Displaying 1,411 To 1,440 Of 2,270 Comments Choice I can’t help but feel that there is a big difference between the Nationalists and opportunistic douchebags. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:36 pm No. Because I’m bitter and its funny. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:33 pm It is always so good to see you. How have you been? » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:30 pm Adonai, that’s it exactly. My wife sounds like that a lot. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:28 pm 68 here today. Just thought you should know. I had to wear a jacket at my office Friday because the air conditioning was set for summer, but it was too cold outside for air conditioning. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:27 pm 🙂 » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:26 pm True tex. What’s funny is that now the left is trying to figure out how to work with a guy that is to the right of Nixon. Funny how life turns out sometimes. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:25 pm There is a very weird dynamic going on here. The “left” is mad at Obama for not being left enough… Which he never was. The left is mad at the “left” for being mad at Obama for not being left enough, because even though they know he isn’t left enough, they are practical enough to understand that he’s all they have right now. The neo-left is finding out that agitating against the man is a lot easier than supporting the man and so they don’t. And the huckster left is busy trying to figure out how to make a buck out of all of this. And in the meantime, all of the factions of the left keep forgetting that they make up 20% of the population and all of their bickering is stupid, counter-productive and laughable. My suspicion? 30 years of conservative dogma and policy combined with a genuinely scary economic situation has made the “left” a little emotionally unstable. Like Glenn Close the “left” is “not going to be ignored”. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 9:04 pm Where do we go from here on jobs? – or – How we learned to love to knit. Huh. I didn’t know Winco was employee-owned. There is a Winco right down the street from my father-in-laws house. Winco is very popular with the Mormons in S. Idaho oddly enough…. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 10:26 pm CLady, I can’t say that your observations about some progressive’s attitudes toward the rust belt, labor, and blue-collar workers are wrong, because I have seen some of this myself. I’m not sure that I would classify it as snobbery, but just simple indifference. Just as the attention of many liberals and progressives swung from labor and workers to pollution and the environment in the 70’s, I think the rust belt got left behind. As the pendulum of Democratic political power began to migrate from the rust belt to the Northeast and the West coast, this attitude began to pick up steam. Factories pollute, blue collar workers tend to be frighteningly conservative about some issues, and with the American economy the envy of the world, why bother with pedestrian issues such as the fate of a couple hundred pipe-fitters in Gary? On a positive note, I have felt (rather than seen) a change in this over the last year. All of sudden once the smoke has cleared from out latest economic crisis, progressives and liberals have realized that perhaps labor and wage issues are far more important than they thought and the standard needs to be taken back up. I’m not sure that many people know how to do this. There has been too much time and neglect for anyone 40 or younger to have a template of how to act and react to some of these issues. We need a guide. The President is not that person, IMO, so who could it be? » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 10:24 pm Sue, I couldn’t agree with you more. You have tapped into an interest of mine that I’m looking forward to learning more about. The city of Cleveland has been a vanguard in this area. A combination of city residents, the city itself, and some private financing created the Evergreen co-op laundry which has morphed into the Evergreen Cooperatives which focus on solar, food production, and publishing. All owned by the employees. http://www.evergreencoop.com/Laundry/index.html » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 9:01 pm Thanks Kes, what’s mine is yours. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 7:11 pm Ad, couldn’t agree more. The growth of the future is going to come from the grass-roots of our nation. The problem is the grass is near-dead. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 5:45 pm KQ, good points all. Each of these issues you listed is going to be an issue for years to come. In the meantime, we don’t need to make things even harder by PAYING our corporations to leave our shores. China doesn’t do it, Germany doesn’t, Brazil doesn’t. This is something that even Kennedy railed against in the early 60’s. There are going to be plenty of legitimate reasons to outsource. Sweetheart tax deals for MNC’s shouldn’t be one of them. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 5:44 pm Hey stranger! Great to see you! Thanks for this. » Posted By funksands On September 5, 2011 @ 5:41 pm Shovel-ready in a Sagging Economy Em, thanks for posting this. It was really well done. I don’t care if we lower our corporate rate to ZERO, businesses won’t locate/re-locate here if our courts are mothballed and our roads and bridges are falling down. Your argument is a compelling one, and one that would look great in a letter or email to the President. » Posted By funksands On August 3, 2011 @ 8:01 pm wts, I have low expectations of fake solutions to a manufactured crisis » Posted By funksands On August 3, 2011 @ 8:04 pm WTS, I found your comments a very valuable addition to the discussion. Thank you. » Posted By funksands On August 6, 2011 @ 5:49 pm My Dinner with the National Debt WTS, thanks. I’ve decided to subcontract my image on all future posts to you. I assume you work for minion wage? » Posted By funksands On August 2, 2011 @ 1:59 pm Weekend Music Thread – The Sky’s the Limit Or this one? [img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGultrg7l0I&feature=related[/img] » Posted By funksands On July 30, 2011 @ 6:42 pm Which version of “Major Tom” gets your vote? This one? – Peter Schilling[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG7OzvSMBA[/img] » Posted By funksands On July 30, 2011 @ 6:41 pm One of my new favorite bands Postal Service – Such Great Heights » Posted By funksands On July 30, 2011 @ 6:22 pm Movie Clips Boehner Should Have Played E-cat, this was a good choice. » Posted By funksands On July 27, 2011 @ 8:18 pm Cher, I’ll admit it, this is one of my favorite movies. I have no idea why, but there it is. » Posted By funksands On July 27, 2011 @ 7:20 pm Ad, this brings back memories. My wife and I danced to this at our wedding. » Posted By funksands On July 27, 2011 @ 7:11 pm For Cher: More Gary Oldman[img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWdbYyC5b8w&feature=related[/img] » Posted By funksands On July 27, 2011 @ 7:08 pm This would work: » Posted By funksands On July 27, 2011 @ 7:04 pm Tell me about it. I can see why you eventually wore down. Thanks for taking one for the team. Let’s make September GOOD NEWS MONTH!! What do you say? » Posted By funksands On August 4, 2011 @ 8:39 pm Got it! Thanks Cher! » Posted By funksands On August 4, 2011 @ 8:31 pm To answer one of the questions above: No. I am not willing to engage in spending cuts alone. Our nation is crumbling around us while we play empire, and STILL other nations are willing to loan us money at 1%. Not only do we turn that down, but voluntarily jeopardize it while we clip coupons and act timid. The public wants Medicare: The GOP proposes to eliminate it. The public wants Social Security: The GOP proposes to privatize it. The public wants strong national defense: The GOP proposes to subcontracÂÂÂt it. The public wants a job, with fair pay and treatment: The GOP proposes to outsource it. The public wants roads and bridges that don’t fall down. The GOP proposes to sell them. How about we do what other countries do and PAY for it? The GOP and others love talking about running the country like a business. What business in their right mind turns down money at 1% that they could use to expand and improve their operations? » Posted By funksands On July 25, 2011 @ 8:47 amComments Posted By funksands
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