Please ...in addition to your wonderful verbiage and amazing vernacular.......
RESPOND TO OTHERS..( in the comments section ) OTHERWISE..YOU ARE JUST YELLING!
My understanding of this "FreePlay of Ideas" WAS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE SOME GRASSROOTS FEEDBACK !......
I'm sorry if my fellow BLOGGERS have bullied you...GET A PAIR ! and comment and BLOG!
As Franklin Jefferson Washington once said......" Ain't Gonna Be NUTHIN 'Til we Mix it Up"
SEMPER FI
I SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION , FROM ALL ENEMIES..FORIEGN ..AND DOMESTIC....
EVERY SINGLE SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN AND (US SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN) HAS TAKEN THAT PLEDGE.........
AND YET THEY SAT BY AND WATCHED THE BUSH/CHEYNEY ADMIN. ..SHRED THE DOCUMENT....
THEY ALL NEED TO GO....NOW !!!
THEY TOOK THE OATH...AND DID NOT KEEP THE FAITH..........WHY SHOULD WE LET THEM KEEP THEIR JOBS?
tHIS WAS SUPPOSSED TO BE ABOUT CHANGE...NOT CHEYNEY...
WTF ..WERE YOU THINKING........THAT B.H.O. WOULD SWEAR IN ON THE Quran? ..That he WOULD CHANGE the U. S. A. FLAG TO A Friggen "RAINBOW" ? ......That he Would CHANGE the National Anthem to "Let YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY".......IT ALWAYS WAS AND ( hopefully ) ALWAYS WILL BE ABOUT INCLUSION...NOT EXCLUSION.......
I AM TRULY SORRY IF YOU BOUGHT INTO McCAIN/PALIN Rhetoric...and ONLY Cast Your Vote ..Because he was a (Muslim/Gay/Socialist/The most Leftist/Flg Burner) and THAT's WHY YOU VOTED FOR HIM !!!
You should have done a bit more RESEARCH and a little less FOX News Watching..and decided upon a Candidate based upon WHO THEY DIDN'T Like.!
To my Gay Friends...Rick Warren is NOT NEARLY THE SLAP IN THE FACE that PROP 8 IS...so don't feel outraged unless you did something about it !
It WAS ALWAYS ABOUT GOVERNING FROM THE CENTER...WAKE UP !
I'm sorry YOU Don't Like It ..But there is always the OPPORTUNITY to WORK for a CAMPAIGN in 2012...... Right now it is ...JINDAL..PALIN..OBAMA......................Chose your poison!
Semper Fidelis
I am so Wanting to Party with "Slim Pickens"....He was great in BLAZING SADDLES..!
I LOVED the Line.....upon seeing Cleavon Little for the first time...... " AW SHOOT,....HERE WE TAKE THE GOOD TIME AND TROUBLE ..TO SLAUGHTER EVER' LAST INJUN IN THE WEST........AN' FER WHAT?.....SO THEY CAN GO AN' APPOINT A SHERIFF ..THAT'S DARKER THAN ANY INJUN......I AM DEPRESSED ! "......how much more fitting is this..?? This Guy is gonna be a "helluva guy to have a beer with"..
I am not messing up again am I Sarn't Carter ?? GOLLY..GEE WILLIKERS..'PYLE HAS DONE IT AGAIN !
SEMPER FIDELIS
( p.s. Shiva ...."Texas Oil Men , Order Rare..."Knock the horns off wipe it's butt and put it on a plate "..fitting , eh?) There is a Reason Houston Leads THE WORLD in Cardiac By-Pass Surgery !
If we don't stop the "spin" ...the Leaning that is not EVEN CLOSE to JOURNALISM....We are DOOMED as Sure as ROME WAS...We are Currently Trading in Lies, Half-Truths ans CONJECTURE !
If Rupert and Co. keeps it up...His Grandkids won't have to worry about MONEY, ( OR ANYTHING ELSE....NONE OF US WILL !).....Is that what the NEW WORLD ORDER is ABOUT??? DESTRUCTION and the waning days of ROME??
Stop Me before I Blog Again !
