tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post9044454527777442246..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: State Fair of the UnionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-51943570548890480052012-01-25T08:37:01.993-06:002012-01-25T08:37:01.993-06:00CenTexTim - it's not just you.CenTexTim - it's not just you.Pete(Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-56250485178276458532012-01-24T20:34:39.269-06:002012-01-24T20:34:39.269-06:00Pete - re: Cain
Is it just me, or has there been...Pete - re: Cain <br /><br />Is it just me, or has there been an absence of 'grand ideas' since he dropped out? Whether you liked his 9-9-9 plan or not, at least it got people talking about the issues. <br /><br />Lately the discourse has deteriorated into diatribes by the candidates against each others' character and history.CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-63281428516207042562012-01-24T12:33:33.406-06:002012-01-24T12:33:33.406-06:00I would have loved a Cain / Newt ticket. Anyone el...I would have loved a Cain / Newt ticket. Anyone else notice that Cain got 1% of SC vote?Pete(Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-46992772707278174142012-01-24T09:29:04.146-06:002012-01-24T09:29:04.146-06:00@Dragon Against Evil- Good post and glad to see yo...@Dragon Against Evil- Good post and glad to see yoy here again!<br /><br />@Pryorguy- In a world that seems to have too little good news, it's a pleasure to read of the cancer victim's recovery. Hopefully there will be more good news for <i>all</i> of us in early November.<br /><br />@SC- Truth be told, I don't know if we've <i>ever</i> seen Obama when he wasn't campaigning.<br /><br />@My Dog Brewski- You're entirely right about the media. They largely created the monstrosity that is Obama, and now need to protect his image in order to protect their own - no matter <i>how</i> bad it is for the country.<br /><br />I still don't know if I want Newt for president, but I'd sure be happy to see him appointed "Media Ball-kicking Czar."Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-33394530509006657722012-01-24T08:44:52.586-06:002012-01-24T08:44:52.586-06:00@ DragonAngstEvil:
The media is welded to and inse...@ DragonAngstEvil:<br />The media is welded to and inseparable from Obama. They must use all of their diminishing influence to prop him up and paint a pretty facade over an empty and ugly shell. Their only other hope for survival, if Turdboy loses, is that P.T. Barnum was right and that those suckers aborning will continue to listen to them. Many will. More all the time will not.My Dog Brewskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-51243142473702666242012-01-23T19:17:56.466-06:002012-01-23T19:17:56.466-06:00Obama gave his 1st campaign speech for the 2012 el...Obama gave his 1st campaign speech for the 2012 election on 1-12-11 in Tucson, Az.<br /><br />@ Jim H – Glad to see you back…You were missed.<br /><br />@ Colby – Ah, wouldn’t it be a grand thing if every politician got what Jim Carrey had in “Liar Liar”<br /><br />@ Stilt – great cartoon & picture; I feel the need to head out to a bar & practice throwing darts.SCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-65069902116552694792012-01-23T16:27:32.479-06:002012-01-23T16:27:32.479-06:00Wonderful comments today!!! I feel here we represe...Wonderful comments today!!! I feel here we represent many many people's feelings toward this election! Hopefully, that will result in this fascist would-be tyrant to be sent packing this time next year! <br /><br />I and some other people prayed to God for the healing of a lady with cancer we know...at least she DID have cancer! She is free of it now; we have ALSO been begging God to turn all this insanity around! We feel it is our best hope! We will continue lifing OUR homeland to the Lord! And expect results!pryorguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-6990757289016606282012-01-23T15:40:36.563-06:002012-01-23T15:40:36.563-06:00Before I get started, I thought you guys would app...Before I get started, I thought you guys would appreciated this. Check out Madison Rising on Amazon ;) They are a conservative rock group, and the lead singer is a Navy vet!<br /><br />I also apologize for not posting in a while. I've been busy. I still have a job, somehow, in retail, and hours and traffic increase greatly for Christmas.<br /><br />Now I shall continue!<br /><br />@AHD<br /><br />Have you seen Obama's latest self-aggrandizing television spots? He actually claims to have a great ethical record. It was a definite class warfare attack ad on "fat cat" oil companies. It talks about how ethically sound Solindra is/was/whatever. Of course, he also links to <i>his own website</i>.