jindal flip-flops-possibly to pretend he's also a "maverick"-and tells Cheney to fuck off. The second largest mall chain filed for bankruptcy today, and thus undermining Michael Steele. American citizens are not necessarily treated as such by the INS.
One Gitmo inmate got assaulted for not leaving his cell. Many Americans can't even afford to pay taxes. The anti-bankruptcy bill couldn't stop an increase in bankruptcies. Part of Cali's drought is due to farmers being paid to grow more crops than they need. Over 5,000 LAUSD employees get the axe, but Tony the Corporate Pussy thinks that's not enough. Iran opens up to Obama. Anyone feel like selling their gold? It's a buyer's market. The suckonomy is leading to increased cases of child abuse. Laid-off workers who get new gigs get less pay. The EPA "wastes" our higher taxes on clean-up sites. I really feel like tea-bagging them now. So, according to Electoral Vote, the MN Supreme Court is rigged against Franken; Murphy's still got more votes than Tedisco; and more Republicans are retiring. The SS, er, CIA, in action. While I admire Barry's willingness to open up more with Cuba, I think he should demand that Karzai scrap that pro-rape law first before he holds Raul to the fire. Elizabeth Arne Duncan's plan to improve schools. States continue to punish consumers with sin taxes to pay off their budgets. Palin naively believes that the public is concerned with her opinion on abortion.

all hail the hypno toad's picture
so

Anyone believe the US could not have had a hand in this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8003117.stm

ron's picture

that we would try to pull off a covert action in a S American country? Naah, could never happen. Google "The revolution will not be televised."

Tequila's picture

He only promises to restrict guns coming into Mexico, not to bring back the assault weapon ban. Yeah, I know the Repugs could pull one of those "Contract with America" mid-term coups in 2010 like they did with Newt in '94, but I was at least hoping he'd do something about gun shows. Christ, forget Mexico! Until this economy improves, I'm going to be worried about gun nuts here! Speaking of Mexico, though, we're also losing the War on Drugs in Central America. Plus, the prior article has him admitting we can never really get rid of all drugs. So then why make them illegal?

Timjoebillybob's picture

Okay first for the "assault weapon" ban the weapons that is restricts are no different(except cosmetically) than any other semi-auto firearm. And the "Gun show loophole" isn't really a loophole it doesn't regulate private party transactions. Same as me selling to my neighbor. Dealers with a FFL are required to fill out all forms and do a nics check no matter where they are. It doesn't matter if they are at their store, gun show or out of the trunk of their car they still have to follow the regulations.

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

Your neighbor is a Mexican Drug Cartel lord?

Do you ever get invited over to parties?


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Timjoebillybob's picture

at least not that I know of. But then again I didn't see any walking around the last gun show I went to either and everyone knows that's where they all hang out.

And to purchase a full-auto weapon by a civilian in the US requires at least 2 background checks, one by the police in the area you live and one done by the FBI. And that applies to purchases from private sellers as well as dealers. Which from what I've heard usually takes at least 6-8 weeks and its not uncommon for it to take 10-12. Along with purchasing a $200 tax stamp. And that is on top of the going rate for a full auto rifle which is 10k on up. You can get a few sub guns in pistol cartridges for 6-7k. Seems like it would be much easier, cheaper and faster for the Cartels to get their weapons from the corrupt military and police. Wouldn't you think?

Nowwhat's picture

Anybody have a suggestion on Hd projectors?

Toshiba, Optima or Mitsubitchy?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?It...

Tim misses Japan's picture

We're still on the original bulb and have experienced zero problems with it.

I HIGHLY recommend them.

Tequila's picture

Another random gun nut who worked for a hospital! The UFCW throws its own tea party against Wal-Mart.

Edwin's picture

Jarry King, live from the US-Mexico border. His guests are all the crazies, spewing filth.

Funny how they use the "no one is above the law" meme (HA!), except for themselves. Welcome to America.


far left loon >.<

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthi...


Some stuff you can't make up!

sixandseveneights's picture

Perhaps the most power grabbing speaker in US history, the disgraced and hopelessly corrupt Tom Delay, supports Perry's successionist talk because, you know, there's a power grab in Washington and Texas isn't going to take it anymore! The past 8 years of power grabbing and when he was speaker was OK though of course. http://openleft.com/diary/12891/tom-delay-on-...

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

perry's already being forced to back-off on the secessionist talk, according to NBC local news this morning.

He's already claiming he was misunderstood.

Then they had a twitter news poll, "Who Do You Want to See As the Republican Candidate in 2012: rick perry, sarah palin, "bobby" jindal or mike huckabee?

