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Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, "And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress." Recently our guest was Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of "Losing Our Democracy." We've had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of "U.S. vs BUSH" which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters' Paul Waldman, author of "Being Right is Not Enough".
JOHN EDWARDS vs. NEWT GINGRICH
Interesting, isn’t it, that Newt Gingrich didn’t stand by his wife Jackie on her deathbead when she was dying of cancer, but instead left her for another woman, yet he claims to be the party of “traditional family values!” John Edwards not only stands by his wife as she admits her cancer is incurable — as any moral person would — but unlike Gingrich, Edwards never cheated on his wife, and has never switched wives. John and Elizabeth Edwards have been married to her for 30 years and now.
CHEERS and Blessings to John and Elizabeth Edwards. The courage it takes to be optimistic in the face of Mrs. Edwards' returning cancer is exactly what this country needs. I believe John Edwards will be our next president. Though I love Obama and admire Hilary, I think Edwards stands the best chance of actually winning America's vote and heart. He is an incredible human being.
Thanks SEAN POMPANO (the Flavor Spray Diet) and JOE GANNASCOLI (Sopranos) for inviting me on your show! I just did the greatest New York radio show, "Chewin The Fat" on FM 98.5 WBZB, Business Talk New York® with Joe Gannascoli (Vito of The Sopranos) and Sean Pompano. These guys are hilarious and doing great things for people with their new show.
I guess Newt’s family values is different than John Edwards, and I’m pretty sure Elizabeth Edwards is glad John is not a “proper conservative spouting their family values hypocricy” while dumping her for a younger model for the photo ops.
ReplyDeleteThe real differences between the mindset of liberals and the neo-con self centered republican establishment is illustrated very well here ………
Newt dumped his wife once for better became for worse,
John Edwards included Elizabeth in all his thoughts, and even considered giving up his hopes for her health and care. However like the real caring person she is, she is willing to carry the burden of fighting cancer at the same time she tries to help elect John Edwards. She does this because she knows America is going to need a real leader from the next election. We do not need another foole, who relies on hackneyed marketing strategies and photo op images with sound bite spin, to correct the ship of state and begin the efforts to forstall it’s shinking from the destruction of 26 years of republican mismanagement.
Elizabeth Edwards is willing to help John or any democrat get elected so they can begin the efforts to remove the cancerous growth that the “conservative” movement has foisted upon this country. A growth which has lead to it’s fiscal bankruptcy with major budget imbalances, destruction of the readiness and fabric of our military and the undermining of the American middle class for the enrichment of a shrinking segment of this country.
Gingrich had no time for his dying wife, with the exception of giving her divorce papers while she lay dying.
ReplyDeleteAnother "compassionate conservative."
Bill Clinton is complaining that "it isn't fair the way Hillary's vote for the war is being depicted."
ReplyDeleteMaybe she shouldn't have voted that way then spent over 3 years praising the war.
I hope Elizibeth does well.
ReplyDeleteShe's a real nice lady, and she reminds me of my sister. Friendly, down to earth.
Now aint this something.....three Code Pinkers arrested outside Nancy Pelosis office.
ReplyDelete"We're just heartbroken that Nancy Pelosi has decided to keep funding George Bushs war,and now the war belongs to the democrats as well as the republicans,"said Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
A bit of unrest among the kooks.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm not on the Edwards bandwagon I must say, whenever I have seen the Edwards together they always really seem to be in love.
ReplyDeleteMy only gripe about Sen. Edwards is the way he jumped on Gov. Dean along with the Irreverant Al Sharpton during a "Debate" for the 2004 election. Months after Gov. Dean said, I want the votes of people who have Confederate Flag stickers on their pickup trucks,"(paraphrase)in front of a what was largely a Black Audience, Al Sharpton used that remark in the debate to color Gov. Dean as empowering racists. Never mind that the audience applauded him wildly when he originally said it. Sen. Edwards joined in on the Irreverent Sharpton's attack. Seemed to me a character flaw. But hey we all have them. I did, in the end, campaign and vote for the Kerry/Edwards ticket. 1st time I compromised my vote btw.
On Rep. Rangell. He has done so much for the Progressive Cause and I hope you have a great interview with him. My only gripe with him is that he refuses to look into what really happened on 9/1/1.
If I may be so forward to suggest that you or Doug ask him about that?
I'd also like to hear him asked about Impeachment.
In reference to last Monday's post
" BLESS OUR TROOPS * IS JOHN HAGEE THE MOST DANGEROUS PASTOR IN AMERICA?" -
Coincidently I included the Irreverant Hagee on a post the following day. It includes a link to a Documentary film titled "The Doomsday Code".
If anybody is in doubt about the answer to "IS JOHN HAGEE THE MOST DANGEROUS PASTOR IN AMERICA?"
"The Doomday Code" will show just how Dangerous.
Hearing forward to listening in on the interview with Rep. Rangell.
Peace.
I didnt see Edwards interview so I am not in a position to judge how sincere or insincere he is.
ReplyDeleteEdwards seems sincere and intelligent when I have seen him, and he seems like a good person............But I am with Worf and Clif on this, we need a President who does not choose the easy way out and who examines the facts and analyizes the situation rather than taking people at their word.....particularly those that lack credibility or have an agenda. To me voting for the war or to legalize Bushs illegal unconstitutional power grabs shows a lack of courage, inability to comprehend the big picture and a fear of making the tough decisions or confronting and dealing with challenges as well as intellectual laziness and those arent qualities I would choose in a President when there are better candidates like Gore out there.
Edwards and Feingold have said and done many things i support and like......like Edwards supporting the Middle class or health care reform, and Feingold being the first and at that time only person wanting to impeach Bush..........But for me saying we should just make Bush's illegal warrantless spying on Americans program legal or Edwards voting for the War are pretty close to Deal breakers for me when considering them for President......Although if it came down to then vs a repug they would get my vote.
I would support Edwards or Obama for VP or a Cabinet position but feel they need seasoning and experience for President.
I hope I didnt sound to scathing because honestly I like Edwards I also would like to see Edwards, Obama or Richardson as Al Gores VP!
Mike a Gore- Richardson Ticket would be unbeatable, especially sine Richardson would play well in the south west states and Texas, bringing quite a few new Hispanic voters to thew polls, which could help congressional state and local elections into democratic victories, and further eroding the rights power here.
ReplyDeleteLydia's gonna hate me.
ReplyDeleteI like Edwards, don't get me wrong. Its just I've seen some sides of him that give me pause.
He seems like a politician.
And we need a leader.
Lydia hates me now.
ReplyDeleteI am a naysayer.
I detractor.
Clif could you imagine the alternative energy and environmental platform those twwo could come up with,,,,,,,,,,,,Richardson was a Former Energy Secretary and Gore is an expert on global warming.........they would be unbeatable......particularly when the repugs who are in bed with big oil wouldnt be able to counter any of their propositions or arguments with anything remotely resembling facts or coherent arguments.
ReplyDeleteMike look at the electorate and the demographics of Gore(southern moderate democrat) and Richardson(Hispanic Western moderate democrat), which means the re-pubies have to defend the red states, and Rudy will not play well in the blue states (and some red states)with his real track record once it is revealed.
ReplyDeleteThis election is Gores to lose if he really wants it.
