tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post350792780886722828..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: Roping a WhirlwindRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-70849068402924907942010-04-13T10:23:35.749-07:002010-04-13T10:23:35.749-07:00McCain better? You are kidding, of course. He pick...McCain better? You are kidding, of course. He picked Palin as the next possible president. It was a package deal and besides McCain lies about whatever suits him like today he's not a maverick and never was except he has a lot of ads out there claiming he was. Which McCain would you be hoping to get? You want a hothead in charge of our military choices? Or a woman who has no real idea about anything beyond soundbites?<br /><br />Whether Hillary would have been better depends on how someone saw Bill. Don't forget the one who helped our financial downfall was Clinton. Hillary is doing a good job as Secretary of State and I respect her brains but anybody who tried to get through health care reform would have been attacked by the right. Anybody who tried to get a stimulus package would be attacked. It's what Obama is doing to try and fix the ills of the system that is upsetting people. Don't count on that lasting as the results actually show up for what happened versus the lies.<br /><br />Obama is doing what he ran on doing and of course you don't like it. I didn't when it was Bush; so I can relate to how you feel. Although Bush ran as a compassionate conservative, and sure never told anybody he had a lengthy war in mind. Obama has done exactly what he said he'd do. That's bad?Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-46946438539161393772010-04-13T09:43:31.874-07:002010-04-13T09:43:31.874-07:00Excellent comments Paul and Darlene. I agree ther...Excellent comments Paul and Darlene. I agree there is no need or room for violence in the political process in this country. The folks advocating violence are likely uneducated just like the people that voted for Obama only because he was black or didn't vote for him only because he is black. <br /><br />We have no shortage of morons in this country and they apparently vote. Look at the idiot the voters in De Kalb county GA elected to represent them in Congress. He thinks that the island Guam is going to tip over and capsize because we move 8000 Marines to a base there. <br /><br />I think many of us in this country are just as concerned about how far left the Democrat party is going just as much as people are concerned about how right the GOP is going. As for fascism it seems the White House and the Democratic leaders in Congress are moving towards fascism or totalitarianism just as fast as any Tea Party people. <br /><br />Dick you have an excellent point about people in the middle. I think most Americans are in the middle and maybe lean a little to the right. But any time we get a moderate candidate from either party it seems they get sabotaged by both their party and the other party. Look at McCain for years he was considered a moderate and almost half Democrat then he runs for President and the left says he is just another W. and far too conservative and the right says he is too liberal. He was not my first choice but he probably would have made a decent president and definitely would have been better than what we got, but then I think Hillary Clinton probably would have been better than what we got. Hindsight always is 20/20.Ingineer66https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319022726561229313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-24323188198643723502010-04-11T19:15:01.356-07:002010-04-11T19:15:01.356-07:00I tend to be fiscally conservative but don't l...I tend to be fiscally conservative but don't like the directions I seen the Republican Party moving. On the other hand, I am not happy with the Democrats either. I guess what I'd like to see is a middle of the road party that is strong enough to actually have a chance to win in our elections. Neither of the major parties excite me but not voting isn't a good alternative, either.Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381970360203140143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-72262596037403491522010-04-11T17:40:00.034-07:002010-04-11T17:40:00.034-07:00Rain--As an avowed Atheistic, abortion-rights advo...Rain--As an avowed Atheistic, abortion-rights advocating, Republican, I can only shake my head. I do not agree that the only people to fear are the uneducated. Some highly-educated people still stand on suspect, religious-based vindictiveness. I tend to think that the higher the population density becomes, the nuttier/more militant people will be.<br /><br />OTOH: People have been killing people for centuries. Sometimes it gets bleak out.<br />Cop CarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-23227293345836752872010-04-11T06:34:06.136-07:002010-04-11T06:34:06.136-07:00Historically speaking, a lot of bad people thought...Historically speaking, a lot of bad people thought God was on their side. We might all take note !Paulhttp://ShadowofDiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-46517432621871804622010-04-10T16:25:53.347-07:002010-04-10T16:25:53.347-07:00The gun and ammunition dealers are profiting from ...The gun and ammunition dealers are profiting from the deepening political divisions. Also, the people who are training militia could profit. The car manufacturers who sell military-like vehicles as well as clothing manufacturers selling outdoor gear must have a finger in the pie. Where there is fear and tention the population might be more prone to look for escape through drugs. Now the drug cartells are probably gaining the most.There are textbook manufacturers who rewrite history to suit the far right love selling more books. I wonder who is getting rich and how rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-20720594752558855222010-04-10T13:44:11.028-07:002010-04-10T13:44:11.028-07:00from what
i am hearing up here, is that the Funda...from what <br />i am hearing up here, is that the Fundamentalist CHURCHES are leading the pack. GREAT! Another act of violence in the name of a GOD who supposedly abhors violence. Things are definately getting out of control. I really am starting to fear what will happen to our country. I am not afraid of Obama, nor am I afraid of Republicans, I AM afraid of those who use the pulpit to stir the pot, and they are talking to the uneducated, or non-thinkers, who will follow what they put down as God's Will. SCARY!!!!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118106177725242820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-61384241385800604862010-04-10T11:11:07.352-07:002010-04-10T11:11:07.352-07:00I fear we will be waiting a long time for some ups...I fear we will be waiting a long time for some upstanding GOP leaders to start a reasonable conversation instead of being swept up in the Tea Party debacle. You're so right, they have lost control and no longer have any credibility. I take heart, though, because there are journalists and thinkers who are calling out these boobs and the more light that is focused on them the better.<br /><br />Yes, when did they lose their faith in democracy? The thing they so bitterly decry losing, they are running away from. Like Paul, they should take their ideas to the ballot box.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-31069354077737545552010-04-10T09:50:12.176-07:002010-04-10T09:50:12.176-07:00You are soooooooo right here. I believe in the tw...You are soooooooo right here. I believe in the two-party system and have never voted a straight ticket in my life because I truly believed that there were good ideas coming from both sides. <br />That could change. Faux news and their nut cases frighten me terribly. What's next? Neo-nazis? <br /><br />I am afraid of the price of the craziness that is occuring in this country. Will men and women of good faith stand up against it? Or will we sit idly by as the fascists take over?Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-39553432982163422932010-04-10T08:40:03.021-07:002010-04-10T08:40:03.021-07:00The violent types are the ones most lacking in edu...The violent types are the ones most lacking in education. They probably hated everyone who had more than they did when they were children and have transferred that hate to the government. They are irrational and scary because there is no reasoning with blind ignorance.<br /><br />What they really hate is themselves,but that is too frightening for them to contemplate, so they have to focus it on someone else.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-88494213393552320032010-04-10T07:29:25.439-07:002010-04-10T07:29:25.439-07:00My fear is that the current political situation co...My fear is that the current political situation could lead some nut (and not just of the wing variety) to do something with terrible consequences. While I disagree with a good deal of Obama's work to date, I do not advocate violence of any kind. My action will take place at the ballot box. Some of these idiots have so little faith in our system that it makes one wonder what their true motivation is. The system works-electd officials are (in some cases) another matter.Paulhttp://ShadowofDiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.com