tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.comments2023-10-16T02:49:20.192-07:00Our Rants & Raves!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger806125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-51876665727330607362010-06-30T05:18:04.529-07:002010-06-30T05:18:04.529-07:00What they care about is power. Period. If they hav...What they care about is power. Period. If they have to wreck the economy and destroy our military in order to achieve power, then so be it.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-78978851454645752022010-04-03T10:14:21.811-07:002010-04-03T10:14:21.811-07:00(the rest, I hope)
In short, the only way that the...(the rest, I hope)<br />In short, the only way that these inciters, the vermin behind these tea-bagging get-togethers (most likely the American Nazi Party) could possibly do society any good would be as fertilizer. Let them give back to the planet that they've been raping for a few over-inflated bucks. I'd also offer up having them pound out license plates in prison, but if left alive among the general populace, they'd probably turn them into FOX "News" junkies, and then the prisoners would all be FAR worse than they already are at this time!<br />My anger might make me seem like a rather bloodthirsty soul, given what I've had to say, but I'm not. I believe in a fair and just society. What I want is social justice, whereby all men and women are free. The Founding Fathers wanted the same thing, for they even said that god made all men to be free and equal. Sure, they didn't have Socialism yet, Marx and Engels didn't posit their theories for nearly another century, but let's be intellectually honest with two points.<br />1. Socialism is NOT evil. Under Socialism, all are equal. Neither is Socialism a failure, as the radical right would claim. I doubt that all of Europe would use it if it were so horrible. Neither is Capitalism a success, except for the unjustly rich, who stole their wealth from the working masses. <br />2. Read what the founding fathers have to say in context. If Socialism had existed during the drafting of our nation's founding documents, we would be a Socialist nation, not a Capitalist one. <br /><br />Pull your heads out of your backsides, please. Capitalism doesn't equate to freedom. It equates to slavery, with the masses bowed down to the Almighty Dollar. <br /><br />Beck's lies would be laughable, were they not so mean-spirited, were they not lapped up by the idiot masses that give this self-professed freak the attention that he seeks. I will never tell my children that monsters don't exist. I'll show them a few horrible moments of FOX "News" (while I am standing over their shoulder to ponit out the lies to their innocent ears), point at Beck, Hannity, or whatever other lying piece of walkinig excrement is staring out of the television set, and I will tell them that the monsters are real, but that they can't get into our house.<br /><br />Down with all of these anti-American nutjobs and every last onoe of the angry mob that follows them! I pray that they are all swiftly rounded up, tried by a jury, and then executed for sedition. At the VERY LEAST, they MUST be removed from the airwaves and TV IMMEDIATELY!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787423348625102104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-55251820181891488882010-04-03T10:14:21.812-07:002010-04-03T10:14:21.812-07:00(part 3)
Please understand, Glen Beck is guilty of...(part 3)<br />Please understand, Glen Beck is guilty of treason against the United States of America, as are a number of radical right-wing domestic terrorists. They are all criminals deserving of execution for sedition. Anyone who thinks that these self-proclaimed "patriots" are standing up for a better America should ask people of colour what America was like before they were treated as the human beings that they are. Ask any Jew, any woman, anyone that isn't a rich, male, white of European descent what it was like before the left gave us the civil rights movement. WAKE UP, AMERICA! These TRAITORS even blast the civil rights movement on a regular basis on these unchallenged "shows" of theirs, which amount to nothing more than airwave thuggery. <br /><br />Were it up to me, I would line every last one of these maggots, including anyone and everyone who has ever worked for or with Fox News, against a brick wall, and I would gleefully order the firing squad to machine gun them. Honestly, I'd like to be on that firing squad. It's these facist-capitalist monsters who've put countless children on the street, tried to run hard-working people out of our lazy hellhole of a country because gee, they have brown skin! Hell, I'd be smiling while I’d put it on Pay-Per-View and use the proceeds for AIDS research.<br /><br />It is facists like this that cause millions of innocent lives to be lost. Ask any Jew or Roma what conservatism did for them after the collapse of the Weimar Republic (for you uneducated morons on the right, I refer to the rise of Nazi Germany, a Beck/Limbaugh paradise).<br /><br />(more)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787423348625102104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-56491010987585540942010-04-03T10:13:52.997-07:002010-04-03T10:13:52.997-07:00(continued)
