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Hate works both ways

Sorry Jim but I'm gonna have to call you  out  - your most recent two posts are just too close in time and adjacent on my screen at the moment. 

At 0807:

"  I just do not understand why there is so much hate for President Obama. "

And adjacent at 0728:

  " I HATE the blog RedState.Com with a passion.  They are such a right wing hate site."  

Those two aren't exactly equivalent  - you're wondering why so much hatred for a person,  Barack Obama, on one hand while you yourself express hate for a website and by extension for a Party on the other but hate is hate and it's a short trip from hating "something" like redstate.com to hating the people behind it and the people it supports.  

I do agree with you that there is a whole industry and movement out there built on hating Barack Obama and working to bring him down.  An intelligent, thoughful man is seen as a threat and portrayed in the most inflammatory terms the right can dream up. It is beyond reason and does not bring credit on those who have become hate-mongers.  Do they deserve hate in return? Well they sure don't deserve admiration and it is hard to understand the depth of their venom but should we hate the haters? Easy to do but it just raises the rhetoric level another notch and both sides are slinging mud - with everybody diminished.

Better to rise above it - call them out for what they are and what they are doing to civility and honest dialogue but let them have the low road to themselves.  Maybe they'll slide off it and  those who aren't of their persuasion will see them as the shrill bullies they are. 

It used to be just Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity - now they've got competition and fellow travelers. Come to think of it I'm not very fond of Sean Hannity myself. In fact I've probably said I hate him so I need to do some talking to myself on the topic. 

I sure don't like those three and lots more of their ilk but I think I can hold it in and try to not fall into their league and language.  Any true independents  - those who swing elections - will see them for what they are - unreasonable people who aren't nearly as well informed as they think they are and and are following some very flawed leaders and media outlets. Nothing very fair or balanced about their sources. 

 

Why so much hate for President Obama

  I just do not understand why there is so much hate for President Obama. 
I am a liberal Democrat and I am not happy with him. 
But I do not hate Mitt Romney.  In fact I do not even hate Gingrich.  
   I do not understand why the Republicans always are filled with so much hate.
   It was the same with President Bill Clinton.  Before he was elected and running they hated him.   

   I have said it before and I will say it again... The Republican Party reminds me of the old Communist Party of the United States.   They took orders from Moscow.  
   Before World War II the CPUSA had their orders and there orders were hate Germany.  Then the USSR and Germany made a pack.  The next day the CPUSA changed it position and no more hate for Germany.  Then after a few months Hitler attacked the USSR and the orders went out to hate Germany.
   The Republicans Party is just like the Communist.  They have front groups.  They have a party line.  Someone sends out the orders and the party line and everyone just follows right along.

   With President Obama I think there is some racism in the hate but I do not think it is as large a factor as we think.  But sometimes we see it.  When you got people "praying" that he dies I think that has to be mostly racism.
     

     Part of the reason for the hate has to be some very stupid people.  President Obama is not a Communist.  Hell he is not even a Socialist.  You got people saying that Obama is going to turn the United States into Cuba.  Those people have to just plain stupid.  They got to be super stupid.

     The people that send out the party line are not stupid.  They are rich, very rich, and they just want to make sure that they are in control. 

      I fear for the United States.  The right wing hate must stop.  
      I think now that President Obama will be re-elected.   Think how bad the hate will be then for four more years.
     

 

Man do I HATE RedState.Com

Conservative Blog & Conservative News Source for Right of Center Activists | RedState

 

  I HATE the blog RedState.Com with a passion.  They are such a right wing hate site.  They call working men thugs.  They remind me of the publications of the Third Reich and the stuff they published about Jews.
  They are the most vial and sick site.   Everytime I check their site for their current lies and the current party line they make me sick.

   There current post, by Erick Erickson, is "The Perversion of the Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ by the Sinner Barack H. Obama." 

   I think just the title gives you an idea why I hate the site.

 

 

Legs hurting a great deal

  I have been sitting here working on my blogs and installing ScribeFire and it has been a few hours.  I have not put on any compression socks yet.  My legs are hurting worst and normal and sort of throbbing.
  I got a feeling that I am going to have to end up using the compression socks all the time.


  I am using ScribeFire to publish this post to ShowMeBlog.

Futuro Restoring dress socks

  I used the compression socks all day yesterday.  A little hard to get on the foot.  Much harder to get off.
  The socks are 20-30 mm/Hg compression (firm) and they came all the way up to my knees.
  I ordered from Amazon and one pair cost, with shipping, about $14.00 I will put a adv on the left for them when I get time.

  You can sure feel the pressure on your legs.  I have not only swelling but a lot of leg pain.  With the support I did not have the leg pains.  None at all.  But I was aware all the time of the pressure on my legs. 

  I took them off after about 12 hours and went to bed.  It felt nice to have them off.
  After a few hours of sleep.  I never can sleep more than a few hours.  So after almost 4 hours of sleep I woke up.  The swelling in my feet was way down.  But I had the leg pains.  It looks like for sure the socks will do away with the leg pains.