Gore-Richardson, is the most experienced ticket the democrats could put forward, former VP, US senator, with former Ambassador, Governor, Congressman, Cabinet official, against a US attorney who was a mayor?
ReplyDeleteGore could run circles around Rudy on national and international policy.
Then drive home the theme, we tried an inexperienced local politician last time, and look where it got us....
Especially if Rudy tried a Newt or Other right wing nut like Imhoff, Brownback or Huckabee as his VP choice.
Rudy will always be a NY liberal RINO to many true conservatives.
The repugs are scared of Gore...........they KNOW Gore beat them when they were at their peak and the top of their game...........and now the repug machine is but a shell of what it once was, the wheels are falling off the cart and they are FINISHED.
ReplyDeleteI'm Canadian but American politics fascinate me. It's like watching a play with an ever-changing cast of characters. And at this distance I can really tell the good guys from the bad guys. John Edwards is a good guy, Newt Gingrich is evil, as evil as Ann Coulter. I have never seen anyone whose name suits him as well as Newt, as in "eye of...".
ReplyDeleteJosie
LOL, well I have to agree there...............if my name was "NEWT" i'd change it.
ReplyDeleteJosie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting!
Human, you gave me some good questions to ask Rep. Charlie Rangel when he comes on our show. Yes I will ask him about impeachment and about 911.
ReplyDeleteI never knew Edwards did that to Dean. In general, I think Edwards is the least tainted.
Worf - You are free to disagree with me on Edwards, silly! How could I ever hate you! Each of us has our own favorites. I need to investigate further all the secrets.
luv xoxo
Now aint this something.....three Code Pinkers arrested outside Nancy Pelosis office.
ReplyDelete"We're just heartbroken that Nancy Pelosi has decided to keep funding George Bushs war,and now the war belongs to the democrats as well as the republicans,"said Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
A bit of unrest among the kooks.
And of course, anyone who is against your beloved monkey Messiah's glorious war is a "kook."
It must be hard to fins a PC there in Iraq to do these posts from. I know you are in Iraq because that's the only place a "patriot" like you would be right now-on the front lines, upholding your leader's policies.
To be doing anything else would mean that you are another cowardly scumbag who taljks plenty tough as long as somebody else does the fighting. We all know those cowards soil themselves if a stranger comes up their street.
Edwards married his equal, for love.
ReplyDeleteNewt married a woman above him who could help him win an election.
The calculation was far easier for Newt at that point. We have to stop thinking of these people as normal humans and start thinking of them as reactionary recidivists who need to be led to the light.
I voted for Edwards in the 2004 primaries.
ReplyDeleteI won't be this year. I would like to win. There's far too much at stake to give Edwards my vote, and I don't believe he can win.
He's already shot himself in the foot by genuflecting to the hideous William Donohue.
As for the current resolution that Pelosi is pushing, I'm all for it. Congress ultimately has no say over what will be done with the troops, and don't for one minute think that Bush doesn't have a plan to keep the troops there, underfunded, and blame it on the Democrats.
ReplyDeleteLarry said...
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton is complaining that "it isn't fair the way Hillary's vote for the war is being depicted."
Maybe she shouldn't have voted that way then spent over 3 years praising the war.
How has she praised the war? How has what she said differed from Chuck Hagel or even Barack Obama for that matter (and we'll note that Obama has voted identically to Hillary on the war since he was elected), both noted war critics?
Lydia, would you please stop by my blog? There's a surprise for you in my top post today that I don't want you to miss. I'll be back.
ReplyDeleteAnd now, for the "least shocking news of the day."
ReplyDeleteReality-based people knew that it was only a matter of time before the Turks intervened in Iraq. But you might be a little surprised at the Turk charge that one of the reasons they're moving is American arming of their Kurdish foes. I'm not surprised, but you might be :)
An interesting note on the Newtered one. When he was cheating on his wife with cancer, he was calling for the truth to come out about Clinton's BJ. Now, he announced a couple days ago that he doesn't think candidates' personal lives should be an issue in campaigns.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good article, JR. I read it earlier this morning, and it shows how even our closest allies recognize that we have no control over the doings in Iraq.
TomCat,
ReplyDeleteWrong wife. That was wife number two. He divorced wife number one in cancer therapy.
I really hope Newt gets nominated. That ought to be about the final nail in the Gopper coffin. They will go to being a regional party, and we'll be done with them in about 3/4 of America.
ReplyDeleteThey are heading down the path that Strom took when he formed the "States' Rights" Party, and they are heading down that path for largely the same reasons.
Y'know, there's a good reason why the Newster is insisting that candidates' private lives shouldn't be an issue in campaigns. Namely, the 2008 elections. With the exception--possibly--of La Hill, none of the Democratic frontrunners have a history of marital difficulties. On the other hand, you have:
ReplyDeleteNewt Gingrich. Need I say more?
Rudy Giuliani, who publicly humiliated his previous wife in an ugly divorce and is now estranged from his children.
John McCain, who has had no problem sucking to Bushco even aafter the Bush campaign ran ugly campaigns smearing his family.
Family values suddenly isn't such a good vote-getter, is it, guys?
Truffle - thanks! You have a great blog.
ReplyDeleteHey Tomcat. What is the meme?
ReplyDeleteLike a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me.
ReplyDeleteI pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit.
In order to get that paycheck. I am required to pass a random urine
Test, which I have no problem with.
Jimmy Glover Libertarian
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to People
who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a Urine
test to get a welfare check, because I have to pass one to earn it For
them?
Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on
their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping Someone
sit on their butt. Could you imagine how much money the state would Save
if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check.
I have been reading this blog off and on for the last year or so, and prior to that although I am Libertarian I would have considered myself more Conservative than Liberal, after the last year of scanning the blogs and watching what is going on around us it is clear the Republicans have betrayed Libertarian principles far far worse than the Democrats have.
ReplyDeleteBush squanders and wastes our money on the Military industrial complex, unwinnable wars and tax cuts for the ultra wealthy all while spending money we dont have and creating ever bigger deficits that essentially mortgage our childrens future and compromise their standard of living .
There are Liberals as well as Conservatives on this blog I do not like or disagree with, however the fool calling himself anonymous or Rusty as others refer to him is not only a disgrace to his own party but a disgrace to humanity as a whole, this person exhibits no intellect whasoever, provides no insight and adds nothing of value, the person contadicts what it stated just months earlier and just attacks and insults others while adding nothing of value.
It is ignorant sleezy fools like this that are making myself and others turn their backs on Conservatism and move further to the left for fiscal and government responsibility.
I wish we actually had a viable 3rd party to choose from, preferably Libertarian that valued freedom and economic responsibility over money and power.
Hey how about some taqx cuts for the lifeblood of this country you know the guys earning between 40,000-150,000 rather the the fat cats.
ReplyDeleteHow about rather than spending money on bombing and fighting the world we try to educate and train the unskilled so they can aquire the skills they need to be self sufficient and support themselves.
How about instead of running huge deficits to finance all the pork and wars, we invest in becomeing energy efficient or investing in technology and training to make us competitive and insure the next generation have the skills to compete for decent paying jobs.
