Displaying 1,891 To 1,920 Of 7,446 Comments Hey Sal Gal Watson, stay on the job, pretty soon we will be a tag team again. » Posted By SueInCa On January 5, 2013 @ 7:35 pm Hey back at you KT. I am getting better just not willing to jinx it by saying I am all better. I said that a week ago and had a relapse this week. Hope you had a wonderful holiday » Posted By SueInCa On January 5, 2013 @ 7:34 pm Hello and Happy New Year Planeteers. I have been sick over the past few weeks, kind of an off and on thing. I almost hate to say I am getting better because I might jinx it. But did want to come by and tell you all happy new year. I also want to drop this little tidbit on you all for consideration. It is one of the best descriptions of what Republicans are trying to hide…..anyway you be the judge. Conservatives refusing to pay their own bills by David Atkins When conservatives inevitably attempt to extract concessions from Democrats in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, it will almost certainly be portrayed in the traditional press as a case of Republicans getting what they want (cuts to earned benefit programs) in exchange for something Democrats want (an increase to the debt ceiling.) However, Greg Sargent and Jamelle Bouie do a good job of explaining why that framing of the situation is so unreasonable. Refusing to raise the debt ceiling doesn’t prevent the government from spending money or increasing the deficit. The government won’t shut down as a result. Failing to raise the ceiling simply means that the government cannot pay out on obligations it already took on. Those obligations include not only payments to foreign creditors, but also to domestic bondholders as well. Social Security and Medicare recipients would fail to receive their checks, federal employees would fail to be paid, and the full faith and credit of the United States would be called into question by our own Congress, thereby doing more damage to the economy than any ratings agency downgrade. None of this should be treated as a matter of political negotiation, nor was it ever considered a matter for partisan negotiation until very recently. Failure to increase the debt ceiling doesn’t hurt Democrats or Republicans–it hurts the entire country and the world economy. What that in turn means is that when Republicans attempt to extract concessions from Democrats in exchange for raising the ceiling, it won’t be a matter of political negotiating but one of blatant hostage-taking. Worse, it will be hostage-taking in order to enact conservative priorities that just recently failed in the marketplace of ideas that was the 2012 election. Republicans hold the House due to gerrymandering, but well over a million more voters preferred Democratic House candidates. And as a matter of pure politics, the hostage drama takes on an even darker dimension. As with the fiscal cliff deal, it’s entirely likely that whatever regressive legislation makes its way out of the hostage negotiations will be voted down by a majority of Republicans as being inadequately conservative, forcing Democrats to shoulder the burden of cutting Medicare and Social Security. That in turn will be gleefully used by the Republicans to run against those same Democrats in 2014. When the realities are taken together, this situation becomes less a matter of political partisanship than a matter of partisan piracy. But even all of this misses a crucial point that Sargent and Bouie don’t directly address: the fact that the spending Republicans already authorized but are unwilling to actually pay for includes federal disbursements made for conservative priorities. After removing the distorting effect of capital cities, Republican Congressional districts received an average of $111 million each from the stimulus. It was Republicans who supported the insanely expensive invasion of Iraq (a majority of Democrats voted against it.) It was the Republicans, obviously, who supported George Bush’s budget-busting tax cuts. It was Republicans who primarily pushed for the radically expensive expansion of the boondoggle-filled homeland security apparatus. One of the many reasons that red states tend to be recipients of more tax money than they pay in is the large numbers of military bases in red states, which are themselves part of a big-government jobs program. Republican states and big ag contributors are the primary recipients of farm subsidy federal largesse, and the same goes for big oil subsidies. It’s also worth noting that the sort of military and big corporate subsidy spending preferred by Republicans (to say nothing of tax cuts) does far less to stimulate the economy than does the stimulative sort of spending on the poor and middle class preferred by Democrats. In short, Republicans have already raided the federal treasury for a