  Later I will try a pair of Pintoli compression sockings. 

  I am trying for this post Qumana Blog Editor.  I do not know why.. Except I like to try new software.

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Duet with donkey Donkeyotee

Uploaded by MoonLitOaksRanch on Jan 16, 2012

I had no idea how our donkey would react beforehand. Please excuse my playing. I was too distracted, LOL!
I bought Donkeyotee when he was a starving 4 and 1/2 month old colt who had been errantly weaned at 2 and 1/2 months of age. My vet didn't think he would make it through that first night. He was skin and bones, his ears drooped down, and he was too weak to take more than a single shuffling step on his own. Reported the previous owner to animal control and they investigated.
He is 8 years old now and very healthy. He makes me smile every day with his antics. You never know what can happen when you help an animal in need.
You can 'friend' "Don Keyotee" on Facebook.
The music book is All for Strings, viola book 2
Music © 1987 Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Used with permission 2012 www.kjos.com

Ben Gazzara dead at 81

“Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director…”

 

Girls with involuntary movement aka mass hysteria

  Am I the only person in the United States that is a big Seinfeld fan?  Remember the episode with George and his “involuntary” arm movement? 
  I think the 11 school girls with Tourette-like tics must have also seen that episode.
 

  When I saw the girls on TV with their tics I was thinking it was a promo for a new Salem witch trial movie. 

  As I watched them I wanted to laugh.
  Now I understand if those are you kids you are going to believe them and being worry about them.  Plus if you are people at the school or medical people you got to look into it. 
  It would be so bad to write off a real sickness.  So you got to check everything and be 100% sure.

  But then you need to take those girls and take a belt to their asses.
  NO NO.. but fucking ground them…   no cell phones, no TV, no games … they need rest in their rooms and work around the house until they turn 18 years of age.
  And if you are a boy stay away from those girls.  Do not date them.  Do not look at them.
 
  If this was the 1600s there would be people in that town that would be arrested for witchcraft.  There would be people in that town that would be hanged because of girls like that.

  You know the first warning bell for me was that it was all girls.  Not one boy.

   Everyone say after me “MASS HYSTERIA.”

Let us not forget false allegations of sexual abuse in the L.A. case

  A second teacher at the L.A. school arrested.   He “fondled” two girls about 7 years of age.  It might be true but could it have been he hugged two girls?  I fear this smells of a witch hunt now.  Plus the charge is that he fondled two girls in the class room and his bail is set at 2 MILLION dollars!  It looks like they are going to make it so he can not defend himself.
  Now the first teacher is guilty as hell.  He needs a high bail but I do think $23 million is to high. 
Right wing Republicans will not agree with me and the born again gang will not agree with me.  But it is funny they support freedom of religion and gun ownership and they bow their heads and hold their hands up to God because those are in the Bill of Rights.  Well the right to bail is in the Bill of Rights.
  Now again.. I am sitting here on my ass in Fort Worth and I have no details on what is going on out in L.A. at the school but for this second guy I do fear false allegations of sexual abuse. 
  If I worked at that school doing anything I would be scared shitless right now.  Mommy and daddy are going to be asking little kids scary questions and what are those little kids going to say? 
  Also I am sure that everyone is putting pressure on the DA and the police.  They are going to be asking questions and looking at everyone.

  My God let us not forget the McMartin case.  That was such a miscarriage of justice that it brings shame to our justice system and to the United States.
  I have seen reports on TV of other cases like it.  One was a small town and a couple of people were charged with sexual abuse of a child or children and before long just about everyone in town was being charged and if you just drove down the highway in the town you might get stopped and charged with child sexual abuse.

  I hope they find anyone guilty out there in L.A.  But I hope they find people that are “guilty.”
If the second teacher is not guilty … Just think how he must feel.  Sitting in jail charged with about the worst thing that you can be charged with and having everyone hating your guts and wanting you dead and your bail is set at two million dollars.

God must be a Democrat!

  Republicans think they own religion and God.  The Republican right wing think that they are on God’s side. 
  They must be pissed right now because it looks like God is a Democrat.
  The unemployment rate is now 8.3%.  
  For five months in a roll the unemployment rate has been falling.   With everything the Republicans could do to de-rail improvements in the economic recovery.  Yes, the Republicans more than anything want to make sure that President Obama does not get a second term.
 

  Most of us are scared and fearful about the economy and want a recovery.  President Bush and the Republican caused all of the current problems that we have and they want to make sure things stay bad.
  You would think the would want things to improve.  Of course the fact is that things never got bad for the one percent.  They hate President Obama but the one percent even with the massive crash are making money hand over fist.  No matter what happens they seem to be protected. 
  They control the system and they make sure they are taken care of at all times.

  It is not just the unemployment rate but job creation is looking good each month.

