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Jim wrote on Sep 2, 2008 12:55 PM:
HA..I am in..beer and a big screen...deal. And yes the right can be self righteous to the point where many conservatives are embarrassed by what they say. Still, it is a thorn in my side when I say something that the left does not agree with and immediately I must not be "educated" or I must not "understand" or "care." I beg to differ.
To One More wrote on Sep 2, 2008 9:21 AM:
“Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan,”
“Democrats released those vicious dogs and fire hoses on blacks”
“Democrats blocked the minimum wage passed by Republicans.”
-All stated by MLK Jr.
“Democrats released those vicious dogs and fire hoses on blacks”
“Democrats blocked the minimum wage passed by Republicans.”
-All stated by MLK Jr.
Thomas wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:14 AM:
Well, if someone wants to continue Grorge W Bush and the GOP's economic and moral bankrupting of our once great nation, then voting for Democrats probably is not such a good idea.
McCain is definitely the right type of muddled and regressive leader for those voters fearful of any thoughtful change, since he will definitely stay this downward course that years of following Republican policy has set us on.
McCain is definitely the right type of muddled and regressive leader for those voters fearful of any thoughtful change, since he will definitely stay this downward course that years of following Republican policy has set us on.
to jim wrote on Aug 22, 2008 8:49 PM:
I agree to a degree. But Republicans don't ever come off as self-righteous? They've got a several broadcast networks devoted to "I'm right. Therefore, you most be a traitor/heathen/idiot/criminal/elitist/[plug your insult in here]". Some even advertise themselves as news stations. Isn't that being "smug"?
It's long overdue for everyone to judge each issue on its merit and, if possible, try to understand the rationale, wrong or right, used in how they got to that point.
Everyone should be thinking more for themselves instead of regurgitating cable or talk-radio agitators' blather. This world would be a much better place. Good luck (really!).
In the mean time, Jim, let's go out with Dr Fugwae and get a beer/coffee/soda and watch a game on big screen.
It's long overdue for everyone to judge each issue on its merit and, if possible, try to understand the rationale, wrong or right, used in how they got to that point.
Everyone should be thinking more for themselves instead of regurgitating cable or talk-radio agitators' blather. This world would be a much better place. Good luck (really!).
In the mean time, Jim, let's go out with Dr Fugwae and get a beer/coffee/soda and watch a game on big screen.
Jim wrote on Aug 22, 2008 2:21 PM:
Dr. Fug..."sensitivity for human rights, a respect for the brotherhood of man, and a true love of freedom" are not traits owned by liberals alone. Your statement demonstrates that your believing that they are is what makes liberals disgusting. Read the posts...how many are say things like "think for yourself" or imply that those who do not agree with them are not "critical thinkers" are condescending in the very least. Liberals like to run around and pat themselves on the back for how "caring" they are, or how much they have "done" for others. This smug attitude is what defines todays liberal and it stinks. Period.
one more last thing wrote on Aug 21, 2008 1:44 PM:
Last Thing,
If you really believe that MLK Jr was a Republican, doesn't that bother other Republicans, several of whom, including McCain, were against a holiday being named after him?
Knowing that MLK Jr was against war and would've abhored tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of programs for children and the poor, it seems unlikely that he would've been, or at least remained, a Republican. According to his family, he was not.
This Republican fable is interesting, but not unusual coming from zealots (as opposed to rational GOP party members) from within the party who will say/fabricate anything.
If you really believe that MLK Jr was a Republican, doesn't that bother other Republicans, several of whom, including McCain, were against a holiday being named after him?
Knowing that MLK Jr was against war and would've abhored tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of programs for children and the poor, it seems unlikely that he would've been, or at least remained, a Republican. According to his family, he was not.
This Republican fable is interesting, but not unusual coming from zealots (as opposed to rational GOP party members) from within the party who will say/fabricate anything.
Last thing wrote on Aug 20, 2008 6:43 PM:
Martin Luther King, Jr was a Republican.
Libby wrote on Aug 13, 2008 11:53 PM:
"I love San Francisco and I will be sure to vote for Obama"
Great, so when are you moving back home?
Great, so when are you moving back home?
You all drank the kool aid. wrote on Aug 13, 2008 1:37 PM:
To quote Howard Zinn
"Governments lie, well they have to lie, because if they didn't they would't be in power anymore"
So think about the next time You start beating your chest for Obama, McCain.. or Mickey Mouse
If you truly think anything will change then.. here drink some more kool aid.
