tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post8003327166495947505..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: Tick Tick Tick...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-41494809053176401232012-05-15T13:03:08.593-05:002012-05-15T13:03:08.593-05:00@Colby You did in fact get published, just not in ...@Colby You did in fact get published, just not in your local rag. I copied your letter, attributed it to you, and sent it to everyone I know with my comments added:<br />"The following is a copy of a Letter to the Editor of the newspaper, cited in the first line, written by a fellow reader of HopenChangeCartoons.com that was never published by the newspaper. Colby was responding to the North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman’s comments regarding the so-called Republican philosophy of turning the state back to the 50’s. Colby’s well researched letter makes me wish we could return to those days as well. I especially agree with his thoughts on self-responsibility highlighted below."robsan19https://www.blogger.com/profile/09691343444458272473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-15923803837863194752012-05-12T23:45:19.672-05:002012-05-12T23:45:19.672-05:00Nice work- linked here:
Reaganite's Sunday Fu...Nice work- linked here:<br /><br /><a href="http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2012/05/reaganites-republican-funnies.html" rel="nofollow"><b><i>Reaganite's Sunday Funnies</i></b></a>Reaganite Independenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538767328058148689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-35896789511348299272012-05-11T12:55:40.418-05:002012-05-11T12:55:40.418-05:00@Bob Mack- He shoots...he scores! Good one!@Bob Mack- He shoots...he scores! Good one!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-44672364123841742662012-05-10T23:13:14.851-05:002012-05-10T23:13:14.851-05:00I don't know 'bout "Wipe Out" as...I don't know 'bout "Wipe Out" as a campaign song ... considering the Big Red One's B/C and the (in)famous situation room photo supposedly taken on bin Laden Day, I think a better choice would be "You Better (Photo) Shop Around".Bob Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452703873713992208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-75570013794755753652012-05-10T08:42:03.594-05:002012-05-10T08:42:03.594-05:00@SC- Just so long as nobody kicks the soapbox out ...@SC- Just so long as nobody kicks the soapbox out from under me after fitting me with a rope necktie!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-22535187689635260132012-05-09T12:39:17.694-05:002012-05-09T12:39:17.694-05:00@ Colby – Fantastic letter, they should publish it...@ Colby – Fantastic letter, they should publish it.<br /><br />@ Anon – Welcome! Thanks for your service. It’s great to get your perspective on the issues, etc.<br /><br />@ Stilt – The soapbox is the perfect place for you :)SCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-66343389444613839592012-05-08T22:53:56.376-05:002012-05-08T22:53:56.376-05:00@Anonymous- I enjoyed your very-welcome "feel...@Anonymous- I enjoyed your very-welcome "feel good" letter! (By the way, when posting a comment - which I hope you'll do often - if you click the Name/URL choice you can give yourself a handle).<br /><br />Before another word comes out of my mouth, let me <i>thank you</i> for your service to the country. I'm humbled and honored to have you here.<br /><br />I'm glad to say that I have a pretty high opinion of a lot of young people (and I have a daughter about your same age). It is easy - and perhaps even natural - for the young to be bamboozled with promises of rainbows and unicorns. What sounds good and compassionate (like a welfare "safety net") when you're young looks a lot different when you've had decades to watch the damage done to families and society.<br /><br />I can't blame the young for their lack of experience...but I can, and DO, blame the media and politicians for feeding them false information about current news <i>and</i> history.<br /><br />But the young voters who embraced Obama last time around are waking up. They've seen for themselves that they can't find jobs or, in many cases, even move out of their parents' homes. They've seen that Obama didn't cut the deficit in half, that he didn't reach across the aisle to govern in a "new" way, that his promises of transparency were lies, that he never had any intention of bettering relations between blacks and whites, and that he's just another narcissistic hack politician and (oh yeah!) anti-American socialist.<br /><br />The flip side of the naivete that made them Obama voters in the first place is that this is <i>also</i> the first time they've been blatantly lied to by a politician - and a lot of them are taking it personally. And it's up to all of us to help them find their way to conservatism as their eyes open up.<br /><br />But hey, let me climb down from my soapbox and just say that I'm delighted you're here! When I think of "Hope" regarding the future, I don't think of Obama's campaign slogans... I think of families like yours!