Not only do I have a problem with my tax dollars being wasted on drug addicts sitting on their butt, but I also have a problem with this spendthrift government wasting my tax dollars spying on people's phone calls, monitoring blogs, paying bloggers and operatives to spread misinformation, losing billions of my tax dollars and spending my tax dollars in ways neither myself nor the overwhelming majority of Americans approve of.
ReplyDeleteWe are supposed to have a government that represents the collective will of the people. It certainly hasnt appeared that wat the last 6 years.
It looks like our government represents a tiny insignificant minority of the population at the expense of the unspoken for majority.
Jimmy,
ReplyDeleteThe "welfare doper" is a rare quantity, mostly a red herring talking point designed to allow the "conservatives" to perform their sleight-of-hand theft of the public funds.
In addition, the "mandatory minimum" laws covering nickel and dime dope dealers (1) make this country an incarcerator of its citizens on a scale Stalin would be proud of, and (2) allows aformentioned 'con politicians the opportunity to hand out contracts for things like prison building.
As added bonuses, rapists and robbers will have to be turned out to make room for the dealers-people who enter the prison system stupid punks and leave it brutalized, angry, and violent. Anybody who thinks we're "safer" because of mandatory minimum sentencing really hasn't thought it out very far.
My "drugs" concern is slightly different from yours, and my idea isn't terribly popular, but it's clear that the "War on Drugs" is a costly and colossal failure. I believe it's time to revisit substance laws in this country and retool them to the treatment of addicts, rather than the incarceration of punk dealers.
Poll: Americans Switching from Republican to Democratic Party Allegiance: Now 50 Percent Align with Dems, Only 35 Percent with GOP
ReplyDeletePublic allegiance to the Republican Party has plunged during George W. Bush's presidency, as attitudes have edged away from some of the conservative values that fueled GOP political victories, a major survey has found.
The survey, by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, found a "dramatic shift" in political party identification since 2002, when Republicans and Democrats were at rough parity. Now, 50% of those surveyed identified with or leaned toward Democrats, whereas 35% aligned with Republicans.
What's more, the survey found, public attitudes are drifting toward Democrats' values: Support for government aid to the disadvantaged has grown since the mid-1990s, skepticism about the use of military force has increased and support for traditional family values has decreased.
The findings suggest that the challenges for the GOP reach beyond the unpopularity of the war in Iraq and Bush.
"Iraq has played a large part; the pushback on the Republican Party has to do with Bush, but there are other things going on here that Republicans will have to contend with," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Center. "There is a difference in the landscape."
Enjoy the minority status in Washington for a decade or so......
Former Deputy Interior Secretary Stephen Griles pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in the Senate committee investigation.
ReplyDeleteGriles admitted he lied in court about his relationship with Jack Abramoff.
Griles is the highest ranking official in the Bush administration who has been convicted in the Abramoff scandal.
Jimmy,
ReplyDeleteTake Truman's advice: If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic.
Iranian forces seize 15 British servicemen in the mouth of the waterway that separates Iran and Iraq.
ReplyDeleteJack Abramoff may get his five year sentenced reduced because of his cooperation with Prosecutors.
ReplyDeleteIf he cooperated so much, where are the Rove indictments?
Arlin Specter is trying to negotiate a deal to get limited testimony from Karl Rove, in the Attorney scandals.
ReplyDeleteWhy negotiate?
Onion will be launching its own cable news network in April.
ReplyDeleteMembers of the Federal Election Commission, believe Bush violated spending laws in his 2004 campaign.
ReplyDeleteIt is also believed Bush owes the Federal Government $40 million.
Suicide bombers blew up the home of the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister severely injuring him.
ReplyDeleteTomCat,
ReplyDeleteJust got home and what a wonderful surprise! I am SO honored to be on this list! You are such a generous, 'thinking' blogger.
Thank you!
Love and Peace xoxo
Lydia
Debris that possibly contain body fragments from World Trade Center victims, was used to fill potholes throughout New York City.
ReplyDeleteHow morbid and disgusting.
McClatchy Newspapers revealed that Bush has appointed at least three U.S attorney's who worked in the Justice Depts. Civil Rights Division, when it was rolling back long standing voters rights policies aimed at protecting poor and minority voters.
ReplyDeleteMcClatchy further found that Bush had pushed hard for their appointments.
Another typical Bush move. Suppress the poor to further his own gain.
CBS News:
ReplyDeleteCBS News has learned that the Pentagon Inspector-General will blame nine officers, including four generals for failing to follow regulations to keep the truth from Pat Tillman's family about his cause of death.
Documents released today show Alberto Gonzales approved the firing of the U.S Attorney's.
ReplyDeleteBye Bye Alby!
Alas, Electrode Al's days as the torture cheerleader are drawing to a close.
ReplyDeletePerhaps his going-away party could feature a stripper wired up and waterboarded.
Maybe they will finally check his papers and deport him.
ReplyDeleteLarry said Documents released today show Alberto Gonzales approved the firing of the U.S Attorney's.
ReplyDeleteBye Bye Alby!"
At an end his rule is, and not short enough it was.
I'm taking out the trash, i suggest this country do the same starting with Gonzalez then Bush and Cheney!
ReplyDeleteAlby doesn't have anything to worry about.
ReplyDeleteHe has covered for Bush for years and Bush can't turn on him or he will be brought down.
I think Gonzalez will be gone fairly soon.
ReplyDeleteBush has had Alby with him for many years.
ReplyDeleteHe will dump him if it comes to Alby or Rove.
Did you see where they took ground up parts of the World Trade Center victims and used them to fill potholes?
ReplyDeleteCold and sick people. Heartless.
Did you just see Bill Mayer's New Rules segment?
ReplyDeleteHe tore Bush up about Valerie Plame. Great TV.
Didnt see it, but Bill Maher is awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to catch the rerun. He was all over Bush.
ReplyDeleteHarry Reid says Gonzales will be gone in a month, one way or another.
ReplyDeleteI did'nt get a chance to check today.....did the economy tank?Did the market crash?Did interest rates go up?Did home purchases go down the shitter?Did Rove get arrested?Did Bush or Cheney get impeached?Did Air America come back to semi-life?Did the Irag war end?Was there another terrorist attack on american soil?Did Keith Overbite top 400,000 viewers?Can anyone answer these questions?
ReplyDeleteI did'nt get a chance to check today.....did the economy tank?Did the market crash?Did interest rates go up?Did home purchases go down the shitter?Did Rove get arrested?Did Bush or Cheney get impeached?Did Air America come back to semi-life?Did the Irag war end?Was there another terrorist attack on american soil?Did Keith Overbite top 400,000 viewers?Can anyone answer these questions?
ReplyDeleteBusy day showing your sister some brotherly love, huh?
So far we've been right 100% of the time. Have you stopped to figure out how many of your former talking points are dead yet? Nah-you don't have the capacity to remember them.
He hasn't learned the task of registering with Blogger, so how can we expect him to understand life and the economy?
ReplyDeleteHe hasn't learned the task of registering with Blogger, so how can we expect him to understand life and the economy?
ReplyDeleteI expect it has more to do with him being ashamed of having nothing but empty talking poijts, as his beloved monkey Messiah is indisputably the biggest f___up in the history of American politics. Chimpy is Spiro Agnew without the intelligence.
