tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post2560743575168192593..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Mair Today, Gone TomorrowSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-56192567427556128312015-03-20T04:13:57.301-05:002015-03-20T04:13:57.301-05:00Republicans love when others are punished. That...Republicans love when others are punished. That's why they adore Scottie whenever he throws anyone under the bus. "Those thug teachers made too much money and I don't."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-52547277984626020692015-03-20T00:17:34.028-05:002015-03-20T00:17:34.028-05:00"... when have Republicans have been known fo...<i>"... when have Republicans have been known for picking high quality candidates?"</i><br /><br />Well, there was Abraham Lincoln... although for his second term he ran on the "National Unity" ticket together with Democrat Andrew Johnson (instead of Hannibal Hamlin, his Republican first-term VP)....<br /><br />And then there was Teddy Roosevelt... although after he'd served two terms as a Republican and supported Taft for 1908 to succeed him, he ran in 1912 as a "Bull Moose: Progressive instead....<br /><br />So the Republicans have picked some VERY high quality candidates, but had some trouble <i>keeping</i> them....Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-35395356658635886822015-03-19T23:11:54.682-05:002015-03-19T23:11:54.682-05:00"71 cities across the country have passed or ...<a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/90-year-old-florida-veteran-arrested-feeding-homeless-bans" title="where it's illegal to feed the homeless" rel="nofollow"><b><i>"71 cities across the country have passed or tried to pass ordinances that criminalize feeding the homeless...."</i></b></a> — so Johnston's program is already underway, piecemeal.<br /><br />Oddly enough, it was for this, not "homosexuality" (as the Religious Right keeps inaccurately insisting) that God destroyed Sodom, as the Bible itself tells us in <a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/16-49.htm" title="Ezekiel 16.49 (NIV)" rel="nofollow"><b>Ezekiel 16:49: "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy."</b></a> (<a href="http://www.iwgonline.org/docs/sodom.html" title="'What was the sin of Sodom?'" rel="nofollow"><b>More historical detail.</b></a>)<br /><br />So the good news is that Republicans are exhibiting morals and ethics with Biblical precedent. The bad news is that it's the kind cities traditionally get 'rewarded' for with fire and brimstone.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-90226574017540666892015-03-19T13:59:11.624-05:002015-03-19T13:59:11.624-05:00During an online discussion about poverty, Republi...During an online discussion about poverty, Republican John Johnston said of the poor, “no one has the guts to just let them wither and die.” But to grasp just how much Johnston hates the poor, you really need to see his comments in their full context. “For almost three generations people, in some cases, have been given handouts,” Johnston said. “They have been ‘enabled’ so much that their paradigm in life is simply being given the stuff of life, however meager.” “What you see is a setting for a life of misery is life to them never-the-less,” he continued. “No one has the guts to just let them wither and die. No one who wants votes is willing to call a spade a spade. As long as the Dems can get their votes the enabling will continue. The Republicans need their votes and dare not cut the fiscal tether. It is really a political Catch-22.” But Johnston didn’t stop there, “The voters are the ones in charge. However when only 10-11 percent show up to vote, not much will change. People simply are not hurting enough, or simply happy enough that they will do nothing. Consequently the dole continues.”<br /><br />Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/indiana-republican-one-guts-let-poor-wither-die/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-73440671373155184532015-03-19T09:59:43.539-05:002015-03-19T09:59:43.539-05:00Walker doesn't have to select and manage quali...Walker doesn't have to select and manage quality personnel to serve his masters. He will sign the bills he is told to sign. He will be the stooge they demand him to be.<br /><br />Everything else is just a distraction that prevents us from talking about the reality: We are ruled by an oligarchy of multinational corporate interests and billionaires. We will have no meaningful choice in 2016.<br /><br />It is a mistake to make this about Walker's incompetence and intellectual dishonesty. These are the very characteristics that make him a perfect tool. He will do what he is told and distract anyone from talking about those he fronts.<br /><br />Mark my word -- if the powers that be want Walker in the White House, it will happen. He will be very effective promoting a merger of multinational corporate interests and government (definition of fascism). <br /><br />Like george WALKER bush (a distant cousin), well-meaning folks that do not understand will continue to rant about incompetence, hypocrisy, and corruption instead of the real issue: OUR GOVERNMENT IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE INTERESTS THAT DO NOT NEED AMERICANS AS WORKERS AND DOES NOT NEED MOST AMERICANS AS CONSUMERS EITHER.<br /><br />This is not going to end well. Most of us serve no useful purpose to the interests Scott Walker represents. They literally want to see us die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-83657521790710407802015-03-19T09:28:44.985-05:002015-03-19T09:28:44.985-05:00If you can't select and manage quality personn...If you can't select and manage quality personnel your not executive material, let alone presidential.Sean Cranleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170723474238012805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-7627534627829043072015-03-19T08:17:10.213-05:002015-03-19T08:17:10.213-05:00Ya gatta admit, those tweets were remarably stooop...Ya gatta admit, those tweets were remarably stooopid. Evidently, she thought that walker was a shoe-in because of the poweful multinational corporate interests that hide behind their buffoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-20670193465827179042015-03-19T07:53:43.034-05:002015-03-19T07:53:43.034-05:00they actually have nothing to pick from.
nothing ...they actually have nothing to pick from.<br /><br />nothing !!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com