tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post2337107673865656986..comments2024-03-14T08:21:24.575-04:00Comments on Island Voice: NOT EXACTLY!Everetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-70315309946805669632008-07-24T17:15:00.000-04:002008-07-24T17:15:00.000-04:00Anony Smart A, That was the guy I was thinking abo...Anony Smart A, That was the guy I was thinking about! <BR/>To the commenter above yours, I'm out to lunch on that question. It has no meaning. Which world do I live in? This one I guess, with all its foiables and warped folks. Which "one" do you live in? The one induced from a hallucenigenic(sp) trip i guess.Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-4209246232561688912008-07-24T11:55:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:55:00.000-04:00Ev, You're talking about Ward Churchill the Americ...Ev, You're talking about Ward Churchill the America hating marxist proffessor fired from U of Col. for plagerizing books and artwork, also calling himself Part-Indian when he was'nt. I think someone in AIM (American Indian Movement) refered to him as "cheif sh**ing Bull".<BR/><BR/>Smart A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-11769464190115099912008-07-24T08:17:00.000-04:002008-07-24T08:17:00.000-04:00What freakin world do you live in?What freakin world do you live in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-3882621040364852982008-07-23T18:21:00.000-04:002008-07-23T18:21:00.000-04:00If I was the guy going in to rob one of these stor...If I was the guy going in to rob one of these stores, even if there were not one other soul in the place, (I) would be very leery of the clerk and just what was in his hand if it was below the counter-top! It might be a big-assed old automatic .45 aimed at my gut intended to ventilate me!<BR/><BR/>The radical right rewriting history? Newt Gingrich doing that? Rush Limbaugh? Now THATS RADICAL! How about the "American Indian" Professor out in Colorado, whose name escapes me at the moment, who was teaching student his revised version of history. It goes on all the time as you can readily discern when you talk to some of the recent graduates of these "Institutions of higher learning".<BR/><BR/>"Katelyn dis information campaigns?" Have you picked up a NY Times in the last twenty years? Talk about perfectly delivered propaganda! Part truth, part dis information! Those folks are masters at it. Ole Pinch is turning the Gray Lady into a decomposing old Hag! and there are a couple dozen other rags of the same ilk doing the same thing. I don't think that the far right or even the near right has any lock on bullshit desimenation (sp)<BR/><BR/>Yep, Hillary. Did you read the sentence under that statement? At least we aaall know for sure what a liar and a crook she is!Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-36015063264408826922008-07-23T12:07:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:07:00.000-04:00by Anonymous XEverett:Who said I was a Mr.?A mostl...by Anonymous X<BR/>Everett:<BR/>Who said I was a Mr.?<BR/><BR/>A mostly worthy and excellent list of things to be in favor of. I was pleased to see you self describe as a realist. It sometimes seems you take the black or white approach.<BR/>but.....<BR/>I'll take issue with a couple. Guns you say. I will not buy into the view that to reduce gun violence we need more guns. I think I would rather be in a convience store where the "mug" has the gun and gets the $$$ than have 10 yahoos want to play hero. The scenario that plays in my head is me getting shot in the hero yahoo who wants his mug on the teevee news' coossfire. You must have seen the case in Texas a couple of weeks ago. The guy sees the crooks hauling the goods from the neighbor's house. The guy calls 911 and states he is going to shoot the crooks. 911 tells him not to do that. He shoots and kills the crooks. Texas says no problem. Texas---it was B&E and the crooks get death by private citizen not the victim of the B&E. ??? <BR/>Rewrite history you say. I am 100% totally in favor of not rewriting history. From what I have read, it seems to me, the radical right is the most actively engaged in that attempt. I see that attempt manifested in the "Katelyn" like disinformation email campaigns.<BR/>If a forwarded email contains an opening like "A cautionary tale" I would delete it at once. Of course the disinformation emails are the tip of the iceburg. <BR/>A couple other of your wants might be counter productive or not provide the desired results, tariffs for instance. <BR/>Our political choices are always about the lesser of two evils and<BR/>I never thought McCain was your guy, but Hillary? <BR/><BR/>To Mr. Alvarez:<BR/>The change I feel you fear now is the same fear I had of GWB in 2000.