(and for you Chimpletons, that was sarcasm, but true sarcasm nonetheless.)
Glad you explained the sarcasm since they no doubt are confused by big terms.
ReplyDeleteJolly Roger Excellent definition of Conservatism............the only thing I would add is that conservatives brains have not fully developed and they think one dimensionally and are not able to understand comprehend or formulate abstract thoughs or concepts.
ReplyDeletea perfect example is global warming or the stock market crash.........one dimensional thinkers and dunces like Rusty think because it is cold out on this specific day or because the stock market has not crashed today that it is inconcievable that global warming exists or we will have a stock market crash.
Now a few months ago my 5 year old couisin asked how global warming could exist if it was cold today and with a little explaining he was able to conceptualize the difference between short term variability in the weather and long term climatic change that is quite quantifiable and measurable.
Interesting that many repugs brains are far less evolved and developed than a 5 year olds.
BTW Rusty wanna place a little wager on what I actually said.... I said The Dow would be around 9000 or below in the next year..............how about say........$10,000???????
ReplyDeleteOh I know your a little pathetic loser living in your moms basement who probably doesnt have $10,000.............so i'll give you a counter offer........if your SO SURE I said the Dow would be under 9000 today or even this week like you just stated above how about sweetening the wager a little, i'll either still bet $10,000 or i'll bet my life and you can either bet your life also or bet that you'll never come to this blog again.
Listen up you lying jackass you KNOW Damn well I said the Dow could go as low as 9000 or lower IN THE NEXT YEAR..........convientient how you leave off the qualifying statement to change my argument to something that little resembles what I actually said.
ReplyDeleteLydia said NO LIES, No Ibsults or personal attacks and no irrelevant babby talk gibberish to derail the discussion if you cant follow the rules jack ass then your BS posts will be removed just like Moo Moos are till you either wise up and get the message or leave.
See its real simple you cant come on this site and insult people or post outright lies or derail the thread if you do your comments will disapear and you will be made as irrelevant and impotent here as you are in real life.
BTW Rusty You also stated last year that Interest rates are at 40 year lows after the Fed Funds rate has risen 500% and the Prime has essentially doubled................you later franticly backtracked and stated you were refering to the prime rate which since it doubled could clearly NOT be at 40 year lows..........so Mr Casino mogul wanna go double or nothing for another $10,000 or your life or leaving this blog forever.........which of course will likely be moot since if you accept the last bet you will clearly either be dead or gone from this blog............................Come on smart guy how about putting your money where your big fat mouth is and being a man for once in your life.
ReplyDeleteOf course you could always just admit your a dumb as dirt lying troll who doesnt know jack about anything and just run away like your cowardly criminal buddies.
Now a few months ago my 5 year old couisin asked how global warming could exist if it was cold today and with a little explaining he was able to conceptualize the difference between short term variability in the weather and long term climatic change that is quite quantifiable and measurable.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that many repugs brains are far less evolved and developed than a 5 year olds.
Interesting, but unsurprising. No thinking person would ever have come to the conclusion Chimpy would be god school-custodian material, let alone where his worshippers elevated him to.
3,326 homes in Detroit Michigan have listed on the market for less than $30,000.
ReplyDeleteOne four bedroom home in Detroit just sold for $7000.
This is a result of the faltering economy which has severly hurt the U.S auto market.
As of today (Saturday) Indianapolis leads the nation in Foreclosure.
ReplyDeleteThe faltering economy has brought about job loses and economic insecurity.
A Marine Special Operations Unit has been ordered out of Afganistan amid an investigation, which the soldiers fired on dozens of civilians.
ReplyDeleteThere is no vs when it comes to the repubs......they win hands down for:
ReplyDeletehypocrisy, religious or otherwise.
Why bother with them at all? ; (
Good point Coffee. These phonies have beaten every administration at corruption and evil deeds.
ReplyDeleteAt least 20 were killed today near Baghdad in a truck bombing.
ReplyDeleteAh, what a successful surge.
Former Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick told People magazine that she battled anorexia and cocaine abuse at the height of her fame.
ReplyDeleteShe says one good thing from all this is she will be able to recognize the same symptoms in her daughter and be able to help her.
Worf asked what's the meme. Worf, the meme is to choose five other blogs and present the Thinking Blogger Award to them.
ReplyDeleteLydia, this came not because I am generous, but because you deserve it. :-)
It's FINALLY spring in NYC.
ReplyDeleteAnd wow. Skippy showed up to post???
Lydia, I haven't met Skippy but I know people who have.
I think you might know him IRL. I'm not sure. You'd know his face, I suspect.
Moooooooooooo......
ReplyDeleteThat Dreaded Word
ReplyDeleteShe had it all. A husband she adored, a daughter in college that she was so proud of and a life of happiness that many long for.
One January morning she went about her day of calls to her mother and daughter, shopping for groceries and the normal checkup she had been putting off.
The doctor asked the normal questions, performed the normal checkup, and then gave her what he termed routine tests.
After all this was done she went on with her day and her life. She never gave the doctors visit another thought.
The phone rang a few days after that and it was the doctors office wanting her to come back for a consultation.
The consultation with the doctor was one that would forever change her life and the lives of those she loved.
The doctor explained the test results had found one of the most dreaded words she would ever hear.
CANCER. Not just any cancer but Pancreatic Cancer. Those words brought tears to her eyes and chills down her spine.
After a few days of absorbing this news with her family, she made several difficult moves.
She told her husband to move on with his life without her, as she couldn't stand to see him go through this pain. This is something he cannot do.
She tried to let go of her daughter but that bond was impossible to break.
We all react differently to tragedy. Some like Elizabeth Edwards will choose to move forward with life and make a difference for others.
Others will push those closest to them away to protect them from the tragedy that lies ahead.
However they choose to react, that decision will forever alter the course of life, for those they are closest to.
Life cannot be predicted. One day you are happy and hopeful, the next day your world falls apart.
Both types of reaction require strength and courage for the cancer victim and their family.
This wife who was so in love with her life, her husband and her daughter, reacted the only way she knew how, to prepare them for life without her.
Which of us can really say what we would do if we heard that same fateful word, Cancer.
Can we really judge the wife of a Presidential candidate, or an everyday housewife on how they react?
The University of Florida has voted NOT TO GIVE Jeb Bush an honary degree.
ReplyDeleteTelling isn't it?
The University of Florida has voted NOT TO GIVE Jeb Bush an honary degree.
ReplyDeleteTelling isn't it?
Even more telling was his "no tengo no futuro" remark awhile back.
Chimpy's own family is all too aware of the damage he's done.
Jebby Bush thought he was the flagpole of Florida instead he is just another rusted piece of pipe.
ReplyDeleteTry to actually live life Sunshine Larry instead of bitchin about it 24/7.........seriously!
ReplyDeleteTake the little woman to Cancun or something......its too convenient to consistently focus on all the bad in life.......a futile attempt to provide yourself with purpose.........I mean it!
Some idiot freshie said:
ReplyDelete"There is no vs when it comes to the repubs......they win hands down for:
hypocrisy, religious or otherwise."
Youve gotta be f@ckin kiddin me.
Im still waitin for some cowardly lib to give the gay minister shit for using the "N" word.
