Comments on: Tar Pits http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-453362 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:57:10 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-453362 erinyes - thanks for that link. probably the most powerful bit of blogging I have read off of this site.Tha author has it all (except humility) and he suggests that the Dems will not impeach because they are complicit in Bush's crimes and they intend to continue after Bush has left office with only cosmetic changes. Barbara - when you have time, I hope you will read this, and if you also find the ideas significant, open this up for greater discussion. We know you have a life (outside of blogging), and hope you are well.. and we all miss you. erinyes - thanks for that link. probably the most powerful bit of blogging I have read off of this site.Tha author has it all (except humility) and he suggests that the Dems will not impeach because they are complicit in Bush’s crimes and they intend to continue after Bush has left office with only cosmetic changes.

Barbara - when you have time, I hope you will read this, and if you also find the ideas significant, open this up for greater discussion. We know you have a life (outside of blogging), and hope you are well.. and we all miss you.

]]> by: DoubleCinco http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-453176 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:19:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-453176 Thinking of you and aware of your absence. Thinking of you and aware of your absence.

]]> by: hettiemae http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452594 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:22:48 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452594 Lou Dobbs??? God help us. We cannot afford another ingenue in the WH. Democrats who go all gaga over the novelty of Obama make me sick, especially the women. I want a woman in the WH. I am sick to death of men screwing up everything . Lou Dobbs??? God help us. We cannot afford another ingenue in the WH. Democrats who go all gaga over the novelty of Obama make me sick, especially the women. I want a woman in the WH. I am sick to death of men screwing up everything .

]]> by: goatherd http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452350 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:11:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452350 Re: Empire "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson Re: Empire

“The Sorrows of Empire” by Chalmers Johnson

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452305 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:28:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-452305 Last night's Republican "debates" was such a freak show that we switched to another channel. The Republican agenda is war, the Bible, executions, the "right to life", and torture. The bipolar express......... At least McCain stood firm against torture (but insists "we" must "win" in Iraq Romney will seek "counsel" re torture "Huckelberry hound dog" has no problem with executions, being an ordained minister and all... Goul-iani , thufferin' thuccotash, will go after the Islamofascists responsible for 9/11,9/11,9/11,9/11.But he wants to trade with the Muslim world because the majority of Muslims are good people.Oh yea, then he mentioned 9/11. Fred Thompson? Well I'm reminded of what we used to say as kids after we cut a fart....FREDS OUT! Tancredo and Hunter.... the Twilight zone candidates Ron Paul. Numerous stumbles, fumbled words, booed, but inmho, the only one that wouldn't blow up the planet. I was feeling a bit better today about the Dem Party, then I read this: http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/11/yes-i-told-you-so.html It's been a real slice folks.......... Last night’s Republican “debates” was such a freak show that we switched to another channel. The Republican agenda is war, the Bible, executions, the “right to life”, and torture. The bipolar express………
At least McCain stood firm against torture (but insists “we” must “win” in Iraq
Romney will seek “counsel” re torture
“Huckelberry hound dog” has no problem with executions, being an ordained minister and all…
Goul-iani , thufferin’ thuccotash, will go after the Islamofascists responsible for 9/11,9/11,9/11,9/11.But he wants to trade with the Muslim world because the majority of Muslims are good people.Oh yea, then he mentioned 9/11.
Fred Thompson? Well I’m reminded of what we used to say as kids after we cut a fart….FREDS OUT!
Tancredo and Hunter…. the Twilight zone candidates
Ron Paul. Numerous stumbles, fumbled words, booed, but inmho, the only one that wouldn’t blow up the planet.
I was feeling a bit better today about the Dem Party, then I read this:
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/11/yes-i-told-you-so.html
It’s been a real slice folks……….

