tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post5934583314420126700..comments2023-10-19T11:27:25.565-04:00Comments on Nutwood Junction: Snip SnipBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-25280811531365652592009-10-05T19:16:13.391-04:002009-10-05T19:16:13.391-04:00Excellent post, Beth. Thank you!Excellent post, Beth. Thank you!Markerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430246788141677762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-43661904202701554752009-10-05T18:53:23.130-04:002009-10-05T18:53:23.130-04:00Chicago rocks, and my heart aches for all of them....Chicago rocks, and my heart aches for all of them. AND for us! WE failed. We all failed. AND those right wing fundie asshats should be ashamed of themselves.<br /><br />be well...Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894596355489850355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-45901277991366562072009-10-05T15:26:51.869-04:002009-10-05T15:26:51.869-04:00Hi Beth, great post! I was surprised by the amount...Hi Beth, great post! I was surprised by the amount of over zealous wind-bagging on this. Seems like a waste of their time. Nothing better to do? I guess. Bob's hit the nail on the head; no matter what happened they were prepared to attack and demonize Obama.Kyle Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369076904327452139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-19686328982056206682009-10-05T13:56:13.786-04:002009-10-05T13:56:13.786-04:00Seems to me that if an international organization ...Seems to me that if an international organization is voting against the US, it is much more due to President Bush then President Obama. I happen to think that neither is true, that the vote was a referendum on South America never having the games, but to pile on the way some have about this being about Obama (and Daley) is ridiculous.<br /><br />It's almost worth the defeat, knowing that these morons put more ridiculous statements out into the public realm.<br /><br />How many times after the wars began did we hear anyone who expressed dissent as "hating America"? I guess it is OK to root against America as long as there is a Democrat in the White House, and someone is dumb enough to pay you twenty million dollars a year to spew bile over the airwaves.<br /><br />I'm imagining a scenario where a Republican president goes to unsuccessfully present to the IOC: the calls for the US to drop out of the IOC, the calls to boycott future games, the vice-president authorizing the torturing of IOC voters to find out who they voted for...Des and Evan's big daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12214597981806066462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-2280747615550660402009-10-05T12:01:52.745-04:002009-10-05T12:01:52.745-04:00Rather sad in many respects that your Olympic drea...Rather sad in many respects that your Olympic dream did not come true and Chicago was not awarded the 2016 Games. One city gets to be chosen and for the others it is "not this time, but please try again". There is no shame and humiliation in not being chosen, there is no sense of failure. Chicago made a good effort in submitting a bid and for that Americans should be thankful. I am horrified to read here that these right wing space cadets are blaming President Obama for Chicago's loss. Are they serious? What is going on down there? Where did this lynch mob mentality come from and why are these wingnuts able to be so vocal. I read Beth's entry and I read the comments that seem to come from intelligent, well adjusted, reasonably sane, compassionate, salt of the earth Americans. Then I wonder why we are not hearing more from people like you and why your voice is not the loudest. How did these right wingnuts get so much power and why are they able to talk the loudest. I would guess that there are far more normal,sane Americans than there are wackos like these ones down there. Why isn't their collective voice the loudest? Finally the US gets the opportunity on the world front to gain back a lot of the respect and trust that it lost in the Bush years only to be taken hostage by a bunch of rabid clowns turning it all into a three ring circus (apologies Bucko). Totally unbelievable.ziggy2315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-24778624948559774372009-10-05T11:49:03.517-04:002009-10-05T11:49:03.517-04:00More needs to happen for the country to take back ...More needs to happen for the country to take back the airwaves and the media from this conservative assholes. The more they keep dominating the media the more malice and distraction they produce.lelocolonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863848230674917354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-18897174061762524862009-10-05T09:40:51.144-04:002009-10-05T09:40:51.144-04:00These people were happy that our country failed.