<br /><br />I <i>cannot</i> make this stuff up.<br /><br />@Chuck<br /><br />I'll argue that Woodrow Wilson was more derisive and devisive. He segregated the military, used unjust force to <i>murder</i> innumerable workers, brought the KKK to the White House, managed to throw out black Congressmen and Senators unless they [insanely] agreed with him, supported Jim Crow (or helped create them, can never remember), et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.<br /><br />Sadly, Obama is just one in a long line of tyranny-loving fools.<br /><br />@Jim<br /><br />I believe Obama quoted Hitler in his class warfare rhetoric? Do feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.<br /><br />*sees Mike's post* Yeah, that's the phrase. Now, translate that into German then listen to Hitler's early speeches. Try not to cry too hard.<br /><br />={My own random thoughts now flow. They may be in semi-response to previous posts.}=<br /><br />Obama is absurdly predictable. He was lauded and lifted above his capability, and he has shown in every facet just how incapable he is. He has no accomplishments, and he lies at every corner. He is also foolishly inline with statist policies that enslave and kill.<br /><br />I cannot help but see history repeating, and it's truly frightening to see it in the United States of America. We don't just see Hitler's words in Obama's speeches. If you pay just a little extra attention, you can hear the condescending and murderous words of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Marx, Darwin, et al.<br /><br />The media, if you can even call it that anymore, doesn't even bother to research. They don't even bother to stand back and see the bigger picture. They see only their own ambitions, and they throw out logic in favor of emotion.<br /><br />History. History. History. I didn't learn it in school. Oh, I gained a very general understanding. However, I learned with my own research. It's sickening, and, more than anything, it's depressing.DragonAgnstEvilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-52422724633810307242012-01-23T12:48:03.259-06:002012-01-23T12:48:03.259-06:00@Anonymous- Oops, I didn't mean to overlook yo...@Anonymous- Oops, I didn't mean to overlook your comment about abortion, which is a HUGE story...and very much speaks to Obama's lack of respect for human life <i>and</i> the Constitution. I had a bit of trouble getting to the article through your link, but readers can try <a href="http://bit.ly/zpPL66" rel="nofollow">this one.</a>Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-38416426447879537562012-01-23T12:47:44.875-06:002012-01-23T12:47:44.875-06:00Anybody see the Jim Carrey movie, "Liar, Liar...Anybody see the Jim Carrey movie, "Liar, Liar," where he could not tell a lie and the truth just slipped out of his mouth, even if he tried to stop it? I have a fantasy of that happening to BO tomorrow. His speech would be all of 5 seconds long, tops. "My fellow Americans; we're f**ked! Thank you and good night."<br /><br />...and Stilton. I think all will agree with me that you do not need to take one for the team tomorrow night. We all know what complete bullshit is going to spill out of his teleprompter, so I for one see no reason for you to have to get tanked enough to actually WATCH it. If you just want to get tanked, fine, but nobody is going to think less of you if you leave the TV off, or watch a good movie.<br /><br />@Jim,<br />I was beginning to wonder where you went. My parents' generation fully understood what your uncle went through and fully understood the consequences of communism and risked their lives to stop it. It sickens me that so many now embrace it; even people my age (60ish). What, oh, what have we come to? We must find a way to educate the youth of today,lest they repeat the past.Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-48543930114823793772012-01-23T12:29:27.144-06:002012-01-23T12:29:27.144-06:00@John the Econ- I don't think "slavery&qu...@John the Econ- I don't think "slavery" is too strong a word for what the government intends. As I've said on many an occasion, I think the Dems see themselves as the benevolent "Good Massa" who cares (with a firm hand, of course) for the sub-humans who are too dumb to take care of themselves.<br /><br />In your next post, you refer to the atrocities committed by communists, and the way the left still idolizes Mao and company. Makes me think of Obama advisor Anita Dunn, who infamously referred to Mao as her "favorite political philosopher." I'm sure that many others in the Obama administration (including Obama himself) feel the same way.