Displaying 151 To 180 Of 2,133 Comments Escribacat, I too prefer the explainers myself…but I’ve come to accept that WE are in the minority! As you said, MOST people aren’t paying enough attention and are attracted by the simple catch phrases. Sadly those catch phrases work…marketeers have been using such tactics, since they discovered how well they work. For the most part, most on the left are very intelligent…however not necessarily good at sales. As a result they lose the message by being TOO analytical and academic. WE really do have to do a better job at making the complex messages simpler. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 21, 2011 @ 10:42 am WHY or WHY Am I not surprised by this tidbit? Duress comes in many forms…and for anyone to think that an employer does NOT have an effect on their employees ( who after all NEED their income to survive) is beyond me! That SCOTUS decision was beyond unconscionable. IT was downright evil and utterly changed the concept of democracy…that whole being a government BY And for the people thing, seems to have been decimated with that one. I hope they who ruled enjoy their eternity in Hades( I’m not a religious person…but sometimes I DO like certain concepts that it provides…such as evil people rotting in hell). » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 20, 2011 @ 5:17 pm “It’s a heck of a lot easier to out-message your opponent if you’re willing to make up total bullshit to do so and Republicans are more than happy to do that. Republicans lose on policy, and they know it, which why they stick to buzz-words and catchy phrases like “government-takeover” and “job killing.” That’s where they win. They win on messaging.” I know, that I and many others have been saying this for quite some time that it’s the messaging and lying by certain sects of our political system that are winning the messaging war. I know, that many of us have been complaining on these forums for quite some time about the LYING coming from the right and the lack of effective marketing by the left….what to do about this problem? To me, this is the crux of the issues we are having across the board. THE right out and out lies and makes shit up and the left SUCKS at sales and marketing! IF we could market our messages better (hello LEFT) maybe just MAYBE we could win more elections and thus MAKE our message the message of the AMERICAN people. I’m not suggesting the left should or would use the other tactic (lying) but we could maybe frame the messages better….using the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principal. One thing I have to say about Obama…he and his people get THIS concept much better than most on the left. Also, I have to reiterate I like how the Pres is using modern technology and trends to get his message out to the youth. SMART move…as the young ARE our future. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 20, 2011 @ 5:09 pm Transcript Theater Special Edition: Exclusive Interview with Congressman John Boehner Thank YOU A…I needed that! 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 29, 2011 @ 2:42 pm Oh Adlib…please don’t give them any more ideas! I’m sure THEY, the ‘powers’ that be, have already thought of this, but just haven’t quite figured out the right marketing angle on it! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 19, 2011 @ 1:46 pm A Letter to the Arizona Legislature I’m curious about something…what is the ‘test’ for females??? Women, don’t HAVE circumcisions or haven’t THEY thought about that little inconvenient fact? » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 18, 2011 @ 6:03 pm Oh…now there is an idea! LOL! 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 18, 2011 @ 6:00 pm About 8 months ago, I had to get an enhanced ID…for those who live on the northern border, this is a state issued driver’s license that can be used for crossing back and forth to Canada. I also wanted to get a Nexus card…this is another form of enhanced ID that speeds up crossing the Northern Border…it’s cool, as Nexus holders do receive faster processing at the border. As a customs broker it is in my best interests to have these documents as I go back and forth over the border ALL the time…and it’s easier to have these documents in my possession regularly, rather than a passport. I had been putting off getting the documents, for two reasons…#1…I’m a cheapskate and HATE paying for anything unless I absolutely have to and BOTH documents have fees attached. My old driver’s license and broker’s license were always sufficient until NEW rules went into effect and MY old license was still good. I didn’t want the NEW one until my old one expired. #2…For the last 43 years I was able to cross that border WITHOUT any special document…and I liked it that way…the new rules kind of pissed me off and I didn’t want to HAVE to do it. So anyway…when I was about to go the DMV, I discovered that I couldn’t find my old copy of my Birth certificate…Apparently the last time I used it, I didn’t refile it back in my files properly. SO I had to go and get a new copy of my birth certificate from City hall. GUESS what??…this copy looks JUST like the one the president provided. It ran me $10 for the CERTIFIED copy. Now seeing as I live in NY and am a few years YOUNGER than the president….the fact that the document was the same, seemed NORMAL to me. But of course…I’m a rational human being and realize that the year IS 2011 and most documents are computer generated today! While I was there, I also obtained certified copies of BOTH my children’s birth certificates as well, just so we had them on file, in case THEY needed them. My son was born in 1989 and my daughter 1991…and guess what? THEIRS looked just like mine! Will wonders never cease! WELL of course they looked the same…they were computer generated! The miracles of modern technology!!! These birthers are racists idiots…PERIOD. There is no excuse for such inanity in today’s day and age…I wish they all would just crawl back under their rocks. Yeesh…the time and energy and YES…MONEY being wasted on this whole ‘controversy’ is sinful. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 18, 2011 @ 5:56 pm ChoiceLady it’s no use…no amount of facts will dissuade this bunch of nutcases. God himself could come down and TELL them all personally, and they would deny it. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 18, 2011 @ 5:41 pm Thanks Cher. Bito is awesome!! 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 11:28 am Oh Cher…I like that pudnuts! I must use that one hence forth! 