Your daily Letter to the Columnist – May 10, 2011
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Hypocritical opportunists want to unlevel the playing field
Thank you for laying bare the panderingly oleaginous behavior of our current governor, a sorry excuse for a state executive if ever there was one.
There is indeed much slithering nationally as the right-wing white trash sycophants jockey for position, the desired placement seemingly being astride that line of the lowest common denominator, where they’ll find Donald Trump (who ought to be indicted for, at the very least, unnatural acts with his hair).
These hypocritical opportunists (a good Roman name for them would be Bogus Maximus) are out to dismantle whatever’s left of the New Deal and everything else the government has instituted since to level the playing field for more and more Americans.
I hope we will as a nation find our heart before we lose our soul.
Patrick Hinely
LEXINGTON
May 10, 2011 - 1:30 PM
A most excellent use of “oleaginous”. Props to Mr. Hinely.
And he’s right….the RW is out to destroy anything about this country that’s thoughtful and true to our (supposed) principles. Anything that makes us mediocre they applaud, and anything that makes us “exceptional” they want to bring down.
WOW, “oleaginous”! I am impressed. You sure that is not from Tommy Denton? LOL
Let me interpret Patrick’s post above – level playing field = let the government take from the wealthier Americans and give it to those who are less fortunate, never mind that many of those “unfortunate” are too good to work at McDonald’s, Wal-Mart or other jobs that pay a little more than minimum wage. While every single American has the opportunity to educate themselves and get a better paying job, Patrick thinks it is the government’s job to regulate and ensure that all Americans are of the same economic class. It’s called Socialism.
Michelle Obama is holding a “poetry evening” at the White House. One of the “poets” is a rapper that goes by the name of “Common”. Here’s a sample of his “poetry” courtesy of The Drudge Report quote:
Here’s a sample of Common’s work, transcribed from a 2007 video with 837,613 viewers on YouTube. Students, please compare and contrast the two poems. You’ll get extra credit for counting the death threats. There is no extra credit for identifying spelling errors. By the way, ‘Uzi’ is slang for a compact machine gun:
A Letter to the Law
Dem boy wanna talk… [indistinguishable]
Whatcha gon do if ya got one gun?
I sing a song for the hero unsung
with faces on the mural of the revolution
No looking back cos’ in back is what’s done
Tell the preacher, God got more than one son
Tell the law, my Uzi weighs a ton
I walk like a warrior,
from them I won’t run
On the streets, they try to beat us like a drum
In Cincinnati, another brother hung
A guinea won’t see the sun
with his family stung
They want us to hold justice
but you handed me none
The same they did to Kobe and Michael Jackson
make them the main attraction
Turn around and attack them
Black gem in the rough
You’re rugged enough
Use your mind and nine-power, get the government touch
Them boys chat-chat on how him pop gun
I got the black strap to make the cops run
They watching me, I’m watching them
Them dick boys got a lock of c— in them
My people on the block got a lot of pok* in them
and when we roll together
we be rocking them to sleep
No time for that, because there’s things to be done
Stay true to what I do so the youth dream come
from project building
Seeing a fiend being hung
With that happening, why they messing with Saddam?
Burn a Bush cos’ for peace he no push no button
Killing over oil and grease
no weapons of destruction
How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one
The government’s a g-unit and they might buck young black people
Black people In the urban area one
I hold up a peace sign, but I carry a gun.
Peace, ya’ll.”
The First Lady’s office did not return a call from The DC.
Unquote
You can take the girl out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of the girl. Come on, Libs – defend this! Crickets…..
Oh yeah I almost forgot – “Common” also has attended the Rev Wright’s church since he was a young boy. Bet he had a seat right next to Barry and Moochelle.
Hey Suzie – isn’t it hilarious how quiet the Libs get when you get them pinned against the ropes??? LOL
62% approval rating (Gallup).
I think it’s fair to say that “Common” will never win a limerick-writing contest on this blog!
Jim – 49% approval – Rasmussen – May 10 2011
D’Dawg, I was referring to McDonnell. Perhaps you also, just clarifying mine.
Trying to figure out why I should take DD’s poetry critique seriously on any level. Failing.