So a few days ago a handful ( or is that HANDFED) republican Senators decided that the UAW is resposible for bad management and lack of vision on the part of the Big Three. According to them the only reason that the Big Three are in trouble is that they pay their workers 10 bucks more an hour than Toyota....( lest we forget the crushing pension payouts that they are saddled with).
So, ONCE AGAIN, the Republicans express "MORAL Outrage" about the disparity of pay, and If the Union doesn't PAY for the mistakes..then we will just hold or breath and stamp our feet!
I really think there is enough blame to go around..unions and management...BUT, To hold the Workers Responsible....ummm does this sound like holding the PFC's and Corporals responsible for a policy of TORTURE???
I MUST HAVE MISSED THE PART when the Republicans were clamoring for AIG,GOLDMAN-SACHS and CITIGROUP Upper Management TO TAKE PAY CUTS, OR NO MONEY ??? was I absent that day?
OH, RIGHT, I FORGOT...THOSE FOLKS are the CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS for these Senators and the Union Backs Dems.....Now, let's see If I have this straight????..........Constituents don't count ..THE ONLY REASON WE GET "MORALLY OUTRAGED" is when someone that DID NOT make a CONTRIBUTION asks for ...44 TIMES LESS..than you just gave (without strings) TO YOUR PALS !
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE GUYS AND THE IDIOT ILLINI GOV. is that HE WAS JUST UPFRONT ABOUT IT !
AND ONCE AGAIN >>>THE MEDIA GIVES THE REPUBS A PASS....PRICELESS
THIS HAS GOT TO CHANGE.....
sorry for shouting, but I'm pretty pissed!
Ok, So I've been kicking this one around my mind for the past 2 weeks..AS GAS PRICES HAVE DROPPED !
How About a DOLLAR a GALLON FEDERAL TAX ( over and above existing ones) FOR IMPORTED OIL?It would still be tight, but we could swing 2.75 a GALLON gasoline.....HERE IS WHY ....
Pros:
#1 This levy would generate BILLIONS for the Fed Gov't ( I will look at any SCHEME that lessens the MORTAGE "Bush/We" have saddled our GRANDCHILDREN with ! )
#2 We would return to our "non-essential" driving habits of LAST MONTH ! ( helping the environment and our brutalized Infra-structure..short term )
#3 The AutoMakers would still have a reason to produce FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES
#4 Solar and Wind and "ALTERNATIVE" Power is NOT Viable NOW for under 3.00 a gallon, and It LOOKS REALLY ATTRACTIVE with GAS at 4.00 a Gallon...but with gas at 1.50..ONLY T.BOONE and The OIL COMPANIES can AFFORD to Develop it ! Thereby leaving them with a CORNER on the Market of ENERGY......AGAIN !
#5 This will allow DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCERS to get a GOOD DEAL..(yes, even our Red Opposition ALASKA and OKLAHOMA....leave them out, they will never go blue!)
#6 "TEXAS OIL MEN" will start being OILMEN again..and ..didn't we just decide we had HAD ENOUGH of TEXAS OIL MEN Running the SHOW ???
OK SO CONS:
#1 You cannot fill the MiniVan for less than 30.00 ( but it isn't 60.00 )
#2 You need to limit your speed to "Weather Conditions" rather than "HOW DARE YOU PASS ME !)
# 3 I'm SURE THAT MY FELLOW BLOGGERS WILL "MENTION" TO ME WHERE I HAVE GONE WRONG!
IF YOU LIKE/HATE This IDEA ( it is NOT New) ....LET'S WORK TO FASHION it into a Real Weapon to cause REAL CHANGE ! .......REGULATORS ARE THE KEY..OVERSITE !
So a few republican Senators decided that the UAW is resposible for bad management and lack of vision on the part of the Big Three. According to them the only reason that the Big Three are in trouble is that they pay their workers 10 bucks more an hour than Toyota....( lest we forget the crushing pension payouts that they are saddled with).
WE have Been in a TOTAL WAR for the PAST 8 YEARS....These are the only " Democrats" that were judged acceptable...BIG WIMPS !
PLEASE DO NOT VILIFY THEM NOW ...... ESPECIALLY IF YOU VOTED FOR BUSH EVEN ONCE !
