Oh noes!

Hello Now
I learned from my father what it means to be a
true Patriot, a true American; willing to do what ever it takes to keep this Country free.
Dad was a Pilot in the Armed Forces in World War
One. When World War Two began, he had started
having mild heart attacks, and the government
said “No” when he volunteered. So he resigned
his American Citizenship and became an ‘English’
citizen and was accepted into ‘Service’.
He was flown to London where he did odd jobs; cook, supply officer, etc., anything
they wanted so he could still helping fighting
for America. When the War was over, he came back
to America and was given his Citizenship back: a
few years after that he died and was given a 21 gun salute. ‘He’ knew that sometimes you have to fight for your Freedoms.
And that is what we are doing here: fighting
with our words to keep our Country free.
A Country “of the People, by the People, for the
People”—NOT “of the Government, by the
Government, for the Government”.

“proof yet again that conservatives are
nothing more than humorless, witless, sexually
repressed retards”

Oh Now, every single conservative in the world
is humorless, etc?

I have some humor, some measure of wit; however,
being a great-grandmother, I think I will opt
out on the ‘repressed’ part ).

I simply do not like the way our Country seems to be headed at this moment. I do want Healthcare reform, but carefully studied and
correctly implemented: definitely not a crammed
down our throat, government run plan. The
Federal Government exists to serve the individual States. The States and the People
do not exist to serve the Federal Government.

And I can’t quit my job, since the economy is
so bad my 2 children both can’t find work and I
am doing my best to keep us all afloat, trying
to pay their shares and mine of all expenses ; I am 3 months behind in Mortgage payments but at least my Mortgage Co. is working with me. Of
course my savings are all gone now and I had
to close out my small I.R.A.; oh well, you do
what you have to.

Too bad some of that Stimulus money that went to
all the ‘Pork’ programs and for Political pay-backs didn’t trickle down and actually create some jobs. We check all sources of
‘Help wanted’ ads daily, and nothing has changed.

Nothing that Obama has done has convinced me
he has anything to offer other than a “the
Government knows what is best for you” plan.

No thanks Obama.

Goodby Now

here are the facts, so far we have spent $670 Billion Dollars on the Iraq war and we have killed 100,000 Iraqis (“we” – because we started this war). So your point about spending too much on the ceasefire or how concerned Bush was that Sadam had killed thousands of his citzens doens’t hold much water. It would be great if conservatives were such humanitarians but the cost of the Iraq war is more than the estimate for health care insurance for everyone in the US which the replubicants are fighting with a vengence. Thanks for your logic. I agree that we have probably have made some great strides and things are improving but how long is it sustainable and why are we so interested in the well being of the Iraqis. The same evil dictors exist others places but they don’t own most of the oil.

Satire is obviously not your strong suit, please refrain from any further ventures into satire for political commentary or anything else as you only embarrass yourself and PJM. I’m not sure why PJM continues to publish your amateur articles alongside quality writers. Perhaps I might suggest “The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White and perhaps some reading of Johnathan Swift and Mark Twain to help you improve your skills.

Sincerely,

Scott

Just remember Jimmy Carter had a 161 IQ and was in the Nuclear Dept. of the Navy . He is now our second worse President ever .. Obama is number One .
Bill Clinton had a 164 IQ and didn’t know a BJ was Sex and what is ….. means .
Funny Obama said there were 57 States and raising the Capitol gains would not hurt the GDP ? Even a Freshman in College # 101 Economics knows that is insane .
He said spending Trillions saved Jobs ? He said giving Illegals free health care and the Govt. Controlling Health care saves Billions . The Non Bias CBO said quite the opposite ……. Twice in fact in the last three weeks .
He also said a CARBON TAX will not cost us hardly any money and save the Planet ?
China , India , Mexico and no Third World Country (5 BILLION STRONG ) will NOT sign the Green agreement … they are trying to save their economy and just eat One meal a day, have running water and lights .
He also said he was a devout Moslem and was corrected by George S. “”quickly ” on ABC interview un like
Katie Curric who pulled a Got Ya on Sarah Palin .
Obama called the White Cambridge Policeman Stupid not knowing the facts .
And he is Smart ? Maybe Elite LEFTIST are dumb as Do Do as well !
Slick ain’t smart ….. Saddam was Slick !

I just want information from usually reliable sources in a just-the-facts way: about what’s up with government, things overseas, science, technology, sports, possibly interesting movies coming out, stuff about musicians (a personal interest), discussions involving genuine experts in a field talking about stuff in their field, and so on. That might seem like a lot, but seriously how long would it take? An hour, 1 1/2 hrs?

All my friends who moved to or had spent time in this country have, regardless if they had come from such places as Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, mainland China, etc, all pretty much say the same thing about American news, that they were appalled at how bad it is: it’s dumbed down, almost all commentary with little hard news, covers very little science and foreign info, and they felt that the way they got their news back in their home countries was not only much, much more efficient and far more complete, but that they felt that they even had a better idea what was going on in this country than the people living here. And their description of how their country’s news programs were set up was very similar: straightforward presentations of fact after fact covering local, national, and international news. An hour or less of that stuff and they were done. Time to move on to other things.

News commentators like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, and, yes, even the likes of Keith Olbermann, serve nothing except to polarize people, whether it’s by playing fast and loose with the facts, being attack dogs, or just by limiting what they “cover” to better appeal to their target demographics. The same with blog sites, including those belonging to corporate media (a more proper term, by the way, than “MSM”) — almost all noise and little hard facts. A whole buncha opinionated guys in a room talking loudly about stuff that very few among them actually really understand.

I started using Hulu.com some while back to catch up on some missed shows (as well as getting hooked on the weekly Naruto Shippuden manga), and recently I’ve started catching the beginning section of the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart covers current events in a way that’s often really about how the media, both left and right, covers current events. For a relatively short section in a 1/2 hr show, it’s pretty packed with actual info and smart (if somewhat smartalecky) discussion without having to resort to a dry recitation of facts (it is a comedy show after all), and that could be a lesson to all the other “news” shows: you can actually inform as well as entertain, if that’s what you really want to do. But then again, especially for the cable networks, there is so, so much time to fill with such little talent available, and you can’t have too many facts — think of the ratings….

I already left my home & family for 6 years with the Navy keeping the Bear off your doorstep during the Cold War.

Also got to wreck half the Iranian Navy in the process (Operation Praying Mantis – look it up).

So… anything else I can do for ya?