Vast right-wing conspiracy is back!
Thinking Right’s weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic:
● Frivolous lawsuits, Part 1: It’s not enough to be rich and famous. Dan Rather insists on being a martyr, too. Alas, ’tis tough when the alleged villain — his CBS employer — continued to honor the terms of his $6 million-per-year contract. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court tossed his $70 million lawsuit for taking him off the air after the bogus story on George W. Bush’s military service.
● Frivolous lawsuits, Part 2: You gotta love those DeKalb County jurors who found that, indeed, police had violated the Fourth Amendment rights of two vegans out protesting at the HoneyBaked Ham store. But the “harm” done them was insignificant. They were each awarded $1 in actual damages and $1 in punitive damages that, if pooled, would be insufficient to buy a HoneyBaked ham sandwich. The vegans’ attorneys want DeKalb to pay their fees for four years of litigation. A dollar a year per attorney would be about right.
● This is what scares us about banking: Federal regulators shut down the high-flying Georgian Bank in Atlanta, a failure that’s expected to cost the FDIC $892 million. The bank’s attorney, Walt Moeling, said afterward that the bank had wealthy investors, one of the strongest boards and management around and made loans to borrowers with strong track records. That may have been intended to reassure. Makes me want to stuff cash in a mattress. If the smart guys go with the herd, I want to find a cautious country banker.
● Almost a fifth of the nation’s motorists have sent or read a text message while driving. Next to drunk drivers, those who consider an auto to be an extension of the office or chat time are the most dangerous. They drive out of sync with traffic. Truckers want federal permission to text. Never. A Virginia Tech study found that truckers who use on-board computers are 10 times more likely to crash, nearly crash or wander across lanes.
● Pentagon officials who propose to allow women to serve as submariners have obviously never heard the country song, “The girls all get prettier at closing time.” The lyrics apply to both sexes. Lifting this common-sense ban will destroy marriages. Women are barred from front-line combat; a submarine is a front-line combat vehicle.
● Emory University Hospital, taking an action that’s clearly in the best consumer interest, especially heart patients in Gwinnett County, drops its lawsuit to block Gwinnett Medical Center from creating a program that would provide open-heart surgeries. Conservatives in the General Assembly, presumably in the majority, should look at ending the certificate of need regulations that caused all this expense (built into our medical care tabs) and this years-long delay that unnecessary regulation promotes.
● Oh, Bill, get a life. The former president says the vast right-wing conspiracy that targeted him has its sights set on President Barack Obama. It’s not as vast as it was, though, “because America has changed demographically,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But it’s as virulent as it was.” They all gotta be martyrs.
● In fairness, Obama’s appointments to key federal court positions in Georgia have been far better than expected. No radicals that I see. Latest two are state Sen. Edward Tarver of Augusta as U.S. attorney based in Savannah and former state Sen. Michael Moore of Warner Robins as U.S. attorney based in Macon.
● No classier public official ever set foot under the Gold Dome than Joe Burton, the DeKalb County Republican who died this week at 86. He was a compassionate conservative original, a warm-hearted patriot who served his country in two wars, who doted on family and children, especially children with disabilities. He gave gallons of blood to serve this community, lining up every two months, just as soon as he was eligible. He served 30 years in the Georgia House and in the state Senate. I never grew cynical while covering politics. Politicians like Joe Burton were the reason why.
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atlshirt.org
October 1st, 2009
9:16 pm
first!
Red Foreman
October 1st, 2009
9:26 pm
Whooooty, the conspiracy continues…I wonder what Presbo da Clown is gonna do to save us all..
Algonquin J. Calhoun
October 1st, 2009
9:30 pm
You get a life! The witch hunt against Clinton cost the American tax payers many, many millions of dollars and accomplished exactly nothing. Now, the Republinazi scum is trying to incite violence against President Obama! That is an absolute fact and they’re doing it because he is black. The racist, war mongering, fascist party you shill for is advocating sedition and the murder of our president. The Republinazi party is no longer a viable entity. It has become the bastion of the criminally religious, thieves, paramilitary morons, right to lifers who kill doctors for performing abortions and various other miscreants, morons, hidden gays and whatever else is idiot enough to support your dishonorable, obsolete party!
Left wing management
October 1st, 2009
9:33 pm
“In fairness, Obama’s appointments to key federal court positions in Georgia have been far better than expected. No radicals that I see.”
Why wouldn’t they be? I mean, he’s about as moderate and pragmatic a president as you can imagine. Why would there be any radicals in there? You didn’t really believe all that stuff about him being a socialist, a wild-eyed radical organizer, did you? You didn’t, did you?
Tall
October 1st, 2009
9:40 pm
Algonquin:
That irascible intellect of yours is still at it. Can you offer anything else?
DwayneL
October 1st, 2009
9:50 pm
Algonquin J. Calhoun = You obviously have issues. Most conservatives don’t care one bit about obama’s skin color (unlike most of the people that voted for him solely because he is black). I personally would be creaming just as loud no matter who was president if they were making the same bad decisions and policies as our current president. Color isn’t an issue for me.
Trudy
October 1st, 2009
10:03 pm
As you smirk, perhaps you will consider helping the millions of Iraqis who are displaced because of the war you supported.
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/where-we-work/middle-east/iraq
Jessica
October 1st, 2009
10:13 pm
The former President calls it a “vast conspiracy” like it’s some kind of shadowy secret club. Well, I don’t like the direction our country is going, so I want to find out how to join the conspiracy. Is there a secret handshake or something? Are there meetings in abandoned warehouses? Coded messages?