🙂 Exactly…they drive me bonkers. As I said, were they even listening to the same speech???? » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 11:01 am Yeah….curious ain’t it? Kind of links back to that ‘illusion of truth’ thing doesn’t it? » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 10:39 am Cher, another great round up! I was daydreaming yesterday, about what type of news service I would like to see, both on TV and on the net and what I came up with was an expanded version of what you do here! 🙂 Anyway…the pundits and their takes on the speech yesterday…some of the them, I swear WERE not listening to the same speech I heard. WHAT were they listening to? Which brings me to the article about the “Illusion of Truth” and the way that a message can be distorted and how repetition of an illusion of truth can become to be perceived as Truth…that to me, is what many of those pundits are trying to do. Sigh, I’m getting so tired of the skewing of truth and the downright twisting of the truth into a pretzel. Perception of events is one thing…outright CHANGING the truth of an event to fit an agenda is another…that is lying. And no matter how you spin it..lying is lying. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 10:38 am The Country We Believe In–Transcript Exactly Choice lady! Exactly! UGH! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 4:39 pm Excellent point Bito. That’s right…there was a fact sheet. Maybe, perhaps those posting that jibberish, should get off their lazy butts and go to the website and READ the sheet. 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 4:37 pm Too true Caru, better to just ignore them! I kept hearing it and reading that meme over and over today! Every time I heard it, I wanted to scream! 🙂 Hence, why I came here and ranted….calmed me right down! That’s the good thing about this site…you can get it off your chest and not spend 2 hours arguing with trolls! 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 4:36 pm I feel the need to say this somewhere, because the meme coming out on various sites and by various pudnuts….about the speech lacking in specifics…is driving me utterly bonkers. A SPEECH is not supposed to have tons of specific details. It’s an OVERVIEW. A lecture on the other hand, usually does provide specific details. THIS WAS A SPEECH or an ADDRESS…an oral statement of intent….not to be confused with a lecture! I’ve given quite a few speeches in my time and have done quite a bit of public speaking on various topics. VERY VERY rarely does the speech get into detailed specifics. THAT would put the audience to sleep. Throughout history, very rarely does a Presidential speech included detailed specifics, on the contrary. That is the same with any leaders address…their orations are usually an OUTLINE of a VISION!!!!!! If I read one more time, that the speech was light on specifics…I swear I might go postal!!!! Thank you all for listening…I feel better now that I ranted! 🙂 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 14, 2011 @ 11:13 am WATCH LIVE: Pres. Obama Speaks On Fiscal Policy – 10:35 am PDT I hear you. The comments on the blogs on MSNBC, were just as bad. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 6:16 pm Good catch BDM….I think it does qualify in the billions of dollars category! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 2:20 pm I have a huge pet peeve that the right is fantastic at manipulating…and that is the concept of ‘small business’. In the United States a small business is defined as a PRIVATE business…it can be a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship with under 500 employees. AS the entity is PRIVATELY owned the exact amount of that entities revenues, sales and value does NOT have to be publicly disclosed. ERGO the whole right wing slant about small business is a lie. A small business can have revenues in the millions or even billions of dollars. A small business can have gross profits in the millions of dollars. A small business does not necessarily mean a local business or home based business either. Contrary to the mime that the right puts forth and which the media is negligent in pointing out…a small business does not equate to a little mom and pop neighborhood operation. I am so tired of this particular lie, I just want to scream! http://www.fedaccess.com/what-is-small-business.htm http://mediamatters.org/research/201009140030 » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 2:12 pm Adlib….I love the idea of the HP detox! I am a recovered HP addict., TOO. AND PROUD of it!!!! I must admit it was a tad hard the first few days. Love the dungeons and dragons reference…that was good! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 1:48 pm You make a great point there. I don’t understand THAT logic at all. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 1:20 pm Got to love, love LOVE that mute button! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 1:15 pm My point exactly. I get very frustrated with any side that doesn’t look at the situation realistically. While it is all well and good to have strong ideals and beliefs, it is equally important to realize that not everyone is going to agree on those ideals and beliefs. Some people are going to have opposing viewpoints and believe just as much in THEIR way of thinking. As a result anyone who has a ‘my way or the highway’ mindset is not really serious about really making things happen. Because it is NEVER going to work that way except in a dictatorship. And honestly…is that what the people on either the far right or far left want…a dictatorship? » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 1:11 pm This is what really gets me about the left…they aren’t dealing in what is FEASIBLE to attain. That in my mind is just as bad as the tea party! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 1:00 pm Very well said. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 12:59 pm I agree as well. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 12:56 pm Exactly Adlib…we need to remember their motivations and to judge situations and issues based on our own perspectives and not those of others who may have an agenda. » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 12:35 pm Sorry! 🙂 I didn’t realize I had clicked on the reply button to your comment! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 11:32 am WHY does the right have problems understanding basic math? I don’t get it! » Posted By Abbyrose86 On April 13, 2011 @ 11:30 amComments Posted By Abbyrose86
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It’s so annoying how those on the right spin this!
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