tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post3074361919069538279..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: When 'We the People' Lost AmericaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-66246288319720748052012-03-06T03:58:02.295-08:002012-03-06T03:58:02.295-08:00Great loved it, will be waiting for your future po...Great loved it, will be waiting for your future posts Thank you for sharingKamagrahttp://www.bellspharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-42311601810545448312010-04-05T02:53:43.493-07:002010-04-05T02:53:43.493-07:00DPirate, what you did was read the FIRST sentence ...DPirate, what you did was read the FIRST sentence and then ASSUMED that it was an homage to Reagan. <br /><br />First rule, don't WRITE ABOUT THINGS you have NOT read. Clearly --you did not even read the blockquoted paragraph by Doctorow. <br /><br />Clue: DOCTOROW IS SLAMMING REAGAN. He's talking about how America was LOST during the Reagan years. <br /><br />Jeeeez!!!!! Way to miss fuckin' point, D. <br /><br />No wonder America is completely lost!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-56513626136132606962010-04-05T02:49:33.330-07:002010-04-05T02:49:33.330-07:00DPirate sez...
I hope this wasn't supposed to...DPirate sez...<br /><br /><em>I hope this wasn't supposed to read like a praise of Reagan.</em><br /><br />You're kiddin' me, right???? Praise of fuckin' Reagan???? Am I reading this right? Clearly --you have NEVER read this blog. Until BUSH JR outdid him, Reagan was clearly THE WORST FUCKIN' WALKIN' DISASTER to have ever befallen this often unworthy nation since Andrew Johnson. I am frustrated in my quest to find the VERY WORST SO-CALLED PREZ in American history because among the GOP there are SO MANY CANDIDATES!!! Gimme a fuckin' break. BTW --when I said that aside from the Shrub Reagan was the worst President I had ALL the official stats and the Final Report of Iran-Contra Special Prosecutor to back me up! <br /><br />Listen up, pal: RONALD REAGAN COMMITTED HIGH TREASON! <br /><br />Praise, my ass! He should have been locked up! <br /><br /><em>The Iran/Contra thing alone demonstrates how far off the mark his administration was, not to mention that his tenure saw the beginnings of the governmental debt balloon.</em><br /><br />I COVERED Iran/Contra as a major market/network correspondent. Don't presume to lecture until you've done your homework. <br /><br /><em>Maybe it is just that you came of age then and remember it as being better, but it was even better under Carter, Nixon, Johnson. </em><br /><br />Again --the FIRST RULE of writing i: DO YOUR FUCKIN' HOMEWORK. You are the one writes as if you were born yesterday and, secondly, you are STUPID to characterize me in any without first reading the archives. You idiot! <br /><br /><em>I think you must go back to Kennedy to grasp the promise of America. If I had to choose a moment when our descent into fascism began, it would be then. Not his murder, but our meek acceptance of the party line after the fact.</em><br /><br />You were probably not born when JFK was Prez. I did not meet JFK but knew Bush Sr personally LONG before he became President. I interviewed him on NUMEROUS occasions for local radio stations, major market broadcast outlets and major networks to include CBS and ABC. <br /><br />Next time, do some homework before you make a total fucking fool of yourself. <br /><br />Now --if you have ANYTHING other than your misconceptions and ignorance upon which to base a comment, knock yourself out. Otherwise, you flunk the course. And the next time you post this kind of crap, I will just delete it. It's not worth bothering with unless it is, like yours, an EXAMPLE to be cited and ridiculed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-73555090790726174532010-04-04T17:50:54.571-07:002010-04-04T17:50:54.571-07:00I hope this wasn't supposed to read like a pra...I hope this wasn't supposed to read like a praise of Reagan. The Iran/Contra thing alone demonstrates how far off the mark his administration was, not to mention that his tenure saw the beginnings of the governmental debt balloon.<br /><br />Maybe it is just that you came of age then and remember it as being better, but it was even better under Carter, Nixon, Johnson. I think you must go back to Kennedy to grasp the promise of America. If I had to choose a moment when our descent into fascism began, it would be then. Not his murder, but our meek acceptance of the party line after the fact. That ensured the death of Bobby, as well, though who knows whether Bobby had the nads to rebuke the Black-ops branch of government like his brother did.DPiratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-37827539955874601612010-04-03T07:21:05.568-07:002010-04-03T07:21:05.568-07:00damien, thanks for posting. I still have an open m...damien, thanks for posting. I still have an open mind on that specific point despite the following statement by Prof Stephen Jones: <br /><br /><em>"Several months ago, I tested WTC dust samples (from an apartment at 113 Liberty Street, NYC [1]) and a solidified metal sample (from the Clarkson University WTC monument [1]) for radioactivity using a Geiger counter. (Daedalon Corp., model EN-15.) I found ZERO RADIOACTIVITY (meaning nothing above background). This experimental evidence goes strongly against the mini-nukes hypothesis since measured radioactivity was simply at background levels. I used the same counter to measure the radioactivity of sand gathered from a nuclear-bomb test site decades ago for comparison – and the Geiger counter showed (2.94 +- 0.15) counts/sec. (The fused-sand was in fact from a New Mexico test site where an atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.) <br /><br />This demonstrates unequivocally the presence and long life of radioactive residues due to nuclear bombs, and the ability of the sensitive Geiger counter to measure that radioactivity. The sand still yields high Geiger-counter readings decades after the nuclear bomb blast, yet the WTC dust and slag and steel yield nothing. In addition, a steel member from the WTC (again from the Clarkson University WTC monument [1]) was recently tested for neutron activation by the author. The WTC steel showed 100 counts in 4m 26s, or (0.38 +- 0.04) counts/second. The background counting rate showed 100 counts in 4m 18s, or 0.39+- 0.04) counts/second. These data overlap within the statistical error, meaning that zero counts over background were seen from the WTC steel."