Their empty-headded rants are FINALLY ...(continued)<br />Their empty-headded rants are FINALLY (more) illegal, thanks to long-overdue hatespeech laws. Despite the fact that anyone with a modicum of common sense always knew that freedom of speech <i>did not</i> mean that one could incite the public against their lawful government, that it did not protect any speech the purpose of which is to promote criminal activity, and that it did not protect sexism, racism, or anything else that promotes inequality. There has had to be a law on books DIRECTLY SITING hatespeech so that the morons can no longer argue their non-point. Let’s get something straight. The First Ammendment NEVER protected racism and enciting the public against the government. People used to hang vermin like this, not allow them unpoliced access to our airwaves and to the ears, hearts, and minds of our children. <br /><br />(more)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787423348625102104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-34150936454803177572010-04-03T10:13:08.757-07:002010-04-03T10:13:08.757-07:00Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levi...Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and the rest of these neocon warmongers are traitors. They openly disrespect President Obama, lie about our hard-working public servants, and stirr hate. As much as you neocons don't like this, unless you can use it against the left, for whom we have to thank for having ANY freedom in this country, the fact is that hate speech is NOT and has NEVER BEEN protected by the First Ammendment. Neither is incitement to violence (read: tea parties, neocon talk radio, FOX News, etc ad nauseum). <br /><br />(more)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05787423348625102104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-69226019273656132612010-02-14T03:48:34.428-08:002010-02-14T03:48:34.428-08:00Dear ole' Ted must be rolling over in his grav...Dear ole' Ted must be rolling over in his grave with the news that a Republican took back the seat for the people......I find it interesting that a liberal hack thinks that the American people cannot vote for their self and that they need someone telling them how dumd they are....I believe they have heard enough of that BS and that is why they voted to replace Uncle Ted with a Republican.......One thing about you Liberals you are nothing but a bunch of cry babies everytime something does not go your way you think the rules need to be changed to benefit you and no one else.......I can't wait until Novemeber, hopefully the people will take back the country and make it understood that they have had enough of the Liberalism BS.ghostrider6265https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057577848164064252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-67613317236280085022010-02-09T07:48:54.077-08:002010-02-09T07:48:54.077-08:00I hope that comment says something nice about the ...I hope that comment says something nice about the Saints :)Michael Bohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802461239955936784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-69456398292320989442010-02-08T20:56:27.411-08:002010-02-08T20:56:27.411-08:00Great post Michael!
I think the truth is frequentl...Great post Michael!<br />I think the truth is frequently less convenient than the alternative:<br />"One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth." <br />-W.E.B Du BoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-66936263307510922682010-01-12T01:41:27.134-08:002010-01-12T01:41:27.134-08:00Influence can be defined as the power exerted over...Influence can be defined as the power exerted over the minds and behavior of others. A power that can affect, persuade and cause changes to someone or something. In order to influence people, you first need to discover what is already influencing them. What makes them tick? What do they care about? We need some leverage to work with when we’re trying to change how people think and behave.<br /><br />www.onlineuniversalwork.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-80940840123444159552009-12-17T12:13:28.609-08:002009-12-17T12:13:28.609-08:00What is it with you Dumbocrats? you really don'...What is it with you Dumbocrats? you really don't give a rip about health care you only care that something is passed regardless of the cost or the outcome.<br /><br />Tell me infidel what has the Dumbocrats accomplished other than spend the country into debt that it will take generations to pay off.<br /><br />I think you will see a lot of Dumbocrats voted out of office in 2010 the American people are finally catching onto their lies and BS and especially after the great leader said we would go broke if health care was not passed and then have a Dumbocrat come along and say well that wasn't true. <br /><br />With this regime it is one lieghostrider6265https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057577848164064252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-57272698296113831582009-12-17T09:36:29.859-08:002009-12-17T09:36:29.859-08:00It's a damn shame the way things have gone and...It's a damn shame the way things have gone and are still going. it's also an indictment on the voters that they can't see through the lies and corporate influences that infect the whole process.