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-52954350247460848262012-05-08T21:44:06.315-05:002012-05-08T21:44:06.315-05:00I'm new to this site and love it. I just want ...I'm new to this site and love it. I just want to give you some confidence in young people (some young people). My wife and I are 24 with a son and we work our butts off to support our family and guess what? It makes me proud to not get one red cent from the government. I'm also a vet and needless to say, a LARGE majority of active duty and veterans DESPISE this administration. Many can't voice it though if they're active duty. Obummer is weak, thin skinned, anti-patriotism, devisive, etc. So yeah, a bunch of young people SUCK (OWS) but sane ones are out there. "When you struggle TOO much for equality, you lose quality" (military, workforce, police, firefighters, etc). Keep it up! Oh, and what do you call a liberal with a family and a job??? A conservative!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-4112762170684002302012-05-08T14:08:56.430-05:002012-05-08T14:08:56.430-05:00@Colby (and everyone else)- If you're tired of...@Colby (and everyone else)- If you're tired of people screaming at and over each other on "news" shows, then please do yourself the favor of catching <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/journaleditorialreport/about/contributors.html" rel="nofollow">The Journal Editorial Report</a> on PBS each weekend. Smart, funny conservatives from the Wall Street Journal editorial staff who speak eloquently and <i>quietly</i> about the issues of the day. Seriously, it's a breath of fresh air.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-66911184104101359942012-05-08T12:36:07.646-05:002012-05-08T12:36:07.646-05:00I appreciate everybody's compliments on my sil...I appreciate everybody's compliments on my silly letter that never got published. Our paper tries (and mostly fails) to be middle of the road. One day is a column by Cal Thomas, but the next will be that hag Fomma Harlot. I initially thought they didn't publish because of the length, but then one day noticed a letter to the editor from some blathering moonbat that took up half the editorial page.<br /><br />...there's that "moon" thing again.<br /><br />Emmantaler,<br />I used to love Hannity, but if he keeps getting Bob Beckel, Juan Williams, Tamara Holder and the like, he will lose me for good. And please, three people screaming at the same time is two too many.Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-55999071665486785292012-05-08T11:30:45.385-05:002012-05-08T11:30:45.385-05:00@Stan da Man- In "Star Wars" the n-word ...@Stan da Man- In "Star Wars" the n-word is "nerf-herder."<br /><br />@Angry Hoosier Dad- I think that during Palin's veep run, she wasn't quite ready for the national stage (albeit she was more ready than B. Hussein). Since then, she's had plenty of time to broaden the scope of her interests, and I think she'd be entirely credible. At the moment, I think she does a lot of good for the cause by being such a visible and capable spokeswoman, and I'm really hoping she plays a very active role in helping to defeat Obama (and I think she will).<br /><br />@PRY- Actually, Debbie the Demmie recently relaxed that perm, straightened her hair, and tinted it light brown. She definitely has "relaxed" her angry invective, though.<br /><br />@Colby- At first I was going to tell you not to apologize for your length, but that sounded bad. Then I was going to say that the length wasn't a problem because this is a <i>great piece</i>. And that still sounds bad. BUT...<br /><br />That's a GREAT letter and I hope it gets published. In the 50's, there was actually a culture of morality and civility in this country. Not perfect - nothing ever is - but in many areas things were inestimably better than they are now.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this with us!<br /><br />@John the Econ- On the other hand, there's been a parade of "stars" visiting the Whitehouse, and Obama certainly "moons" us on a regular basis (oops- just saw Colby's post, and his "moon" joke is much more vivid than mine!)Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-7219727532493682202012-05-08T09:18:08.934-05:002012-05-08T09:18:08.934-05:00Gang of one - Worse, there are people who understa...Gang of one - Worse, there are people who understand what he's about, and support him fully. <br /><br />Stilt, in re Ms Borden the orphan, it seems to me that I heard exactly that reason as a plea for leniency for the Menendez brothers...<br /><br />Colby - brilliant, thx for sharing!Pete(Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-14855111440090010112012-05-08T08:59:14.280-05:002012-05-08T08:59:14.280-05:00Gang of One,
