tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post5293320603770296961..comments2023-10-31T11:27:58.514-05:00Comments on THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: CPAC: CONSERVATIVE, PARANOID, AND CRAZY!Jack Jodellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-21508677355525538032010-02-25T07:08:27.480-06:002010-02-25T07:08:27.480-06:00Jack- Kathleen Parker's latest column is pric...Jack- Kathleen Parker's latest column is priceless: "The GOP's misguided hunt for heretics"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022303783.html" rel="nofollow"> Link </a>mud_rakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786611698569598023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-51487804049081028672010-02-23T08:11:26.156-06:002010-02-23T08:11:26.156-06:00It was a gathering of misfits like that Island of ...It was a gathering of misfits like that Island of Misfit Toys in Rudolph. It even had scary monsters!<br /><br />Ah, the infamous 'conservative' ideology once again. Regression. Stuck in the mud. <br /><br />It is so counter-intuitive to humankind and especially to our republic.<br /><br />One might have expected then to die out like the dinosaur, but apparently, the gene pool is large and they breed.mud_rakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786611698569598023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-61019640249440394112010-02-22T18:51:16.434-06:002010-02-22T18:51:16.434-06:00Holte Ender,
I know what you mean. Surely Ed Murro...Holte Ender,<br />I know what you mean. Surely Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite are spinning in their graves! I'm so sick of these mindless pretty boy/pretty girl talking heads like John Roberts, Kiran Chetry, Robin Meade, John King, Joe Scarborough, Gretchen Carlson, and all the rest that I could puke!<br />---------------<br />TomCat,<br />Way to go!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-65531524468387578312010-02-22T16:02:56.734-06:002010-02-22T16:02:56.734-06:00Thanks, Jack, and you're most welcome. When i...Thanks, Jack, and you're most welcome. When it comes to lambasting the right, my operative commandment is,'Thou shalt steal'.<br /><br />Gwen, my deepest sympathy and sincerest apology over your demise. ;-)TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-91802766124372874232010-02-22T13:25:20.715-06:002010-02-22T13:25:20.715-06:00Wonderful stuff Jack, what has to happen for them ...Wonderful stuff Jack, what has to happen for them to be exposed for what they are, an impartial media would be a big help, but I don't see that happening, there a few voices in the wilderness, but way to few. Perhaps we should give all the journalists (for want of a better word) a history lesson before they can get their credentials.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-21194377686969191752010-02-22T09:19:00.402-06:002010-02-22T09:19:00.402-06:00Max's Dad,
HAAAA! Love your turn of the phrase...Max's Dad,<br />HAAAA! Love your turn of the phrase! You can count on my keeping the pressure on!<br />---------------<br />Oso,<br />Not only was Smoot-Hawley passed 3 years before FDR became President, but by a solidly Republican Congress, too! Manifesto Joe has a great post over at his site on this very same thing today. <br /><br />Bachmann truly is the unrivaled Queen of Bizarro World!<br />---------------<br />Manifesto Joe,<br />Great post today, and you're entirely accurate in your claims. I backed you up with even greater detail in my comment there. Thanks for you dedication to truth and accuracy!<br />---------------<br />Beach Bum,<br />Fabulous quote! I hope we can help "the gods" destroy them before we too are dragged down, though.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-69334375570364612942010-02-22T07:46:51.496-06:002010-02-22T07:46:51.496-06:00Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
...Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.<br />Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) <br /><br />Problem is that they will take us all with them.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-91688336244647911462010-02-22T02:24:02.446-06:002010-02-22T02:24:02.446-06:00So, like, I work in mass media, and I never heard ...So, like, I work in mass media, and I never heard anything about Michele Bachmann's rewriting of economic history. I'm not a historian, but I recall that the Smoot-Hawley tariff was passed with Hoover's approving signature by a Republican Congress in 1930. And when FDR took office in March 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate was nearly 25%.<br /><br />Journalists are supposed to correct such horseshit as Bachmann's , not just report it. Reporters are not just supposed to be stenographers with amnesia.Manifesto Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521151220297061304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-347004075324764512010-02-21T22:59:55.871-06:002010-02-21T22:59:55.871-06:00Jack,
