tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7569271872082195130..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Yes We Can: 100 Days of Same Old, Same Old...Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87735592473035928872009-05-18T17:16:00.000-02:302009-05-18T17:16:00.000-02:30Brighid:
Sad but all roads lead to the truth, it w...Brighid:<br />Sad but all roads lead to the truth, it was lovely while it lasted, we all need something to dream on!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53931133342893790272009-05-17T20:40:00.000-02:302009-05-17T20:40:00.000-02:30Thank you for an excellent post.
I think the name...Thank you for an excellent post. <br />I think the name of the song (by Carrie Underwood) is "I TOLD YOU SO".Brighidhttp://brighidsplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13108352826163479172009-05-15T21:44:00.000-02:302009-05-15T21:44:00.000-02:30Laura:
A very interesting take on the whole cult o...Laura:<br />A very interesting take on the whole cult of celebrity (and I include politicians in that). I haven't a doubt in my head that Obama is controlled not in any small way by the debts he accumulated to the ones who crowned him.<br />A rock and a hard place and he affirms again today that he breaks his campaign promises by these kangaroo courts he is validating.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-73353407180464197972009-05-15T19:58:00.000-02:302009-05-15T19:58:00.000-02:30A friend of mine who has worked at high level in t...A friend of mine who has worked at high level in the world of international security (for politicians and celebrities alike), said that in his view good people who got to the top always ended up being psychologically 'eaten' (ie controlled) by others with hidden agendas who were already there and who were the power behind the throne.) My friend also has this theory that because celebrities are almost completely controlled by their managers to the extent of often marrying who their managers plan would do their careers the most favours, they kick up an enormous fuss if their ludicrous sandwich requests are not just so when they arrive as it is pretty well the only are of control they have left in their lives after a while. Plus they are genuinely going nutty fairly quickly under all the pressures on them/the weight of their own ego's as well.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49028387766993803892009-05-15T12:40:00.000-02:302009-05-15T12:40:00.000-02:30Marylou:
"the waterboarding of America" - I love i...Marylou:<br />"the waterboarding of America" - I love it. Well said.<br />I think we all need to be awake and alert to protect ourselves. I desperately wanted to believe in Obama and the toothfairy but he is singing from the exactly the same page in the songbook as old Dumbya.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8566710502956587472009-05-15T08:52:00.000-02:302009-05-15T08:52:00.000-02:30Oh, say it isn't so...I still so want to believe i...Oh, say it isn't so...I still so want to believe in Obama, and fairies, and Santa Claus...I dont have all the facts and figures that you have unearthed...I dont want to crack the ice and see the cold, dark water lurking underneath (the waterboarding of America)...I am still gliding along the surface in the sunshine...please, let it all be possible ...but, thanks to your article, I am going to be paying more attention...Marylounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70815347576861691542009-05-14T23:26:00.000-02:302009-05-14T23:26:00.000-02:30Foxwood:
Welcome!
Now to be fair, Obama inherited ...Foxwood:<br />Welcome!<br />Now to be fair, Obama inherited a whole slimy mess of a fallen economy.<br />He had the opportunity to do something rather than invest in the death knell of the oil based economy and bailing out the fraudulent bankers and insurance companies. And he didn't. <br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46422763600544941532009-05-14T23:18:00.000-02:302009-05-14T23:18:00.000-02:30Irene:
We are similar here in that the 'right' is ...Irene:<br />We are similar here in that the 'right' is in power, both in the province I'm in and in Canada. And no one, but no one is addressing anything like the real issues. I feel I'm living in an alternative universe - much as you do, I suspect. I think everyone is watching The Anointed for some guidance but it is all smoke and mirrors and more of American Empire. And there's nothing left!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-73397062753236532812009-05-14T23:14:00.000-02:302009-05-14T23:14:00.000-02:30Nevin:
H'mm let's see. Iran? Another attack on US ...Nevin:<br />H'mm let's see. Iran? Another attack on US soil?<br />There's something afoot. Another distraction is called for!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4779151775659795452009-05-14T23:13:00.000-02:302009-05-14T23:13:00.000-02:30T:
While I get that most Americans want to continu...T:<br />While I get that most Americans want to continue hoping, I really, really do, the facts of the first 100 days are very, very clear to me. <br />When Obama had the chance to really speak up and act in a civilized fashion unlike his predecessor, he has not. We have to deal with facts and not feelings. <br />One of the facts that really devastated me was the suppression of the torture evidence which involved the raping of innocent children in front of their mothers. <br />The reason he suppresses this? Not for 'security' as he righteously (and dishonestly) says, but to further protect his criminal predecessors.<br />He knows the American people would rise up and demand he prosecute them.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-56141435203314000352009-05-14T21:07:00.000-02:302009-05-14T21:07:00.000-02:30Why is Obama bringing down the auto industry on pu...Why is Obama bringing down the auto industry on purpose? The same reason he's bringing down the economy.Foxwoodhttp://animal-farm.