tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post4736421086741531035..comments2024-03-28T19:41:30.115-04:00Comments on the daily howler: STARTING TOMORROW! The wages of division!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89302011862907242532023-02-07T10:32:12.785-05:002023-02-07T10:32:12.785-05:00Oh, don’t kid yourself, it’s the exact same spirit...Oh, don’t kid yourself, it’s the exact same spirit.<br /><br />It’s “a pox on your house”. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-21791855974193732542023-02-07T09:51:47.449-05:002023-02-07T09:51:47.449-05:00Cecelia couldn’t look more foolish if she tried.
...Cecelia couldn’t look more foolish if she tried. <br /><br />An organized conspiracy to take down the Almighty Blogger Bob Somerby, with his 10 readers?<br /><br />And then compare that to Boebert, a US Representative with powerful allies and media behind her, trying to destroy the President of the United States. <br /><br />Mmmk. <br /><br />I’m beginning to think Cecelia may not be all there. <br />mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49346238877591079652023-02-07T09:32:59.343-05:002023-02-07T09:32:59.343-05:00@3:47 tells a bunch of lies and then claims "...@3:47 tells a bunch of lies and then claims "the spirit is the same". This is where believing Somerby gets you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61599599395076124272023-02-07T08:33:47.525-05:002023-02-07T08:33:47.525-05:00Like many on the Right, Boebert finds Biden's ...Like many on the Right, Boebert finds Biden's lowest unemployment rate in over 5 decades to be unforgivable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70058569538710162302023-02-07T03:47:45.787-05:002023-02-07T03:47:45.787-05:00Anonymouse 9:55pm, 10:05pm, the war anonymices wag...Anonymouse 9:55pm, 10:05pm, the war anonymices wage here is a political operation. It’s organized and it’s focused. It has the militancy of a crusade and the dark obsession and quest for control of a coven. <br /><br />You are no different from Rep. Boebert. You are one of a feather. Only she uses Psalm 109 to curse our country”s leader (in direct opposition to the commandment of Christ) and you direct your fanatical hatred into a psy op against a misbehaving blogger whose words on unhelpful rhetoric trigger you into bile spattered character assaults. <br /><br />The spirit is the same. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2193919318375319112023-02-06T22:47:09.234-05:002023-02-06T22:47:09.234-05:00I don't need to "invent" anecdotes. ...I don't need to "invent" anecdotes. Here is one fresh from today's news, that illustrates the same lack of empathy I described from my youth:<br /><br />"Speaking to a church audience, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) told the crowd to pray for Joe Biden: "May his days be few and another take his office.”<br /><br />It isn't the first time she's made such a "prayer." She's been using the line "may his days be few" since 2022, when she spoke to the Charis Christian Center Family Camp Meeting in Colorado."<br /><br />Who prays for the president to die and still calls herself a Christian? You tell me, Cecelia, she's one of yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22520626967877778562023-02-06T22:07:35.646-05:002023-02-06T22:07:35.646-05:00I suspect that this is the step that George Santos...I suspect that this is the step that George Santos skipped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4818073452344834782023-02-06T22:05:41.560-05:002023-02-06T22:05:41.560-05:00Cecelia, here is one of my projects. I donate mone...Cecelia, here is one of my projects. I donate money every month to Berea College. It is a well-regarded university in Kentucky that accepts hard-working, motivated students from poor, disadvantaged, largely Appalachian families. It provides a four-year education for free, provided the student can show the willingness to work hard toward specific goals.<br /><br />Why this school? I figure that one major reason why Southerners and rural people vote Republican and are susceptible to Trump and politicians like him is that they are ignorant, smart but poorly educated. Providing an education to those who otherwise might be in Trump's demographic strikes me as both a compassionate and effective way of siphoning off votes from Republican grifters. Anyone who is interested in helping me with this project, is welcome to google Berea college, go to their webpage and click on donate.<br /><br />Note that this is a Southern school with no program of indoctrination and no political affiliation. I am confident that education, in and of itself, will help young people see the light about what is good in our country and what is destructive. I have faith in youth, hard work and knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29497930971589397062023-02-06T21:55:53.840-05:002023-02-06T21:55:53.840-05:00There was a saying in the 60s that "If you ar...There was a saying in the 60s that "If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem."<br /><br />I object to people like you, Cecelia, and Somerby, to the extent that you obstruct the efforts of others to improve life on this planet for ALL of its inhabitants. Somerby is activelty doing that, with his attempts to confuse readers and mislead them into watching Tucker Carlson and voting Republican. Your obvious intent is to help him in that effort. You both spread disinformation. And that makes this world worse and hurts other people. You should both stop doing this, go find a useful project (such as helping out at a food bank or volunteering at your local school) and stop enabling the forces of ignorance and greed. You and Somerby are one of my projects. I have quite a few others, because my values dictate that I leave the world a better place and help those who I can during my journey. I doubt that is your philosophy. I know it isn't Somerby's.<br /><br />Somerby and perhaps you will call this virtue signaling, but whether I am having any impact or not on anyone's life is between me and my conscience. I could tell you what I've done -- you could tell me I am making it all up and there is no way to verify -- you would remain unchanged and I would have wasted some time. Virtue signaling that helps no one is a waste of time. Virtue signaling that actually helps people is virtue, not just signaling. Virtue that is visible to others may inspire those others to do some good work themselves. That's why I've never understood why "virtue signaling" is a bad thing. But since the Republicans invented that term, I assume it is just something for them to snigger at, and doesn't have to make sense, any more than the term "woke" does or politically correct (which started with a different meaning) or any of the other derogatory terms that right wingers invent specifically to hurt people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85658175725420197602023-02-06T21:44:09.962-05:002023-02-06T21:44:09.962-05:00David, the term "state of the union" tra...David, the term "state of the union" traditionally refers to the United States of America, the union of colonies that became states after our revolution and the adoption of our Constitution as a new nation. It does not refer to the country. The term "Union" referred to the states that remained united after the secession of the confederate states. <br /><br />Ensuring that the government cannot function properly by interfering with the free exercise of our democracy as described in our constitution is an action of sedition in my opinion. It is sabotage. If you, or anyone else, wishes that the government perform fewer functions or do so in a less active manner, there are procedures for passing laws and formulating procedures to change how our government currently works. Undermining our legal system, courts, and executive branch through other means is illegal and immoral and shows hostility toward both our union and the citizens of our various states. <br /><br />There may be disagreement within our nation, but we have ways of resolving conflict arising from disagreement that do not involve violence, sedition, or sabotage. Stay on the right side of the law, David.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18406599868628034032023-02-06T19:42:41.998-05:002023-02-06T19:42:41.998-05:00Goody. Goody. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78729206555183503322023-02-06T19:37:12.901-05:002023-02-06T19:37:12.901-05:00You must feel it an outrage that your Bobworld has...You must feel it an outrage that your Bobworld has to contend with Bobcritics. The horror! But hey, that’s life, Cecelia. <br /><br />And we plan to keep coming at you. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72545255203006290472023-02-06T19:32:38.531-05:002023-02-06T19:32:38.531-05:00anonymouse 6:39pm and mh, I sympathize with you. I...anonymouse 6:39pm and mh, I sympathize with you. I also feel empathy for you, I really do. <br /><br />It should be enough that your world has to contend with Bob. That alone, reveals a less than compassionate universe in all its stark awfulness. But no, there’s the existence of heinous political contrarians, some of whom enjoy Bob’s company and then, worse yet, there’s even people claiming to be liberal who enjoy Bob too! <br /><br />It’s a shame. An outrage. It’s an injustice. It’s just one more dismaying disappointment of a gazillion dismaying disappointments you deeply compassionate and good hearted anonymices have experienced all your lives. <br /><br />I plan to keep that coming. <br /><br /><br /><br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-18266242378534235922023-02-06T18:43:42.211-05:002023-02-06T18:43:42.211-05:00Cecelia, if you truly show callous disregard for o...Cecelia, if you truly show callous disregard for others, then I would think less of you as a person. You’re free to be as callous as you please, and I and others are free to hold you in contempt. It isn’t thought control .. it’s just a response to you. mhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937133532381705347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-55631705567149528592023-02-06T18:39:12.727-05:002023-02-06T18:39:12.727-05:00Cecelia, I was here posting real-life comments mad...Cecelia, I was here posting real-life comments made by conservatives over on their blogs about the attack on