Margaret, I really thought Rick Perry would do so much better. It appears, however, that outside of Texas – the great state that gave us George W. Bush – Rick Perry can’t get above 10 percent. Worse yet, he can’t even get a little love from Jesus himself. Rick Perry was going to be the Tim Tebow of the Republican Primary only to be surprised that Jesus loves Tom Brady more than Tim Tebow. And then to throw salt in the wound, Rick has to find out that Christians gathered in his own backyard to determine that Jesus likes Rick Santorum more than Rick Perry. I hear, however, that the vote was close. I guess when it comes to impressing Jesus with how much you hate homosexuals and Planned Parenthood, the Santorum Rick just edges out the Perry Rick. But then Newt had to come along, a guy so religious that he’s been a Lutheran, a Southern Baptist and now a Catholic. I guess he lets his wives pick out his religion along with his ties. And if you are going to make this about Jesus then little things like the number of wives you divorced in a hospital bed becomes relevant.
If Santorum Rick would just step aside, Newt could surge ahead of Mitt. Or maybe it’s the other way around? I don’t know Margaret. What will Jesus do if he ends up with the Mormon or worse yet, the Libertarian. My head is spinning and Jesus must be exhausted.
The Morality Play happening within the Republican Party is just ridiculous. Personally, I don’t give a rat’s ass who is the most Christian or whose wife loves him more, and I certainly don’t care how much you hate the sin but love the sinner. Your morals mean squat to me because they seem to go away once elected. At this point, the Republicans shouldn’t care if their candidate is a Neo-Paganist as long as he can articulate how to create jobs, reduce poverty, fix our education system and leave the world with one less war not one more. Imagine how much more we could get done if politicians would just agree to disagree on gay marriage and abortion. Your church doesn’t want to marry two men… fine. My church is okay to marry two women… so be it. Your daughter doesn’t want to have an abortion… no problem. My daughter decides not to bring another child into the world… that’s between her and her doctor. When the hell did those two topics become of utmost importance in the political world?
Honestly, Margaret, when is the Republican Party going to pull its collective head out of its collective ass? When you mix religion and politics, nobody wins. Stick to mixing Gin and Tonic I say.
Let’s all have a drink because I’m pretty sure it’s not all going to end in South Carolina. Thanks for stopping by. I mean it. Really.
I revisited this thread to see if Sybl had answered. I don’t know what else is going on here and I’m not checking.
Farsight, I was nice at first, and when they turned, I warned them that my past would make me counter attack with relish. Yes, I was a “complete dick” because I was throwing back what people who behaved as “dicks” and bullies were doing to me and a few others. They may be nice people but they behaved badly. I explained all of that.
When a bunch of them voted me off the site, I knew they would eventually get so tired of me and several others, they would essentially leave. I didn’t engineer anything. I was patient, because experience told me what would happen. When most of the bad apples left, the mood improved. Look it up.
“I left for a long time, because I needed a rest from politics in any form…” Some wrote that people like me had ruined the site and they didn’t want to do much with it any more. They wanted a rest from “me.” Thanks for supporting my point.
By: James on February 18, 2012
at 7:52 AM
I’ll drink to that, ladies…….
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By: Jon on January 28, 2012
at 10:37 PM
James, I have to admit that regardless of your past experiences, if you are the same James that was here a couple of years ago, you were a complete dick!!! I left for a long time because I needed a rest from politics in almost any form. I must admit that the newer kinder gentler James is easier to converse with. I also don’t think you made anything change to this forum.
By: Farsight Δ on January 26, 2012
at 8:17 PM
Slbyl, someone told me I should check the forum and look for your post, so here I am. You provide an interesting combination of bigotry and limited comprehension skills. As the speaker in the youtube statement Iowa Nice wrote, “stop worrying so much about what you know and spend a little more time worrying about what you don’t know.
I never claimed to be a hero. I was brave. There is a difference. I also know you would have been one of the people who would have tried to kill me. Here is one part of my story so that even you can understand.
I was transferred to a foreign base in an isolated area. Medics lived in six men quansit huts about 3/4 mile from the rest of the base. We were in our own little world, and squadron leadership was lacking. Our base had the highest suicide and alchohoism rate in the command. An extortion-prostitution ring was well established, and everyone was afraid of it.
People complained and said someone should turn them in, but now one did. At first meeting I attended our NCOIC shook his fist in the face of one of the men and yelled “I’ll get you if its the last thing I do.” The man complained to the commander who made the NCOIC applogiize.
They broke a man’s jaw with a board. Rats were thick, and we had cats to eat them. They strangled a mother cat and her kittens and hung them in front of our door like laundry. They tried to burn our replacement cat alive in our stove, but she escaped with a smoking tale and hid under our hut. The men got shovels and tried to dig her out.
