gdp's Comments

Big Hollywood : LIES

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:47:43 +0000

Never let the facts get in your way! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statement...

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:09:59 +0000

Oh good, no more of that irritating buzzing noise. As to being ordinary, yes, I suppose it must be pretty tame, compared with the glamor and prestige of being a gullible twit who believes that everything she hears on Fox 'News' is true, and acts accordingly.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:27:43 +0000

Apparently you can't tell that I'm signed up. Of course, all the indications are there, but hey - they could be forgeries. Or secret messages from Mars. Or a vast conspiracy. But don't worry, your tinfoil hat will make everything clear to you. And please, save your "respect" for someone (anyone?) who might mistake it for something worthwhile.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:30 +0000

The perfect summation! "Duh! I was mocking you, or him, or whomever." Don't let the Duh hit you on the way out.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:24 +0000

Were you as DISrespectful of President Bush?

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:05:37 +0000

When has Mrs. Obama ever given any indication of latent "whitey meltdown" tendencies? Do you yourself have "Jew meltdowns" or "Asian meltdowns" or "Catholic meltdowns"? Just askin'. Now let's see, the Bush administration decided that torture was okay as AMERICAN policy, that Iraq was "Mission Accomplished" in 2003, that deregulation and wild speculation were okay so long as their cronies got rich, and that any of their misdeeds that were even close to being investigated were suddenly "matters of national security." He didn't include the cost of the Iraq war in the budget, rather disguising it as a big "special appropriation" every year. He was all in favor of secret prisons, and of sending prisoners of war to countries where it was KNOWN they'd be tortured, often to death. "Bills of insanity," anyone? I'd say that's rather a far cry from telling kids to stay in school and work hard, and it certainly is a record of judgement that deserves some heavy scrutiny.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:18:40 +0000

Obviously, "education and literacy" is out, as per the present, um, discussion. Though it would be fun to see some of the hysterics' take on any "mental health" initiative she might advocate ("I don't need the first lady to tell ME to be sane, the government should stay out of sanity!"). Family issues? Please. Just imagine. There isn't one thing on your list that wouldn't be attacked, pilloried, and decried to the heavens if either Obama said anything in favor of it.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:58:26 +0000

"Sat where you sit" doesn't mean in the same chairs, the same buildings, or even the same educational system. It means that students were students 250 years ago, just like they are now, with their entire futures ahead of them and lessons to be learned. And some of them went on to be founding fathers and great contributors to the nation, and others sat on their butts and whined and found fault with everything the achievers did. Things haven't changed much, have they?

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:53:31 +0000

... says the ANONYMOUS TalkAmerican ...

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:47:21 +0000

When there's such an outpouring of outrage over "stay in school, work hard, be nice", can you imagine what would happen if we had "students learning how government is SUPPOSED to work"? You'd hear the shrieks of "Government isn't supposed to do ANYTHING except pay my welfare check and Mom's Medicare and Dad's VA insurance and pave the highways within a mile of my house" from three continents away.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:38:19 +0000

Oh, you mean the BUSH stimulus bill? You can read all about it here (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/13/bush.stimu... and anywhere else you care to look.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:34:07 +0000

And what, exactly, kind of "project" could she come up with that you wouldn't violently object to? Come on, now, think about it. If she decided to save puppies, the wingnuts would be screaming that she values animals more than people. If she wanted to preserve wilderness areas (preserve = conserve, which should be a conservative IDEAL), they'd be all up in arms about communists denying the loggers jobs. After all, look, her husband (the president!) can't even urge kids to stay in school and work hard without shrieks from the nitwit fringe.

Big Hollywood : Mr. President Goes Back to School: A Controversial Issue?

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:30:52 +0000

To say nothing of editing the Harvard Law Review, being a professor of constitutional law for twelve years, and being a senator from Illinois for three years. No hard work or responsibility? Aggie, what HAVE you been smoking?