Check her blog: http://www.theprickleypear.com/
Rich ain't bad.Unless your parents literally gave you the farm and several million dollars, you are not the one percent that President Obama is working to devalue and destroy. Most of us have settled for working hard to earn our paychecks and then the government taxes and steals most of our money.It used to be that liberals would pit conservatives against the population by using the race card. Discrimination as it relates to sex, age and race might be an issue, but last I heard this President is part Black and part White and, probably, an American citizen, who received 51 percent of the American vote. So it appears race is a non-issue.
With those three discrimination labels less important, now there’s a worse label that Jesse and Al most likely will travel first class to stomp down--”rich.” Unbelievable. Getting people fired up about “rich” rather than jobs, taxes, health care, billions spent by this Administration on failed plans, failed projects seems to be the new plan. Who could ever have imagined an American President devaluing hard work and the American Dream?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 16 February 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest "Deer Crossing" and other signs located on a road are for the operators of road-bound vehicles. I'm not really sure why that is such a difficult concept to grasp.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 17 February 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Words are fun and worth clearly stating, in English if in America, and with an opinion that is yours because it’s good to have an opinion.
― :C (crüt), Sunday, 17 February 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
and, probably, an American citizen
i guess we've just gotten so numb by Birther craziness -- and Teabag craziness has exceeded even Birther craziness -- that we just let this one slide w/t comment.
― i have a history of enabling your mother. (Eisbaer), Monday, 18 February 2013 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck this guy:
http://rt.com/usa/monsanto-bill-blunt-agriculture-006/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 29 March 2013 05:22 (eleven years ago) link
fuck a house and a senate more like, tho he's still a dick for signing it.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 05:44 (eleven years ago) link
One year could be all it takes to cause catastrophic damage to the environment by allowing laboratory-produced organisms to be planted into the earth without oversight
lol orly.
not really down with the anti-GMO crowd tbh
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 March 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
Why? In the UK, we don't do GM food. The public DO NOT WANT.
― karl lagerlout (suzy), Friday, 29 March 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
US ILX = agribusiness cheerleaders. Obama SCOTUS 2017!
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 March 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
Precautionary principle seems warranted. And don't hate the grateful dead just because their fans suck!
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 29 March 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
Xposts
― your holiness, we have an official energy drink (Z S), Friday, 29 March 2013 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
J-Pod says some things.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://badskeptic.com/?p=123
― Mordy, Saturday, 30 March 2013 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
It's not filibustering Republican senators it's the guy in the White House, says inside the beltway rightward leaning columnist:
Obama’s failure to strike while the iron was hot offers a lesson in presidential leadership that goes beyond gun control. On almost every topic, from budget negotiations to national security, Washington seems only to act these days in response to crisis, if it acts at all. Obama erred in trying to use Newtown to build support for his positions on taxes, energy and immigration. And he compounded the error by sending Joe Biden off to conduct a study — an unnecessary delay when solutions were obvious. Once the president took his foot off the accelerator, no other action — not even Michael Bloomberg’s ad campaign — could maintain the momentum.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-obama-on-guns--too-little-too-late/2013/03/28/93a2287a-97f1-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 March 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
failure to strike while the iron was hotthe president took his foot off the accelerator
Does the WaPo not hire editors?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
I would vote for dana milbank instantly and repeatedly for any position where he would never be heard from again.
― Aimless, Saturday, 30 March 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't think they ever have editors look at the work of their columnists.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 March 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Not only is Barack Obama wrong politically, he's not a good guy, "cool," or even moderately likable.
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/04/30/30-reasons-to-dislike-barack-obama-n1582397/page/full
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
howbout we just keep the posts focused on what a right-wing authoritarian fuck he is, who would be loved by the above if they weren't racist?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
x-post -That's like 3rd-rate National Review material
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
can we vote on these?
9) He ate a dog once which is just gross.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
no prob dr. m! just wanted to give the responses of townhall commenter "commiedregs" a hearing
http://townhall.com/social/commiedregs-606149/comments/
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite
29) After it came out that the Korean rapper Psy had wished death not just on American soldiers, but their wives and children, Obama made a point of shaking his hand publicly even though the fact he was in the same room with him had been controversial.
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Welp
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 June 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
i think pretending the nsa expansion doesn't occur and occur in pretty much this exact manner under the administration of any other candidate dem or republican to have won a primary in the last thirteen years (if not thirty) but i do think someone could point at obama's zealous pragmatism and cautiousness as why it hasn't been challenged or checked in any token way by this admin. similar root behind expanded use of drones (w/ added bonus of cutting defense budget), manages to avoid both the major risks of war and the major risks of peace, it was similar thinking that was behind eisenhower's embrace of the cia, having yr cake and eating it too.
― balls, Thursday, 6 June 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
I remember the "3 o'clock phone call" political ads HRC aired during the 2008 primaries. Obv, Barack has learned not to leave himself open on that flank.
― Aimless, Thursday, 6 June 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
"Don't worry, Michelle, I'll listen to the recording in the morning..."
― polyphonic, Thursday, 6 June 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
@DennisThePerrinObama justifying his authoritarian policies -- Nixon without the flop sweat.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:31 (ten years ago) link
george will got there already in may
― da croupier, Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:48 (ten years ago) link
GW is anti-infinite-surveillance huh
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 June 2013 03:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/23/what-is-barack-obama-presidency-for
― piscesx, Monday, 24 February 2014 09:10 (ten years ago) link
ab-so-lutely nothin'
(cept Dems winning elections)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
I suspect that the corporatists are so deeply entrenched in US government at this point that no power short of a cataclysm could dislodge them. No one rises to the top who would ever dream of rocking the boat.
― Aimless, Monday, 24 February 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
we'll need those boats in less than 50 years
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
solid summary, but leaves out how bill ayers ghostwrote soetero's books
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/04/the-story-of-barack-obama-as-told-by-conservatives/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 2 May 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link
Unconvincing. Not a single use of Hussein.
― tsrobodo, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link
pop culture gets the hopey changey sadz
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/politics/pop-culture-puts-spin-on-grim-realities-of-obama-presidency.html
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 May 2014 12:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/03/93_countries_that_have_flip_flopped_on_obama_partner/
― Mordy, Saturday, 3 May 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/statuses/462782328797159425
― Mordy, Sunday, 18 May 2014 05:14 (ten years ago) link
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/05/22/a_poor_chapter_in_the_history_books_obama_foreign_policy
― Mordy, Thursday, 22 May 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
ghostwritten by ghost of richard nixon
― balls, Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
jusy remember guys, WalMart is leading the way to our green future.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
not that we really need it anymore but i think this piece answers the thread title's question about as well as anything will:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/the-leader-obama-wanted-t_b_4932145.html
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
ugh reading this gives me heartache
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 01:57 (nine years ago) link
It ambles into speculative psychology in the last third but I can't quibble with the characterization of the early years, his preparedness for the job, and his use of words as mirrors. And it's true: he's overexposed, but, c'mon, Ronnie would have been all over social media.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
i like bromwich generally. he and "leo strauss" are good go-tos for non-volkist criticism
― goole, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
anyway: OFA spammed me twice today about james taylor
swing and a miss, obungler
― goole, Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
Ronnie would have been all over social media.
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 1mjklol #joke
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 6mWe begin bombing in five minutes.
Ronald Reagan @thegipper - 8mMy fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw #Russia forever.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
can't even imagine what the reaction would be if a president made a crack like that now.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
longest five minutes ever
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 29 May 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link