<BR/>Let's root for positive change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-33688955828963867292008-07-22T20:04:00.000-04:002008-07-22T20:04:00.000-04:00I'm not really sure why everyone thinks that I am ...I'm not really sure why everyone thinks that I am in love with John McCain. So he may not have even a rudimentary handle on economics, but that is why you hire/appoint Cabinet people who Do know which end is up! I respect him for what he did in the Navy and what he has done since, for the most part! I was not rooting for him to be the GOP nominee. I can hear all the screaming now when I say that the guy I wanted was Rudy G.! Here is a guy who put NYC on the straight and narrow for his terms in office. He can't be responsible for dingbats that followed him! He handled the 9/11 crisis as well as anybody I know of, could have. So yeah, Rudy was my guy, but of the two choices we are left with McCain was and is the lesser of two evils. Even Hillary would have been better than BHO. You know, better the enemy you know than the one you don't!<BR/>To annoy, er anonymous #1 at the top of the page, If you hate what is put out on this blog, why do you keep coming back and reading it?<BR/>How come no comebacks for the comment on 7/21 at 7:35pm?<BR/><BR/>Sam, I'd rather have McCain, doofus that he may be on the economy, then some guy who THINKS he knows everything about ALL THINGS! He just plain scares the shit out of me. Just what do you think he will do when Iran finally gets their nuke missiles operational and lobs a few around the mid-east and southern Europe? Call a meeting of the UN and badmouth R my Jimmy Dad till he quits being a bad boy? And by the way, just where is this recession that we are always hearing about by the MSM? Don't you have to have have two, CONSECUTIVE quarters where ALL the economic indicators drop below certain marks? Not just the housing market that went belly up because of unscrupulous lenders,(big banks that should have known better, but, anything you can do for instant gratification) and borrowers who thought they were smart enough to screw the system?<BR/><BR/>And Anonymous x;<BR/><BR/>What am I FOR? Well I'll tell you:<BR/> <BR/>I'm for lower taxes for all of us.<BR/><BR/>I'm for a lot smaller Federal government.<BR/><BR/>I'm for rescinding every damn cent in foreign aid to every single country that receives it, and then let them reapply for help. And NO COUNTRY, that has given support in the past, nor any that gives it now to support the terrorist movement, need apply.<BR/><BR/>I'm for kicking the UN the hell out of this country and sending it to France where they will appreciate it. And ZERO funding by the US!<BR/><BR/>I'm for term limits for ALL ELECTED offices, State as well a Federal. One term for a Senator, two or three for a Congressman. Then you can't run again for 12 years!<BR/><BR/>I'm for kicking out all the entrenched beaurecrats and taking all their baggage with them. <BR/><BR/>I'm for firing every tenured professor in every university, college, whatever, who uses his position to fill our youth with his/her own brand of socialist crap! In case they haven't noticed in the last one hundred years, socialism DOES NOT WORK! <BR/><BR/>I'm for firing those same people who try to rewrite history to suit their own misguided ideas of what really happened!<BR/><BR/>I'm for taking all the money spent on earmarks and spending it on replacing the infrastructure of this country that is falling apart, i.e. roads, bridges, air control systems etc.<BR/><BR/>I'm for one man one vote and screw the electoral college! It use to work way "back then", but has been perverted now to the point of unworkability. <BR/><BR/>I'm for open or concealed carry of all firearms by people that are judged competent to do so. No obvious loons, retarded folks, kids under 16, mental incapacitates,( is that a word?) or convicted criminals. How many convenience store robberies do you think would happen, if the "mug" knew there were 10 other people in the store with guns?<BR/><BR/>I am for the majority of the GNP being spent first and foremost on the people of this country before a god damned dime is given to another soul in another country! Do for our own first till there is no more poverty, no more pay for services health care, no more burdensome income taxes. We cannot support the communities of the world! And contrary to what most liberals believe, it is not possible for us to police and feed the rest of the world! Let them eat cake!! Or at least till they have proved to be a friend to our country.<BR/><BR/>I'm for peace throughout the country and the world, but am realist enough to know that, that is not going to happen as long as one person can bash another with a stick or rock and force his will on said victim. Knives, swords, guns, missiles? They are all just more lethal "sticks"!<BR/><BR/>No, I am not an Isolationist, but the illegal immigration of folks into this county has to stop! Spend whatever of those resources we save after BHO hauls us out of Iraq on defending our borders against illegal entrants. virtually every other country in the world does it if they can.<BR/><BR/>I am for putting a high tariff on every single item that comes into this country as other than raw material needed for manufacturing in this country.<BR/><BR/>I am for stopping the sale of property in this country to anyone but a citizen of this country! Does that sound familiar all you folks south of the Rio Grande?<BR/><BR/>I'm for putting a huge tax on any company doing business in this country after having bought the company from a US owner. Budweiser anyone? Nestle candy bars, Stop and Shop? The list is endless!!!