My point is, it sounds paranoid to call opposition to Obama’s policies a conspiracy. It’s NOT a conspiracy, just straightforward political opposition.
Truth
October 1st, 2009
10:19 pm
Obama is corrupt, 100%. He promised the world and he has not delivered. Georgia is smart by not giving this idiot our electoral votes, lets do it again in 2012.
Trudy
October 1st, 2009
10:26 pm
Do you think life was better under Saddam? You can gve Saddam credit for using terror to keep ethnic and tribal rivalries under control. Once Saddam was out, old scores were settled. I don’t condone any of it and my heart goes out to these people, but I have to think the situation wll be better in the future.
Um, yeah
October 1st, 2009
10:36 pm
Algonquin J. Calhoun (aka Homie the Clown)
Please quit blaming your life’s failures on “tha man” or “whitey”! That, or stop buying Jeremiah Wright’s sermons on DVD. You’re making yourself look foolish.
Um, yeah
October 1st, 2009
10:37 pm
Left wing management
October 1st, 2009
9:33 pm
Based on his first appointment to the Supreme Court (who claimed a latin woman has a better point of view than a white man) I would say the jury is still out.
Truth II
October 1st, 2009
10:57 pm
Truth is an idiot…. If you listened to the President during his campaign he said this mess might not get worked out his 1st term… Also, if you wanted a magician to pull a rabbit out his backside and turn the economy around in 6 months, then you should have voted for LAME-O Chris Angel…
Chris Salzmann
October 2nd, 2009
12:54 am
JW: ● Pentagon officials who propose to allow women to serve as submariners have obviously never heard the country song, “The girls all get prettier at closing time.” The lyrics apply to both sexes. Lifting this common-sense ban will destroy marriages. Women are barred from front-line combat; a submarine is a front-line combat vehicle.
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CHRIS SAYS: Jim, it’s the 21st century. If people are inclined to cheat on their spouses, they’re going to find a way to do it, close quarters or not. Yes, a submarine is a front-line combat vehicle; so is a destroyer, cruiser, frigate and aircraft carrier. Last I checked, women have been serving on these, alongside men, sine a long time. Jim, the world’s a-changin’ and you’re falling behind.
Roja
October 2nd, 2009
12:57 am
I think it’s more like a “half-vast right wing conspiricy”
Chris Salzmann
October 2nd, 2009
1:04 am
Truth October 1st, 2009 10:19 pm SAID: Obama is corrupt, 100%. He promised the world and he has not delivered. Georgia is smart by not giving this idiot our electoral votes, lets do it again in 2012.
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CHRIS SAYS: Yeah, Georgia gave its vote to a Presidential candidate who was so obviously out of touch (Recession? What Recession; Didn’t even know how many homes he owned) and a VP candidate who couldn’t even name a newspaper she read (not even Wasilla News? Anchorage Times?). Let’s not forget the VP’s family was also a great example of the effectiveness of the Republican Teen Sex-Abstinence Program (We never heard Fox News call Willow “Baby Mama” now, did we?). Of course, now since she didn’t get what she wanted, she quit. Yup, Georgia chose so wisely. LMAO
Red Foreman
October 2nd, 2009
5:28 am
Ole Presbo is da man…
Change….that what I got left after the democraps get done with me!!!!
Cant wait til 2012 or the end of the world:)
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
5:36 am
Good morning Jim,
Frivilous lawsuits?I’ve nevr gotten past the McDonalds woman’s scalded mustentouchit.
Banks? Piggy.
Texting,eating,phoning,you name it,I’ve seen it being done by drivers that I am desperately trying to avoid being in a collision with.
Most of them are so oblivious that they don’t even know what almost happened.A guy called Jack,on another blog here this week put it rather succinctly when he said that all you should have in your hands when you’re driving is the steering wheel.That would simplify matters to where everyone would understand.
How did it go? I must go down to the sea again,
To the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a submarine
And a girl in the berth nearby.
The vast right wing conspiracy voted against Obama and Bill and Jimmy.The vast left wing conspiracy voted for them.
Obama has more important things on his mind than Tarver and Moore.He leaves their choosing up to the White House Staff.He’s lobbying for the O-LYM-PICS. For his home town of Chicago.You can take the boy out of the city,you know-etc.etc. Oprah is there with him,along with Michelle.This is a done deal.The rest of the world can go home now.Didn’t George try to get the Winter Olympics for Dallas?
Barak,my friend,might I remind you that there are a few things in this world that are more important than the Olympics?I’m not sure you realize that at this juncture in time,but you’re going to have to wake up sooner or later to the fact that something may be rotten in Denmark.
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
6:04 am
It dawned on me this morning that men are better communicators than women,to wit,Marie Antoinette said”let the help eat cake”,and reams have been written about what she actually meant.Meanwhile,and closer to home,David Letterman said “screw the help” and not one soul misunderstood him.
RTW
October 2nd, 2009
6:07 am
Algonquin J. Calhoun: Barack is half black, half white. But you’re right, 50% racist white, 50% racist black. Here’s an interesting question. Why do those who are of mixed race (white parent, black parent, regardless of gender) tend to think of themselves (and majority of others) as african-american. Does the white contribution to the gene mix not count? There seems to be an obvious bias there. Someone please explain that to me…intelligently, without rancor.
