tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post5199553582448804348..comments2024-03-28T08:36:01.932-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: MICHELE BACHMANN: DUMBEST PERSON IN THE USA.Shaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-36859104644172554112013-05-07T14:31:07.171-04:002013-05-07T14:31:07.171-04:00Hi there to every one, since I am really eager of ...Hi there to every one, since I am really eager of reading this weblog's post to be updated regularly. It consists of good stuff.<br /><br />Also visit my blog post: <a href="http://www.cellsbee.com/index.php?do=/blog/48850/some-suggestions-to-use-your-jumping-ability/" rel="nofollow">exercises for vertical leap</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-27153802166257471712011-12-04T10:09:53.438-05:002011-12-04T10:09:53.438-05:00Yes, RN, I gave Paul props for being the only sens...Yes, RN, I gave Paul props for being the only sensible pol in the GOP who understands the foolishness of a Donald Trump ego trip.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-60926182388068336062011-12-04T06:38:44.483-05:002011-12-04T06:38:44.483-05:00On a off topic note. Love my man Ron Paul's re...On a off topic note. Love my man Ron Paul's response to Trump and the Circus Debate venue. Spot on Mr. Paul!Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-11302231287287550752011-12-03T18:19:29.188-05:002011-12-03T18:19:29.188-05:00Octo - Whenever your're in MA shot me a line....Octo - Whenever your're in MA shot me a line. I'm sure it could be arranged! I've got second round.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-58426574433661894802011-12-03T16:31:56.903-05:002011-12-03T16:31:56.903-05:00I hope Mr. Biss does well. Illinois is fortunate ...I hope Mr. Biss does well. Illinois is fortunate that a guy with his brilliance decided to go into politics.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-88882184442558272082011-12-03T16:04:20.231-05:002011-12-03T16:04:20.231-05:00never had any contact with Rep. Biss. We don'...never had any contact with Rep. Biss. We don't get much news from outside of Quincy from our local media though. And since my mutual shunning of the Machinist Union I don't get out much.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-43934938838892219932011-12-03T13:56:20.878-05:002011-12-03T13:56:20.878-05:00RN,
If you are a depraved immoral atheist, welcome...RN,<br />If you are a depraved immoral atheist, welcome to the club. May I buy you a drink!(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-2308856247151230812011-12-03T11:22:40.173-05:002011-12-03T11:22:40.173-05:00Well that about settles lt for me. Guess I'm l...Well that about settles lt for me. Guess I'm lucky I haven't met many fundies. But why would I seeing how I'm a depraved immoral atheist.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-17236074261093583962011-12-03T10:53:28.791-05:002011-12-03T10:53:28.791-05:00Billy, Leslie, and TRUTH, we understand why Bachma...Billy, Leslie, and TRUTH, we understand why Bachmann appeals to certain fundamentalists. She gets down to their level of paranoia and ignorance and cultivates an "us against them" attitude.<br /><br />TRUTH, do you know anything about this Illinois state legislator:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Biss" rel="nofollow">Daniel Biss?</a><br /><br /><br />I had the pleasure of seeing his brother, Jonathan, perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4 yesterday at Boston Symphony. Last spring I saw Jonathan perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5.<br /><br />What talented people the Biss are!<br /><br />I was amazed to read Daniel's background (Harvard and MIT grad in mathematics) and learn that he went into politics!<br /><br />Daniel is a Democrat! That makes me feel somewhat more positive about the level of intelligence in our politicians.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-32724472566660536082011-12-03T10:25:42.334-05:002011-12-03T10:25:42.334-05:00You're right on Leslie. I reconnected with an...You're right on Leslie. I reconnected with an old high school buddy recently who's also a fundie. His parents especially were real nuts. You couldn't talk any sense at all to these people.<br /><br /> Any form of dissent from what they believed was attacked as blasphemy and threats of hell and banishment from their home.<br /><br /> These nuts had to pray over what kind of dog food they bought. All kinds of crazy shit. And to my knowledge they always had menial, minimum wage or close to it jobs. Yet voted straight republican every time because they beleived democrats had no moral values and wanted to kill babies and take away everyone's gun.<br /><br /> These kooks will convince themselves to beleve any lie no matter how ridiculous if it comes from "one of them."Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-22376019325067276642011-12-03T10:05:35.048-05:002011-12-03T10:05:35.048-05:00I agree 100% with Billy's comment. I live arou...I agree 100% with Billy's comment. I live around nothing but fundamentalists for the most part and, sadly because I love them nevertheless, the majority of my family are fundamentalists. For every reasonable conservative, moderate, or what have you I meet, I run into 25 fundies at least. Moving back to Nashville after over 30 years in Denver has been total culture shock<br /><br />I find them, without exception, to be mercenary, mean-spirited, hate-filled, paranoid, vindictive, close minded, and ignorant as all hell. Without exception. Oh, I said that already.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-86393442943225682292011-12-02T23:35:09.764-05:002011-12-02T23:35:09.764-05:00" BP - ...it took about 5 minutes listening t..." BP - ...it took about 5 minutes listening to bachman to figure out she's a mean spirited vindictive bitch. as are most fundamentalist christians."<br /><br />I get the point about Bachmann and your somewhat justified thoughts about her.<br /><br />I'm just curious as to how you arrive at the closing part of your statement. Fundamentalist Christians certainly are opinionated {who isn't?}, and true to their beliefs as well {who isn't?} But to classify the majority as you did? It is a stretch.<br /><br />BTW, I am not a fundamentalist Christian.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-87047687935133721452011-12-02T20:46:37.229-05:002011-12-02T20:46:37.229-05:00as a moderate observer from another country i can ...as a moderate observer from another country i can tell you that it took about 5 minutes listening to bachman to figure out she's a mean spirited vindictive bitch. as are most fundamentalist christians.billy pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128876723713271131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-81185033409287549742011-12-02T15:10:22.341-05:002011-12-02T15:10:22.341-05:00"Michele Bachmann is an embarrassment."
...<i>"Michele Bachmann is an embarrassment."</i><br /><br />Indeed she is. So was George W. Bush, yet he not only got appointed, he got "re-elected" after people had already seen four years of his perversity, shallowness and incompetence, and the rampant corruption in his administration and among congressional Republicans.<br /><br />Somehow, Danforth toughed all that out. Go figure.<br /><br />As for Bachmann and those of her ilk on education, evolution and such, her attitude is no surprise. When all you know and care about is politics, about winning and wielding power, facts and truth mean nothing. Inconvenient science is easily dismissed. Just as bad, science is placed on an equal plane with faith-based theories.S.W. Andersonhttp://ohpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-69021427928909877592011-12-02T11:43:39.289-05:002011-12-02T11:43:39.289-05:00At least Krauthammer, whom I rarely agree with, ha...At least Krauthammer, whom I rarely agree with, has come out in a column today and called the field weak.<br /><br />All we need now is for the rest of what was once a national party with some honor, to do the same and get real with the American people.<br /><br />Really, any candidate who thinks people like Cain and Trump belong anywhere the Oval Office is not worthy of consideration.<br /><br />Any party who refuses to address and denounce this type of silliness, and remains silent, must be seen to agree with silliness.<br /><br />That is, after all, the GOP standard for judging others, isn't it?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-85355555250733371652011-12-01T23:34:10.581-05:002011-12-01T23:34:10.581-05:00RN: “ The point is the choice of your words may p...RN: “<i> The point is the choice of your words may play well with the left. I suspect it does little to get the attention of the ones you are attempting to "influence", like the moderates and reasonable conservatives.</i>”<br /><br />Les,<br />Please accept my apologies with the over-the-top word choice. I understand how you feel, and it would certainly annoy me if the roles were reversed. All I am saying is that grassroots Republicans should put more pressure on their leadership to field more viable candidates with wider voter appeal.<br /><br />Write to Chairman Rancid Priebus and let him know how unhappy you are. Perhaps you can circulate a questionnaire to help the party come up with the purrfect <b>designer candidate</b> based on qualifications, experience, poise, hair color, shoe size, and choice of makeup artist. Once you query the rank and file, perhaps your ideal candidate may be <a href="http://weird-websites.info/Ugly-People/worlds-ugliest-man-top-10-ugly-men-on-the-planet.htm" rel="nofollow">this</a>, or maybe even <a href="http://www.dangerouscreation.com/2011/11/who-is-the-worlds-ugliest-man/ugly2-2/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-82602245969692873532011-12-01T22:59:40.029-05:002011-12-01T22:59:40.029-05:00Sounds exactly like something that represents Isla...Sounds exactly like something that represents Islam as well. Just substitute Allah and bingo, there it is again.<br /><br />Which is why religion, which is man/women inspired (as opposed to spirituality) is dangerous. At the end of the day religion, like statist government is all about power. Which is to say control over your fellow man/women.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-68526081057509170212011-12-01T20:43:03.493-05:002011-12-01T20:43:03.493-05:00From Crooks and Liars:
