RappCity

Does anyone else think that Bush nominated that first chump just so it wouldn't look so bad when he went for this guy?

You guys just can't believe the fact that Bush has been able to put TWO of his people on the SC. You'll make up any excuse just to cry about it. Just think, Bush may be able to get a third one before he's out. Wouldn't that just frost your ass.

Oh, let me guess. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is just peachy-keen in your world. I'm sure. Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda. Get over it. Go listen to NPR and get some sleep.

Ted in Hyannisport:

Thanks for the input.
I agree that Bush's FIRST choice was meant to be someone, "Destined to lose" in the Supreme Court race first..JUST so he could then say, "Hey, OK, then try this on for size," for the second round picks.

Smart move....and no doubt not a thought of his own (Impossible). Smart of Karl Rove we should say. :>

Bryfry:

Your logic is beyond my comprehension (and I am even educated)... so I actually applaud your totally, committed, right field "Agenda"(a position in baseball that not many want) for what it simply is: Partisan...for men who want women, "in their place everywhere."
This is no doubt affecting your overall "American" logic.

"We Guys" (lol), who care about AMERICA and even YOUR little rights (despite your protests against getting help you don't even know you need ... YET....), are not crying and frosting.... we just meant to try and keep America the place it was and is meant to be.

Let me hear from you again when you become a woman threatened with female circumcision and a forced birth by a rapist.
Have a nice day. :)

JC/RappCity

BryFry:

Let me add to what I said:

In case this web site (or Rush Limbaugh) are your ONLY sources of news and information...(I say that because Conservative demagogues have probably convinced those who listen that fiction is often truth), that Bush has NOT yet, "been able to put TWO of his people on the SC."

Alito has yet to be confirmed.

His nomination has been challenged by ALL Democrats in committee....and has yet to even reach the floor for a full vote; where he may actully lose.

READ...it's good for you! :)

JC/Rappcity

Would reading alone quell this irrational fear run riot?

Alito is definitely mainstream. I am confused as to why some people are even unwilling to let prominent Democrats reason with them about the senseless fear mongering attached to this nominee.

I still haven't figured out why Kennedy didn't question Alito on how he would vote if Cape Wind ended up at the Supreme Court.

Peter and Drew; I bet you'd love us to live under more MALE rule...in a land of the invisible burka. If Alito is mainstream; then who needs him. We need men or women of exceptional character and thought. Not a mealy mouthed right-winged (psuesdo-mainstream) parrot; who's little wife does a big boo-hoo behind him for the cameras. I'm tired of self-centered, greedy boys. Our governing body is is beginning to read like "Lord Of the Flies". Soooooo tighten your seat belts boys...because if you don't e-mail a negative vote for this BOY (Alito)...your going to be in for a very bumpy ride.

Yes, it is "Lord of the Flies" and "Animal Farm" all over again. Only this is real life and this is what is happening in America where we used to feel a freedom of choice, we no longer have one. Freedom of choice is an illusion. We talk about war in the middle east as the most imminent and frightening thing but to my mind it is the revolution in this country that is going to take place. The Conservative right-wingers sit back all smug while they ooze their way toward totalitarianism but I think they should not be so quick with their pronouncements... revolution is coming!

Magical...I hope the revolution comes to Barnstable as well. They seem to have taken a page out of "Bush's Playbook".

Visit www.capecodliving.blogspot.com and Bugsy for particulars on how this skin game is played.

Will do Mav, and thank you!

Cap't Jack, I love it!!!

Nice try JC. Just my personal take on the matter. Assuming who I am is dumb. As for Alito, nit-picking my comment won't help the fact he will be put in place. You and John Kerry need to hold hands and sing "Cum By Ya". That might help.

As for Rush, I don't listen to that blowhard. He's to the right as Teddy K. is to the left. I'm more of a Howie Carr and Jay Severin even though Jay is a bit outlandish, I like him. You see, I'm the dangerous vote. I can go either way. I'm unenrolled. I like people on both sides of the fence. I have no dog in THIS fight but I just wanted to get YOUR fur up.

Drew's right. This in nothing but fear mongering by the Libs. Let me know how that works out for you in the '08 election. Who's your choice in '08? This should be good.