<br /><br />Have a good New Orleans experience, and go Saints too, I have adopted them for this season, since my Kansas City Chiefs suck, but they'll be better next season.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-86281386314322719762009-12-17T03:58:42.381-08:002009-12-17T03:58:42.381-08:00I agree with you that health-care reform has been ...I agree with you that health-care reform has been a huge disappointment, but let's not forget that the Democrats have accomplished <a href="http://bjtrotter.blogspot.com/2009/12/weve-come-long-way-baby.html" rel="nofollow">a great deal</a> since taking power. Remember that in practice there are only two options -- government by Democrats or government by Republicans -- and if we don't have one we'll have the other.<br /><br />The fundamental problem in the Senate is the filibuster rule which requires 60 votes to get anything done, so that even a party with a 58-40 majority -- clearly a mandate from the people -- has great difficulty getting things done against a determined minority opposition. We should focus on supporting Tom Harkin's effort to get the Senate rules changed. Until that happens, 40 Republicans plus one troublemaker will be able to pull the same crap with every new major reform that comes along. Even if Lieberman is gotten out of office, there will always be bought-and-paid-for politicians.<br /><br />Have a good time in New Orleans.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-64752587276786778082009-11-24T12:50:57.184-08:002009-11-24T12:50:57.184-08:00Thanks for all the great comments guys. GR, I don&...Thanks for all the great comments guys. GR, I don't have anything to add. Let's all just get along. <br /><br />I'll try to write about the health care debacle soon. I'm sure I'm not alone when I say the whole process is making me sick. Of course the Republicans are the worst, but we all know they're a lost cause. A bad joke!<br /><br />Sadly, I'm now thinking that Reid put the public option and anti-trust language in his bill just to give it all away to the four horseman of the apocalypse - Nelson, Lincoln, Landreiu and Lieberman. They never intended for us to have it. <br /><br />It's all so depressing. I'm also beginning to believe the progressive Senators who constantly tell us it will all be okay are full of shit. I just don't believe them anymore. I also don't beleive much in Obama anymore. He's not doing enough. <br /><br />Anyway, have a great THANKSGIVING everyone - MichaelMichael Bohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802461239955936784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-5102997179823550682009-11-19T09:27:12.273-08:002009-11-19T09:27:12.273-08:00LETS TELL SOME MORE LIES
When the administration ...LETS TELL SOME MORE LIES<br /><br />When the administration lies, as in often the case, Obama is lying. It is hard to remember a more corrupt government in Washington, although such corruption is commonplace in Chicago. It has spread like a nasty rash, and Obama’s Recovery Lies are just the most recent evidence of corruption.<br />Obama Failed Recovery Lies<br /><br />We know that Obama “inherited” this economy from George Bush and we also now know that Obama has pulled this economy back from the brink in his recovery efforts. (By the way the link goes to the white house video of Obama Quoting he brought the Economy back from the brink, so don’t be surprised if that link breaks at some point when the Economy doesn’t look better than when Obama took office.) The Obama Recovery is doing so well it is not only creating or saving jobs it is creating districts, such as the 9th district of Arizona that has had 30 jobs saved or created although the district doesn’t exist.ghostrider6265https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057577848164064252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-89857572768037954032009-11-18T06:41:49.345-08:002009-11-18T06:41:49.345-08:00“The time for American innocence, ignorance and ne...“The time for American innocence, ignorance and negligent stupidity must end.”<br /><br />If the Web and the Internet have done nothing else, Michael, they have exposed us to “all of the above.”<br /><br />The uneducated cannot detect revisionist history, because they have never learned history in the first place.<br /><br />The uneducated are being told that the educated are the “elite.” This is how they are being controlled. They have been told by “the usual suspects” that higher education and those institutions long held in high regard (Nobel Peace Prize, for example) are all in conspiracy against them and against America. They know American is the greatest nation on Earth and has no need to interact with other nations or consider global problems. They believe all this because they don’t know any better.<br /><br />Lacking a well-rounded liberal education makes them susceptible to manipulation by ideologues. Yet, these are, by and large, not bad souls. Most are hard-working, salt-of-the-earth folks with a strong faith in a higher powere. They are merely preyed upon because of their core values.<br /><br />What is the antithesis of ignorance? The return to an education system that truly educates. Have we gone past the point of no return? It’s very possible.