</em>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-90935140036081426342010-04-03T03:53:57.037-07:002010-04-03T03:53:57.037-07:00Len, you really have to see this. Very, very inter...Len, you really have to see <a href="http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/2010/03/911-wtc-nuclear-demolition.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Very, very interesting claims of nuclear devices on 9/11. Even if one doesn't accept the claim of Dimitri Khalezov (a former officer of the Soviet nuclear intelligence), there are still some remarkable features of the events of 9/11 that are explained by this account.damiennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-41029547533238294672010-04-01T13:38:42.728-07:002010-04-01T13:38:42.728-07:00Megan, I have added your link to my bloglist. Than...Megan, I have added your link to my bloglist. Thank you. <br /><br />PeerlessCynic said...<br /><br /><em> I'm a Canadian who once worked and travelled throughout the States, and I observed much of what you describe. </em><br /><br />I've often wondered how our good friends north of us perceive the near lunacy to which we often succumb. These are horrible times. Unless many more people wake up, primarily those with influence, the U.S. might do well to break up into several separate nations. The northeast has great potential --business acumen and large, viable cities: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore. <br /><br />The 'red states' in the middle are a write off --reactionary, declining educational standards, contempt for science.<br /><br />The 'South'? It has yet to deal with the aftermath of the Civil War. Bigotry has simply gone underground. Offshore oil gave coast states a reprieve but oil is not the future of the U.S. If it had been, the U.S. would not have waged war on Iraq in either instance. <br /><br />It has not yet occurred to a vast majority in America just how bad off they are! And they are OWNED! By China.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-4954328435411696252010-04-01T13:00:10.458-07:002010-04-01T13:00:10.458-07:00Hi,
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I do not feel that I live in the count...Don sez...<br /><br /><em>I do not feel that I live in the country of my birth, I now doubt that such a place ever existed. </em><br /><br />Brilliantly, put, Don. That sums up my feelings as well. I also know NOW why I SELDOM got on well with my history professors. I almost never recognized the country they talked about. <br /><br />Anonymous sez...<br /><br /><em>Four Dead In Ohio--... It was our last chance to save our human values.</em><br /><br />Yep! They were supposed to have been firing either blanks or non-lethal bullets. Upon whose orders was a lethal switch made? Once again --MURDER by the state is not investigate, not prosecuted. <br /><br />Andy sez...<br /><br /><em>...cat-mouth-marching is good for EVERYONE. </em><br /><br />A perfect metaphor. Another is the march into the mouth of Moloch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-81151641903684846242010-03-31T18:03:18.355-07:002010-03-31T18:03:18.355-07:00Wow! Well said.
How sad so many have been like...Wow! Well said. <br /><br />How sad so many have been like the gullible mouse convinced that marching into the cat's mouth is a GOOD thing. And good for all the other little mice, too. And anyone who says otherwise is obviously anti-American because it's clear to see that cat-mouth-marching is good for EVERYONE. Harrumph, pay no attention to those mouse bones in the cat poop. Move along. Nothing to see here. Hey! Quick, look over there!<br /><br />I weep for our country.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392674524490448893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-68083119699274888792010-03-31T17:00:29.853-07:002010-03-31T17:00:29.853-07:00Four Dead In Ohio--it would have been bloody but w...Four Dead In Ohio--it would have been bloody but when we backed down there, they knew they had us. It was our last chance to save our human values.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-73355836158079730282010-03-31T14:17:41.262-07:002010-03-31T14:17:41.262-07:00"I hope that we are trying to recover the ill..."I hope that we are trying to recover the illusion of our identity."<br /> The last, best hope of mankind.<br /> A body at rest tends to stay at rest.<br /> I wrestle with the fact that an enormous system is in place here in the U.S. The tendency will be to leave it in place, whatever the "goals" of the citizenry might be.<br /> I question how many of my fellow empire dwellers consider any question higher that a sports game or a sex scandal on teevee.<br /> I do believe that there is little perception of history, that myths are now more substantial in the popular imagination than anything near to an actual event.<br /> The whole nation is now guided by Madison Avenue, consume, work and keep your mouth shut.<br /> It has been very effective, the Nazis could have done no better in convincing the masses of the party line.<br /> Bush telling us to "go shopping" after 911 is something that should be inscribed upon the walls of a monument.<br /> Fear of foreigners, fear of the economy, fear of the police state, these are things which will not be changed with a wave of a magic wand.<br /> I do not feel that I live in the country of my birth, I now doubt that such a place ever existed.<br /> Good piece of writing, Cowboy, Thanks.<br /> Don SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com