Cape Gal,

Is accusing people you have never met in your life of sexism your idea of "exceptional character and thought?"

Peter:

Yes, Alito may be confirmed Tuesday (sadly for our nation), but, he is not there yet as I pointed out.

Hopefully the end of an era will happen when the Bush "Dynasty" ends, and common sense will once more return to this great nation.

It may take ten or fifteen years to get the courts balanced again, but, that is a good GOAL for many who have ignored the present condition (which allowed this President in the back door) to rally around.

And, as for this "whining" word.....the only time I ever hear it is from Republicans ..who have also "flip-flopped" lately more than Peter Rabbit.

Drew:

If Alito is mainstream, then Pat Robertson is a Jew. :)

Have a nice day fella's. LTNS. :)

JC

C. Thhomas:

Although we here on the Cape are very concerned (on both sides) about Cape Wind ....I think you may be jerking my chain here with your question about Kennedy asking about Cape Wind on a national judicial level.
I think War, Women and Civil rights need to come first. Energy next.
Thanks for stopping by. :)
JC

CapeGal:

Great analogy to LORD OF THE FLIES (LOTF). Although I doubt many of the younger guys here have ever read it (Tip for those who prefer Cliff Notes and movie versions: The original is much better than the remake).

This country, along with many of the countries we are having problems with seem to all be suffering from this LOTF young male syndrome.

History and psychology both show that when left to their own devices, boys become uncivilized bullies who revert to animalistic reality. This included attacks on women (just check out a war zone and see that the good guys and the bad guys have traditionally ended up both raping all the women as "spoils of war)."

The reason "organized" religion has been so successful (ALL of the organized religions) is that it punishes and ostracizes these behaviors and tries hard to keep a thin layer of civilization on top of young male agressiveness.

But, as a reward, in "sub" civilized countries (again as shown in history and current events) religious fanatacism always tries to subjugate women.

We all need to, "pray" that America does not let itself be carried away by young male religious fantatics ....because.... in the end. ...they usually signify crumbling cultures.

JC/RappCity

JC I LOVE your posts! Rock on!

Magical Eye:

Ahhhh.... Animal farm. :)
"Napoleon the Pig" is certainly alive and well.
There is no doubt that Orwell was one of the most prophetic minds of modern times.
He saw things in ways that make Nostradamus look like a side show performer!

1984 may have turned out to be 2006 ..... but it was a pretty darned good observation of things to come back in his time frame. BIG BROTHER is here and Totalitarianism is most definately around the corner if we don't, "wise up."

The Right Wing's biggest business is Propaganda and the demonization of all those who oppose their strict, fascist looking future.

As you know, many ultra-right wingers have been laying in wait for the big "Revolution"..."Race War" for more than a decade already.

And then what?
The BLUE eyed kids versus the BROWN and GREEN eyed kids (remember that classroom psychology experiment on social behavior?)

Let's hope we get a (To use a Bush Sr. line), "Kinder, gentler," revolution than that.

Thanks for the kind words too. :)

JC/RappCity

I loved that classroom experiment. Thanks for reminding me!

I'm not sure how our our primitive monkey, male brains could have comprehended "Lord of the Flies" all of those years ago. Maybe the gun fire at the shooting range just made it difficult to concentrate? It was hard to read, hold my seat while four-wheeling in the monster truck, and wave my rebel flag at the same time...

bryfry:

I don't consider comments on your right wing observations, "nit-picking," especially after your comments about "frosting my ass," then insulting the one woman on the Supreme Court, and ending your tirade with juvenile Seinfeld lines such as, "Yadda, Yadda, Yadda."

Now you insult our Senator, and promote a jerk like Howie Carr (who, often has to be called on handing out wrong facts on the air...then admits he, may have overlooked a detail or two).

As for you being a "dangerous" vote and just getting my, "fur up" (how clever), you haven't. :)
I too am not a member of any politcal party.
I go, "Both ways" politcally too.

