tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post2645893116813998247..comments2024-03-28T19:23:59.265-04:00Comments on I Should Be Laughing: Fun Facts To Tick Off RepublicansBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-88106248726271121522013-05-01T22:34:24.274-04:002013-05-01T22:34:24.274-04:00"Our Constitution doesn’t mention anything ab..."Our Constitution doesn’t mention anything about our nation having to be based on pure Capitalism." Of course it doesn't because capitalism wasn't even around when the Constitution was written. We were a mercantile society until the 1830s when the Market Revolution really got going. Though mercantilism is proto-capitalism, it was not fully capitalistic because it was a nationalistic form not one of private enterprise. The initial usage of the term capitalism in its modern sense has been attributed to Louis Blanc in 1850 and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in 1861.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-10132786361185540602013-05-01T16:53:49.941-04:002013-05-01T16:53:49.941-04:00Great post!
I don't think there's really ...Great post!<br /><br />I don't think there's really "news" any more. Thanks to technological advances, we know everything pretty much as it happens. And "reporting" has become "show and tell". It's become all about being the first.www.DiatribesAndOvations.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011237907664440530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-72556495070258486212013-05-01T14:36:50.221-04:002013-05-01T14:36:50.221-04:00Right on the money...perhaps you understand why my...Right on the money...perhaps you understand why my handle is TRICKLEDOWNBS and is the name of one of my blogs.<br /><br />saludos,<br />raulitoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-45791197493549888382013-05-01T13:19:20.141-04:002013-05-01T13:19:20.141-04:00I love ticking off Republicans, but I'd never ...I love ticking off Republicans, but I'd never tick off Torrie. She rules my house now that Ricky's gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-63179771262030973472013-05-01T11:30:16.866-04:002013-05-01T11:30:16.866-04:00Most interesting - and helpful for us outsiders to...Most interesting - and helpful for us outsiders to get an insider's view like this.<br /><br />As an 'alien', if I may, just a passing comment on the very first point. I seem to remember Geo. Bush Snr saying something to the effect that the American Constitution doesn't include protection for atheists, but that belief in a 'god' was a pre-requisite. I thought that didn't sound right as soon as I heard it. Thanks for indirectly confirming what I felt. Maybe that ex-Pres ought to be more concerned about getting his facts right. Or perhaps facts aren't important when it's considered to be a 'good' line for his side.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-22627857690009972222013-05-01T11:21:57.524-04:002013-05-01T11:21:57.524-04:00To me, one of the great lies of the right is that ...To me, one of the great lies of the right is that news is "liberally biased". I think that there is something far worse with news organizations that no longer are able to see the difference between propaganda (FOX, MSNBC - except Madow) and terrible reporting (CNN). <br /><br />More concerning is how the far right has been trying to dismantle education, defund libraries and take the direct election of Senators away from the voting public. That is the stuff of dictators,The Cool Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162345087029159056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-80746703109811698692013-05-01T10:48:31.511-04:002013-05-01T10:48:31.511-04:00@TDM
Tuxedo rules the house; his name may not be o...@TDM<br />Tuxedo rules the house; his name may not be on the mortgage but he is the Master!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-68613164617397680402013-05-01T10:34:26.427-04:002013-05-01T10:34:26.427-04:00Don't do anything to tick off Tuxedo, we would...Don't do anything to tick off Tuxedo, we would miss you terribly!the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-52324746535627492362013-05-01T10:28:10.786-04:002013-05-01T10:28:10.786-04:00BTW, I would never ask anyone to take a kitty'...BTW, I would never ask anyone to take a kitty's food dish away mid-meal. That's a very dangerous proposition.<br /> :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19466193.post-69573540639595247172013-05-01T10:21:39.108-04:002013-05-01T10:21:39.108-04:00Good morning!
The only one I might have issue wit...Good morning!<br /><br />The only one I might have issue with is: "Perhaps most news seems liberally biased ..." The way the sentence is structured is someone's opinion. That being said, all news these days seems to be 90% opinion. They have to make it entertaining right? How could they just report facts and make it entertaining?<br />(Personal opinion here: We're being entertained and distracted into oblivion.)<br /><br />Otherwise, this is spot on.<br /><br />Thanks for helping me get the mind going this morning.<br /><br />Have a great day! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com