Road Scholar
October 2nd, 2009
7:03 am
RTW: Why do mixed race people think themselves to be black? Because of our history and the Jim Crowe laws which were in place! Any % of mixed (Black/White) was always considered black. The person has no choice.
Jim: ” …for taking him off the air after the bogus story on George W. Bush’s military service.” Heck if all news agencies did this, tyhere woild be few talk show hosts still around, esp Glenn Beck! Remember he considers himself as an entertainer, not a researcher/reporter. So why does he have such appeal? I throw up every time he starts to fein remorse and “cries”.
Hatin' on the Stupid
October 2nd, 2009
7:05 am
Don’t know about a right wing conspiracy, but the corporate owners of America will do anything (and I mean ANYTHING) to prevent progressive
policys from gaining any traction. Whether that be encouraging endless investigations, swiftboating, or manipulating the gullible mobs to bring down a popular progressive president. It doesn’t matter. And the tools are only too willing to oblige.
Ragnar Danneskjöld
October 2nd, 2009
7:23 am
Dear Jim, as you well know, I have a little insight into banks with problems. While I cannot talk about what I am doing professionally, I can affirm that exceedingly large and well-run banks can be broken by as few as two bad apples, so Moeling’s statement is undoubtedly true. When we live in a world where the Fed feeds a housing bubble, and the Congress mindlessly stimulates the housing industry (are you listening Johnny Isakson?), and the Congress mandates CRA loans, any suggestion that “the bill will never come due” reflects the triumph of hope over experience.
Gerald West
October 2nd, 2009
7:41 am
Same old stuff! Whine about everything, solve nothing. “Right-wingers” is not a proper term for the blow-hard whiners who are the pitiful remnants of the once-honorable Republican Party. The term was coined after French radicals (who sat of the left side of the moderator in the parliament). Those people had a cause and an agenda. The Republicans are just clueless discontents.
Bman
October 2nd, 2009
7:45 am
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t “The Vast Right-Wig Conspiracy” correct about Pres. Clinton?
Bman
October 2nd, 2009
7:46 am
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t “The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy” correct about Pres. Clinton?
GEORGE AMERICAN
October 2nd, 2009
7:46 am
RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY MY TAIL!!!
DON’T EVEN TRY IT, BILLARY! YOUR WHITEWATER CRIMES, SEVERAL RAPES AND MURDER VINCE FOSTER WITH YOUR LESBIAN WIFE HAVE ALL BEEN EXPOSED AND YOU ARE GUILTY!!!
NOT TO MENTION THE MALFEASANCE OF TRAVEL-GATE!!!
Dagby Taggert
October 2nd, 2009
7:47 am
Dear Ragnar-
You are three monthes behind in child support. Call me at the Gulch.
Jimmy62
October 2nd, 2009
7:54 am
What about the vast left-wing conspiracy to destroy our economy? Even if you falsely beleive the CRA and the drive to make all Americans homeowners was not the cause of the current economic crisis, you must admit that encouraging more people who can’t afford it to get mortgages through FHA loans (government backed!) is simply insane. And that’s what the Democrats are trying to push on us now, CRA II.
THey really want to use the government to destroy our capitalist economy and replace it with a European style welfare state. Do you understand how hard it is to run a business in Europe? You can’t fire people, they practically compete to see who can get paid the most for the least work. And Democrat entitlement mentalities are already turning this country into a bunch of lazy bums.
If you didn’t earn it, you DON’T deserve it!
People say the driving force behind capitalism is greed. The driving force behind modern day liberalism is envy.
GEORGE AMERICAN
October 2nd, 2009
8:13 am
LIKE WISE PEOPLE HEAR HAVE SHOWED,
CONGRESS (NAMELY; TED KENNEDY)-MANDATED CRA LOANS TO LAZY MINORITY COMMUNITIES WAS -
THE CAUSE OF THE GREAT RECESSION!!!
"Charles", The Original
October 2nd, 2009
8:14 am
In times past, it was assumed that the last bastion of freedom to express ones point of view without reprisal could be found in the confines of the fourth branch of government, the media, and institutions of higher learning. But Americans aren’t sure if it’s true today. Almost every American knows how suspect the corporate media and the weasels they employ are, especially the so-called educated integrationist Negro weasels. Yet many people believe that our colleges and universities are even worse. They surreptitiously stifle freedom of speech within their confines under the guise of diversity and tolerance. Here is some food for thought.
Pentagon officials who propose to allow women to serve as submariners have obviously never heard the country song, “The girls all get prettier at closing time.” The lyrics apply to both sexes. Lifting this common-sense ban will destroy marriages. Women are barred from front-line combat; a submarine is a front-line combat vehicle, said Jim Wooten.
As suspect as the American media is, Jim Wooten is fortunate to be employed by the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, AJC, instead of an Institution of higher learning, namely Morehouse College. It’s likely Wooten would’ve been disciplined for expressing personal views if they differed from that of his employer.
It’s not too far removed to suspect that Morehouse College would have released the following sexist, intolerant, and discriminatory statement regarding the termination of Wooten for expressing his point-of-view.
From the desk of Dr. Robert M. Franklin, President of Morehouse College:
The college has disciplined an employee for his intolerance and he is no longer with the college. Morehouse College has a no-tolerance position on discrimination.