However, in the last EIGHT years it has been an easy choice for me to choose anything NOT related to the Republicans because, as I see it, the Conservatives have hijacked the Grand Old Party (GOP) and infused it with a religious, fanatical, oftentimes irrational sense of entitlement ... in wanting to run everyone's lives according to THEIR religious ideolgoies and philosophies.
The HELL with Freedom and the Constitution. There's no place for that.
These people have been leading their followers like "lemmings" to the water to drown ...and will end up drowning us all!
Bush is creating a national JONESTOWN and the Kool-Aid is being served!

Bashing Kerry, Kennedy and Hillary is just what it is. Bashing.
It serves no purpose other than to bully people.
Bush has done more damage to this country than all three of the above could do if they formed a trio and bought a tour bus!

This country could use another Republican President like Dwight Eisenhower (Who, incidentally, warned the country as he left office to look out for the, "Military, Industrial Complex," that was already emerging).
I liked ike! He was the President of ALL Americans!

My choice for the NEXT election?
I would vote Republican in a second if Thomas Kean (former Governor of NJ and head of the 911 committee) ran for President!
But, sadly, he is too intelligent, not good looking enough, and speaks the truth.
ALL qualities that keep the best people out of the Oval office.

Sadly, Mitt Romney, the EMPTY SUIT with great hair will probably be a front runner.

JC/RappCity

Drew:

I never mentioned monkey brains ..... I was talking about human male brains.

But, if the shoe fits ....(while driving your four-wheeling....monster truck while waving a rebel flag), I say it's yours Cinderfella.

JC/RappCity

JC,

Most of your rant against W. is fine with me. But, at one point you simply go too far. Whether you choose to believe it or not there are millions of Americans who do not believe abortion is morally right but who do not at the same time support any of the atrocities committed against women you cite as being "not much different." Some of us refrain from public milirancy or political activities in behalf of the reversing of Roe v Wade, believing instead that the best way for us to prevent abortion is to be active in our own private lives and those of our families and friends in such a way as to encourage acceptance of our views.

If that attitude makes me one of the conservatives you so liberally judge and attack, so be it. Having read your rant several times I can honestly say that what you think of me is of no consequence at all.

Drew...I'm not looking to be appointed to the Supreme Court. My mind nor the way I have lived my life arn't strong enough to support such an important job...sooooo, I can imply what I may...and you can leave it alone or personalize it. As my Dad would say..usually the guilty get defensive when you use the phrase...I BET YOU'D....and aren't you clever to swing from the main gist of my comments...to focus on yourself! as I said...."Lord Of the Flies"

What's good for the goose is not for the gander? Come on. The Libs will do exactly the same thing when given a chance. They also expect me to follow them around and drink their drink. I don't need to be led around by the nose and told how to live my life. Both sides will do it and to say one is better is foolish.

I guess my "tirade" and "juvenile remarks" just make you that much better. Woe is me for being such a low-brow. Get over yourself. The "frosting" thing was nothing more that a figure of speech. As for "insulting", that's a stretch. If I pick on any of "your" political heroes it is somehow wrong, but conversely you exonerate yourself if you do it. Oh, the humanity!

Even though I'm unenrolled, I do have conservative leanings. You on the other hand may be unenrolled, but you are the poster child for Libs everywhere.

I do like your pick for '08. He's a good man. Just not a front runner. I myself like McCain on the right and Gov. Bill Richardson on the left. Romney...no way.

BTW, I have an original "I Like Ike" button if you want to buy it. On second thought, nah.

JC...RIGHT ON! I was for Ike, switched during the JFK years, grew up and voted on ideas vs parties ever since.

Love your ability to share your thoughts in such an eloquent manner.

Please don't throw us all under the bus. Some guys can see past their....

Have a great day.

Cape Gal,

I was responding to your addressing me directly by name: "PETER and DREW; I bet you'd love us to live under more MALE rule."

Perhaps your Dad would have done all of us a favor had he taught you proper manners.

I see nothing wrong with Cape Gal's manners. Except of course from your obviously male chauvinist point of view Cape Gal should sit there like a nice young lady and keep her opinions to her self. Gto news for you DRew... we EARNED the right to vote a while back!

Magical,

Your taste for perpetuating attack mode on Cape Cod Today shows no abating.

