From: The Huffington Post - December 1, 2009:
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs, a conservative-leaning political blog, officially announced his break with the right in a post on Monday evening. Johnson is co-founder of Pajamas Media, and Little Green Footballs has been named one of the top 100 most popular blogs.
Succinctly titled "Why I Parted Ways With The Right," Johnson's post argues against the fanaticism of politicians like Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Pat Buchanan as well as the conservative blogosphere ("Hatred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies, into racism, hate speech, and bizarre conspiracy theories (see: witch doctor pictures, tea parties, Birthers, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, World Net Daily, Newsmax, and every other right wing source)"). He also cites the "anti-Islamic bigotry that goes far beyond simply criticizing radical Islam, into support for fascism, violence, and genocide." He concludes:
"The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff. I won't be going over the cliff with them."
This shows the trend of what's really happening. True Conservatives and Independents have been repelled by the Far Right.
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"Palin's book sold more than 700,000 copies in the first week alone,"
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
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The Audacity of a Stupid Public.
Wow. You gained one. Too bad you've lost 2% in November alone.
GD, I don't see your posts Case.
TESTING
Bernanke needs to go
The top Republican on the banking committee, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) refused to say how he planned to vote, though he did say that the Fed has "utterly failed" in its regulatory role.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was less tight-lipped. "I absolutely will not vote for Mr. Bernanke," the Vermont senator said on ABC's "This Week." "He's part of the problem. If he's the smartest guy in the world, why didn't he do anything to prevent us from sinking into this disaster that Wall Street caused and which he was a part of? No, I will not vote for Bernanke to stay on as chairman."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/corker-unsure-whether-ber_n_375904.html
I think the cons need to have a special surtax applied to their taxes to pay for this mess, since it was basically their fault, because they failed to regulate like any sensible person could see was necessary.
Charles Johnson used his "common sense" when he abandoned the CONS.
Why? Simply, he woke up.....
Hey A2, is Obamas speech tonight widely broadcast in Canada?
Of course RayGun, I will watch it live at 8 PM.
Remember I watch/listen to CNN every day. lol
Too bad that some info was already released and of course McCain had to comment on the July 2011 date. ;)
Typical CONS.... commenting on a speech that hasn't been spoken yet. LOL
Will Canadian channels broadcast it live?
Racist liberals attacking a harmless black man!
Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWnxlFbYjVY
Listening to Obamas speach today:
Blowing his own horn on successes in the war and reminding us "we are in the greatest financial crisis since the great depression"
Maybe if I listen to another five minutes I will hear the classic "blame Bush"
"we are in the greatest financial crisis since the great depression"
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Yes, thanks cons for voting w in to office so he could ignore the shinagens on Wall Street that caused the near financial collapse.
And did you all hear him say the commanders did not even request any new troops until 2010? Looks like the cons were lying again with regards to Obama ignoring his commanders etc.
Brandon, how could anyone who has all his marbles not "Blame Bush"?
"Brandon, how could anyone who has all his marbles not "Blame Bush"?
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LOL.
But I don't really blame w, I blame the voters who put him there. w did exactly what he said he would do, to disastrous affect, and now the same idiots want Palin in there to do the same thing all over again. They don't learn.
"Brandon, how could anyone who has all his marbles not "Blame Bush"?"
-CJP
Anyone with a brain can figure out that one man couldnt be responsible for destroying this country. Its a joint effort and the liberals are just looking for a scap goat instead of growing some balls and owning their mistakes!
BB, lax regulation is a corner stone of the con bible. Just like helping the poor is the corner stone of the real bible. Lax regulation is what caused the financial meltdown. The unregulated derivatives, CDO's, Credit Default Swaps, are what caused the problems. The unfettered exuberance of your idols are to blame. Those smart masters of the universe. Oh dear lord, we owe them so much.
"Brandon, how could anyone who has all his marbles not "Blame Bush"?"
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And how can we forget the tax cuts to the rich, and the unnecessary Iraq war?
Typical CONS.... commenting on a speech that hasn't been spoken yet. LOL---Anon2
I think that he had the plan ahead of time since he is on that committee. Armed Services (where he is the ranking member)Dahh!
For the last time. The de-regulation was started under Clinton, and EXPANDED under Bush. BOTH PARTIES HAD A HAND IN THIS. NO PARTY WAS FAULTLESS. THERE IS ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND.
Brandon said ...
"Anyone with a brain can figure out that one man couldnt be responsible for destroying this country."
Wasn't Bush the only commander in chief of the army when he created 2 wars that did cost at least 800 billion when he left office?
