tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3112824114438381727..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Continued Stray Thoughts on the Current Political ClimateDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-3522602507585164322017-08-01T10:12:24.601-05:002017-08-01T10:12:24.601-05:00Well relatively, I suppose. Granted. ;)Well relatively, I suppose. Granted. ;)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-868593964088461552017-08-01T09:28:56.486-05:002017-08-01T09:28:56.486-05:00I, reluctantly, concede the point.
Lucy
Post: An...I, reluctantly, concede the point.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />Post: <i>And, as previously observed, you are, in point of fact, a bubbly optimist.<br /><br />By comparison to my of view of the world.</i> ;-)LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-91302741970368009562017-08-01T09:23:31.937-05:002017-08-01T09:23:31.937-05:00You know, you're just about the only person wh...You know, you're just about the only person who has ever called me an optimist. :) I'm from Philadelphia. Pessimism is my birthright.<br /><br />The thing about being eaten by sociopaths is that it doesn't matter whether he notices. He will go down when the cumulative weight of GOP partisanship decides he's a threat to their interests (note carefully that I do not say anything about the GOP caring about violations of law, Constitution, morality, common sense, human decency, or ethics of any sort whether derived from religion or philosophy), and if he still thinks he's in charge he is welcome to the delusion. <br /><br />Not that this won't go a long way toward the end of the republic, but still.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-32194238935125150122017-08-01T07:57:33.110-05:002017-08-01T07:57:33.110-05:00One can only hope that your eternally stubborn opt...One can only hope that your eternally stubborn optimism is justified. <br /><br />I, on the other hand, think that while he may be "eaten" by professional sociopaths, recent events indicate that he probably won't notice and will just continue staggering along - taking what remains of our republic with him.<br /><br />Sigh.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-83094820209818873772017-07-31T20:41:18.973-05:002017-07-31T20:41:18.973-05:00Oh, lots of us with educations understand what apo...Oh, lots of us with educations understand what apologies are supposed to look like. Even the politicians know, though they choose to use them for something else and therefore theirs look different from the ones that normal people use.<br /><br />What I think is funny is that der Sturmtrumper is sitting in the White House demanding that the Senate - composed of 100 members who owe him nothing and who are already abandoning the sinking ship on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to save their own careers - conform to his schedule. He is about to get an education on how power politics actually works. Politics is a world of sociopaths, and he's going to be eaten by professionals.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-13194108174385658982017-07-31T12:18:47.946-05:002017-07-31T12:18:47.946-05:00There is no stupid quite like paranormal stupid. E...There is no stupid quite like paranormal stupid. Even Forrest understood that.<br /><br />I doubt your heart is all that shriveled. Tired, weary, fuzzy, but certainly not shriveled.<br /><br />My mother was a Girl Scout Leader for more than 18 years - I spent my early years as a Girl Scout Mascot™ at many a day camp. My years in the Cub & Boy Scouts were overseen by the LDS Church and mostly skewed toward an utterly failed religious indoctrination.<br /><br />Does anyone with a college education and a business or political title actually understand what an apology is supposed to be about? <<<< [rhetorical question] [Also, snark.]<br /><br />der Stormtrumpeter already has the paddles out and the AED charged for Zombiecare - keep thy head low and wallet hidden.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-89168248877104297662017-07-30T11:15:32.620-05:002017-07-30T11:15:32.620-05:00I think I need to find a way to work the phrase &q...I think I need to find a way to work the phrase "paranormal stupid" into everyday conversation.<br /><br />Minnie was the Moocher, not the Mooch. I like having the comparison, actually, since the current Mooch comes off so poorly by it and that just warms the cockles of my shriveled heart.<br /><br />I have never been much of a fan of Boy Scouts - they were a quasi-military organization even before their takeover by the Dominionist right wing - and their record on treating American citizens as American citizens is shameful. I have friends with kids in that organization and they seem to find use in it, but I was always glad I didn't have to make that call. The Girl Scouts are a much more inclusive and service-oriented organization, in my experience.<br /><br />And yes, that was a classic "sorry you were offended" apology, but really what did you expect?<br /><br />Republicare is dead, at least for now - I have no illusions that they will try to reanimate its decaying corpse at least one more time but I'll take my victory where I can get it. Three cheers for three non-insane Republicans. May they take their party back to responsibility someday soon.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-77059421296362623132017-07-28T10:37:33.263-05:002017-07-28T10:37:33.263-05:001. Proving once again that you can run, you may ev...1. Proving once again that you can run, you may even find a place to hide, but this is paranormal stupid - it will find you.<br /><br />18. No country that does not currently have an extradition treaty with the US would allow Strumper inside their borders. Unlike Strumper, they have a well developed sense of self-preservation, and would see him as a threat. Case-in-point: N. Korea.<br /><br />21. No, I will choose my own exercise routines, and I guarantee you that they will not be anywhere near that strenuous, Thankyouverymuch. <br /><br />22. Only Nixon could go to China.<br /><br />27. You should really stop using ‘Mooch’ - it is an insult to ‘Minnie, the’. <br /><br />(See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7ogK_unbqM )<br /><br />At least that guy could sing <b><i>and</i></b> dance.<br /><br />32. I am so done with The Boy Scouts. Even the apology from their CEO sucked. And, I know, there has been a standing invitation to the president to address the Jamboree for forever - but really? Nobody could see that coming and un-invite Strumper and His Band of Undesirables?<br /><br />35. It would appear that, at least for the time being*, Trumpcare has died and Mitch is a sad little turtle. The women carried the day, and McCain merely put a bow on their achievement of holding the insanity back awhile longer. <br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />* Next up: Zombiecare. And won’t that be a great time?LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-14270948613576465802017-07-25T21:29:45.956-05:002017-07-25T21:29:45.956-05:00Truman was a fountain of good advice that way.
Th...Truman was a fountain of good advice that way.<br /><br />The problem comes when the audience he's pandering to enjoys the flavor and aroma of fresh turd and keeps coming back for more.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58594289010947586742017-07-25T20:32:04.875-05:002017-07-25T20:32:04.875-05:00Der Sturmtrumper also seems to have forgotten a se...Der Sturmtrumper also seems to have forgotten a second piece of Harry S. Truman's sage presidential advice: "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394855228063456648noreply@blogger.com