This has nothing to do with expecting "Cape Gal" to keep her opinions to herself (unless they are baseless accusations of sexism). Heck, I allow my child bride to scrub the toilets AND work a full-time job! That should count for something, shouldn't it?

A simple question for Dona Tracy: is it rude to make baseless accusations against people who you have never met, and have no possible way of making such a judgement about?

A yes or no answer will suffice.

I think the man, Drew Bryden, who writes "Heck, I allow my child bride to scrub the toilets AND work a full-time job!" can answer that better than I.

LOL!!! Thank you for supporting my point! Making baseless accusations against people you have no possible way of knowing anything about is obnoxious. You have come unglued W O M A N!

Y'all crazy writing your real names in here. Maybe I'm a little biased from being on AOL, but if any of you upset the wrong person, they could easily turn up on your doorstep, armed.

I was going to murder that dastardly Peter, but I can't find "Porcupine" anywhere in the phone book. Everyone I ask points me towards western Massachusetts.

Drew...you are known thru your words...

Peter you are a man of just prickly comments. Alito is a poor choice to make...He is just to mainstream (average.)

Mopo, I think that was Drew's point when he posted to my name and disrespected my ID.

Great Gadfly:

I do agree that many Americans think abortion is, "not morally right," as you say. And, everyone IS entitled to that opinion ... in my book.
That is FREEDOM. :)
Being active in your private life...and the use of "encouragement" rather than force to make your opinions heard, and/or to change minds, is admirable in my opinion.
Choice is all we are really talking about here.

So if you think I am, "ranting' against all Conservative thought, let me just set the record straight that I am only against FORCING conservative opinions on people, in the form of Conservative LAWS.

It's like going back to the Puritan Age...considered "Golden" now by many on the religious right, but rather "harsh" by the spirits of those who were HUNG for not following majority rule and, perhaps, smoking on the sabbath, or having sex before marriage.

My "rants" (if you insist on calling my opposition to the Bush White House that word), are the kind of, "rants" that, in the past 100 years have gotten: The right to vote for women.
Let out of wedlock babies get "Illegitimate" removed from their birth certificates.
Passed civil right rights laws that forced the south to let black people vote and use "white only" facilities.
Stopped a stupid and illegal war in Vietnam (and got rid of a lying, insane President).
And even changed the law to include FATHERS time off from work to be with their newborn babies.

These "rants" helped Margaret Sanger make bail when she got arested, over and over, while passing out just information about simple "birth control" (at the turn of the last century).
Even TALKING about, but especially educating women on birth control was considered morally reprehensible and was actually AGAINST THE LAW.

Thank God for the feminists marching (and the many men who marched alongside them), who changed those insane laws and finally allowed women ... as well as men ... to buy a simple condom!

I do not attack Conservatives. I attack only the Conservatives that want to legalize their own moral opinions on what FREE Americans should do.

I agree with you that most people, when seeing atrocities to women around the world (including a thriving slave trade of young girls right here in the United States), are against it in principle.
But, as an old saying says: "If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem."

You, sir, seem to be a Conservative in the true sense of the word, and not a fanatic looking to foist your view on others.
I applaud and respect you for that.

I hope that clarifies my position for you.

Thanks for writing.

JCRapp/RappCity

JC,

Thank you for the bridge. I was responding to your comparisons. "Like" is a four letter word at times. Breaking the world down into bite-sized junks such as liberal and conservative is self-deception. The founding fathers, on paper, were liberals in the sense that they declared that all men had inalienable rights...but many were slave owners and all failed to grant in their original documents equal rights to non-whites and women. Self-interest knows no party boundaries. Sure, Nixon was a liar and a destroyer of personal rights, but LBJ escalated Vietnam into a nightmare, while at the same time having the political skills and will to fund the great UNFUNDED JFK initiatives in civil rights. Go figure. Nixon gave us the EPA and OSHA. Go figure. Government, thy name is paradox. For all their public posturing about their efforts in behalf of women, look at how Teddy and Bill Clinton treat them in their personal lives. Hillary was a member of the Walmart board; look at how Walmart treats its employees and foreign labor. Life is far more complicated than liberal/conservative.

Bryfry:

Goose and Gander. Interesting choice of words. :)

Whether you believe this or not, the mainstream (I emphasize that word) Liberal agenda is to give YOU many freedoms.