Pelosi. They were just as awful as what I experienced myself in high school when Kennedy died. Conservatives are awful people when it comes to empathy for those in trouble. It is their defining characteristic. It is why they vote to cut medicaid and SNAP and to support brutality in the justice system (except when applied to 1/6 convicted criminals), and to harm the environment by extinguishing endangered species and to let our planet become uninhabitable. No empathy for others, coupled with greed and self-interest. There are no good decent people who don't feel animus for these horrible qualities, which seem to be a source of pride for conservatives. <br /><br />I am here to point out that Somerby is a member of your team, not ours. Look what he does today. He is busily arguing that young children should be used as pawns in political posturing by Republicans, even when it harms their developmental needs. Whatta guy! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87127461567971242532023-02-06T18:34:10.672-05:002023-02-06T18:34:10.672-05:00"the state of America’s union is disunion. To..."the state of America’s union is disunion. To see that, he will need only turn around to find a Republican House speaker seated behind him, determined to block his every move."<br /><br />The state of the union is not the same a the state of the GOVERNMENT. It's the state of the COUNTRY. A government that can't do too much may be good for the country. There is already too much government IMO.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61848668429174749022023-02-06T17:14:04.444-05:002023-02-06T17:14:04.444-05:004:07,
They only let Maddow get away with it becaus...4:07,<br />They only let Maddow get away with it because she freed the slaves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44269751474538130512023-02-06T16:07:23.887-05:002023-02-06T16:07:23.887-05:00Maddow's wife was arrested for saddling lambs....Maddow's wife was arrested for saddling lambs. She put a saddle on one of her lambs, fed it laughing gas and rode it a local convenience store to buy Slim Jim's. They were both drunk out of their minds.<br /><br />Notice, Bob glosses over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-66943124561625139462023-02-06T15:23:44.029-05:002023-02-06T15:23:44.029-05:00The same reason anyone is upset about the balloon....The same reason anyone is upset about the balloon. To own the libs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90110613679400205172023-02-06T15:03:08.031-05:002023-02-06T15:03:08.031-05:00About that balloon: I don't understand why the...About that balloon: I don't understand why the Chinese were angry when we shot it down. By then, they had lost control over it and had no hope of recovering it. So what difference did it make to them when we shot it down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84959606332093624962023-02-06T15:00:45.892-05:002023-02-06T15:00:45.892-05:00Wait, wasn't it something about giving lambs l...Wait, wasn't it something about giving lambs laughing gas or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61740966793551747892023-02-06T14:56:13.527-05:002023-02-06T14:56:13.527-05:00Had George W Bush completed the work on the Nation...Had George W Bush completed the work on the National Debt Bill Clinton had started I would be forced to see the US differently . Had he used the Military with discretion and intelligence, I would be forced to see the US differently. Had he taken a vigorous approach to hard work the office requires and thus averted any domestic disasters, I would be forced to view the US differently. Had his party supported his ideas on immigration, and they were effective, I would be forced to view the US differently. <br /> None of this happened, and the Republican sunk even further into foolishness, bent on a partisanship that now can fairly be termed deranged. <br /> To Bob, who knows all this damned well but really only wants to jeer at damned Yankees, it’s all a matter of “tribes” and you are not permitted to decide anything based of facts. Bob is stupid and lost. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64141065556938750192023-02-06T14:53:25.011-05:002023-02-06T14:53:25.011-05:00Anonymouse 12:06pm, well, you’re here keeping up t...Anonymouse 12:06pm, well, you’re here keeping up the work of the angels via recollections of convenient anecdotes and insulting the character of people who don’t think as they should think.. <br /><br />Be absolutely certain to read every word from Somerby and from me. <br /><br />Your animus may be the reason that you keep on ticking. <br /><br /><br /><br />Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162272807640653299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9375432260766660162023-02-06T14:48:49.948-05:002023-02-06T14:48:49.948-05:00Digby claims she eats raw mallards.Digby claims she eats raw mallards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63869274373318853172023-02-06T14:05:02.190-05:002023-02-06T14:05:02.190-05:00I'm suspect of anyone who could still be a Rep...I'm suspect of anyone who could still be a Republican after the year 2000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com