This was not jungle combat, but it was a bother. When a man broke the lock on our window, climbed in and let the others in, they wrecked our living quarters, including knocking our lockers over. I filed a complaint. People told me there would be repercussions and I should reconsider. The leadership promised to protect me, but they had another plan. I would be bait to encourage them to do something worse, so squadron could file heavier charges against the entire group.They didn’t share that information with me.
I soon became a pariah, and men who had wished someone would stop the bad guys decided they weren’t so bad after all. Some joined them. An unofficial office pool bet on when I would be hospitalized and whether or not I would be killed. A number appeared on the hospital bulletin board, and each day it was smaller. The NCOIC took it down each morning, and told the men to stop, but they continued.
I didn’t work directly with any of them, but we worked in and around the same hospital. They lept out from door ways and I adopted a karati stance so they would think I knew martial arts. Others were afraid to be seen with me for fear something would happen to them.
One of the men in our hut was so mad at me, he moved out and took his key. I had no way to stop the men. They came in at night and surrounded my bed. Sometimes there were five or ten; other times about twenty. I taught myself to wake up angry and to trade insults. One night, they held me down and twisted my right wrist where it wasn’t meant to go. Then they slowly twisted it the other way. They told me this was only a sample of what I would get if I didn’t rescind my complaint. That was torture. it gave me a 1.5% disability which is too low for government benefits, and I didn’t try to collect–another example of how ineptly you understand what you read.
After I woke with a knife on my throat, I got my own knife and rehearsed how I would kill as many as possible before they killed me. It went on for four months. They tried to kill me three times as far as I know, but they weren’t very good at it.
It finally got out of hand, and the leadership dropped all charges, including potential charges against me. Yes, my nickname became “killer” but I’ll let you guess why. Maybe it was just a nickname for some other than an obvious reason. Everyone agreeded to behave. After my being totally alone, everyone was my friend again.
I didn’t know until I met someone from the base years later that we were being watched. Odd things began to happen. One by one all of the gang was eliminated through various charges and untimely accidents. I don’t think anyone caused the accidents. They were just fortuitous. For example, the man who broke through our window was cut so badly part of his face was hanging down to show some of his teeth and part of his cheek. I was one who wheeled him into the ward. I should have felt sorry for him, but I didn’t. He survived though with all of the stitches and discoloration, he looked like Frankenstein’s monster for awhile.
I had other adventures which probably would have not affected anyone here, but they changed me.
Grad school was like reliving those days because some people didn’t like Vietnam era veterans. Sometimes I lied about being a veteran. Several fellow grad students tried to get rid of me by sabatoging my work or ganging up on me in classes largely graded on discussion. They failed.
My advisors and other professors liked me. The two job counselors who told my Navy friend and me to lie about our military service were trying to help us.
Even someone as thick as you should understand farming is a full-time job. I did most of the work and planning. The family helped because it is why farms are family operations. Everyone has a job, and the operation depends on them all.
When many people piled on me here, I knew they would have tried to kill me back when it was rough. I told my service stories to convince them I was not normal and I would out last them. It was a warning they didn’t understand. I wanted them changed or gone as back in the service and they became surragates for old battles.
I was not a supply sargeant. I was a medic who ran supply after my promotion. I still took x rays, helped in the dental clinic and sometimes on the ward, pulled call, and drove ambulances.
I knew some were political bigots as you are, and I knew others merely wanted to keep their cozy echo chamber. I did what I could to irritate, because I knew the miscreants would choose to leave.I took great delight in reminding them of the times I was right, because I knew it angered them. Others who wanted more open discussion also posted. And soon, most of the name-callers were gone. Imagine that.
I expected a void which began when most of the discussion was between I report and anon. But I also knew replacements would come. The more open-minded old guard would also be back. Again, it happened as I hoped, and the blog became a better spot than it once was. I am proud that I played a minor role in the change.
I was wrong about Solyndra at first, and I said I was. I applogized to several people when my insults were too harsh.
Farmers needed the subsidies to survive. NOP and I agreed that they should be reduced or ended now that the ag sector is prospering. We also agreed that they would be reduced to help our government become solvent. You couldn’t even get that right.
Instead of wrecking my credibility, you have shown that anyone who believes your interpretation of events is a bigger fool than you are. Google Iowa nice and listen to the first sentence. I mean it sincerely.
I haven’t checked any comments or new threads. I hope everyone is getting along. Good bye again.
By: James on January 24, 2012
at 7:35 AM
Forget the comments – but thank you, ladies, for posting the proposal to agree to disagree. Nice to find some grownups again.
The pie is in the post.
By: Vinaigrette Girl on January 23, 2012
at 4:05 AM
GOOGLE; SANTORUM
FROTHY; What is your military experience?