I don't want to disillusion you (oops maybe too late), but it is the Conservative Republicans (who used to call for LESS government) that are the ones that are looking to, "make you drink the drink."
They want to "legislate" your life....in the very way they used to criticize the Democrats. More laws... More restrictions. Less freedoms.

They want to look into your bedroom, listen to your phone calls and monitor your email.
They want to tell you how to use your body (Watch men jump on the liberal bandwagon when the Religious Right starts telling men they need to be "sterilized," if they don't have the "right stuff" (shades of Germany).
If you think this Fascist/Totalitarianism is impossible in America, think again.
It is possible ANYWHERE in the world that religion and government or dictators join forces.

I have no problem with you picking on any political people.
But the same rants.....(your words) over and over....about the same people...who are not even in power....loses something, when there are no facts...just emotions and total devotion to the opposition...right or wrong.

Most of you folks here are quite capable of making your own choices..... I just hope you read up on both sides of issues...and hear all sides...before just taking the party stance as dished out by insane radio talk show hosts.

If I seem "Liberal" to you, perhaps that is because you are too conservative to see anything but the conservative party line.
I am always open to new ideas ...as opposed to those (by the very definition of the word conservative) who would rather stand still or go backwards to a "better time."
Better time? Geeeeez....
To me the best time was right before Bush!
We all had some money, gas was cheaper, food was not out of reach of the poor and we did not OWE money to the Chinese and the Saudi's!

At least we agree on Romney. :)
How he became our Governor is still a mystery to me. Were people sleeping at the wheel?

Ike was a good guy!

JCRapp/RappCity

Maverick:

Thanks for the nice words.
Your name alone tells me you are a FREE thinker.
Everyone here is more than entitled to opinions.
THAT is one of my "Liberal" beliefs (along with allowing "Romeo and Juliet" and other great works of literature NOT to be removed from public libraries by the right wing).

Thanks for stopping by.
JCRapp/RappCity


Mopo:

Nice to see you.
Hope your holidays were good ones.

JCRapp/RappCity

JC,

It was the "Right stuff" remark that caught my attention. Aren't you aware that it was the Clinton adminstration's federalized education plan that called for an evaluation of every student to determine if a student merits a high school diploma by virtue of having the "correct attitude?"

There is a toxic notion creeping across the land that one party wants to enslave while the other wenats to liberate. In fact, both parties want to enforce their ideas and ideals on everyone. Both sides believe in government control of all. By today's standards, as applied the extreme wings of both parties Barry Goldwater would not be conservative enough nor Lenin liberal enough. Liberal courts compel all to recognize 'rights' the courts create and conservative courts wonder aloud if any rights are 'inalienable'. Gore still weeps for the Florida election mess, but was part of an administration that forbad the counting of 50,000 absentee ballots from U.S. troops stationed oversees. Liberals decry the courts deciding that election, but it was they who went to court in the first place.Crazy!

JC, ROCK on! You are so on target. And so appreciated.

Gadfly:

Yes, the Founding fathers did have some flaws.. ;>
But, overall, they did a heck of a good job drawing up that document!

I agree with you that self-interest in intra-party.
Nixon might have meant well...but, I think he lost his mind somewhere around 1969.
He did play a decent piano. :)

I further agree that LBJ (another Texan lol), although getting us caught in Asian quicksand, DID also paid attention to some domestic matters of great importance (civil rights).

Bill and Ted's "Bogus Behavior" with women signifies personal weakness, but, despite that, both men did and do care about this country...and its civil liberties with a passion I find lacking in many others these days.

From what I can tell from history, MOST of our presidents had mistresses.
Some just never got caught. wink ... wink...
That's not to say it is just a male thing either.
I udnerstand Eleanor got around too. ;>
A lot of our first ladies very often just liked to drink.

As for Hillary:
Walmart is an Arkansas based business. She was the wife of the two time Governor.
Althougb some of her businesss background may be a little shady, it is about as bad as Martha Stewart taking that stock tip and lying. I think she made a 100,000 on that whitewater thing.
What have Bush and his buddies made? What about brother Neil Bush, who almost bankrupted this country in the 80's and never went to jail (although he is a drug addict now).