Steal away! I actually did some rese...Gang of One,<br />Steal away! I actually did some research on the stats. It's amazing how liberals will clam up when you hit them with actual facts.<br /><br />John the Econ,<br />I beg to differ on the moon part. I think Narcissus has given us the biggest moon ever... and with cheeks spread wide so we can all wonder at the glory of his huge brown eye. And then came the taking of a giant dump on the constitution, the military, taxpayers, Israel.....Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-34271134932916016842012-05-08T08:38:38.910-05:002012-05-08T08:38:38.910-05:00@Colby -- I am so stealing that for ammunition whe...@Colby -- I am so stealing that for ammunition when my libtard colleagues start yammering about said time-travel.<br /><br />@John the Econ -- While he may not have actually promised those two orbs as such, his rhetoric was of the fabulous kind; healing the planet, the ocean levels receding, blahblahblah. And as I mentioned earlier [through a Czech newspaper's editorial], there were and still are idjits who believe this man's BS. They worry me the most.Gang of Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-31915875175474188922012-05-08T08:21:47.159-05:002012-05-08T08:21:47.159-05:00@Gang of One said "Obama came into office pro...@Gang of One said <i>"Obama came into office promising the moon and the stars and has not delivered."</i><br /><br />He did not deliver the "moon and the stars" and any thinking person knew better. But he did deliver (or set us on the irreversible path to) what he really wanted and promised: To "fundamentally change America" to something resembling a totalitarian socialist state.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-57194404185458131132012-05-08T06:54:24.557-05:002012-05-08T06:54:24.557-05:00I sort of hate to post this long assed letter, but...I sort of hate to post this long assed letter, but it is the one I wrote to the local paper after their front page article on DNC Chairman David Parker. Stilton, please feel free to blow this away due to it's length.<br /><br />Dear Editor:<br /><br />I was reading the front page article in the April 19, 2012 R&L about NC Democratic Party Chairman David Parker, and something he said really struck home with me. And I quote:<br /><br />“The good of the Democratic Party must be my polar star to guide this ship into battle in the fall,” he said. “While we should focus on fighting the Republican philosophy that is turning our state back to the 1950s, we must focus for the moment on party unity.”<br /><br />I fully understand that citizens might be concerned about our great country returning to the dark times of the 1950’s which were mostly under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. A few sobering statistics from the decade of the 1950’s…..<br /><br />• Unemployment averaged a staggering 4.5% from 1950 through 1959 (Bureau of Labor Statistics website).<br /><br />• Automobile sales, home sales, and household income experienced unprecedented growth unlike any other time in U.S history.<br /><br />• Small family farms were the rule, not the exception.<br /><br />• The tourism industry boomed with the now widespread ownership of automobiles, and the newfound prosperity of the automobile owners.<br /><br />• Gasoline averaged 29 cents per gallon (about $2.35 adjusted for inflation).<br /><br />• The federal deficit only rose an unimpressive $27 billion in this 10 year span. That’s about $218 billion (with a “B”) adjusted for inflation. Compare that with the inpressive $5 trillion (with a “T”) that has been added to the deficit in the past three and a half years.<br /><br />• The space program started with the establishment of NASA in 1958.<br /><br />• The Civil Rights Movement began, and schools began to become integrated. Rosa Parks inspired millions by refusing to move to the back of the bus.<br /><br />• The Interstate Highway system was started.<br /><br />• Television became common in average households, no longer only a rich man’s luxury.<br /><br />• Strangely enough, The Congress, Senate and President actually still used the archaic and outdated U.S. Constitution as the “gold standard” to perform their jobs.<br /><br />Yes, the 1950’s was truly a dreadful era in history that we should be careful to not repeat. These were barbaric times when you were (unbelievably) expected to pay for your own food, college, birth control, housing, and health insurance. Thankfully, we have progressed considerably since those dark days when the Federal Government, for the most part, just left people alone to do their own thing.<br /><br />Seriously folks… Our country has been in steady decline since the 1950’s (with a few scattered bright spots), but the past three and a half years has been exponentially worse. Our national debt has exploded to a staggering 16 trillion dollars; 5 trillion of that in the past 3-1/2 years. The Federal Government is bloated, hyper-inefficient, out of control, and growing larger and more powerful daily. The people we employ are having lavish parties and vacations with OUR money. I for one would love to go back to the “dreadful” 1950’s and will be voting as such come November. It is far past time to return to personal responsibility, and to take back the government that is supposed to be OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people. Please join me in removing as many “Progressives” from office as possible come November 6, 2012. Let’s stop bowing to foreign powers and make America great again… like it was in the 1950’s.Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-38064172993731394492012-05-08T05:05:50.385-05:002012-05-08T05:05:50.385-05:00@Debbie Wasserman-Schultz....
