Displaying 1,171 To 1,200 Of 1,517 Comments It took President Obama displaying a COPY of his long form Birth Certificate as he was in the midst of determining the Navy Seals’ attack on Osama bin Laden. It took our President making fun of Trump’s having to make such difficult decisions that would have kept him up at night to finally make a mockery of Trump and the birther issue. And where did he lay this gem of witty sarcasm? At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It wasn’t just Trump who should have been embarrassed. » Posted By foodchain On May 31, 2011 @ 12:08 pm WTS, It is so important. I never knew my father, a conscripted Estonian forced to fight to defend a country not his own. It all stinks and it isn’t different today. I’m so sorry about your father. We really don’t have words I think that don’t sound like a platitude. » Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 5:55 pm Update for your yearbook–sorry. Ipading » Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 12:48 pm See if you have an online update. I went to the site for a recent reunion — a lot of men gone. Brings it all back » Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 12:45 pm This video is from the Weepies and, while it’s not about our soldiers, it’s so touching. To me it points out what we fight for and those left behind.
» Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 10:53 am Khirad, Rainy, stormy day here so I thought I’d try my absinthe. Tried the sugar cube and the ice water (just small tastings). :-)) » Posted By foodchain On May 29, 2011 @ 12:00 pm True Khirad, Something about Oklahoma and NBA doesn’t work for me. But I gather Durant’s visit to, I donnuo…Portland, might be more personal? Did you link the gin and absinthe? Mmmmmmm. » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 12:38 pm Hi WTS, ooooohhhh, I’m sad because, as a Chicago long timer, I tricked myself into thinking Rose and the Bulls had the discipline to jump to the next level. Being born in Bavaria, I’d far rather have Dirk than “King James”. The whole Lebron thing wears me out; even if they make it, it’s like the Yankees—how many stars can you pack for a win. The ESPN thing was a real turn off and , not being a real basketball expert–not even close–I am more influenced by marketing. ;-(. I’m very excited about Rose and Durant–I hope they wipe the smug right off of the Heat. Thanks for writing this–it’s been important here. » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:01 am Weekend Music Thread – Vacation Woo Woo! I don’t think I even need to glue this to my forehead. V-got it laughing at myself ;-). And thanks for the many changes you made. » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 4:09 pm testing: Bang on the Drum » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 3:39 pm Oh bito, I will glue this on my forehead. I thought I had magically arrived to the place where things worked right! You’ve done a lot of “fixing” and here I was on a tear today. lol. » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 3:28 pm Hi Adlib, this was fun, perfect way to start a very cold Memorial Day Weekend!!! Great memories, got us going. 😉 » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 12:11 pm Lucinda Williams, “Car Wheels on a gravel Road”, not fun but sometimes that’s how it is. Good Lady
» Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 12:07 pm Stoned soul Picnic » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:26 am Mungo Jerry » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:21 am Under the Boardwalk » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:19 am Centerfield » Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:17 am Groovin;
» Posted By foodchain On May 28, 2011 @ 11:11 am Cher, Some supporting data; basically fear based limitations. I guess a frontal lobotomy or a bottle in front of me won’t work with them: Liberals have more gray matter in a part of the brain associated with understanding complexity, while the conservative brain is bigger in the section related to processing fear, said the study on Thursday in Current Biology. “We found that greater liberalism was associated with increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, whereas greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala,” the study said……. People with a large amygdala are “more sensitive to disgust” and tend to “respond to threatening situations with more aggression than do liberals and are more sensitive to threatening facial expressions,” the study said. Liberals are linked to larger anterior cingulate cortexes, a region that “monitor(s) uncertainty and conflicts,” it said. “Thus, it is conceivable that individuals with a larger ACC have a higher capacity to tolerate uncertainty and conflicts, allowing them to accept more liberal views.” http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/07/brain-structure-differs-in-liberals-conservatives-study/ » Posted By foodchain On May 27, 2011 @ 10:37 am Adlib, this is such a timely “wrap” on our GOP. I keep thinking that a major onslaught to broadcast TV (CBS, NBC, ABC and other non pay news) and their sponsors HAS to happen. Real news will stop the lies. Cable enjoys the “he said/she said” format rather than lie exposing. I heard 100 letters to a sponsor is enough to make them consider a position. Damaging the credibility of the GOP information machine would be a strong step. I think the internet then becomes the go-to organizer: we can become Egypt! People need information: voter suppression would be a great starting point: younger voters hate being told they CAN’T do something more than they SHOULD do something. The President needs to talk about the resistance and what failed and why. (This nonsense of “I hate Obama because Gitmo is still open” needs to be disabused.) He needs to talk about specifics, who did what–not names–but actions. Filibusters, tacking on bad bills to important legislation, hostage taking of our legislative system. I think then, people will come back. State by state, which is harder to expose, is moving quickly away from the GOP. MI and WI and others are having major voter’s