Well Margaret. Harold is doing well. We have a long way to go, but the doctors say it is going the way they had hoped. I read in the newspaper today that the House of Representatives has finally put forth a bill on healthcare reform that might go to vote next week. Evidently there is still much work to be done to reconcile differences between this version and the one the Senate is working on, but it seems to be another milestone in what has otherwise been miles of stones. I find it odd that we expected instant gratification on something this important. Of course it was going to take more than a few months to work on. Thank you for reminding me to read the paper and get off the 24-hour boob- tube news channels. The paper is just so much more civilized – and you are right - I was getting a bit bitchy in my old age.
The guy in the other bed has the blasted TV blaring at all hours and on more than one occasion it has been tuned to Fox News. If this keeps up, they might have to admit me to this damned place. Even when he does have my cutie patootie Anderson Cooper on, I still can’t calm down. They make a mountain out of a mole hill or most recently a hot air balloon into a death trap without giving a moment’s thought. At least the newspaper has 24 hours to digest and then report the news. Those TV people just get diarrhea of the mouth and then the shit gets everywhere. News as it is happening is not news. It’s an observation without much thought.
Here are my thoughts – for what they are worth:
- Even if he got it for remembering to leave the seat down for Michelle and the girls, Barack Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize is a good thing. Don’t we want the United States to be seen as an instrument of peace in the world? Erick Erickson probably had trouble spelling his own name in grade school and Michael Steele is clueless as to the irony of his job title.
- The little boy didn’t get into the balloon. End of story. To report anything more is helping a means to an end that leads to a reality show none of us needs to see.
- Sarah Palin wrote a book. It was co-authored by a million monkeys on a million typewriters.
- Is Jay Leno at 10PM really all that different from Jay Leno at 11PM? What network executive came up with that stroke of genius?
- The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. The British Parliament responded in 1774 with the Coercive Acts and the Colonists in turn responded to the Coercive Acts by convening the First Continental Congress. The crisis escalated, and the American Revolutionary War began near Boston in 1775. The 9-12 Project, by comparison, was proof positive that people who watch Glen Beck can’t spell.
- The only person I like less than Rick Perry is Dick Cheney. What a shame Kay Bailey Hutchison has lost her sense of smell because that is one big pile of shit she just stepped into.
- Palin having an opinion about Levi Johnson “selling his body” is like Roman Polanski having an opinion about Woody Allen’s choice in girlfriends. Pot meet Kettle.
- John and Kate minus eight equals one jackass and the woman who deserves him.
- Give Rush Limbaugh a football team. Who better than he understands the effects of massive head injuries?
I get that these news channels have to fill up 24 hours worth of programming. But what exactly would be wrong with filling up today’s 24 hours with thoughtful reporting on what happened during yesterday’s 24 hours? Anything else really is just opinions disguised as news.
Thanks for stopping by everyone. Hug your loved ones every chance you get. I mean it. Really.
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By: tariely on March 15, 2010
at 7:23 AM
James, you didn’t have to settle for day old donuts, when there was fresh pie on the porch. Then again, maybe they do go down better with that reheated cup of Joe and that old newspaper you found under the seat. That’s okay, though. We still have a spot reserved for you at the big folks table if you get an inkling. Oh, btw, we are now into cabernet and merlot. That sugared koolaid kept us up at night and kept making our tongues purple.
By: Poolman on January 3, 2010
at 5:00 PM
James just has a problem with a Black man becoming President before him, as if he could ever be President.
By: no one's puppetΔ on January 3, 2010
at 11:38 AM
and don’t you love the attempted perpetuation of the “death panel” canard? Which has been thoroughly debunked as an utter falsehood.
By: Donna on January 3, 2010
at 11:31 AM
“I can’t save us from driving off the cliff, but I can express my contempt for those who take us there.” James still has illusions of grandeur. Don’t worry James the American people and their elected government are working diligently on solving problems you don’t even begin to understand.
