Comments on: Stepping down, Sarah Palin takes aim at media, Hollywood

By: Meteorlady

Meteorlady — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:07:50 +0000

to Canadian Jim – I think Canada is a great place. I would rather be there than here right now with all the Marxist changes proposed. In fact, if all this passes and they allow illegals a path to citizenship your neighbor to the south is going to loose a lot of it’s citizens to immigration = immigration to other countries that are free and fair about their laws and standards for citizenship.

By: Sir Terrence

Sir Terrence — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:27:38 +0000

I say we all calm down; A Liberal will be a Liberal and a Conservative will be a Conservative but when the Mid Term elections come in 2010 we all will know for a fact what the peoples voice will be and then I suppose this battle will again rage on.
I am a stanch conservative but in-fighting want resolve anything but more of the same and a way to vent your opinions. Let us wait and see when the voting starts… let us verily see by “WE THE PEOPLE” who are the winners and yes… the losers.

By: Richard Willey

Richard Willey — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:36:24 +0000

fred=jerk

By: The Insurgent

The Insurgent — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:34:47 +0000

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By: Frederick H

Frederick H — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:36:04 +0000

Again LB, all we read here in your post amounts to totally lame allegations, hear-say and outright lies. First off, you conservatives keep bleating that Obama’s so keen “Socialism”, but where is your hard evidence? When and where did he unequivocally indicate his adherence to socialism as a socio-political ideology? Do you even know what socialism is at all? Apparently, you conservatives are only capable of thinking in terms of black and white, nothing in between. It’s either socialism or blunt capitalism. Well, talk about primitive thinking. I think you should educate yourself on the difference between socialism and social democratic politics. Politicians subscribing to the latter favor a full balance between governmental and corporate power. But mind you, government (the President or the prime minister in many countries as well as Congress or Parliament) comprises a body of chosen administrators, people therefore with a clear-cut public mandate. So, government is fully entitled to keep a keen eye on the machinations of Corporate representatives. In times of crisis (such as we’re experiencing presently) government has every right in the world to launch (temporal), control-related initiatives towards socially and economically highly significant corporations (banks, major industries, etc.). This has absolutely but really nothing whatsoever to do with socialism. In a socialist system, such as observed in a.o. Cuba, N-Korea and Venezuela (up to a large extent), political leadership entails total and permanent dictatorial power over corporate decision making. Besides, any critical discussion of the government’s social and/or legislative initiatives will be duly discouraged (at best) and eventually severely punished. President Obama’s policies don’t come close to such a mentality for even a shadow of an inch. Quite the contrary: through his weblog as well as public meetings and hearings he’s consistently encouraging an open debate of his policies. As far as I know, no president before him has so diligently tried to get his message across the arena of parties concerned and respond to criticism as best as he can. But, of course, some parties will be full of paranoia, envy, spitefulness, outright bigotry and, not to forget, sheer ignorance. For instance, where in the health reform bill did you read, precisely, that the aged will be treated as third class suckers and send home with a pill instead of e.g. a decent pace maker or an expertly constructed new hip? It’s all rumors and smear-campaigning without the slightest hard, factual ground whatsoever.

As for Palin, this woman is mediocrity incarnated. She’s merely parroting the blah blah that conservative pundits and media hot shots (such as Dick Morris and Glenn Beck) have been strewing around ever since President Obama took office (i.e. stop cap and trade, restrict abortion, keep drilling for oil despite the very, very bleak perspectives fossil-fuels in the near future as well as irreparable damage to the ecosystems involved). But, surely, the cliché mantras she’s reciting endlessly are honey to the tongues of a whole host of industrial tycoons who are shitting their fancy pants for utter fear of losing their trillion dollar profits under the Obama administration. The conservatives’ naiveté in this respect keeps astounding me no end.

No LB, the liberal press isn’t preoccupied with Palin because of her strength or her talents, because she possesses none of these. They’re merely concerned about the fact that a complete intellectual non-entity with a pair of glitzy glasses will enter the WH and put us (and a substantial part of this world) back a few decades. Bush sr and jr all over again. Yikes…..

