Displaying 31 To 60 Of 280 Comments Never Trust a Politician with Thin Lips …and looking at this one this morning, it could take some more fine-tuning. Like Ryan’s complexion should be de-saturated – more chalky-looking. Vampires don’t have tans do they?! 🙂 and maybe the widows peak should be dragged down into more of a point…. » Posted By cyrano1 On September 16, 2012 @ 8:41 am Adlib, I don’t think of stuff like this as mine since I just altered Ryan’s face in one “borrowed” web photo, cut it out, and pasted it onto the body of the vampire in another “borrowed” web photo. It’s tun to mess with, isn’t it? » Posted By cyrano1 On September 16, 2012 @ 7:59 am Agreed! [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/paul_ryan_dracula_2.jpg[/img] » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 6:57 pm Doesn’t look very ambiguous, does it? Maybe a more neutral tone in the newly collagened lips would have made him look more “manly”? …… well ….. um ….. no….. never mind » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 6:12 pm 🙂 I had to swap out the first one – Mitch needed campaign buttons. » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 1:20 pm Mitch McConnell as a Democrat – courtesy of photoshop: [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Mitch_McConnell_collagen_democrat-2.jpg[/img] » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 10:08 am I think we can solve our political problems simply by offering free collagen injections. [img]http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo142/mbarn3065/lips.jpg[/img] » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 9:03 am I concede: Ronald Reagan had lips when he was a democrat: http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/R/Ronald-Reagan-9453198-2-402.jpg And when he became a Republican, they fell off: http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/031208/031208_reaganobit_hmedium.grid-6×2.jpg Clint Eastwood always has had thin lips, hasn’t he?. » Posted By cyrano1 On September 15, 2012 @ 8:35 am http://cinemaknifefight.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/washington.png » Posted By cyrano1 On September 14, 2012 @ 6:52 pm Why the RNC Convention Proves Romney Should Not Be President KQµårk æ»ç¥ž: I was surprised to learn Clint Eastwood is still (sort of) alive. I REALLY TRIED just now to watch his rant and got as far as 2 minutes, 20 seconds (not including the 16 second CNBC commercial) before giving up due to self-induced narcolepsy. In that time, however, I did learn that there’s another conservative in Hollywood: Jon Voight. If I missed anything vitally important, please share! 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On August 31, 2012 @ 5:15 pm Sue: Good to know! I thought it was not characteristic of Brooks, so it surprised me with its spot on off-the-wall humor. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 31, 2012 @ 4:45 pm Agreed on Stewart! I don’t know what I’d do without his show, especially now, really!! Samantha Bee outing the anti-abortion convention attendees by parroting their remarks about the GOP mantra of freedom of choice in whether or not to adhere to the GOP platform – and not a single one of them understood their own hypocrisy, much less that it was being aired for laughs. John Oliver last night building a whole piece on “We Built That” combined with their new mantra, “We Can Change That” had me collapsed on the floor! Absolutely brilliant! But beneath it all, it’s still horrifying, sad, and depressing that there are so many idiots out there who’ve bought into the corporate-created simplistic bumper sticker diversions and lies. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 31, 2012 @ 4:41 pm Thanks AdLib and Sally T for just being who you are! (and everyone else here). You and Jon Stewart are the voices of sanity! Sally, I think you’re right. We’re going to win this thing simply because the GOP has gone completely over the edge and hit the rocks below; and even I who don’t have much faith in our general voting public just can’t believe they’re all that stupid. Recent developments seem to indicate a real shift in the media towards critically examining some content rather than just giving “equal” time to right wing lies. The Daily Kos’s recent email listing the broad media coverage exposing Ryan’s lies. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/30/1125935/-LYIN-RYAN-ALL-THE-MEDIA-PUSHBACK?detail=hide The David Brooks hysterically funny piece on “The Real Romney”: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 And last night’s Jon Stewart Show when we were treated to more stunning footage of Reince Priebus making a complete idiot of himself, followed by Michael Steele as guest – who actually offered some candid comments regarding his having been thrown under the bus by the GOP. I also admire your strong constitutions in being able to watch the GOP convention. On the first day I tried to for about three minutes before realizing it was a mentally unhealthy pursuit and my TV set wouldn’t survive having heavy objects thrown at it. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 31, 2012 @ 3:22 pm The Sikh That Defined Whiteness in America Adept2u, thanks! Another great example of our (human beings) tribalism gone to extremes – from just plain silliness in differentiating ourselves from “others” to justifying the “need” to kill each other off. I just wish we could re-program our species to become blind to the characteristics of the “other” which separate us, and allow ALL of us to see the reality that we all emerged as, and still are, “one”. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 8, 2012 @ 8:40 am President X – Will Americans Really Elect a Man in Hiding? It was an awful moment! Don’t think Stewart will apologize though. He’s relentless in going after anyone who makes statements without fully verifying them; and suppose in Reid’s case he was more harsh than usual just to “prove” he’s a non-partisan alarm system. We already KNOW what Reid says is true, so in my mind it isn’t an “if”. The problem lies in finding the smoking gun without breaking the privacy laws that protect all of us including Romney. Hope like hell it surfaces soon!! » Posted By cyrano1 On August 3, 2012 @ 12:30 pm Watched that on Rachel tonight! Too funny! » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:49 pm And what we REALLY need along with an Obama win is a congress with enough real dems in it (not those blue dogs) so we can actually move beyond gridlock. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:46 pm Sure hope so! Jon Stewart’s reaming him out was pretty ugly. Happy, though that he continued by airing Fox’s outraged reaction and then turned it all back on Fox by a video flurry of their silly unsubstantiated pronouncements. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:34 pm I keep picturing Romney being “prepped” for the debates by being outfitted with teensy remote listening devices and puppet strings. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:25 pm Agreed! And the cloistered existence in the community would naturally negate any kind of genuine embrace of our pluralistic society. It appears we need to rub elbows together to really “get it”. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:17 pm “spoiled and ignorant man-child” !!!!! You’ve nailed it! The perfect descriptive phrase! Trying to encapsulate what we think of his core being into a phrase has eluded me until you just now slammed it home. » Posted By cyrano1 On August 2, 2012 @ 8:03 pm and lo I came unto this place, having been summoned by mysterious angels who sent the summons “God’s Blog” unto my inbox, and thence, trance-like, I clicked upon the glowing blue message and was suddenly transported by forces beyond my meager understanding to a place whereupon Your holy image was set before me. I clicked, such as one would caress, upon it. Whereupon a much larger image of your radiance suddenly appeared unto me – accompanied, verily, by a joyous but unseen chorus of angels who, with their sweet song swelling with gentle urgency, instructed me to right click and save Your likeness – the ultimate supreme powerful and protecting talisman of goodness – as a screensaver. » Posted By cyrano1 On July 26, 2012 @ 11:17 pm The Apple Fell Far from the Tree Bito: Agree with you. The breakdown has been rapid and stunning! And I truly believe the primary catalyst for escalation has been the rise in popularity of Fox News promoting corporate interests by using the propaganda tools of hate/lies/misinformation and spreading contempt for education and the educated. They’re masters at it, and competing stations have pretty much diluted their standards just to stay in the game. » Posted By cyrano1 On July 17, 2012 @ 3:49 pm Killgore: Thanks! And exactly! And holding onto that #1 label is like the athlete looking back on his/her glory years as being the best years of their lives – as a fixed unalterable state to be encased as a shrine – rather than flexibly moving forward using the different tools required due to different circumstances, to create greater years utilizing the same energy and dedication they poured into their past glories. I’m glad Murph set us straight on the value of watching the HBO series so I don’t waste money upgrading my Comcast coverage. Agree with you on spirituality. I suppose my greatest sense of it is to simply marvel at the fact that we’re here at all, and we’re actually capable of giving thought to it. A sense of perspective, maybe in contemplating (navel gazing?) the significance of our existence given the enormity of whatever the whole might be? http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120625.html Another incredible photo of the milky way framed by gorgeous chunks of our own planet, and they all just blew me away!! As though we could touch the relatively small number of stars we can actually see even with the best equipment – and they’re millions/billions of light years away – and reminds us we’re a mere speck located in the end of a minor spiral in just one of hundreds of billions of galaxies. What a bleeding miracle we’re here to appreciate it, especially now with our access to instant information via the internet our clever species devised!! For instance I looked up how long it takes for our galaxy to do a complete revolution (200 to 220 million years), and our speed since we’re at the outer edge of it is about 155 miles per second!! Holy shit! 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On July 17, 2012 @ 3:35 pm AdLib and Murph: Thanks for fleshing out the differences between George and Mitt! I had no clue about how really challenging George’s upbringing was, and it gives evidence to the huge determination and strength of character he must have had to end up where he did. Which leaves me wondering that if he hadn’t been raised within the LDS political framework, might he have chosen an even more pronounced progressive point of view. Our political leanings seem to be formed so early in life. I have two friends who, having spent their earliest years raised with racist, conservative “values”, have spent the many decades following surrounded by a bunch of us flaming progressives. They intellectually understand and agree with the arguments, but often slip, reverting to what seem to be instinctual bigoted reactions which mirror their early “training”. » Posted By cyrano1 On July 17, 2012 @ 11:36 am AdLib: You again said it all! Articulate, concise, and accurate! And I’m also of the view that due to the lack of critical thinking skills – that we’re overwhelmed with