"Even though Michele ...<a href="http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/michele-bachmanns-dominionist-endorsement-d" rel="nofollow">From Crooks and Liars:</a><br /><br />"Even though Michele Bachmann's viability as a candidate is almost nil, what she stands for is important, since Rick Perry and Sarah Palin are also high-profile members of the dominionist movement. Dr. George Grant is the chancellor and founder of New College Franklin in Tennessee. New College Franklin is a small, private Christian university with big dreams. <br /><br />Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibility to reclaim the land for Jesus Christ-to have dominion in the civil structures, just as in every other aspect of life and godliness.<br /> <br />But it is dominion that we are after. Not just a voice.<br /> <br />It is dominion we are after. Not just influence.<br /> <br />It is dominion we are after. Not just equal time.<br /> <br />It is dominion we are after.<br /> <br />World conquest. That's what Christ has commissioned us to accomplish. We must win the world with the power of the Gospel. And we must never settle for anything less.<br /> <br />If Jesus Christ is indeed Lord, as the Bible says, and if our commission is to bring the land into subjection to His Lordship, as the Bible says, then all our activities, all our witnessing, all our preaching, all our craftsmanship, all our stewardship, and all our political action will aim at nothing short of that sacred purpose.<br /> <br />Thus, Christian politics has as its primary intent the conquest of the land - of men, families, institutions, bureaucracies, courts, and governments for the Kingdom of Christ. It is to reinstitute the authority of God's Word as supreme over all judgments, over all legislation, over all declarations, constitutions, and confederations.<br /> <br />Rarely have I seen such a straightforward statement of dominionism. By the way, it is such a radical theology and political stance that many politicians running for office run away from these types. John McCain embraced, then rejected John Hagee in 2008, and now Bachmann has removed the reference to Grant's endorsement from her campaign website, too."Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-63697886118082526172011-12-01T18:37:16.516-05:002011-12-01T18:37:16.516-05:00Yes I read what moderate conservatives like Frum a...Yes I read what moderate conservatives like Frum are saying. I stand by my statements in prior comment. <br /><br />BTW, I like your "intelligence challenged candidates" euphemism for the truth.<br /><br />That's why I am supporting Ron Paul. Who I am sure in the minds of the liberals, as opposed to libertarians, is the least of the republican "evils."Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-72011396736047706802011-12-01T13:58:36.644-05:002011-12-01T13:58:36.644-05:00Dave, that link you posted also has this quote fro...Dave, that link you posted also has this quote from Bachmann on vice presidential choices she'd consider:<br /><br />"We've got a lot of wonderful candidates who would fit that bill," Bachmann said during an interview on Fox News. "Easily comes to mind I think would be Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. Marco Rubio of Florida certainly would be in that category. There's a lot of great people out there. <b>And Donald Trump is someone that I think a lot of people would be intrigued with, too."</b><br /><br />Doesn't Michele know that Donald is too busy gathering information from the investigators he sent to Hawaii to prove that Mr. Obama's birth certificate is a fake? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blckpwk1voQ" rel="nofollow">Did she forget how he unequivocally stated that he cannot believe what his investigators were finding, that we all would be amazed at what those investigators found.</a> <br /><br />That was how many months ago?<br /><br />Why hasn't Donald shown us this unbelievable evidence he speaks of?<br /><br />Yes, Michele, Donald certainly is "intriguing,"--in the way we would be intrigued by hamster doing cartwheels on an elephant's trunk.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-32590281702127294822011-12-01T13:40:02.481-05:002011-12-01T13:40:02.481-05:00"...like the moderates and reasonable conserv..."...like the moderates and reasonable conservatives."