FROTHY; Here is Steve Schmidt (of Palin VP fame) talking about the potential meltdown of the traditional Republican Party, Interesting stuff
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/steve-schmidt-gingrich-win-florida-will-le
GOOGLE; SPREADING ROMNEY
By: JuneauJoe on January 22, 2012
at 11:32 PM
Maybe we’re all burning in hell and just don’t realize it yet! Colorful may have nailed it. The jury is out.
By: Anonymous on January 22, 2012
at 11:25 PM
Frothy Anonymous Troll (FAT): “I am not surprised you do not understand the concept of attacking the idea, not the person. Don’t agree, fine..blast the idea out of the water. To go after the person as Liberals always do is a sign of weakness. It is a shame your time in the military didn’t teach you better. I’ve no doubt a dishonorable discharge is part of your resume. ”
Wow, looks like FAT is projecting!!! IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH, he does exactly what he accuses “all liberals” of doing! Using his own admissions, does this make him weak?
By: Farsight Δ on January 22, 2012
at 11:15 PM
AlaskaPi: I miss Colorful
She kind of blew it on her 24 hour burning in hell prediction. I think it will take a while for her to get her nerve back to come on here.
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I just had a note from Jesus. Sorry, that was a nervous twitch. Seems that FROTHY ANONYMOUS GOT IN MY HEAD and I have developed a tick. Dang – I was hoping it was Jesus giving me more information to pass on.
By: JuneauJoe on January 22, 2012
at 11:13 PM
GOOGLE; SANTORUM
FROTHY; You Got inside my head? OK, if you say so.
Honestly: I was thinking what a stupid comment from a stupid person myself. It seems as if you have a severe need to make yourself important by, ‘getting in my head.’ If that rocks your boat – believe as you incorrectly wish.
FROTHY; SCARBOROUGH was bad mouthing both NEWT – THE FAMILY MAN and Romney. Where is the love in the Republican Party? I need to buy more popcorn. This is going to be fun watching the Republican Party circus.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/scarborough-gop-base-revolting-against-romne
GOOGLE; SPREADING ROMNEY
By: JuneauJoe on January 22, 2012
at 11:09 PM
jeez.
I almost wish Irish would stop by for a visit and fling a molotov or 2 into the works.
Even a visit by ole Colorful would be welcome…
By: alaskapi on January 22, 2012
at 11:09 PM
FAT – Frothy Anonymous Troll
By: Anonymous on January 22, 2012
at 11:01 PM
Slbyl, you are either not very bright or purposefully dense. I don’t ask James or Pfesser because I do not care. they think about one topic or another. I am limited by the scope of my experiences, but I don’t just go out and seek out others in different places in the world with alternative beliefs systems so I can grow as a person. I don’t need to know if your story is true. I don’t care because it is irrelevant to my primary purpose of learning. Now if I wanted to understand James better, I might ask him the context of his opinion by asking personal questions, but the thought of passing judgement on those experience is pointless to that quest either, and that is my point.
This is a conversation. James, like you are welcome to talk about whatever is on your mind. James talking about himself is not a nefarious act. You don’t like James. You don’t like what James posted. You have a problem so you find a way to shed a negative light on anything he says or does.
Like Gi Jo Gina, do what you have to do, it will change nothing. If your time is better spend on me, knock yourself out. I am flattered my commentary has instilled upon you to put forth this much effort. In this I know my message has been received and considered and I am inside your head. Mission accomplished. IT is because I have stuck a cord within you as I have Jo that you react so. I disturb the things you cherish and hold to be true and you are lashing out at me in fear. I am not offended. Do your worst.
By: Anonymous on January 22, 2012
at 10:52 PM
JuneauJoe,
Thanks for introducing me to JuanitaJean. Due to you, I went to her site several days ago. Good for a laugh and perspective.
Keep on needling the FAT. I totally rescind my, don’t feed the trolls, stance in this case (not that you need my approval or blessing). It is obvious that you are getting his goat.
By: Farsight Δ on January 22, 2012
at 10:49 PM
As for the blow me thing, you deserved it as is intended. I am flattered I have gotten inside your head. Another “firsts” feather in my hat. To bad you turned out to be a bitch.
By: Anonymous on January 22, 2012
at 10:47 PM
Made me LOL
By: Gaki on January 22, 2012
at 10:14 PM
“Pfesser took me by surprise once or twice, but in a good way with his penis,” must be all the talk about Santorum. Somehow I doubt anyone get a bigger laugh from that comment than PFessor, although I’ll be laughing all night, every time I think about it.
By: No One's Puppet on January 22, 2012
at 10:00 PM
JuanitaJean has another NEWT, The Family Man comment which I just have to get up.
