tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post7479432905520937380..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Of Liars and LoonsLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-70853777726184959422013-10-21T03:20:05.621-05:002013-10-21T03:20:05.621-05:00But still dangerous.But still dangerous.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-37636447698454183642013-10-14T09:02:21.773-05:002013-10-14T09:02:21.773-05:00Stupid and delusional.Stupid and delusional.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-23722504753536156392013-10-13T18:01:35.593-05:002013-10-13T18:01:35.593-05:00"“Should any political party attempt to aboli..."“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-11036063391869951482013-10-12T14:57:21.215-05:002013-10-12T14:57:21.215-05:00I think that the Congresswoman you refer to is pro...I think that the Congresswoman you refer to is probably the Tennessee Twit known as Marsha Blackburn. She hails from Mississippi originally. Need I say more?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-26502564164858450782013-10-12T14:55:02.702-05:002013-10-12T14:55:02.702-05:00Hahaha. Bon appetite yourself. ; )Hahaha. Bon appetite yourself. ; )Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-66810333345939673452013-10-12T14:53:25.241-05:002013-10-12T14:53:25.241-05:00I think their demise is pretty clear, especially a...I think their demise is pretty clear, especially after the events of the last 24 hours. They really do have their heads up a very dark hole and it is definitely impeding their vision - much like the last presidential election. I don't think this will be the end of them - regrettably - but I think they're going to be taking a huge hit. For the first time in a long while I actually feel a Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-8603806715205504972013-10-10T11:54:31.253-05:002013-10-10T11:54:31.253-05:00It is all too depressing. I just spent five days ...It is all too depressing. I just spent five days with my daughter and her family, broke my ankle, and had daughter's four children as my minions. I had no access to tv since I couldn't climb stairs, and was too distracted by cute children to read the internet. Now I am home and, lo and behold, nothing in DC has changed. Some woman congressperson said that we might find we like less knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-25274651925795850112013-10-10T09:09:19.747-05:002013-10-10T09:09:19.747-05:00My problem with assorted assumptions assibilated b...My problem with assorted assumptions assibilated by GOP assailants should be obvious. In short, congress critters like Cruz, Boehner, Cantor, and Florida yahoo Yoho are ignorant and pompous asses. Which brings me to the purpose of my visit:<br /><br /><b>Predatory cephalopods!</b>. Since my natural habitat precludes my kind from enjoying an open flame or home cooked meal, we eat our food - not (O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-90405475423034846892013-10-10T08:45:18.497-05:002013-10-10T08:45:18.497-05:00The TeaPublicans have utterly damaged the GOP bran...The TeaPublicans have utterly damaged the GOP brand. But the strangest part about that fact is that they either don't seem to care, or they're so insulated that they don't see it. Those buttons are symptomatic of an irrelevant political party. They've lost the women and youth vote; they never had the critical thinking vote. It's just a matter of time before the GOPT Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-28123030132713522552013-10-09T15:22:26.318-05:002013-10-09T15:22:26.318-05:00It always amazes me that you seem to know more abo...It always amazes me that you seem to know more about our politics and history than most people in this country! Yes, I have visions of the Koch Brothers standing at their father's knees when they were little tykes - all scrubbed and starched - getting their daily dose of Birch Society fascism.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-29423252800868406992013-10-09T15:18:00.788-05:002013-10-09T15:18:00.788-05:00Thanks for the link. You write "...the shape ...Thanks for the link. You write "...the shape of the 2016 election can actually be seen a lot more clearly than 2014 can." Yes, and that worries me because we need to pay more attention to midterm and local elections, including who we send to Congress. I hope to hell those lazy, fickle and ticked off Democrats who went fishing in 2010 have learned a valuable lesson because we're all Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-5373052625930724152013-10-09T04:00:38.468-05:002013-10-09T04:00:38.468-05:00I read that piece today.
A lot of the commentary ...I read that piece today. <br />A lot of the commentary here is that it won’t go all the way to a debt default, but I’m not so sure, because that assumes rational behaviour.<br />Back in the day of Hoover and Mellon, people on the Right in the US were prepared to let everything go to hell in the belief that what rises from the carnage must be better than what leads to the carnage. It’s one of US Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-19279150968453420582013-10-08T19:59:42.323-05:002013-10-08T19:59:42.323-05:00Warren would be my own first choice to be Presiden...Warren would be my own first choice to be President, but my assumption is that Hillary will run (if she does, the nomination is hers for the taking). If she doesn't, it will depend on how close the general election looks and how electable Warren looks in light of the general mood of the country then. The highest priority has to be to make absolutely sure a Republican doesn't win.<br /><Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-79003592767718558932013-10-08T10:12:45.279-05:002013-10-08T10:12:45.279-05:00I'll try to find a link to that DK piece.
&q...I'll try to find a link to that DK piece. <br /><br />""Shortly after President Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III gathered in the capital to plot strategy. Their push to repeal Mr. Obama’s health care law was going nowhere, and they desperately needed a new plan.<br /><br />Out of that Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-56684291020084058422013-10-08T10:02:08.169-05:002013-10-08T10:02:08.169-05:00I haven't made up my mind about 2016 but am le...I haven't made up my mind about 2016 but am leaning toward Warren. The more I listen to her the more impressed I am and I kind of think Clinton is carrying a lot of access baggage with her. But in either case, You're absolutely right - especially in light of the fact that women are drifting away from the TPGOP. Wonder why. Those buttons say it all.<br />Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-78548870302375433732013-10-08T09:57:45.614-05:002013-10-08T09:57:45.614-05:00Hahaha. None.Hahaha. None.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-80911868266995105332013-10-08T09:56:53.563-05:002013-10-08T09:56:53.563-05:00Thank you, Kay. I wish you could remember those p...Thank you, Kay. I wish you could remember those pundits, too. I'd love to watch them.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-68945513788488757642013-10-08T04:34:52.195-05:002013-10-08T04:34:52.195-05:00Not digging this shutdown of yours and the looming...Not digging this shutdown of yours and the looming debt default.<br /><br />Prospect of another bout of global financial instability…<br /><br />… just because one bunch of assholes doesn’t want the country to have even a 3nd rate version of what a lot of the industrialised world already enjoys.<br /><br />Quote of the day from Daily Kos:<br /><br />“The only thing that mollifies that crowd is Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-68041636562566422712013-10-07T21:28:19.988-05:002013-10-07T21:28:19.988-05:00Oh, and those anti-Hillary buttons are totally dis...Oh, and those anti-Hillary buttons are totally disgusting. I hope the Republicans produce many more like them, so that Hillary wins a 45-state landslide in 2016 instead of just a 40-state one. Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-57756252147748533032013-10-07T18:44:10.514-05:002013-10-07T18:44:10.514-05:00Of course the Republicans have diversity. They ha...Of course the Republicans have diversity. They have deranged morons (Gohmert, Bachmann, <a href="http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/05/gop-freshman-raise-debt-ceiling-youre-tremor-tsunami.html" rel="nofollow">this guy</a>) and also cowards who don't dare stand up to the deranged morons (Boehner, McConnell). Too bad the distinction doesn't make any observable difference in their Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4227978316651244272013-10-07T16:11:27.366-05:002013-10-07T16:11:27.366-05:00I wish I could remember which pundits were ripping...I wish I could remember which pundits were ripping ol' Louie last night!!! They were priceless!!!! Glad to see ya, girlfriend!!! I missed ya!!!!!<br />Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.com