DD, I have a feeling you’re out of your depth with any poetry that doesn’t rhyme. Don’t stress yourself over it.
Oh, and one thing else Sandi who has suddenly become a mute – this is your tax dollars at work – who do you think is paying for this filth – gdad? SteveC? Kristen? Put up or shut up ….
Warner had 61%, but Allen & Kaine both had a 46% approval rating when they were at this point as Governor. Maybe Cuccinelli is hoping that would make him a shoo-in for the job, since he has a 46% job approval rating in his position right now. Although I think many would rather just give him the shoe.
D’Dawg its art. People have a right to say and express themselves as they wish in this country….Its the right the ranks ahead of gun ownership on the big list.
If people want to write rap lyrics about shooting cops or put crosses in bottle of piss they can do that. You don’t have to like it or listen to it but because its not your taste in music doesn’t mean it isn’t appreciated by others.
“Oh, and one thing else Sandi who has suddenly become a mute – this is your tax dollars at work – who do you think is paying for this filth – gdad? SteveC? Kristen? Put up or shut up ….”
Sandi is not mute and she pays taxes. Kristen pays taxes. Steve C, Ron, Magpie, Lynda K, billhudson, gdad and EVERYONE else here pay taxes, too, DD. Suzie pays them (but she resents it).
What’s your point?
I never heard of “Common” and I have no clue why he is considered a poet in any sense much less a poet invited to the White House. However, I will not insult the First Lady or the President over this or any other issue. Not when it is the Obama family and not when it is any other.
Get over your insulting self, I was downloading some Gangstagrass (good stuff) and frankly you seldom deserve a comment anyway. Art and artists are subjective. I did not invite these folks and have no idea why anyone would, but I would say the same if it was Lyle Lovett.
Dan, don’t you feel the least bit foolish trying to make sense with someone who proudly calls himself “Dawg”? Just think about it…
How much is the White House paying “Common” to perform, DD? You must know, because you claimed that it was “your tax dollars at work.”
How much?
“Tell the preacher, God got more than one son” Sounds like Grammy material to me. Good stuff. Much more civil than some of the stuff spewed on this blog.
No doubt “Common” has the right to his expression.
No doubt the Obamas can invite who they wish.
Is there any doubt such choice is subject to question? Especially this choice?
Dan, your reference as to how much money, on any given issue is absurd. Bet he didn’t come cheap.
Jim Lucas,
I don’t know if the White House pays ANYBODY who’s invited by the president or first lady to perform there. How do you (or DD) know that they are paid? And if they are, how much?
That’s the only conceivable way anybody could whine (as DD did) “your tax dollars at work.”
How much?
Oddly enough the Fox Nation thought “Common” was all that back in 2010:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4380489/the-hot-zone-common/
““your music is very positive. And you’re known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?“
You’re right again Dan. The entire event is privately funded, secret service, etc. My bad.
Jim the Secret Service will be at the White House regardless of whether or not Common performs there.
#11 Well, let’s see DD. Crickets from me until 10:51 p.m. because I just saw this. I don’t stay logged in all the time breathlessly waiting for your next inane, pointless post. And as inane, pointless posts, this is one of the most inane and pointless.
As for your apoplectic demands that liberal justify this (which I haven’t even bothered to read at this point), well, it’s not my job or any liberal’s job to justify everything the Obamas do. It makes no sense that you think we should justify it.
OK, so that took care of that little buzzing gnat.
Hey Suzie – isn’t it hilarious how quiet the Libs get when you get them pinned against the ropes??? LOL
Yep, Dublin Dawg. They can’t defend Moochele for bringing in her fellow ghetto thug. I hate like hell paying for that crap.
#6 Well, Jim, that would be a WHOLE lot lower than Mark Warner was. Not all that much higher than Kaine at the end of his term.
Yeah between Moochele and her mother, they’ve probably stolen…. well, let’s put it this way: I hope the staff did a very thorough inventory of everything in that place that isn’t nailed down.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; In a country of 310 million to choose from, we ended up with the trashiest pair imaginable. I mean how pathetic is it when you have to worry that the first lady and her posse are stealing the place blind? Can anybody imagine such a problem with Laura Bush?
