Deanie's Blue Inkblots: Recent Comments

Comment on MY GRAND EXPERIMENT

Deanie Mills — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:10:33 GMT

Hi, Bill! It's good to "see" you again!

I assure you I won't kick you out for expressing opinions, as long as they are presented in a respectful tone towards everyone involved and we don't degenerate into personal attacks. So far, no one ever has anyway, and I've never deleted any comments except for spam. I must say, it's really annoying to see comments posted in Cryllic or whatever it is that Russians speak ha ha.

I don't post as much as I used to. I started the blog in the first place--with my son's blessing and encouragement (he even bought me a new computer for it)--to protest the war in Iraq, which I thought was ill-conceived, ill-planned, and ill-managed, and in which I believed the troops were not only being mishandled, but downright abused, as when a unit would be standing in line to board a plane for home after a year's deployment, only to be pulled out of line and told they'd have to stay in-country another three months.

When Senator Obama was the first candidate on either side who had the balls to say he would bring the war to a practical and sensible end, my whole family supported him, and I blogged in that cause as well. And so he has kept that promise, and now my son wants his buddies home from Afghanistan as well.

So you may not like some of the viewpoints expressed here by myself and others, but you are most welcome in any event. Because of the above-mentioned spam, I now have this thing where all comments filter through me first so that I can delete that crap, and sometimes it takes me several days to get over here and post legitimate comments, so be patient. Even if it takes a couple days, it doesn't mean your voice was silenced. Just that I was busy!

Comment on MY GRAND EXPERIMENT

Bill Newsom — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:12:27 GMT

Deanie:
Do you remember when I was banished from the Compuserve Law Enforcement Forum by the little Tim Dees guy. He objected to comments that I had made about the Border Patrol and the people it was bringing in under Affirmative Action.
The BP has paid a big price for their attempt at being politically correct!
You can advise Dustin I was also in the 5th Marines back in the day.

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Deanie Mills — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:07:43 GMT

Reminds me of the old Mark Twain quote: "Let's say you are an idiot. And let's say you are a congressman. But I repeat myself."

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Nigel — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:00:08 GMT

All I'll say is, our politicians are as good as yours. You know, hypocritical, backstabbing, lying, money grabbing, selfish, conniving, self seeking, parasites. At least the latest one plead guilty in court for giving another MP a Glasgow Kiss.

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Deanie Mills — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:00:08 GMT

I'm not saying the guy didn't do a bad thing. But over time, it has been revealed that every single one of his most vicious and public attackers in congress were, themselves, conducting adulterous affairs at the same time, and lying about it. Yes, he lied under oath and I'm not excusing that--it's not the bad behavior that makes me want to scream (on either side); it's the HYPOCRISY.

And the same voting public who were THE most hateful witch-hunters after Clinton in the 90's, now say Newt Gingrich is just all right. Even though he is now married to the woman he was screwing during the Clinton Crucifixion. And even though he has, twice now, dumped a wife right after she was diagnosed with a crippling or terminal disease--for the woman he'd been having an affair with.

All we heard over here for YEARS was FAMILY VALUES! FAMILY VALUES! George W. Bush was like, St. George to them. But now, all of a sudden, it just doesn't seem that important any more. Just like the same people who destroyed the political careers of anyone who DARED question Bush's war in Iraq--became, after nearly a decade, the ones who hollered the loudest that it was time to get out. NOW they're warmongering for Iran.

You either hold to a value or you don't. Switching beliefs for political expediency makes me sick. That's all I meant. I'm pretty bitter about it because I live in an extremely conservative area, and people said the most vile things when Clinton was being chased almost out of office. Now they're jumping up to back Gingrich, who was actually thrown out of congress for ethics violations.

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Nigel — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:41:58 GMT

>>>These are the people who crucified Bill Clinton on the alter of so-called "family values" <<< Yeah, but Slick Willie was caught being naughty and what made it completely beyond the pale was the denial of the naughtiness. Any bloke can understand giving in to temptation. Telling lies? No. If a person in public office will lie about that, what else would they tell porkies about? Hmm, "porkies" started out with cockney rhyming slang "pork pie" (yummy) = "lie."

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Deanie Mills — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:49:56 GMT

HA HA HA HA--My thoughts, exactly, my British friend. More than one liberal woman has suggested the "Lysistrata Solution." But I pointed out that, unless conservative women embrace it, all we would be doing is punishing men who DON'T believe this cockamamie crap. (Not to mention ourselves heh-heh)

Seriously though, I really cannot understand how ANY woman, even a conservative one, could defend this outrage just because it comes from their own. We are women first, regardless of our politics. A young woman had the guts to testify before congress, and she gets publicly slimed as a "slut" and a "prostitute" and told to make a sex tape "so we can all watch"???

These are the people who crucified Bill Clinton on the alter of so-called "family values" in the 90's. My, my, but we've come a long way in our hypocrisy...

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Nigel — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:30:10 GMT

I wonder what the wives/partners/girlfriends/significant others think about such rubbish? God's teeth, these men shouldn't be getting sex or food, let alone votes!

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Deanie Mills — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:16:06 GMT

Nobody can make Sarah Palin look reasonable, but if American women even THINK about voting for anyone other than Barack Obama, and if they continue to stuff statehouses with Right-wing Tea-Baggers, then yes, they SHOULD be afraid. I have not seen anything LIKE this backlash against women since the gains made by the women's movement in the 70's and 80's. There was a severe backlash in the late 80's and the 90's against the reforms, by Christian evangelicals who thought women should remain barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, homeschooling their large broods. But THIS. I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime. The billionaire--aging, white--Koch brothers and their mouthpieces have crafted "model bills" that are then submitted to friendly Right-wingers at the statehouse level who have benefited handsomely from fat campaign donations--bills are submitted simultaneously, all over the USA. The RWers submit the bills, and if the Republicans hold the majority, then the bills sail through with barely a word change in statehouses all over the country. Inevitably, the bills are submitted in the U.S. House of Representatives, which is Republican, but they always get stopped by the Democratic Senate, and of course, a Democratic president would veto if it came to that. But these bills are systematic, and they strip women's health care, women's reproductive rights, women's equal pay for equal jobs, and go on to bust unions and go on to provide cushy tax breaks for the wealth and corporations while, at the same time, slashing budgets for just about every social program imaginable--which always hits poor women and children the hardest.

I've never seen anything like it. It is positively EVIL. And if women voters don't wake up and realize what is happening, and the Republicans not only keep the House, but take over the Senate and, God forbid, the White House, this country will be in real trouble. And not just the women.

Comment on REPUBLICANS: HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?

Nigel — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:26:40 GMT

Article on the way the USA is going from a female's point of view in today's Times (the real one in England). According to it, US women should be afraid, very afraid. Does Rick Santorum really make Sarah Palin look reasonable?