The views expressed by an employee (October 1, 2009) were the personal views of one individual and do not reflect the values or policies of Morehouse College. The College has taken great strides toward building a diverse and tolerant community…
Men should make attempts to understand women and their contributions. Read a book by a female author. Have an intelligent conversation with a female neighbor.
Diversity at Morehouse is an opportunity that can enrich your career if you are courageous enough to seize the opportunity.
McGroots
October 2nd, 2009
8:18 am
Clyde: I suppose you are intimately familiar with the facts of the McDonalds case?
This particular objection to “frivolous lawsuits” is such an easy one to shoot down when you know what actually occurred, and why the jury in that case awarded the damages it did. But don’t let facts get in the way of a good partisan argument.
Tort reform = subjugating due process in favor of profits
dgroy
October 2nd, 2009
8:21 am
To…..Algonquin J. Calhoun……In reading your post, I had a hard time following what your point was……could you re-write and re-post it again in plain language so everyone can understand. All joking aside, man you are the most racist person I’ve encountered in a long time. What is your problem, anyway? Me thinks you are an unemployed, uninsured black man with a chip on his shoulder looking for a handout from your democratic friends. Do us all a favor and scram.
Producer
October 2nd, 2009
8:32 am
Don’t let Calhoun ruin yall’s day. He’s just throwing out the racist bilge because that’s all he, and thousands like him, have. Calhoun, you’re accusations are worn and tired. The vast majority of those who oppose Obama do so because of his socialist policies that are on the way to destroying our nation.
JLK
October 2nd, 2009
8:38 am
Why does Mr. Wooten hate the freedom? Are your fourth amendment rights no more sacred than your first or second amendment rights? If the police violated Mr. Wooten’s fourth amendment rights for no good reason other than they find his beliefs irritating, would THAT be okay?
More predictable sexist cr-ap about keeping women in their place. What a dinosaur.
Get a life
October 2nd, 2009
8:41 am
Chris Salzmann
October 2nd, 2009
1:04 am
Posting at 1AM? Get a life.
Anyway, yeah, I guess Georgia should have thrown their vote to a political lighweight community organizer who was hell on wheels as long as he had greek columns and multiple teleprompters surrounding him. His running mate, Joe the Biden, has often mentioned how smart he is. Perhaps we should have considered his enviable intelligence, but a few blips brought us back down to earth. Things like “this election is about a three letter word – J O B S”. Or how about when he said “when the depression hit, President FDR went on TV to calm the nation”. Riiigggghtttt. Guess we made the wrong choice.
Get a life
October 2nd, 2009
8:44 am
JLK
October 2nd, 2009
8:38 am
The bigger question is why he ran this piece altogether? After all, the vast right wing conspiracy isn’t back because it never left. You lib/socialists use that crutch for EVERYTHING, much like Alonquin and his race card.
Pittsburgh Al
October 2nd, 2009
8:48 am
Your title of the column “Vast right wing conspiracy is back” refers to your little blurb on Clinton. While you can disagree with his politics and his personal conduct while in office to tell him to get a life is considerably misguided. Bill Clinton, through his foundation, has been responsible for saving millions of lives across the globe. Your life in turn is to write critical columns about people you don’t personally like.
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
9:08 am
McGroots,
Intimately familiar? No.She wouldn’t let me look.
Worst President EVER!
October 2nd, 2009
9:09 am
BO in Copenhagen pushing for the 2016 Olympics to come “to his neighborhood” – let’s hope he’s out of Washington and back in his “Chicago neighborhood” long before 2016!
Your morning jolt: Liberty U. student blew whistle on football Scriptures | Political Insider
October 2nd, 2009
9:19 am
[...] Jim Wooten declares that the vast right-wing conspiracy is back! [...]
Dunwoody Mike
October 2nd, 2009
9:22 am
Jimmy,
God forbid we try to help people that are in need…but I guess that would require that we had compassion, right? Something I think you are sorely lacking in.
Churchill's MOM
October 2nd, 2009
9:22 am
Raghead, you are sure right about our BIG SPENDING, BIG GOVERNMENT, RINO Senator Johnny Isakson. I am so happy you have finally found work.
Jim, Have they fired Wingboy, he has stopped publishing.
SOUTHERN ATL
October 2nd, 2009
9:23 am
Stephen Colbert put a nail in the coffin with this one:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/blackwashing-colbert-unve_n_299601.html
GEORGE AMERICAN
October 2nd, 2009
9:36 am
THE O-LYMPICS IN CHICAGO?
I THOUGHT OBLARMA’S DAYS AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WAS OVER!!!
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
9:40 am
McGroots,
Seriously.I read what’s available to me about the case.You could not make me put a hot cup of coffee between my knees without a gun.As far as I’m concerned this is a frivilous lawsuit and should have been thrown out before it ever came to trial.
Having said that,I’m also familiar with the term “idiot proof”,which is what a company really has to take into consideration when producing any goods for the public.Somewhere there has to be a limit or would you like to see every stupid act culminate in an award of $2.7 million?
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
October 2nd, 2009
9:51 am
Well, all I got to say is if I want to take a leak over the side of a submarine I shouldn’t have to worry about any women being around.
Glad to see Raghead is back. He sort of ducked out on us for a few months. Maybe the cops finally caught up with him or something. Anyhow, we need more good strong Conservatives like him.
Have a good Friday everybody and don’t worry. I’m stocking all the bars and honky-tonks with plenty of beer today.
