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Thom mentioned how half assed this financial reform bill is.
It reminded me of how half assed the health insurance reform bill is.
And that reminded me of how half assed this president is.
But I depress myself.
Why aren't more Americans outraged at this "Shock and Awe" takeover. That is the question I have. I am an or used to be upper middle class professional family, we are hearing more stories here in the trenches of people losing their jobs, barely hanging in there, and the prices of things aren't going down either. As a therapist, I am dependent on people with decent jobs having income to be in their comfort zone to pay me. I have never been so slow, I feel like I am on a sinking ship. Are we in denial? After all Reagan was an actor, it seems he will play his role eternally - inspiring this country to continue to buy his modern day message of prosperity when behind the curtain it reeks of burn, "rape" and pillage, will this become in History a modern day version of the Dark Ages? I worked really hard to become a professional, dedicated to helping people, years of education and sacrifice. If this is where it ends so be it, but what a waste. I voted and believed in Bill Clinton, he sold us out, and now they in Washington are finishing the job. Hope they enjoy the planet. Thanks for your summary of what my family knew since the 70s. Regan ruined California, and now it has spread to ruin the world. I am really scared and afraid that we are at the end of the greatest experiment attempted, after 8000 years of terror. Everything I have learned about trauma is proving true, it just endlessly repeats itself.
As the old saying goes: If you can't say anything nice about, then don't say anything at all. Therefore when I talk regarding Republicans, I say, _____________________ ___________________________. __________________________________________. @#%$*@#/@###. _________________________. ______________________________%@&*/#**%##@++&&/%!!! _________________________...........
"Republican party shows their true stripes, and doesn't even have the common sense or moral compass to be embarassed by it."
Hmmm. there has got to be an oxymoron somewhere in this sentence????
Republican party/common sense..ummmm
Republican party/moral compass...ummmm
Republican party/embarassed...ummmm
Well I'm an Independent and I live in AZ, and let's be fair about both of our Senators being 100% crazy.
In defense of John McCain, even though I voted for President Obama, McCain,during his bid for president in 2008,visited the Lorraine Motel at the site where MLK was assassinated, and he issued an impromptu apology to a predominantly African American crowd, in the rain, for the vote that he cast in AZ in the 90's against a holiday honoring MLK. Can you name any other AZ politician that has publicly apologized for voting against the MLK holiday?
His apolgy was so repentant and lament-filled until grown men in the audience were brought to immediate tears. Some in the audience could be heard shouting they forgive him on MLK's behalf and that God forgives him for his vote on that fateful day.
John McCain also adopted a child that could pass for an African-American, although she is not.
Sen. Kyl on the other hand, just voiced an all out assault against Jusice Marshall yesterday.Frankly, I have never seen an example by or of Sen. Kyl saying or doing anything that resembles anyone that has even half of a soul.
Therefore, as progressives, we are bound by our high moral ground to judge a book based upon its content, not upon its cover.
Which of these two books would you return to the library 1st?
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Dr. Squint Procto can aid you.
re: #34: ask a urologist.
I would like to know, is there anything we can legitimately do to decrease the power of the SCrOTUS? If so what is it?
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There were a lot of incestual marriages in the european royal families of the 15th-19th centuries; which explains prince charle's teeth and ears
Breaking News!!!
I have just received information from deep operatives whom I worked with as a former Republican. There will be one case heard by the activist United States Supreme Court this summer. They will be hearing from the neocons on Thom Hartmann as an active terrorist. With five Mafioso’s on the court you can guess how they will rule on Thom Hartmann.
Diversity
Thom mentioned briefly on diversity in our foods.
Personally, not all food should be genetically modified.
My former high school varsity baseball coach was Greek. A few years back he wrote a book on his daughter who died. He said that Greeks can have a genetic medical problem whenever they only marry Greeks over long periods of time. Nationalities do marry within their groups, such as Greeks and Greeks, Germans and Germans, Irish and Irish, etc. As with foods nationalities need some diversity so that certain illnesses do not surface within specific nationalities.
There are parents who will not attend a wedding of their son or daughter unless they marry a spouse in a similar nationality.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sticking-the-public-with-t-by-Naomi-Klein-100628-367.html
Americans are being treated like an endless money well.
Maxrot, don't forget special forces in Somalia, Pakistan and Iran, as well as secret prisons in what was 128 countries. Obama promised to close them down, but, 'cause its black budget, no way to verify.
There's no doubt in my mind that we have spies in, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Austria, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, .......... heck we even spy on our own citizens, I wouldn't doubt we put spies anywhere and everywhere.
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Gene, I heard (maybe here) that Florida was going to sell water rights to a private corporation right before some disaster (can't remember) and then it fell through because of the disaster. Private corporations (unless non-profit and operating in the public good) should have the right to control a resource like water.
re:26: yeah! and the Chinese are now doing the same thing in Africa! They even have to mimic our imperialism!
@Jeanie re water: the English Bill of Rights declared that water is a right of men. There is a long history of riparian rights that is now being shoved aside because corporations, like father, know best.
Read Greg Palast's articles on water privatization in South America.
Memetics lead to homogenization of cultures. Some values should die. Diversity isn't everything.
The thousands upon thousands stories of creation have been pared to the point where there are a handful remaining. When those are gone we may make some progress.
I think it is frightening that a company like Monsanto can control much of the food supply or have a huge influence on the food supply, and do so for profit and with no regard for health and safety. Last week, Anthony Bourdain said on this show that he didn't think the government should be responsible for ensuring a safe food supply. Who then? And how come I have to spend a lot more on organic fruit and vegetables for my son because there are mostly only pesticide-laden choices that are available to me? For that matter, how come I have to pay $35 a month on a water filtration system because the water out of the faucet (which we also pay for), isn't necessarily that good to drink. Safe food and water should be rights of the people and not privileges for those who can afford them. If people have the right to guns, they should also have the right to clean and safe food and water.
I am done now.
Forgive my redundancy for re-posting this item regarding Robert Byrd, but the racism spewed forth by our alleged representatives belies politics as usual from southern state senators: Byrd held the titles Kleagle (recruiter) and Exalted Cyclops. In 1944, Byrd wrote to fellow segregationist Sen. Theodore Bilbo: 'I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.' — Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS) 1944
No great loss for this soul-less beast. Save for Sen. Bernie Sanders, this means 1 down, 98 to go! Regarding the remainder of Congress, someone wiser than I am once said "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS !!!"
OH GAWD Thom, please don't talk about M. Whitman as though she's already won. Not yet at least, I live in CA, under the guvenator, I can't stomach a captilation to another Republicant Governor right now.
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The Irish potato famine was largely due to their preference for only one potato of 12 types. No diversity was the result. The railroad barons benefited from the food crisis.
So is America diverse enough to evolve through this economic disaster.
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"I CAN SMELL THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM MY HOUSE!" - harry ashburn
The Russians probably didn't "rear their heads" while Palin was watching.