I do not believe I ...@Debbie Wasserman-Schultz....<br /><br />I do not believe I have seen anything angrier than obama...and your PERM!PRYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-47241262538917347622012-05-08T04:19:34.536-05:002012-05-08T04:19:34.536-05:00@ TxGreg:
Thanks for that. She is all that I knew...@ TxGreg:<br />Thanks for that. She is all that I knew her to be and that scares the living crap out of the left (and many on the alleged right). I refuse to believe that her political career is over and the pismire Romneys of the world are the best we can hope for.Angry Hoosier Dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-2208567551398389522012-05-07T23:52:41.421-05:002012-05-07T23:52:41.421-05:00Gansta Solo "Who're you calling 'scru...Gansta Solo "Who're you calling 'scruffy looking'"?<br />>grin<Stan da Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-4744233551385170402012-05-07T17:34:17.125-05:002012-05-07T17:34:17.125-05:00@Colby- I think this is going to be a very differe...@Colby- I think this is going to be a very different campaign than the last one. Obama can't run on vague promises of Hope, Change, being post-racial, fiscally responsible, or a unifier. The rainbows have faded, and the unicorns have been put out to pasture. This time, he has to run as who he truly is: an angry, anti-American socialist who represents the worst of oldschool Chicago political corruption.<br /><br />Regarding the "threat" of taking us back to the 50's, that's like threatening us with being told we'll live in Mayberry. Yes, please. But sadly, the young people hearing the dire warnings of going back to the 50's will just assume it was a horrible time, when police used attack dogs and fire hoses on women who wanted birth control, and our president was that awful Adolf Eichmannhower.<br /><br />@John the Econ- I think it was Michelle Obama who recently referred to Barry as a "blessing" on the American people. Which probably meant that, for the first time in her adult life, she was proud of God.<br /><br />@Pete(Detroit)- I'm all for women having the choice to pursue careers in or out of the home... but if anyone wants to attack the importance of mothers and homemakers in the 50's, then I'm ready to fight. That's my <i>mother</i> they're looking down on.<br /><br />And isn't it ironic that the only thing people have to give up to get their "freebies" is...their freedom?<br /><br />@Gang of One- Good perspective on Earl's point. I've very much in agreement with both of you.<br /><br />Regarding Obama "inheriting" a bad situation, that's like Lizzie Borden complaining about being an orphan. The Bamster <i>claimed</i> he understood the depth of our national problems and had all the solutions. For him to claim later that his first term only <i>appears</i> to be a dismal failure because he actually had <i>no effing clue</i> what the problems really were is no consolation whatsoever. He's admitting he was clueless but shot his mouth off anyway. Why would we want more of that?!<br /><br />@Stan da Man- I'm hoping that young voters, in particular, will turn on Obama owing to his "failure to deliver." The question is whether we can get them to focus on the lack of jobs and the fact that they've had to move back in with their parents...and to ignore the BS about Republicans wanting to jack up the interest rates on student loans.<br /><br />@Gang of One- Don't I <i>wish</i> Obama would run on his record. I'm going to be doing my best to try to remind people of exactly what he has and hasn't done in his first, and hopefully only, term.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-84761625091371424652012-05-07T16:54:48.477-05:002012-05-07T16:54:48.477-05:00@Stan da Man -- You are absolutely right! Obama ca...@Stan da Man -- You are absolutely right! Obama came into office promising the moon and the stars and has not delivered. Obama has continued to place the blame for our current malaise at the feet of the previous Administration, but a sizable portion of the electorate is not buying that canard. Bailout monies, crony-socialism, 12+ percent out of work, down-grade of the USA's credit, Fast & Furious ... of course his campaign is completely antagonistic; he has no record to defend, hence, no record to run on.<br /><br />Gangsta Solo -- I like that! Maybe I am related to Han -- I am a lovable rogue, actually.Gang of Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-72659968281007934632012-05-07T16:22:23.264-05:002012-05-07T16:22:23.264-05:00Gangsta Solo (han's cousin?)