The world may be close to ending from Corporate Raiders, War Mongers, International Arms Dealers....and radical religious zealots .........BUT...if we still find time to villify Hillary Clinton, Barbra Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even Barbara Stresisand...
I think there may be a PATTERN there. :)

Thanks for writing.

JCRapp/RappCity

To ALL:

If you sign your names.....expect to be answered by those names.
If you sign JOHN....expect people to address you as JOHN.

I would just like to take this time to say, as did our esteemed EDITOR, that these pages are meant for comment and discussion ...including debate and even disagreements ...BUT..in a civilized, adult manner.

Even when we use humor to criticize each other ...that is fine.

But outright bad will.... and personal attacks...will not be tolerated....and if it continues...I hate to say that this Freedom Fighter might close the board.
I have, already in the past, as you know, removed any posts with profanity.

I am leaving on a business trip in an hour.

So, please play nice y'all until I can get back online.

Thanks for coming to read my blog... and I'll see you in a day or two.

JCRapp/RappCity

JC,

I did not mention Streissand. As for the others, that's a good start on the A list of what's wrong with America. You could add to it Falwell and his ilk, Limbaugh, Don McKeague, Alito and so many more from all sides. In my opinion, when guys such as Teddy and Bill talk the talk they should also walk the walk. It is easy to be a public supporter of what we all know to be right when one also knows that he has no intention of honoring his political posturing in his private life nor does one feel there is any authority to compel such decent conduct. Teddy did get away with Chappy and Bill did escape expulsion for perjury. Hillary did profit from shady deals that she would never have been invited to join if hubby had not been governor and Wallmart does screw its employees by the tens of thousands...yet we are expected to believe she is an advocate for the little guy. That's like teling me Falwell is righteous or Pat Robertson is fair-minded. Thieves and liars all. Aux Armes!

Alito is a poor choice. I went online and looked at about 30 cases that he rendered judgements on; and I believe that he is NOT mainstream. He is so far to the right that he makes Pat Robertson look sane with his last remarks. Plus the thing that really bothers me is that he is frequently bumping heads with other judges; and believes his take is always the best. He selsom considers any other point of view than his own That's very scary....very self-centered...(plus he's a close aquainteance of the elder Bush besides George. Why don't we just give them all crowns and sceptres and give up the Republic.Sad day when a Republican no longer cares about out Republic way of governing.

After watching this world for the past year...I have to say that I am no longer a registered Republican; I'm ashamed of the mess the leaders of the past decade have done to it! I'm not going Democratic either....they are just as bad; forgotten how to be a party also....just a bunch of very sick folks; never mind being morally bankrupt. Alito is just another face of nothing...nothing to stick our grand children with....a mockery of fair mindedness. I'm going to be an Independent voter and vote the man, as there are'nt ant political parties left.

Wayne, for the first time in my voting life I registered as a Democrat... up until then I voted across party lines. But the Republican party has gone so far the right that I can no longer recognize them as the party I once knew. And As far as I can see the Democratic party seems to have gone to the right as well.... leaving the liberals to be the Democratic party. But I have always voted for what I considered to be the best man for the job...now it seems to be a vote for the lesser of the two evils.

I have landed at my destination and shall respond to some letters by Wed.
Nice to see bright comments.....and no fighting. :)
JC

Meye,

Sweet suffering Jesus, woman, that spider bite must have been a beauty. Register as as a democrat? Next thing you'll be telling us how wonderful Hillary is and gee, wouldn't it be great if she an Oprah ran on the same ticket. I am going to get the biggest hammer I can find!

You know GG, I didn't think much of Hillary as a First Lady but I think she is a great NY Senator. Just hammer me! ;)

PS. And yes I would vote for her as President! Get that hammer away from me GG... I was just kidding on the just hammer me remark. :)

Come back JC! We are missing you here. :)

All:

I am on the road. It's been hard to take the time to hook up the laptop and write. But TY for all the comments.

Let me say this, reflecting on what I see here since my departure:

Hillary bashing is a popular sport for most men. And notice that most of the negative comments ARE from men...not women.