<br /><br />As for “news,” I did better than turn off the TV. I disconnected cable altogether about five months ago, and I have not missed it at all. I decided to seek out “straight news,” and to form my own conclusions. No more “opinion” shows where I could only find validation of my beliefs rather than facts! (And, that includes MSNBC’s nightside.) <br /><br />There is so much more to be said about your thought-provoking post, but I will conclude with this:<br /><br />Looking back through the years since the War Between the States, most efforts to improve our nation have been made by Democratic administrations.<br /><br />We came to our current administration with the highest of hopes, and it is the very people we so sincerely want to benefit, who are being manipulated into rejecting the very policies which will help them.<br /><br />BJB.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-52278925777019648872009-11-17T10:33:12.230-08:002009-11-17T10:33:12.230-08:00Religion is definitely a point of departure is som...Religion is definitely a point of departure is some respects. Yet my faith shares much in common with Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. The reality is that most faiths share much in common. <br /><br />Finding and building alliances based on common/shared values is often very difficult. Especially in the face of the cynical deliberate divisive efforts of those who are out to benefit themselves. Those who insist that they have the only path to a higher power/GOD while espousing the limits of human comprehension and spirit are to my mind just a subset of those whose only concern is themselves.<br /><br />Unfortunately, many people fail to reflect upon their own beliefs. My sense of things is that if you can remove the threats/fears from most peoples lives and then seek common foundations we are all more similar than different. <br /><br />How often do we engage in these discussions about what we share in common? How often are the differences used to build barriers to communication? How often are the differences used to foment hatred and to divide people?<br /><br />Believe me when I say, I do not have any answers. I just wonder if a change in perspective might be useful and so I offer my thoughts to see if they help us to at least start looking at things a bit differently.Mukwa Ogimaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587312059097867335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-12254367337546003822009-11-17T10:17:31.112-08:002009-11-17T10:17:31.112-08:00Thank you Sue. I especially agree witht the idea t...Thank you Sue. I especially agree witht the idea that we're slipping backwards when we should be moving forward with the rest of the world. Who knows, let's hope it's the last gasp of a dying breed. <br /><br />You too Mukwa, great assessment on your part as well. Sadly, common ground seems especially elusive if Infidel is right. Unless we can get the electorate to consider civics instead of religion when voting, we're all doomed. <br /><br />Thanks for the great feedback Infidel. As usual, you hit the nail on the head. My main political concern these days is all about the independents, and how they will vote in the future. <br /><br />They don't seem to see the GOP as a discredited party. They still think we have a two-party system. The corporate party continues to con them, and they continue to buy it. Unless they catch-on quick, we're all potentially doomed to go backwards even faster after 2010.<br /><br />Forget the Republicans, they're a lost cause. We need to focus on the independent voters. It's our job now to teach them, and discredit those who are lying to them.Michael Bohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17802461239955936784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-9518759578689445172009-11-17T09:27:58.232-08:002009-11-17T09:27:58.232-08:00I find it hard to believe that the vast majority o...<i>I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of American's on the political right are really all that much different from myself</i>.<br /><br />You're overlooking a critical factor -- religion. Yes, of course there is a class struggle going on, but then how is the Republican party able to attract enough support to be a major force? By means of religious fundamentalism. There are tens of millions of Americans who are not rich, but will vote for the Republican party against their own economic self-interest because they believe the fight against abortion, homosexuals, secularism, evolution in the schools, and so forth, is paramount. Remove that factor and you'd have a political situation more like what exists in western Europe.<br /><br />As Republican party identification shrinks, it has reduced itself to pretty much just the 20%-25% of the population that makes up the Christian Right. Religion is what enables the Republicans to remain a power even though -- indeed, because -- they've largely abandoned any pretense of a rational or reality-based world-view.<br /><br />The left ignores religion at its peril.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-55902756954452438432009-11-16T18:31:17.400-08:002009-11-16T18:31:17.400-08:00Michael,