<BR/><BR/>Well now Mr. anonymouse x, this is a start on my "What I am for list"! If you have any other specific questions you are in doubt about, please feel free to put it out there! TIFNEveretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-44889486521240908872008-07-22T11:13:00.000-04:002008-07-22T11:13:00.000-04:00by anonymous X:..snark roughly equals sarcasm..No,...by anonymous X:<BR/>..snark roughly equals sarcasm..<BR/>No, I did not google even one of these 38 points to verify as untrue much as you did not google even one to verify as true. But therin lies my point. You have admitted to believing them all. I never said a single one was untrue. Some of these probably are 100% accurate, some are probably tortured to sound truthy, some are probably not exactly in context, and some, with nuance, might be better understood to be true or maybe untrue.<BR/>I have not endorsed Obama, please point out where if I am wrong.<BR/>I am advocating for a Democratic takeover. The Republicans and the Republican party need to be punished and punished badly for the harm they have brought upon this country. I have never pulled a party lever and you may be surprised at some for whom I have voted given your perception of me.<BR/>(i.e. McCain, Romney)<BR/>Everett, who and what are you for?<BR/>We know who you are against but what do you want and how do you think we should get it? <BR/>To the 38 points let's look at #37.<BR/>Did obama have to be in office to be against the Iraq war? Does funding the Iraq war mean you are for the Iraq war?<BR/>Does it all have to be black or white? <BR/>I believe McCain would have been a good leader for 2000. I believe his time has passed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-75829529519520984242008-07-22T09:15:00.000-04:002008-07-22T09:15:00.000-04:00Sam what are you doing posting? you should either ...Sam what are you doing posting? you should either be catching that storm surf or boarding windows and topping off the generator. <BR/><BR/>Manuel, <BR/> If Batista had really been the evil dictator our pro-castro press in the 50s said he was. He would have had Fido and Raul shot like the dogs they were after the failed attack at the Moncada barracks. Instead, he abolished the death pnalty and freed all political prisoners. <BR/>Viva Cuba Libre!<BR/>Signed,<BR/>Smart AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-90862984760772613212008-07-21T21:08:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:08:00.000-04:00Wow Everett, you pulled a boner on this post, and ...Wow Everett, you pulled a boner on this post, and I think some of it does qualify as "resume puffing" for lack of a better description. Much of the Ole NFO post sounds true, or shades of true, or maybe doubting on some claims by Obama that just don't "cut the mustard." I can but that.<BR/><BR/>Now let's look at things from another angle - that perhaps John McVain - I mean McCain - is a total shill and dummy on the economy. I mean a total loser. Phil Graham was run off and his other options are some economic advisors that lost bazllions of dollars. Ole Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, former Governor, not only likes gays but was CEO of Bain Capital, a huge flop although he touts it highly for his creds. He raised taxes everywhere, from guns to gasoline. Not sure if he's a closet socialist.<BR/><BR/>Ah, paybacks are not so nice, eh amigo? You have Obama as a resume padder and McCain as a total doofus when it comes to the economy. Hey man, vote how you want but that ole proverbial sword cuts two ways, bruddah and sistah! <BR/><BR/>And stop being so serious - this is extremely humorous stuff, proving that reality is better than satire.<BR/>-sam wellsSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904821424581969401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-56312882348877287842008-07-21T20:29:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:29:00.000-04:00Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twic...Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice. <BR/>On June 30 I celebrate MY independence day and <BR/>on July 4 I celebrate America's. <BR/><BR/>This year is special, because it marks the 40th anniversary of my <BR/>independence. On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba and a few months later I was in the US to stay. <BR/> That I happened to arrive in Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the story, but I digress.<BR/>I've thought a lot about the anniversary this year. The election year <BR/>rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what transpired<BR/>there. <BR/><BR/>In the late 1950's most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least receptive.<BR/><BR/>When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. <BR/>When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. <BR/> When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said<BR/>"Praise the Lord." <BR/> And when the young leader said, "I will be for change and I'll bring you <BR/>change," everyone yelled, "Viva Fidel!"