Hope My Luck Holds Out
January 22, 2012
I got an email from Newt today. He wants money. Ain’t that the shoots? The guy has got a half million dollar credit line at Tiffany’s and he still wants your money. (Click the little one to get the big one.)
Newt, there’s a probloem here. If you and Mitt Romney have all the money in the world, which appears to be both of you guy’s goal, there none left for the rest of us.
Personally, I don’t think either one of you really wants to be President. I think both of you just want to buy the one thing you can’t – bombs. Big ones.
I know that because you leaked it. You want us to “bomb” you with money. Newt, I would not be so anxious to remind people that if you’re elected President, you will have nuclear bombs at your disposal. You are missing a few moving parts in your personality, Honey. If we can’t trust you around a mattress, how the fool tarnation are we gonna trust you around a large phallic Tomahawk missile?
Okay, I’m sorry I brought that up, but somebody had to.
FROTH; SEND YOUR MONEY BOMB SOON, Newt – The Family Man needs more money.
By: JuneauJoe on January 22, 2012
at 9:43 PM
someone else with a little FROTHY #1 on their chin…..
your supposed to swallow Sybil…..
By: uawtradesman on January 22, 2012
at 9:32 PM
GOOGLE; SANTORUM
FROTHY; I think you will have your come up ance soon. Sibyl has your number – BIG TIME.
About helping the village: I person who got one of the cookies said they were not very good and there were not enough to feed everyone. Everyone got a Bible as well. Sarah also said no to using State Airplanes for flying food to the villages, thus we had to use the Post Office.
FROTHY; I am now thinking that you feel you are making your Conservative Republican Candidates look good. I hate to break the news to you but the opposite is happening.
FROTH; SANTORUM I have decided that he is a homophobe and talks alot about bestiality which makes me wonder about him.
Your Blow me comment: That is issue related? Just wondering. You are big on issue relatedness.
FROTH; Keep chatting. You are looking more and more foolish with each post! WHAT IS YOUR MILITARY RECORD? I have an honorable discharge – can you say the same?
GOOGLE; SPREADING ROMNEY
By: JuneauJoe on January 22, 2012
at 9:28 PM
ARE WE HAVING FUN YET!!!!!!!
By: uawtradesman on January 22, 2012
at 9:27 PM
Gi-Jo-Gina. No one but you said you don’t have the right to question Santorum.
I’m really hard . One last attempt sport.
All people who put themselves up for consideration have to expect to have everything they have said in the past to present placed into question, and they should answer for it. What should not happen is this Froth thing you keep doing, or attacking someone’s children for political points. This stuff serves no purpose other than to detract from the democratic process. We need the best people in office, especially now. If there existed a Conservative Democrat who could get things done, he would have my vote. Whoever wins the Republican nomination has my vote, because of the aforementioned record I posted above on Obama.
So lets recap. Attack every vote Santorum ever cast. Question everything he ever said in any speech. Understand why he believes what he believes and weigh his strengths and his faults against what our nation needs and decide. THen blow me.
By: Anonymous on January 22, 2012
at 9:14 PM
Anonymous,
Perhaps you would like to explain how you can direct attacks toward millions, possibly billions of Liberals around the world whom you have never met or have never done or said anything to you personally, attacks or otherwise. You have no way of knowing whether I have ever met St. James or Dr. PFesser. All you really know is we are on opposite sides of the political fence.
St. James precedes you here at Margaret and Helen’s by several years. It might be best if you asked St. James himself directly about the retaliatory tactics he has employed against those he believed were attacking him. Ask him why his fellow service men called him “Killer”; about his own brother and some of the people here whose comments he did not like. I can cite dates and times in Helen’s previous posts in the Archives so you can read them for yourself in full context.
While you are at it, check Juneau Joe’s work early on in helping to co-ordinate vital aid in food, canned baby formula, diapers, clothing and other help to desperate people in villages in Alaska under Gov. Palins’ watch. At the time in the winter, fuel was $9.00 a gallon- – - if they could get it. We sent hundreds of Post Office flat rate boxes that were acknowledged by several lovely ladies up there helping to distribute them over time. When Palin finally became aware of their plight, she offered in front of the microphones to fly down and take them a plate of cookies. Alaskapi could tell you more about that than I can.
Meanwhile, back at Margaret and Helen’s blog, St. James was busy re-telling his sad tales of people burning to death in a truck fire, how he was mildly tortured, the nasty professors he had in college when he was such an outstanding student, and on and on and on and on.
Yes, we Liberals at Margaret and Helen’s have a soft spot in our hearts for Juneau Joe. Most of the time now, whatever he posts is just tongue-in-cheek to get a rise out of you. He is succeeding magnificently, isn’t he.
As for you, Anonymous. I have decided to give you more time and rope before I complete your dossier.
By: Slbyl on January 22, 2012
at 9:10 PM