Unless Obama invites a Russian rapper to the White House, I will remain calm. If he does that…all bets are off.
Huckabee Adviser: Obama is a Soviet Spy
You can try, but you cannot make up stuff this awful.
“I hate like hell paying for that crap.”
How much more are taxpayers going to pay if Common performs at the White House, than if he didn’t?
I’ve posed that question a few times now. Is it that big of a stumper?
Headline: ”
Suzie claims Clintons weren’t trashiest-ever couple in the White House.”
Barack and Michelle Obama, Michelle’s mother, and their delightful children exhibit more class every day in the White House than all the arrogant Suzies of the world manage in their whole bitter, pitiful, and pathetic lives.
Headline:
”Suzie claims Clintons weren’t trashiest-ever couple in the White House.”
“”Embarassed Obamas admit bed bugs in Lincoln room and ringworms had to be eradicated in oval office in 2009.”"
“Bushes remain silent on infestation, Cheney blames Scott McClellan”
;;;sarcasm font off;;;
Well Dan, she does know all about being pure white trash.
I apologize for my white trash comment. I hate sinking to Suzie’s level.
There are sewer rats Suzie would have to look up to. You are a racist witch and it is no wonder you need to conceal your identity.
Suzie claims Clintons weren’t trashiest-ever couple in the White House.”
Dnn is admitting we had the two trashiest couples running for the Democrat nomination in ’08. I have to agree.
Questionaire for finalists for Democrat presidential nominations as of 2008: (These apply to either the presidential or First Spouse candidate.)
1 Was your father a philanderer?
2 Was your father an alkie?
3 Was your mother a hooker?
4 Were you illegitimate?
5 Did you learn of a half-sibling at sometime during adulthood?
6 Did your father beat the hell out of your mother?
7 Are you from Illinois?
8 Did you grow up on the wrong side of the tracks/ghetto?
9 Have you gone to great lengths to hide your medical/education/citizenship records?
10 Will/have you taken anything in the WH that isn’t nailed down?
11 Do you have an extended family of extreme ne’er do wells?
12 Do you lie whenever you open your mouth?
13 Do you campaign as a conservative, then govern as an extremist kook leftwinger?
14 Have you at one or more times in your life expressed extreme disdain for the military?
15 Do you abuse your body by eating junk/smoking?
16 Has the wife ever received large sums of money in crooked/highly questionable business arrangements?
17 Is the wife prone to obesity?
18 Does the wife have a knack for wearing unflattering attire?
19 Are you as a couple almost giddy that you have/are about to pull off the biggest heist on the American voter to date?
20 Have you associated with extremist violent leftwing radicals in your college days that made you what you are today?
21 Are you the perhaps the least qualified candidate ever to run for your position?
Word has it that John Kennedy used to have Marilyn Monroe over
to the White House from time to time. She was an un-wrapper
though.
Right again Dan, & the Army exists whether or not we’re in Afghanistan.
Fire dept exists whether or not a fire.
Any more insight(s) on marginal cost?
#28 So suze, you have some evidence they’re stealing? If not, why would you say that?
Oh, I forgot for a second, you’re a worthless trashy troll.
Dan – whether or not “Common” is paid a fee, how about the food, added security, drinks etc. What do YOU think they servse at these affairs – Kool-Aid???? And what about the content of this “poetry”? I’ll bet Gabbie in Arizona would not appreciate this “poetry”. Oh, I forget Dan – you are the anti-gun zealot. Hypocrisy has no end……..
#28 “I mean how pathetic is it when you have to worry that the first lady and her posse are stealing the place blind? Can anybody imagine such a problem with Laura Bush?”
Did you make sure the maid ironed the white sheets and hood yesterday, Suz? I know, I know….you AREN’T racist. Some of your closest employees…I mean FRIENDS are black, right??
#29 Wow, almost as nutty as suzie and her claim that the Obamas are stealing everything from the WH. Not sure why she brought that one back up, except maybe she needed something with racist overtones that she hadn’t used in a while.
Bless your heart Brendan, you’d have better luck explaining art to a Beanie Baby than to a RWer. Their concept of art begins and ends with Thomas Kincaid.
