tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post990218623454919453..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: They'll Never ChangeSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-44901635645749022822021-05-28T06:09:51.765-07:002021-05-28T06:09:51.765-07:00"The question that Biden, Manchin and others ..."The question that Biden, Manchin and others obsessed with bipartisanship must ask themselves is this: If Republicans will filibuster and block a thorough investigation into a shocking, violent, unprecedented attack on our democracy, why would they hesitate to obstruct everything else the Democrats might propose, no matter how worthy or necessary?"<br /><br />I read this in a Post article...<br /><br />It was a great article but he missed it by a little bit...imo...so...<br /><br />What's to keep them alt right messes from promoting more violent attacks? "Poll Watchers". Random violence. Running down protestors in cars. Stealing votes and elections. Assassinations. It's all happened before. It's happening now. Ask Gabby Gifford sometime. I'd say ask a few others but, they are dead. They tried killing Ronnie. Odd how the alt right fears their own voters as a result of their hate spewing. So they carry firearms as a prop and protection both. Insist on defying the Capitol ban on firearms on the floor. Well, someone's gonna die on the floor someday because these people are radicals bent on overthrowing the govt. because it's not going their way politically. Today it's let them in through the back door to breach the building. Assault sieges. Tomorrow? Simply start "the war" on the floor by killing Nancy and Chuck plus other key Dems. Why not? It only costs 5k for carrying a gun onto the floor where the worlds most powerful and influential work daily. Like FedEx, right?<br /><br />These people are desperate. They are just smart enough to know that this time there's no "We'll get em' next year." Because 'merca isn't as white as it used to be. Another reason is it's getting less white by the second literally.<br /><br />The final plan is to etch out a homeland of their own. They can't take on the real Americans. So they will do the Bundy Bunch and Ruby Ridge crap. Like the Polygamists'. Their own lil' phantasy land of pure whiteness like that place in Florida with all the golf cart Nazi's.<br /><br />They will lash out in cowardly attacks. Shooting up Democrat offices around 'merca. Especially in the Confederacy. That's another thing. These people are STILL dwelling on THAT war that they lost 150 years ago. The hate has done nothing but grow in their souls. <br /><br />They know they won't be around for climate change. They have no kids in school. No kids that visit them anymore. They are angry people who gravitate to what's angry. To what feeds that habit. To a personal network that supports that habit and partakes with you in bathing in hate while golfing. They have disinvested and feel like they are about to be robbed because we need money for roads and schools. They are so angry they will kill anyone they deem responsible.<br /><br />Maybe they'll lop off all the younglings heads with light sabers as the younglings study science and human behavior in class like Darth Vader. We wouldn't need schools or daycare or healthcare...<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/bipartisanship-is-overrated-especially-with-these-republicans/<br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-1991869274681283522021-05-28T00:10:54.161-07:002021-05-28T00:10:54.161-07:00Forgot to highlight the quote...
"I did not ...Forgot to highlight the quote...<br /><br />"I did not want to read this through and I'm glad that I did not.Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-24958248896291061592021-05-27T19:16:39.301-07:002021-05-27T19:16:39.301-07:00Wow Mary, that was sweeet! Finally an article abou...Wow Mary, that was sweeet! Finally an article about "We've been here before". I'm a history nerd. I love anything history related. Like ancient alien theory etc.<br /><br />Here's a comment from that article you suggested. Does it sound like anyone we know? This wonderful human being, "Walter" is a-typical garden variety racist garbage that permeates the party of Christian values, states rights of snowflake whitey.<br /><br />He uses an F-bomb and I did not edit it for clarity and complete context. I don't wanna be accused of canceling him or being "PC". I'll let him speak for himself. I'm getting completely out of the way.<br /><br />"Walter Pewen says:<br />May 27, 2021 at 3:39 pm<br />I did not want to read this through and I'm glad that I did not. A few comments submitted from people I know who regularly show up here affirmed all I need at this particular moment. What a stressful piece to put out at this moment in time. "The White Party." Well, not exactly.<br />You will never make sense if you go on like this for all your days, but maybe that is not your goal.<br />At 63 years old I will emphatically say the Democrats are not just as bad as Republicans when it comes to racial equality. How fucking stupid."<br /><br />Need I remind everyone what Drumpfs presidency was, exactly as I predicted? Not us...But this guy defiantly does...