<br /><br />@Emmentaler- I'm afraid that History <i>itself</i> has become History... in that it's no longer learned, understood, or remembered by far too many people.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-70289581605852893782012-01-23T11:50:15.246-06:002012-01-23T11:50:15.246-06:00@Emmentaler Limburger, in less than a century, com...@Emmentaler Limburger, in less than a century, communists have killed many an order of magnitude more people than the Nazis were even capable of.<br /><br />When I was in school, I had many professors who would sing praise to Mao & Stalin, often with exchange students from many communist countries in attendance afraid to speak up to counter the fantasy. The memory of what happened in their home countries to those who dare question authority was far to fresh in their minds, and they were still coming to grips with this new-to-them concept of freedom of speech.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-67258115887399046002012-01-23T11:13:30.809-06:002012-01-23T11:13:30.809-06:00@John the Econ: Amen! Joseph Stalin, too, provided...@John the Econ: Amen! Joseph Stalin, too, provided free health care for "his people" for decades. His word for "doctor" was "gulag", I think... His cure for most mental malladies, such as dissention, was the gulag or, for more advanced cases of the "disease" immediate lead inoculation from a supersonic syringe. Communism at its horrific best - and the usual terminus of the socialism train. When those in power get to make all the rules, all the rules eventually turn to their favor. But those who support the free handout rarely have mindsets that have any basis in history. Wonder how many even know who Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, etc. are? Hitler probably will get the most points on name recognition; however, do the <i>know</i> who he was through the things he put in motion <i>for his own countrymen</i>? I'm betting, for the vast majority: no. Hence the downhill freight train with pristine, barely-used brakes as we careen our way to our doom in Sierra Socialism - they simply don't know, so they truly don't care.<br /><br />Need more and bigger hands on the brake lever. Wish the GOP would lend a better hand than they have, but we need all hands on that lever...Emmentaler Limburgerhttp://pateratic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-20443301858182282092012-01-23T11:02:00.326-06:002012-01-23T11:02:00.326-06:00@Don Surber- Thanks, though I have to say Obama ga...@Don Surber- Thanks, though I have to say Obama gave me a lot of help with the topic.<br /><br />@Pete(Detroit)- Your definitions of fair, responsibility, and equality are exactly the same as mine. And it really galls me to hear the president redefine (and defile) these important words.<br /><br />Per the "Eat the Rich" idea, I think Earl is really on to something by dipping the bankers in batter like corn dogs. That way, when we run out of rich and start feeding the poor <i>other</i> poor, they won't notice the difference because of the crispy coating!<br /><br />@Emmentaler- GREAT quote from Adams (whom I miss). And it's exactly right. For some reason, the geometry of political thought these days is that you take any opinion, then take the opinion which is the 180 degree opposite, and what is fair, unbiased, or moderate is what's dead center.<br /><br />I remember catching considerable crap on these pages with a singularly tasteless (by design) illustration of a mass grave half-filled with dead Jews. The Nazis thought all Jews should die, while others thought that none should be murdered. Therefore, according to current PC sentiments, the "fair" thing is to kill just <i>half</i> the Jews. Right? Right...?<br /><br />WRONG, of course - which should be obvious to anyone who saw that "only" half-filled grave.<br /><br />Compromise <i>is</i> a dirty word when it means throwing out your logic, morality, and humanity. There <i>are</i> such things as right and wrong. <br /><br />Regarding the State of the Union address, I plan to watch it out of a sense of obligation to this blog and its readers...but I'd rather be waterboarded.