"Governments lie, well they have to lie, because if they didn't they would't be in power anymore"
So think about the next time You start beating your chest for Obama, McCain.. or Mickey Mouse
If you truly think anything will change then.. here drink some more kool aid.
answers wrote on Aug 13, 2008 11:07 AM:
WOW - You didn't give a single example of your statement. McSame, on the other hand, has several examples; being against tax cuts for the rich before being for them; pretending to be pro-choice when he is really against it; pretending to be for alternative energy even though he has skipped every vote for it (and voted against others), etc.
Tax and Spend - Comparing the lack of oversight by the Illinois state government of housing projects to the "Spend and Spend Republicans" who have knowingly sold our country to the Asians, bankrupted our country for our grandchildren, stretched our military to the brink, emptied our treasury into the pockets of mercenaries (KBR, etc.), and shredded our constitution is laughable.
Kennedy Conspiracy - Kennedy started the civil rights legislation that Johnson folowed through with. He was getting ready to pull out of Vietnam at the time he was assassinated (one reason for speculation for his death). Also, read his quote again and try and absorb it this time. He was a liberal, just as he states; not a conservative based on the caricatures branded in your mind.
Tax and Spend - Comparing the lack of oversight by the Illinois state government of housing projects to the "Spend and Spend Republicans" who have knowingly sold our country to the Asians, bankrupted our country for our grandchildren, stretched our military to the brink, emptied our treasury into the pockets of mercenaries (KBR, etc.), and shredded our constitution is laughable.
Kennedy Conspiracy - Kennedy started the civil rights legislation that Johnson folowed through with. He was getting ready to pull out of Vietnam at the time he was assassinated (one reason for speculation for his death). Also, read his quote again and try and absorb it this time. He was a liberal, just as he states; not a conservative based on the caricatures branded in your mind.
Kennedy conspiracy wrote on Aug 13, 2008 9:25 AM:
Kennedy was not a liberal saint who was going to implement policies that would bring America into a new Utopia.
If he was, why wasn't he the hero of Civil Rights?
Why didn't he pull out of Vietnam? Kennedy was MUCH more conservative than todays Democrats. He said, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".
If he was, why wasn't he the hero of Civil Rights?
Why didn't he pull out of Vietnam? Kennedy was MUCH more conservative than todays Democrats. He said, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".
Tax and spend wrote on Aug 13, 2008 7:00 AM:
As a state senator, Barack Obama coauthored an Illinois law creating a new pool of tax credits for developers. As a US senator, he pressed for increased federal subsidies. And as a presidential candidate, he has campaigned on a promise to create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund that could give developers an estimated $500 million a year.
A Globe review found that thousands of apartments across Chicago that had been built with local, state, and federal subsidies - including several hundred in Obama's former district - deteriorated so completely that they were no longer habitable.
A Globe review found that thousands of apartments across Chicago that had been built with local, state, and federal subsidies - including several hundred in Obama's former district - deteriorated so completely that they were no longer habitable.
WOW wrote on Aug 13, 2008 6:57 AM:
All during the primaries, the race was portrayed as a battle between the idealist Barack Obama, and the pragmatic Hillary Clinton.
Then, the moment Obama captured the nomination, all of those precious ideals flew out the window and Obama started shifting his positions farther and faster than Hillary Clinton ever did.
So much for the candidate who was supposed to be a "new kind of politician."
dontvoteobama.net
Then, the moment Obama captured the nomination, all of those precious ideals flew out the window and Obama started shifting his positions farther and faster than Hillary Clinton ever did.
So much for the candidate who was supposed to be a "new kind of politician."
dontvoteobama.net
To DRFUGWAE wrote on Aug 12, 2008 6:31 PM:
I agree with you.
As per John F. Kennedy -
"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
As per John F. Kennedy -
"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
To Ben wrote on Aug 12, 2008 6:27 PM:
Ben,
So let me get your argument straight: you believe that Obama is a Socialist who believes in wealth distribution who will not be working for anyone but the rich, the people whose money he will redistribute to the poor.
It sounds like you got this theory from the same people who say he's both a secret Muslim at the same time as he's a radical Christian.
So let me get your argument straight: you believe that Obama is a Socialist who believes in wealth distribution who will not be working for anyone but the rich, the people whose money he will redistribute to the poor.
It sounds like you got this theory from the same people who say he's both a secret Muslim at the same time as he's a radical Christian.
shiela D wrote on Aug 12, 2008 4:37 PM:
Mr Cook,
Senator Obama has been pretty damn clear about ONLY raising taxes on earners in the top 1-2%. Stop believing every McLame ad you see.