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQq6xfbgfXwSmoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-83776052411572768582021-05-27T13:02:41.490-07:002021-05-27T13:02:41.490-07:00Yes, indeed. Thanks!Yes, indeed. Thanks!Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-65688012573696047312021-05-27T12:37:00.933-07:002021-05-27T12:37:00.933-07:00Hey Sid, there is an article in The Nation that is...Hey Sid, there is an article in The Nation that is apropos to your new opinion piece.<br /><br />https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democracy-race-power/Mary Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-42246438363362667402021-05-26T09:41:47.674-07:002021-05-26T09:41:47.674-07:00Oh OK! Thanks man...Yeah, I wanna meet this dude a...Oh OK! Thanks man...Yeah, I wanna meet this dude and have a discussion.<br /><br />"Underestimate me...That'll be fun" said someone once.<br /><br /><br />Even a blind squirrel finds a nut and that rodent is me!Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-75561108908968485352021-05-25T21:07:39.770-07:002021-05-25T21:07:39.770-07:00A supposedly mature and educated person is spewing...A supposedly mature and educated person is spewing this historical anachronism as current fact. I got nothing...skyriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844531274835922620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-55436289434965141552021-05-25T21:00:23.510-07:002021-05-25T21:00:23.510-07:00It's the letter in the Herald about Democrats ...It's the letter in the Herald about Democrats and racism; the one you provided a link for. Unless there's a reference here I missed.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-10389374911491454042021-05-25T20:16:09.506-07:002021-05-25T20:16:09.506-07:00Hey brother...What letter?
I can't find it. C...Hey brother...What letter?<br /><br />I can't find it. Can fire off a link please?<br /><br />There's a lotta things I lost now that I think about it.Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-60016576052696820112021-05-25T19:48:21.714-07:002021-05-25T19:48:21.714-07:00Give him hell, Dr. Schwab. This guy thinks Drumpf ...Give him hell, Dr. Schwab. This guy thinks Drumpf is a moral person.Seeker of wisdom and truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476996519952533262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-25715319119186113862021-05-25T13:04:20.578-07:002021-05-25T13:04:20.578-07:00This guy is quite the story teller. It's usual...This guy is quite the story teller. It's usually the racists that use this tired exercise to prove their righteous bona fides.<br /><br />As always...The argument is actually liberals vs. conservatives. Not Democrat vs. Republican. Odd how these righteous folk deliberately project and deflect onto their enemy.<br /><br />Disingenuous at best. Diabolical to be accurate.<br /><br />https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/democrats-have-long-history-of-racism/<br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-31875508951187275682021-05-25T12:58:43.066-07:002021-05-25T12:58:43.066-07:00Ditto!
Ditto! <br /><br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-84020276178923036812021-05-25T11:53:04.671-07:002021-05-25T11:53:04.671-07:00Excellent! I am anxious to read it. I suspect that...Excellent! I am anxious to read it. I suspect that poking him will yield a bit of a spike in your love letters.Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-87648370139959715342021-05-25T10:53:46.052-07:002021-05-25T10:53:46.052-07:00As it happens, Gary, I've changed the planned ...As it happens, Gary, I've changed the planned topic of my next column, to a response to that letter.<br /><br />A middle paragraph, sure to be revised many times: <br /><br />"His accounting was quite impressive; we may suppose he got high marks in high school history. However, his lesson about Southern Democrats stopped somewhere around the year 1965. From that point on, it could use a little filling in, so let’s. Some key terms to keep in mind: Southern strategy; LBJ; Voting Rights Act; Civil Rights Act; Shelby County vs. Holder. We’ll try to cover them all." <br />Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-68274296800055032072021-05-25T10:50:13.340-07:002021-05-25T10:50:13.340-07:00On the edge of your topic, Sid, but if we should b...On the edge of your topic, Sid, but if we should be waiting and hoping for a bottoms-up reformation, today's letter to the Herald seems to disabuse us of hope. His Cliff Notes are missing a couple of pages, but given the lies and distortions so firmly held in today's GOP, I seriously doubt that he will initiate any reformation.