Suppose
Your Aug. 31 editorial "Conservative drive all about politics," about the proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was the only one of the many editorials I have read on the subject that contained this basic insight: The federal judiciary need not accord any greater deference to a state constitutional amendment than to a state statute.
In order to get enough votes to put the
constitutional amendment referendum on any ballot, the Republican legislative
leaders had to agree to put the referendum on the primary ballot instead of the
general
election ballot.
Suppose that the presence of the referendum on the
primary ballot changes the dynamics of the Republican
presidential primary just enough to change the result.
Suppose that the North
Carolina victory is just enough to hand the Republican nomination to a
candidate who narrowly loses to President
Obama in
November.
Suppose that a second-term Obama
appointee to the U.S.
Supreme Court provides the fifth vote to overturn both the North
Carolina constitutional amendment and the North
Carolina statute it was designed to reinforce.
Supreme irony.
This reminds me of the dog with a firm grip on a tasty bone who allowed himself to covet too much the bone in the mouth of the dog he saw reflected in the surface of the pond.
BARNEY W. HILL
Thomasville
Hostility
Hate lives long and dies slowly. For some, it's a conviction that's passed on to their young. Discrimination survived the Civil War through segregation and public lynchings. It took another century for legislation to grant social justice. Laws, however, do not annul hate.
Hostility for President
Obama
ranges from ridicule to assassination threats. Some are enraged by the thought
of a "black" president
presiding over a "white" nation. During a national address, Rep. Joe
Wilson shouted, "You lie!" His slander diminished him,
discredited his party and pandered to the hate vote. Racism corrupts the soul of
a person and tears the social fabric of a people.
Commercial factions will spend millions bribing
congressmen and persuading voters to reject this administration that threatens
their financial privileges. Like Roosevelt,
Obama is
hated by tight-fisted moneyed interests.
For some people, money is highly addictive, creating a compulsive drive for its acquisition and an insatiable need for more. They regard taxes as theft by a rapacious government for redistribution to an unworthy underclass. Their obsession is to make government small and impotent.
Conservative congressional leaders deliberately
prolong the recession on the backs of recession victims. They're willing to let
the unemployed and the dispossessed fend for themselves for another few years to
defeat Obama.
Their presidential choice may not be responsible to all the people. George
W. Bush and Dick
Cheney were committed to serving the interests of an elite minority.
Class warfare is a blood sport that's bleeding the middle-class white.
JOSEPH J. CUTRI
Winston-Salem
Obama: GOP Would 'Cripple America'
ReplyDeleteLet's go down the list of Obama's accomplishments:
Corruption is up under Obama
Gas prices are up under Obama
Unemployment is up under Obama
Taxes are going up under Obama
Wasteful spending is up under Obama
Health Care prices are going up under Obama
and last but not least,
the federal deficit has increased more in 2 1/2 years than 8 years under Bush, and Obama wants to spend more.
75% of Americans think the United States is headed in the wrong direction.
I think America is already 'crippled' Mr. President. You are unfit for duty, and you will be dismissed soon.
Mr. Cutri,
ReplyDeleteMany people wondered how long it would take before the Democrats started calling the GOP racists because Obama's poll numbers are falling like a rock. You see, like the Clinton years, Democrats never accept blame for anything. Do you remember when Monica Lewinsky tackled Bill Clinton and forced him to receive a 'blow job'? Well, I do.
Please come over and join Club Nitwit in the LTE Branch Office. You'll fit in magnificently.
You're always good for one periodic, idiotic, Democratic based babble. See you next month.
Sincerely,
Bucky
Obama Accepts Blame for AIG Bonuses http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123742582093579655.html
ReplyDeleteObama accepts blame for lapses
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/01/08/273636/obama-accepts-blame-for-lapses.html
Obama accepts blame on oil spill response
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/05/28/obama_accepts_blame_on_oil_spill_response/
Bucky is always good for a daily, idiotic, internally based babble. See you tomorrow.