Crickets….lol
As we can see in this thread, DD is going completely off-the-rails bonkers again. In #4 he posts some lyrics he doesn’t like, challenges liberals to defend them (at least he didn’t challenge us to yet another Redneck Rumble) and then berates us in the same post for silence. 96 minutes later he claims victory because he hasn’t gotten a liberal response yet, never mind that Dan probably didn’t even approve the first post until right before the second. To make it even better, nutcase suzie joins in with her very old and unproven claim that the Obamas are ransacking the WH.
And notice that all this nonsense comes in the thread that was led off by a thoughtful and incredibly well-written missive from Patrick Hinely, who also is an incredibly talented photographer. Hinely so destroyed them from the start, DD and troll had to come up with a diversion.
You have to admit that there is one sad benefit from Suzie and Dublin’s, they remove all doubt and show us the dark and ugly heart of right wing America. There are people who cannot be enlightened, educated or decent and they prove that daily.
I think DD is mighty angry that the Obama’s didn’t invite Jerry Jeff Walker to perform, “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother.”
God I love that song. . . .
The right here seems to have gone off of its collective rocker.
“You have to admit that there is one sad benefit from Suzie and Dublin’s, they remove all doubt and show us the dark and ugly heart of right wing America. There are people who cannot be enlightened, educated or decent and they prove that daily.”
Only if you assume they are not incredibly talented at parody (and if that’s true, they’re doing a killer job).
#50 Parody or not, they’re making the right look about as bad possible. Maybe they’re actually libs with a brilliant strategy.
#49 No joke.
Colbert is parody, these two are simply right wing parrots. Who knew you could make the right wing look worse than anyone thought?
gdad – I don’t know what your definition of “destroyed” is but apparently it is not the same as mine. If you Libs want to condone this thuggery by Moochelle go ahead – just hope you never end up on the wrong end of a 9MM brandished by some teenage thug “inspired” by Common’s “poetry”. Of course, you Libs cannoy think for yourselves or you never would have elected Obama in the first place. You would rather cutt of both hands rather than admit that Obama was wrong about something. At least us Conservatives have no problem criticizing our own when it is warranted. THAT’S the big difference between us.
Why should anyone doubt the Obama’s won’t steal the White House blind – the Clinton’s did: Courtesy of ABC News quote:
Clintons Return White House Furniture
Former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, have sent $28,000 worth of household goods back to Washington after questions arose over whether the items were intended as personal gifts or donations to the White House.
“We have been informed that it is being shipped back, and the National Park Service is ready to receive it, take possession of it and take custody of it,” Jim McDaniel, the National Park Service’s liaison to the White House, said Wednesday.
“The property is being returned to government custody until such time that the issues can be resolved. It may well turn out that that property is rightly the personal property of the Clintons.”
Giving Back
After they were criticized for taking $190,000 worth of china, flatware, rugs, televisions, sofas and other gifts with them when they left, the Clintons announced last week that they would pay for $86,000 worth of gifts, or nearly half the amount.
Their latest decision to send back $28,000 in gifts brings to $114,000 the value of items the Clintons have either decided to pay for or return.
McDaniel discussed the matter Wednesday with Betty Monkman, the White House curator, and Gary Walters, the chief usher, or executive manager of the White House.
They were reviewing the gifts the Clintons chose to keep after $28,000 worth of items were found on a list of donations the Park Service received for the 1993 White House redecoration project. The Washington Post this week quoted three people who said that they assumed the furnishings they donated for the project would stay in the White House.
“As a result of questions about the status of certain property donated to the White House during the Clinton administration, the National Park Service will accept the return of the property in question and act as a custodian of such property,” according to a statement released by the Park Service, which administers the White House as a unit of the national park system.
A person familiar with the Clintons’ move out of the White House, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would say only: “They’ve been returned.”
Furniture Movers
While the Clintons’ decision to return these gifts was a way to get out from under this and other criticism surrounding their departure from the White House, the couple provided scant details about the shipment.
Mrs. Clinton’s office referred all questions about the gift return to the former president’s transition office. Transition office workers said the Clintons would make no statement. They referred all questions to the Park Service, which wasn’t exactly sure which gifts were being returned or where they had been kept.