I can only hope t...Gangsta Solo (han's cousin?)<br />I can only hope there is a similar 'failure to deliver' bird shoved at the Prez, Nancy Fancypants, and Hairless Reid. <br /><br />In Re "inheritance", the big thing he had to deal w/ was the financial crises, brought on by the housing meltdown, caused 100% by<br />wait for it<br />DEMOCRATS!!!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWrnUezDOU&feature=relatedStan da Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-21530551961783775172012-05-07T15:30:22.262-05:002012-05-07T15:30:22.262-05:00@Earl – very insightful take on the French electio...@Earl – very insightful take on the French election. I don’t see this as a failure for fiscal restraint and free-markets, but, as do you, a flip-of-the-bird to Sarkozy’s failure to deliver.<br /><br />@DBS/Colby – I hear a lot of the same drivel and disbelief from some of my colleagues; they honestly think that Obama has not had enough time to work his Mojo™ because of all of Bush’s mistakes he inherited. When they feed me that line, I tell them “He inherited nothing, he asked for it.” They look at me and begin spewing. That’s another of the Left’s inimical, dishonest, and bankrupt clichés that we bust.<br /><br />@Pete – I do not know of one single conservative who actually thinks some past decade or era was “good old times”. Most, if not all, would agree with your assessment about solid families and individual accountability in that day, and most if not all would also be the first to recognize that blacks had gotten a raw deal since Reconstruction. It never ceases to amaze me that ones who seem to pine for the <br />“good old days” are the anarchists, Commies, and parasites who want to re-live the turbulent and destructive 60s.Gang of Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-20903564366965607092012-05-07T14:59:00.385-05:002012-05-07T14:59:00.385-05:00Colby, to berate the obvious, "back to the 50...Colby, to berate the obvious, "back to the 50's" for prog's is oppressive to women, when they were only fit to keep house and make babies. Never mind that "Mom" is the most important job in the world.. Never mind that most kids ate home cooked meals and sack lunches, ran around a lot, got treated for cuts, scrapes and bruises not diabetes. Never mind that w/ two parents, one of them home full time, people KNEW where you were most of the time. <br />No, some folks see the clearly defined gender roles, "uptight" attitudes towards 'free' sex, 'recreational' drugs as oppressive to all things bright and beautiful... <br />And let's not forget punishing our daughters w/ babies... <br /><br />And God Forbid the Government actually PRODUCE a budget, much less stick to it! <br />See also the very reall oppression of blacks (mainly by democrats), and the 'lack of compassion' for "the poor" - I mean can you just imagine? being EXPECTED to work for your "freebies"?Pete(Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-83408009006143105062012-05-07T14:32:12.521-05:002012-05-07T14:32:12.521-05:00@Debbie, with "blessings" like Obama, wh...@Debbie, with "blessings" like Obama, who needs "curses"?John the Econnoreply@blogger.com