huge portion of the money they simply refuse to pay the bills for now, choosing to pretend the issue is a matter of Democratic spending. This is not dissimilar to when Ronald Reagan exploded the deficit with tax cuts and military spending, forcing Bill Clinton to take steps to balance the budget while Republicans blamed Clinton for fiscal excess. In this respect, the Republican position is to go on a massive spending spree, quit their jobs by decreasing revenue, and then threaten to throw the bills they racked up into fire unless their spouse stops feeding the kids. There may be words for that sort of political philosophy, but it scarcely deserves to be called “conservatism.” http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/04/1176435/-Conservatives-refuse-to-pay-their-own-bills » Posted By SueInCa On January 5, 2013 @ 4:44 pm Not to me K’es. I find it sickening and please tell the writer that Principal is spelled that way not Principle. The prinicpal is your pal. That is how I remember it. Excuse me, but I say eff that, if it were my kid, I would not be comforted in the fairy tale woven in this pic » Posted By SueInCa On December 17, 2012 @ 2:39 pm Hey Watson » Posted By SueInCa On December 17, 2012 @ 2:11 pm K’es can I share this on FB? » Posted By SueInCa On December 17, 2012 @ 2:08 pm OooH Burn on Murdock LOL. That is pretty funny K’es » Posted By SueInCa On December 17, 2012 @ 2:07 pm I think we all wish we had answer. » Posted By SueInCa On December 14, 2012 @ 2:13 pm Exactly K’es they are not rare and that newscaster telling us and himself that will not make it true » Posted By SueInCa On December 14, 2012 @ 1:54 pm http://www.jewsonfirst.org/12a/Schools3.aspx This is exactly what I have been “preaching” for the past 4 years. It is insidious and not covered near enough in the news. Not glamorous enough? Too controversial? Too Bad From the story: “Indeed, according to Rabbi Greene, one of the largest evangelical churches in Atlanta’s northern suburbs, the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, even provides literature to its young members about “how to approach your Jewish friends.” He calls the effort “love bombing.” Rabbi Shalom Lewis of Congregation Etz Chaim, which isn’t far from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, agrees that “they are very aggressive in their proselytizing and will teach Christianity to anyone who will listen. One of my former Hebrew School students came to me recently and said he accepted Christ; he’s confused.” » Posted By SueInCa On December 7, 2012 @ 9:10 am Are you rebuilding your house or your business? I know you own a business just never knew what it was. I am assuming you mean house. You should check out some Amish sites if they exist. I was there one year(Lancaster County PA) and OM word the quilts they make are absolutely stunning. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 7:19 pm Thanks Kalima. I was excited to put an ad on here. I am good at color, something I never knew until I started making jewlery. My sister in law does quilting and I tell her she is good at color too. She knows how to mix prints together to come up with a quilt that does not hurt your eyes. I cannot explain it any different than that, her prints just go together. I was there today and she has almost as much material as I have in my bead supply. I am trying to get her to put some stuff on my page. We will see. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 6:53 pm Hi Kalima Yes they were responsible for some of it. They interferred in Somalia and Ethopia and there is a man who returns year after year for the Prayer Breakfast in DC that is a spokesman for The Family in Africa. Thanks for the well wishes. I try to make mostly one of a kind pieces. I could get into multiple production but how boring would that be? I don’t sell as one of a kind so if someone wants an item that is already sold, I can make it if I want to sell it. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 6:07 pm Kalima According to one report I read today, the UK, Europe and the US either gave them warnings that aid would be cut, or just warnings not to pass such a law. The thing is my friend who is a dominionist(she does not know the term) would never believe people of her “sect” or whatever they call it, were instrumental in driving the aids, gay fears in Uganda. On one website I was reading about an accord Christians agreed to, the Lausanne Covenant, that they agreed to spread Evangelicalism across the globe but part of that accord was to start in Africa testing their dominance over the people and its leaders. How cynical is that? » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 5:53 pm There are trolls on Facebook. Ok ok so everyone else knew but me. I have a friend who is a Dominionist and she had a link