...These people were happy that our country failed. <br /><br />That statement said it all. No matter what they say, it really comes down to that they wanted our country to lose. Does anyone who follows them understand that?<br /><br />Jingoist? This, after eight years of President Bush? Good grief. I'm surprised his tongue didn't leap out of his mouth and run screaming down the hall. <br /><br />And I couldn't have agreed with you more.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-49546504045894146832009-10-05T09:39:28.799-04:002009-10-05T09:39:28.799-04:00Great site you have here, Beth. An island of reaso...Great site you have here, Beth. An island of reason and logic in an ocean of silliness. Keep it up!<br /><br />The right wing is positively giddy that the United States will not be hosting the Olympics. Seriously, has it dawned on you yet how utterly despicable these people are? I was just wonderin'.<br /><br />The main goal of the GOP these days is to insure that President Obama's administration is a complete and utter failure. They want to see as many Americans as possible suffer in the next three years, thus, ensuring that they will be able to seize control of the executive branch in 2013. If the president succeeds in making life better for his countrymen and women, they fail. It's as simple as that. Mitch McConnell, to his credit, always looks quite uncomfortable when he is forced to justify policies as atrocious as those being put forward these days by that hideous party. But Cantor always has a serene, angelic smile on his face whenever he is forced to defend the morally indefensible - sort of like last week, at a Town Hall meeting when he told a woman whose mortally ill relative had been left bankrupt by her medical bills that she should rely on charity. He seemed so content with himself. Quite strange really.<br /><br />http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com<br /><br />Tom Degan<br />Goshen, NYTom Deganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911175264811957550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-32848805188351185432009-10-05T07:35:34.948-04:002009-10-05T07:35:34.948-04:00But what irks me most, is that if we'd gotten ...But what irks me most, is that if we'd gotten the Olympics they would have blamed him for that, too. All the money spent on building stadiums and such. Where's that money comin' from, Obama?<br />He literally, in the case of these rightwingnut asshats, cannot win no matter what he does.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-82111431794293281692009-10-05T06:58:18.785-04:002009-10-05T06:58:18.785-04:00I <3 Chicago. They say New Yorkers stand by ea...I <3 Chicago. They say New Yorkers stand by eachother, blah blah blah but I think Chicago does more so. It's an awesome city that you could spend months in and still not see all the awesome. :D<br />Love,<br />JamieJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809818104596108203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-82779548159529684692009-10-05T05:12:51.768-04:002009-10-05T05:12:51.768-04:00It makes me sick, and I mean almost literally. Wh...It makes me sick, and I mean almost literally. When I read these asshole comments early this morning they left me nauseous and wanting to cry. I'm at the point of just turning off the news and hiding somewhere, and yet I know that those of us who still have a heart and a brain need to do something to stop the hateful bullshit. I just don't know what we can do. Fighting against irrationality isn't easy.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-29762347076621803612009-10-05T04:56:11.439-04:002009-10-05T04:56:11.439-04:00all i can do i shake my head. i dont get it eithe...all i can do i shake my head. i dont get it either. still loving the turn of phrase about a tongue leaping out of a hater's mouth and running screaming...<br /><br /><br />xxalainaxxmrs.missalaineushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542984504965262088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-60909947574568419952009-10-04T21:28:16.504-04:002009-10-04T21:28:16.504-04:00I've never recalled such bitter disrespect for...I've never recalled such bitter disrespect for the presidency as I have as of late. It's sickening the hatred these people spew on a daily basis. I wish these people would wake up and see first hand how much they're undermining our country. We don't need our morality compromised in these tough economic times. We need to get back to values such as honor and respect for what this country is supposed to stand for. <br /><br />I've gotten to the point I don't even turn the news on anymore and tune out the naysayers. Gloating over what they consider to be a fallacy in our president seems almost traitorous to me. (Hugs)IndigoSage Ravenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143502548162174269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-37743589676564290772009-10-04T20:49:16.670-04:002009-10-04T20:49:16.670-04:00It is a sad state of affairs for the wingnuts to b...It is a sad state of affairs for the wingnuts to be so glad that Chicago and the USA did not get the bid. They are going after Obama and his less then 24 hour support, saying he is neglecting what is going on in our country. The Senate has not even passed a comprehensive bill on health care yet, so there is nothing for the President to do. There is no Environmental Bill from the Senate yet, so there is nothing for President Obama to do. <br /><br />We have become polarized, and I am not sure how we can begin to unite. I thought that Obama's election would be the start, but it has been even more devisive than before. I am not sure what the solution is :o(Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.com