<br /><br />I hope to soon read a letter from a better history student than I was that takes him to task. Dr Strangelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603758423399991937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-83939219399171987482021-05-24T19:37:14.216-07:002021-05-24T19:37:14.216-07:00Just another reminder that you can't trust the...Just another reminder that you can't trust these people. They can't see through this guy. They send him money and attend alt right conventions. This black dude is their "faith leader". <br /><br />They are too stupid to see through it all and dangerous as a result. Or they are corrupt. None are "honest" in any sense. We simply need to out work and out smart them. We need to stop this need for cooperation at all costs. NO! Being stupid, naïve, ignorant etc. all has costs. We all know this. Being able to rid yourself of those has benefits. We all know this. We need to vote them out and replace them where they are. They'll never agree or compromise because it's about race and money. We the people need to do everything in our power to vote and stay focused on the prize. It's easy to dwell for money and racist desires. If we don't move forward we lose America.<br /><br />“If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.”<br /><br />Ulysses S. Grant<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAgTZSJ4jo8Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-41813740843710363152021-05-23T19:37:03.879-07:002021-05-23T19:37:03.879-07:00"Kinzinger said that Republican voters have &..."Kinzinger said that Republican voters have "had their patriotism abused by somebody that simply wants to use it to maintain power."<br /><br />There's a few who are tryingSmoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-17525026289924563062021-05-23T16:57:58.909-07:002021-05-23T16:57:58.909-07:00Michael Steele is so over his party! Yet, he stay...Michael Steele is so over his party! Yet, he stays a member attempting to reform it. There are many of them now, and I wish them great success. Remember when we thought Dubya was such a dummy (he is) and horrible at his job (he was) and that was the worst they could come up with? How naive we were.Mary Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-28223714155099851652021-05-23T14:42:47.080-07:002021-05-23T14:42:47.080-07:00Hard to disagree with any of that, Cory.
One bit...Hard to disagree with any of that, Cory. <br /><br />One bit of good-ish news: Trump's blog, that was gonna "revolutionize" social media, has been a big flop, garnering a tiny fraction of the following he had on twitter, etc. <br /><br />Which makes it even more inexplicable that R leaders refuse to reject the big lie.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-80756020822645067942021-05-23T14:09:06.129-07:002021-05-23T14:09:06.129-07:00Nothing? Too late? I finally accept the fact that ...Nothing? Too late? I finally accept the fact that the party is over. It's sunk in. Yup, too many turds in the punch bowl. I'm just trying to sort out how it'll all warsh out, what's next, and how to prepare for it. At this point there is simply no going back. It's still sinking in, like a dull knife in the back. Maybe we have a few years, maybe not. Will it be safe? Given the escalating gun violence in this country, I don't think so. It's not all that safe right now. Have I shot my lose cannon mouth off too much? Will our corporate overlords accept an autocracy? They squeak like mice now, barely heard. Is autocracy good for profits? Perhaps the Fox corporation is THE corporate overlord all others bow to? I wish I could do a runner, New Zealand might be safe for a while. I'm sure someone smarter than me could present a few scenarios to chose from, how this will progress. I'm lost. I don't feel secure for the freedom of my children and grandchildren. Especially with the likes of Tucker and Hannity calling the shots, they despise themselves as cowards, therefore despise the responsibility of freedom. It's so fucking surreal. Social and political sanity are illusions. I'm purdy sure I've never done LSD, but I imagine it could feel this way.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389957101188157432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-88208566068830305032021-05-23T08:04:15.421-07:002021-05-23T08:04:15.421-07:00I hate the thought, too. But if the multitude of f...I hate the thought, too. But if the multitude of flashing red lights hasn't awakened the Foxified, what will?Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-59997335081740107492021-05-22T23:08:27.131-07:002021-05-22T23:08:27.131-07:00A great bit with Michael Steel whom I love. He'...A great bit with Michael Steel whom I love. He's hilarious. The lady also seems sane.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u_hs6HlfmY<br /><br />Smoothtooperatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901523276177195419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-57995627129069237702021-05-22T22:39:09.429-07:002021-05-22T22:39:09.429-07:00I hate to think we are lost. I can't really a...I hate to think we are lost. I can't really accept that yet.Mary Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-7733884899625265822021-05-22T22:37:07.886-07:002021-05-22T22:37:07.886-07:00I had not heard of her, but I have her webpage ope...I had not heard of her, but I have her webpage open right now. Thanks for the tip!Mary Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-45570546042433273402021-05-22T08:25:23.875-07:002021-05-22T08:25:23.875-07:00Are you familiar with local quilting hero Kathy Mc...Are you familiar with local quilting hero Kathy McNeil? Does amazing, award-winning stuff, and teaches all over the planet.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.com