No joe the plumber yet.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Right Wing Hater's picture

APRIL 22ND, Earth Day 2009: This is A Profound Moment -- Choose Your Battles Very Carefully. Do Not Lose Perspective. Keep Your Priorities Straight.
- http://words-of-power.blogspot.com/2009/04/ea...
http://www.earthday.net/ Every Day, should be earth day... http://www.repoweramerica.org/


Torture Memos Admit Techniques Were Condemned By State Department - http://www.librarygrape.com/2009/04/torture-m...

Bush Torture Memos Released By Obama: See The Complete Documents - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/us/politics...
Link to documents - http://documents.nytimes.com/justice-departme...

Jason Leopold: Bush's Hypocrisy on War Crimes - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/041609a.html
In March 2003, after Iraqi troops captured several U.S. soldiers and let them be interviewed on Iraqi TV, senior Bush administration officials expressed outrage over this violation of the Geneva Convention.
"If there is somebody captured," President George W. Bush told reporters on March 23, 2003, "I expect those people to be treated humanely. If not, the people who mistreat the prisoners will be treated as war criminals."


While Bush burrows into his Dallas Mansion, the destruction he left behind: Recession Is Far From Over As Jobless Tops 6 Million For First Time
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/new-...
The number of people receiving jobless benefits exceeded 6 million for the first time, the government reported Thursday, and housing construction unexpectedly plunged to its second-lowest level on record _ fresh evidence that the recession is far from over.

Singapore scientists say can turn CO2 into biofuel - http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNew...

Pets are abandoned due to recession. - http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=102...
Shelters are bursting at the seams as recession causes more families to give up their pets and donations drop dramatically.

A well-respected University of Alaska marine scientist will have his federal funding cut after a top National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration official complained about his “advocacy” on behalf of marine conservation, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
NOAA’s pressure has led university officials to seek elimination of any further NOAA Sea Grant funding for the scientist’s work.
- http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1158

Obama says we need to move swiftly with High-Speed Rail; Let's get started. - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/obam...
Obama said a mature high-speed rail system would reduce demand for foreign oil and eliminate more than 6 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year _ equivalent to removing 1 million cars from the roads.
Any region could present a long-range plan, he said, although the stimulus money can go only to the 10 major corridors designated by the Federal Railroad Administration and covering lines in Texas, California, Florida, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, the Gulf Coast, the Southeast, northern New England, Pennsylvania and New York.

Just when you thought this state couldn't get any more F'ed up: This is 2009? Georgia passes law honoring terrorists and traitors -- look away, look away
- http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/04/voices...
In part, this Confederate history law is a mean-spirited swipe at the idea of black history months. The legislation would equate the fantasy of a noble "lost cause" with the actual reality of the African-American narrative, a story that has been suppressed, often viciously so, by the South's Jim Crow mentality. Put another way, to follow the Georgia legislature's logic, the Aryan myth of Nazi Germany would be just as valid as the true history of the Holocaust.
Since this is Georgia, everything is about race. The Republican (AKA Neo-Confederate) dominated legislature didn't pass transportation funding or other critical legislation because the rural good ol' boys were playing racial politics, at least in part. They don't want to be perceived as doing something that would help all of those blacks, interloping white Yankees, gays and other minorities in Atlanta.
I'm just checking, this is the 21st century, right?

Yes, the same AIG we know and "love." Blind Amputee Has to Fight AIG for New Plastic Leg, Wheelchair
- http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=734669...
So a recap...of con-servative 'free marketeerism'/private insurance: millions for junkets/getaways for executvies, yet paying customers get nothing...yep...yet another 'miracle' of the 'free market'....

Ostroy Report: Tea Parties -- GOP Once Again Manipulating the Average Joe - http://ostroyreport.blogspot.com/2009/04/tea-...
A message for the Joe 'Sixpacks' out there....ignorance is not a birth right, we'll keep the light on for you in reality land...

U.S. terrorism report warns of resurgence of right-wing groups - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworl...

10 Republican Lies for Tax Day - http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/00...

Robert Parry: Right-Wingers Are Desperately Trying to Destroy Obama, and the Cowardly Corporate Media Are Helping
- http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/136834/r...

Obama's personal $855,323 Tax Bill Would Be Bigger Under His Budget Plan - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206010...

Calling out the BS - Statistics on the promotion/pimping of the Tea Bag Parties: Think Progress: Fox News' 'coverage' of tea parties: 23 segments, 73 on-air promos in eight days.
- http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/15/73-fox-te...
Corporate sponsored rallies = astroturf roots, not grass roots...