Yellow Submarine
October 2nd, 2009
9:57 am
Methinks that if you’re “taking a leak over the side of a submarine”, having women around is the least of your troubles. Personally, I never could “go” while underwater.
Chris Broe
October 2nd, 2009
10:05 am
David Letterman: Joking on the Appalachian Trail.
Churchill's MOM
October 2nd, 2009
10:05 am
Redneck Convert.. everyone is posting today other than Dusty.. Do you supply Athens? There’ll be lots of beer consumed up here this week end.
**********Handel 2010*************Palin McCain 2012**************
JackLeg
October 2nd, 2009
10:08 am
Algonquin J. Calhoun;
Wow, for being no longer a viable entity they really blew some wind up your skirt. It amazes me that you may even believe the lies that you spew. Can you show proof of anything you wrote? I doubt it, but we can show proof that Obozo is a lying politician, and that the left wing dimacrats hate America. The truth is that they want to control as much of the American economy as they can. They, the dimacrats, are like kids in a candy store right after they have stolen mommy’s purse. They need to be stopped before they destroy America. We all have to balance our budget so let’s make our government do the same. It also amazes me that Obozo can spend more than W did in 8 years in less than 1 year, why is the left winger not complaining about spending? By the way if you look at the republican proposed healthcare plan you would see that they are doing exactly what Obozo says he wants in his speeches, but the truth is much different.
JLK
October 2nd, 2009
10:09 am
All this “outrage” over the push to bring the Olympics to Chicago harkens back to last year’s “Real America” vs. blue state rhetoric. (How’d that work for you, Sarah?) It’s insulting, and it’s completely counter to Mr. Beck’s [disingenuous] claim that we should all go back to the warm, cozy, united feeling we had on 9-12-01. Americans traditionally take some measure of pride when an American city “wins out” over a foreign city. Was anyone outraged when the Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City? Please. If Dallas or Houston (such a lovely place in Summer) were in contention for this, and Obama didn’t make a push, OH the INJUSTICE! Why does Obama hate the “real America?” For all its history of corruption, Chicago is an AMERICAN city, part of our nation. Don’t live there if you don’t want to, but stop acting like it’s *bleep bleep* Pakistan already. Hypocrites.
JLKMNOP
October 2nd, 2009
10:15 am
Hypocrites is as hypocrites does.
HDB
October 2nd, 2009
10:15 am
The right-wing conspiracy has never left — particularly in Georgia! Note the voting patterns; people in this state will vote against their own best interests in order to keep ethnic minorities in their “place”.
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@ George American:
LIKE WISE PEOPLE HEAR HAVE SHOWED,
CONGRESS (NAMELY; TED KENNEDY)-MANDATED CRA LOANS TO LAZY MINORITY COMMUNITIES WAS -
THE CAUSE OF THE GREAT RECESSION!!!
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How WRONG can a human being be?? The CRA was created to prevent REDLINING by banks and lending institutions in minority neighborhoods! It was a way for minorities to reach for the “American Dream”, i.e., home ownership. Lest you forget, the Bush Administration, prior to 9/11, as a national MANDATE, stated that he wanted the “Ownership Society”; the lending institutions changed the requirements allowing sub-prime loans, not Congress! Wherever money is to be made by unscrupulous people……money will be made off the misery of others! It’s the American Way!!
YouJustDon'tUnderstand
October 2nd, 2009
10:22 am
HDB: It’s not a conspiracy if everyone’s doing it!
HDB
October 2nd, 2009
10:26 am
@ Jackleg:
1)”We all have to balance our budget so let’s make our government do the same.”
When the Clinton Adminsitration left, the nation had a surplus; Bush’s wartime spending placed us where we are now!! What the Obama Administration is doing is correcting what Bush did….and THAT TAKES MONEY!! Where were you when the Bush spending spree began? Where were you when the Bush cronies were getting paid….while hard working Americans were losing their jobs? Where were you when Bush began bailing out his cronies on Wall Street? Where were you when the bin Laden family members were allowed to leave the US under PRESIDENTIAL EDICT after 9/11?? Hmmmm? Once the corrections are in place, the budget deficit MUST be addressed! Let’s get the nation on the right track first!!
2) “…if you look at the republican proposed healthcare plan….”
WHAT PLAN?? Don’t get sick?? All the Republicans want to do is to maintain the status quo…..and let people fall thru the cracks! Too many people are being denied health insurance; what needs to be done is a single-payer HMO…..and the insurance companies insure catastrophic illnesses. Look af AFLAC; they make a boatload of money by insuring one primary illness: CANCER!!!
Ranter
October 2nd, 2009
10:36 am
I’m a Republican and I never get sick. No one in my Republican family ever gets sick – they just die quietly in their sleep sometime in their ’90’s. Only losers like touchy-feely-kumbaya liberals get sick and need insurance. Maybe if you vegans ate some real protein, you wouldn’t have to worry about your health so much. And, if you got a job and had a reason to actually bathe, comb your hair, brush your teeth, and put on deodorant you wouldn’t be so offensive to civil society.
Ranter
October 2nd, 2009
10:40 am
Oh, yeah – and shave your legs, too (for the lib-girls).
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
10:52 am
Obama is meeting with General McChrystal in Denmark.Surely they aren’t planning a military action to get the Olympics to Chicago in 2016,or are they???
GEORGE AMERICAN
October 2nd, 2009
11:10 am
HDB @ 10:26 SAYS:The CRA was created to prevent REDLINING by banks and lending institutions in minority neighborhoods!
