dagblog - Comments for "Gov. Mussolini Has Made His Big Move In The Belief Our Side Will Have to Give In: Will We?"

Others make typos too. Get

LisB — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:03:08 +0000

In reply to I've asked him twice before

Others make typos too. Get over it, luv.

Oleeb, I'm starting to agree

LisB — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:54:25 +0000

In reply to I think we should move the

Oleeb, I'm starting to agree with you more and more.

I hear ya and agree! It is

oleeb — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:41:41 +0000

In reply to "The predator class is happy

I hear ya and agree!

It is quite amazing how viral that joke has become and so quickly isn't it?

I think we should move the

oleeb — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:40:18 +0000

In reply to I agree wholeheartedly with

I think we should move the rich all to rural Montana and let them get poisoned by the gas fracking the energy companies they own are profiting from and that are turning the once beautiful rural waters of our wonderous continent flammable.. Let them live in the inner city neighborhoods contaminated by the industries they owned and grew rich with but shut down without cleaning up that make the poor and their children who live there sick. Let them in New Orleans 9th Ward and don't let them leave the next time a Katrina force hurricane blows in. Let them in the shadow of the aging Yankee nuclear power plants of New England that shoudl have already been decommissioned and are contaminating the waters of some of the major rivers of the northeast and being consumed by citizens all along the way. Let them live in once productive farmlands now being turned to desert as a result of the global warming that made them rich for the last 200 years. And one more thing, let's let them livei in these places once we've restored the Eisenhower era 90% top tax rates for individuals and the same era's corporate tax rates which were vastly higher than those paid today.

I've asked him twice before

quinn esq — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:37:27 +0000

In reply to Nice to see you and Kyle know

I've asked him twice before to please show a bit of respect by at least previewing his comments, so that they say what he wants them to say. Often his stuff will have key words missing, or be sentences that just disappear mid-stream, or will have things like "I you" in them so you can't even guess who he's referring to, or the word "not" left out or inserted wrongly. The result is that it often becomes complete gibberish, and there's no need for it.

Since he likes to engage people in long long series of debates, I figure the least he could do is preview what he says so the worst excesses get removed. He doesn't. He doesn't even respond when I say it. It takes 10 seconds.

As for "making people feel welcome," it's the writers job to check their own words, because they only have to do it ONCE to clarify if it means what it should. If they don't preview, then 100 other readers each have to take the time to try to figure out whether he meant for there to be a "not" in there or not. It's classic incivility and "not making people feel welcome."

As for "childish," sorry again - but Trope's the one too lazy to check his writing. Just like a kid in Grade 4.

Now, it's not as though he's some poor undereducated lad, or has no time to spare from the mining. He blogs long, and if anyone aims high with his blogs and commentaries, it's Trope. And I know he has absolutely no problem achieving clear writing, because he's enormously well-read and educated, and his blogs aren't like that.

As for taking him seriously, I do. Moreso than most around here, I suspect. Periodically, I write great long pieces to him. Other times, I try and be useful by saying what I think he might usefully study - beyond my limited comments. Other times, I shout at him like I actually give a damn. Because I do.

In sum, my point was, "show a bit of respect, take 10 seconds and preview to make sure your words actually say what you want."

Your point was, "be nice to my friend."

P.S. And the cartoons are there because they make me laugh, and hopefully, will help catch his attention. Straightforward textual requests clearly didn't.

Yup! We can only make

Gregor Zap — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:36:48 +0000

In reply to The reason people can

Yup! We can only make progress one person at a time and it takes the patience to stay calm and address, as you say, every social issue under the sun. I do that one-on-one, for the most part.

Good to see you, LisB!!!

"The predator class is happy

Gregor Zap — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:32:45 +0000

In reply to Good points all. There are

"The predator class is happy to give us speech and worship" We get free speech in a free speech zone and and can worship whatever big box Christian faith on TV. Any other option is a problem.

But here's the joke from the Whipping in Wisconsin:

"A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it.

The CEO takes 11 cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, 'Watch out for that union guy. He wants a piece of your cookie.' " - Someone.

What progressives have lacked

oleeb — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:31:21 +0000

In reply to I am not against fighting.

What progressives have lacked since Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King is passion and courage. The passion and courage I'm talking about is the kind that stands up and fights because it is the right thing to do whether or not it is the most perfectly calculated political move. The fight itself inspires others and expands the base and without it, you have yet more carefully calculated political manuevering and frankly I don't think people can stomach that from the Democrats any longer. One of the most repulsive things in politics these days is the all too frequent spectacle of Democrats peralyzed for extended periods of handwringing about how not to offend too many people by openly supporting the things they say they are for! Now is not the time to think, but to act and decisively. The lines are clearly drawn here. There is no gray area for debate. We, the working and middle classes of this country on the side of right and of history, while Governor Mussolini and his fascists in short pants are acting in support of those things we already know are against history and justice. We can sort it all out when the dust settles but right now it's time to get out there and challenge the power of the bloated and idle predators. If we hesitate now at this most critical moment, we will lose.

I agree wholeheartedly with

LisB — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:31:18 +0000

In reply to Good points all. There are

I agree wholeheartedly with your comment Oleeb. And thanks for not blaming it, once, on Obama.

I think we should move all the rich to Texas and Arizona, and have the rest of this country to ourselves, us working folks. But that would be too easy. Alas.

Thank you for sanctimoniously

LisB — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:22:08 +0000

In reply to See LisB, that's how it

Thank you for sanctimoniously calling me sanctimonious, and for spelling it right. Sometimes people have a lot to say and they say it fast and shame on them for not proof-reading before they hit send. Why don't you ask Genghis for a job helping him maintain this site and you can be a paid proofreader?