tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post8140720119443070708..comments2024-01-16T03:55:26.266-05:00Comments on Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!): "Partying Like It's 1929" Is This Finally The Economic Collapse? World Is Over America: "Post-Anti-American" As 'Thug Women Take ChargeCirzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-26140061622210460082010-08-19T19:34:14.972-04:002010-08-19T19:34:14.972-04:00Well, this action-packed post certainly cheered me...Well, this action-packed post certainly cheered me up. Whew!<br /><br />I'm not overly concerned about the European perception of Obama or of the U.S. but for different reasons.<br /><br />I think people here and abroad got caught up in the symbolism of our first black president and didn't look beyond that symbolism. As young as JFK was when elected president, he had over 15 years of experience in politics, something lacking in Obama.<br /><br />And I think anytime someone is put on a really high pedestal, there's bound to be a huge crash because he or she can't sustain the romance (kind of like a marriage). In general, the European media isn't as sloppy as ours but I doubt if they are as good as they used to be and are as subject to biased reporting and lack of depth.<br /><br />I suported Obama and I still do. I'm not thrilled with how he's handled everything but my God, this man has been fighting a concrete wall of obstructionism, racism and just plain old fashioned bullshit since he said, "I will."<br /><br />I think the charge of lacking substance is misplaced and a bit unfair. I think he's much more subtle than a lot of people. As an NBC correspondent observed tonight, Obama doesn't wear his religion on his sleeves.<br /><br />Re European perceptions of the U.S., I'm not surprised at all - especially after the past two years of the wing-nuts showing their butts about everything from A to Z. We (they) are ignorant, provincial and unsophisticated. I think many progressive bloggers have written about how the Tea Buggers are making as look like idiots before the rest of the world.<br /><br />Having said that, I sometimes think my international friends have a bit of a superiority complex. They don't seem to like us very much until they're invaded. After we dig them out of trouble they don't like us any more. Kind of like the governors of the Gulf states who complain about too much government, and who say they'll refuse the stimulus checks but accept them anyway (and take credit for the idea), and who criticize the government for not acting fast enough after the oil spill.<br /><br />Don't know where in heck all that wind came from. Sorry.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-77478743764383018732010-08-19T12:16:36.087-04:002010-08-19T12:16:36.087-04:00A very powerful post, Suzan. Rather than 1929, I s...A very powerful post, Suzan. Rather than 1929, I see a lot of parallels today with 1937. FDR's New Deal "stimulus" had shown some success, but there was still a long way to go. Then conservatives convinced him to cut back on spending a bit. No sooner was that done than the recession of 1937 hit. <br /><br />Conservatives are always dead wrong when it comes to the economy. They cause recessions and depressions and then they always want to impede progress. Just as FDR hadn't spent enough to really rev-up the economy, so too is it today with Obama and his blue dog Dems and the Republicans. If your house is on fire, you don't only spray water on part of it. You need to do what it takes to get the job done.<br /><br />This GOP philosophy of keeping all the wealth in as few hands as possible is utter folly and is the root cause of all our problems. Once the poor and middle class have more money to spend, THEN we'll see the economy healthy again, and not until then. It is the ONLY way to success!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-5800644720986268772010-08-19T10:51:21.853-04:002010-08-19T10:51:21.853-04:00You got it, baby!
And I'm a constant reader o...You got it, baby!<br /><br />And I'm a constant reader of WashingtonsBlog and yours.<br /><br />Gooood sheeeeple!!! (pats heads kindly)<br /><br />Ha!<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, friend.<br /><br />S<br /><br /><i>They want the Sheeple to drink their form of religious propaganda, as the wealthy elite reach into the Sheeple's threadbare wallets.</i><br />__________________Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-14813281471770544142010-08-19T00:09:26.099-04:002010-08-19T00:09:26.099-04:00The nation is ruled by various forms of fundamenta...The nation is ruled by various forms of fundamentalism. They are dangerous and destructive people. Their brains have limitations from all the Kool-aid they have been drinking in their Houses of Propagandistic Evangelizing.<br /><br />They want to take over the wealth, and turn the flock into Sheeple. They want the Sheeple to drink their form of religious propaganda, as the wealthy elite reach into the Sheeple's threadbare wallets.<br /><br />The whacky fundies are all over. The wars are about fundie training and crusading. And the resistance is led by fundie training and crusading.<br /><br />It is outrageous.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/08/meaning-of-ground-zero-mosque.html<br /><br />http://eye-on-washington.blogspot.commuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-50845695397681697892010-08-18T20:00:46.179-04:002010-08-18T20:00:46.179-04:00Ya got me, Tom.
But you know I save these up in m...Ya got me, Tom.<br /><br />But you know I save these up in my little black file folder to use whenever I find them most cogent to my argument.<br /><br />Not that these wouldn't be pretty darn on point just about any time. . . .<br /><br />And I think the <i>new</i> emotion they feel towards us is indifference (or an involuntary cringing) - we've shown them the error of the new fascist ways and they want to stay far away from it (US) now.<br /><br />No one wants to be infected with our "freedom" idea anymore.<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-57669663210766228132010-08-18T19:44:49.703-04:002010-08-18T19:44:49.703-04:00I subscribe to the Financial Times. I saw that ar...I subscribe to the Financial Times. I saw that article 2 weeks ago that you were referring to, about the decline of America's middle class.<br /><br />I think you're right that most countries don't hate or fear us any more. It's more like pity and/or schadenfreude. Sort of like running into that high school bully you were terrified of 35 years ago, only now he has a 58-inch waistline, triple chin and walks with a limp.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-68069644904787422712010-08-17T19:34:36.755-04:002010-08-17T19:34:36.755-04:00You are so level headed, friend.
While I feel lik...You are so level headed, friend.<br /><br />While I feel like I'm screaming for people to become acquainted with the real economic facts every day, you come along and nail it.<br /><br />Solidly.<br /><br />The liars in the media don't help, of course, but mainly the people are so ignorant that they have no idea how blatant the lies are.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!<br /><br />S<br /><br /><i>I think the foreign view of America is true. The only reason so many people here don't know it is because so many of them have never left this country and looked around at other places.</i>Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3397167328061019765.post-3992473992771642772010-08-17T17:17:17.538-04:002010-08-17T17:17:17.538-04:00Sadly true, all of it. I think the foreign view o...Sadly true, all of it. I think the foreign view of America is true. The only reason so many people here don't know it is because so many of them have never left this country and looked around at other places. They're the ones who keep pounding out how great America is. Sure, if you don't know anything else. Admittedly there are certainly places I'd rather not be, but on the whole most western countries work better than ours does these days.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.com