Wasn't he the only one who signed the bills that came to his desk prior to becoming law? Like tax cuts for the ultra rich? Signing a bill so that Medicare (government) cannot bargain with Pharma for cheaper drug prices.
He signed them ALL!!
The last info is according to what I just read today somewhere on the web. The website is posted somewhere here on this blog.
Where is your peabrain?
Casey said:
"I think that he had the plan ahead of time since he is on that committee. Armed Services (where he is the ranking member)Dahh!"
I did know that.
McCain is just not the gentleman he pretends to be by commenting on the president's speech prior to delivery of that speech. So much for respect for HIS president.....
@ Brandon. You didn't read this eh? *cough*
Here is the website and excerpt of the article I posted today.
For you:
Casey said...
"If she wants her stupid flowers"
Anon2 said... Can't compare her stupid flowers with the spending that Dubya did with creating 2 unnecessary wars.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/news_detail.asp?newsID=31
Excerpt:
Since 2001, even with record low inflation, U.S. federal spending has increased by a massive 28.8% (19.7% in real dollars)—with non-defense discretionary growth of 35.7% (25.3% in real dollars)—the highest rate of federal government growth since the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. This increase has resulted in the largest budget deficits in U.S. history, an estimated $520 billion in fiscal year 2004 alone. Furthermore, the projected spending for 2005 is a conservative estimate, since it doesn’t include at least $50 billion for the 2005 cost of the Iraq occupation.
As predicted by Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of such key books as Crisis and Leviathan and the new Against Leviathan, this explosion of government power would only have been possible in the aftermath of 9/11. Times of crisis present the easiest opportunities for politicians to take advantage of a frightened American public.
President George W. Bush is now on his way to becoming the first full-term president since John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) to not veto a single bill. The result is a congress that has been completely unconstrained in satiating its appetite for pork and corporate welfare."
See the website for the stats & percentages of all presidents since LBJ.
Pelosi's flowers are peanuts compared to the above eh? lol
See BRANDON?
McCain is just not the gentleman he pretends to be by commenting on the president's speech prior to delivery of that speech. So much for respect for HIS president.....Anon2
We all knew how many troops were being sent. It was all over every news outlet all day today.
In case you didn't notice it was John McCain that said that we should support the President on his decision. Anon2 you just don't like McCain because he divorced his first wife. You may not know this but, Sen John Kerry divorced HIS first wife and married the uber rich Heinz heiress. Does that make him bad? Or does he get a pass at this because he is a big fat liberal? Oh, sorry. I forgot. Liberals all get passes.
And guess what? Obama has spent more money in 12 months than any president in history!
Anon2 said... Can't compare her stupid flowers with the spending that Dubya did with creating 2 unnecessary wars.
Didn't your parents ever teach you that "2 wrongs don't make a right"?
Anon2 said... Can't compare her stupid flowers with the spending that Dubya did with creating 2 unnecessary wars.
But you know what Anon2. Look at it this way. I am knocking myself out, night and day trying to get companies to donate personal hygiene items (soap, toothpaste, shampoo, etc) for the needy in our communty. People barely have money for food, let alone toothbrushes and the like. When I see a rich public servant spending $3000 dollars on flowers for her office and charging it to the tax payers, in a state that is currently so broke that they are giving IOU's to citizens of the state---I get a bit pissed off. You claim to care about people, think about it. That $3,000.00 would buy alot of soap and toothpaste for the needy. Doesn't that bother you --- just a bit?
Ah Casey,
You ignored my previous post. lol
But then, I had a gut feeling that that would happen.
Anon2: Your previous post excused her flower expenditure. I believe you called it peanuts in comparison to what "W" spent. Am I wrong? Did I miss something? Because I am trying really hard here to put this into perspective while explaining why it upsets me.
If you have spent any time at all working with the needy, and seeing what basic needs aren't being met, it really should outrage you on some level. To give her a pass at this is rediculous during a time when her very own state is on the verge of financial collapse.
"Wasn't Bush the only commander in chief of the army when he created 2 wars that did cost at least 800 billion when he left office?
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Where is your peabrain?"
Anon2
Like I said before you are only looking for a scape goat! Doesnt a bill first go thru congress??? Doesnt congress have as much or more power than the president?
Hasnt congress been controlled by liberals for the last 2 or 3 years?
Whats wrong with tax cuts for the rich, they are the ones paying almost all the taxes!
"If you have spent any time at all working with the needy"
-Casey
Liberals only think that more money will solve the needies problems! They only want to raise taxes to help the poor while they sit on their butts and watch someone freeze to death outside their window!