<br /><br />RN, the moderates and reasonable conservatives agree with me. Don't you read Frum, Douthat, Parker, Brooks? They ARE appalled, and they don't use euphemisms to cover up the ugly fact that the GOP has allowed a group of intelligence-challenged candidates to represent the Party of Lincoln. <br /><br />I'm not a Republican, but even I am offended that Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Palin, O'Donnell, Walsh, West, etc. represent the party. Gingrich and Romney may possess some intellect, but they've corrupted what little they have in order to pander to the low-information voters in the GOP.<br /><br />Someone once said that Newt Gingrich is a stupid man's idea of what a smart man sounds like.<br /><br />And Romney has changed his position on every major issue. Every single one.<br /><br />I have no expectation to convince the extremists in the GOP who support the likes of Bachmann, Perry, and Cain of anything. <br /><br />The fact that they support these types of candidates proves they are incapable of making any sort of rational judgement based on facts.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-16524202492809546992011-12-01T13:28:58.309-05:002011-12-01T13:28:58.309-05:00RN, while his choice of words may be over the top,...RN, while his choice of words may be over the top, Octo has an 8 point slam dunk on this one.<br /><br />It was not too long ago that the right/conservatives/GOP/pre Tea party folks branded candidate Barack Obama as unqualified to be president.<br /><br />Yet as this group of candidates moves forward, we see GOP coalitions leaving behind previously held positions to support those with whom they disagree [Gingrich and Cain], support people who change their positions to deal with situations [I believe the GOP has called this flip flopping in the past], and defend those who double down on stupid statements [Bachmann].<br /><br />Tell us, how can a party, and a block of voters be taken seriously when this is what they are foisting on us?<br /><br />I think the last Democratic primary had 5 sitting Senators, 2 former Senators, 1 Representative, 2 former governors, and 1 sitting Governor.<br /><br />A majority of these folks had serious foreign policy and administrative experience. A case could be made that we got the least qualified of them all, but he seems head and shoulders above the group the GOP has out front now.<br /><br />Here's a great question for the right... SHould we believe GOP Leaders when they publicly state that they are happy with this crop of weak candidates, or are they not telling the truth because it is too painful?<br /><br />You tell me.<br /><br />Here's the Bachmann double down link which we all knew we'd be seeing today... just like her revolutionary war comment...<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/01/michele-bachmann-iran-embassy_n_1122956.htmlDave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-81095582520338297382011-12-01T13:03:38.274-05:002011-12-01T13:03:38.274-05:00Uninformed. ill informed, driven by mystical or my...Uninformed. ill informed, driven by mystical or mythological religious dogma or doctrine as pronounced by man, one who has decided that faith "science" is a reasoned as science based in reason and documented facts, could probably come up with a bunch more if I had time.<br /><br />The point is the choice of your words may play well with the left. I suspect it does little to get the attention of the ones you are attempting to "influence", like the moderates and reasonable conservatives.<br /><br />Just MHO.<br /><br />I'll check it out. Although I haven't change anything.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-71840652409489555972011-12-01T12:56:53.122-05:002011-12-01T12:56:53.122-05:00RN,
If I were in your shoes (glad I am not for rea...RN,<br />If I were in your shoes (glad I am not for reasons other than you think - I have 8 appendages), but if I were in your shoes, I would be offended that my party's reputation has been sullied by the exceptionally low quality of candidates. This is where tribal politics distorts objectivity to the point of unreality. Party loyalty blinds people to the damage being done. At no point in the history of this country has there ever been a clown show of this magnitude: Grossly under qualified (Perry), flagrant flip flopper (Mittens), serial groper (Cain), character disordered megalomaniac (Gingrich), and the Queen of Preen (Michelle Munchkin). If I were in your shoes, I'd be mad as hell.<br /><br />Fortunately, some of us are not your shoes. We just sit back and laugh.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-26177750585462220232011-12-01T12:35:39.261-05:002011-12-01T12:35:39.261-05:00Shaw, maybe RN should be scared... I am.
This is ...Shaw, maybe RN should be scared... I am.<br /><br />This is my favorite line from your post...<br /><br />"So I think the best thing to do is to let all scientific facts on the table, and let students decide."<br /><br />Since when did facts become something you can pick and choose to believe?<br /><br />You know, come to think of, I just don't think we can trust those scientists that claim the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Can we?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.com