  Housing is the problem.   Americans have always felt that home ownership was as American as mom and apple pie. 
  Americans would spend to much… They would run up credit card bills and then refinance their homes and get a lot of money and pay off all their credit card bills and buy some big ticket items.  It was great for America.  No so good for them but they were happy.   But when the bottom fell out of the housing market because Wall Street and corporations were fucking with the loans everything went to hell ….for the home owners.. the banks, Wall Street and the 1% got bailed out.  They made money on the deal.
 

  It must hurt to find out that God is not on your side.  It must suck to be an “American” Republican have to pray and work for the United States economy system to fail.
  It looks like it is going to fall to the Republicans in Congress to prevent the economic recovery.  I think they are up to the task even if God is not on their side.

Walmart’s Great Value Lasagna

  Well the Braum’s Lasagna was not bad but not great.  On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 6.  If I had not had a much better tasting frozen lasagna I would have given it a higher rating.
  So far the best frozen lasagna I have had is the Walmart’s Great Value Lasagna.  I would rate it a 9 on the scale of 1 to 10.

  I did a search on the web and found directions on how to make your own “Meaty Cheesy Lasagna.”  I do not have ingredients around here.  I would have to make sure I make a point of getting what I need. 
  We have a big store close by but walking to it takes 15 minutes.  It is a down hill walk.  That is OK but coming back up the hill with a few things, we do not have a car, is a killer.  I feel like I am going to have a heart attack each time.  Sometime I need to walk down to the store with a long list of ingredients and then get a bunch of stuff and call a cab to bring me home.
  There is a small Mexican store close by here.  They have a big meat department.  I am going to have to see if I can find most everything I need over there and start making home made food.

Braum’s Lasagna

  I just put Braum’s Lasagna in the oven.  It has to cook for an hour and 30 minutes.  I think it will be good. Russ and I like lasagna.  I think it cost about $13.00 but I think it will feed four.  I will check and see if Dar and Jimmy want some when it is done.

  I made pork chops last night.  Russ would not eat any.  They were good.  I ate both of them.
I love pork chops.  I love bacon. 

  Well the 80 mg of Furosemide (water pill) is working.  I have more output.  The only problem is I am going all the time.  It is hard to get very far away from the bathroom.  I can not say the swelling is down a lot in my left foot yet.
  I took my first potassium pill today.  I got it down OK.

  I think Amazon will get some of my compression socks here tomorrow.  I will let you know how they work and how they feel.  I got a feeling it is not going to feel good.  I do not even like normal socks.  Of course normal socks cut into my legs big time because of the swelling.

  Back to the lasagna I am going to have soon.  I love the microwave but I cook the lasagna in the oven it is better.  But in the microwave it would be ready in 23 minutes.  In the oven it takes 1 hour and 25 minutes.
  The package says one serving is one cup!  I think I eat two or three cups.  I never measure calories or worry about them.  But one cup is 300 calories.  Are you ready for this?
  One cup of this lasagna is 1320 mg of sodium. 
  
  With that much salt you know it will be good.

  I just got an email from Dar.  She said that she and Jimmy both want some of it.

Video Blog update 02/03/2012

The American Dream : American Airlines Bankruptcy

  The Star-Telegram has an interesting story on the American Airlines Bankruptcy. 

 

“When AMR Corp. announced its plan Wednesday to terminate all four of its employee pension plans, it joined a long line of U.S. employers that have abandoned what was long seen as a birthright of American workers.

In 1980, 84 percent of Americans working for large or midsize private employers were eligible for a traditional pension, known as a defined benefit plan because it promises to pay a specific benefit based on earnings and years of service. By 2010, that was down to 30 percent, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a not-for-profit research organization in Washington, D.C…”

 

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/01/3705574/amr-wants-to-terminate-all-four.html#storylink=cpy

 

  Back when I was young…  A long long time ago… I worked as a welder for a corporation (Hess Trucks).  We made trucks that carried beer, soft drinks and stuff like that.  It was sometime in the 60s I think.  It was a union job of course.  We were UAW members.  The pay was good.  I enjoyed the work.  I did take off my hard hat one time when I was welding under a truck and the workers on top were pounding with sledgehammers and a c-clamp came loose and came down and hit me in the head.  Yes, that is how I became a Democrat.  Hit in the head by a hammer.
  I was in my early 20s then.  The company hired in about five guys and they looked old to me. Very old men.  They all came to work at the same time and all had worked at another company before.  The company they had worked at went out of business.  All of these old guys had been a year or two from retirement age and they all had worked for the company most if not all of their lives.  They lost their company pensions.  They ended up with zero for all those years of work.  They would, of course, get Social Security.

  I remember thinking at the time that it was not right that a person could work for a company and then have them just cancel the pension and say get lost. 
  It looks like after all these years this sort of thing is still happening.
  Thank God for Social Security.
  But we need government regulation in this area and in a lot of areas.  That is one of the reasons for government.