Displaying 1,081 To 1,110 Of 1,116 Comments I guess that’s what the old saying, “the guilty dog barks first” means. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 19, 2011 @ 10:51 am Or “the Vulgar Pig-Boy,” like they say on bartcop.com… I have to admit that I do despise Rush, and cannot defend him when people call him names. It’s one thing to be a loyal ditto-head who doesn’t know any better. It’s another thing to be actively manipulating people, to be poisoning minds with bad ideas. I try not to hate other people, because we’re all human beings here,but Rush tests me. It’s very hard for me to feel any sympathy for him. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 19, 2011 @ 10:29 am I appreciate that. And I see you got that Ganesh avatar that you mentioned before! Looks good. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 19, 2011 @ 10:23 am Good ol’ Maggie! She looks like a real sweetheart. And I still can’t get over the fact that you can walk a cat… » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 19, 2011 @ 8:14 am I’d like to add my own take on the subject of arguing with people on the HP. I really DID feel I was “fighting the good fight” when I was arguing and making points there. Much of the time when I was there, I was not conversing with people I agreed with at all. Lord knows I don’t make the best arguments in the world, but I tried. I wanted to show conservatives that not every liberal calls them “trolls,” or says they’re stupid or ignorant. I never did any of those things, not for thousands and thousands of comments (although I admit that I lowered myself to being cruel and sarcastic at times, at least I didn’t call people names.) Few people, if any, will ever say, “wow, you really changed my mind!” or “you know, I never thought of it that way, but you’re right!” But they might think about what you said later. Sometimes you can plant a seed and hope for the best. Conservatives NEED to be exposed to liberals, and to be shown that the world isn’t as small as one might think from listening to their AM talk radio. Growing up in the rural South, I know what’s it’s like to never meet a liberal, and to surrounded by a conformity of thought. In the shop where I work, if men want to sound strong and smart, they imitate Rush Limbaugh. It’s tough to get through to people, to convince people that there really ISN’T any kind of scale of human worth, that it isn’t right to ridicule people who are down on their luck, or to revere the over-privileged. This is a very hierarchical society down here; mostly the philosophy is “kiss up and kick down.” (I am kind of proud of the fact that I got at least one person in my shop to vote for Obama, though.) The Huffington Post really IS getting worse, the good folks on this thread who are saying that are right. Personally, I sure am tired. But I don’t think I’ll be deleting my HP account. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 19, 2011 @ 8:07 am I know people who don’t pay much attention to politics, and excuse themselves by saying exactly that. It lets them off the hook. Why bother to pay attention when “they both do it,” or “you can’t trust any of ’em; they’re all the same?” These same people are also likely to say that it’s a lack of bipartisanship that is the biggest problem in Washington. “Why can’t they just get along?” I disagree with that point of view vehemently. Too often, when there IS “bipartisanship,” that means that both parties have agreed to sell out to the giant corporate interests. On the contrary, I want there to be MORE partisanship. I want the Democrats to take a strong stand, draw a line in the sand, and really differentiate themselves from the Republicans in most matters of public policy. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 12:50 pm Looking at the facts objectively, yes it would. But the facts are seldom reported objectively. Many people here point out that the HuffPost seems to skew many news stories so that they reflect the President in a negative light. Perhaps this is not done to Elizabeth Warren; that could have something to do with the difference. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 10:58 am That was a really good interview; I heard it on her podcast. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 10:53 am My two cents: “Secrets From Beyond The Emerald Curtain” sounds really good to me. Almost sounds like a movie title… like yet another sequel of Indiana Jones. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 10:27 am Interesting. That would seem to imply that progressives trust Ms. Warren more than they trust President Obama. