Displaying 19,171 To 19,200 Of 19,504 Comments A Suggested Public Option Compromise Hey Kalima! Nice to be back! Missed you and everyone else! » Posted By AdLib On October 7, 2009 @ 10:07 pm The polls show about 2/3 of the country wanting a public option so I don’t think what’s going on in the Senate reflects America, it reflects the Senators bought and paid for by the insurance industry and Republicans wanting America and Obama to fail. Ultimately, this state opt-out plan is fine for advancing the Senate bill but it will change in reconciliation, the House Progressives won’t sign off on a bill that doesn’t have a national public plan. I’m fine with this too and as you describe, if it became law, all of these Republican, southern states would be slammed economically…which wouldn’t be the worst thing except that it is the poorest in those states that would be hurt the most. » Posted By AdLib On October 7, 2009 @ 6:30 pm A humble and warm thanks to everyone for your concern. Your posts and good wishes have indeed been chicken soup for my soul (and your humor has been a tasty matzo ball). I’m on the mend and will be returning gradually to The Planet in full force. Once again, thank you for the very kind thoughts and support. Purell for everyone!!! It’s on me!!! » Posted By AdLib On October 7, 2009 @ 10:06 pm I prefer maple syrup and whipped cream. And as for what I like on my Escargot In A Blanket… » Posted By AdLib On October 1, 2009 @ 11:02 am Thanks Kalima! I’m trying but this damn virus is as blindly stubborn as a birther. I wish I could read but it gives me a headache due to all the coughing. So I have been stuck with the dulling glow of television. I see my immune system right now as a disgruntled contractor who only works when it feels like it and takes lots of unnecessary breaks. Meanwhile, this virus keeps changing the channel to Fox News when I doze off. So annoying… » Posted By AdLib On October 1, 2009 @ 10:59 am Thanks Kquark. My Bacon Fat meter is down to 3/4 full. As for the progressive shows cutting away to drug company ads, kinda lays wide open the way corporations see it all just as theater to get ratings and sell advertising, they don’t mind cashing in on progressives any more than conservatives. The money they make from exploiting each is just as green. » Posted By AdLib On October 1, 2009 @ 10:52 am All is well, all your comments are free! » Posted By AdLib On September 30, 2009 @ 10:29 pm No but I recommend the Denny’s Escargot In A Blanket. » Posted By AdLib On September 30, 2009 @ 10:24 pm There once was a man named Pringle. » Posted By AdLib On September 30, 2009 @ 9:24 pm My favorite Pringles varieties are Pringles With Bleach, Pringles Heavy Bodily Aroma and Pringles Swine Flu Flavor. » Posted By AdLib On September 30, 2009 @ 9:13 pm Also, many companies already have an idea of what they want for an ad and the Ad Men try to punch up the lame limitations they’re stuck with. It’s very easy to categorize commercials. Most if not all of the ads I mentioned are meant to make the consumer feel as if they are displaying or acquiring a noble or desirable attribute by buying or being seen with the product. Most of anything in any aspect of the consumerism is bland. As I often mention, is there anything more bland than the most popular hamburger in the world? The most popular music in the world? The most popular movies in the world? Check out this list of the most popular movies: #1 Titanic (1997) How many great films are in the list above? I mean…Transformers 2 and the worst Star Wars movie that gave us Jar Jar Binx? Titanic is the greatest film made in the history of the movies? The lowest common denominator is always the most popular…bland and familiar enough to be consumed without being rejected by any as “too spicy”. Like ordering Penne Arrabiata at a Denny’s in Kansas. » Posted By AdLib On September 30, 2009 @ 9:08 pm Kalima, thanks for the sweet compliment, my dog is wagging her tail. She gets along with cats and even hamsters but she will chase squirrels forever (but never catch them). She’s going on 12 and has slowed down a bit just in the last year but she still has her moments when she jumps and runs around like a pup. Please do send me a new pic of the “J” gang, I saw the ones you posted here to show K7 when the site was just up and running. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 9:40 pm Heh! My daughter loves giraffes, they’re cool too but my golden retriever is looking at me curiously so I better say dogs are my favorite or she may eat my eggs next time I get up from the table. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 9:10 pm Have you tried water filters? They’re pretty good nowadays and the cost of water would be a fraction of what it’s costing you now. Before I had a refrigerator with a water dispenser and filter, I used a PUR filter on the faucet and later switched to the PUR pitcher which I kept in the fridge to have cold filtered water. And just think how much less Giraffes would sleep if they had cable. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 9:06 pm No doubt there were people 50 years ago joking about how one day people would willingly pay 3,000 times more one day just to drink water out a small bottle. I do find it viable that one day, people will pay for portable air to breathe that will simply be filtered air. Many great science fiction stories (see Philip K. Dick, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”) use the concept of commercialization of thoughts, dreams, memories, etc. Really tickles the imagination…which one can then figure out how to sell. As for giraffes, based on your info, I believe I am part giraffe. Do they make Ambien for giraffes? » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 8:58 pm Capitalism – An Abusive Marriage Actually, if the type of blondes we’re talking about were potato chips, I have a feeling they might be Lays. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 5:00 pm The rising cancer rates in civilized society certainly make a great argument against non-organic foods. I thought wts was speaking metaphorically. Certainly, actual people living in tribal communities have been horribly impacted by the encroachment of civilization. They lose their land, their way of life, their friends and families. Many do want to retain the tribal lifestyle they and their ancestors enjoyed. Others do suffer from starvation, lack of potable water, lack of medical care, etc. and welcome another path. To each their own. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 1:32 pm That does apply to blondes on diets. And those that follow that diet faithfully can actually fit in a Pringles can. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 1:27 pm I don’t know all the details but I believe the financial hole Japan found itself in over the Lost Decade that’s finally ending was due to problems with the way they practiced capitalism. I agree, the corporations that own the MSM are afraid of a slippery slope if the Execs of other corporations are held responsible. That is a collaboration that will be hard to fight. Don’t get me wrong, I too think that the basics of capitalism are the most natural and productive principles on which to base an economy and society. But what we’ve discovered is that it may be an all or nothing proposition in America. Meaning, the reality may be that if we have capitalism, it is also unavoidable that corporations will accrue enormous amounts of wealth and political power that affords them the position of making America an oligarchy. So, my thought is similar to yours but couched differently. We need to take what’s best about capitalism, fold in more socialism where the public interest is most involved and a touch of Dog Whisperer to attach leashes to corporations so we can hold them back from attacking the economy, wolfing down resources that belong to us and held to heal for what they do that’s wrong (meaning holding the execs responsible). And if we choose to spay or neuter the execs behind the next financial crisis, so be it. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 1:23 pm Speaker’s Corner is located in a lovely park with a platform and podium and all the peanuts you can eat. Seriously, it is the section of this site where any member can post articles and if they’re strong enough, we’ll promote them to the front page. The front page is otherwise for proven Authors but members with a good track record of writing solid articles can be promoted to being Authors. And still have all the peanuts they can eat. » Posted By AdLib On September 25, 2009 @ 1:04 pm Yep, my first requirement when I buy food is, “Does it take up less space or is it more practical to eat in outer space than real food?” For that reason I have never been in a Whole Foods store…I prefer Partial Foods. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 11:07 pm Blame blows! » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 11:03 pm IOW, tomorrow we’ll find out if the Blue Dog Dems are worth the money they were paid. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 11:01 pm Food, forestation and foreclosures would be fully focused on if frugality was forged. Feh! » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 10:58 pm That’s odd…I was just talking about Pringles this week, noting my amazement that they’re still in business. That whole processed food thing was big in the 60’s and 70’s and I still don’t understand why people would buy processed potato type chips instead of actual potato chips. After all, I’ve stopped buying Space Food Sticks. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 10:48 pm Hey nellie! As I mentioned below, capitalism in theory is just peachy with me but I can’t recall a period in American history when America’s version of capitalism ever resembled the definition in the encyclopedia. So, in practice, capitalism as conceived is not what capitalism is in practice. This fascism/oligarchy aspect of capitalism is inseparable, at least it has been through history. What we need is a new structure that accepts the reality of capitalism as impossible to apply as described in reality, takes the best aspects of that and melds it with the social/democratic necessities and programs that need to keep the dangerous aspects of capitalism in check. People relate to corporations. They see what McDonalds and Coke and Halliburton do as reflective of their “personalities”. They believe they have relationships with corporations, they love Apple and Disney…even though they are corporations. It’s kind of bizarre. As for the personification of corporations, my point and the point in The Corporation is that they ARE legally regarded as people and thus act as sanctuaries for criminally greedy and negligent CEOs. To get to these execs, and we should, we have to get past the personhood of corporations or they can safely hide behind them. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 10:44 pm I know some tribesman and they are more into rugulas and Dr. Brown Cream Sodas. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 10:27 pm I think a real tribesman welcomes civilization and would be comfortable walking into a supermarket BUT would make choices that are pragmatic, prudent and not influenced by marketing when they decide what to buy. Fruit and veggies and no corn syrup and chemically loaded foods, for a start. In Europe, people buy their bread daily. They buy what they need for the day, not the Costco 12 pack of 12 count frozen waffles. Like the last generation learned to be frugal, Americans need to learn to stop with excess and I think that alone will make a big difference. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 10:23 pm BTW, your puns were delicious. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 9:46 pm Ku wait! I ran Du bai Turkey, Syria-ously. » Posted By AdLib On September 24, 2009 @ 9:44 pmComments Posted By AdLib
Whose chips did resemble a shingle.
The can he did love
Cause it fit like a glove
As a safe airtight home for his dingle.
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