Like, lets pretend Ive never disagreed with FF or Volt.........huh!!!
ReplyDeleteYour all cowards who disregard each others inconsistencies to appease what you percieve is the only way....no real balls!
Lydia said
ReplyDelete"Now I'm madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and I'm seeing things I never saw before! It's amazingly beautiful out there. I'm seeing more and more beautiful "objects of creation."
Wow, thats pretty good Lydia! If I were stupid enough to be a lost soul seeking escape from a harsh environment, I would actually consider buying your DVD's and soon to be released books...LOL!
:D
I,ll never forget Lydia bragging about her tropical trip to everyone.........LOL!
ReplyDeleteHeres Worfs response to her bragging:
"Well, I patted a dogs head today at the local market."
:D
NBC News and news services
ReplyDeleteUpdated: 9:46 a.m. MT March 24, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush is standing firmly behind his embattled attorney general despite Justice Department documents that show Alberto Gonzales was more involved in the decisions to fire U.S. attorneys than he previously indicated.
Gonzales said last week he was not involved in any discussions about the impending dismissals of federal prosecutors. On Friday night, however, the department disclosed Gonzales’ participation in a Nov. 27 meeting where such plans were discussed.
That e-mail only added to the calls for Gonzales’ ouster.
At the Nov. 27 meeting, the attorney general and at least five top department officials discussed a five-step plan for carrying out the firings, Gonzales’ aides said late Friday.
At that session, Gonzales signed off on the plan, drafted by his chief of staff, Kyle Sampson. Sampson resigned last week.
A Justice aide closely involved in the dismissals, White House liaison Monica Goodling, also has taken a leave of absence, two officials said.
The plan approved by Gonzales involved notifying Republican home-state senators of the impending dismissals, preparing for potential political upheaval, naming replacements and submitting them to the Senate for confirmation.
Six of the eight prosecutors who were ordered to resign are named in the plan.
“Clearly the attorney general was not telling the whole truth, but what is he trying to hide?” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, who is heading the Senate’s investigation into the firings, said, “If the facts bear out that Attorney General Gonzales knew much more about the plan than he has previously admitted, then he can no longer serve as attorney general.”
Added House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich.: “This puts the attorney general front and center in these matters, contrary to information that had previously been provided to the public and Congress.”
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, who is heading the Senate’s investigation into the firings, said, “If the facts bear out that Attorney General Gonzales knew much more about the plan than he has previously admitted, then he can no longer serve as attorney general.”
ReplyDeleteHarry Reid also said Gonzales would not last one month.
ReplyDeleteGonzalez will be GONE!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMark my words the days of the "Decider" dictating the shots are OVER...........this fool is about to be humbled and slapped down a few notches and its long overdue.
At least 60 were killed today near Baghdad in bombings.
ReplyDeleteThat "surge" sure is working.
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ReplyDeleteA dunce of a man said "Wow, thats pretty good Lydia! If I were stupid enough to be a lost soul...................... HO Ho HEE HAA HAA HAA............bud you've cornered the market on stupid.
ReplyDeleteI still think Gonzales will stay since Bush is protecting him.
ReplyDeletethese sacks of shit make me ashamed that i used to lean to the right, 6 years of the money messiah and jackasses like this moo moo and rusty make me question how i ever could have support these hypocritical fools that have betrayed every principle libertatians or conservatives hold dear.
ReplyDeleteAnd before calling me a freshie jackass i've been reading this blog off and on for over a year and havent really commented because of jackasses particularly the two mentioned previously.
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ReplyDeleteWoa........did someone delete an unkind & nefarious comment from a lib?
ReplyDeleteI, myself enjoy freedom of speech.
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ReplyDeleteThats weak larry, just accepting things as they are, particularly compromised democracy and freedom is part of the problem not the solution.
ReplyDeleteNo person that truly values freedom or democracy would just shrug their shoulkders and say oh well i think bush will just keep him.
Wheres your outrage man, how about writing your congressman or doing something about it instead of just whining.
This fricking dunce moo was probably right about one thing in his whole entire life and that is that you larry and many democrats like you are part of the problem.
we need moderates from both parties and Libertarians to voice their outrage and take a stand against these enemies of freedom and privacy.
What the hell ever happened to live free or die.
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ReplyDelete5 Marines and one Navy personnel used knowledge of military technology to cover up their killing of an Iraqi citizen.
ReplyDeleteWTF........is this freshieville or what?
ReplyDeleteI suggest we have more than enough Lydia Cornell armchair philosopher stalkers on this site......seriously!
Please come to my site Lydia....pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaseeee.....LOL!"
You two are a couple of punks, someone like Liddy would slap the two of you silly.
ReplyDeletedont get me wrong larry i dont think you are a sack of shit like the other trolls, who are destroying both their own party and this country, your just weak and wishy washy like the majority of liberals.
which is why i am reluctant to support them even though i have turned my back on the dried up scarecrows pretending to be conservatives or have conservative values.
The republicans have betrayed both Libertarian and true conservative values as well as betrayed this country far more then the liberals have ever betrayed anything.
11 Iraqi citizens killed and 45 wounded in an attack in Hilla.
ReplyDeleteHow can you argue with that Jimmy?
sure continue to be part of the problem rather than the solution.
ReplyDeletewe have one weak lilly livered type who just bitchs and moans about how bad things are without offering or working toward any solutions.
And we have a dunce of troll that insults obfuscates and tries to divert from all the corruption and hypocrissy of the right wing fools running this country into the ground.
you fools sicken me, at least jolly, tom, mike, clif are somewhat intelligent.
Jimmy, I have a solution as does the progressive voices on this blog.
ReplyDeleteThat solution is to get out of Iraq and Impeach Bush, Indict Bush, Cheney, Condi and Rove.
John Murtha tells Bush that "like it or not, you're going to deal with us."
ReplyDeleteWell that I can certainly agree with, but there is plenty more we also need to do to get this country back on track.
ReplyDeleteBush says his support for Gonzales has not changed.
ReplyDeleteGood, then indict them both.
OMG.........impeach Bush....LOL!
ReplyDeleteWonder who was the first person to suggest this idea on the blog????
Anyone, have an idea to this mystery....LOL?
Anyone?
Lydia, do you have the answer to this?
As long as Corporate America are allowed to throw millions into the coiffures of politicans, things will not improve like they should be.
ReplyDeleteThe Bush administration is the most "Bought" administration in American history.
War, murder, torture, rape, theft, hunger, greed, and suffering will cease to exist when all humans no longer walk the face of the earth....period!
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ReplyDeleteGeorge W Bush owes the Federal Government $40 million for campaign overspending violations from his 2004 election.
ReplyDeleteThe President broke the law again!
We are all one race: human. We are all ONE.
ReplyDelete"It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one Mind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth and Love. Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact becomes appartent, war will cease and the true brotherhood of man will be established." - Mary Baker Eddy, Science & Health (Christ's healing law)
Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love are the 7 synonyms for God.
Religion often distorts the basic message of Love or God. All we ever need to know is to love our neighbor as ourself. Love heals everything. There is nothing that enough love will not conquer or heal.
ReplyDeleteThrough the study of Christ's laws, the Science of Christianity, you can prove for youself that the allness of one Mind, one God, can and does heal and unify -- individuals, families, communities, and even nations.
