tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post7206547704259722481..comments2024-03-22T08:39:17.629-07:00Comments on Spin Easy Time!: Public Accessfred chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-51227539096547982622009-05-02T04:49:00.000-07:002009-05-02T04:49:00.000-07:00Sincerity will never go out of style, and it is ve...Sincerity will never go out of style, and it is very important in my book, and you've got it Rory and that's a good thing, no bullshit. Thanks for reading, and it's always great to read your comments. That's without an ounce of sarcasm, although my doctor says I may never successfully control it!fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-51652145405452113012009-05-02T02:05:00.000-07:002009-05-02T02:05:00.000-07:00Fred,
I guess that makes me a Yellow Dog.
Rory: It...Fred,<br />I guess that makes me a Yellow Dog.<br />Rory: It is the Democratic party. Democrat Party is a term used by Republicans with contempt and derision. <br /><br />Unfortunately, our system is a two party system. Talk of a third party, is wishful thinking. The problem, in my opinion, is that the special interest money corrupts the system, no matter which party is in power. Just yesterday, the mortgage banking lobby was sucessfull in getting the cram down provision deleted from legislation pending in the Senate. 12 Democrats voted with all the Republicans to strip the provision from the House version of the Bill.Nanutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-60495315004579075082009-05-01T18:49:00.000-07:002009-05-01T18:49:00.000-07:00FRED: OK! I get your point. Meaningful and sincere...FRED: OK! I get your point. Meaningful and sincere discussions are meaningless. Emotion is king! So the hell with sincerity because sincerity is one big joke.Rory Crippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620554459906789641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-34017118801292303552009-05-01T18:45:00.000-07:002009-05-01T18:45:00.000-07:00Nanute, if I voted for Dukakis I'd sure 'nuf vote ...Nanute, if I voted for Dukakis I'd sure 'nuf vote for a Yellow Dog, so I'm comfortable adopting the metaphor. <br /><br />Rory, you live in Florida! Remember the joke, "Florida, the deep South!" Florida is a swing state because the hayseeds, and I use these terms with love, have a little more going for them. They hang out with retired New Yorkers, it's good for them.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-81484178789667626682009-05-01T10:59:00.000-07:002009-05-01T10:59:00.000-07:00Fred: I know alot of "hicks" down here in Florida....Fred: I know alot of "hicks" down here in Florida. And throughout the eleven years that I've lived here I've had many political discussions with those "hicks". The majority of them vote Democrat all the way (and that includes the recent presidential election). They loved Bill Clinton, by the way, mainly because they felt that he was one of them and shared their values. I simply think that for intelligent and well-read people to put their faith into one of the two major political parties and to blame one party for much of the country's ills is not the best approach. Again: most of the economic and financial mess occurred under W Bush's administration. So did the Iraq war and the list goes on. But history bears out that shit occurs under any administration and no matter which party holds the majority in the house and senate. In any event, I wouldn't waste my time fretting over the Republican party, because they committed political suicide years ago. I'd start worrying now about the Democrat party for many reasons--not the least of which is that America is now subject to virtual one-party rule. I'd like nothing better than for the Democrat party to succeed and make things better for the average American! But I'm highly skeptical of any political party's, or politician's, motives and I don't believe that my skepticism is irrational, unreasoned, or based on ignorance.Rory Crippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620554459906789641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-81199602116592157262009-05-01T08:25:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:25:00.000-07:00I always know when I've made solid points when cri...I always know when I've made solid points when cripps squeals like a stuck pig. Soo-EEEE! Soo-EEEEE!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-28049016395957660142009-05-01T07:49:00.000-07:002009-05-01T07:49:00.000-07:00Fred,
I'm with you on this one. That good old Nixo...Fred,<br />I'm with you on this one. That good old Nixon/Republican Southern Strategy convinced large numbers of middle class citizens to vote against their own self interest.<br /><br />I especially like H.L. Mencken's definition of a demagogue: The demagogue is a person who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrure, to people he knows to be idiots."<br /><br />One doesn't have to be from the south anymore to be considered a "Yellow Dog Democrat"?nanutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-88791911248589112192009-04-30T22:26:00.000-07:002009-04-30T22:26:00.000-07:00Not to mention the price, in 1968 of a ticket to s...Not to mention the price, in 1968 of a ticket to see the best music around at a Murray the K. show in Manhattan. We could go to 3 shows a day (and did). I think corporatization found its niche and took full advantage. Just look at the college sports world, or public education even. EVERYTHING has corporate funding, and $$$ and greed are the reasons for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-18280720137702946892009-04-29T18:48:00.000-07:002009-04-29T18:48:00.000-07:00Yeah, I do know. The New Deal was a great equaliz...Yeah, I do know. The New Deal was a great equalizer, and WWII solidified the gains of the middle-class. The Reagan led push-back was a real class war against the middle-class and the poor, "we (the rich) want that money back." They got most of it too.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-88590476681483534572009-04-29T15:06:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:06:00.000-07:00You know what happened as well as I do, Fred. "The...You know what happened as well as I do, Fred. "The Reagan Revolution" started the genocide of the middle class. The excesses of the 80's saw all the changes you described come into being. Every stupid hick voted Republican because he bought into the myth that he could lift himself by his bootstraps right out of the middle class and he too could become rich, if he just voted for all those breaks for the rich. How's that working for yuh, jackasses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com