Senator Obama has been pretty damn clear about ONLY raising taxes on earners in the top 1-2%. Stop believing every McLame ad you see.
Ben wrote on Aug 12, 2008 9:35 AM:
Obama's socialist backing goes back at least to 1996, when he received the endorsement of the Chicago branch of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for an Illinois state senate seat. Even though Obama has ‘socialist’ connections in the past, to be able to be where he is in the current system, he’s been totally compromised to be begin with, he will not be working for anyone but the rich.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-international-socialist-connections/
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-international-socialist-connections/
drfugawe wrote on Aug 12, 2008 8:34 AM:
I've never understood the contention that the word, liberal, is a bad word! If sensitivity for human rights, a respect for the brotherhood of man, and a true love of freedom are bad things, then bring 'em on. What's bad about the word?
Thomas wrote on Aug 12, 2008 6:45 AM:
That single cooked-up 'study' is a total crock, BACK IT UP.
For one thing, Senator Sanders is a self-admitted socialist, and he is somehow less liberal than Obama?
As a card carrying Liberal, I'd place Barack about at center of the Democratic Party, or probably even a lttle to the Right of it.
Curiously, the majority of Americans when polled are much more liberal in their public policy positions than most of our elected officials ......... time for change?
For one thing, Senator Sanders is a self-admitted socialist, and he is somehow less liberal than Obama?
As a card carrying Liberal, I'd place Barack about at center of the Democratic Party, or probably even a lttle to the Right of it.
Curiously, the majority of Americans when polled are much more liberal in their public policy positions than most of our elected officials ......... time for change?
Robert wrote on Aug 11, 2008 10:02 PM:
It's the "America's the best country in the world, everywhere else sucks" mentality that we need to change. Ironically, most people who think that way have never stepped outside of our borders. They just cling to their bible and gun, cooped up waiting for the "terrorists to invade."
The other city by the bay wrote on Aug 11, 2008 5:19 PM:
I love San Francisco and I will be sure to vote for Obama. Thanks for the tip!
Bushwhacked wrote on Aug 11, 2008 4:07 PM:
Daniel - where did you get your facts Danny boy..from Fox TV? You are just another misguided person worrying about semantics while they take our country away and squeaze all the profits out for the Oil Companies and the Rich! All the while you're paying over $4 a gallon for oil and the cost of gas is serving as a new TAX (I imagine you don't care for those) on every single item we use every day of the week. You need to remember who gets us in these wars...these conservative idiots my man - people like you! Do you think you can EAT a gun? I resent the fact that our boys & girls have been & will continue to be dying for oil! Just ask yourself this man....how much better off are you today than you were on 9/11/01? If you are not better it is time for a change. Get off the labels Danny boy and face reality! We need to be devoting our taxes to getting those kids home and our tax dollars working to build our collapsing nation: including transportation system, infrastructure etc. Get real!
Clinging to my Bible and guns wrote on Aug 11, 2008 2:27 PM:
"America is the greatest country on earth, help me change it!" - B H Obama
This guys nuts. wrote on Aug 11, 2008 11:26 AM:
I'm a liberal, and I'd love you step into my doorway..just so I can prove how anti gun we liberals really are :)
Back it up wrote on Aug 11, 2008 6:50 AM:
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was the most liberal senator in 2007, according to National Journal's 27th annual vote ratings. The insurgent presidential candidate shifted further to the left last year in the run-up to the primaries, after ranking as the 16th- and 10th-most-liberal during his first two years in the Senate.
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/
http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/
Sane wrote on Aug 9, 2008 7:50 AM:
Tony, as usual your link didn't work to back up your rants!
And BTW nobody feed me anything!
And BTW nobody feed me anything!
Tony wrote on Aug 8, 2008 7:39 AM:
Paid back by Iraq?
With what? The insane profits made on their oil? Sure...
Did you know that Iraq has more than 79 BILLION dollars in a Fed bank in New York?
Do you know that those dollars are not being spent on Iraq rebuilding nor paying the US back for its costs in 'liberating' Iraq?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_surplus
I mention that Obama is being called most liberal senator because thats the talking point you have been fed. When Kerry ran, he was the most liberal. Before him, it was Gore. They paint the picture and you see it as truth. Face it, you say whatever you are told to say via Faux Spews and Hate Radio, you know, the talk that demonizes Democrats and makes it ok to shoot them "but keep two so we remember what can happen" ala Rush Limbaugh...