a majority of short term, emotion based “thinkers” in those who actually do show up to vote – we’ll continue heading towards increased suffering. I’d love to hear from someone who’s prescient enough to tell us what form the inevitable reaction takes. And you’re right. We react. We aren’t animals who collectively think and plan long term. In the meantime, I really like diversions, currently my smart phone. A Samsung. Made in Korea. Or maybe not. Do they also outsource to other countries for cheaper labor? We never could stop globalization nor should we want to – but again, the only viable solutions/strategies (responses) we might have would involve long term planning, sacrifice, and consistency. Oh well…..:) » Posted By cyrano1 On July 17, 2012 @ 10:44 am Murph: Thanks for your response, and your statement, “They do it for many of the right reasons, but what they often got was a result that, were they honest with themselves, had to disappoint” hammered it home. Sometimes I’m almost surprised that Mitt’s track record is as moderate as it is – but suspect his “flexibility” in delivering what the majority of his Massachusetts voters wanted can be attributed to having no real inner convictions whatsoever – as though he was “trained” to be a politician, but whatever debates took place regarding the values one holds towards serving the needs of his constituents took place in elevated locations far removed from the subjects being considered – were vicarious attempts to find the means to “relate”. Maybe accounts for the awkward “empty suit” demeanor of someone who seems to run on a script – and when he’s forced off-script, I sometimes can’t help but feel sorry for him. » Posted By cyrano1 On July 17, 2012 @ 10:41 am Murph, thanks for writing this! And AdLib, Killgore, you’ve absolutely nailed the issue that I’ve been wrestling with for so many years. I think Mitt shares this lack of empathy and experience as deeply as the majority of young people in this country and I’ve also come to think the cause is all a matter of timing, given some flaws (short memories, tribal instincts, and the need to accumulate security which now equates wealth) in our basic natures as human beings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16K6m3Ua2nw So I sent a response to the friend who sent it which I’m posting here. (Sorry, I tend to rant in large paragraphs). “It hits to the core of what’s had me in a knot for the past few years. And that “entitlement” is a process I don’t think can ever be stopped. I’ve become more and more convinced every generation who doesn’t experience the ills previous generations found awful enough to rub elbows together to fix will assume the status quo is durable and indestructible; and what once held some truth created by that unity gradually warps into self-deluding lies which can’t really be understood by the disassociated, self indulgent, short term thinking inheritors who haven’t been through the experience. Even if we were capable of learning from history, the vast majority find studying it to be a boring waste of time. (I didn’t find history interesting until I was an adult, and didn’t appreciate until much later why my parents didn’t give me all the stuff I wanted even though they could well afford it.) I’ve realized for many years that I was born at a time when two huge wars were followed by an exploding economy and a sense of bounty, our country was brought together through common effort enough to allow us to finance huge infrastructure projects, a space program, finance research, address civil rights/voting rights/women’s rights/minimum wage issues/health and safety/environmental and consumer protections. Only after two wars (when we had willingly put government in charge) – and bounty (where the scarcity fear factor didn’t play a role) were conditions right for a more cooperative environment where government and business often even behaved as partners in building a country which considered the needs of all of us. Never unified, but unified ENOUGH! Today we’re a huge but shrinking corporation (plutocracy), and the aging CEO’s in charge are determined to down-size and fight over scraps rather than concern themselves with the plight of those who’re being trampled or become involved in the process of helping us reinvent ourselves. Our country is politically polarized, our tenuous hold on unity is gone – we’ve all gone tribal again, and the predictable culprits are trying their hardest to undo the rest of what our ill-educated clueless voters have already allowed them to dismantle. We’re drowning in empty “Rah, Rah, USA!!” shouts which accompany the lies promising a fruitful tomorrow if only unregulated trickle down is allowed to reign king.” » Posted By cyrano1 On July 16, 2012 @ 7:25 pm Me either! Hope this gets the huge press it deserves. My son-in-law just texted me that he thinks GOP is trying to derail him so they can focus on taking over congress, then put up Chuck Norris in 2016. GAWD HELP US if that’s true! 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On July 14, 2012 @ 11:10 pm The apology demand which Walker addresses in comment 22. “When you demanded an apology from the Obama Campaign you seem to suggest that they have stated that you deserve blame for outsourcing done at Bain from 1999 to 2001 because they stated that you were the full-time active manger of Bain during that time. Can you cite a single ad, press release or statement from the Obama Campaign where they specify that you were the full-time manager of Bain from 1999 to 2001?” This stuff is priceless isn’t it??! » Posted By cyrano1 On July 14, 2012 @ 10:52 pmComments Posted By cyrano1
The coming HBO series clip dealing with entitlement was emailed to me the other day and it really hit a nerve:
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