]]> by: aimai http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-450359 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:50:34 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-450359 bush bashing isn't enough? h*ll, I'd settle for some serious bush bashing from the dems. I haven't seen it yet. aimai bush bashing isn’t enough? h*ll, I’d settle for some serious bush bashing from the dems. I haven’t seen it yet.

aimai

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447827 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:34:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447827 Gordon -- thanks for the link. Dave is excellent, as usual. Gordon — thanks for the link. Dave is excellent, as usual.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447700 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:54:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447700 <i>“The notion that Bush &#38; Co. had fouled things up so badly for Republicans that just about any Democrat could romp to victory in 2008 was never realistic.” </i> That's debateable!..Maybe not a romp to victory, but Bush's bullheaded arrogance and stupidity have shifted the advantage in the Democrat's favor.. For those who are paying attention and have a real concern for who we are as a nation and where we are going in the future.. they are going to reject anything associated with Republican governance. For myself, and I think for many others, we project the qualities and values we wish to be percieved as on an personal level to that of our nation and its leader, and will look to a candidate who best fufills our hopes of that projection. Nobody likes an arrogant, pompous airbag who is so full of themselves, or those who associate with them...The republicans. Look at Trent Lott....a prime example of a republican dedicated to serving American.. He can't wait to start slopping at the lobbyists trough... like the pig he is. “The notion that Bush & Co. had fouled things up so badly for Republicans that just about any Democrat could romp to victory in 2008 was never realistic.”

That’s debateable!..Maybe not a romp to victory, but Bush’s bullheaded arrogance and stupidity have shifted the advantage in the Democrat’s favor.. For those who are paying attention and have a real concern for who we are as a nation and where we are going in the future.. they are going to reject anything associated with Republican governance.
For myself, and I think for many others, we project the qualities and values we wish to be percieved as on an personal level to that of our nation and its leader, and will look to a candidate who best fufills our hopes of that projection. Nobody likes an arrogant, pompous airbag who is so full of themselves, or those who associate with them…The republicans.

Look at Trent Lott….a prime example of a republican dedicated to serving American.. He can’t wait to start slopping at the lobbyists trough… like the pig he is.

]]> by: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447406 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:50:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447406 I can't bear to read Goldberg, but I will comment on what little you quoted. Righties love the idea of being king of the hill, but are oblivious to how empires end - badly. They crush everything beneath them, including their own citizens. Goldberg, with eyes closed and his brain fogged as usual, stupidly asks "who cares?" - well I do, I don't want to get trapped in a crumbling, violently corrupt nation-state. Felicity in comment 2 mentioned Chris Hedges' piece, and it's worth highlighting here. Read <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/26/5436/" rel="nofollow">America in the Time of Empire</a>. I can’t bear to read Goldberg, but I will comment on what little you quoted. Righties love the idea of being king of the hill, but are oblivious to how empires end - badly. They crush everything beneath them, including their own citizens. Goldberg, with eyes closed and his brain fogged as usual, stupidly asks “who cares?” - well I do, I don’t want to get trapped in a crumbling, violently corrupt nation-state.

Felicity in comment 2 mentioned Chris Hedges’ piece, and it’s worth highlighting here. Read America in the Time of Empire.

]]> by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447286 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:04:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/11/27/tar-pits/#comment-447286 I am going to toss out something that's not yet been discussed. Though it may be a tease for ratings, Lou Dobbs is talking about running as an Independent. Since Lou is frequently criticzed by the Right for being so liberal, and the Left for being so conservative, there is the risk (or prospect) of drawing from both sides of the voting spectrum and throwing a huge wrench into the conventional planning of professional politicians in the hunt. Before anyone points out the long list of reasons Dobbs is unqualified, there is one thing that makes him a serious candidate. He is not sold out. Hid distain and disgust for the way the ultra-rich have gamed the system with BOTH parties is refreshing. For anyone with an open mind, I recommend his last editorial: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/06/Dobbs.Nov7/index.html Ther's not a word about illegal aliens. I am going to toss out something that’s not yet been discussed. Though it may be a tease for ratings, Lou Dobbs is talking about running as an Independent. Since Lou is frequently criticzed by the Right for being so liberal, and the Left for being so conservative, there is the risk (or prospect) of drawing from both sides of the voting spectrum and throwing a huge wrench into the conventional planning of professional politicians in the hunt.

Before anyone points out the long list of reasons Dobbs is unqualified, there is one thing that makes him a serious candidate. He is not sold out. Hid distain and disgust for the way the ultra-rich have gamed the system with BOTH parties is refreshing. For anyone with an open mind, I recommend his last editorial:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/06/Dobbs.Nov7/index.html

Ther’s not a word about illegal aliens.

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