Bobby...you'll see me more today. I've got some chores to do, but I'll be around. Hee Hee..you gotta love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened yesterday? You took off in a huff.
Touche' again Bobby....I need to be more careful with people like you around
ReplyDeletethere I'll save you some time
You got me Bobby. I'll admit it. I'm not like those scoundrels-the Democrats, who 'seldom' admit their mistakes.
ReplyDeleteAnd I know better than to use absolutes too. Dang it.
ReplyDeleteThat little ice cream tid bit kinda blew up in your face, didn't it Bobby? Hee Hee...
ReplyDeleteBucky, try harder.
ReplyDeleteLte1.....every election year, by the time May rolls around, the R nominee has already been chosen.
ReplyDeleteAfter we get rid of Obama, we've got another liar to deal with-Hillary Clinton.
ReplyDeletePoor Dr Cutrie. He seems to be on the way to becoming a deeply disturbed man. He and his party's mental state have been shattered since the back to back defeats of the Soviet Union and the loss of the US House in 1994. Since he put color on the menu, America resents a Red president presiding over the American nation. This recession was deepened and made to last by the first two years of legislative "successes" when his party controlled all of government. The goal is to make government LIMITED as it was intended.
ReplyDeleteGov Bev. Perdue (D) said that the GOP would take the state backward. Most everything the GOP has done has moved the state forward, and they have done a good job of cleaning up the financial messes that the Democrats left behind.
ReplyDeleteI would get in another jab, but Bobby doesn't like it when I bring up THAT topic.
Hey Bobby, did you see that hiker, Josh Fattal give his little speech yesterday? I can understand he's been locked up for two years, so if he's a 'little' wacky I could understand. But wow...! I thought Rush/Kitty Kat had taken the stage when he started speaking.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind you bringing up any topic, even your idee fixe. It's just abnormal, deviant if you will, for anyone to be so pre-occupied with sex.
ReplyDeleteWell...it settled a lot of questions I had in my mind about the hikers. Why would anyone go hiking on the Iraq/Iranian Border? You'd have to be a little nuts, right? He was, in fact, a lot nuts.
ReplyDeleteTheir backgrounds didn't fit the profile for 'spies'. I don't know why the Iranians kept them for so long.
Bobby...I don't sit around thinking about 'Schweddy Balls' ice cream, so let's not go down the deviant road, okay?
ReplyDeleteBobby...I'd love to sit around and chit chat with you all day, but I've got bigger fish to fry. See you later.
ReplyDeleteI don't think about ice cream either. It was a passing fancy, you've only heard me mention Ice Cream, once, once in two years, Your idee fixe is daily. Besides I'm celibate.
ReplyDeleteYou do love to chit chat with gay men, don't you.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I've never met a hetero that enjoyed gay repartee so much. To be PC, I'll just call you "unique".
ReplyDeleteYep...if you don't like unions or gay people, this is the blog for you. And if you don't like gay union members, forget about it.
ReplyDeleteLike a teamster with a high heel fetish...your head might explode.
Good AM, Bob, WW, Arthur, and Bucky.
ReplyDeleteArthur, I believe Bucky is pretty much a blog unto himself re gay issues, as most of the other posters here do not share his outlook, and certainly not his fixation.
I told OT I would depart the subject of unions, but since you brought them up, I keep waiting for a defense of card check bullying (and its institution by regulatory fiat) and the NLRB persecution of Boeing. What I'm really obsessed with is seeing you liberals reconcile coercion on behalf unions with the much-proclaimed believe in Freedom of Choice.
Moving on, Dr. Cutri's assertion that racism motivates opposition to President Obama is a stale smelly red herring. Opposition to Obama is for the most part based on policy and results.
To suggest that opposing Obama is racist is to falsely color the argument. But screaming "Racism!" at the first sign of oppositon is a favored leftist tactic. Rep. Wilson's "You lie!" outburst was not inherently racist as Dr. Cutri implies. The accusation may have actually been correct (I don't recall the context). The interruption was certainly rude and disrespectful, and shamed Wilson's district.
