tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post5629501132584425248..comments2023-10-22T02:35:41.216-07:00Comments on Citizen K.: It's Only Castles BurningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-69998835470501334932010-05-05T12:29:46.675-07:002010-05-05T12:29:46.675-07:00Why, indeed, should the family you wrote about hav...Why, indeed, should the family you wrote about have to go through such tragedies? And they are the only ones who can claim that they are not immigrants.<br /><br />Why do we have so many outright stupid people? To me, conservatism is a selfish policy. <br /><br />As for BP picking up the full cost of the other tragedy; don't hold your breath. Or, as they say, when pigs fly.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-67885024491761615372010-05-05T11:11:06.826-07:002010-05-05T11:11:06.826-07:00http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/05-2http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/05-2Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-33411611543228099712010-05-05T08:27:52.219-07:002010-05-05T08:27:52.219-07:00Rasta: I hope that happens. The country badly need...<b>Rasta</b>: I hope that happens. The country badly needs a vigorous liberal voice on the Court.<br /><br /><b>RZ:</b> I don't share your view of Obama on health care, but will get to that in a later post. <br /><br />Energy nationalization is vital to energy independence (which is vita to national security), but I fear that the industry lobby is too entrenched for that to happen in the absence of a crisis that exceeds the Wall St meltdown in magnitude.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-79892527512182304702010-05-05T07:59:46.041-07:002010-05-05T07:59:46.041-07:00Nationalize the oil Corps.
We send our military ...Nationalize the oil Corps.<br /> <br />We send our military over seas to die, while protecting their assets, and profits.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-31711784436562019432010-05-05T07:49:20.122-07:002010-05-05T07:49:20.122-07:00Thanks to everyone for your concern, anger, and co...Thanks to everyone for your concern, anger, and comments.<br /><br /><b>C:</b> I'm afraid that that will be an all too true way of looking at it.<br /><br /><b>TD:</b> Agreed: Once something hits close to home, attitudes change in a hurry. I don't know why it takes that, though.<br /><br /><b>RZ:</b> Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) says that offshore drilling is dead. Personally, I doubt it. There will be a big hue and cry, time will pass, and the energy interests will prevail.<br /><br /><b>Roy:</b> Neil has been a fave of mine for 40 years. He had a terrific run in the 70s, and has put out more than his share of good music since.<br /><br /><b>DC:</b> The historic absence of empathy in this country is sad. I suspect that it traces back to racial and ethnic differences, but make that point and conservatives hop on you from every direction. Which likely proves the point.<br /><br /><b>Ren:</b> Your view of Israel and Palestine surprises me, at least from an American perspective. It's a key to the Muslim political world's perception of the United States.<br /><br /><b>NM:</b> The video is a treasure. I stumbled across it while looking for something else. There's nothing like serendipity!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-2566804176338514422010-05-05T01:12:03.304-07:002010-05-05T01:12:03.304-07:00Very sad story about the young man, I hope the tre...Very sad story about the young man, I hope the treatment is successful.<br /><br />always liked that Neil Young songnursemyrahttp://nursemyra.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-89558484999355809452010-05-04T20:16:09.824-07:002010-05-04T20:16:09.824-07:00I thought the healthcare part of your post, was qu...I thought the healthcare part of your post, was quite powerful.<br /><br />The Bush administration softened the safety requirements on oil drilling offshore.<br /><br />At the same time Norway has oil drilling offshore, but doesn't have spills. The oil industry is nationalized, and safety equipment is payed for by the government. It has safeguards, the US doesn't.<br /><br />I don't post much on Israel/Palestine. Overall it's a sideshow.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-8554241614342768822010-05-04T16:48:17.392-07:002010-05-04T16:48:17.392-07:00"I'm going to guess that said people have..."I'm going to guess that said people have never actually been faced with paying such a cost themselves."<br /><br />you are so right -- these are the same people who are judges and let drunk drivers go, who complain when the govt helps flood victims etc,<br /><br />this is the MOST SELFISH country on the planet - when a family gives so much - like losing a child in battle - and then cannot get help in return from the country that it gave to - well i have no wordsDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-50601989824819812392010-05-04T13:31:31.251-07:002010-05-04T13:31:31.251-07:00What that young man's family is going through ...What that young man's family is going through is an obscenity. <br /><br />I heard Professor Mearsheimer talk about this on the Diane Rehm show last week. He makes a lot of sense. <br /><br />Ah, good ol' Neil! Another one of the gods of my youth. And a much more insightful, sensitive, and poetic songwriter than Dylan ever even <i>thought</i> of being!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-81181668801955595632010-05-04T13:18:05.555-07:002010-05-04T13:18:05.555-07:00am looking forward to an unapologetic liberal to r...am looking forward to an unapologetic liberal to replace stevens on the bench, this with holding of treatment needs to join the dustbin with jim crow laws and prohibitionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-77530449229318230162010-05-04T11:11:59.661-07:002010-05-04T11:11:59.661-07:00Mean while the American Kleptocracy continues.
Ob...Mean while the American Kleptocracy continues. <br />Obama must stop all off shore oil drilling, period. <br />In his 2008 campaign he was against it, now he is for it. <br />How many more campaign promises will this republocrat go back on. <br />He was never for single payer HC. <br />He is center-right, not even center-left. <br />Dems must hold his feet to the fire on something, sooner or later.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-30217061470021348202010-05-04T11:00:42.474-07:002010-05-04T11:00:42.474-07:00I feel it is barbaric what this family is going th...I feel it is barbaric what this family is going through -- no one in this country should have to fundraise to pay for medical care. Other countries provide good health care - it's not a magical thing, after all. Once someone SEES a situation like this, they tend to "get" the necessity of national health care. And after seeing the devastation of the oil leak on the Gulf, our Govenator has changed his mind about drilling off of California's coast. Could Obama be next?Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-45857359913975429892010-05-04T10:31:39.225-07:002010-05-04T10:31:39.225-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Susanna Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171292385713491199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-53642659959503185972010-05-04T09:22:44.796-07:002010-05-04T09:22:44.796-07:00As several mothers have remarked regarding BP'...As several mothers have remarked regarding BP's statement that it will pay for the mess it made:<br /><br />"Yeah. My ex-husband and father of my children also promised he'd pay child support."<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.com