tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7060323553498164242..comments2024-03-29T08:54:53.425-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Let's all play Ted Cruz connect-the-dotsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24837388847035066052016-05-01T08:32:05.140-05:002016-05-01T08:32:05.140-05:00As the fictional buffoon, Sheriff Buford (Jackie G...As the fictional buffoon, Sheriff Buford (Jackie Gleason) would say when another sheriff used the word "germane" when speaking to him...<br />"The damn Germans have nothing to do with it. " ;)Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53177464024560797212016-05-01T06:39:05.821-05:002016-05-01T06:39:05.821-05:00Zonker: That doesn't make you immune from thei...Zonker: That doesn't make you immune from their irrational fear mongering. This isn't about rape. It used to be black people who were the scary rapists we were keeping out of our swimming pools. Does that help you separate your personal experience from what's going on here? Maybe you should appreciate this, because it can be a growth experience, if you let it. <br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66296607121113772152016-04-30T22:22:42.383-05:002016-04-30T22:22:42.383-05:00With all due respect and sympathy for you and the ...With all due respect and sympathy for you and the other women involved, unless any of those rapes/assaults were perpetrated by transsexuals or someone posing as such, I don't see how they're germane to this issue. The vast majority of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim. I am not aware of a single case of one being committed by a man posing as a woman in a restroom. Are you?Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4614095244760427332016-04-30T19:02:15.921-05:002016-04-30T19:02:15.921-05:00And knowing someone who was raped and having saved...And knowing someone who was raped and having saved two women from rape, I may be over sensitive on this issue but I do not appreciate being told that my concerns are imaginary or cooked up by the religious right especially when I am not one of them and have gotten flack from them.Zonkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924587109596922187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31927069259890954452016-04-30T18:58:27.659-05:002016-04-30T18:58:27.659-05:00The fact that it would have been pretty darn obvio...The fact that it would have been pretty darn obvious that it was a guy in women's clothes would have been a clue that something was not on the up and up.Zonkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924587109596922187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62854303711920727152016-04-30T07:49:01.768-05:002016-04-30T07:49:01.768-05:00Of course not. Like gay marriage, just another ima...Of course not. Like gay marriage, just another imaginary problem cooked up by the Religious Right because they miss pushing people around. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6892875297500954342016-04-29T20:46:30.178-05:002016-04-29T20:46:30.178-05:00Was there anything preventing those rapists from e...Was there anything preventing those rapists from entering a bathroom in women's garb before these laws were passed (aside from the still-existing laws against rape, etc)? Are you aware of any cases in which they did so? Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34410648683144151132016-04-29T20:13:38.312-05:002016-04-29T20:13:38.312-05:00I was condemned to an eternity in hell by an offic...I was condemned to an eternity in hell by an official of a prominent right-wing religious organization for being in favor of a bill which would protect gays and transgenders from discrimination in the workplace. However, I do not know how comfortable I am with someone with male genitalia using the bathroom for women. I could see a rapist or some other kind of predator taking advantage of that to assault women. Am I just stupid or what am I missing? Wouldn't it make better sense to just bite the bullet and build separate bathrooms for transgenders?Zonkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924587109596922187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30117187866687065062016-04-29T17:20:51.477-05:002016-04-29T17:20:51.477-05:00Interesting about how Hastert got to Speaker of th...Interesting about how Hastert got to Speaker of the House. He replaced Representative Livingston, the Speaker-designate after Gingrich quit, because of an extramarital affairs scandal. Hastert obviously never considered his own sordid past may be exposed. That kind of power over past victims is astounding. Up until the time Judge Durkin directly demanded he answer the question of whether he, indeed, sexually molested the victims, Hastert was still trying to cling to that power by not admitting his offense, thus victimizing his accusers again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64383052349497048542016-04-29T15:35:14.336-05:002016-04-29T15:35:14.336-05:00Speaking of Hastert: he needs to lose his state po...Speaking of Hastert: he needs to lose his state political pension just like he did his teacher's one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75691725022942550102016-04-29T13:51:48.769-05:002016-04-29T13:51:48.769-05:00The dead President's wife, was it Mitterand...The dead President's wife, was it Mitterand's, should have bought her boy toy along. See how the French men would like that one.<br /><br />And yes, in advance of the Oscar Wilde comment below-the irony indeed and he lost his health in prison.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14654847479109070022016-04-29T13:41:23.489-05:002016-04-29T13:41:23.489-05:00No Stepford wives (or husbands) allowed. Why anyon...No Stepford wives (or husbands) allowed. Why anyone should think that's okay these days is beyond me.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25984767333360352312016-04-29T13:40:06.562-05:002016-04-29T13:40:06.562-05:00I admire the wife of that Senator who was having ...I admire the wife of that Senator who was having a fling with some lady in Argentina a few years back. He thought his wife would play the "stand by your man " at the podium for the press conference role. Not so. This isn't the old days.