tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post4457799877665477191..comments2024-01-16T03:55:26.266-05:00Comments on Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!): Do They No Longer Care? Coming Apart At the SeamsCirzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-60543735882427825102010-06-25T11:47:35.318-04:002010-06-25T11:47:35.318-04:00Brrrr, JR, brrrrrrrr!
Didn't mean to ignore y...Brrrr, JR, brrrrrrrr!<br /><br />Didn't mean to ignore you before. Still thinking about the implications of what you said.<br /><br />Absolutely terrifying being down here in the dumbed-down South where most of the people don't have a clue about economics and what is happening financially. Hell, most of the restaurants are full of people who think the recession is over and they can go back to deficit spending pronto!<br /><br />And as far as a coup goes, I think you underestimate who makes up the Army and state troops now. They are not a bunch of Mama's boys scared of a fight. In fact, I hear all the time how many are looking for one.<br /><br />And they certainly will be sicced on anyone deemed "terr'ists," won't they?<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful comment!<br /><br />S<br /><br /><i>I don't think a coup will run a successful course here, since the coup will depend on the rank and file following orders to shoot down citizens.</i><br />____________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-55635827581139998122010-06-25T03:02:10.348-04:002010-06-25T03:02:10.348-04:00Former President Eisenhower warned of a way too po...Former President Eisenhower warned of a way too powerful military industrial complex. Here it is. McCrystal is just and executive within this MIC. He is all about making sure that the taxpayers continue to fund war, destruction, death, mayhem, and more. That is his job. Anyone, even the CIChief, is fair game. McCrystal does not care. <br /><br />All he cares about is that his major piece of the budgetary pie gets what it needs to blow stuff up and kill and expand the goals of the military's global expansion policy.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-43543443285120196462010-06-24T11:25:41.537-04:002010-06-24T11:25:41.537-04:00"We have to protect our precious bodily fluid..."We have to protect our precious bodily fluids!!" I can see McChrystal grabbing President Obama by the lapels - wild eyed, spittle running down his cheek trying to make his point. Barack gently grasps each hand, loosens the grip from his shirt, talks McChrystal down off the edge of the building roof before he jumps.<br />Then he calls Rham and tells him to get rid of this crazy bastard. <br /><br />Hope life improves for you Suze my sweet. Seems like we are all having our turn in the barrel at the same time.Greendaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250693111228019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-8969885518384777802010-06-23T19:03:14.206-04:002010-06-23T19:03:14.206-04:00Sheesh, Jack!
You are a real economic orphan, whe...Sheesh, Jack!<br /><br />You are a real economic orphan, whereas I was a dividend orphan - or don't you remember the huge Cold War dividend we got when the Cold War ended and all the spending that had been utilized in waging it was then put back to the domestic agenda?<br /><br />No?<br /><br />Neither do I.<br /><br />Hope you will see some relief soon.<br /><br />You certainly deserve it.<br /><br />As do we all.<br /><br />However, I'm not holding my breath awaiting the Afghan/Iraq dividend either.<br /><br />Love ya,<br /><br />S<br /><br /><i>company I worked for went belly up after 11 solid years due to changing market conditions, corporate mergers which ousted us as suppliers to one of our biggest customers, and the drop in value of our currency</i><br />____________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-45925018201082643452010-06-23T18:07:00.410-04:002010-06-23T18:07:00.410-04:00Suzan,
You're very wonderful to say those thin...Suzan,<br />You're very wonderful to say those things and I love ya back. The small company I worked for went belly up after 11 solid years due to changing market conditions, corporate mergers which ousted us as suppliers to one of our biggest customers, and the drop in value of our currency. It was a tough situation we had no control over.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-81723048865363352802010-06-23T11:06:49.615-04:002010-06-23T11:06:49.615-04:00Jack,
You are at least one millions type of D O L...Jack,<br /><br />You are at least one millions type of D O L L !!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I can never thank you enough, but now feel guilty. What in the world would cause any decent type of concern to lay off someone as articulate, perceptive and intelligent as you?<br /><br />Wonders will never cease.<br /><br />The bad kind anyway.<br /><br />If there's ever anything I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask, sweetie!<br /><br />Love you,<br /><br />S<br />___________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-37333134915354088192010-06-23T09:40:42.319-04:002010-06-23T09:40:42.319-04:00Duh! I just clicked on Donate at the top left of y...Duh! I just clicked on Donate at the top left of your post and took care of it that way. Good luck, and I hope things improve for both of us soon!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-54026792863247443312010-06-23T09:18:18.039-04:002010-06-23T09:18:18.039-04:00Suzan,
I'm sorry to hear of your financial pl...Suzan, <br />I'm sorry to hear of your financial plight.I can't do much for you, having been unemployed since 1/1/09 and I'm strapped, too, but I want to help out. What is your Paypal address? <br /><br />McChrystal is a modern-day Westmoreland with his constant cry for more troops and prolonged war. It is well past time where we should bring our troops home and start engaging Islamic extremists on the propaganda front, ESPECIALLY within the Islamic world. We need to isolate al Qaeda from moderate Muslims and this won't happen with more bombs and soldiers. We should have started this approach LONG ago!<br /><br />Nobody likes a warmongering bully cowboy or a rogue sheriff, and that is exactly what McChrystal is.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-30096329144333794772010-06-23T03:42:59.705-04:002010-06-23T03:42:59.705-04:00I don't think a coup will run a successful cou...I don't think a coup will run a successful course here, since the coup will depend on the rank and file following orders to shoot down citizens. The rank and file is largely made up of a socioeconomic group that Chimpy mercilessly persecuted, which makes it entirely too likely that if they were called upon, they'd do just what the Soviet troops did back in 1991-they'd go home.<br /><br />And maybe that's what has to happen now. It might be too late to change course. Strangely enough, I think that it is only the right wingers who understand this, and they're preparing to take "their" chunk of the country when it falls apart.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-86001449026441123032010-06-22T19:38:34.736-04:002010-06-22T19:38:34.736-04:00Thank you, girlfriend!
So, I'm not the only o...Thank you, girlfriend!<br /><br />So, I'm not the only one who remembers these classics? And weren't they terrifying at the time?<br /><br />It was so hard to imagine a Nazi-type influence dominating the executive branch (other than the one that Eisenhower warned us about in his parting address) in the 50's and 60's wasn't it?<br /><br />And yet. Here we are. <i>The United States of Bloody National Strength Throughout the World Dominating All</i> - or some such nonsense from these punk-assed, rightwingnutter institutions.<br /><br />Aaaaggghhh!!!<br /><br />How the mighty have fallen.<br /><br />Love ya and keep in touch!<br /><br />We should all be in Maui.<br /><br />S<br /><br /><i>I agree, things are seeming more and more like something out of those scary 60s movies.</i><br />__________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-74203078349223065342010-06-22T18:17:53.565-04:002010-06-22T18:17:53.565-04:00Coming apart at the seams is right. Great post, S...Coming apart at the seams is right. Great post, Suzan. I agree, things are seeming more and more like something out of those scary 60s movies. (Both of which I re-watched in recent months and they are chillingly pertinent to today).Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.com