Lets not forget about their stupid ideas of raising min wage to help the poor! I think Raygun said he wanted $20.00/hr for min wage.
"Lets not forget about their stupid ideas of raising min wage to help the poor! I think Raygun said he wanted $20.00/hr for min wage. "
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JFC BB, I may of said 10 per hour. For sure to begin with.
Funny though, Costco, one of my favorite stores (the last time I read) pays their employees on average 18 per hour. Not bad for the work they are doing.
Funny, watching the series "Rome" for the last few weeks.
Caesar was passing out money like candy, to win over the people, after the elite raped the people for years.
Cons, try reading "Tale of Two Cities" (French Revolution), same story.
Same thing happening, in the US, now. The disparity of wealth has become too large.
Liberals only think that more money will solve the needies problems! They only want to raise taxes to help the poor while they sit on their butts and watch someone freeze to death outside their window!---Brandon
Yes, I see this. Funny thing is, I can't get 1 single one of these libs to agree that $3,000 for flowers for 2 mos is excessive. You and I both know that if this was a Republican that spent this, they would be screaming their asses off about it. Since it is a liberal, (with a "let them eat cake" attitude; Madame Pelosi our modern day Marie Antoinette) they give her a pass. Unbelievable! Such Hypocrisy!
Elton John:
The singer's lavish lifestyle saw him spend more than £9.6m on property and £293,000 on flowers between January 1996 and September 1997.
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Comon Sweetums, the above is lavish.
Case, you ever finish "Atlas Shrugged"? That was a behemoth that no one in there right mind would ever finish. I can't believe I did. I have never read a book that sucked that bad that I finished..
Casey, $3,000 for flowers for Nancy Pelosi is chump change.
The sad thing is that the Right-Wing Propaganda Media can get you to focus so much of your thoughts and energy on Nancy Pelosi's $3,000
flower expenditure while they are stealing billions from the public around the clock. Why don't you ask your Right-Wing Media to focus on some of the billions that Halliburton has pocketed at the expense of the taxpayers?
Of course, they would rather have you focus on Nancy Pelosi's $3,000 worth of flowers.
Can't you see that they are leading you by the nose away from the real malfeasance happening in this country -- away from the crimes that make a real difference in our existence and our future?
"billions that Halliburton has pocketed at the expense of the taxpayers?"
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But CJP we know how incompetent the government is, shouldn't we just let the private business's run everything for us? Didn't Halliburton show us how efficient they are compared to the government?
"Bernie Sanders puts official hold on Senate floor vote on Ben Bernanke's 2nd term as Federal Reserve chairman. "
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Lets fire Bernanke.
A long time ago I came to the conclusion that CONS don't see the big picture. (flowers few thousand Pelosi>Halliburton's billions=Cheney)
This blog and others confirm it time and time again.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-frank/conservatives-want-republ_b_377779.html
Conservatives Want Republican Purge Trials.
Repubs are not conservative enough according to the CONS and now the conservatives want to "purify" the party. lol Dubya wouldn't qualify under the first "rule" to not be a purified spender.
Quite an interesting article and too long an article to post it here.
"The sad thing is that the Right-Wing Propaganda Media can get you to focus so much of your thoughts and energy on Nancy Pelosi's $3,000
flower expenditure while they are stealing billions from the public around the clock."
-CJP
Whos stealing from the public? Do you think a government official should spend $3000 on flowers or even several million on an airport named after his or her self?
"lol Dubya wouldn't qualify under the first "rule" to not be a purified spender."
Anon2
Conservative: to conserve, not to spend the way drunken liberals do!
BB wants to abolish minimum wage? I bet if minimum wage was abolished, his boss could import 3 workers to work round the clock to do his job for half the price. And eventually one of those workers would be doing his job at 1/10 the the price.
Can't you see that they are leading you by the nose away from the real malfeasance happening in this country -- away from the crimes that make a real difference in our existence and our future?--CJP
This is a rediculous argument. Didn't anyone ever teach you that 2wrongs don't make a right? Look at it another way, if you will:
You can steal a book, or you can steal an expensive pair of shoes. One act of theft is not less bad than the other act of theft. Stealing is stealing.
I really shouldn't have to illustrate this issue for you. Being "big hearted" liberals, who know all, and want to be the social justice levelers of the world, you should know this.
Be honest, if not with me, with yourselves. You give her a pass, simply because she is a liberal hero.
The first year of the Democratic president has been good for the nation's leading cable news channel - its viewership up 7 percent in prime-time hours so far in 2009, compared to the same time last year.
Fk Faux News. They know how to push the cons little buttons.