I am in agreement with your assessment. ...Michael,<br /><br />I am in agreement with your assessment. We American's seem to swallow myth hook, line, and sinker. I do not agree though that we should abandon the effort to deliver us all into a better social contract. I've been thinking and I am beginning to think that our failing is that we are failing to define the common ground, that which binds us all together.<br /><br />I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of American's on the political right are really all that much different from myself. I'm increasingly convinced that we are engaged in a class struggle. I can clearly see differences between the uber wealthy/powerful and the rest of us. Those are the people who control the corporations, foundations, banks, lobbyists, and corrupt lawmakers. They are the ones who are truly different from myself and most Americans. <br /><br />They are the one's controlling the media and the debates. Perhaps this is where you can focus your energies. Don't give up the fight. We need you. Perhaps, by our force of numbers we can make IT work for us!Mukwa Ogimaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587312059097867335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-43098522974415308412009-11-16T16:18:32.765-08:002009-11-16T16:18:32.765-08:00Michael you speak the truth and I am proud of you!...Michael you speak the truth and I am proud of you! I feel the same way, So many times I'm embarrassed, dismayed, sickened by the actions of our people and our nation. Those who say "how dare you say our country is not the greatest on this earth" are the same people who put down Michelle Obama for the things she said in the past, the people who are blinded by the mistakes our country has made. The way we do not respect each other and treat each other with dignity and equality. We're slipping backwards when we should be moving forwards in our plans and our thinking. We do have a long way to go before I can say we are the greatest country in the world! I sure hope we get there in my lifetime! Take care Michael!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-38580368221416904042009-11-15T11:09:25.277-08:002009-11-15T11:09:25.277-08:00Yo Casper (Ghostrider) wassup?!
Okay.okay ...Tenn...Yo Casper (Ghostrider) wassup?!<br /><br />Okay.okay ...Tennessee Heh? You wouldnt be lyin to me wouldja? No, all crap aside...you are right on that...and about the Tennessee Kid, but Hell Bubba ...were still having to speak Mexicano half the time anywayz...how can you get by in Texas without? Loud mouth's?!! Look who's talkin ...have you seen the video's you post?!! Look Bubba ...argueing with you over this is just pissing in the wind, your an American like the rest of us and still getting screwed like the rest of us...if you werent...you wouldnt be BMB-ing (bitch,moan,and bellyache) about this and that. The only difference between you and I is your choosing to kiss up to the same folk's that are robbing you ...corrupt non pro-business dictating corporation's and their political pocket puppet's is all.<br /><br />Later Dude ....Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-16120675329256416832009-11-14T11:44:45.181-08:002009-11-14T11:44:45.181-08:00Porch Chimp if it wasn't for us Tennesseans yo...Porch Chimp if it wasn't for us Tennesseans you would be speaking Mexican today, we saved your ass so you could join the union and then you call a Tennessean the first Texan, New Yorkers and Texans, nothing but loud mouths.ghostrider6265https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057577848164064252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-1159890241701145902009-11-12T08:50:19.641-08:002009-11-12T08:50:19.641-08:00as soon as Texas opt's out of the union....you...<i>as soon as Texas opt's out of the union....you can color me gone to Texas</i>.......<br /><br />And so Goatreamer$6.99, who probably considers himself a patriot, is revealed instead as a secessionist would-be traitor.<br /><br />Funny how it's mostly the right-wingers these days who fantasize about dividing the country.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-15929051529012945062009-11-12T08:42:53.475-08:002009-11-12T08:42:53.475-08:00Yankee Retard? I got your Yankee Retard BOY!Your p...Yankee Retard? I got your Yankee Retard BOY!Your probably already in Texas I can assume...and just cant stand 2009 Texas, cause of your time warp status heh? Shipping all the born yankee's back to their birthplace up north? Are you kiddin boy? There's more of them in Texas than illegal mexicano immigrant's in the USA! Plus ...who would be left to tell ya'll what to do? I mean...it's a tough job...but someone has to do it...heh? I reckon ya'll will just have to get your order's from the wetback's heh? Say ...heh,heh,heh,heh,heh, ...how bout dem Cowboys!!Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318892095452258182.post-47756948618548279652009-11-11T22:02:32.522-08:002009-11-11T22:02:32.522-08:00Mr Porch Chimp as soon as Texas opt's out of t...Mr Porch Chimp as soon as Texas opt's out of the union....you can color me gone to Texas.......then they probably will get rid of all of you yankee retards...and ship your arse back north to where it belongs...ghostrider6265https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057577848164064252noreply@blogger.com