I DON'T LIKE THESE SPINELESS GUTTERSNIPES...but that is the BEST WE COULD DO ...to APPEASE YOUR VOTE !..... LOOK UP " K STREET PROJECT"......All REASONABLE PEOPLE WERE TURNED DOWN AND THROWN OUT....(ALBERTO GONZALES will take the FALL but that is like "Scooter" taking the fall for Cheyney !)
NOW IS THE TIME FOR CHANGE ! ,,WE HAVE PROVED THAT !!! BUT. You will have to Put Up with the " OLD GUARD"...( Pelosi,Reid, Schumer, ...the DEMS that have had their hand in the COOKIE JAR far enough that the REPUBS TRUSTED THEM NOT TO "Upset the AppleCart".....
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE BEGINNING TO SEE ......JUST HOW MUCH CHANGE WE NEED !
Current events surrounding the Governor of the " Illini" , should be viewed by US , for What It Is.....TOTAL and COMPLETE VINDICATION for the President Elect.
Pres. Obama did NOT choose the Carter/Clinton Path of "Change" ( by appointing his Local fellow politicians, that he may have had to endure at meetings and Party functions and "pay them back" for nothing more than being Party Loyalists......people, that's the Republican LockStep Way!)
THANK GOD ! Fox and the GOP may try and spin it any way they can..but the fact remains.....He evidently did not like what he saw in the "new Upcoming young Locals"............and that left him with Clinton Era Retreads....or Goosestepping K Street Folk ( reaching across the aisle).
Yes, Illinois, this Guy makes Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles" look competent, trustworthy and honest. Deal with it....NOW..Fast..and Decisively ( See New York and Elliot Spitzer )
I had many " head scratching ..WTF? " moments in the past days listening to Cabinet Appointments being made.... NOW I SEE WHY......(he has to be teflon !) Look, on sunday the BIG story was that he might NOT have given up Smoking !....NOW THAT'S A SCANDAL I CAN LIVE WITH...( I'm not too sure I would want an EX-Smoker ANYWAY.....TONY RANDALL comes to mind ! )
CAN WE FOCUS ON THIS PART ....PLEASE..????
Let's assume that" Big Oil" is not as inbred and inherently Stupid as the "Big Three" The Message that they got from the endless election( from both sides) was that Small Alternative Energy Start-ups was what will save us. Take That as a Given.
The "Time Bomb" that Prince George & Co. left us (they knew they could not win, so the next best thing is to collapse the economy under the New Guy...and We will be back in business is just 4 short years..You know those Dems..they will throw money at the problem !)..BUT, It detonated PREMATURELY (in a Truly Republican Way).
Add a FAUSTIAN DEAL that BOTH .Pres OBAMA and McCain had to agree with ( or ..you, know Boys, if it all falls to crap..we jes won't be able to HOLD an election..y'all understand ...RIGHT?) thats why my baldy boy has got to have EVERYTHING left in the Treasury!...y'unnerstand now Right?
So, Big Oil decides that the "Golden Cheyney Days" are OVER and smells the small start-ups in the wind.....How to Stop them ??? USE the technology we have been buying and stopping for years, WE will Develop it...we have the money...we have the technology...BUT HOW TO STOP THE SMALL ENTREPRENEURS?.........
CHEAP GAS !!! (we can say we are being PATRIOTIC...As people will be more likely to buy Crap from Detroit!...and we can use this time to CORNER the MARKET on NEW ENERGY...
DO You See where this is going??
12 years ago I would NOT have thought this possible
But AFTER seeing PALIN AND "JOE THE PLUMBER'S HELPER".....YES...THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING TO THE "REAL AMERICA"....that graduated High School because of FOOTBALL...and think that ....I f we can just start the Factories again..and then DUMB WILL BE OKAY, AGAIN ! (With a GREAT PENSION!).....
Better You than Me ...MR.PRESIDENT
( kinda figures that the only time we TRUST a Black Man to lead us is when we SEE NO WAY OUT !)
Todays events surrounding the Governor of the " Illini" , should be viewed by US , for What It Is.....TOTAL and COMPLETE VINDICATION for the President Elect.
Pres. Obama did NOT choose the Carter/Clinton Path of "Change" ( by appointing his Local fellow politicians, that he may have had to endure at meetings and Party functions and "paid them back" for nothing more than being Party Loyalists......people, that's the Republican LockStep Way!)