IN OTHER WORDS, THE GOVERNMENT STUCK THERE NOSE IN THE BANKER’S BUSINESS TO MANDATE LOANS TO MINORITIES!!!
OF COURSE THESE WERE LIAR-LOANS, SUBPRIMES, AND LOANS THAT SHOULD’T HAVE BEEN MADE. CRA AND THESE LOANS GOT US TO WHAT WE’RE IN!!!!
DemBrooks
October 2nd, 2009
11:14 am
Enter your comments here JLK: The “outrage” as you put it, over President Obama schilling for the Olympics is not anything against having the Olympics in the U.S. Of course we are all proud to host the events here in our country. The problem is that he is President of the United States! He has MUCH more important work to do! He still thinks he’s on the campaign trail – campaigning for the Olympics, campaigning for heath care…. Mr. President, get back to work!
Chris Broe
October 2nd, 2009
11:35 am
I think the problem with woman and submarines starts in high school when they observe the submarine races in parked cars. (how the submarine got in there, she’ll never know).
That works on so many levels.
Chris Broe
October 2nd, 2009
11:43 am
It is very comforting to know that Wooten never grew cynical. Oh, how the opiate of self righteousness can delude a person!
How about the Jimmy Carter “vituperative” remark to CNN’s Candy Crowley!! I used that word a couple weeks ago here at the AJC online.
Now, “vituperative” is a rarely used word, (although it is in the lexicon and most writers know it). So, in that recent interview, when Carter kept repeating it, I had to reflect that it is quite possible that Jimmy Carter read my comment. He’s a wordsmith, and if he reads my comments, then he’s open to suggestion. I’ve got another word, Mr Carter: recede.
I grew cynical, Mr Wooten, but it doesn’t help me one bit to see your grand old party implode. You Born-Again Birther Secessionists are turning on one another like cheated heirs.
Notice how close to “C-sectionists” the word “Secessionists” is?
The new GOP: Born Again Birther C-sectionists.
Jklol.
Worst President EVER!
October 2nd, 2009
11:50 am
From the AP: “Chicago and Tokyo have been eliminated. The IOC will decide whether Madrid or Rio de Janeiro will be the host city.” Nice job, mr. president. Can we have our tax money back for the vacation you took to Denmark?
Ranter
October 2nd, 2009
11:52 am
Chicago and Tokyo have been eliminated – hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Ranter
October 2nd, 2009
11:55 am
At least the IOC didn’t fall for his BS.
JLK
October 2nd, 2009
12:00 pm
That’s right. Cheer against your own country. Cheer the loss of jobs, infrastructure improvements, and toursim dollars for American citizens. Real patriots.
Chris Broe
October 2nd, 2009
12:19 pm
Yeah! Why is the Right being so virulent and vituperative about Chicago losing the Olympics? Are we not all Americans? When the Right denies us healthcare, is not all our blood anemic, diabetic, and clogged? When the Right starts wars for profit, does not the minimum wage trickle-down jobs fall upon us all? When the Right invokes God’s name before meals at state dinners, do we not all suffer the indigestion?
Let us suffer the fools on the Right together, and take it like patriots.
Ranter
October 2nd, 2009
12:21 pm
Cheers for the lost opportunity to build cheesy plastic coated buildings surrounded by counterfeit-t-shirt-makers in push carts, drawing coughing, spewing, infection-laden deadbeats from all over the world to one of our cities. Yeah, I’ll pass.
Oh, well
October 2nd, 2009
12:29 pm
Somehow I think this would have all worked out better if obama DIDN’T go to Copenhagen.
Left wing management
October 2nd, 2009
2:12 pm
Sotomayer, radical? I’m really not convinced. I honestly see her as fairly conventional liberal, but nothing wild-eyed. Her remarks were I think fairly standard, and wildly blown out of proportion.
clyde
October 2nd, 2009
2:13 pm
Rio de Janeiro is a strange way to spell Chicago.You mean Obama and Oprah together don’t command any respect in the world of sports? Sometimes a bald faced attempt to bulldoze your way through with celebrity status backfires.Blame it on Micheelle.She’s not really a celebrity yet.
Ragnar Danneskjöld
October 2nd, 2009
2:49 pm
Dear Redneck @ 9:51, actually neither the deputies nor the process servers have caught up with me yet. But if you hear of anyone catching a big snake in the Everglades, it might be me. I’ll pop back in from time to time.
OBAMA CHICAGO = FAIL
October 2nd, 2009
2:55 pm
TEN MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR TAX PAYER DOLLARS SO TELEPROMPTER IN CHIEF CAN FLY OVER TO DENMARK AND READ A TELEPROMPTER IN FRONT OF THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ON HOW GREAT CHICAGO IS. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought our wonderful TOTUS was the love and joy of the world. Bwhahahahaha!!!! Thanks for wasting our money and time on such nonsense.
Can you say “Carter II One-Termer” yet liberals?
RebelWithoutAPause
October 2nd, 2009
3:28 pm
Jim, I agree with you on the “women in submarines” issue. I served on three different subs in my 25 year Navy career, from diesel to nuclear. I also served on two surface ships. Women have no business on subs. The living conditions are vastly different. I am not adverse to serving with women. They are as competent as men, but they should not serve on submarines.