I just read a wonderful article about a Muslim boy who studied Christ's teachings and silently began living the law of love. His Muslim family was appalled, tried for years to dissuade him -- until finally the persistent "turning the other cheek" with love convinced them he was on the right path. (The Journal Nov 2006)
I didnt mean for you to shut-up Lydia, I meant the stalker pickle heads on this site.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you really believe that suffering brings you closer to God then why do you complain 24/7???
Arent you happy to be so close to a lazy, uncaring, God who uses the illusion of free will to mask incompetence???
"Each day, silently repeat these three principles that are the foundation of self-referral. Notice over time how your perspective changes as you unpeel the layers of your true self.
ReplyDelete* I'm totally independent of the good or bad opinions of others.
* I'm beneath no one. I'm superior to no one. All beings are my equal.
* I'm fearless in the face of any and all challenges.
Deepak Chopra
This site is an entertainment site for comedy and TV fans of Too Close for Comfort, Dukes of Hazzard, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe blog is a political/spiritual progressive blog.
I am going to have to separate the two when the other radio show gets started.
Jimmy, I don't get it. Why are you insulting Larry?
ReplyDeleteLydia said:
ReplyDelete"All we ever need to know is to love our neighbor as ourself."
Lydia, Lydia, Lydia!
Although you sound good, you still refuse to answer this extremely important question to your faithful no-life stalkers:
How far does one go to show/express their love towards one another thereby allowing millions of strangers to experience everlasting compatibility without conflict?
Well, I,ll just take my MOUNTAINS of beautiful evidence elsewhere.....the libs wonderful & intoxicatingly hypocritical violent methods must be heard/seen by everyone....LOL!
ReplyDeleteThis isnt debate.......its communist, religious, racist, baloney.....total 100% injustice at its worst!
Gonna go out for wings & Corona's now....enjoy your blue pills & 24/7 futile bitchin!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......
Jimmy, while I appreciate you saying that I have some intelligence, I fully disagree with your insults to Larry. You asked him where is his outrage. On my blog, I often try to calm him down, just a tad because his outrage is, if anything, overly apparent. Perhaps your mistaking his Bush-induced cynicism for lack of caring. I have only known him for a few months, but I can assure you that he is an intelligent, caring, sensitive man, one that I am proud to call Friend.
ReplyDeleteWhen Newt Gingrich found out how ill his wife was back in the 1990's when he was Speaker of the House, he cheated on her. When John Edwards found out twice that his wife had cancer, twice he stuck with her!!! That right there says a lot.
ReplyDeleteNewt Gingrich can go pound sand. He's a reflection of the republican party: he says out loud that he's moral, but as soon as the microphone is shut off he's not moral.
Is Johnny insinuating that all humans are violent? Wrong! That is such a wacked comment you just made Johnny...
ReplyDeleteJimmy, we have the solution: GET OUT OF IRAQ!
ReplyDeleteSee? It's very easy.
The other solution?
IMPRISON THE BUSH CABAL!!!
Americans would love that and would relax for the first time in seven years.
Probably the best written explanation of why we can NEVER, "win" in Iraq I have seen...
ReplyDeleteScott Ritter: Calling Out Idiot America
Reading it will help people to understand why western ideals and values are non operative in Iraq. It also helps show why Bush's explanation of what the surge is supposed to produce is shallow and only a cover up for his real desire to have the "Iraqi Oil Law" enacted.
It also hints to an underlying truth, which ther neo-cons have totally ignored, the Wahabbists will never allow the US or Great Britain to dominate in Iraq any more than they allow the US to dominate in Saudi Arabia. As long as Bush and the PNAC neo-cons ignore this truth, they will continue to fail, no matter how many new plans, surges or musical chair generals they try in Iraq.
They ignore the real reason the Sunni insurgents are fighting.
In searching various blogs for ideas for my new blog we were drawn here by skippy and need we say this whole thing is astounding.
ReplyDeleteThere appears to be no coherent thinking from anyone here and the only real substance we have noticed was the 10:41am story by larry. If this was a personal story we are sorry for you but other than that the ideas from you larry and all the others are dripping with boredom. You people are clueless.
Yea?
ReplyDeleteSo whats your big contribution again?
What big ideas are you going to share with us poor clueless folk sandra?
I'm all ears.
Johnny GloverMoo said...
ReplyDeleteWheres your outrage man, how about writing your congressman or doing something about it instead of just whining.
This fricking dunce moo was probably right about one thing in his whole entire life and that is that you larry and many democrats like you are part of the problem.
Do you honestly think you're fooling anyone?
Larry is one of the most active liberals I know. He hosts a radio show for crying out loud. He does benefits and stuff. He works in community groups and labor.
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell do you do?
Besides impersonate libertarians and moderates to try and divide the people up in here?
Who the hell are you to talk?
Or impersonate female bloggers named sandra?
ReplyDeleteKay just ignore the retard, he craves the attention, dont give it to him.
ReplyDeleteBtw, i'd like to know why Sandra shares an IP with..........
Well ok, since we are discussing the fool, I would like to address this one point quickly before moving on.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Johnny got caught trolling again, but this time it weren't in Cancun Mexico........
ReplyDeletea retarded troll said "I,ll never forget Lydia bragging about her tropical trip to everyone.........LOL! "
ReplyDeleteBragging about her trip it says.............A person is beaming and excited about getting the chance to spend time with her family in a beautiful scenic place and wants to share her experience with others and it calls that bragging..............isnt it pathetic when a persons whole existence is to undermine and sabotage all while pretending to be a disinterested moderate that is a friend
its really beyond pathetic.
Mike. How would you know about anyones IP?
ReplyDeleteThe retarded jackass said "Well, I,ll just take my MOUNTAINS of beautiful evidence elsewhere.....the libs wonderful & intoxicatingly hypocritical violent methods must be heard/seen by everyone....LOL!
ReplyDeleteThis isnt debate.......its communist, religious, racist, baloney.....total 100% injustice at its worst!
Gonna go out for wings & Corona's now....enjoy your blue pills & 24/7 futile bitchin! "
Interesting how this reich wing piece of crap that is lower than the slime i scrape off the bottom of my shoe accuses us of of violent methods, hippocrissy, racism, communism, and futile bitching when that is everything his reich wing buddies are doing to a tee.
Does this lying sack of crap have one shred of evidence to support his claim of violence or is he just being allowed to have a pulpit to lie like Cpoulter does.
Its clear that this Jimmy Glover is none other than our resident parasite, the mooster.
ReplyDeleteI cant go into specifics in a public forum.......but suffice to say I have well over 200 pages of evidence on these clowns.
ReplyDeleteHi goal?
ReplyDeletePretend to be a dedicated liberal, bond with two or 3 main members while attacking another, trying to divide the liberals up.
Divide and conquer.
Too bad I read him like a book.
I posted this on Bashams/Lydia's blog
ReplyDelete1) I;d like to hear you guys comment on Snow challenging the Constitution by saying something to the effect that Congress does not have the authority to provide oversight to the Executive, and GWB trying to dictate to Congress how and if his Aids will testify and that there will be a Constitutional crisis if he is challenged…………..How can Congress keep letting this pompous fool get away with spitting on and defying the Constitution and the checks and balances provided by it. The American public elected the New congress because they wanted oversite and accountability and wanted this type of power grabbing arrogance to be stopped. It appears Congress is letting the repugs dictate and frame the issues and are too afraid of looking partisan and vindictive for the 2008 election when they come across as spineless instead…………..Would it be so difficult to issue a statement clarifying Congresses role to the American public and putting these liars in their place.
