tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post1310008387630291454..comments2023-06-08T04:15:43.908-05:00Comments on The Lost Albatross: Disappointment.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-41766517083862534992008-04-06T15:49:00.000-05:002008-04-06T15:49:00.000-05:00Why the hell are we electing judges in the first p...Why the hell are we electing judges in the first place? It's absurd... votes are currency too, and we don't need judges that are indebted.-Deb-https://www.blogger.com/profile/06032129702159093230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-61682378970479388822008-04-02T17:58:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:58:00.000-05:00Be prepared for more disappointments, Emily. Ask s...Be prepared for more disappointments, Emily. Ask some non-elite Americans who voted for Bill Clinton and got in return NAFTA, welfare "reform", and missiles lobbed at a pharmaceutical factory. The left needs to fight fire with fire instead of trying to reason and argue the issues. The neo-cons, Chrisitian Right, and establishment Republicans fight dirty and all the Left can do is sit around while it gets swift-boated. <BR/><BR/>It's a nice quote from Watson but I can't help remember that he was the man who sought to profit from the Holocaust as much as he could and found it much easier to get up again by being friends with FDR and having connections in the State Dept.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152773998591751737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-34743296532633122552008-04-02T16:47:00.000-05:002008-04-02T16:47:00.000-05:00I'm still trying to figure out what "lies" those o...I'm still trying to figure out what "lies" those organizations put out about Gableman (honestly, I want to know, because that kind of thing shouldn't be acceptable from any end of the political spectrum). Are there any vaguely neutral news sources on them? I've found several about misleading anti-Butler ads, but that's it.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-67911265929325953962008-04-02T16:03:00.000-05:002008-04-02T16:03:00.000-05:00While wallowing in your pity you should really tak...While wallowing in your pity you should really take a serious look at the actions of the "progressive" movement in this race.<BR/><BR/>WEAC put out flat lies against Gableman as did Progressive Majority Wisconsin and One Wisconsin Now. All "progressive" organizations.<BR/><BR/>This was a nasty race all the way around, you should see it a bit more honestly.<BR/><BR/>Leftisit special interest put as much cash into this thing as the right leaning one does.<BR/><BR/>If you are to ever win an election, you should honestly assess the aftermath instead of just making excuses and blaming the other guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-87897607227436877962008-04-02T13:28:00.000-05:002008-04-02T13:28:00.000-05:00John, you're right, but the real trick will be get...John, you're right, but the real trick will be getting enough people to actually <I>take action</I> after they've yelled "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" - satisfying as that is on its own. :)Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-49802153606698394092008-04-02T13:20:00.000-05:002008-04-02T13:20:00.000-05:00You get kudos for having the conviction to get ang...You get kudos for having the conviction to get angry. The thing that's been missing more than anything in the last 20 years is serious anger about politics, and politicians reacting to that anger.<BR/>I'm guilty of that myself... I can count on one hand the times I've vote for a winning candidate in any race in any election. (Though part of that is a dogged insistence on voting for third parties...) But I benefit enough from the status quo that I don't get angry.<BR/>The nation really needs a big <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Beale" REL="nofollow">Howard Beale</A> moment.John Das Binkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997404099815938801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-81862703877296475812008-04-02T10:50:00.000-05:002008-04-02T10:50:00.000-05:00"If you stand up and be counted, from time to time..."If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good."<BR/>Thomas J. Watson<BR/><BR/>Sucks, doesn't it, when the greedheads and rethuglicans rove themselves into power?<BR/>Hopefully he'll screw up and get tossed out. <BR/>I started voting when I turned 18.It really stung a few years later when Jimmy Carter got screwed by Saint Ronnie doing back door deals during the Iranian Hostage crisis.<BR/>Now I'm almost nostalgic for the lower intensity Nixon/Reagan levels evil and stupid.<BR/>I just keep hoping things swing back to a more progressive streak in our state. After getting that slap in the face from a lot of voters, at least one in my own family on the marriage amendment, it's been feeling rather grim.elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525818580068532479noreply@blogger.com