tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post4089601818602137061..comments2023-09-25T04:10:23.046-04:00Comments on The Stone's Colossal Dream: On Politics and MetaphorTania Rochellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343894619102379852noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-26235169269503314902008-09-09T23:54:00.000-04:002008-09-09T23:54:00.000-04:00Well it's a well know fact, Thomas, there's a grou...Well it's a well know fact, Thomas, there's a group of the five wealthiest people in the world known as the pentaverate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers. And meet tri-annually at a secret country mansion known as, the Meadows. So who's in this pentaverate? The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettes, The Rothchilds and The Colonel himself (before he went teets up).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-3456320558012806352008-09-09T17:25:00.000-04:002008-09-09T17:25:00.000-04:00Ok, I really don't have time for this, and what's ...Ok, I really don't have time for this, and what's the point. Anon you sound pretty reasonable, but why don't you just go ahead and step out of the absurd controlled left/right paradigm? \Our controllers mock us with our death or death by bushido(hope you know the joke) false choice. The following is a quote from Carrol Quigley, Operative Clinton's "favorite professor" at Georgetown as he proudly proclaimed at DNC 92 (I believe):He wrote: "The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one perhaps of the Right, and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can 'throw the rascals out' at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.... [E]ither party in office becomes in time corrupt, tired, unenterprising, and vigorless. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same policies". [1] His other famous quote was from Tragedy and Hope: "There does exist, and has existed for a generation, an international Anglophile network which operates, to some extent, in the way the radical Right believes the Communists act. In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Group has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, of any other groups, and frequently does so. <BR/><BR/> I know of the operations of this network because I have studied it for twenty years and was permitted for two years, in the early 1960's, to examine its papers and secret records. I have no aversion to it or to most of its aims and have, for much of my life, been close to it and to many of its instruments.<BR/><BR/> I have objected, but in the past and recently, to a few of its policies (notably to its belief that England was an Atlantic rather than a European Power and must be allied, or even federated, with the United States and must remain isolated from Europe), but in general my chief difference of opinion is that it wished to remain unknown, and I believe its role in history is significant enough to be known. <BR/>Both candidates are absurd, evil and totally corrupt. Both grovel before their masters at AIPAC. Neither have committed to pull out of the Iraq debacle, rescind the unconstitutional "Patriot" act, etc, etc. Both are CFR stooges; Obama's wife is a CFR member and his handler is Brezinsky-yeah that's real"change". I do not have to participate, nor will I.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07667652899477776255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-1815171792521103162008-09-09T15:20:00.000-04:002008-09-09T15:20:00.000-04:00Honestly, either way we are up the creek without a...Honestly, either way we are up the creek without a paddle. It is a sad situation that we have to choose between Barack or McCain. Bush sucks but I don't think we will be any better off after November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-45514020296373311082008-09-09T10:29:00.000-04:002008-09-09T10:29:00.000-04:00Agreed. GDS Bush and Chenney should be tried for t...Agreed. GDS Bush and Chenney should be tried for treason for what they have done to this country. But McCain is still a better choice than Barack Obama. Regardless of the Presidents political party, you still have a House and Senate that are supposed to keep things in check. God bless us if we have a Pres/House/Senate all of the same party R or D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-762225515465626402008-09-09T00:56:00.000-04:002008-09-09T00:56:00.000-04:00T. That is great.To the anon: get your facts strai...T. That is great.<BR/>To the anon: get your facts straight. Do not make dumb remarks like Obama Osama. You are only proving your ignorance. Thanks, but bloggers here do not need a proof.<BR/>Now I want to present my experience about the GOP and their BS rhetoric in hopes of educating your anon blogger. G. D. Bush (that is George Daddy Bush) was our president for 12 years starting in 1980! Regan was already suffering from Alzheimer and had no recollection of anything. I was just starting at UGA when Regan/GD Bush became president. His first year in the office coincided with the first year my graduate student friends had to pay taxes on their stipend, which the University gave them for functioning as teaching assistants. Measly pay for hard work. That was the “tax cuts” that they lured the blue-collar workers to the poles with. The next gift they gave the US and the world was the “freedom fighters” of Afghanistan, who later became Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. GD Bush also helped Saddam Hussein hone his chemical skills by helping them during the war with Iran.