This goes very far in PROVING my point that this, "woman bashing" includes ALL women that don't vote the Republican/Christian/Right Wing/White American Male way!

Right now, in the USA, a famous or politically connected woman can do 1/10th the bad things her male counterparts do...and get 10 times more flack for it.
And even when they do NOT do anything bad (Oprah, Streisand), they are considered obnoxious...BUT, only by most Conservative men and a few of the women that love them (or are afraid of them).

Having written in this space as long as I have now, I am SURE I will now start receiving comments from new readers with anonymous "unknown female screen names." LOL.
Don't bother. A waste of everyone's time when we all know the truth.

I thought I had covered all of the women the men in America hated in my last two comments..(Clinton, Bader, Boxer, Pelosi and Streisand), but, must admit that Gadfly's tossing Oprah into the mix only solidifies my point: Men are scared of strong women and so they VILLIFY them.

Grow up fellas!

JC/RappCity

All:

As for Justice Alito:

Another sad day in Mudville.

Have you all been watching our country sliding down the tubes lately?

Greenspan is gone...and a guy still wet behind the ears is taking over ... JUST as we are going to enter what COULD be the worst recession in 30 years! Bush could have picked worse I suppose, but, let's all cross our fingers...

And, Bush just approved another 450 BILLION bucks for the war last week in his new budget....as homeowners face higher interest rates and foreclosure and hundreds of thousands of jobs are being lost (Ford etc.).

Saudi Arabia now owns SIX per cent of this country. Did you know that?
And we owe China about two TRILLION bucks (all since Bush took office).
We borrow millions of dollars a day from China ..A DAY ...and their interest is paid off partly by trade and goods we MUST accept from them (putting our own economy further in crisis because of cheaper labor from China).

When the people we borrow from start calling in their loans (as they will in the next few years as they lean on us for things)this country will fall in a way that might seem like the Depression years again.
Inflated home prices will drop like rockets to begin with...and kiss all those 401K's and any pension plans you have elft a final good bye.
(It might be a good idea to be looking at gold and platinum for the next 15 years or so).

And guess what?
If a Democrat gets elected President..and is in office, he MIGHT have to raise taxes (if you want to be able to drive on a highway, send kids to school, give those oil companies and farmers their subsidies, pay our NATIONOL DEBT (which would lower your interest rates) etc., or possibly even afford milk or eggs!

It's TYPICAL of the Republicans to run the economy into the ground for the average worker, while their friends make fortunes and their supporters make big profits (from Nixon to Reagan to the Bushes) ....and then leave to let the Dems clean up the mess by having no options but to raise taxes.
Happens all the time...

And as soon as the Dems DO fix the economy, the right wing starts their religious rants again .... or a new war starts gettting planned ...and the Repubs start running back for the office on the old platform of, "No more taxes, let's bring back those moral values issues again and hate anyone who is not with us, and let's have another war!"

In some ways I hope (since the Supreme court is now turned backwards anyway) that a Republican wins when Bush steps down.....just so he or she can be stuck with the mess Dubya is gonna leave us!

Might be fun to watch McCain, Romney, Rice or whomever raise our taxes.

Got the game down yet?

JC/RappCity

Couldn't agree with you more JC. Strong women are scarey to these guys. Had a good run in with it myself on these blogs. The little bully's like to attack by whatever means they choose but they reduce themselves to crybabies when someone (a strong woman) hits back.

I third the motion! We are climbing in numbers gals, have you noticed. They can't deny it since we have all experienced the tongue lashing of the ugly oppressors and right winged extremists on this site.

Great blog, JC, I can't believe I missed it.

I'm torn between Mitt and Hillary. I like Mitt, but I'm afraid he's too much of the male dominated right-wingers that I loathe so much. If Hillary could get elected, it would be like Bill would have a second chance, no?

With the Clinton's running the country again, it could only get better. Another round of the extremist right-wings would mean more dead American soldiers, or severely injured (missing arms & legs, I've seen some gruesome footage, poor guys) an end to my middle-class status along with thousands of others, staggering numbers of homelessness and chronically ill who are denied income, healthcare and dignity.