remorse. We are in the information age which has yielded huge misinformation. All fired up and ready to go!! » Posted By foodchain On May 24, 2011 @ 4:39 pm The fragility and unpredicatability of life…. Abby, How profoundly fortunate to have such a rich experience. (I talked about some of my experiences but…) I know it’s sad, and some might think I’m weird, but the richness and fullness that you were given seems so much more than just finding her gone. I think, in an odd way it’s a remarkable gift. » Posted By foodchain On May 23, 2011 @ 6:56 pm jkkFL that is just so nice. » Posted By foodchain On May 23, 2011 @ 6:17 pm Abby, so may feelings you must have, your readers will have. One year ago this week, my daughter’s best friend died of a brain aneurysm at 29. Our girls went to their first day of kindergarten together and were inseparable until highschool and then drifted apart. I thought of my daughter’s loss of not being close to a friend in her last days. I thought of my friend, her mother who is now without at young woman verging on life. I thought of the losses we had these last few years. I will say this. As every life is special, every passing is special. Unique, somehow, their own. It is as much a tribute to their specialness as their birth was. We just are not trained (I don’t know if it would good to be or not) to treat the leaving as joyously as the coming. I’m not saying anything that this isn’t an enormous loss. It is for you, I can hear it in your typing and feel it. I can see the stairs, the couch, the gap in reality that stuns. I’m not good at grief, I don’t know if we’re meant to be. But seeing as much (2 brother in laws, my mom, 2 dogs, a great cat in two year’s time) you see how specially unique life—and death–is. I’m not trying to preach at all. I just think if we learned to talk more, and your sharing this is just that, we could not “soften” but expand our knowledge and our feelings. Thank you for such a real and thoughtful sharing of this. And my thoughts are with you. » Posted By foodchain On May 23, 2011 @ 6:05 pm Choicelady, leaving the NBA out of fear, I flicked to some T. Selleck show which had Jimmy Stewart near the end of his filibuster about the rich and powerful winning in DC and how his colleagues left him out to dry, sad only that he was hurting himself rather than at the fight he was losing. So the rich and powerful republicans and the non-supportive democrats were in full view for us in 1939. I felt comfortable making points on the “other site” to the far left who were angry at Obama and found comfort to the many good people there. The cheap shots were infuriating but is now par. This place is special. The opportunities here are seemingly limitless. The knowledge base, talent, humor and support are a gift to me. Where this leaves an angered left and an absurd right, I only hope resolves itself better than Nov. 2010. » Posted By foodchain On May 22, 2011 @ 8:27 pm texliberal: I agree. I love when educated people inform me. I don’t much like it when they limit me. Passion, opinions, ideals will advance, as you say, if served with the correct seasoning. » Posted By foodchain On May 22, 2011 @ 7:53 pm Weekend Music Thread – Armegeddon Rock Emmylou Harris (written with thoughts about Terry Schiavo)
» Posted By foodchain On May 21, 2011 @ 11:05 am Great music, funny movie, and one of my favorite lines: “I swear I thought you was a toad.” » Posted By foodchain On May 21, 2011 @ 10:37 am Understanding President Obama — “ A Moment of Opportunity” Choicelady, what a kind thoughts. My mother and her sisters had the worst–I was too little. And being “displaced” here was a pretty good outcome for us all. But I do think, as you point out, that people like Rumsfeld and Cheney, who want might and power, never understand the consequences in human life or in the on going hostilities that wars create. There’s something about war on your own soil, seeing the devastation (911 but the scope larger and over a greater period) that escapes our war mongers. Maybe we could set them down in a “Clockwork Orange setting. 😉 And thank you again for your kind thoughts. The world needs them I think with Obama, we have that choice if we start working together.. » Posted By foodchain On May 31, 2011 @ 4:56 am Also, A quick read on why conservatives and liberals think differently. You have probably seen this but it makes sense given where we want to go and the obstruction we face. Finding non-threatening messages might help–a whole new lingual theory for moving into the 21st century. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/07/brain-structure-differs-in-liberals-conservatives-study/ » Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 8:15 am Bito, I’m here with my coffee just having finished reading this (the National Strategic Initiative is exactly what I was trying to locate! And thank you for that). I am sending this to friends and to my legislators. This is so important to our development here and throughout the world. We can see the opportunities if only we can stop the “Might is Right” people. These opportunities are just so much more exciting; one can see the world unfolding into hope rather than the despair we’ve seen. And it’s happening now. We need to act soon to be part of it and/or “lead” it. It’s so big and yet so obvious and simple. I get really excited by these ideas. When I read Mr Y (late April?), I was impressed that our military would present these ideas. Giddy is what I am! So, I’ll reign myself in a bit. My feelings about Stalin are part of my history and I wouldn’t be here had it not happened. You in no way offended me. Quite the contrary. I’m just so pleased that you presented this. Giddy still that these ideas have been presented by a substantial, “reputable”, and non liberal source. This is the time that President Obama can influence change–by being who he is. He’s the closest to being right we have and, to your point, we do need to help him. Thank you for this article. It’s explosive in a good way–so many ideas for this holiday. » Posted By foodchain On May 30, 2011 @ 8:02 amComments Posted By foodchain
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