Shawny
October 2nd, 2009
4:00 pm
the vast right wing conspiracy. that is absolutely hysterical. idiot.
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 2nd, 2009
5:08 pm
If the Georgian Bank in Atlanta was backed by wealthy investors, why not take the $892 million out of their hide instead of having the FDIC (taxpayers) pay for it?
Dusty
October 2nd, 2009
10:27 pm
Well, JIm, you have a lot of good points here. I guess the one about Rather pleases me most. Those folks who worked so hard against Bush with every crooked trick in the book get no sympathy from me. Sounds like justice.. And Clinton conspiracies??? Can’t they think of something new?.They’ve worn that one thin.
Women on submarines? SUBMARINES? The mere thought gives me claustrophobia not to mention the probability of an aroma of closely packed unwashed men in a tin can for weeks.! Sniff!!! . I hope no one tries again to “award” women with that right. (Cute lil’ rhyme, Clyde.)
Clinton and his conspiracies, the same ones that Hilllary always discovered when a new femme fatale accusation appeared. Hillary did hang in there and probably saved her own career. It must have worked. But Obama makes so many speeches she hardly gets to put in a word edgewise as Sec. of State.. Don’t see her on TV very much.
Glad to see you here, RAGNAR. Does mention of the everglades mean you are taking it easy in Florida? Like RedNeck says”We need all the good conservatives we can get here.”
Too bad about RedNeck Convert.. He tells the worst jokes ever and usually “lies like a rug”. Other than that, he’s an OK. liberal.
DButcher
October 3rd, 2009
5:06 pm
A vast right wing comspiracy might be a possibility if there was actually a vast right wing to make it so. The truth is that the party is so fractured by the infighting that it will take years to recover. The McCain/Limbaugh showdown is coming, with each claiming to be the one to lead their party out of the woods and back into power. Should be an interesting show.
Churchill's MOM
October 4th, 2009
8:48 am
Dusty
10:27 pm
If Captin Freendom would contribute we would have the whole gang here..
Jim, what is happening with the Wingboy? Sometime he is good but mostly he is bad and now he is gone.
A Concerned Independent
October 4th, 2009
11:00 am
Not so much a conspiracy as a radical ideology as Radical Conservatism seems to have much in common with Radical Islam especially when it comes to feelings towards those not like them. One uses the word Liberal with the same venom and hate that you the other uses the word Jew. That is a scary ideology. 6 million times scary
Shane
October 4th, 2009
12:47 pm
Dan Frickin’ Rather,
He’s my fav’rite martyr!
If he can’t voice his blather,
With what else would he barter?
We say, “R…A…T…H…E…R!”
Would we rather? Oh yes we would.
Oh yes we would! Huh!!!
Shane
October 4th, 2009
1:18 pm
Dan, Dan, the poor person’s Chronkite.
As high-fliers go, once hitched to a strong kite.
But such hefty an onus,
In the passage of Kronos,
Reduced him to lumps of mere Kronkite.
Moonbat Patrol
October 4th, 2009
3:58 pm
‘Not so much a conspiracy as a radical ideology as Radical Conservatism seems to have much in common with Radical Islam especially when it comes to feelings towards those not like them. One uses the word Liberal with the same venom and hate that you the other uses the word Jew. That is a scary ideology. 6 million times scary”
Oh THAT is cute, libtard. Equating radical Islam with “radical” conservatism. You never defined “radical” conservatism like a typical mindless, emotion driven libtard. So what does it mean, bed wetter? DISAGREEING with liberal Democrats, neo-Marxism, and SOCIALISM that you people on the left love so much? Funny – you were the same mindless moonbats who said “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” over the last eight years.
And the very HATRED you libtards have shown for your fellow Americans and calling them domestic terrorists and nazis, who HAPPEN TO DISAGREE with government takeover of health care, among other things under Obama and the Pelosicrats, speaks volumes you pathetic hypocrite.
NO that is not going to go unchallenged on this blog, you pathetic liberal hypocrite.
Moonbat Patrol
October 4th, 2009
4:01 pm
Obama flies to Copenhagen to witness Chicago get it’s ass handed to it. Now it’s date weekend for an anniversary. One meeting for the commander of armed forces in Afghanistan up to that Denmark trip, and even then it was less than an hour. Yet another deadly record month for US troops in Afghanistan. I thought the libtards said that Iraq wasn’t the real war and that Afghanistan was – at least that’s what they said during the Bush years.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6860616.ece
Moonbat Patrol
October 4th, 2009
4:11 pm
That idiot Michael Moore has a new movie out bashing capitalism while making millions from it. More blatant liberal hypocrisy at its finest.
“Michael Moore’s purposefully controversial and politically polarizing documentary Capitalism: A Love Story was distributed by Overture Films and wound up in 7th place. It went wide into 962 theaters this weekend after opening on September 23rd in a limited release of 4 theaters….The fact is that Capitalism: A Love Story looks like its domestic total will fail to crack $20M and end up his worst performing film since his Oscar-winner Bowling For Columbine in 2002.”
A Concerned Independent
October 4th, 2009
4:40 pm
Listen to that venom and disrespect directed at someone who doesn’t share an Obamahaters ideology. That is all the PFOOF my fellow readers need. Such anger at someone independent and not even discussing a liberal topic. Could you imagine the hatred that would eminate if it was coming from someone liberal or discussing “libtard” topics.