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-39694858197417846222012-01-23T11:00:18.364-06:002012-01-23T11:00:18.364-06:00Yes, it's a LITTLE off topic but one could arg...Yes, it's a LITTLE off topic but one could argue that we're discussing Obama putting his foot in his mouth so how about his assertion that abortion is a "fundamental constitutional right" that enables "our daughters" to "fulfill their dreams"? Odd thing is I don't remember James Madison, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams slipping the abortion clause into the Constitution. (WARNING: Heavy use of talking points and spin ahead. Use caution.) <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-defends-roe-v-wade-way-our-daughters-have-same-chance-sons-fulfill-their-dreams%22" rel="nofollow">http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-defends-roe-v-wade-way-our-daughters-have-same-chance-sons-fulfill-their-dreams</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-73182257563610062442012-01-23T10:56:03.260-06:002012-01-23T10:56:03.260-06:00How "fair" can any country be where a ci...How "fair" can any country be where a citizen is not even entitled to the fruits of his own labors? At exactly what point can I consider myself a "slave" to the Progressives?<br /><br />"Hey, but the state will promise you health care and food." Well, so did the slave owners we formerly considered so immoral that we once tore the country up over it.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-77953319534446297842012-01-23T10:33:50.577-06:002012-01-23T10:33:50.577-06:00In the book The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous coll...In the book <i>The Salmon of Doubt</i>, a posthumous collection of assorted writings of Douglas Adams, I find this gem:<br /><br /><i>"I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view."</i> Hear, here!<br /><br />Then I read John the Econ's comment regarding certain individuals being exiled for the damage they've done (note: in my worldview, traitors should be executed; not exiled ala <i>Philip Nolan</i> in <i>The Man Without A Country</i>.) and Adams's comment suddenly came home to me.<br /><br />The equality of opinion as stated by Adams is a part of the great "political correctness" movement that we've all been shackled by over at least the past 50 years. Not only have PC tenets been employed to "soften" language to make all order of egregious deeds sound innocuous ("Pro-Choice" in lieu of "The wanton murder of the yet-to-be-born simply because they're deemed inconvenient" - in their view, the robot in Terminator is merely a cybernetic abortionist...), it has also been used to lend equality and acceptance to concepts that are anathema to the freedoms our country was founded upon. This is why actions as performed by the likes of ØPRFD don't result in their collective dangling beneath the executioners limb. Coupled with the redirection of youth into the Gimme Generation we see about us, it is not surprising that they (ØPRFD) run roughshod over the constitution and their oaths with no reprisals.<br /><br />And I will *NOT* waste my time and sanity on Øbama's speech. I can look about me and assess the state of the union far more credibly than that lying bastard could ever hope to. Plus: his voice grates upon ones nerves...Emmentaler Limburgerhttp://pateratic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-14402923838608481402012-01-23T10:23:52.925-06:002012-01-23T10:23:52.925-06:00Funny how the same words mean different things to ...Funny how the same words mean different things to different people - "fair" means that you get to keep what you earn, or when you work harder / smarter than I do I am entitled to the fruits of your labor. "Responsibilities" means I take care of MY needs, or I have to care for YOUR needs. "Equality" - we all have equal chances, or we all have same result (poverty) <br /><br />Earl, the theme of "eat the rich" is old and famous in some circles, the main problem w/ it being that you soon run out of 'rich' to eat, and keep having to define it down. I prefer 'eat the poor' - there's more of them, and they're better marbled. And we're not likely to run out of them any time soon. If we do, that's a GOOD thing, yes?Pete(Detroit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-5062437613323871142012-01-23T09:41:44.992-06:002012-01-23T09:41:44.992-06:00Classic cartoonClassic cartoonDon Surberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019771616171169677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-57569379981905692832012-01-23T09:41:14.440-06:002012-01-23T09:41:14.440-06:00@Readers- The article cited by Drozz can now be ea...@Readers- The article cited by Drozz can now be easily reached by clicking the link "the state of the union currently sucks" in today's commentary.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-81898864486499305552012-01-23T09:39:14.244-06:002012-01-23T09:39:14.244-06:00@John the Econ- Yes, this is scary stuff. Of cours...@John the Econ- Yes, this is scary stuff. Of course, Obama can (and will) make this sound sweet and reasonable to the aforementioned liberals who <i>feel</i> but do not (cannot?) actually <i>think</i>. <br /><br />And I hope that Gingrich will tear into this speech like a junkyard dog thrown a piece of raw meat. If he wants my support, it's time to STFU about Romney capitalism and get vocal about the anti-capitalism and anti-Americanism coming out of the Whitehouse. There <i>is</i> no other issue.