Displaying 391 To 420 Of 429 Comments Why Conservatives are Always WRONG Q, Enjoy the article and pass it along. » Posted By SanityNow On February 7, 2010 @ 10:27 pm you are welcome Hopeington. He articulates a lot of what I was intending to say. Feeling sort of jealous, mixed with admiration. » Posted By SanityNow On February 7, 2010 @ 10:17 pm I thought so too. He obviously put a lot of work in to this and he has a good voice. He sounded reticent to make a big deal about it but I think it connects the dots logically and objectively… » Posted By SanityNow On February 7, 2010 @ 10:13 pm Bill Moyers Hits Another Homerun thanks AdLib for this heads up. Moyers is an all time favorite and an increasingly rarer sort of journalist. » Posted By SanityNow On February 7, 2010 @ 10:23 am I agree that this should not be solely an argument for Rahm’s removal but a recommendation for an effective replacement. Who would those people be? Are there many or really only a couple? » Posted By SanityNow On February 2, 2010 @ 4:46 pm unfortunately, it looks like you may be right about the haters. I would add that the haters already believe the country has been lost and so see nothing much to lose by acting out that hate. I certainly don’t think any amount of success Obama creates will do anything to assuage them. In fact, it may prove to be fuel for more hatred. » Posted By SanityNow On January 31, 2010 @ 6:18 pm I’ll just echo what others here are saying and say thank you, Cher. Incredible research and writing. It is extremely disturbing and most definitely spot on. Racists never think of themselves as racist and couch their hate in something else, whether consciously or unconsciously. It must be very uncomfortable in that skin. » Posted By SanityNow On January 31, 2010 @ 5:50 pm but will bopp actually get exposed like they have? keeping a guy like that in the public eye, which would also have the effect of daylighting his coworkers as well, would be a pretty good antidote to what he and his are up to. » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 9:16 pm I am reeling from the ACLU revelation…and I couldn’t agree more about the this miraculous equivalency being created between citizens and corporations, speech and money.did they really just open that door? maybe just another glass of plum hootch. it’s been a long week. » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 7:13 pm depressingly true KQ. here is a recent article supporting your thesis: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 3:54 pm I think it is fair to say Bopp is a fellow conspirator amongst a fairly cohesive and patient group of co-conspirators. Great article nellie. Thanks for the daylight. » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 3:19 pm President Obama Confronts the GOP Head On whatever it is, it is certainly refreshing and reviving. Keep it coming and people who don’t view Fox will get it. He at least needs to do one of these with House Dems and he should be as unyielding with the Ds as he was the the Rs. Republican obstructionism is certainly a factor in the inability to get any substantive work done, but the lack of discipline by the Democrats is just as dangerous. Of course, the real problem is the Senate. Not sure what can get through to those people. » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 10:26 am Well, what a great week for our president, pragmatists and objectivity. First the audacious SOTU on Wednesday and then the gladiatorial Q&A in the Colosseum with the toothless Republicans. The Republicans and its metastatic splinter groups (baggers, birthers, etc.) were exposed to the non-Fox viewing public. Exposed for blind obstructionism and obfuscation. Exposed as ideologues and demagogues. Exposed to themselves and to all as shameful representatives and poor tacticians. I would suggest doing the same with the Senate republicans but after this, they will never agree to cameras and would filibuster the president as some of their Congressional counterparts tried to do by the campaign style question posed to President Obama. He was clearly ready for what they had to offer. Next venue: the Bicameral Democratic Caucus. He needs to instill this same sense of confidence and purpose of action he has shown us this week in the historic majority of House and Senate Democrats. Roll cameras. Git ‘er dun. I loved it. I relished it. I want more of this. This is true politicking. » Posted By SanityNow On January 30, 2010 @ 9:40 am State of the Union Address – Live Blog actually, it really has never happened that the SC justices show emotion one way or another at a SOTU, except to applaud a guest or other non-political figure. Alito blew it huge with his uncontrollable angry nervous tick. Now he just made himself look like one of the many sour Republican ideologues. I am glad President Obama spanked them in public for what they did. It was a bonus that Alito took the bate and exposed himself like that. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 11:47 pm He just re-instituted corporal punishment » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 8:09 pm Elation. Really. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 8:06 pm HAH!! » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 8:02 pm didn’t you know? this is 1954 and Father Knows Best is always showing in that shrinking mindset. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 8:01 pm I cannot stress enough the amazing sense of elation I feel that I have a truly intelligent human as our President. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 7:59 pm I thought he absolutely re-capitalized tonight. Perfect tone. Perfect pitch. Spanked who needed to be spanked (Rs, Supreme Court, Ds, Big Banks), and Praised and Motivated who needed to be praised and motivated. The Rs looked exposed and their resolve looked a little worn by the end of the night. Well done, Mr. President. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 7:37 pm I predict it will be completely, as usual, out of step with the speech we all just heard as well as the, what I am predicting, strong and positive response. » Posted By SanityNow On January 27, 2010 @ 7:32 pm Rashomon 6: Ten views of Obama’s budget freeze he cut personal spending for the wealthiest Americans through those fat tax cuts that 51 Republican senators found a way to push through…does that count? » Posted By SanityNow On January 26, 2010 @ 9:58 am Friday Music Thread – Send a Message here’s a brand new offering by some friends here in the Seattle area…a bit hard hitting sonically. Best listened to really loud. http://www.threethinking.info/music/satchel/honey/return.htm » Posted By SanityNow On January 22, 2010 @ 2:57 pm HA!! » Posted By SanityNow On January 22, 2010 @ 10:19 am 21,000 mostly troll free comments? just more proof that the trolls have no interest in true democracy. I am also waiting for the hue and cry from the tea baggers who ought to be howling at the radical judicial legislation handing the same rights of citizens to corporations. Where are they? Nowhere. If Dick Armey didn’t tell them to say it, they don’t say it. » Posted By SanityNow On January 22, 2010 @ 9:44 am Ad, Personally, I am most motivated to respond to the judicial activism, which most likely can only be resolved once and for all with a Constitutional amendment, the death of the filibuster (which I believe would also have the effect of restoring a real HCR effort), and the continued reach toward bipartisanship by the Obama administration with Republicans who have overtly subjugated the well being of the country for purely political and hateful ends. Anything I can do » Posted By SanityNow On January 22, 2010 @ 9:31 am The Supreme Court puts our democracy in the hands of corporations so I guess radical judicial activism/legislating from the bench is suddenly en vogue? is there some right wing 2010 strategy being orchestrated here? surreal… » Posted By SanityNow On January 21, 2010 @ 4:26 pm hope Rahm read this… » Posted By SanityNow On January 20, 2010 @ 2:14 pm clearly, tactical mistakes were made. Obama has a steep learning curve to overcome and an historical amount of problems to extricate us from. However, I think that with an historical majority (still) in the Senate, a safe majority in the House, and still a very popular and bright President, Democrats have time to wrest control of our country away from the obstructionist party. I myself am chronically uninsured, and unemployed for over a year after my consultancy collapsed along with the collapse of commercial building and trying to support a family of four and hold on to our house. Not fun or very satisfying but it is what it is and I still have hope. I certainly can’t afford to be cynical for more than ten minutes at a time. Here is wishing that you can find a way to stay hopeful. peace. » Posted By SanityNow On January 20, 2010 @ 2:00 pm K, how exactly were the Dems supposed to push HCR through with only 57 firm votes under current senate rules? Baucus, Lieberman, Nelson, Snowe, etc.: too many compromises and nothing was going to get out of the senate without too many compromises. I like cynicism too but reality is that the Dems were prevented from carrying out the will of the majority by the Republicans. You are probably right and certainly have history on your side, HCR may be dead for at least a generation, but I have to have faith that over the course of the next 3 years that O will stick to this business and resist the temptation to maintain status quo. He’ll never get a second term if he is not bold and audaciously risky in his pursuit of true reform. » Posted By SanityNow On January 20, 2010 @ 1:23 pmComments Posted By SanityNow
Your family sounds like a microcosm of our country. It isn’t uncommon and the polarization is getting stronger all the time.
The first 3 suggestions are of paramount importance and I concur with Kevin that a well written letter will get results or at least get read. I would add an additional action item and that is to support the death of the Senate filibuster.
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