<BR/>But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner's <BR/>guns went silent the people's guns had been taken away. By the time <BR/>everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. <BR/>By the time everyone received their free education it was worth nothing. <BR/>By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for him. By the time the change was finally implemented Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. <BR/>By the time the change was over more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes. <BR/>You can call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the world the most fortunate Cubans. And now I'm back to the beginning of my story.<BR/>Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young leader who promised change without asking, WHAT change? How will you carry it out? What will it cost America?<BR/><BR/>Would we?<BR/><BR/>Manuel Alvarez, JrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-43463108443844075172008-07-21T20:09:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:09:00.000-04:00"Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevate..."Americans are beginning to notice Obama's elevated opinion of himself.<BR/>There's nothing new about narcissism in politics. Every senator looks in the<BR/>mirror and sees a president. Nonetheless, has there ever been a presidential<BR/>nominee with a wider gap between his estimation of himself and the sum total<BR/>of his lifetime achievements? Obama is a three-year senator without a single<BR/>important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state<BR/>senator who voted 'present' nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard<BR/>Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a<BR/>single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His<BR/>most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself. It is a<BR/>subject upon which he can dilate effortlessly. In his victory speech upon<BR/>winning the nomination, Obama declared it a great turning point in<BR/>history-'generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our<BR/>children that this was the moment' -when, among other wonders, 'the rise of<BR/>the oceans began to slow.' As economist Irwin Stelzer noted in his London<BR/>Daily Telegraph column, 'Moses made the waters recede, but he had help.'<BR/>Obama apparently works alone."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-3039570126170611112008-07-21T19:41:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:41:00.000-04:00Oh BTW, being the old fart I am, what is "snark"? ...Oh BTW, being the old fart I am, what is "snark"? An acronym? I give.Everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-57343213434704422182008-07-21T19:35:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:35:00.000-04:00Well, you took the time to write your "38 points" ...Well, you took the time to write your "38 points" essay, but did you or did you not also take the time to do a little googling of any of them? Instead of doing the same thing I did, believing them all to be true, you choose to believe them to all be slanderous lies, untruths, and distortions! Wheres the difference? I on the one hand, see Mr. Obama as the absolute reincarnation of His Godliness, James Carter, Nobel Laureate etc., and you see him as the Messiah come back to Earth to save us all from GWB and John McCain. <BR/>Just answer one question for me, just one, "What, specifically, has BHO done to further the human condition of his local constituents, and the people of the US in general?" With 110 days in the Senate before deciding to save us all from ourselves and run for President, what is it in his makeup that makes him believe he is the end all/be all man of the century! Why, with almost zero experience in most of the qualities that determine if a person will make and effective president, does this snake oil salesman and very glib, and, for want of a better word, "Bullshitter" think he is it? And why do all you vociferous supporters swallow all this crap and bow to him like he was somekind of movie star? He has almost as much provenance as one of that ilk but not quite.<BR/>Been watching the MSM "News" lately? Mr. O is going to need a new pair of flip flops for his feet as well as his mouth! He is beginning to sound suspiciously like Bush/McCain. Look out you gullible folks! He's going to pull a Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumenr et al on you soon as he gets in there!! Me? I'm heading for Australia where the people still have some common sense and balls!! TIFNEveretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-51806427172497759022008-07-21T15:32:00.000-04:002008-07-21T15:32:00.000-04:00anonymous X:The Smart A,I do now remember OBH'...anonymous X:<BR/>The Smart A,<BR/>I do now remember OBH's call to ramp up AmeriCorps/PeaceCorps participation. I don't think A/P are bad things. I like the idea of the option of public service.<BR/>I googled World Poverty Act and found this <BR/>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/28265.html<BR/>McClatchy is a part of the MSM I trust more than most.<BR/>This article states the $845b price tag is the claim of Rush Limbaugh & Tony Perkins. These two people I do not trust to tell me the truth.<BR/>The McClatchy article states the measure doesn't include a set funding amount.<BR/>Who to believe?