Displaying 121 To 150 Of 429 Comments High Times Ahead for California? I concur. I don’t think she has any legs at all for that run. Jerry Brown, the elder/every statesman of California, will win. inhmo. I wonder if I’ll be able to vote for him. we are moving to SF shortly. I will have to check that out. » Posted By SanityNow On March 27, 2010 @ 8:22 pm a. please. although, it will probably have an economic effect of lowering over all costs so we’d all have to get used to paying less. I hope that’s ok with everyone. » Posted By SanityNow On March 27, 2010 @ 8:19 pm nice Sue. love Peter Tosh. » Posted By SanityNow On March 27, 2010 @ 8:16 pm here is a good story that hints at the sort of person Meg really is: I have a friend with whom I was a colleague in the music biz a while ago and he just casually mentioned that he likes Meg for guv. I was somewhat surprised, stunned even, and told him so. He said, as a sort of recovery or back track, that he liked her because he used to see her every day at a coffee place in the mornings. That made it worse. That, unfortunately, is all the depth that an astounding number of people go with when making life or death decisions. Clearly, voting for our representatives is life and death. no wonder. » Posted By SanityNow On March 27, 2010 @ 8:15 pm mmmmmm. looks like the roofs off at a family compound visit in Mendocino. nice. (and it really is the ONLY serious source of revenue in Mendo and Humbolt Counties. Logging has evolved.) » Posted By SanityNow On March 27, 2010 @ 8:01 pm they are not just anti-socialist, they are anti-social » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 4:14 pm what part of Government By the People and For the People do they not comprehend? I guess the People part vexes them. » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 3:52 pm we see exactly how conservatives and the private sector would do it and that is exactly why we need to legislate social responsibility because they never will quite get around to fulfilling that promise of trickle down… » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 3:50 pm I love how the use of BIG GOVERNMENT and GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER some how imply that government isn’t run by fellow human being citizens and that somehow, if “they” are elected to government, there wouldn’t be any BIG GOVERNMENT or GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER. » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 3:48 pm what a snap shot, escribacat. it is a strikingly honest testimony of how social legislation takes care of those who arguably would be denied help if this help were left up to the so called good graces of our community without that social legislation that conservatives decry. » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 3:22 pm The T Party — T for Terrorists I am right their with you, cl. seriously. guns give me the creeps but that is because I have a healthy respect. they make me very nervous if they are in someone’s hand with whom I have little trust. and, dude, MP-5?! an HK machine gun. whoa. you are my new lib hero. You should be in one of those action novels, like Jack Reacher. got to hit the hay now, but we’ll talk more about this. trust me. » Posted By SanityNow On March 26, 2010 @ 12:22 am well put, cl. I happen to be an expert in small arms twice over (.38 revolver & M16 & .22 bolt action long rifle) courtesy YMCA Camp Orkila when I was a kid and the USAF when I was little more than a kid. We have a Anyway, I had been thinking about that (arming ourselves) for a while due to a severely psychotic and bipolar father in law who made threats against us and our kids over three years ago and whom we haven’t seen in all that time. But it is just a matter of time before he drives up the long driveway. It is all moot for now until I start working and am earning some money to buy them but when we do, we’ll be joining that sportsman’s club to practice and mingle with the local yokel’s and maybe just the fact that we are there and white and armed will help to disguise us as being possibly one of them and so they will look right over us. For better or worse, we bought this place over a decade ago when Seattle was booming and we couldn’t afford its high prices. After moving in to our little farm of benign neglect, we realized that “these are not our people.” We are hopelessly liberal and card carrying social(ist) democrats and that is a rare bird out here. Don’t want to give them anything to shoot at. » Posted By SanityNow On March 25, 2010 @ 8:58 am jeezus, cl. these people give me great pause. a little anxiety as well. the ironic part ( love iRonny) is that my gut reaction after reading the Oath Keeper manual was that I needed to arm myself to protect my family from them if the time came. We live on a couple of acres in a rural part of a heavily militarized county in WA. we are surrounded by a very christian and well armed, active duty and retired, group of people, some of whom I have met would fit that profile. anyway. wow. some people are really losing their minds. » Posted By SanityNow On March 24, 2010 @ 11:00 pm what we are witnessing is exactly that: the splintering of the conservative mind. it’s horribly fascinating to watch. » Posted By SanityNow On March 24, 2010 @ 9:43 pm o. m. G! » Posted By SanityNow On March 24, 2010 @ 9:39 pm here is a great group of US Al Qaeda-esque Patriot Militia: and anther, more realer group: and they even have an informative and extremely creepy Basic Training for the Revolution: http://www.realoathkeepers.org/basic-training-manual-free-download/ and here is a Mother Jones expose: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/oath-keepers I may not be able to have a dialogue with anyone in real time as my laptop processor seems to be fully engaged with something and is acting like HAL9000 right now. Daisy… dai…sy…give me your…answer…do… I’m…half…crazy… » Posted By SanityNow On March 24, 2010 @ 8:28 pm STATE CHALLENGES TO HEALTH CARE REFORM I really think that distraction is all they’ve got any more…except I think they’ve really just distracted themselves. » Posted By SanityNow On March 23, 2010 @ 10:19 am eh. not sure there is a direct correlation but these loons appear capable of all manner of crazy think. as far as frivolity of the lawsuit, I suppose you could always make the argument that a lawsuit is only frivolous when it goes against your interests. The travesty of the Citizens United decision will be legislated to provide more clarity as to what constitutes a “person” and therefor mitigated. This current partisan challenge has no real foundation under the constitution as it exist now. I think the United in Untied States and Indivisible in One Nation Indivisible is confusing to the White Wing at the moment. They really are the sorest losers I have ever