Been Gone a While.....But it's GOOD TO BE HOME !
Well, if Katrina didn't prove it to the world.....WE CERTAINLY DID THIS MORNING !
I was in a Local Wal-Mart at 5:00..watched( tried to break-up and got pulled away by the spouses) two women have a scratching-hair pulling-fight...because one bumped her cart into the other...the mood was grim, and there were more fist fights and shouting matches between shoppers "CARRIED AWAY WITH THE TRUE AMERICAN CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ! "
We have become a disgraceful nation...... at the Wal-Mart in Long Island..an employee was TRAMPLED to DEATH after the Crowd BROKE DOWN THE DOORS...WONDERFUL !
This poor schmuck working for minimum wage and Mandated to work at 4:00 AM on the door LOST HIS LIFE ! IS this the WAR on Christmas ?........What say YOU ..O"REILLY ????
And PLEASE before you start with the whole ...."well, a Few Bad Apples" tripe..let's get something straight ...ONE EXAMPLE IS UNEXCEPTABLE....much less "Scattered, Isolated Instances"...which would be MORE than ONE !
THIS is Precisely the kind of thing THAT MUST CHANGE...or we continue on the last 8 year path to DESTROY the Character of the USA.....it's WORKING..THANKS GEORGIE, DICKY,AND DONNY!
If you see something that is WRONG speak up, and encourage the Rest of the crowd to also!. This Used to be common practice in this Country BEFORE we Started unprovoked War , Tortured prisoners , Suspended Haebeus Corpus and sunk to the TERRORISTS LEVEL............And thought 24 was a GREAT SHOW.......
MR.PRESIDENT ELECT....I STILL WANT MY COUNTRY BACK !
HEY ALL.....HILLARY to SECSTATE and Keeping GATES at SECDEF( for a limited stint),ACTUALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE !
Once Again President OBAMA (we can drop the "elect", we are all friends ! ) has shown just how brilliant he is....Here is WHY......
#1 Keeping Gates as SECDEF makes TONS of sense...This puts emphasis on the Iraq War being "Bush's War" not HIS...and the WORLD (if not us) will see it that way. This also allows the Iraqi's to "Dance with the One that Brought You" so to speak....not to mention the "Across the Aisle" stuff.
#2 Hillary ( I said NUMBER 2, right? ) Do YOU as POTUS leave that "loose cannon" in the Senate.. modifying your every attempted Bill/Law ? What to do with her....??? In World Popular Opinion the #1 name is OBAMA...the #2 name is CLINTON (you might not like the name..but the WORLD really does)...add the Fact that SHE voted FOR the WAR, and now you have the "responsible parties" FIXING the PROBLEM under the New Diplomacy of OBAMA...
It took me a while to stomach this....really had a hard time getting my head around it....wanted to see Chuck Hagel as SecDEF and Bill Richardson as SecState...but , I am not the brightest star in the night sky.....
Additionally, any foreign potentate that tries the "end Run" attempting to bypass HRC by dealing with WJC...YOU KNOW SHE will "tell the Teacher" (she's gotta still be pissed about the wet willie) Any good thing that She does will be to BHO's Credit and any "I MisRemembered's " will be credited to HER !......PRICELESS !
( Yes, FOX and Co. will spin this differently here but the only channel Globally that shares their "TAKE'" or Opinions is... the AL JAZEERA NETWORK !)
Once Again.. I Salute You..MR.PRESIDENT !
You "BucketHeads" are what I am Thankful for....You Naively Join the SERVICE, thinking You are Protecting OUR COUNTRY, Put Your Life on the Line....FOR US !
However, what REALLY happens is that You DO wind up Giving THE REST OF YOUR LIFE to a "Truly Grateful Nation".....they will even buy a one dollar Chinese Magnet to put on their SUV!..How much more could you ask for!..Healthcare, well, no because we cannot admit what You were exposed to. Job Training, well you are already prepared to be a HIRED KILLER..what more could you ask for!