<BR/>...and as an aside, if anyone is googling, it's Global Poverty ActAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-53186253914869472432008-07-21T13:52:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:52:00.000-04:00As reported in the Chicago Trib. article. It was a...As reported in the Chicago Trib. article. It was a speech made July 2 at the Univ. of Colorado about public service where Obama promised among other things to increase AmeriCorps slots from 75,000 to 250,000 and pledged to double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011. Of course this will be cheaper than the $65 Billion a year we will be giving away to poor countries(for a total of $845 Billion)above what we already give in aid to foreign countries, since Obama is committed to instituting the World Poverty Act once elected. Best part, the UN gets to tell us which despots we have to give it to.<BR/>Smart A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-9826156433459833572008-07-21T13:19:00.000-04:002008-07-21T13:19:00.000-04:00by anonymous X:The Smart A,I am unfamiliar with th...by anonymous X:<BR/>The Smart A,<BR/>I am unfamiliar with the quote you have offered up, but it is interesting.<BR/>Could you provide a link or a source so we could get the fuller context of the quote? <BR/>I'm not sure what "civilian national security force" is being referred to. National guard? Border patrol? Something new?<BR/>Whatever it may be let's fund it not by raising taxes but cutting<BR/>pensions and benefits of the many disgraced congresspersons.<BR/>...and are you for or against a powerful civilian national secutity force?<BR/>...is this about Blackwater?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-67934978494329172072008-07-21T11:50:00.000-04:002008-07-21T11:50:00.000-04:00Anon X, If BHO wont raise taxes, how will he pay f...Anon X, If BHO wont raise taxes, how will he pay for this:<BR/><BR/>“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”<BR/><BR/>Published transcripts of the speech in the Wall Street Journal and Denver Post did not include the remarks, which apparently were added to the prepared transcript. Another instance of the dangers of letting the candidate deviate from the teleprompter?<BR/><BR/>In the MSM, only the Chicago Tribune publicized the remarks. But the size implications of a force that's "just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the United States Military went unremarked upon. This would truly be a mass organization, apparently a new kind of security force.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>The Smart AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-29801705749895125622008-07-21T10:15:00.000-04:002008-07-21T10:15:00.000-04:00I'll take anonymous X.This is another in a series ...I'll take anonymous X.<BR/>This is another in a series of interesting blog posts.<BR/>38 entries guaranteed to be absolutley true because there they are, right there where we all can see them, written down in a blog. <BR/>38 points with sources and links just a click away for us all to verify.<BR/>38 points that pass the smell test like a sweet honeysuckle morning.<BR/>38 points to make any thoughtful leftie loonie see the error and horror of their ways.<BR/>38 points followed by no discussion of policy, no insight, no analysis. Nope, nothing but truth here, guaranteed truth, truth with bullet points.<BR/>38 points to prove the Democrats only want to raise your taxes(well, and maybe take away your guns).<BR/>38 points that make me want to cast aside my independent registration and come home to John McCain.<BR/>Everett, could you please name this nationally read blog?<BR/>I would like to check it out, it must be an interesting read.<BR/>...disclaimer alert...<BR/>the two above sentences are not <BR/>snarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-55788821293609457472008-07-19T23:38:00.000-04:002008-07-19T23:38:00.000-04:00again I ask, will the anony-mouses please take a n...again I ask, will the anony-mouses please take a number or letter so we know which mouse is which. I know from the way you write it can't be only 1 mouse. If you haven't got the courage to sign your name at least do what I did and put up some letters or at least take a number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-68566480555702043082008-07-19T20:48:00.000-04:002008-07-19T20:48:00.000-04:00UH,What is the PARTICULAR item or items of Ignoran...UH,What is the PARTICULAR item or items of Ignorance you are referring too? White flight capital of New England? Jeez, don't spread that around out here on the blogosphere! There are enough rectum orifi out here now without you inviting more! BTW since you are so enlightened, mayhaps you can tell me if orifi is the correct plural of orifice? Please speak from your infinite store of wisdomEveretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992573194167721951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9924834.post-61032302662869589702008-07-19T13:28:00.000-04:002008-07-19T13:28:00.000-04:00Wow I cannot even comprehend the ignorance you spe...Wow I cannot even comprehend the ignorance you spew in this blog...it doesn't surprise me at all that you are from Rhode Island...Block Island no less! White flight capital of New England!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com