2) Rush Limbaugh yesterday or the day before was calling Obama “a Magic Negro” in fact he did 1t 27 times even singing the words to the Puff the magic dragon song………..He then claimed that he did NOTHING wrong, it was merely a test to see if liberals would smear him and give him credit for coining that term……………so let me get this straight Rush the drug addicted fool can gleefully issue racial smears 27 times then claim its ok because someone else said it first and its really only to TEST liberals.
Lets try to extrapolate and follow this flawed possibly drug addled logic a little……..so by Rush’s logic…………it would be ok for a repug to Molest children if a Democrat did it first……….Oh yeah the repugs allready used that oner for Mark Foley so I guess Rush’s so called logic is quite predictable………lets try again, if Hitler murdered and exterminated whole groups of people first then it wouldnt really be that bad if Bush and repugs did it also it could be like kind of a test to see if liberals give Bush and the repugs credit for it and try to smear them for genocide………that is if the liberals arent the ones being killed like Coulter wants.
3) Alberto Gonzalez, should be gone, and all the people involved in the Attorney scandal should be forced to testify under oath……..this was CLEARLY a power grab geared to insure perpetual rule by obstructing justice and stifling investigations into repug corruption and to install blindly loyal cronnies, as well as instilling fear into prosecutors not to enforce unbiased justice but rather to be partisan tools of the Executive and thus short circuiting the checks and balances.
in fact lets focus on this portion of the post
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh yesterday or the day before was calling Obama “a Magic Negro” in fact he did 1t 27 times even singing the words to the Puff the magic dragon song………..He then claimed that he did NOTHING wrong, it was merely a test to see if liberals would smear him and give him credit for coining that term……………so let me get this straight Rush the drug addicted fool can gleefully issue racial smears 27 times then claim its ok because someone else said it first and its really only to TEST liberals.
Lets try to extrapolate and follow this flawed possibly drug addled logic a little……..so by Rush’s logic…………it would be ok for a repug to Molest children if a Democrat did it first……….Oh yeah the repugs allready used that oner for Mark Foley so I guess Rush’s so called logic is quite predictable………lets try again, if Hitler murdered and exterminated whole groups of people first then it wouldnt really be that bad if Bush and repugs did it also it could be like kind of a test to see if liberals give Bush and the repugs credit for it and try to smear them for genocide………that is if the liberals arent the ones being killed like Coulter wants.
Mike:
ReplyDeleteIf you have been on Kay's blog in the past couple of days you better clean your computer out.
They have 3 trolls they have been fighting with and last night and today people on her blog have had computer troubles.
Kay's browser is messed up taking her from Wordpress to another blog and others can't post or are having computer troubles.
"Obama the 'Magic Negro'
ReplyDeleteThe Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.
By David Ehrenstein,
L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics.
March 19, 2007
AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters — musing over his charisma and the prospect he offers of being the first African American to be elected to the White House.
But it's clear that Obama also is running for an equally important unelected office, in the province of the popular imagination — the "Magic Negro."
The Magic Negro is a figure of postmodern folk culture, coined by snarky 20th century sociologists, to explain a cultural figure who emerged in the wake of Brown vs. Board of Education. "He has no past, he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist," reads the description on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro .
He's there to assuage white "guilt" (i.e., the minimal discomfort they feel) over the role of slavery and racial segregation in American history, while replacing stereotypes of a dangerous, highly sexualized black man with a benign figure for whom interracial sexual congress holds no interest.
As might be expected, this figure is chiefly cinematic — embodied by such noted performers as Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Scatman Crothers, Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Smith and, most recently, Don Cheadle. And that's not to mention a certain basketball player whose very nickname is "Magic."
Poitier really poured on the "magic" in "Lilies of the Field" (for which he won a best actor Oscar) and "To Sir, With Love" (which, along with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," made him a No. 1 box-office attraction). In these films, Poitier triumphs through yeoman service to his white benefactors. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is particularly striking in this regard, as it posits miscegenation without evoking sex. (Talk about magic!)
The same can't quite be said of Freeman in "Driving Miss Daisy," "Seven" and the seemingly endless series of films in which he plays ersatz paterfamilias to a white woman bedeviled by a serial killer. But at least he survives, unlike Crothers in "The Shining," in which psychic premonitions inspire him to rescue a white family he barely knows and get killed for his trouble. This heart-tug trope is parodied in Gus Van Sant's "Elephant." The film's sole black student at a Columbine-like high school arrives in the midst of a slaughter, helps a girl escape and is immediately gunned down. See what helping the white man gets you?
And what does the white man get out of the bargain? That's a question asked by John Guare in "Six Degrees of Separation," his brilliant retelling of the true saga of David Hampton — a young, personable gay con man who in the 1980s passed himself off as the son of none other than the real Sidney Poitier. Though he started small, using the ruse to get into Studio 54, Hampton discovered that countless gullible, well-heeled New Yorkers, vulnerable to the Magic Negro myth, were only too eager to believe in his baroque fantasy. (One of the few who wasn't fooled was Andy Warhol, who was astonished his underlings believed Hampton's whoppers. Clearly Warhol had no need for the accouterment of interracial "goodwill.")
But the same can't be said of most white Americans, whose desire for a noble, healing Negro hasn't faded. That's where Obama comes in: as Poitier's "real" fake son.
The senator's famously stem-winding stump speeches have been drawing huge crowds to hear him talk of uniting rather than dividing. A praiseworthy goal. Consequently, even the mild criticisms thrown his way have been waved away, "magically." He used to smoke, but now he doesn't; he racked up a bunch of delinquent parking tickets, but he paid them all back with an apology. And hey, is looking good in a bathing suit a bad thing?
The only mud that momentarily stuck was criticism (white and black alike) concerning Obama's alleged "inauthenticty," as compared to such sterling examples of "genuine" blackness as Al Sharpton and Snoop Dogg. Speaking as an African American whose last name has led to his racial "credentials" being challenged — often several times a day — I know how pesky this sort of thing can be.
Obama's fame right now has little to do with his political record or what he's written in his two (count 'em) books, or even what he's actually said in those stem-winders. It's the way he's said it that counts the most. It's his manner, which, as presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden ham-fistedly reminded us, is "articulate." His tone is always genial, his voice warm and unthreatening, and he hasn't called his opponents names (despite being baited by the media).
Like a comic-book superhero, Obama is there to help, out of the sheer goodness of a heart we need not know or understand. For as with all Magic Negroes, the less real he seems, the more desirable he becomes. If he were real, white America couldn't project all its fantasies of curative black benevolence on him."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center
RUSH: Well, let me tell you about the roots of this. There was a columnist in the Los Angeles Times named David Ehrenstein, and on Monday, he wrote a piece about Barack is the "magic negro." He claimed that there is, in the black culture, this term "magic negro." His point in this column was that Barack Obama is not authentic. He hasn't been down for the struggle. Plus he's not been around long enough for people to know what he actually stands for substance-wise, and so white people who are supporting Barack are simply doing so to assuage their white guilt over the transgressions in the past in this country, such as slavery and so forth. So his theory is that Barack coming along, he's black and that's all that matters. Nobody cares what he stands for. Nobody knows what he stands for.