Taxes Bad.
Might is right.
Poor are lazy.
Add pretty girls, shake and repeat.
No, the ratings as well as the recent November elections show that your side is loosing ground.
GD, just sat back down and here is a Case comment.
Regarding Faux News, seems it caters to guys. Lots of pretty girls everywhere. That's all right Case, I have no problem with girls that like girls. I don't want to tell you what to do. And I am not trying to encourage you, but ...
Oh RG. Try to intimidate me by insinuating that I like girls? Is that suppose to bother or insult me? There are PLENTY of great looking men on Fox News.
Gee RG...You must have missed me while I was shoveling snow :)
RayGun said...
"Add pretty girls"
The Con girls all seem to have the same traits. Dolled up, sharp beaks and lack of civility in conversations. That's what I see over and over again.
They're there just to please their con men and to reproduce. That means they're just a blob of meat to the cons and to be used at their convenience. *throwing up*
Another rediculous statement RG. I suppose CNN, MSNBC, and others all have a policy of hiring UGLY newscasters? Maybe we are just naturally better looking than you guys.
I do tend to remember my college days when the left wing girls didn't shave, bathe, wear make-up and had those lovely dreds.
"and to reproduce."
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The con girls are certainly good at reproducing. And they want to make sure all others reproduce, by banning gays, and through favorable tax laws. Pretty sure Palin would still be going at it if she wasn't getting so old.
"Maybe we are just naturally better looking than you guys."
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Maybe. I still stick to my theory, generally, extra pretty people get through life without having to think too hard. Not thinking to hard is certainly a con trait.
"Maybe we are just naturally better looking than you guys."
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But on second thought, most of Hollywood are libs. And they tend to be smart because that life is often brutal. Hmm, so generally cons are dumber and generally not as pretty? Sounds right to me.
Regarding whos hot and whos not, I think we should all post naked pics and then decide. Casey first.
Funny RG. I know that you are quite curious...fun to keep you in the dark. But I am far from ugly. Which is why I always get pissed off when you say something like this: extra pretty people get through life without having to think too hard.
I think that it has only been harder because a-holes have that mindset! Judging by one's looks is unfair. Sure, you have your bimbos, but I have faced this attitude alot. I shouldn't have to have to prove myself worthy or capable all of the time. Also, people are always so suprised that I have a sense of humor. Pretty people aren't supposed to be funny either, I guess!
Funny RG. I know that you are quite curious...fun to keep you in the dark. But I am far from ugly. Which is why I always get pissed off when you say something like this: extra pretty people get through life without having to think too hard.
I think that it has only been harder because a-holes have that mindset! Judging by one's looks is unfair. Sure, you have your bimbos, but I have faced this attitude alot. I shouldn't have to have to prove myself worthy or capable all of the time. Also, people are always so suprised that I have a sense of humor. Pretty people aren't supposed to be funny either, I guess!
curios
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Yes I am curious and I want to see some damn pics.
Comon Case, lets see some pics. Click on my link "RayGun" to see my large weapon.
LOL. Do you have a weapon of mass destruction? (that could be fun)LOL
By the way--that last comment was ME. This laptop isn't holding my name when I post. Wants me to reregister each time!
"Canada is suddenly changing into a place that loves guns and armies and war, said Gerald L. Caplan, a prominent academic and former campaign director of the liberal New Democratic Party. “I don’t know how we got there but I don’t like it.”"
NYTimes Link
What?
Anon2's beloved Canada is turning
into gun toting, war mongers? Don't tell HER that. Her brain might explode! She might not be able to handle it!
That's okay, Anon2, there's always Cuba. You don't like Capitalism anyway! I am sure you will be amoung like minded people.
CUBAN INCOME: The lowest would be $75/month. The highest $600/month for some very few people with historical salary General doctors make $350, but look at the prices. Some doctors have become taxi drivers Average workers $150 to 200.
Damned Capitalism. It just hurts those poor and middle class people!
Anon2, you just don't think before you speak...
CC, I just finished a movie about Churchill, "Into the Storm". Very good movie. (He was a drunk according to some.)
He was a right wing extremest and immediately after the war, he lost the election.
My questions to CC. Do we have to be so extreme in our views (like Churchill regarding right vrs left)? Does government suck in all things? Is capitalism perfect? Isn't there a middle ground?
RayGun said...
"Isn't there a middle ground?"
Of course there is. A Social Democracy.
For some reason the Cons hate the word "social". They think that it's the same word as "socialism" or "communism" which is untrue. Guess that their distaste is due to lingering McCarthyism.
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