Displaying 1,981 To 2,010 Of 19,504 Comments PPO, absolutely! Please do write a post about your and your father’s adventures in the entertainment world! I’d be very interested to read about it as would many here. » Posted By AdLib On November 13, 2014 @ 10:17 am The GOP Wave Pool: Money, Lies, Ignorance and Democratic Apathy Kalima, you know the old saying, “Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?” We all jointly experience reality, we’ve all seen the MSM dominated since Obama started running for the Presidency, with a wide range of racism. From trying to portray him as an angry black radical and potential terrorist by tying him to Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers, to alleging he’s a Kenyan, Muslim, socialist anti-colonialist who hates white people, to portraying him as, “not one of us”. Not to mention all the racist words and images Republicans have offered. Hey, I would be embarrassed too if I was a Republican but wasn’t racist but trying to just deny reality didn’t happen pushes one down the hole with those Repubs expressing racism (and it never works to claim that what a nation has seen never happened). » Posted By AdLib On November 10, 2014 @ 2:38 pm naxos, if you were to read up on it, you’d find that The Kochs are very much key organizers and contributors of Dark Money, supported the Citizens United case and ruling and are likely the ones exploiting it the most and they have financed ads that promote racist resentment towards Obama. So it is actually a very easy to comprehend situation if one does the research, though there are disparate forces out there, The Kochs and their allies are a central financing and strategic force behind the Republican party grabbing more power and influence (and the Kochs are substantial stakeholders in the GOP, financing many of their politicians who owe them because of that). I challenge you to find any substantial political figure, even on the GOP side, that refutes that The Kochs are key players in all the areas noted above. » Posted By AdLib On November 10, 2014 @ 9:59 am Naxos, with regards to racism, you’re not recalling what we have all witnessed over the last six years. To begin, the blatantly racist declaration by many in the GOP that Pres. Obama wasn’t a legal American and that his birth certificate was phony and he was actually a Kenyan and a secret Muslim. This was a mainstream Republican belief and continues to be for many Republicans. There have been the disgusting racist signs at Republican and Tea Party rallies as well as spread around the internet, showing him as an ape or monkey or using such racist imagery as this (apologies to all for showing the following offensive images but hope they make the point about the rabid racism out there against Obama): [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7-2Spm3qlhE/UH8Vr3jTyvI/AAAAAAABBsk/_Q3Er_b3X_s/s1600/obamabucks3.jpg[/img] [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0Pymxl-koOo/UH8WTrwgFKI/AAAAAAABBtE/mINGtdR4Y70/s1600/obama_racist_chimps.jpg[/img] [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9cp0jvui76k/UH8WYyWmDYI/AAAAAAABBtM/u0fNfuEGC8U/s1600/Obama-Renig-Sticker.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Obamacare-Witch-Doctor.jpg[/img] To discount the deep reservoir of racism out there in some white people against a black man who offends their sensibilities by daring to be President of white people too, is to justify it. » Posted By AdLib On November 10, 2014 @ 9:48 am 2010 and 2014: The Election Sequel of Dumb and Dumber Hey Sue! The irony is that the majority of rural Republicans are actually below the average income and standard of living of most urban Democrats yet they are deluded into believing the myth that if they work hard and play by the rules, they will be a millionaire one day. The truth, from which Repubs have completely distracted them, is that they are bound to work harder and earn less than past generations and will end up with less than past generations when they are seniors. Only around 146,000 households in the entire country, the top 0.12%, and that’s not 12 percent but 12/100ths of one percent, have incomes exceeding $1,000,000 annually. Putting aside the fact that many of these people inherited their wealth and the actual number of those who have become millionaires by themselves is much lower, that means there is a 99.88% probability that an American won’t be a millionaire. The Republicans represent that .12% and screw the 99.88% while trying to convince them that one day, they will get to be the one’s screwing the majority. The circus term for people who fall for this kind of obvious deception is “rube”. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 12:31 pm Have to agree with KT on this one. 18 hour work day is bliss? For someone who picks fruit, sweeps floors, works at a fast food chain, does any manual labor? Or are you just thinking about privileged white collar workers? Read any statistics anywhere, those working 18 hours are making less than ever…unless they are in the top 1%. And I wouldn’t call what most of them do as comparable to the work that a manual laborer does. There are those, not you but others, who argue that people should consider that some slaves liked living under slavery. When you know no differently, you don’t know how bad something is. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 11:40 am PPO – There is a standard apathy for the party in power, Repubs or Dems, in off year elections but combined with the overload of bad things going on all around us, ISIS, Ebola, Russia, etc. and the collaboration of cowardly Dems with Republicans to blame Obama for everything including the common cold…and add to that the cowardly Dems insulting and distancing themselves from Obama while not standing up for the many successes Dems have helmed, the Dem Party itself drained so much enthusiasm from its base all on its own. And when I think about the torrent of emails I got from the DNC and all kinds of candidates, they were all high pitched, shrill cries for help. That’s not very inspiring. If I got an email saying: “Stand up for Democratic Values like the ACA, Marriage Equality and raising the minimum wage! We’ll fight for these and more!” Instead, most of the emails I got were titled like: “We’re in trouble!” “HELP!” “The Worst is About to Happen!” The moronic Dem leadership thought that copying the Repubs and trying to use fear in this way to motivate Dems would work. Idiots. Instead, it was very demoralizing and I think a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. They were practically conceding in every appeal for money, “Only your donation will save us from the near-inevitable destruction we face!” WTF? Dems are amateurs and fools at trying to use fear on its base, Dems aren’t motivated by it, they’re unmotivated by it. If they want to copy Repubs, they should have copied their removed-from-reality tactic of crowing about how they will win even when they don’t have a prayer (Mitt Romney can confirm this). At least presenting a stiff upper lip and a conviction to win would have done better than screaming, “We’re all gonna get killed by the Repubs and nothing can stop it! So please vote and contribute money to us.” Dumb, dumb, dumb. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 9:42 am Harleigh, I think some in the comedy world were mourning the retirement of Michele Bachmann but now we have Bachmann Reborn in RW wacko Joni Ernst…and she’s in the Senate! I was talking about “dumb” and emotion-only voters above, what could be dumber than voting for such a loon primarily because of a commercial she ran bragging about growing up castrating pigs. Yes, that is a very important requirement when constructing a complex foreign policy plan or designing a budget. Real high level reasoning going on out there in Iowa! » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 9:29 am Naxos, thanks. Though the desire for equivocation between the Repubs and Dems is desired by some, they are two different animals (elephant and donkey, for that matter). It would not be accurate, though of course Republicans generally aren’t interested in accuracy, to try and portray Democrats as a “Party of No” for trying to pass many bills but blocking others. Had the Republicans conducted themselves similarly, calling them the “Party of No” would also have been inaccurate. Opinion though has nothing to do with it. The record number of filibusters used by Republicans vs. zero filibusters by Democrats over the last 6 years along with a record low in bills passed due to Republicans in the House and Senate blocking anything that they think could be viewed as a success for Obama, has factually entrenched the GOP as The Party of No and there is no equivalence at all with the Dems. Naxos, the best man at my wedding was Republican as are close relatives of mine. In the article above and other recent articles I’ve written, I’ve expressed my opinion that American voters in general are “dumb” voters. That is not saying they are dumb people, it is saying that the way they choose to vote is not based on reason, history and an awareness of what is really going on. Why do you think the Kochs and others spend billions on manipulative and mostly dishonest tv ads? Certainly not because voters are too smart to be manipulated by fear and lies, because they know voters are not smart enough about making choices to make them on substance and truth. Poll after poll shows that the reason that many voters voted Republican this week was dissatisfaction with DC and a desire for change. Such a conclusion, after witnessing the open admission of Republicans that they want to prevent government from functioning well, is “dumb” voting. Voting blindly out of emotion, out of primal racial feelings, out of blind faith in a party and most importantly, against one’s best interests and without facts or truth to back up one’s decision, is flat out “dumb”. For the parties to work together and progress to happen on important issues, there needs to be a shared reality by politicians and the public. As it is now, the Repubs have crafted a false reality, where Ebola, ISIS, immigrants and Socialism is coming to destroy the lives of Americans…along with the US Government…in a cynical ploy to get “dumb” voters to vote them into power. As long as Repubs rely on warping reality to leverage power by instilling fear and hatred, little constructive can or will happen in this country as long as they are in a position of power. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 9:21 am Kes, the “honeymoon” with corporate media is over. They are now blatant about twisting the “news” into propaganda that serves their bottom line. These corporations all want the tax cuts Repubs have been promising them and they jump on any opportunity to support their corporate bottom line. As you say, the biggest influence and story is how billionaires bought this election. And yet…they describe the election as if it was a grass roots expression of the publics unsolicited opinions. We have a big plutocratic machine out there that will never go away, we’ve beaten it in 2008 and 2012, we can again in 2016 but it needs to be seen as a never ending conflict. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 6:37 pm A lot of good points, Beatlex. Cowards indeed and corporatists too, the Dem leadership is. Right with you on Grimes showing utter cowardess that exemplified many other Dems, they didn’t deserve to win after running away from their party’s leader and accomplishments. One thing about the Repubs, they don’t run away from even their craziest platforms. Dems could learn a lot from that. Had they responded aggressively in favor of Obama instead of agreeing with Repubs that Obama sucks, they could have done far better and undermined the anti-Obama scheme Repubs rode to victory. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 6:29 pm jjgravitas, it was a bad reflection of America, what has been happening after 2008 (which was, you have to admit, a very proud moment for the nation) in our government. But to be fair, this has been cyclical. Government was so corrupt in a variety of periods, including the late 1800’s and early 1900’s (pre and post Teddy Roosevelt). Can we dig ourselves out of this deep hole we’ve found ourselves in? I think so but it will take a number of things to happen including a new Progressive SCOTUS majority, a brave and aggressively Progressive President and a redistricting in 2021 that fixes the terrible gerrymandering that went on in 2011. And we need to keep up following and exposing the nasty things the GOP is up to…and Dems need to put them front and center in front of the public instead of frequently running away from doing that and promoting Dem successes. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 6:22 pm Nirek, yep, we know the true identity of these Repubs and all the lip service they give to wanting to work for the American people is such transparent BS. They will act exactly as they have, to cut taxes for the wealthy, kill restrictions on banks and oil and push for more wars. I sure hope the majority of American voters respond as they have in the last two Presidential elections and punish Repubs for their not working in the people’s interest. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 6:09 pm monicaangela, I mentioned in a recent post how the Dem Establishment is run by cowardly, ignorant pols who think they know it all. This is the second straight off year election they’ve lost by joining the Repub chorus attacking Pres. Obama and running away from his policies. Do you think they’ve learned anything from last night? I highly doubt it, they’ll do it all over again in 2018. The Tea Party took over the GOP, we need Progressives to take over the Dems. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 6:01 pm I see that Hillary has suddenly started doing an Elizabeth Warren impression, no doubt to try and block her from reconsidering a run. Big fan of hers. Sanders is great but I don’t see him as having the persona that could win a Presidential election. I do hope he runs in the Dem primary though, his position on the issues is solid Progressive. Been here and there on Grayson but he can be a strong voice for Progressive values. If the Dem base is as infuriated as I think it will be by 2016, they may not accept a corporate conservative like Hillary as their nom so there may be a real opportunity for a Progressive like Warren to win. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 5:54 pm Even cooler, ExFan! » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 5:46 pm Cheers, ExFan! » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 3:09 pm Nice to see you, coveark! It does seem that the dumbest voters outnumber the smarter voters in off year elections but we can’t let that obscure the victories we had in 2008 and 2012. Let’s do it again in 2016! » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 3:08 pm Thanks so much, Ex-Fan! We do need to look big picture on this,meeting a Dem as President and picking up seats in 2016 is more important than having won the Senate by a few seats in 2014. » Posted By AdLib On November 5, 2014 @ 3:06 pm American Democracy and Learning Lessons the Hard Way “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Abraham Lincoln (a Republican) » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2014 @ 9:13 pm jjgravitas, right with you. most polls differ from actual results, not by wide swings usually but by a meaningful number of points so keeping that in mind, it is far from certain what tomorrow’s results will be. And part of what can impact that is getting out and voting. » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2014 @ 9:10 pm Sad but true, Nirek, when people burrow down into their primal holes, it’s hard to drag them out. They become so invested in a mindset, they can’t afford emotionally to ever accept they are misguided. But those are a minority of voters which is why turnout is everything. » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2014 @ 8:59 pm RSGMusic, excellent comment, loved all the POVs and info. You’re very right, it is not a fait accompli and though the polls show what they do, they are usually wrong. That said, I think all of your descriptions of who the Repub voters are will be the reason that if they win control of both houses of Congress, they will alienate a chunk of their base. I predict we will see power go to their heads and even worse behavior than we’ve seen so far. And worse legislation. They will peak in their offensiveness just in time for the 2016 elections and as Funk noted on TO/OT, many more Repub Senators will be up for re-election than Dems in 2016. We’ll see what happens tomorrow night, I have not accepted anything as a done deal yet and I do expect some real surprises and victories favoring Dems so I look forward to tomorrow night. » Posted By AdLib On November 3, 2014 @ 5:41 pm Republicans Campaign in Their Halloween Costumes So glad it gave you a smile, Kalima! Sorry for scaring the cats though! Bigfoot works for Boehner too since he has only been seen running away. A very Happy Halloween back at ya! » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2014 @ 10:13 pm Thanks so much GC! To return the kindness, a reminder of Halloween past (and maybe future if Mitt decides to run again!): [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Romney-munsters.jpg[/img] » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2014 @ 10:07 pm Cheers Nirek! They are excellent…as creeps only, I agree! » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2014 @ 3:40 pm Slm, yep, Mole Rat Scott is genuinely scary, in every sense! It is Halloween after all, had to do at least one truly scary one! And if he wins re-election in FL…what could be scarier? » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2014 @ 2:54 pm Hey KT, thanks so much! A Happy Halloween to you! » Posted By AdLib On October 31, 2014 @ 2:52 pm Harleigh, maybe we can have Muslim Americans staffing polling places, that should scare off Repubs just as much. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2014 @ 5:33 pm The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers Are The Most Misinformed KT, what time is it? Time to get a new Congress. » Posted By AdLib On November 7, 2014 @ 12:54 pmComments Posted By AdLib
As for this cruel myth to brainwash Americans into working hard and getting paid less and less by assuring them that one day they too will be millionaires, here’s the unbribed facts:
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