By: no one's puppetΔ on January 3, 2010
at 11:11 AM
Oh, for crying out loud James-
Sneaking in a back door and leaving sour grapes all over…
While the largest definition of tolerance is about being open to the Other, another definition has to doing with enduring, endurance…
Your behavior is intolerable… not to be endured.
Whatever your ideas may be doesn’t much matter as they get lost in intolerable name calling, ad hominem attacks, and irrelevant appeals to authority.
Run right out there and support SP- when she throws YOU under the bus , like she does almost everyone sooner or later- remember you had ample warning…
By: alaskapi on January 3, 2010
at 10:33 AM
You are so right, JuneauJoe. And how festive for someone to accuse others of “ad hominem attacks” while calling them “koolaid drinking fools” and “express[ing] contempt” for them.
Simple answer to your question of “Who’s stupid now?” You are. Have been. Will be. Sad that you continue to rationalize discredited and false positions but you doubtless will.
By: Donna on January 3, 2010
at 9:53 AM
The degrading effects of terrorism fears.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/02
By: JuneauJoe Δ on January 3, 2010
at 9:37 AM
Who’s stupid now, Donna? My predictions are coming true, and now we have Iran giving the US ultimatums.
The Democrats had to sneak in the current version of the health care insurance bill during the dark of night, and even then, it was a close call in spite of their legislative majorities.
Another bomber nearly took down an air liner, and our fearless leader’s clueless flack told us the system worked.
Polls show the luster wearing thin as people look for results, not pretty words. Polls also show the much derided Tea Party movement to be more popular than either party.
Many here, but not all are like you Donna. You are kool- aid drinking fools. I was nice to you, and expected an honest exchange of ideas, but it didn’t work out so well in the long run. You resort to personal attacks on anyone to your right.
Poolman, I do not have a thing for Sarah Palin. Some of you wrote she was irrelevant, and you were wrong. I wouldn’t vote for her, but after my time here, I support whatever she does to damage the Democratic agenda.
And yes, she was right. The bill does have what in effect are “death panels” as some of you more halt and infirm folks will learn if the bill in its present form becomes law. I’ve read the bills.
You would love for the opposition to keep our mouths shut and plod along trying to make your failures work out for the best. After a year of adhominan attacks we have finally wised up. As someone on another blog wrote to a left winger, “So, every time you guys stumble we will be there to kick you when you’re down.” You’re already down, but you haven’t reached bottom yet.
I can’t save us from driving off the cliff, but I can express my contempt for those who take us there.
“Paybacks are a b..tch aren’t they?”
By: James on January 3, 2010
at 9:23 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/daily-show-destroys-cnn-f_n_318295.html
Thought this one goes well with post. The commentary of Jon Stewart on CNN fact checking an SNL sketch. (Yes, they did.)
By: lettersfromeurope on November 24, 2009
at 3:20 AM
Craig, you’ve been zinged by a troll. Don’t take it personally.
By: Delurker Girl Δ on November 20, 2009
at 7:06 PM
What the hell…???????
I’m gone for a couple days and I get slammed for what???
“Alaskapi tells nothing but lies. I read what you wrote and both you and Craig is full of shit.”
I know I’m full of shit every now and then but what the hey..for what now?
By somebody called PITY TING..????
By: CraigΔ on November 19, 2009
at 10:16 AM
Whirled Peas Δ,
Those Christians aren’t the real thing, they’re American Fascists
By: Poolman on November 18, 2009
at 9:40 PM
Tine…you do know that they just posted a new one…right??
By: Tommy G. on November 18, 2009
at 10:42 AM
Well…what fun would that be?
By: Δ¥ Tine on November 18, 2009
at 10:36 AM
OR…we could just read Margaret & Helen’s Blog Posts and move on….
Just saying…
By: Lisa T. on November 18, 2009
at 10:32 AM
If you don’t enter an email address, the quilt defaults to that light blue one that you see for Delurker and Sofia. If you enter an email, you get your own square.