In a statement released Monday, Clinton’s transition office said every item they accepted was identified by the White House gift office as a present to them. They said none of the gifts taken was on a curator’s list of official White House property.
“Gifts did not leave the White House without the approval of the White House usher’s and curator’s offices,” the statement said. “Of course, if the White House now determines that a cataloging error occurred, … any item in question will be returned.”
Instead of waiting for the issue to be resolved, the Clintons returned the items.
#55 “Gifts did not leave the White House without the approval of the White House usher’s and curator’s offices,”…
Too damn bad we can’t curse Bush for just taking furniture instead of thousands of American troop’s lives, limbs and futures for their families!
#54 Please pay a tiny bit of attention, DD. The original post that started this thread, which is what I was talking about, has nothing whatsoever to do with Common (who I’ve never even heard of) or with Michelle Obama.
As for “You would rather cutt of both hands rather than admit that Obama was wrong about something,” well, to put it succinctly, you’re WRONG. I’m not going to go through the whole list of what I’ve criticized Obama for here, but it could start with my disgust for his getting involved in military action in Libya and his acceleration of military action in Afghanistan. There’s a lot more.
Care to try again, DD?
The Clintons shouldn’t have taken all that stuff. I think Hillary’s plans to run for Senate are the prime reason they folded so fast after the questions were raised.
“Too damn bad we can’t curse Bush for just taking furniture instead of thousands of American troop’s lives, limbs and futures for their families!”
Score!
DD@11`:17
And all this relates to the Obamas how? If you have any proof, or even any inkling of proof that the President and First Lady are stealing from the White House and ripping off national treasures, let’s have it.Otherwise move on to a topic which has some meaning or even just a smidgen of truth in it.
dave – pull your head out of your butt and read my post – I didn’t say the Obama’s are stealing, just making the point that we didn’t think the Clinton’s (as classy as they are LOL) would steal either. Go take your valium for the day…..
I suppose if people keeping gifts that are given to them amounts to “stealing” then there are more than a few President’s and politicians who are “thieves”.
“Under federal law, personal gifts to the President from foreign governments or officials cannot be kept unless they are worth less than $180; otherwise they must be turned over to the State Department. Personal gifts from non- foreign sources, however, can be kept no matter how expensive.“
As usual, “that dog won’t hunt”. He is just throwing out baseless attacks and maligning his betters, what else can you expect from the disenfranchised?
#55 And, DD, let’s say the Clintons purposely went around the WH saying, “OK, let’s steal this and let’s steal this,” how does that prove the Obamas are in he process of looting the place, which is what troll person is claiming.
We’ll wait to hear back from you with your evidence of Obama pilfering.
Re: #50
“Only if you assume they are not incredibly talented at parody (and if that’s true, they’re doing a killer job).”
———-
That pops into my mind quite often.
How better for a left-wing-nut to attack the right wing that create and maintain such a persona in public view — the ultimate Strawman.
I think it was Suzie who suggested the Obamas may be stealing.
Come on Dave you, I and DDawg all know you can’t trust THOSE PEOPLE. They all steal. I know DDawg wont let THOSE PEOPLE out of his sight if they were around his stuff.
I think Suzie meets some the criteria for th Dem Candidate….Her mother was a hooker. I saw her perform in a sideshow in Juarez with Suzies father “El Burro Grande”. While he wasn’t a philanderer…he was quite an animal.
Suzie has gone to great lengths to hide her birth certificate because while her anchor baby status means that she is a natural born citizen it will disclose that she half donkey.
Her dad wasn’t know to beat the hell out of her mother but on several occasions he did get a little extra excited before the show started and kicker her around a bit.
DD@11:17
“Why should anyone doubt the Obamas won’t steal the White House blind?”
Sure DD. We can all see that you had no intention of casting aspersions on the Obamas with that asinine comment. I don’t think any of us just fell off the bus from gullibleville. You guys are great at making accusations and then attempting to parse your words and claim you didn’t say that. I call BS on that remark.
#67 I’m aware that it was suzie who said the Obamas are stealing, but DD is defending that position so I as asking for the proof he’s basing that on.