Dr. Cutri limits his reporting by saying FDR and Obama are "hated by tight-fisted moneyed interested." OK, so what? Others oppose him for reasons dissimilar to the tight-fisted interests cited. I am neither tight-fisted nor moneyed, nor do I hate President Obama. I oppose many of his policies and appointments, while supporting a few others, increased fuel mileage standards, for example. I regard FDR as having been a generally bad President, but don't waste time hating him, either.
As for class warfare, that is waged quite relentless by the left. Hands are dirty all across the political spectrum.
Stab....you are arisen and functioning?
ReplyDeleteGood AM, WW!
ReplyDeleteYes, up puttering around at Mrs. Staballoy's, getting ready to take my pressure washer over to give Dad's house a going over.
I hope you and yours are well.
Stab...we are well. Pressure wash well...maybe between showers
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon folks!
ReplyDeleteLTE 1: I envision that by mid-century there will be an SC ruling that overturns all of the state amendments prohibiting same-sex marriages. Allowing same-sex marriages harms no one, but disallowing denies gay couples all of the tax and legal advantages that comes with being in a married relationship.
LTE 2: One only has to read the comment sections on various news sites to see that racism is alive and well and behind a small part of the criticism of Obama. I recall when Clinton was President, there was a cottage industry set up to link him with everything from fraud to murder in order to discredit him, so much of the more outlandish claims, such as the birther and Muslim claims can be attributed to this intolerance of any D being in office regardless of color. And of course, much of the criticism is genuinely based on Obama's policies, leadership style and current state of the country. I have read some articles that suggest that the R's letter to Bernacke requesting no further stimulus be attempted is proof of the R's desire to sabotage the economy in hopes of winning the WH in 2012. One would hope that both sides are aware that none of those running may be returned in 2012 if things don't improve.
dotnet...I know you don't do a whole lot of thinking based on your posts, but did you ever think the Rs might not want to go along with Obama's proposal to spend more money because they don't want to run up the deficit any further than it already is?
ReplyDeleteAlso, while worrying about the tax credits the gay and lesbian community are not receiving, you can also worry about the single people, they are in the same boat.
Also, when you're worrying about gay and lesbians, you can worry about white males who are discriminated against on a daily basis because of affirmative action.
Yes, dotnet...you've got a lot to worry about besides gay and lesbian issues, but I doubt you will.
Bobby...I'm back. Have you eaten up all of your 'Schweddy Balls' ice cream yet? I'll bet that stuff goes quick in your household.
ReplyDeletequicky, it goes quickly, Hmm, the last time I had ice cream, about 2 years ago when I had all my teeth pulled.
ReplyDeleteDotnet does more thinking in one post, Bucky, than you've done in a lifetime.
ReplyDelete" they don't want to run up the deficit any further." than it already is>>redundant. Think, bucky, think, I only have confidence in you, bucky, and very little of that.
ReplyDeleteBobby....I'm going for content, not grammar and/or juxaposition of words. Don't fall into the Rush/Kitty Kat world where you think you've won an argument if you catch someone on a spelling or a grammatical error.
ReplyDeleteI've spanked you enough verbally over the last several months to be your daddy in more ways than one. So, don't get on a high horse.
However, you are one of the few that have whipped me on the facts in here, so I'll give you a little credit. *Bucky takes his hat off.
Want to put that to a vote, lol?
ReplyDeleteI thought not.
ReplyDeleteBobby..who would be the voters? The ten or so gay and lesbians activists in here. I'm sure I'd lose. But WE know Bobby. Don't we?
ReplyDeletebucky, you are many things, but one thing you will never be: My daddy, literally or figuratively.
ReplyDeleteBobby you better skedaddle. Harris Teeter will be closing soon, and you don't want to run out of 'Schweddy Balls'.
ReplyDeleteactually, the Harris Teeter in my neighborhood is 24 hours.
ReplyDeleteOh, you're one those urban dwellers. I live in the deep backwoods, as you might imagine.
ReplyDeleteI might, if you ever entered my imagination.