Jane Hamsher: A Teabagger Timeline -- Koch, Coors, Newt, Dick Armey There From The Start - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/a-...
The richest GOP 1%ers decided yet again to take their little con-servative right wingnut puppets out there and parade them around so they could 'protest' things they don't understand and are for their own best interests...

Robert C. Koehler: War As Entertainment -- Responsible media would have reported on the causes of Somalian piracy
- http://commonwonders.com/archives/col492.htm
When the Big 5 media companies own all the 'news'....this is what you're going to get...see why Net Neutrality is so crucial...

Please go see "State of Play" this weekend at your local theater: Ben Affleck talking politics - http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Ben%20Affl...

Getting What We Pay For - http://pr.thinkprogress.org/2009/04/pr2009041...

Brand New Thom Hartmann Book: Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture (Hardcover) -- Autographed Only if Pre-Paid
- http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/1560

Is High Speed Rail Coming to a City Near You? A Guide to Obama's Plans - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/obama...

7 Things We'd Like to Bring Over From Europe - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/7-thi...

50 Most Hazardous Waste Sites in US Get Stimulus Funds for Cleanup - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/50-ha...
Personally, I motion that we should move these sites to the backyards of the 'tea party' attendees...do I hear a second?

Georgia is a complete joke: Chambliss and Isakson Are BuzzFlash's GOP Hypocrites of the Week for About-Face on Government Stimulus and Defense Spending
- http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/node/8231
I'm literally counting the days to 2012, when my wife, brother & I begin our trek to become Oregonians


We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?

tyree's picture

since obama is still protecting the bush cheny hunta by not prosecuting them for the war and torture criminals they are what, makes anyone think he ever will? after all hes voted everytime for any program bush asked for , im not going to name them all ,you know wich ones im talking about! americans have once again been taken by another ELMER GANTRY ,smooth talkeing huckster, the twitts who still see him as bideing his time or setting up the bush administration for prosicution are liveing in a dream world , and thoes who support his and bidens continuation of the bush wars are now guilty of the newwar crimes that will follow from now on! i know it sucks to be you ! but keep a stiff uper lip , and instead of just stupid crap like school yard bantering let me know how you feel about the wars, and give me an estiment on how many lives your willing to waste for obamas wet dream!

curtilingus's picture

Great point tyree. Im not sure people realize how far their rationalization of Obama's decisions has gone. They are now supporting a war criminal who supports a war criminal. You say Obama isn't a war criminal? Well to that I say....

He's only been in there 80 days, you guys have to give him a chance! Waaa!

tyree's picture

yes curtilingus its another douchbag moment for the american people , it seems like they have a herd mentality ! the fact that joe liberman and pat robertson are now on the obama bandwaggon shows just who owns the obama administration , and even that nazi bastard henery kissinger is carrying the water for this administration , every swinggng dick from the clinton gang have been chosen by the corporations to represent us, its sucks to be us!

curtilingus's picture

Obama is continuing George's policies:

In economics.
On drugs.
On the global transnational super big war on extremism.
In his justice department.
Against the bill of rights.

What did we put him in there for?

At least a retard like George has an excuse for being stupid. WTF O'Bama?

tyree's picture

be careful curt , i have pointed this out time after time to the botts but instead of showing me where i lied they just call you names , luckly i got used to that by the other mindless repig trolls yrs ago, it seems its not nice to show a politician for what he is, and above all never hold an opinion thats not shared by your betters!

curtilingus's picture

I know I was a little rough on the Beaver there, but I'm pissed and the stories and decisions are stacking up and showing that Obama does not think the issues we hold dear, like peace, civil liberties and an economy that is not being continually manipulated, are important or valid.

Mr.DNA's picture

You just said that President Obama has only been it office for 80 days.
No one can change the world in 80 days. You can however circumnavigate the world in a balloon in 80 days.

curtilingus's picture

But Obama has stated and enacted policies that are at odds with his base in those first 80 days. There is no indication for the remainder of his tenure that he would change those policies.

Obama should not be out to change the world. he should be out to change America.

WE are the problem more than any other country.

chicano2nd's picture
Wah

Wah, wah, wha!

Edwin's picture

Is that with your fingers in your ears and making a silly face? Are you twittering from the mall?


far left loon >.<

proudlyprogressive's picture

Sorry folks. It hurts when you are staring at the gapping hole of poverty in your life, the bill collectors who have 'rights', when the client has none, no habeus corpus, no prosecution of the BUSHCRIMEFAMILY, sorry but O-bought-ma is bought by the Kleptocrates, and is a TOOL, a very wiling TOOL, but nothing more, nothing to see, move on................home foreclosure.............

chicano2nd's picture

Uses whatever lies he can conjure up to push his lonely, lonely cries for help. Cherokee, my foot.