By: LB

LB — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:28:51 +0000

It is almost humorous to watch and predict what the liberals are going to say next. Throwing stones seems to be the norm, not the exception. Bush is out, so get over it. If you have any real common sense, you will know that the housing failure is not Bush’s fault. If anything, and I mean no slur on him, Clinton would be more responsible for our present condition. Yes, he is the one that forced the banks to make loans to folks that they knew could not qualify for, or afford. So, you have many folks that couldn’t afford these homes and when their Adjustable Rate Mort. went up, and the worth of their investments declined, they were stuck and broke. Many of these foreclosures are from investment properties. Folks that wanted to make a million over night. Anyway, the banks couldn’t afford it,,,,so on and on. It is a domino effect. It has nothing to do with the CEO’s making big bonuses. No one likes this, but it is not the Gov’s responsibility to tell these companies not to give bonuses, it’s the stock holders job. They have been doing this for many years. Anyway, quit throwing stones.
Obama is not the major concern here. He can’t do anything without Pelosi. She is the power of the Democratic party. Without her, some of the moderate Democrats would get their guts and fight all of this health care rubbish. Yes, it is rubbish. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be lying to us about what is or not in the bill. There is absolutely no reason that someone should be faulted for demanding that they read the bill before having a town hall meeting with the people. Hey, they can’t/won’t even answer questions. Why? Because they haven’t read the bill. Pleases find me one congressperson that has so that I can ask them some questions about it. And please tell me where we are going to get the money for it. Or, for that matter where are we going to get the billions needed to fight another war in Afghanistan. Folks have been hollering about how Bush left us a trillion dollars in the hole. How much has Obama put us in the hole in six months? I think he has already doubled it, right? So, lets get over Bush.
Palin? She has done an excellent job up there in Alaska, mostly on her own. Obama hasn’t done anything on his own, in his whole life. I don’t mean to bash him, just stating facts as we know it. Of course, it is kind of hard to know otherwise when everything is a secret. Palin has guts and honesty about her. If she wasn’t so good, the liberals wouldn’t be trying so hard to bring her down, even after the election is over. You know why? Because they are scared! They know that she has a chance of beating Obama next time through, and on her own too.
It makes no difference to me whether or not Obama’s COB is legit. But, I am just like many others that have developed a curiosity about it. Are you going to fault me for that? You can scream all you want the he has proved it, but it is obvious that he hasn’t proved it enough to satisfy a large group of folks.
Yes, Obama does believe in Socialism. I have been all over the world and I know you don’t want socialized medicine. He also wants to limit health care to our older folks and cut medicare. Don’t argue with me, he said it.
Don’t bash Palin for her speaches. Look at what happens to Obama when he is not reading. He called police officers stupid. He said old folks may not need a pace maker,,,,just give them a pill. He said they don’t need hip replacements,,,they can be given a pain pill. Don’t believe me, than open your ears. Maybe you are screaming so hard that you are not listening to what is happening to our country. I didn’t make it through three wars, to have my country given away without a struggle.

By: Richard Willey

Richard Willey — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:35:58 +0000

Fredrick: You should have been a comedian. No more comments 4 you.Maybe 1. Cuba is not that far ,You would fit in nicely there.N.korea is another option.bye

By: Frederick H

Frederick H — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:35:31 +0000

The irony, Richard Wiley, is that you're in fact literally quoting Mao, Lenin, Castro and yes, Hitler, by saying (and I quote) people are the answer .A united people We the people. But, unfortunately, Richard, people only govern themselves in fairy tales. In reality, the so-called people will always look for a leader, someone (or a body of political know it alls) willing to come up withpractical

(most of the time pseudo) solutions for their problems.  And we all know what that will amount to eventually, dictatorship.  The tragedy of (what you call) The American People is the state of Total Illusion, they´re living in currently. People think that they´ll enjoy freedom by putting