A Concerned Independent
October 4th, 2009
4:41 pm
PROOF
Michael H. Smith
October 4th, 2009
6:11 pm
More PFOOF of George W. Clinton’s subprime quilt.
Subprime lending evolved with the realization of a demand in the marketplace for loans to high-risk borrowers with imperfect credit.[3] The first subprime was initiated in 1993. Many companies entered the market when the prime interest rate was low, and real interest became negative allowing modest subprime rates to flourish; negative interest rates are hand-outs, such that the more you borrow the more you earn.[citation needed] Others entered with the relaxation of usury laws.[3] Traditional lenders were more cautious and historically turned away potential borrowers with impaired or limited credit histories.[3] Statistically, approximately 25% of the population of the United States falls into this category.[citation needed] In 1998, the Federal Trade Commission estimated that 10% of new-car financing in the US was provided by subprime loans, and that $125 billion of $859 billion total mortgage dollars were subprime.[3]
In the third quarter of 2007, subprime ARMs only represented 6.8% of the mortgages outstanding in the US, yet they represented 43.0% of the foreclosures started. Subprime fixed mortgages represented 6.3% of outstanding loans and 12.0% of the foreclosures started in the same period.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_lending
Obumer-worshipers lament… mmm, mmm, mm.
Now what role did corrupt ACORN play in the CRA subprime liar loans fiasco?
Moonbat Patrol
October 4th, 2009
7:08 pm
So-called “independent” (hah!): You haven’t been around here long enough to see the venom and disrespect and hatred espoused by the libtard left. And AGAIN, I’ll ask you: DEFINE “Radical Conservatism” – YOUR words, not mine. If you come on this blog and run your mouth not backed up with facts and evidence, don’t sit there and bedwet when someone fires right back.
Moonbat Patrol
October 4th, 2009
7:51 pm
Gutless liberals who can’t handle dissent come on Conservative blogs under the guise of an independent, trash talk the right with usual libtard mindless drivel such as decries of racism, Nazis, racists, haters, blah blah and then wet themselves when someone fires back. It is their gutless way of attempting to shut up voices of dissent, as if dissent is suddenly bad or something aimed at this Washington leadership as their cronies, czars, and other political hacks destroy this nation. Get used to it, bedwetters, because we are NOT backing down. Not now, not ever.
Now, let’s see what’s happening. Oh, it appears California is America’s canary in a coal mine with regards to how liberal Democrats run things. Ahnold the so-called Republican doesn’t run that state; Democrats control state congress which establishes laws and policies. It’s not a matter of if, but when. You can’t keep mindlessly spending and giving everything away and then hope to recoup it by taking the hell out of businesses and the evil rich. And if you missed it, the geniuses shut water off to farm families to save a fish about 4″ long.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/california-failing-state-debt
Priceless mindlessness on ObamaCare. At least one Democrat has electrical connectivity upstairs:
“Friday, October 02, 2009 – Sen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CNSNews.com that he does not “expect” to read the actual legislative language of the committee’s health care bill because it is “confusing” and that anyone who claims they are going to read it and understand it is fooling people. ‘I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life,’ Carper said.”
Aren’t you so worried about the world dying in 8 years if we don’t all do something immediately to stop global warming as the UN says?
” Thursday, October 1, 2009 – BOISE – With a quick flip from summer-like weather to freezing cold temperatures, homeless shelters we talked to have never been busier. They say they’ve seen 10 new people every day because of the economy. But with the cold weather, they say they’re seeing another surge of people needing a warm place to stay.”
“By Pam Knox University of Georgia – July 2009 was cool and dry across most of Georgia, with many places receiving record low temperatures. In Atlanta, the monthly average temperature was 78.1 F (1.9 degrees below normal).”
And no bedwetter Algore church of GW kool aid drinkers, it’s not just a localized thing:
“The July 2009 temperature for the contiguous United States was below the long-term average, based on records going back to 1895, according to a preliminary analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average July temperature of 73.5 degrees F was 0.8 degrees F below the 20th century average. Precipitation across the contiguous United States in July averaged 2.90 inches, which is 0.14 inches above the 1901-2000 average.”
But we gotta stop it NOW and tax America to hell and back! Idiots.
Finally, loans are continuing to default. Thanks to that wonderful bedwetting “cash for clunkers” program which motivated people to dump their junk and buy a new one, expect more loans to go in default. Oh yeah, and thanks for making used car prices and car parts to shoot up, genius feel good liberals.
“Dakin Campbell – Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — The number of U.S. lenders that can’t collect on at least 20 percent of their loans hit an 18-year high, signaling that more bank failures and losses could slow an economic recovery.”
A Concerned Independent
October 4th, 2009
8:04 pm
Again, you espouse similarities to radical Islam in that if I am not like you then I am lumped into the whole bucket of infidels. Anyway, here you go.
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/09/29/silence-equals-assent-why-pointing-out-conservative-lunacy-must-be-done/
Chris Broe
October 5th, 2009
2:27 pm
More of Obama’s top ten list for replacing “Dont ask, Don’t Tell”…..
“Don’t salute a flag at half mast”.
“Dont talk with your mouth full, don’t put your elbows on the table”.
“Dont run with scissors. don’t watch TV in the dark”
“Chew 28 times before swallowing and then Dont swallow.”
“Dont spit. Don’t swallow.”
“Dont do nuthin’. Now get outa here”.
“Don’t spoon, don’t reach-around.”
“Don’t T-bag, don’t play Taps”.
Jklol