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16712953792948712592016-04-29T13:01:17.632-05:002016-04-29T13:01:17.632-05:00Connecting the dots for those historically incline...Connecting the dots for those historically inclined, there is a connecion between Hastert and, of all people, Oscar Wilde, each one of whom opened the door to their own discrace. Denny claimed he was being extorted, and invited the FBI to listen in on a phone conversation with his supposed blackmailer. The inimitable Oscar sued the Marquess of Queensbury, father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, revealing to the authorities grounds for a charge of "public indecency with a man."<br /><br />TE Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5142841871638096902016-04-29T13:01:10.384-05:002016-04-29T13:01:10.384-05:00Well good to hear that her husband divorced her th...Well good to hear that her husband divorced her then, unless he cheated first.<br /><br />Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82078149771484664162016-04-29T12:58:34.173-05:002016-04-29T12:58:34.173-05:00Tom Evans-If your Catholic element remark refers t...Tom Evans-If your Catholic element remark refers to Fiorina, that's her husband's surname. Her religious background was Methodist/Episcopal and now non-denominational.<br /><br />Yes, there are some men who would like the privileges of the French mistress/ President and the doormat wife-that does not make it right or something to emulate. So good for Princess Diana on not rolling over. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69447451463808249062016-04-29T11:48:27.609-05:002016-04-29T11:48:27.609-05:00This week, FiveThirtyEight.com did an article on T...This week, FiveThirtyEight.com did an article on Trump and Cruz and whether Trump will make it to the convention with enough delegates to win on the first ballot, and one of the things the author noted is that as the primaries go on, it looks like more and more Republican voters are staying home: that folks, when faced with voting for Cruz (or Kasich) to stop Trump, instead just aren't voting. More evidence pointing to Clinton having an easy path to the Presidency against Trump or Cruz, barring some disaster such as a terrorist attack that Cruz or Trump could use to stoke fear.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634642987617262810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55008165405728237002016-04-29T10:40:27.624-05:002016-04-29T10:40:27.624-05:00Fiorina cheated on her first husband with the guy ...Fiorina cheated on her first husband with the guy who became No. 2. I guess by Private's standards, that makes her a heroine.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11353005651421987172016-04-29T10:16:28.632-05:002016-04-29T10:16:28.632-05:00Scribe and NS-please revisit yesterday's blog....Scribe and NS-please revisit yesterday's blog.<br /><br />BS, you sure are hung up on Hillary.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-92092335505426102002016-04-29T10:10:19.447-05:002016-04-29T10:10:19.447-05:00Don't agree with Fiorina but she's no buff...Don't agree with Fiorina but she's no buffoon. Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69925313824223928152016-04-29T10:09:09.180-05:002016-04-29T10:09:09.180-05:00Good point, Bernie.Good point, Bernie.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90140063340995663752016-04-29T10:08:21.305-05:002016-04-29T10:08:21.305-05:00Scribe, if they are being a sucker or sap, then ye...Scribe, if they are being a sucker or sap, then yes, they shouldn't stay.Can't respect that in a public leader. I've been married a long time to the same,decent person so it isn't some bitterness in question here.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80940920998789381572016-04-29T09:58:46.809-05:002016-04-29T09:58:46.809-05:00Private may be hung up on people staying will a re...Private may be hung up on people staying will a reprobate significant other, but at least he's consistent. FYI, the best way to demand a bribe or pay off someone who is demanding blackmail money, and not get in any trouble with the law, is to give them a do nothing job, and pay a salary withholding all the appropriate taxes.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35807048564579758962016-04-29T09:56:03.391-05:002016-04-29T09:56:03.391-05:00On Cruz being worse than Trump, so John Boehner se...On Cruz being worse than Trump, so John Boehner seems to think. I notice Cruze has chosen Ms. Fiorino, who single handedly inspired me to increase my annual donation to Planned Parenthood, to be his running mate, Dennis Hastert being no longer available for the position and the flake from Alaskan too unstable even for him. It does solidify the religious bigotry wing of the party, adding a Catholic element to his own Southern Baptist and evangelical constituency.<br /><br />Concerning hypocracy in sexual matters, although neither party is immune, the GOP seems to take the prize overall. One thinks of the sainted Henry Hyde, author of the Hyde Amendment, who, as he was leading the pack against Clinton for his marital infidelities, was revealed to have had something on the side for a number of years without Mrs. Hyde's knowledge. And then there's the good former speaker Gincrich.<br /><br />And I would vote for an end to this business of condemning wives for either staying with or leaving their disgraced husbands. We don't really know enought about them and their families to judge their circumstances. And they are, in any event, victims. It does seem to be a mainly American thing. One thinks of the image of both the wife and long-time mistress of former French President Francois Mitterand walking behind the casket in his funeral procession.<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24698869580055542572016-04-29T09:28:19.284-05:002016-04-29T09:28:19.284-05:00Of all the things Cruz (or anyone else) could atta...Of all the things Cruz (or anyone else) could attack Trump on, starting with his loutishness and complete unfitness for the job, Cruz is picking bathrooms. The only reason Trump has gotten as far as he did is that every single one of his challengers, with the possible exception of Bush, was a buffoon.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.com