<BR/>Now we have the GDS Bush (George the Dumb Son Bush) with Dick Cheney as the guy who calls all the shots in the background and makes most of the profits from this war. We do not need the type four more years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-78205950410534074182008-09-08T22:14:00.000-04:002008-09-08T22:14:00.000-04:00Lo's comment = most thought provoking.Lo's comment = most thought provoking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-76852890548664982812008-09-08T17:20:00.000-04:002008-09-08T17:20:00.000-04:00gross mom there are kids that read your blog too. ...gross mom there are kids that read your blog too. We don't like naked people. It is like the fact i dont' like the bulldogs think of it that way.Adults don't like fun and kids don't like naked people especially people we don't now.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05742642656224140335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-59782970906526032162008-09-08T15:19:00.000-04:002008-09-08T15:19:00.000-04:00You say BarackI say BarakSome say ObamaSome say Os...You say Barack<BR/>I say Barak<BR/><BR/>Some say Obama<BR/>Some say Osama <BR/><BR/>Potato<BR/>Patato<BR/><BR/>Tomato<BR/>TamatoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-22767939782060971632008-09-08T15:00:00.000-04:002008-09-08T15:00:00.000-04:00Anonymous --- the first name is spelled Barack. A...Anonymous --- the first name is spelled Barack. And thanks for including that middle initial. Hmm, I wonder what his middle name is? <BR/><BR/>You might also want to read Senator Obama's memoir in which he describes his father's life in great detail - the good and the bad. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents and he spoke about them at the DNC. <BR/><BR/>T - great post. I almost cried when I saw the turnout at McCain-Palin rally in CO Springs on Saturday. I knew there would be a crowd due to James Dobson's endorsement, but why was I still surprised?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-12387865916695350852008-09-08T14:50:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:50:00.000-04:00Why does someone with a dissenting oppinion have t...Why does someone with a dissenting oppinion have to be classified as a low-life? I love America, but there is certainly a lot to be desired. It is a shame we only have a two party system. They both use fear to get elected and it's sickening. A Statesman thinks about the next generation, a politician thinks about the next election. McCain has nothing to prove by becoming president, he's 72 for crying out loud. Whereas after the glossy speeches and fearmongering of his own are done, Obama is already working on his next book. I just agree with Biden. He could be the guy, just not right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-65416114035679121462008-09-08T14:39:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:39:00.000-04:00One, he most certainly did not mention his father ...One, he most certainly did not mention his father at all during the DNC. Two, I think Biden voted for that invasion as well. (Which I agree was BS). The question will be, who can get us out effectively? I can separate the man from the Party. We are better of with McCain and a Democratic house and Senate then we are with Dems across the board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-21669277685975433682008-09-08T14:30:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:30:00.000-04:00congrats T, your blog ratings must be "up there" b...congrats T, your blog ratings must be "up there" because you've attracted another anon low-life Rep troller who spouts bs talking points in the guise of thoughtful "comment" - I'm beginning to actually think they hate America . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-28852992180367542412008-09-08T14:21:00.000-04:002008-09-08T14:21:00.000-04:00I think we know plenty about Obama's childhood and...I think we know plenty about Obama's childhood and the father who deserted him. That's been in every video and campaign speech I've ever seen, so you must not be paying attention. <BR/><BR/>A politician is a politician. They are going to say and do what they must to get elected. However, I'd rather have Obama and Biden saying it than McCain and Palin. We gave the Republicans eight years and they have destroyed our economy, invaded a country for no solid reason and refuse diplomatic options while isolating the US further and further, which will only hurt us in the long run. How anyone could even dream of handing this nation over to four more years of Republican rule makes no sense to me.Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-87604642347856146632008-09-08T12:23:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:23:00.000-04:00This article does have some valid points. However,...This article does have some valid points. However, the symbolic mechanisms of the political mind-the worldviews, frames, metaphors, cultural narratives, and stereotypes (real or perceived) can not be denied when you are looking at a first term Senator (who has spent half that time on a book tour or campaigning for election).His rhetoric is just as empty, only from the Left. The irony of a candidate who preaches about family and his'compelling life-story' but neglects to mention his father(s) or years 1-10 is absurd. McCain is not the best choice by far, but the unknown (or underreported)of Barak H. Obama is far worse. See: Ayers, Harvard admissions recomendation, Rev. Wright, Tony Rezko. What burns me is Obama's contention that he is different than other politicians. He is not different. He carries the same baggage, plays the same games, and flip-flops when he needs to. I like Biden, and respect his tenure as a Senator. The most telling thing about Biden on Barak was, "He could be ready for the Presidency, but he is not ready now". Or, "I (Biden) would be honered to serve with or against John McCain." You can not spin comments like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23869235.post-68390165396317638592008-09-08T12:19:00.000-04:002008-09-08T12:19:00.000-04:00Or as Russell Brand said last night, let us not el...Or as Russell Brand said last night, let us not elect another retarded cowboy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com