I have a hard time listening to the Coulters, O'Reilly's, Hannity's Thank US !......If I ever get close enough I will Blow chunks all over them..as a "YOU'RE WELCOME"
Semper Fi
There seems to be some faulty math in some of the posts that show up here..We are smarter that the GOP..(Dems) always have been..that is why they call us elitists...we don't do math like "JOE the Plumbers Helper"..we do it like...well math.
One Million Dollars = 1,000,000.00 .....six zeros
One Billion Dollars = 1,000,000,000.00 ....9 zeros
One Trillion Dollars = 1,000,000,000,000.00 ....12 zeros
This is the System that is in use in the USA and also the Scientific community (UK,France..et al use different expression...maybe that is the Problem here.
A Few Months ago Peole Starting Posting GREAT IDEAS to just give us US Citizens the money..OK, a tad socialistic but I can hang with that..........HOWEVER.............
IF YOU DIVIDE 700 BILLION among 270 Million People...you get roughly...2,592.59...NOT 250K !
And IF you give 270 Million People ONE Million Dollars each....YOU GET ...270 TRILLION !
Our National Debt was right around 9.6 TRILLION as of 15 Sept 2008......
How many of us got checks for 800, 100, 1200,or 1600 Dollars last year...THAT COST 300 BILLION DOLLARS......
so, please ...let's just get our facts straight.....I HATE THE "BAIL-OUTS" as much as YOU....let's call them RANSOM from now on....Because that is what they are REALLY....the have us HOSTAGE.
PERHAPS, If we INSISTED that Wall St. used MATH like everyone else....( and did not insist that 2 plus 2 equals 220! ) we might have a shot at the future..With out it..EVERY TIME THEY get in trouble, they will insist that we make up the 216 DIFFERENCE!
What if Hillary had won the Primaries......well what if?.......
She would be seeking to "Place" the Upstart OBAMA in a PROMINENT position ( THAT HE WAS TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED FOR!) and her Supporters would "have their knickers in a bind" over that one wouldn't They??......
THIS IS A SERIOUS QUESTION....IF THE PRIMARY had GONE TO HILLARY.......
WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED FOR McCAIN, Not VOTED, or just put ANOTHER BUSH IN OFFICE!
I WANT "CHANGE"....MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN YOU DO...YOU DID NOT DO IT 3x in A ROW!!!
If You think that makes us less than friends....well..BEGONE TROLL!
The DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS ..When Friends disagree, argue, and come to a reasonable capitulation of the outcome..
STICK A FORK iN ME..I AM DONE....I'LL BE WEARING A YELLOW LEI...
Semper FI
ANYONE ..that would Besmirch the Good Name of a TRIPLE AMPUTEE ...U.S. VETERAN..by saying he was in League with OSAMA BIN LADEN..( The GUY that 'Rummy" TOLD the 10MTN div to STAND DOWN"..let GO..TORA BORA)
I am NOT a FAN OF Capital Punishment...But SAXBY CHAMBLISS....If there was EVER a More Clear cut Case of "Defamation of Character"..oh, sorry, WE have done AWAY with THOSE frivolous LAWSUITS"....
Send this Good ole Boy down to GTMO...Lotta VETS would LOVE to MEET Him !
GEORGIA...You were a "Stumbling Block in 1776" and have BEEN SINCE..Will YOU CONTINUE?
So far as I KNOW..(not scuttlebutt and lack-of-news..Sarah isn't even around anymore.Cycle)
NO ONE has been "put forth" as SEC STATE or SEC DEF...STOP ME IF I'M WRONG.....
Lets Assume that: POTUS ELECT is VERY SMART (Smarter than the Average Bear booboo !) this means You and ME !
There is a very strict vetting process (granted..It HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR YEARS, but we should NOT discount it, as IT EXTENDS TO SPOUSES !) Do you understand what this means to both of the potential "appointees"as RUMOR has it?? Do you understand?? THEY TAKE A GOOD LOOK into SPOUSES AND AQUANTINCES FINANCIAL RECORDS...Did Cindy and Bill EVER agree to this??
AND TO those that ...WILL NEVER VOTE FOR.....AGAIN.....WAS this Your FIRST TIME?? er, voting?
Cause It Gets MUCH BETTER the More You Do IT...ESPECIALLY WITH A REALLY COOL PARTNER !