on a post today so I decided to look since it was about the anti-gay law in Uganda. As usual it was the regular suspects except for one person. Now I got it right away because his name was CousinHumper. but he was asking these supposedly innocent questions on how to deal with defending marriage and not the gay lifestyle. The people were giving him all the bible verses he could try to use but he kept coming up with more and more scenarios – but the scenarios were of other things the Bible taught not to do, but people are doing them anyway, including Christians. I was mildy amused but I never corrected them because I know how staunchly they will defend their religion and I did not want to get into a troll fight with the troll by outing him. But I was surprised that neither of the two posters thought his name was strange. I don’t know maybe I should have told my friend but she is such a fanatic she cannot take any criticism of her religious choice. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 5:29 pm I heard that too Bito. But then so were the Harriman’s and the Bushes. Also the Koch family worked for Joseph Stalin » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 4:22 pm That is a good wish Nirek. And you pretty much nailed it on the “fiscal cliff” as well. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 4:09 pm Bito » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 3:57 pm Old man Ford was a racist through and through but he revolutionized manufacturing so he was off the hook. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great thing but that does not mean you hide his bad side. Actually some people are trying to start a Costco membership drive using Walmart employees as opposed to Costco employees. What Ford said is he paid a living wage so employees could buy what they were producing. Walmart is much worse since their employees at times cannot afford to buy at Walmart. That is a low down dirty shame. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 10:52 am Blame Politicians for Homelessness and Hunger in America » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 10:48 am Thanks bito. I am saving this for a read later today. I find these types of gems when perusing Kalima’s recommended sites too. » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 10:05 am http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/11/how-obama-killed-norquist-pledge.html This is the real reason Republicans told us all this election was the most important of our lives, they really meant their lives LOL. Who knows by the time it is all over, the President’s hair may be black again…..without the use of Clairol » Posted By SueInCa On November 27, 2012 @ 9:59 am LOL Sally you are welcome at my site or on my FB page. You can get to the FB page on my store site by clicking like. And your business is more than welcome Watson. » Posted By SueInCa On November 26, 2012 @ 8:40 pm That guy Ricks sure got cut off fast. Before he opened his mouth he was a great writer about war lol. I can just see the producer with the finger across his throat – cut cut cut LOL » Posted By SueInCa On November 26, 2012 @ 8:37 pm I hope these people are happy. While they were shopping in a frenzy, people in Bangladesh were dying to provide US merchants with the garments they sell. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of the early 1900’s in NYC, revisited. A second fire broke out yesterday or today. http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/second-bangladesh-garment-factory-fire » Posted By SueInCa On November 26, 2012 @ 8:25 pm Ah she is blushing, thanks C’Lady » Posted By SueInCa On November 26, 2012 @ 7:54 pm Hey Adlib That is a wonderful announcement. Thanks for all your help and take credit where it is due, I had no clue how to set up photos for an ad like that. You did it all. Thanks again. When I talk to other crafters, I will be sure to mention you guys. Not giving any specifics of course. » Posted By SueInCa On November 26, 2012 @ 7:51 pm Yes it is very soothing to listen to. » Posted By SueInCa On November 20, 2012 @ 3:52 pm Oh KT it sounds just like John Forsythe……. » Posted By SueInCa On November 20, 2012 @ 3:14 pm It is that John Forsythe who is narrating? Sure sounds like him. Charlie’s Angels… » Posted By SueInCa On November 20, 2012 @ 2:41 pmComments Posted By SueInCa
How does the Huckster explain the systematic pedophilia in the church? Or the adultry on some pastor’s part, or a killing in a church? God did not stop any of that.
I did not know that but one thing I know for sure, he was anti-semite and a pure racist. I cannot remember where I read that but it had to do with a dinner party someone attended and he was shocked at the racism displayed by all except him.
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