ReplyDeleteСпокойной ночи, сладких снов
ReplyDeleteRussia is an interesting place. The women are exquisite. Goodnight.
ReplyDeleteGood evening, Bob et al! Good night, Bucky.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article in a UK paper re Fox News tacking toward the center:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042140/Fox-News-chief-vows-make-channel-right
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ReplyDeletePorsche versus porcelain: Millionaire businessman's luxury car 'lurched forward' and crashed into public toilets
ReplyDeleteBy DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 12:28 PM on 25th September 2011
A millionaire businessman will probably have to spend more than a penny after his luxury Porsche Cayman ploughed into a toilet building.
Watts Tyre Group boss Deputy Lord Lieutenant John Thurston was travelling with his wife Mary, 59, when the vehicle careered off the road and smashed into the loo.
Horrified motorists immediately contacted police to report a grey Porsche was stuck in the wall of the public facilities in a car park off Bream Road in Lydney, Gloucester.
A smaller wall in front of the toilets was also destroyed in the accident which took place around 1pm last Sunday after the car 'lurched forward', according to the 71-year-old driver.
Mr Thurston and his wife Mary, 59, were both uninjured in the collision. The only occupants of the toilet were two Americans, identified only as Knothead Senior and Junior.
The Porsche appeared to have been leaving the Watts Group headquarters in the High Street when the drama occurred.
As it was being driven out of the car park it shot across both lanes of the road and crashed into the wall.
The road was closed for a short time and until the car was recovered at about 5pm.
Good evening, OT.
ReplyDeleteApparently, loo stall walls are made of stern stuff, and protected our two regular posters.
Having traveled in the UK, I suggest to the Knotheads that they extend their touring to other than loos. But, if they must, Carrickfergus Castle in Northern Ireland has a loo that deposited its contents into the waters of a bay off the Irish Sea. A cold perch it must have been, and is no longer used.
An extraordinary photo sequence reveals the powerful force of motherly love. Note that the only male on the scene is lounging comfortably watching the show while the ladies get to work.
ReplyDeleteThank You, Mum!
A lion sleeps from sun to sun.
ReplyDeleteA lionesses' work is never done.
More women on the move. Is King Abdullah running scared?
ReplyDeleteVote? I want to drive!
When the Germans invaded the Communist USSR in 1941, anti-Communist Winston Churchill spoke favorably, sort of, re the besieged Sovs: "If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd put in a favorable word for the Devil" (probably not an exact quote, but close).
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, I am not aligned with many of President Obama's policies (and he is neither a Communist nor the Devil), but I must put in a word for him. He has ruffled Maxine Waters' Perennially Indignant feathers with a speech he gave to the Congressional Black Caucus, telling them "to put on their marching shoes," and "stop grumbling." Amen to the latter quote, especially, Mr. Prez. Good on ya!
OT, I suspect that the "Arab Spring" does indeed have His Majesty a bit apprehensive. He may think that women prefer the safe status quo. OTOH, there are no elections scheduled, so this may be window dressing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that is why their actual civil disobedience is aimed at driving rather than voting. All of the women who participated in the driving demonstrations were careful to have a male relative or guardian with them, so the only offence that they were committing was driving without a license. Apparently, the government wisely ignored most of it, but you have to start somewhere.
ReplyDeleteConsider that 100 years ago most US women could not vote, nor did they have many other of the "rights" that they have today. And they still have a way to go.
Tried to make a post about Silverlight this afternoon, but it didn't take. Anyway, it's used create a rich client experience in the browser. The web was originally designed to format text and link articles instead of deliver applications. New technologies and languages have made applications on the web possible, but they still don't match installed apps for performance. Silverlight is an attempt to bridge the gap.
ReplyDeleteSilverlight doesn't work worth a flip.
ReplyDeleteHey Stab...what happened to my CNN poll comment?
I hope you're not getting like the Journal, tisk, tisk.
"President Obama has experienced a swift and steep decline in support among white Americans--from 61 percent in 2009 to 33 percent now."
ReplyDeleteCBS News