Government` tightly on hold. But they forget that a whole army of Corporate Emperors and Princes is already heavily controlling their lives and will do even more so without proper Federal and State control. Big Pharma is dumping all kind of poisonous shite on the market and you keep popping their pills and capsules by the millions, crying out loud for help when your body is infested with incurable cancer. The Food Industry is killing us and our children with a whole load of fatty, sugary and salty garbage, hugely reinforcing the incidence of obesity, diabetes and cardio vascular diseases. I should know, because I´m a medical specialist myself. The insurance companies are charging us outrageous fees annually and may even refuse to grant you proper intensive care when you´re in dire need of it. So, come on man, wake from your dreams: people can´t rule themselves, in the end it´s the money hungry Corporate boys who´ll do that for you and lull you asleep with their commercial crap ads, when you begrudge Government its responsibility to keep a sharp eye on the movements of Corporate America ( as the Obama administration is gladfully doing now). This is what Fox News is ramming down your throats day by day, leave it all to the world of Big Business and everything will be OK. Well, remember the recession we´re enjoying right now????? Think again, bud.

By: Richard Willey

Richard Willey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:02:14 +0000

Frederick: u started your last tirade by calling evryone but u and the left wing pathetic. A typical condescending left wing attitude.you expect me to support your views .i dont.The USA is unique .We are not Chile ,Eu,Cuba, Russia,N.Korea,Iran,neither communist or socialist.I dont care to be .I and millions of other Americans are very pround of every thing we have stood for .You may be ashamed .I am not .Taxing our chidren their children and who knows how many generations beyond this into subservance simply makes us and them slaves to you and your foul attitudes.I have no desire to go global.Trade yes ,but keep our unique independence.To say we cant is to ignore 200 yrs of happiness and independaence. The scum that is in Washington have raped this country.We cannot spend our way out of our obligations .Let the chips fall where they may . Global warming is a hoax. healthcare is a joke.bailouts are a scam. Gov. is not the answer.people are the answer .A united people We the people.When the chips are down americans help americans without interferance from the gov.

By: Frederick H

Frederick H — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:13:20 +0000

You know, Anaheim and Richard, what saddens me no end is the fact that the situation in which President Obama finds himself now (being accused of ill-will, a profound ethnic bias and a diabolic political agenda) manifests itself practically all over the planet. Need I tell you what’s happening in Northern Ireland, where Catholics and Protestants are still slashing each other’s throats, because of a whole load of deep-seated mistrust that’s been there for ages upon ages? Need I mention the Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plight who’s being accused of favoring the poor Indians at the expense of the rich Whites (and Indians for that matter) and should therefore be kicked out of office? Need I indicate what happened in South-Africa after former President Mandela came to power? Thousands upon thousands of white citizens fled the country for fear of constant harassment or worse. But neither Bolivia nor South-Africa evolved into totalitarian states where there’s no place for wealthy individuals or where whites run the risk of being lynched on a daily basis. Quite the contrary, it’s the poor “colored” inhabitants who still have to struggle for a decent living day by bloody day and whose hope for improvement of their predicament is being persistently challenged. And let’s not forget my dearest Michelle Bachelet, Chile’s first female president, a fully declared socialist who nevertheless succeeded in convincing friend and foe that she is not at all an enemy of free enterprise. So, did Chile turn into a totalitarian dictatorship under Mrs. Bachelet’s “rule”? Rhetorical question: of course it didn’t, but many a right wing Chilean politician at the time of Michelle’s presidential campaigning in 2006 did try to turn up the scare screws and taint her reputation as a dependable and well-balanced candidate for the job. But, of course, in the US the army of right-wing political scare-crows has been rattling their tam-tams increasingly louder and louder from the day President Obama first showed his face on the networks up until now. And, quite obviously, a whole parallel army of parrots started screeching along by the roadside, as loud as they could: *beware, he’s a socialist, he wants to destroy America, he’s out for the hides of whites, he must be kicked out of that White House or maybe even killed as swiftly as possible*. But that’s the way things will be in a country that largely stopped developing socially (not technologically, of course, but really socially), somewhere in the 1960s. Martin Luther King’s dream is still waiting to be fulfilled, despite all the whole hubbub about the colored senator Obama having been elected President. Change still seems to be predominantly cosmetic, as it is!