He's a rabid knee-jerk reactionary that has found in Obama his cause célèbre!

tyree's picture

im wondering where the site monitors hideing today chicano the crying bitch strikes again , poor me he mouths day after day its freghtening to be stalked by someone so demented that he blames all white people for the loss of texas to the texicans, apparently he has chosen me as his whipping boy , but actually i wasnt at san jacinto with huston , its got to be terrible to be a douchbag racist and i feel kinda sorry for the little chicano , as for obama i dont see where i cant point out hes a corporate owned politician with more then enough proof to back me up without stalkers attacking me, as useual i post an opinion wich i thought was the purpose of a blog and what do i get? stalkers !not reasonable answers or honest rebuttal ,whats so funny is many posters other then myself post simmular observations of obama and the new old democrat party and the concern trolls dont come after them , then i get douchbags that go after my spelling , punctuation ,spaceing ect ect, well you get used to the im so smart crowd that i can spell ten dollar words that my dad paid some jr college 80.000 dollars to teach me , i find such people to be jerks and bores, and whats so funny is they think only thier opinon matters, and they seem to think they can order you off a blog and youll obey them now its not enough that these jerks have an ignore user thing below so thier eyes arent offended they read what you post and go after you, talk a bout twitts the spelling police have returned ,

tyree's picture

thnx proudly !yes its all true its only a matter of time before they forclose on your us citizenship, change for a change!

proudlyprogressive's picture

I'm with you! I tried to get on the Obama high, but, then reality set in, no habeus corpus, no repeal of Homeland Sec., no prosecution of the BUSHCRIMEFAMILY, no exposure of the criminals of Wall Street, just corporate welfare, still peddling 'Capitolism is the only way', Europeans at least riot, and in France they take the owners hostage until their demands are met, no, the soft-soap of a black face on Fascism, doesn't help at all. O-BOUGHT-MA a willing tool, and already within his first 100 days has made millions on his book, which was so nicely timed to come out now. He is now a part of the Kleptocracy.

tyree's picture

well proudly i know what you saying ! the truth is unlike most here i bothered to listen to obama and saw his sucking up to the corporations while he was a senator , then saw the repig lite crawfish on every promiss he made to the real liberals , and i spoke out on here about it , unfortunetly the goomers who called thirselves liberals transformed into either centerists or right of center like obama is, to me that only means repig lite, if you point out how hes sold us down the creek your bitching , never mind that the proofs out thier for all to see, the rich get thiers now and you can take a flying leap at a rolling doughnut for the crumbs, want more war , they got it for us, im beggining to think little would have been different had gore or kerry won , in any event most of the obama click on here arent without a job so they go along to get along , its the old your either completly with us or you against us and not welcome to participate here, you most probably have seen the kind of gibberish comments some posters throw at me , well screw em the repig trolls never ran me off and the concern botts wont either!

curtilingus's picture

Pirate Bay found guilty!

This news sucks. It is not based on existing copyright law. People need to wake up to the fact that intellectual property cannot be handled the way it currently is. A culture can only thrive when there is a rich public domain. When you have the rights to songs like "Happy Birthday" owned by AOL, the lone cypress at Pebble Beach being owned by the owners of Pebble Beach (you are not allowed to take a picture of that tree anymore!) and seeds being patented by Monsanto, you know there is a problem with intellectual property.

I have had several C & Ler's defend intellectual property law and bash file sharing.

have you ever made a copy of an article and sent it to someone? That's file sharing.

Made a tape of your friends LP? That's file sharing.

Had more than ten people at your house to watch a football game. That's file sharing.

It is all illegal and if they could they would charge you for every instance. That is what happened to Pirate Bay today.

Har har har.

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

curtilingus's picture

Part of the problem or part of the solution.

In my opinion, Obama is part of the problem when it comes to fixing the finance sector with guys who have dubious ties to the companies they have the power to throw money at.

http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&s...

proudlyprogressive's picture

The O-bought-ma WH has announced a big interest in high speed rail. Isn't anyone interested???? It's the latest propaganda project of the O-bought-ma fascist regime. YET ANOTHER, distraction, so we won't know as much as everyone else in the world about the FINANCIAL MELTDOWN. Oh! Those pirates!!! Ho hum!

curtilingus's picture

I like trains. I used to be a fireman on a steam locomotive.

