Displaying 31 To 60 Of 2,320 Comments Marion, I believe if you look at whats going on in the nation today with what the new group of Republican Governors are doing with their budget cuts and attacks on unions, along with the newly released Republican 2012 Budget, “The Path to Prosperity”. The old Dem political base of 40 yrs. ago of working class people, white and blue collar moderates, are now being thrown under the bus once again by the very group that rescued them…the Republicans. They have been disenfranchised again, but this time I believe they have woken up, their eyes are open to the fact that neither party will be their saviour, their knights in shining armor of the American Dream. But most also realize now that when it comes down to which party is closer to their own personal ideology, ethics and morals, which is very crucial, the Democrats win hands down. There is a stirring and a longing in this Country now that I haven’t seen in a long time, this movement is pure, it is coming from the bottom up. Being coddled and gently directed by local Democratic and Union leaders, not the President, nor by the House and Senate leaders, but they will ultimately benefit from it. The President even admitted it on last nights teleconference that Cher was invited to be on, it needs to come from us, not the talking heads or bloggers, but from us. That is the way it should be, that is when real change will take place in this Country and this will be the new Democratic base. As for our far Left absolutist, I liken them to one of those crazy old Aunts in the family, you know their opinions are extreme, squawking and yelling for attention, but heck, they are still family. Nothing you say or do will make a difference, nor change them. So I try not to waste too much time or energy on them and their hissy fits. Will they ever be satisfied, I doubt it. Will they run someone in the primaries against Obama, I doubt that too. Too much is at stake here and they know that this time around. Many now are experiencing what happens when you stay at home in protest and not vote, you get a blitzkrieg of heartless Republican legislation that cuts at the very soul of society. They may be crazy, but they aren’t stupid. I agree on your assessment of the Liberal/Progressive talking head pudnuts, but think you give them far too much credit for influencing voters opinions. Many of us have tuned them out, too busy living our lives, working hard for real change in the real world….I know I have. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 6, 2011 @ 10:28 am Good, I like her…she’s got chutzpah and is a great speaker, she will motivate alot of Dems. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 2:22 pm kes, your right, hits to the Corporate pocketbook are the only way they will listen to how bad this idea is, they don’t even look at the human suffering aspect…geessshhh! How F’ing sad is that? » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 10:10 am Ryan’s new welfare queens: Medicaid recipients This is mostly a program for the elderly and the disabled. It’s the main way we finance long-term care in this country. If you don’t directly benefit from it, you very likely have a parent or grandparent who does and whose financial needs will simply tend to fall on you if the program is cut. Meanwhile, in terms of the “welfare” aspect of Medicaid by far the largest set of poor people it covers are poor children. Is Ryan’s view that these kids should have worked harder to have rich parents? Let’s reiterate a point here—a quarter of Medicaid spending goes for long-term care for the elderly. If Medicaid is not there to pick up those costs, it falls to families. There’s already an explicit tax hike for the middle class in Ryan’s plan. Taking Medicaid funding from families with disabled children and parents and grandparents in nursing homes compounds that. Plenty of middle-class families only remain middle class because they’re spared crippling medical and long-term care costs. A decade or two of the Ryan plan, and there will be no more middle class in America. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/05/963618/-Ryans-new-welfare-queens:-Medicaidrecipients What till I tell my “Teabagger” sister-in-law and brother-in-law that their older sister, who is in a nursing home, blind, in a wheelchair, hooked to a dialysis machine three times a week because of the debilitating effects of Type I Diabetes will be moving in with them….or should we just pull the plug on her useless life, according to Paul Ryan? You, Paul Ryan and the Tea Party wants these cuts so bad, you pull the plug on her and then tell her that she has ten days of pure misery until she dies…. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 9:54 am kes, you know some woo woo fanatic fan of his is going to post that somewhere on the internet and then it will become a fact that will show up on Fox & Friends….or Morning Joe. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 9:30 am bito, also according to wiki: “He worked in the voluntary sector as an economic analyst for Empower America” a/k/a “Freedom Works” He’s a Koch Bros. lackey, schooled in the fine art of “privitization of government”, “union busting” and false and misleading facts… » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 9:26 am These little tidbits need to be posted on various blogs…nothing like cutting off something that you benefited from so no one else has a chance for a leg up…”I got mine” Also, did you note that his first job was as a “marketing consultant” for his grandfather’s construction firm? I had a job working for my grandfather’s painting “firm”, I was the materials manager….I carried the empty paint cans and garbage out to the truck, maybe I should have put that in my resume when I was younger… » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 9:20 am The Dems in Congress may, themselves, need to be replaced by more talented, energetic and committed people. It is as if many of them are “burned out”. No agrippa, they are paralyzed, because of the need for big money in campaigns in order to compete, they fear saying anything that would offend their corporate donors. On the other side is us, they fear losing “us”…so they say nothing…thus the silence. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 8:57 am I believe it’s both, “accepted defeat” and “fear” at the same time. They have no idea how to message this…as usual. My patience with them is running very short right now. » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 8:49 am Cher & jkk, are the majority of Dems not coming out against this or is that the MSM is to busy covering Paul Ryan and the GOP? » Posted By BigDogMom On April 5, 2011 @ 8:44 am GOP Apology For Being “Deceitful Corporate Puppets” bit, you may be right, Priebus looks like the type to wear ladies thong underwear… 🙂 » Posted By BigDogMom On April 1, 2011 @ 3:36 pm Adlib, you had me going there for a bit, 😯 was ready to start googling to see if this was true… 😆 Happy April Fools Day to you too! » Posted By BigDogMom On April 1, 2011 @ 3:18 pm If you don’t mind, I’m posting Prof. Wolff’s video on my FB wall…it is a simple explanation of how SS works that I think it would help many to understand what’s really going on. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 10:18 am Cher, when did SS come into being, 1938 or 39? Since then the Republicans have tried their darnedest to get rid of it…what better excuse than “Fiscal Austerity”. I believe if anyone touches it, Republican or Democrat, it will be their downfall. The Wisconsin protests will look like a busy Saturday afternoon downtown…. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 9:40 am Apparently Eric Cantor doesn’t read Ezra Klein’s column, nor does he seem to read the polls on how popular SS is…. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 7:18 am Stupidity, the housing bubble and racism Unfortunately “those people” have bought in to the propaganda that the right has been spewing for the last decade, it feeds into their fears and uncertainties. I think it emboldens them to post such vile statements, where as years ago they would have never thought to do so. MSM does nothing to help the situation, which has become nothing but “infotainment” with a right slant, that elevates people like Christine O’Donnell and Sarah Palin to pop culture goddesses by giving them a platform…because the ratings are good when they are on, not because they have anything that is important or true to say. All I can say is, don’t worry, times they are a changing, look at Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, I can go on and on…the “real people” with real voices and real concerns will eventually drown out the drivel of “those people”….truth will win out, it always does. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 2:52 am Bageant and Webb: Virginia Will Miss’Em @Buddy, registered independents outnumber registered Dems or Republicans in many counties along the coast, the State of Vermont having the highest number. Up here we vote for the candidate and platform, not the party, but that has been changing since the Republicans have gone off on their social issue thing the last ten years, that doesn’t sit well up here. In response to you not mentioning “All Northerners” you where responding to Marion’s evil “Coastal Elites” which means the North Coast and the West Coast. I was defending the North..and by the way, where are the most “Blue States”? The North… Buddy, I really don’t to get into a pissing match with you, the North, South, Middle and West all have cultural differences, some bad and a lot of them good…making he said, she said out of these differences does none of us any good. (But just to let you know…I am a proud Yankee! Just like you are a proud Southerner! :smile:) » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 9:11 am Buddy you need to spend some time in New England and or NYC to see that many here are not influenced, at least politically, by “group think”. Being and thinking different from your neighbor has risen to an art form here. Independents out number Dems or Repubs. in many districts along what Marion considers the “Coastal Elite” from NYC to Boston…she should have included Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont if she really wanted to castigate all Northerners. I can’t speak for the West coast, Adlib or Char may have some insight on what goes on there. We are blue because we believe in the Democrat party platform, not because our friend or neighbor says to do so. Politics in New England is a serious business, has been since the “shot heard round the world” and the hanging of the lantern in the Old North Church. And to believe that what some liberal TV pundit or comedian says about the South or what some Huffpo poster writes, is the opinion of ALL NORTHERNERS, to me is a bit ridiculous. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 8:31 am Thanks Abby, trying to muster up enough strength to take the dog for a walk…poor thing didn’t get walked yesterday. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 6:49 am Marion, so reading it in a book makes it true? I understand the history of the Democrat Party, but to equate ALL who live in the “Coastal Elite” areas of this country with the talking head pundits on the left is a bit over the top. That we who actually live and work on either coast would never get within spitting distance of the rural or working poor is disingenious and lazy thinking. When was the last time that you volunteered at a voter registration event in the worst inner city in the Northeast or east L.A.? Yep, lot’s of blacks and Hispanics…where you have to explain their rights to them because no one ever bothered to that. Or was put behind a chain link fence in NYC while protesting the Iraq war, because President Bush might be offended? What about teaching Hispanic immigrants English so that they can get a better job or not be taken advantage of by their current employer? Have you ever worked two jobs to make ends meet? Do you have healthcare, because I don’t, can’t afford it right now. Do you believe all that live on the Coasts don’t work hard that only “rednecks” do? In fact, when was the last time you were even in this country and have seen what goes on day to day on the streets and rural towns? Reading, watching TV pundits and believing what people post on HuffPo gives one a very limited view of the real world. If you have an issue with Liberal TV pundits, then say so, but please don’t lump ALL of US in with them. Are your liberal creds any more or less than mine? Who the fuck cares, do we want the same thing? I hope so… (And please do not include Ariana in that list, because we all know that she never was, nor will she ever be a true liberal, she’s an opportunist plain and simple) » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 6:44 am Ah, Buddy, but you did make blanket accusations… It’s not very liberal to adopt the philosophy of a scale of human worth based on the whereabouts of one’s birth. I suspect that a lot of Blue State people who vote Democratic do so for the same reason that so many Red States people vote Republican. It’s just the default position. Most people just want to do and say and think what others around them do. Most people don’t want to stand out and swim against the flow. I suspect that for many of these self-described “liberals” from Blue areas, voting Democratic is more about social inertia than it is about really believing in liberal values. Please don’t make a generalization that those of us in “Blue areas” vote democratic because of “social inertia”, that our “liberal creds” are in question. What you don’t think we get down and dirty, that all we do is sit in our comfy libraries or in Malibu and pontificate on how the world should be? Making generalizations whether blue or red, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican is a lazy way of making a political point. And Marion needs to stop equating what the liberal pudnuts on TV say and do to those of us who live in the “Coastal Elite” areas say and do… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 6:09 am @2CCP, I understand, been backing off from the news myself, have a cold and feel lousy, but couldn’t sleep because I slept all day yesterday…take care of yourself, talk soon. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 3:16 am 2CCP, 6:00 in the morning here, what the heck time is it where you are? How are you? » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 2:54 am Marion you seem to have issues with “Coastal Elites” in the Democrat party and use generalizations for those of us who live on either coast as you say we do for southerners. This theme seems to run through most of your posts. I understand that you are a proud Virginian, my mother was one. I spent nearly every summer until age 18, in the hills of Wise, VA. I know those people you describe in your post, they are my family, I understand their culture and their heritage. But I have also lived the bulk my life on the Northeast Coast, and I understand their heritage and culture also. So I guess you can say I have “dual citizenship”, one part of me holds my southern roots close to my heart and the other part of me is “Yankee” thru and thru…and with this duality, I can see both sides of the story you are trying to tell. What you think we up here in the North think or say about the South, is not the case, you equate us on the level of a HuffPo poster bashing a troll on a Hayley Barbour thread. I could make the case that most of the Southerners that I know, my family, look at Northerners with suspicion and contempt, but what good does that do? What difference does that make? Making generalizations about any group brings nothing to the table and only divides us further apart and makes room for more Republicans like Scott Walker and John Kuscich to step in. » Posted By BigDogMom On March 30, 2011 @ 2:29 am How Many US Jobs Can You Fit Inside This Cargo Container? Abby, I’m getting cynical, I was just thinking that the President must have gotten something from Big Pharma to get this through, something like, oh, I don’t know…a promise of support and a big campaign contribution for 2012? » Posted By BigDogMom On April 1, 2011 @ 12:29 pm Abby, you just stated perfectly the case for having universal health care in our country, now why wasn’t this used by the President and the Dems? It is more cost effective for companies to do business in countries where they don’t need to provide health insurance to their employees if the country has universal health care Geeessshhh… » Posted By BigDogMom On April 1, 2011 @ 12:18 pm Friday Music Thread – Amazing Voice, How Sweet The Sound KD Lang – Hallelujah
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» Posted By BigDogMom On March 25, 2011 @ 6:46 pm His voice was just like butter melting! So smooth… » Posted By BigDogMom On March 25, 2011 @ 6:41 pmComments Posted By BigDogMom
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