Anyone who thinks the Clintons went around the White House and personally
supervised the moving process in detail when they left the White House is delusional. With all they had on their plate, it would be logical to assume that task was delegated to some subordinate. That subordinate may or may not have prepared a list for them to sign off on. As usual, the
right wing haters are attempting to make a mountain out of a molehill.
Gdad – ONCE AAGAIN, let me say this slowly for you – read my last post above to dave concerning my remarks. Are other parts of your anatomy as small as your brain?
Brendan – I’m no lawyer, but I think you may be crossing the line with your remarks about Suzie. Slander is hard to prove, but if you are dumb enough (which you obviously are) to put it in writing on a public forum, you make it a LOT easier.
Yes, and just btw Brendan, the other requirement in slander (which DD gratuitously failed to mention) is that is has to be against an identifiable person, and it can’t be obviously tongue-in-cheek.
Perhaps you can slander an anonymous blog poster who goes by a first name, but the blog poster won’t be able to collect anything because you didn’t injure any person’s reputation — at most, you injured the “reputation” of an anonymous entity.
Duh, DD…”Suzie” doesn’t even exist to us, outside of cyberspace. You can’t “slander” a screename.
You can, however, “slander” the President, as you and your little friend did. So I’d worry about that if I were you, which blissfully I am not.
What’s this? You can dish some of the most hateful, slanderous and cruel remarks and insults known to mankind to an actual person and it is “slander” to make fun of an anonymous troll whose mission in life is to insult people and cause trouble? OMG, no sh– Sherlock, you are not a lawyer!
Thanks for the concern DDawg but I took, and passed, Press Law and Ethics in college and I’m not worried about any legal trouble.
Careful, folks, you’re going to incite DD to suggest another “charity event.”
So I’m gathering that the whiny RW male tactic du jour is to come on here and threaten legal action?
Perhaps DD and Jim Lucas concocted this strategy while enjoying their discounted coffees at McDonalds today.
Kristen@4:44
Is that who Suzie was referring to in her comments to Harold Dannel about the impotent old men hanging around McDonalds dribking coffee all morning?
LOL
With all they had on their plate, it would be logical to assume that task was delegated to some subordinate.
Yeah, Bubba was very busy pardoning all those accomplices and crooks like Susan McDougal and Mark Rich about that time.
So you support abusing Constitutional power when Bush/Cheney did it and decry it when Clinton did it. You are so fair.
So much for civility from the dysfunctional Libs.
dave at 9:22…I think that’s possible!
“I don’t know where Bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.” – G.W. Bush, 3/13/02 (6months after 9/11)
3 Years later Bush closed the OBL unit of the CIA.
In June 2009, Obama directed his CIA director to “provide me within 30 days a detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to justice” Osama Bin Laden.
Sooo lets get this straight Bush lovers….W closed the OBL unit. He said OBL was not important and not a priority. There is no confirmation(a lot of speculation by FOX News but no proof)that waterboarding lead to killing OBL.
Obama made it a goal and a campaign issue. Obama reopened the OBL unit. Obama made getting OBL a priority. Obama said he would get him even if he was in Pakistan.
So just keep hatin’ haters cause you lose on this argument.
Whoops. Meant to post that on the Jon Stewart/”Got Osama” subject.
#73 Based on this post alone it’s quite apparent that you’re no lawyer, DD. It’s also obvious that you know nothing about slander, which refers to a spoken statement.
gdad – you seem to jump at every chance to criticize me. Too bad you aren’t willing to back up your trash talking – typical lace panty Lib.
#88 What was that, DD? I couldn’t hear you for the noise made by your knuckles dragging across the floor.
that’s because tour p___y was drouwning me out – are your sure your are a man? I doubt it Sally…..I heard you squat to pee….
“that’s because tour p___y was drouwning me out – are your sure your are a man? I doubt it Sally…..I heard you squat to pee….
Oh. My. Goodness.
(deleted because of the ban on insults, esp. regarding spelling and grammar)
DD@7 :53
If that’s the kind of trash it takes to make you feel like a man, you
are even more warped than I originally thought. A big, strong tough, loudmouthed bully! For shame.
#90 Wow, redneck rumble dude, that was extremely literate and so very manly.