It was a column, essentially, accusing white people supporting Obama of being racist because they don't care what he stands for and don't care what he's going to do. The fact that he's black is enough for them, to make them not feel guilty as long as they say they support him, and that was the definition of "magic negro." Now, on this program, we made it a big point to point out that it was -- and this columnist is black, by the way, David Ehrenstein is black, and he used the term, which is why it says so in the lyric line of the song. So we're just highlighting what the left says. I believe they're the true racists. I believe they're the ones that look at people and notice whatever is different about them from white liberals. Either they're black or they're gay or they're Hispanic or whatever. They immediately group people, and most of them happen to be victims. Yet we conservatives are the ones, Uriah, who get tarred and feathered with these allegations.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_032307/content/01125110.guest.html
Really Mike.
Get your facts correct, critical thinking IS required.
And I was also listening that day, so I know what was said.
"so by Rush’s logic…………it would be ok for a repug to Molest children if a Democrat did it first……"
ReplyDeleteNo Mikey, it wouldn't be OK.
But it does show the hypocrisy of the lefts "outrage", since they had no such reaction when one of their own did it.
And how about that "right wing" media?
ReplyDeleteHolding onto that story for months waiting for the elections...
"Larry said...
ReplyDeleteMike:
If you have been on Kay's blog in the past couple of days you better clean your computer out..."
Yeah, and take a shower too. I feel soiled everytime I go there...
Hey Volt.
ReplyDeleteWhere'd Kyle go?
BTW Johnny, nice to see you posting. I was afraid I'd have to issue an amber alert on you too!....LOL
ReplyDeleteI guess dolty would decry somebody slandered his "son" but some IDIOT who repeated it 27 times and made a denigrating song to play on air about it also he would PRAISE
ReplyDeleteThought they didn't do nuttin wrong...
ReplyDelete:D
No Volt Wrong is wrong, sure its wrong some idiot journalist said that but to gleefully smear someone t7 times, make up a song and then hide behind the BS claim that it is only to test liberals is riddiculous.
ReplyDeleteWhat if a a liberal made up a smear for our soldiers said it gleefully 27 times and made up a mocking song to mock these people then said that some other repug fool actually said it first and it was all really a test to see if conservatives would give him credit for the term and attack him..........its an assinine racist position to take and a cowarldly slimy excuse.
BTW dolty 3 showers a day?
ReplyDeleteWho?
ReplyDeleteIf you're refering to another blogger I have no idea who it is, or where they went.
If you're refering to something else, then just come out and say it.
Voltron said...
ReplyDeleteBTW Johnny, nice to see you posting. I was afraid I'd have to issue an amber alert on you too!....LOL
Yea.
LOL.
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Course usually they're issued "because" of him.
Must be some sort of mental fixation, or the beginning of a psychosis don't cha think?
ReplyDeletethe fact is Rush is fat drug addicted piece of crap with a big mouth and its about time he shut his pie hole so he doesnt keep on looking stupid.
ReplyDeleteNormal healthy adults don't need 3 showers a day to "feel" clean.
ReplyDeleteUnless of course there is some underlying reason they "feel" dirty.
ReplyDeleteyeah Clif, but if your talking repugs............
ReplyDeleteOh come on Cliffy, you can do better than that. Try spouting off some Bible quotes...
ReplyDeleteOh and remember, Judge not!
Any bets on when Gonzalez will be gone.........we can all throw in like $20 and the guy that gets the closest gets the pot.........it can be kinda like the Deadpool with Clint Eastwood!
ReplyDeleteclif said...
ReplyDeleteNormal healthy adults don't need 3 showers a day to "feel" clean.
Normal healthy adults don't.
But people who use drugs do.
Sorry dolty, I'm just repeating what somebody posted here son.
ReplyDeleteHowever three showers a day is strange don't cha think?
unless of course the welching texan is willing to put his money where his welching lying mouth is and actually make a bet and stand behind it.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know when a repug is lying???
ReplyDeleteMaybe thats another of Rushs problems then.........he doesnt shower.
ReplyDeleteI see since gay-dalf won't play dollies with dolty boy at the pink pajama circle jerk romper room any more he comes here for some attention.....sucks to lose an election and have all your buds crawl off in disgrace eh dolty?
ReplyDeleteMike said...
ReplyDeleteHow do you know when a repug is lying???
Their lips are moving.
Cliffy, you can tell me all about it next year...
ReplyDeleteyeah their lips are moving works.........i guess the are breathing would work also.
ReplyDeleteRight dolty when Rudy gets handed his ass, like he knew would have happened if he hadn't cut and run from the NY senate race?
ReplyDeleteDamn son you re-pubies have a pathetic crop of losers running this time don't cha?
Over 1000 undercover NYPD officers went to infiltrate groups all over the world,a year before the 2004 GOP convention.
ReplyDeleteThey spied on groups who planned to protest the war at the convention.
Rudy and J Edgar Hoover had a lot in common.
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They both looked good in evening gowns.
Rudy is said to primp much better in his.
ReplyDeleteIt's WAY early in the game Cliffy.
ReplyDeleteYou guys don't have a whole lot of "gems" with their hat in the ring right now either...
Not too many gems yet. But Obama is electable, and I would not count out Al Gore just yet.
ReplyDeleteOf course, after the last 8 year side show we could nominate a donkey and have a better chance than you guys.
ReplyDeleteRight dolt, but John flip flopper McCain right off the "straight talk express"; Mitt Romney who hasn't held a position he wasn't willing to change to get elected; Rudy, "the train wreck in waiting" Giuliani who doesn't mind telling his second wife he wants a divorce so he can marry his mistress....or maybe the real standard bearer for the GOP Newt totally with no redeeming moral values at all Gingrich?
ReplyDeleteCome on they all are walking contradictions to your lies you used to try to sell about the re-pubies.....
I think its time for the republicans to change their banner.
ReplyDeleteInstead of an elephant, why don't you guys try a monkey?
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F$#king a football.
G O P
ReplyDeleteGathering Of Prisoners
I'm serious Volt.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that make a much better banner for your party symbol?
Just picutre it.
Little brown monkey, wailing away on a football?
G O P
ReplyDeleteGreedy Old Perverts
Wouldn't that look great on the JumboTron at the next RNC convention?
ReplyDelete(and young ones in training)
ReplyDeleteCome on Dolt, you dont actually think you guys can win in 2008 do you???????
ReplyDeleteBetter lay off the koolaid Volt!
Yeah, and maybe the dems could use a picture of Edwards new palatial estate?, or maybe one of Algore's mansions...
ReplyDelete(how many hundreds of dollars a month was he paying for electricity at just ONE of those?)
The GOP party flag is blood red.
ReplyDeleteG O P
The Party of Blood
The monkey could even have GWB's face since that fool is leading the party down the path to oblivion.
ReplyDeleteI dunno Mikey. Last I saw the Dem congress had approval ratings lower than Bush.
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