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 10:20 am I’m really not the artist for the job. Number One, I don’t draw comics, and I have no comic style. Also, I have to admit that my feeling about Arianna are not 100% clear yet. I haven’t read her book yet either (though I intend to.) » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 10:14 am It’s depressing to say this, but it seems hard to imagine happening here. I can already hear the cries of “Class warfare!” Here in the States, we almost seem allergic to the idea that there are different classes with different interests. But they CAN talk about it in England (even though I seem to remember that Remember the Monty Python skit about the “Upper-Class Twit?” It’s not something that would fly over here; we treat our super-wealthy with reverence and admiration. It isn’t mentioned in the article, but there’s another difference: most people over there get their political news from the BBC. Most people over here get it from FOX. Actually, I’m kind of glad that they didn’t include that in the Nation article. It wouldn’t be nearly as positive and inspirational if they did. I would write a full post on this article myself, but my take on the matter is too depressing, and that’s not what we need. We need inspiring words, not negative ones. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 9:00 am It’s a despicable point of view, but that doesn’t prevent me from understanding it. I’ve always thought that the “pro-life” movement was less about preserving life, and more about punishing women. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 8:36 am I like your addition. And the overall point is absolutely valid. Comparing real cuts that hurt people to the unpaid taxes of the wealthy is not something brought up in the mainstream news, but it should be. These English folks who are doing this are pointing in the right direction. Right now I’m listening to Slate’s Political Podcast, and all the panelists are in agreement that Social Security (and the other “entitlements”) MUST be cut, and they wonder: will the President have the courage to lead the way? It seems a little ridiculous to me considering the vast inequalities that our society has right now. Why cut Social Security when you can just raise (or even eliminate) the income caps on it, and solve the problem that way? Why is that not a part of the discussion? » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 8:33 am It does make sense if you’re willing to look at it from their point of view. Abortion is wrong because it lets immoral women off the hook for having sex. Funding for birth control does the same thing. From that awful perspective, it’s absolutely consistent. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 18, 2011 @ 7:11 am It works; I just meant that I could not bear to watch it. A little too gory for me. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 17, 2011 @ 1:46 pm I couldn’t watch it all the way through. It’s like a horror movie or something. Very realistic graphics, though. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 17, 2011 @ 1:09 pm I like it. And talk about “old school,” this is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States (so they advertise, anyway.) » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 17, 2011 @ 1:01 pm You must be talking about this: I just got my ink-and-paper copy of The Nation the other day, and this was the cover story. It’s really worth reading. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 17, 2011 @ 12:06 pm I just added something this morning: an excellent reference to counter people who say that this is a “center-right country.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 17, 2011 @ 8:05 am Yeah, I’ve seen that before. Short but sweet. And funny as hell. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 5:43 pm Maybe some of the good folks here would appreciate this short animation that I made. It took just about forever for me to draw all these frames in Illustrator.
» Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 5:33 pm Was your cat used without permission by somebody? » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 1:07 pm Man, that’s funny! And very appropriate for a progressive website. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 1:05 pm Since we’re posting photos of our cats, this is me painting my cat Howard. He’s black and white mottled like Mr. PocketWatch’s cat Maggie. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3805125027_cdb2c9678f_z.jpg?zz=1[/img] » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 12:28 pm Sounds like a great cat. Thanks for sharing. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 12:25 pm Beautiful cat! And that’s really something about the leash and harness. I can’t imagine my cats putting up with that. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 12:07 pm Yep, that’s the problem alright. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 12:04 pm Well, I’ll be! So you can. Those pyramids must be even bigger than I thought. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 12, 2011 @ 1:46 pm I wonder how she’s going to be introduced in the next episode of KCRW’s “Left, Right and Center?” She’s introduced each week as representing the “Progressive/Independent blogoshpere.” If HP is “not a political site,” I don’t see how they can continue to introduce her that way. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 12, 2011 @ 1:45 pmComments Posted By Buddy McCue
inequality is actually larger there, according to the Ginni coefficient.)
http://www.thenation.com/article/158282/how-build-progressive-tea-party
https://planetpov.com/2010/02/17/troll-busters-links-to-online-research/#comment-92687
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