<br /><br />@drozz- That's a great piece! I'm going to find someplace in today's commentary where I can add it as a link. Definitely worth reading!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-48729873808009311062012-01-23T09:30:45.240-06:002012-01-23T09:30:45.240-06:00@Chuck- You ask "Are we too far gone as a nat...@Chuck- You ask "Are we too far gone as a nation?" I sincerely hope not, but concede that we may be. But because I'm not certain, I'm going to continue to fight as best I can. And as for how we got here, you've got the magic word right in your comment: too many people <i>feel</i> they're entitled to everything these days. And as a rule, <i>progressives don't think...they only "feel" what is right.</i> Logic never enters the equation.<br /><br />@Jim Hlavac- I thought of you and your family when reading the previews of Obama's speech. We would all do well to heed the warnings of your Great Uncle Otto. The lessons of history are there for us if we'll only pay attention.<br /><br />@Earl- Funny stuff! Take any prize from the top shelf!<br /><br />@Mike Porter- The quote you cite ("From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs") was very much on my mind when I read Obama's latest attack on our country. And the fact that he's labeling this Marxist initiative a "return to American values" is just an effing obscenity.<br /><br />I find it laughable that Obama is going to suddenly start preaching "responsibility" to anyone <i>other</i> than those earning $250k and up. To me, responsibility means nothing without consequences - yet where are the penalties for dropping out of school, for buying what you can't afford, for having children out of wedlock, for promiscuous and unsafe sex, for gaming our many "safety net" social programs and on and on and on?<br /><br />And really- are the Democrats who haven't passed a budget (or based their spending on one) since Obama was elected <i>really</i> going to lecture the rest of us about having responsibility?!Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-9070513071058179322012-01-23T09:15:00.173-06:002012-01-23T09:15:00.173-06:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/22/cu...http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/22/curl-the-truly-dismal-state-of-the-union/?page=all<br /><br />please read and redistribute. its what has been done to this country in 3 years of hope and change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-57891580155123962282012-01-23T09:12:04.295-06:002012-01-23T09:12:04.295-06:00@Jim: So sad, but it's true; Even when it was...@Jim: So sad, but it's true; Even when it was happening, so few knew of and appreciated the world your great uncle lived through, and the lessons not learned.<br /><br /><i>"Fairness for all...Responsibility from all."???</i> If that phrase doesn't send shivers up your spine, you've got a rude surprise awaiting you. <i>"Responsibility from all?"</i> Exactly what does that mean? I'm quite certain that Jim's great uncle would have understood.<br /><br />Whenever a politician, especially one with statist ambition and goals spews about "fairness", freedom is in peril. America <i>is</i> in peril. How will the GOP squishies respond to this? (My guess is that this will play better to Gingrich; Romney is toast)<br /><br />You know what would be "fair"? If the incompetent & corrupt meddlers like Dodd, Frank, Pelosi, Ried & Obama and their army of cronies and hangers-on would be held responsible and sent into exile for the collateral damage caused by everything they've ever done in the name of "fairness". But that will always be too much to ask.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-9322514328435609322012-01-23T08:55:58.161-06:002012-01-23T08:55:58.161-06:00Chilling as in: "from each according to his a...Chilling as in: "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"? Even in disguise the big bad wolf never resembled grandma in the least... red riding hood was obviously an idiot. At any rate, what abilities may we expect from this bunch of tools? Well, screwing folks over, so all we should hope from them is that they go screw themselves for a change. As to needs? Well, clearly, they need their asses kicked back into Hell from whence they came. Stomping your feet and complaining may be pointless, but it at least takes off some of the chill... I feel a little warmer already (and no, I only spike my coffee on weekends).Mike Porternoreply@blogger.com