seen. » Posted By SanityNow On March 23, 2010 @ 10:08 am Hear, hear! I have just emailed and mailed letters to my state governor about this egregious case of sore-loseritis and wasteful spending of state resources, especially in light of the financial shortfalls we have in every state. Republicans have lost their collective minds and are batshit crazy. They need to be reigned in somehow but how when they are in such an unreasonable state? » Posted By SanityNow On March 23, 2010 @ 9:48 am AdLib, We are of one mind on this. I am simultaneously horrified and astounded by the gross miscalculation, behavior and hypocrisy of the republican “party”, and yet, ecstatic that they appear to be stubbornly headed for the cliffs. » Posted By SanityNow On March 24, 2010 @ 2:39 pm Today’s Historic House Vote on HCR – LIVE FEED AND BLOG Here is a highly cynical reaction to the passing of HCR, or Obamacare according the haters, (link below) forwarded to me by a former colleague with whom I have a rolling debate. He, the colleague, happens to be an ultra reactionary. http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2109-Health-Care-Arbitrage-Obama-And-The-Dems.html excerpt: * You cannot buy a catastrophic policy any more. The “cheapest” acceptable policy will cost somewhere around $15,000 for a single person, and over $20,000 for a family. This is, for most people, more than five times the maximum possible fine – each and every year. The law makes it effectively impossible to maintain an existing catastrophic policy as they “renew” every year, and should any change be made you are then forced to buy something “acceptable” in the law (or pay the fine.) * When the “pre-existing condition” bar comes down you cannot be charged more or denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions. * I fully expect 20-50% premium increases immediately, and for the next three years sequentially, in all existing policies. This is precisely what the banks did in front of the CARD act becoming effective, and it will happen here as well. That is the cause of the short-term rocket shot in the health-related stocks this morning. * In addition the capital gains tax changes will do severe damage to capital formation immediately, and these changes will become especially severe starting in 2014. The market will anticipate these changes and react accordingly, although you certainly wouldn’t know it today.” Further, “Forget it folks – this is the end of the health industry in America, and I will be looking for the recognition in the market (as expressed by technical analysis on the stocks in this sector) that the efficient market will come to the fore. The intention of The Democrats (and liberals generally) in this legislation is clear and impossible to hide – they intend to completely destroy private health care in favor of a fully-government-run single-payer system. The efficient market guarantees this outcome given the law they passed, and they know it.” so the solution for some seems to be that they will do whatever they think they can get away with to circumvent and profit from the system, even if it means debilitation of that system. These people are parasites and have no sense of community or social responsibility. » Posted By SanityNow On March 22, 2010 @ 3:30 pm well, just like the CBO estimates for 4872 essentially ensured that 4872 could be legally passed by reconciliation, I think a CBO estimate will also be needed to add the umph necessary to pass a PO as a reconciliation action item as well. » Posted By SanityNow On March 22, 2010 @ 11:20 am well, if you are correct it is out and we only get to bring one reconciliation amendment per year, then I say bring up the PO in 365 days from the time 4872 is passed by the Senate and put it up for a 50+1 vote. We waited 100 years to start reform, we can easily wait an additional year to improve reform with the PO. » Posted By SanityNow On March 22, 2010 @ 11:08 am CL, are you absolutely sure about the PO language being amended out? Did you get some inside confirmation of that? and, if you are correct, wouldn’t the PO being brought to the floor of the Senate by Leader Reid fall under the Byrd Rule allowing it to be up for a simple majority vote? It would have a positive impact on the HCR law, which is the main criterion. Of course, they would probably need a CBO score to ensure that this was indeed the case. » Posted By SanityNow On March 22, 2010 @ 10:07 am just one thing before I go to watch Gandhi: I saw the comment about PO being amended out and I went to both budget committee and rules committee sites and checked both the amendment and the bill and I don » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 9:29 pm just one thing before I go to watch Gandhi: I saw the comment about PO being amended out and I went to both budget committee and rules committee sites and checked both the amendment and the bill and I don’t think the language of the amendment effected the PO language in 4872. I think it is still in 4872 and was never altered or removed. » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 9:25 pm Goodnight everyone! Sleep well tonight with renewed faith. I am so full of wonder right now. Off to watch Gandhi with my wife and oldest son. Cheers!! and can’t wait for this weeks work in the Senate. » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 9:17 pm thank you bito. that actually brought tears to my eyes. They are wonderful people already and would be excellent leaders. » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 9:14 pm unfortunately Khirad, I think that we should expect some extreme stupidity from the white wing over the coming weeks. They have been whipped up rather aggressively for over two years. Those chickens may just come home to roost. » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 8:51 pm I was 4 when that happened and I was glued to the teevee. Totally captivated. It shaped who I am but I think “proud” might have been too complex an idea for me at that age. The first was seeing us elect Barack and the second was seeing our country make the commitment to start the work of bringing social responsibility to the forefront. » Posted By SanityNow On March 21, 2010 @ 8:48 pmComments Posted By SanityNow
“sportsman’s” club just down the road a piece ( 😉 )where the local T Party prolly gets their shoot on regularly and the local law enforcement and some military contract with for regular training. Black powder shoots also.
1600 nuclear weapons about 300 yards away from our kitchen window.
http://oathkeepers.org/oath/
http://www.realoathkeepers.org/
” * If you refuse to buy health insurance, you will be fined on a sliding scale that amounts to 2% of your AGI. So if you make $100,000 a year, you could be fined $2,000 for “refusing” to buy insurance.
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