America could use a bullet train. Pull out of Iraq and we could connect every major city with the money saved.

tyree's picture

hurrah ,high speed trains! now let me say i like trains myself, but i had to wonder at the mentality obama used yesterday , touting the advantages of high speed trains, the man is priceless! he says , just think instead of going to an airport and going thru the hassel of takeing off your shoes , getting your bags looked into by homeland security you just get aboard a train and are whisked off to where ever, in what universe is he liveing in? no security checks ? how longs that going to last? ill tell you ! now dont get upset because i point out a fact, it will last as long as it takes for some nut to blow one of thoes trains up or get a few hundread folks killed blowing up the tracks, there nows the time to go after the messenger!

curtilingus's picture

I forgot this is America and Amtrak has trouble keeping their trains on the tracks even without help from terrorists.
With the rate of government spending,its doubtful you or I will be able to afford a plane or a train ticket in ten years.

sedum's picture

Beware.

You're known by the company you keep!

Edwin's picture

Now you're just sounding childish.


far left loon >.<

curtilingus's picture

I have no problem keeping company like tyree, concerned canuck and a lot of the others at this site. I don't resort to name calling unless someone starts it first. The two I mentioned don't either.

C & L shouldn't be about high-school like alliances. It should be about discussing the topics and the subject or sharing some humor and music.

Once you demonize someone with a sweeping generalization, or split hairs that because the delivery isn't grammatically correct, you have no chance of ever getting anything of value from them because you have closed the conversation.

Edwin's picture

Agreed.

Nevermind the gov'ts, EGO is the biggest problem facing the world these days. (Groupthink is a close second.)

The greatest good anyone can do is to diminish their ego.


far left loon >.<

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

That would certainly help the environment, fuel conservation and even the tourism and related-interest industry.

How dare obama try to create jobs.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

chicano2nd's picture

just terrible of him!

tyree's picture

if cuba decides to open borders for this country then they wasted so many years being smart! cuba better remenber when america turned thier country into one big whore house and cabarets and dope dealers for the american pimps , viva castro !

Edwin's picture

I've been interested in visiting Havana for some time now (but I live on the other side of the globe, and there is much to see here.) If it is going to be overrun with Americans soon, I won't bother. Next there'll be Havana Disney and... it'll lose all of its charm. Sad. My Canadian friends love Cuba.


far left loon >.<

tyree's picture

yes edwin id like to visit cuba myself ,my nephew is a history teacher whos fluent in spanish and allso teaches it to, and he used to go thru mexico to get there , guess that was the only exit since the embargo of tourists to that country, jesus im an old fiftys car buff , id go just to see them , i hope you get to go there someday and thnx for the defence from the concern trolls ! i know i may seem bulldogish in my contempt for the corporate goons who run this country, but i dont compramise in my beliefs for an honest america , just as i never give up in anything i do i wont be run off by the botts , as for being baited by some of these jerks on my education they wont silence me either , i dont hate people with a good education just the moles who flaunt it in your face, i allways wonder how they think they represent the ones who had less education , i guess thats where we get politicians from ,

Edwin's picture

When I came to Korea, it was an easy knee-jerk reaction to assume, "these people must be stupid." After all, they can't even understand me, and don't use English (well). I knew that WAS NOT TRUE.

I suppose my point is, I learned I had to grow, to look deeper inside myself, I had to try to understand others, and to see their points of view as being as valid as my own, not simply dismiss them. (Unless of course they are right-wing trolls spewing Hannity talking points. You are not that!!) I know everyone will not agree, and that's just fine with me. I'd be saddened if we did all agree. How banal that would be.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good sparring match, even thrive on one, but not if it gets to name calling and childish insults, quite beyond the topic being discussed.

I was disappointed to see a clique forming yesterday.

PS Oh, and I do use a lot of "fancy words". I can't help it: they just spill out: it's just me. It's not pretense. I just dig the English language; so rich. My mother is a walking dictionary and I am an ESL teacher. I study English every day. I luvs me dictionary too. I'm a huge fan of crosswords and do them every day, as well.

Don't let people get your goad. Pay not heed to it. It's a lot easier to rise above it and move on. Let people have the last word-- who cares? Better on your nerves too.


far left loon >.<

tyree's picture

well edwin i agree with you to acertain extent , but as a kid dureing ww2 my cherokee features high cheekbones and black hair plus the slanted eyes of that race only got me insults from the school bullys , i was a jap , and all i got was grief or beat up by these pricks , ..... untill i had enough and fought back ,since then the bullys of this world can kiss my ass , what i dont understand is ........ why these crap for brains call a poster names in defence of a dam politician who wouldnt pick thier ass up off the street if a car hit them jesus these people are freaks , and in desperate need of muskrat love!

chicano2nd's picture

[Please. Quit feeding the flames-Sitemonitor]

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