tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3995289980445079960..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: The obscene present participleNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54816524979437646242017-07-31T19:36:02.589-05:002017-07-31T19:36:02.589-05:00I agree that our debased political life is our own...I agree that our debased political life is our own fault. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89900410875840034602017-07-31T16:25:10.318-05:002017-07-31T16:25:10.318-05:00Scaramucci out after 11 days. Der Donald wasn'...Scaramucci out after 11 days. Der Donald wasn't pleased. The pile of rubble is growing.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11030337940174663752017-07-31T14:27:25.245-05:002017-07-31T14:27:25.245-05:00Well Bitter Scribe, this one goes down into the &q...Well Bitter Scribe, this one goes down into the "Predictions, Premature" file.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74023136913053943232017-07-30T19:02:13.018-05:002017-07-30T19:02:13.018-05:00The electoral college doesn't help either.The electoral college doesn't help either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39809469134787667082017-07-30T15:54:21.571-05:002017-07-30T15:54:21.571-05:00More is required of us as citizens than simply vot...More is required of us as citizens than simply voting. We need to become active in the process . Even in many of the profanely shaped districts gerrymandered to produce a specific outcome there are enough opposition votes available to defeat a candidate. Many folks don't vote .We need to be part of the effort to get these folks to the polls . If we can't go door to door ourselves then we need to contribute funds that will enable those who can to get out and do this important work. Democat, independent or Republican folks need to be encouraged to participate. Then when the results are tallied maybe something close to a majority of eligible voters will one day elect the president. It would be easier to support someone you disagree with if that were the case. Maybe FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13415996316306230252017-07-30T13:47:53.367-05:002017-07-30T13:47:53.367-05:00No matter how profane and incompetent Scaramucci i...No matter how profane and incompetent Scaramucci is, he will keep his job, because Donald Trump judges people by one and only one criterion: their loyalty to Donald Trump. Nothing else matters. Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55562525278571400392017-07-30T12:08:28.530-05:002017-07-30T12:08:28.530-05:00The breathtaking combination of hubris and incompe...The breathtaking combination of hubris and incompetence demonstrated by this episode is what gets me. The *communications director* doesn't realize maybe he should be sure this conversation is "off the record?" And credit to Lizza for obviously having no qualms about burning that bridge to the ground right out of the gate.<br /><br />FME makes some fine points, and I gotta agree with Mr. Evans. Who's this "we" referred to in the last sentence? Certainly not most of the folks reading and/or commenting about this post. <br /><br />It's remarkable how those staid rural and small-town folks who have been railing against "coastal elites" for decades are now the 38% championing these New Yawk wheeler-dealers. You couldn't make it up.<br /><br />And surely this display of crassness will be what brings the high-minded Evangelicals to their senses about the depravity of the administration they're enabling. Right? Hahahahaha. Uh, nope.Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43157480293354840062017-07-30T10:11:23.210-05:002017-07-30T10:11:23.210-05:00As a little possum once famously put the sentiment...As a little possum once famously put the sentiment expressed in Neil's closing thought, "We have seen the enemy and he is us."<br /><br />But I don't entirely buy that. I didn't stay home from the polls. Trump may be the President we deserve, but a majority did not vote for him.<br /><br />Tom<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59094128656878121412017-07-30T10:11:08.995-05:002017-07-30T10:11:08.995-05:00As I said before, he sounded like Captain Queeg in...As I said before, he sounded like Captain Queeg in the Caine Mutiny. Paranoic in the extreme. Except with a lot of cussing to appeal to the younger generation. Fifty odd year old man in a power position sounding like a wannabe. (Sigh)okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57359507626426185222017-07-30T09:27:18.085-05:002017-07-30T09:27:18.085-05:00(are a)(are a)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53315628027834901742017-07-30T08:32:17.338-05:002017-07-30T08:32:17.338-05:00Scaramucci and company area a disgrace all around....Scaramucci and company area a disgrace all around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8789853446536365942017-07-30T07:54:28.017-05:002017-07-30T07:54:28.017-05:00Trump is a reflection, as well as symptom. Vain, v...Trump is a reflection, as well as symptom. Vain, vulgar, selfish; he's the mirror image of our selfie society.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55261033494981829652017-07-30T07:45:03.154-05:002017-07-30T07:45:03.154-05:00As my teenage son often says: I give zero fucks! L...As my teenage son often says: I give zero fucks! Let's diagram that sentence together shall we? What I mean to say is how he said it it is so much less important than what he said and the context in which he was saying it. Mr. Mooch was threatening people in the administration with arrest and prosecution for "leaking" information . He was acting as though saying who he had dinner with to the press was akin to divulging top secret information. He also doesn't understand the FOIA which made financial disclosures of his available to anyone. And he was threatening reporters with criminal and civil action . Adding to the general level of paranoia within this administration.remind you of anything?FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32488182253217921702017-07-30T07:39:35.550-05:002017-07-30T07:39:35.550-05:00Excellent piece! Such a sad place to which we'...Excellent piece! Such a sad place to which we've descended. #embarrassedbyitallRMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780862508265700087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79741399243086972352017-07-30T07:15:24.657-05:002017-07-30T07:15:24.657-05:00Yup!Yup!Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331073906303411366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75240513087259589142017-07-30T02:38:39.295-05:002017-07-30T02:38:39.295-05:00I agree. This is a mess of our own making. Trump i...I agree. This is a mess of our own making. Trump is holding court from atop a pile of rubble. Scaramucci - consigliere/hatchet-man/jester - will serve at The Donald's pleasure.<br /><br />Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com