Displaying 631 To 660 Of 3,237 Comments Ted Cruz: A Thorn In The Side Of The GOP Establishment THIS IS MY KIND OF ARTICLE!!!! Grist to the mill..Grist is the corn that is brought to a mill to be ground into flour. In the days when farmers took ‘grist to the mill’ the phrase would have been used literally to denote produce that was a source of profit. You have patched together a whole bunch of disparate info to create a narrative of widespread animosity and disorder at the heart of the GOP campaign machine. You bet that I will be copying this article into my archive for future reference. The thing about Cruz is that he is both a zealous ideologue and a crass opportunist: an especially nasty combination. Your point that “he does not play well with others” is a choice on his part. He is only powerful as an opponent… Yes, he is a VINO, but he, and many in the TP, are also RINO’s, Republicans in Name Only, using the GOP as a platform for dissent…which is why Boehner has NO chance of enlisting them in his service. Terrific contribution to this electoral season discussion. Well done! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:02 am And a good many more- intriguing does not always garner applause, but usually garners reaction….. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 16, 2014 @ 5:48 am http://danaux.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/screen-shot-2010-05-16-at-1-29-29-pm.png » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 16, 2014 @ 5:45 am Ah yes, the dulcet tones of an Aussie’s gentle jawing! HaH….I have two good friends from your neck of the woods and their colloquialisms are a wonder. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 16, 2014 @ 5:44 am Appreciated. I found the article interesting but the discussion even more so….only a neighborhood blog like the Planet could host such a conversation. Glad I am here and glad you all are here too. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 16, 2014 @ 5:43 am I have already noted that your reflections on life in Australia provide an interesting set of snapshots which I think are worth noting. How about providing the gang at the Planet with a list of your “Aussie” portrait from DK? Heck why not repost one of them here with a list of the others included. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 6:50 am I found it honest and I found it intriguing. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 6:47 am An image reflecting how some Americans see Australia…OZ… [img]http://danaux.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/screen-shot-2010-05-16-at-1-29-29-pm.png[/img] Size does matter: [img]http://www.bluefreight.com/Images/northamerica.jpg[/img] A map for Americans http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/335/1/1/Map_of_Australia_for_Americans_by_JoesGuy.jpg And by way of backup, a set of images re. the American understanding of the lethal nature of the Aussie environment…. There are some serious pieces that I have read that give me a sense of the layered psyche in your country: http://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/the-psychology-of-everyday-australians/ and lastly this list of 10 films from a site that my friends admire http://australiancultureandcustoms.com/10-famous-australian-films-to-gain-insight-into-the-aussie-psyche/ I really appreciate snapshots like these. Mopshell has done a bunch of them at Daily Kos and perhaps will offer them here. I have three friends from down under and their descriptions of life there match up rather precisely with yours and Mopshells. Thanks for this…do more…it opens the American mind. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 6:38 am very welcome » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 3:01 pm kT- I am just in from my morning chores and wanted to reply to your post first thing. There is a rarely reported but more common than we realize lightning phenomenon…… Ground to cloud wherein an earth-bound object initiates the strike to the cloud. The object usually sits on a promontory or has a profile that is higher than other object around. A static charge builds up in he ground around the object and then a cloud formation “draw the charge up, as the opposing pole for the discharge.” Here is an example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NZ7BollRo4 I have an image of such a charge rising up from your old hotel that is now home for the “socially weary.” illuminating the earth and the sky. Your comment has a raw honesty and is a powerful testament to those who continue to make a difference in the lives of others in what most would call “reduced circumstances.” As the lighting rises from your humble surroundings you light the darkness and make such a judgment foolish indeed. Murph » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 5:58 am This sooooo moving in so many ways….there is a huge thunderstorm moving into my area right now. I will probably lose my internet shortly…so I will save my extended comments until tomorrow. Thank you for sharing this photo. and the personal revelations in your reflection….I had no idea….. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 13, 2014 @ 8:54 pm The Weekend Music Thread-Anything Goes So many wars, so many deaths, so little purpose…then. now. tomorrow? WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE With Pete Seeger, composer, lyricist, performing and With Peter, Paul and Mary performing Where Have All The Flowers Gone Lyrics Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing? Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing? Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing? Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 12, 2014 @ 12:19 pm Well- wasn’t that just wonderful! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 12, 2014 @ 12:04 pm Unsteady about Hillary: Columbia, SC 2007; and today? How ready are you? Just got back to your excellent reply. Upon re-reading it all I can say is: ditto. There is a big push on to get Elizabeth Warren or Kristin Gillebrand to toss their names into the hat….I am beginning to warm up to both ideas. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 16, 2014 @ 5:53 am I like firebrands. I like outliers. I like rebels. I like Grayson (I actually know him! and he is a good man of great passion). I like what Sanders says but I find his followup always lacking energy (but hey! the guy is no spring chicken. These kind of folks do not make great national candidates (and yes Nader and Perot both fit that description too). Nader gave the election to Bush and Perot gave it to Clinton by siphoning off voters. I have been to Sweden and Denmark- like both countries a lot. The best of Switzerland with a lot of realism. Like that. Delete a post. Yes. At the bottom of your original comment there is a link to edit your comment which you do not need anyone’ ok to do. AND there is one to request a deletion. Click it and you are asked “how come”. You give your answer and admin responds- almost always with a “ok.” » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 1:22 pm Which e mail box? yahoo, google, dailykos? » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:41 pm Germany has a very hard stance on this. Companies like Walgreens have a special status as long as corporate assets remain German and lose it when the assets move….makes sense to me. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:39 pm A word about the Nordic countries…. a) generally healthy economies P.S. I took your comments in context and never saw them as a blanket condemnation. Glad you made them though. and a word about Finland…one of the finest school systems in the world- at the top of the Western States and near the top globally. My point- U.S. society is a lot more complex and, whether we should have it or not, our military eat up a ton of our discretionary revenue. As to the idea ticket. I have been attracted to Molloy of Maryland, Castro of Texas and Gillibrand of NY. Sanders is an avowed socialist with a poor record of accomplishment in the Senate. Grayson is a firebrand who cannot make alliances. Both serve a purpose and it is an important one. But neither are suited for the role of national leader.. All my opinion of course. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:37 pm Great Quote: “The co-chair of the RNC’s Finance Committee (and CEO of Borghese cosmetics), Mosbacher is “mad as hell” about the myriad ways the “brand has been tarnished”: the sorry state of the presidential primary process, the ongoing alienation of Latino voters, the “outrageous” Senate candidates that the party ran this cycle, the epic failure of the fiscal-cliff negotiations, and, most recently, the House’s dithering over disaster aid for the victims of superstorm Sandy.” I wonder where she stands on recent develoments. Went looking and could find nothing. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:28 pm I will do the same. I do not have a team yet but my interest has been piqued by Martin O Malley, Julian Castro, and Kirsten Gillibrand. Warren’s experiential base is too narrow but she is laser focused on it and that is her passion, her crusade. Sanders is not a democrat, although he caucuses with them. He is a proclaimed socialist who is smart and outspoken but with a record of little accomplishment in the Senate. So one impresses me but part of that is the certainty of her lack of interest in the WH, and the other does not impress at all. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:24 pm Well, if you won’t tell then I guess I will never know. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 12:19 pm They knew the truth and they worked very hard to hide it. I heard a off-shore banker trying to explain how the parking of big profits at off the books banks by major corporations was in fact a patriotic act since it created “a safety net, a buffer” protecting financial resources from ravenous government. In the meantime those parking that money get enormous tax breaks, subsidies, incentives and use the tax created infrastructure to make money…. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:45 am Ok- I spent an hour trying to track down “keio tanelo ta baka seaio na” I need a hint. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:42 am Mature (per Merriam Webster) having or showing the mental and emotional qualities of an adult That is you, my dear. What is comes down to is does she have what it takes to be President. She has what it takes to run a strong campaign: the money, the connections, the staff, the resume, the stamina……but who is it that we are getting once she winss? That is a key question. Really, THE key question…. No Man is an Island used the word “authenticity”. I use the word “integrity” to name her cornerstone that is made of soft limestone at the foundation of her efforts to reach the WH. I wish she had had more time in the U.S. Senate and at State- both experiences seemed to push here into a more realistic space….but she has lived most of her life as part of the image of her hubby who is an astounding con man- who I rather like but have no illusions about. When I was making up my mind I kept seeing HRC at that Jefferson Jackson dinner and what emerge for me is her laughter….and Jon Stewart nails this…. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1xwx9x/hillary-s-laugh-track That laugh and her regular faux pas come from the same place- “her public persona” and that is not who will govern as president. In her desire to be seen as a success will a President Clinton II do as her hubby did and make devil’s deals? I fear that this is so. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:39 am I was so glad to see the poll that showed that 54 percent of us want her to shut the F up….. of course that mean that 46 percent are saying, blabber on, sweetie. she is such a grifter- someone who swindles you through deception or fraud. From her disastrous run as mayor, through her governship, to her VP slot, and as a paid shill for Fox and a front for Tea Party sentiments when she is among the most obvious takers out there, she is an embarrassment. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:26 am Putting the tundra queen and an the heiress apparent in the same kettle makes a lot of sense to me and that is more than a little disconcerting! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:22 am Remember this? http://www.allhatnocattle.net/hillary_all_hat_no_cattle.jpg Interesting how you have applies this to Hillary herself. What is comes down to is does she have what it takes to be President. She has what it takes to run a strong campaign: the money, the connections, the staff, the resume, the stamina……but who is it that we are getting once she winss? That is a key question. Really, THE key question…. You use the word “authenticity”. I use the word “integrity” to name the cornerstone that is made of soft limestone at the foundation of her efforts to reach the WH. I wish she had had more time in the U.S. Senate and at State- both experiences seemed to push here into a more realistic space….but she has lived most of her life as part of the image of her hubby who is an astounding con man- who I rather like but have no illusions about. When I was making up my mind I kept seeing HRC at that Jefferson Jackson dinner and what emerge for me is her laughter….and Jon Stewart nails this…. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/1xwx9x/hillary-s-laugh-track » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:17 am SO.. Find another standard bearer, not HRC Find another way to finance our government Stop transferring tax dollars to the profit centers Yep…makes sense to me. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 14, 2014 @ 7:05 am As always Sue you bring both nuance and expanded horizons to any discussion. Your point about who are the “Americans” is especially telling as is the role of the leadership of those other places….what we all, and that is me too, need to recall is that the elites in the nations have much more in common with each other and much more connection with each other than they do with most of their so-called “fellow citizens.” » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 12, 2014 @ 11:58 am Very moving. “What once was Arapaho land is now a very large national park of the same name. Where the Colorado river and the roaring forks meet was once an america Indian meeting place for the mountain tribes.” I think that this is the well of feeling from which you draw your sense of disappointment in the nation. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On July 12, 2014 @ 11:55 amComments Posted By MurphTheSurf3
Pete Seeger- Sanga Music Inc -BMI
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
b) generally ethnically monolithic (not much immigration permitted)
c) tax policy that is generous, and can afford to be, without the need to expend a ton of money on defense
d) strong educational establishments that prepare excellent work forces.
those are a lot of advantages…
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