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85452297110732256612009-05-14T16:06:00.000-02:302009-05-14T16:06:00.000-02:30It's a very disturbing message you send us, WWW, b...It's a very disturbing message you send us, WWW, but in reality it doesn't much differ from all the other Western Democratic governments, does it? We thought he was the son of God and now he's turned out to be a politician like all the others in the Western world. <br /><br />Our own Social Democrats have sold out to the Christian Center Rights who are holier than the pope if you would believe them, and they are selling the country up the river. <br /><br />I have lost my faith and I hope that here in the Netherlands some crisis evolves, so that we will be forced to have elections and get a proper government in, by the people and for the people.<br /><br />My Obama balloon has been burst, it is sad, but that's the way it goes. I'll keep a close eye on him and his actions, but please keep us informed. You are doing an excellent job. We don't hear much in the Netherlands that's critical. Not even after his first 100 days.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-26689723513023736402009-05-14T12:53:00.000-02:302009-05-14T12:53:00.000-02:30WWW, very well put together. You summed it up well...WWW, very well put together. You summed it up well.... Change was only a rhetoric that worked for a short while. Now that the honeymoon period is over, let's see what will they come up with next to put the public into a deep deep sleep??Nevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695297829881237662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83780077520179764752009-05-14T12:09:00.000-02:302009-05-14T12:09:00.000-02:30I'm going to have to be the odd one out here, WWW....I'm going to have to be the odd one out here, WWW. The feeling deep in my own gut is quite the opposite to your own. <br /><br />I fell out with John Pilger some time ago - though I admired him a lot back in the day. I feel he has joined the drama for drama's sake brigade.<br /><br />Give Obama a chance for goodness sake. He can't do exactly what he would like to do - he has congress and Republican opposition to deal with. He needs "some of the same old faces" the ones who caused the mayhem - they are the ones who must assist in sorting it out - for now.<br /><br />Obama is catching flack for what went on for 8 years during Bush and co's administration. It was always going to happen. <br /><br />I have confidence in Obama's judgement, I think he's going about things in the only logical way. There was never going to be a perfect way to get out of a swamp of shit without some smell sticking.<br /><br />100 days is not enough time from which to judge him. <B>Give the guy a chance y'all...PLEASE!!!</B>Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83334770265711340142009-05-14T11:22:00.000-02:302009-05-14T11:22:00.000-02:30GFB:
You and me both, friend. The rumblings from a...GFB:<br />You and me both, friend. The rumblings from agri-business, grain and other dry-goods growers are as tin to the ear.<br />I heard on CBC that we are 20 years behind on planning for these days. 20 years!!!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31698889994763702162009-05-14T11:21:00.000-02:302009-05-14T11:21:00.000-02:30Jo:
Speaking of, we just dug out another bed for t...Jo:<br />Speaking of, we just dug out another bed for turnips and carrots in the garden yesterday and I'm thinking of chickens....<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-92230618048486696672009-05-14T11:20:00.000-02:302009-05-14T11:20:00.000-02:30Nick:
And as always, the press are not doing their...Nick:<br />And as always, the press are not doing their jobs.(I know it begs the question of if they ever did).<br />It seems like they are all still bending over.<br />Pilger is one of the few in the world who is unafraid to speak the truth.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62680901027840875062009-05-14T11:18:00.000-02:302009-05-14T11:18:00.000-02:30Pants:
IMO there are none to be admired in his imm...Pants:<br />IMO there are none to be admired in his immediate posse. All are somehow tarred with some dirty feathers.<br />PS - did you see the Nobless Oblige Award I bestowed on you?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58445445136134804132009-05-14T09:34:00.000-02:302009-05-14T09:34:00.000-02:30Meet the new thugs.same as the old thugs eh. All ...Meet the new thugs.same as the old thugs eh. All this is the last days of the last world empire.<br /><br /> I believe that things are gonna get even more interesting in the coming few years left to the American Empire.Government Funded Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937389348779245666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82423786401106260192009-05-14T09:02:00.000-02:302009-05-14T09:02:00.000-02:30Thanks for that - much better than we get over in ...Thanks for that - much better than we get over in the UK...<br /><br />Why do I get the feeling that a nice dry cave in the middle of nowhere with a plot of veg-growing land and some chickens might be the best place to be for the next forty years?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65628888521226865912009-05-14T05:17:00.000-02:302009-05-14T05:17:00.000-02:30Very interesting, thanks for that. I haven't seen ...Very interesting, thanks for that. I haven't seen anything nearly as critical in the British media. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose, it seems. I was always impressed by Obama's charisma, but I was also aware that his actual policies were hard to discover. Now the reality is coming clear.<br /><br />As I've said before, what exactly is he doing for those who are jobless, homeless, penniless and ill? Not very much as far as I can see.<br /><br />Pilger is always worth a read, a journalist of rare integrity.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23880601068369251122009-05-14T02:58:00.000-02:302009-05-14T02:58:00.000-02:30Hi WWW
Excellent. I share your concern. Barack Ob...Hi WWW<br /><br />Excellent. I share your concern. Barack Obama clearly lacks a healthy coterie of critical friends and has always been in danger of being hung out to dry in my view. I suspect he thinks he's both smart enough and ethical enough to manage in the shark pool and also believes that he MUST and that could be his undoing.<br /><br />xxx<br /><br />PantsPantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712642194215828800noreply@blogger.com