My vote's for Hillary. Tax those rich so the poor can survive and the middle-class will restabilize.

Oh, and the false scare of the supposed nerve gas at the Capitol? I believe it was intentional.

cont. I believe the nerve gas scare was intentionally set to continue the spiral of out of control fearful state of mind we are constantly forced into by those in power.

I watched the senate on C-Span, majority condemning the appointment of Judge Alito. I also watched the speeches of Jimmy Carter and other's who justly speak their mind against George Bush.

Bush and Co., don't like to be criticized and they try to keep us all in fear so we don't raise up and create a much needed revolution.

JC, when I watched the Michael Moore movie Fahreinheit 911, it was made clear that the Saudi's already own an large interest in this country due to the cozy relationship George and George have created and maintained over the years. It's getting really scary out there people, save your pennies, and love your families and may God be with you. We are in for a miserable ride.

Crusader:

Thank you for the kind words.
I am not myself a Romney fan (I actually consider him an,"Empty Suit," but his hair may win him some votes.

As for Hillary:
She might actually make a decent President(although NO Liberal will be acceptable to right wing fanatics ..even if they have war medals, experienced leadership abilities, vision, heart and love of country).
What Hillary made on Whitewater was about 100,000 dollars. AND..it has NEVER been proven it was illegal...or she would have been prosecuted.

But there are a few reasons the, "FAITHFUL" (to Bush) will continue to Bash Hillary (and other Liberals).

One, it is hard for them to admit that this current administration has been an abysmal failure. To pull away from the party would be seen as actually admitting Bush and his buddies did NOT make it work!
The economy is in the basement (interest rates go up again next week), jobs are going overseas(Republican party "good job" stats are usually based on numbers tallied around Christmas and when school is out...so part time jobs abound at minimun wage).
The gas and Oil companies made RECORD fortunes this year while people died waiting for doctors and medicine and for help from Hurricane devastation.
Michael Brown (EX FEMA director "Brownie") cried on TV this week as he begged for forgiveness and admitted that no one knew what they were doing. He bashed Bush!


The second reason is: Greed.
The Liberals will always try and balance the budget and try to reduce the National Debt.
Many right wing conservatives who are busy moralizing and fighting Gay Marriage are usually too busy with that (they count on it) to pay enough attention to the money matters.....as long as their taxes don't rise.
Hell, water and gas can rise 4 fold...food can triple...housing can jump 300%....but..they got back 300 bucks last year!
THOSE faux issues like gay marriage are created to keep most undeducated people busy so they never learn the importance of say, NOT owing other countries (Can you say ARABIA and CHINA?)money.

Yes, the Dems (not all Liberals) will try and find ways to offer better medical care to those in need, try and fix a broken public school system (Gee George..great job on, "No Child Left Behind," you just left the schools behind.

MONEY is the real issue...and it saddends me to see, for instance a poor religious couple, or a hard working blue collar family in a rural area or middle class neighborhood be fooled into thinking that two gay people getting married is more important than their health care and ability to fend for themselves financially. OR more important than their ever eroding civil rights.
And..they may never know if their kids don't get a good education!

Bush even OK'd spending cuts for the PLUMES and pollution cleanup at OTIS last month ...and in a very devious way.
Rather than spend money to finally FIX the long standing contaminant problem....Bush's environmental guys just raised the level that it takes for PCB's in WATER to be considered dangerous.
The new PCB level that is allowed is now TWENTY times higher than it was a month ago (Cape Cod Times...Boston Globe).
Let's all toast Mr. Bush with some nice fresh ground water from the base.
Morality? Ha! This is the most crooked administration in history!

Again, as for Hillary:
The word on the street (The propaganda I should say) is that it would be a waste to vote for her.
"Gee...I would like to vote for her, but everyone tells me she can't win."

BOY are these guys the best since Germany in the 30's?

JCRapp/RappCity

Mr. Porcupine:

I understand that trained wasps (as in bugs) will soon be used to detect those bogus chemical and nerve gas scares very soon.
An interesting approach.

I wish they could also train them to sniff out bogus politicians.

What's your Conservative opinion on Bush insisting on giving our Sea Ports over to the United Arab Emerites to run?

JCRapp/RappCity