I abhor a lie and misinformation.
I laugh at those who vote against their own interests and then blame it on the 'liberals'.
With what? The insane profits made on their oil? Sure...
Did you know that Iraq has more than 79 BILLION dollars in a Fed bank in New York?
Do you know that those dollars are not being spent on Iraq rebuilding nor paying the US back for its costs in 'liberating' Iraq?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_surplus
I mention that Obama is being called most liberal senator because thats the talking point you have been fed. When Kerry ran, he was the most liberal. Before him, it was Gore. They paint the picture and you see it as truth. Face it, you say whatever you are told to say via Faux Spews and Hate Radio, you know, the talk that demonizes Democrats and makes it ok to shoot them "but keep two so we remember what can happen" ala Rush Limbaugh...
I abhor a lie and misinformation.
I laugh at those who vote against their own interests and then blame it on the 'liberals'.
DUDE wrote on Aug 7, 2008 3:16 PM:
Daniel Cook, thank you for a well researched and well written letter. It is not often that The World will print truths.
Tony- I think most of the 600 billion will be paid back from Iraqi oil.
If you look at Sen. Obambi's voting record, you WILL see that he has voted most LIBERAL in history. Bragging at the fact that he is MORE Liberal than Pelosi and Kennedy is terrifying to say the least.
Tony- I think most of the 600 billion will be paid back from Iraqi oil.
If you look at Sen. Obambi's voting record, you WILL see that he has voted most LIBERAL in history. Bragging at the fact that he is MORE Liberal than Pelosi and Kennedy is terrifying to say the least.
Tony wrote on Aug 7, 2008 9:55 AM:
What a wack job...do you think for yourself or just vote republican?
Lets count the lies...
"Most liberal Senator..."
Well, last year it was Pelosi, the year before that it was Kennedy. In other words, thats a talking point which has zero proof.
"SF abhors the Military..."
No, they declined to have Armed Forces recruiters on high school campuses. Considering the lies these recruiters tell kids...thats a good call.
"Obama wants to restore a felons right to vote..." I dont know where you got this lie but a Google search and a trip to Obamas' site shows nothing of the sort.
I wont bother with the SF tax lie, you know thats a made up claim...
As to the rest of your worries...
Dude, 600 billion dollars to Iraq...yeah, some one is going to pay for it.
Your children.
Lets count the lies...
"Most liberal Senator..."
Well, last year it was Pelosi, the year before that it was Kennedy. In other words, thats a talking point which has zero proof.
"SF abhors the Military..."
No, they declined to have Armed Forces recruiters on high school campuses. Considering the lies these recruiters tell kids...thats a good call.
"Obama wants to restore a felons right to vote..." I dont know where you got this lie but a Google search and a trip to Obamas' site shows nothing of the sort.
I wont bother with the SF tax lie, you know thats a made up claim...
As to the rest of your worries...
Dude, 600 billion dollars to Iraq...yeah, some one is going to pay for it.
Your children.
Not that theres anything wrong with it wrote on Aug 7, 2008 7:11 AM:
Barack Obama in his own words from "Dreams of My Father":
"In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school.
In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies."
"In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school, two years at a Catholic school.
In the Muslim school, the teacher wrote to tell my mother that I made faces during Koranic studies."
strait talk wrote on Aug 7, 2008 5:45 AM:
Kay, he's right. Many democrats want to "liberalize" America not so much like San Fran. I would say much more like the social European countries regarding health care, education, weak national defense, etc..
Thomas wrote on Aug 6, 2008 5:43 PM:
Well Daniel, at least this election will probably define the demographics of America .......... and lettece spray for the sake of our Founder's Noble Experiment that there are more of us than you.
Kay wrote on Aug 6, 2008 1:38 PM:
Daniel: Bill O'Leilly couldn't have said it better. Oh, my bad, he DID say it better. Perhaps you could try an original thought there.
Conservative Welfare wrote on Aug 6, 2008 11:44 AM:
You managed to use the word "liberal" eight times in your letter. It seems you are afraid that you won't be able to own a gun and that you will have to pay more taxes if Obama is elected.
Maybe you can explain how we will pay for this war on the terrorists??? You want to be safe but, you don't want to pay for it. Talk about entitlements and freeloading!
Maybe you can explain how we will pay for this war on the terrorists??? You want to be safe but, you don't want to pay for it. Talk about entitlements and freeloading!
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