Let's not forget Bachman on the House fl...Jack,<br />Let's not forget Bachman on the House floor referred to the Hoot-Smalley Act (meaning Smoot-Hawley unless there's some obscure Hoot-Smalley Act hidden in history)as something FDR enacted which caused the depression, when outside of Bizarro World the rest of us know it was the child of two Repubs and signed into law by Hoover, FDR repealed it. Maybe to a teabagger that's splitting hairs.<br /><br />Also let me add Great Rant man!<br /><br />You nailed them to the wall with this.Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-79220577951840381042010-02-21T21:25:14.322-06:002010-02-21T21:25:14.322-06:00Sounds like Michele Bachmann turned a manageable m...Sounds like Michele Bachmann turned a manageable mental illness into raving insanity to me. Keep the pressure on, Jack!Max's Dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-34218956281369319102010-02-21T20:07:19.654-06:002010-02-21T20:07:19.654-06:00Gwendolyn,
Thank you. Our corporatist media is fai...Gwendolyn,<br />Thank you. Our corporatist media is failing miserably in calling out liars like Cheney and Bachmann. That's the end result of putting pretty face talking heads instead of real reporters in charge of presenting the news. As for that insane Bachmann, regrettably, she's in a fairly safe district, but you never know these days...<br />---------------<br />Stimpson, <br />It's a sign of the times for far-right wingnuts like Bachmann to be out rewriting history and presenting their own fictional "facts." I am gratified by your tip of the hat: it tells me I'm on the right track. Thank you, sir.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-35002988914043958562010-02-21T18:04:55.145-06:002010-02-21T18:04:55.145-06:00FDR turned a recession into a Great Depression? WO...FDR turned a recession into a Great Depression? WOW, that's quite a re-writing of history. After something like that, it's amazing anyone - ANYONE - can take Bachmann seriously.<br /><br />Some mighty fine invective in this post, Jack. Tip o' the hat from me.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183891839987655906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-13509400040183164142010-02-21T16:37:07.764-06:002010-02-21T16:37:07.764-06:00CPUKE?????? TC kills me!
Jack! A delight in r...CPUKE?????? TC kills me! <br /><br />Jack! A delight in rant! I agree also. These vex thee! Yeah, me too. Coulter was actually a flop. And folks are pissed that AP is now just reprinting Cheney lies and no other text... giving them some kind of validity? But Jack, I'm hopeful with you lending energy to it, Bachman the bat shit lady will be defeated in her bid for re-election. Great post professor. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-21688995997786621832010-02-21T16:31:53.536-06:002010-02-21T16:31:53.536-06:00Jerry Critter,
Thanks for stopping by and for maki...Jerry Critter,<br />Thanks for stopping by and for making that point. It's downright criminal, isn't it? And then these people have the gall to complain about tax rates!<br />---------------<br />TomCat,<br />"CPUKE" is far more accurate, descriptive, and comedic. Thanks for thinking outside the box and for sharing!<br />---------------<br />Lisa G,<br />Yeah, it's maddening how this crowd can complain of socialism for any move that benefits average people but never screams about huge tax breaks for the rich or subsidies for oil companies. And I had a great bellylaugh reading your thoughts on Michele Bachmann---she's half nuts alright (if only they could find the second half!) :-)Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-85970005763229306532010-02-21T15:34:10.015-06:002010-02-21T15:34:10.015-06:00Jack - righteous rant!
Yeah, we saw how well the ...Jack - righteous rant!<br /><br />Yeah, we saw how well the 'free market' (unregulated I might add) corrected itself after the housing meltdown - by taking a socialist bailout from the government. These people are too stupid to inhabit the planet earth. Find a new one to destroy.<br /><br />Michele Bachmann should be locked in a padded room drooling on herself, not a Rep in the US Congress. (She almost is already...) All she needs is a little push to put her over the edge...Lisa G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02909155560510148815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-53774075578742408332010-02-21T14:26:15.784-06:002010-02-21T14:26:15.784-06:00Jack, this is excellent, and I agree, but I prefer...Jack, this is excellent, and I agree, but I prefer my spelling:<br /><br />CPUKE<br />Crazy, Paranoid, Unrepentent, Klanish, ExtremeTomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-57714348009046950502010-02-21T12:43:16.883-06:002010-02-21T12:43:16.883-06:00You say:
"Our wealthiest elite pay far, FAR ...You say: <br />"Our wealthiest elite pay far, FAR less in taxes than do those of comparable wealth in all other countries."<br /><br />Hell! They pay less than many in THIS country. The top 400 earners paid an <a href="http://critterscrap.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-much-do-rich-pay-in-taxes.html" rel="nofollow">average of 17%</a> in taxes. These are people who earned over a BILLION (not a million)dollars.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com