tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2119138368434342584..comments2024-03-28T19:41:59.726-05:00Comments on driftglass: Everything Is Coming Horribly Truedriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-16283334826642797392016-08-02T07:47:43.336-05:002016-08-02T07:47:43.336-05:00The only bright side to Boot's mewling in the ...The only bright side to Boot's mewling in the Times is the fact that he was torn apart in the comments for calling ZEGS "thoughtful."Marion in Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150522161461940646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73697661819168218982016-08-01T20:02:56.334-05:002016-08-01T20:02:56.334-05:00As Driftglass knows, if you want to learn about Pa...As Driftglass knows, if you want to learn about Paul Ryan's "impressive new budget plan," search the web for Paul Krugman Paul Ryan.<br /><br />It is truly annoying that liberals' ideas only get in the press when conservatives say them.SamBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08130666912654402454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51291259560095421712016-08-01T19:54:46.125-05:002016-08-01T19:54:46.125-05:00His list of "intellectuals" left me quea...His list of "intellectuals" left me queasy, like you know something bad is about to happen. Then I got to the last graph and bingo, not only the granny starver, but his f'king budget. All hell broke loose. <br /> Whether it's the foundation conservative thinkers like Hayek et al. or the priest-kings of the GOP, I've yet to read one that gave me pause to consider his writings as worth contemplating. Conservatism is a knee-jerk reaction to the evolution of mankind, and the "scholars" of this are cynical thugs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518025949949879535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19511924439560324842016-08-01T19:34:42.118-05:002016-08-01T19:34:42.118-05:00To borrow from an old Jethro Tull tune, "and ...To borrow from an old Jethro Tull tune, "and the Devil cried 'More!'" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966558261115085678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-81892733345339953722016-08-01T17:25:02.059-05:002016-08-01T17:25:02.059-05:00After decades of masquerading as the “stupid party...<i>After decades of masquerading as the “stupid party,” that’s what it has become. </i><br /><br />Boot had me at this line. What's his definition of "masquerading"? Hasn't the GOP always been the party of stupid? Or, at least, it has been for most of my life time, and I'm getting pretty long in the tooth these days.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3612182922237599152016-08-01T14:40:08.056-05:002016-08-01T14:40:08.056-05:00You had me at "thinkers like . . . George Wil...You had me at "thinkers like . . . George Will."<br /><br />Maybe that was/is and will be the problem<br /><br />This party didn't abandon its ideas, ideals; its thinkers and its conscience. Their thinkers were/are/will be morons. And their ideas were/are/will be little other than plutocrat porn and dorm-room Ayn Rand fantasy. Their ideals and conscience? Huh. I can't seem to find a foothold to conjugate those.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730445780557359154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60506451010280118322016-08-01T14:23:49.883-05:002016-08-01T14:23:49.883-05:00Republican's have spend the 30 years and billi...Republican's have spend the 30 years and billions of dollars telling their base that intellectuals can NOT be trusted and are the enemy with secret agendas. The media let them get away with calling their disinformation campaign as "intellectual" when it could be juxtaposed against Communism. <br /><br />The rise of "...talk-radio hosts and television personalities (WHO THE HELL WAS WILLIAM BUCKELY THEN?)....defining the conservative movement..." coincided with the fall of the Soviet Union and American Business outsourcing all manufacturing to China. <br /><br />At that moment Republican's lost the ability to paint anyone who said something they didn't like as "Red" though you still see visages with these media nitwits today pretending there are any Democrats (much less the party as a whole) embracing Neo-Marxist ideology. <br /><br /><br />trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31039101163629199542016-08-01T12:58:09.842-05:002016-08-01T12:58:09.842-05:00Wow, that's an impressive list of Republican f... Wow, that's an impressive list of Republican frauds, I mean intellectuals, no god damn it, I can't do it. I can't pretend this rogue's gallery is what it isn't. Paul Ryan's budget was neither impressive nor new. It was the same wingnut wish list for ruining the country for everyone not already wealthy they have been passing around since Ronnie told them they could. <br /> Perhaps there is an anti-intellectual bent to steer the base away from the idea of critical thinking so as to facilitate them believing this obvious horse shit.<br /> Hear ye O Democrats and sane folks of every stripe: Get out the damn vote, because if we fail to do so, there will be Republican majorities in both houses of congress and Trump will definitely sign Paul Ryan's budget.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-15366546173734528482016-08-01T11:42:54.174-05:002016-08-01T11:42:54.174-05:00In the future, all political commentary will sell ...In the future, all political commentary will sell Sleep-E-Zee Mattresses.Lit3Bolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10407681812425172672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-68619100544933179262016-08-01T10:39:43.818-05:002016-08-01T10:39:43.818-05:00Ten years later, "Right about the Right all a...<i>Ten years later, "Right about the Right all along" Liberals are still pariahs, but now, at no additional charge, we get to watch from the sidelines as the media creates a bull market in the confessions of tortured 11th-hour wingnut apostates</i><br /><br />Lest we forget, we were, are and will continue to be blamed for everything, with no possibility of rebuttal from an actual liberal. Sure, we have you, but...Rehctawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995444077162800445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-46777698155518088032016-08-01T10:37:46.689-05:002016-08-01T10:37:46.689-05:00"There are still some thoughtful Republican l..."There are still some thoughtful Republican leaders exemplified by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who devised an impressive new budget plan for his party."<br /><br />Seriously? It's a good thing that I wasn't drinking when I read this, because I'd need a new monitor.<br />They're already setting up for the "the reason Trump lost is because he wasn't a real conservative" excuses, aren't they?<br />Keep up the fight, Driftglass.duquesne_pdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741121985491756399noreply@blogger.com