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Oxy don't despair. We started

trkingmomoe — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:44:35 +0000

In reply to I thought you might be right

Oxy don't despair. We started here in Florida right after the 2004-5 hurricane seasons. FEMA was a mess and many people was asked to give back the FEMA money that they were given because FEMA made a mistake. This was after they had used the monies to make the repairs on their homes. It was not like they were trying to commit fraud. They filled out the paper work and that is what FEMA awarded them. This was a bridge to far for South Florida and people started to get politically active. It took a few cycles of voter registration and GOTV to built up a base. OFA was a big help in training how to do GOTV.

When I moved here there was only one Dem party organization that met each month in the county. We now have 7 Dem groups that meet on a regular basis in this county. They turned out in 2012 and they are turning out for this election.

Texas will change faster then you think. It takes a lot of attention to the AA and Hispanic population to win their support. Battle Ground Texas knows this and has our model to work from. It looks good in Georgia for the Democrats this year also.

I am sure Wendy is glad to have your vote. She has a good future even if she looses this one.

First I have to see if I have

MrSmith1 — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:42:38 +0000

In reply to Yeah I do or did.

First I have to see if I have it on my computer or on some diskettes. I may have it now only in script form. This was around 1978 and was the first play I ever wrote and I think I used a typewriter or a very basic word processor. If I can't find it on my diskettes, I will make a copy of the final draft and send it to you.

Thanks. I understand your

Oxy Mora — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:41:13 +0000

In reply to Here in North Carolina, it's

Thanks. I understand your Senate candidate has a shot, at least.

Here, Wendy doesn't have a real shot. But the reason i've been calling people to go vote is that it's important to show Democrats that the trend is up.

Yeah I do or did.

Richard Day — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:53:00 +0000

In reply to Amazing ... Did you know that

Yeah I do or did.

Richard Day — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:52:26 +0000

In reply to Amazing ... Did you know that

Yeah I do or did.

Foghorn/Leghorn is impressed into my rather bloggy memory.

That is how come I ended up using this link as I yahooed or googled or whatever I was looking for.

Why not, and this is just a suggestion, show us your play?

\We get in no trouble here.

I had one instant that I could not blog but the powers that be fixed that.

Blog it in chapters at YOUR corner along with your haikus.

Nobody loses nothing. ha

Do this in chapters.

No one loses.

The Mikes and Romana aint gonna steal nothing.

It might be fun

And no one will lose anything.

I love scripts.

Amazing ... Did you know that

MrSmith1 — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:31:07 +0000

In reply to Actually I prefer my Peasants

Amazing ... Did you know that the cartoon you linked to is connected in two ways to radio comedian Fred Allen? First in that the character of Foghorn Leghorn is a direct steal of a Southern character, Senator Claghorn, that appeared in the Allen's Alley segment of Fred Allen's radio show for many years and the second is the title of the cartoon is a play on a Jack Benny movie called The Horn Blows at Midnight. Fred Allen, of course, had a famous fake feud with Jack Benny for many years and The Horn Blows at Midnight was often joked about as supposedly being one of the biggest bombs of all time. . (I did a lot of research on Fred Allen, when I wrote a play about him many years ago . But I couldn't get the rights, so it was never produced. )

Here in North Carolina, it's

barefooted — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:23:25 +0000

In reply to I thought you might be right

Here in North Carolina, it's a question of who the voters like the least. Not the individuals running for office, but what they represent -- the Democratic administration in Washington or the Republican legislature in Raleigh. Our US Senator vs our Speaker of the House.

I truly hope that the disaster we've created in our state government won't bleed into Capitol Hill. We can't keep moving backwards.

I thought you might be right

Oxy Mora — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:53:46 +0000

In reply to WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!

I thought you might be right because a little while ago the rural county courthouse in Texas where I just voted for Wendy Davis began to shake like the Devil. But I got out of there quick and made it back to my car safely.

Talk about an uphill battle. But we can't give up. Change is slow to come.

My first vote in Texas. I'll be long gone before this state turns blue.

That's all I can think of right now.

Boy oh boy, man oh man, you

Richard Day — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 02:31:28 +0000

In reply to I think idiocracy is the

Boy oh boy, man oh man, you just touched upon my entire life's experience.

WOW

I alluded years ago about my high school friend who ended up in the army during Vietnam and he was lucky enough to end up in Germany.

He reported that he was in boot camp, somewhere in SC prior to his papers sending him to Europe and one of his 'mates' had troubles with his diction.

NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A COMMUNISM, I AINT SAYIN YOU ARE A COMMUNISM, JUST SAYING.

And, David, my friend was speechless.

I mean in this day and age, David is most probably a repub, but who the hell knows?

No, in my presence, everyone is not entitled to his or her own opinion; unless of course I am taking down notes for a novel or something. hahahahahaha

That is all MSM.

Is Gohmert entitled to his opinion?

Sure.

Is Gohmert entitled to have his opinion published to a million folks?

No.

But there you have it.

I mean, my opinion is that Et's control our country.

I mean, my opinion is that minorities, especially those minorities from down south of the border are ebola infected drug peddlers.

I mean all atheists love gays.

I mean all atheists are gays.

I mean....

Who cares any more?

Entitled means repub anxiety?

Ocean, you have me thinking.

Is there global warming?

Well my opinion is that we suffer from pollution of our waters and our air.

We can have a discussion if you disagree where I am at.

That is OK.

But if you deny global warming and pollution, you are an idiot.

I have no idea as to how even to address you.

Oh that is enough right now.

GOOD POINTS

THE END

I think idiocracy is the

ocean-kat — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 02:12:29 +0000

In reply to Or is it an adherence toward

I think idiocracy is the problem. Recently the local community center had a group camp out on the land I caretake. Since about half of them are friends I was hanging out at the campfire when one idiot decided to talk politics.While complaining about a friend from Canada who couldn't get a green card to work at his business he said, "The only way anyone can get a green card is if they go directly on welfare."

People can have reasonable disagreements about the regulations for obtaining a green card but that statement is objectively false. Since it was clear in the conversation he was referring to Mexicans he was demonizing a whole racial group with a lie. Nothing I said could get him to admit that many of those who obtain green cards don't go on welfare.

The dialog just spiraled down from there including the two cliches I hate and so many right wingers love. "Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one." That's just a passive aggressive way of calling some one an asshole. People may say "everyone" but they don't really mean I am an asshole and so are you. What they really mean is you are an asshole. Notice how no one ever says, Opinions are like brains or like hearts, everyone has one. That would imply the person is smart or compassionate.

Than there was, "Everyone is entitled to their opinion." When people say that I think they mean: My opinion should be treated with deference and respect, I'm entitled. I think if a person decides to spout off in public they should expect to be challenged and they have a responsibility to defend their opinions with rational arguments. If they're unable to do that they should STFU. They're entitled to nothing more than rational arguments in return.

I been around that circle often enough that I really don't think there's any purpose in entering a dialog with right wing tea party idiots. Its not a discussion of differing views about where our country should go. Its a debate about the facts. They're misinformed and demagogic, and since they never check the facts they'll never change their minds.