That said, I wonder how many combinations of colors and patterns there are before it starts repeating…
By: Prince on November 18, 2009
at 10:32 AM
May I suggest gravatars for all? That way we’ll always know whether it’s the real you posting or some impostor. You can use any image; it doesn’t have to be a pic of yourself.
I’ve noticed that WordPress doesn’t necessarily give each person a unique quilt square. Delurker Girl and HRH Sofia EQ, for example, have the same square.
By: Δ¥ Tine on November 18, 2009
at 10:27 AM
Let Us Prey…
…on the weak minded!
Psalm 109:8
“Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”
Psalm 109:9
“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
Rachel Maddow w/ Frank Schaeffer
When you can’t think for yourself, let the bible-thumpers do it for you.
Gotta love those Christianists ~ Δ
By: Whirled Peas Δ on November 18, 2009
at 9:51 AM
From my morning read…
Man, 96, holds pre-emptive wake
http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2009/11/man-96-holds-pre-emptive-wake.html
By: HRH sofia EQ on November 18, 2009
at 7:29 AM
Oh dear god looks like M&H was hit by a band of marauding toddlers!
Now then. To counterbalance the Palin book, you have two truly wonderful options (I decided to go for broke and went with BOTH options)
Going Rouge: Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare
Essays on Palin contributed by Shannyn Moore, AKM of Mudflats, Naomi Klein, Geoffry Dunn and other intelligent, interesting, and HONEST writers. . . http://orbooks.com/
Going Rouge: The Sarah Palin Rogue Coloring and Activity Book
Absolutely hysterical – I plan to get a few more for Christmas gifts. . .
http://www.goingrouge.net/
By: Greytdog on November 18, 2009
at 7:10 AM
Fun? You’ve got a bigger problem than anyone here can or cares to deal with, seek some help for yourself.
By: no one's puppetΔ on November 18, 2009
at 6:33 AM
Well, that was an interesting evening of trolls. On another note you might want to read this article and listen to the story of one woman’s experience with federal health insurance.
In 1995, the first year Republicans controlled the Congress after 40 years in the minority, the GOP banned abortion coverage in the Federal Employee Health Benefits plan, which provides insurance to some 9 million federal workers and their families.
DJ Feldman, a 41 year old federal employee from around DC is going public with her story of insurance refusing to pay for the abortion of her fetus diagnosed with anencephaly. Listen to her story.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/11/abortion_ban_in_federal_workers_insurance_
By: Raji on November 18, 2009
at 5:25 AM
I tink Pity Ting need a twaitjacket.
By: vgmanΔ on November 18, 2009
at 12:41 AM
Alaskapi tells nothing but lies. I read what you wrote and both you and Craig is full of shit.
HRH sofia EQ you need to take a minute and think about what you are saying. That is just pure BS and you know it.
If he really did do that it would have made the papers.
Grandma Katie I have never in my life said that. How dare you suggest otherwise.
Greytdog, Obama didn’t turn it over. He hid it from everyone and now you just don’t want to face the facts. You are full of it.
Mrs. Santos are you for real? DeLurker Girl never said such a thing. Get a life.
I think Helen could post more but then again maybe she has more important things to do. Unless you know something I don’t know.
All a bunch of vampires as far as I am concerned…
By: Pity Ting on November 18, 2009
at 12:00 AM
Wishful thinking on my part, folks.
It was fun for a few hours anyway…
By: Betty Fitzpatrick on November 17, 2009
at 11:52 PM
Donna-
I think it’s more a function of the cold fall air sending all the rodents looking for a cozy place to overwinter…
Happened last November too…
By: alaskapi on November 17, 2009
at 9:46 PM
I’m down to one computer so all my posts will have my kids picture as an avatar….
Enjoy your evening …
namaste’
By: lori on November 17, 2009
at 9:42 PM
is it my imagination or has the stupidity quotient gone up recently?
By: Donna on November 17, 2009
at 9:42 PM