Really?

Yea, I see yer point.. :D heh

Michale

Glad you enjoyed, Michale! You might have to change it to "Vegan Hooters" though ... heheh.

-David

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-akadjian/im-a-liberal-i-eat-at-app_b_7032862.html

Bravo, David!! :D

If I had the time, I would write a comparable, "I'm a Right Winger. I eat at Hooters." to complement your commentary...

Of course, I am not a Right Winger so I would just have to go by stereotypes...

Which, if I am not mistaken is the whole point of your commentary, eh? :D

Well done.....

"Well done???"
"Well done...."
-My Favorite Martian

Had to reach WAY back into the dusty memory files for THAT little gem... :D If I recall, it was in black and white... :D

Michale

Michale

Will do, CW. Missed you guys in Detroit. The East Coast/West Coast thing is tough.

I bet they have the A-team there this year. Should be a good time.

-David

Btw, HuffPo published "I'm a liberal. I eat at Applebee's". Heheh.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-akadjian/im-a-liberal-i-eat-at-app_b_7032862.html

Buffett?? Good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_pqnsKWlpc

:D

Michale

As a matter of fact, their position as a 1%'er might ENHANCE their qualification as a leader..

Just depends on how they became a 1%'er..

If they are a 1%'er because they can travel around the country flappin' their jaws and pulling in a third of a mill for a single speech???

Well, that hardly qualifies them as a leader...

If they actually created their wealth thru hard work and discipline??

Well, those are leadership qualities...

But, as I have said, the point isn't the 1%'ers per se...

My point is how much ya'all despise 1%'ers... But ONLY the 1%'ers who are against the Leftist/Progressive agenda..

Those 1%'ers who support the Leftist/Progressive agenda??

Ya'all love them....

Koch?? Bad

Soros?? Good

Adelson?? Bad

Buffett?? Good

You see the point??

Michale

Personal wealth means little to what a politician's actual policies are.

We're not talking about policies.. We're talking about integrity..

A person who claims they are "dead broke" but then goes out and buys not one, but TWO multi-million dollar homes???

THAT is a person with no integrity...

So, Jeb Bush knows the common man's plight better? Oh, puh-leeze...

Never claimed that..

Once his hat is in the ring, we can compare his words to his actions..

So, just to hold you to your own standard of anti-hypocrisy: do you support a candidate of either party from the one percent, or does it matter to you whether they come from the left
(Hillary) or from the right (Romney)?

I'm curious.

That's exactly my point. A candidates position in the 1% is irrelevant to their value as a leader.... Ya'all are following the Leftist meme that 1%'er = BBP..

But, as I have pointed out (and no one, incidentally, can refute) ya'all only slam the Right Wing 1%'ers.. The Left Wing 1%'ers, Hillary, Warren, etc etc get a pass...

*MY* beef is those 1%'ers who claim they are "dead broke"...

You'd be amazed at how often stunts turn into the whole theme of a politician's campaign... just sayin'...

But they are just stunts... They don't show the REAL candidate....

Come to think of it, they DO show the real candidate.. A candidate who has no integrity and has to rely on "stunts"...

Michale

Not just against money in REPUBLICAN politics...

"We're for disarming the world!!!"
"But the Western Democracies come first, right!!??"
-The Final Option

Michale

Michale: your comments betray your superficial understanding of the issues surrounding the "One Percent" and the way our economy has been engineered to produce it.

My concept of the 1% are exclusively borne of the Leftist talking points regarding same..

So, just to hold you to your own standard of anti-hypocrisy: do you support a candidate of either party from the one percent, or does it matter to you whether they come from the left
(Hillary) or from the right (Romney)?

Any "problem" I have with the 1% is borne solely and completely from the Progressives' talking points on the 1%...

*I* don't have a problem with wealth, in and of itself..

Unlike progressives, I don't automatically assume that one is evil just because they are wealthy...

My point is, and always has been, the hypocrisy of the Left and progressives who slam the Mitt Romney's of the Right but ignore the Mitt Romney's of the Left.. Like Hillary Clinton..

My point is and always has been the hypocrisy of the Left that slams the Kochs but ignores the Soroses...

That slam the Adelsons but ignores the Buffetts...

That's my point now and forever.. :D

Or until the Left starts being equal in their condemnation of wealth and money...

Michale

Check her campaign site out, it's all over that.

[9] -

You still have a '69 bug? I'm impressed! Or was that a "from my own history" story?

Paula [11] -

A couple of comments. First, nice (and correct) use of "wringer" -- I see this misspelled as "ringer" even in official press stories, far too often.

Good contrast to Caroline Kennedy, too. Excellent point.

akadjian [13] -

We skipped last year's, because we knew that the 2015 Netroots would most likely draw Clinton and all challengers. We will miss you in Phoenix, that's for sure. If you manage to make it, PLEASE let us know so we can touch base!

Paula [14] -

Thanks for the link. Yes, I am considering making the site more friendly to other devices, which is why I'm thankful for all the feedback I've gotten so far on the issue. A friend pointed out the Google thing, which is motivating me to redesign the site a bit, I must admit.

Everyone who has responded to my "what does CW.com look like on portable devices" -- thanks for the feedback, it is helping me a lot!

Michale [15] -

You disappoint me. I thought you'd be one to see through the whole "if a Republican is rich, it's OK, but any Dem who is rich is a TRAITOR TO THEIR PARTY and a FLAMING HYPOCRITE!" nonsense.

I have three initials to counter such moose poop:

FDR

Personal wealth means little to what a politician's actual policies are.

[15] -

So, Jeb Bush knows the common man's plight better? Oh, puh-leeze...

[20] -

You mean, "Just like Jeb Bush's emails as governor," don't you?

Heh.

LizM [22] -

I am with you. I am not totally convinced about Hillary, but I am keeping an open mind. Maybe she'll surprise us, who knows?

Michale [25] -

No, "old AMCs rock!"

https://www.google.com/search?q=amx+photos&biw=1366&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uFwvVbKjOc-4oQTesoCoBQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ

or maybe:

https://www.google.com/search?q=amx+photos&biw=1366&bih=608&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uFwvVbKjOc-4oQTesoCoBQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ#tbm=isch&q=amc+scrambler+photos

:-)

Michale [30] -

So, just to hold you to your own standard of anti-hypocrisy: do you support a candidate of either party from the one percent, or does it matter to you whether they come from the left
(Hillary) or from the right (Romney)?

I'm curious.

Paula [32] -

Exactly the point I just tried to make. Well done!

Paula [33, 34, 35] -

Sorry, a few of your comments got stuck in the auto-moderation filter. I've now freed them, and I apologize for the delay.

LizM [36] -

No, no, this was wholly my fault... Paula is blameless... still tweaking the filters....

akadjian [40] -

OK, now that was freakin' hilarious! "Hillvetica" is a perfect spoof, as far as I'm concerned...

:-)

You're right, this does restore my own faith in humanity as well!

Michale [43] -

You'd be amazed at how often stunts turn into the whole theme of a politician's campaign... just sayin'...

OK, that's enough for now.

-CW

That's what one expects from a politician...

What bugs the hell out of me.. ("hill out of me"?? :D) is that she thinks that Americans are so utterly stoopid to fall for it...

Michale

The truncated version looks like roadside instructions to the hospital.

Maybe it's a Freudian Slip that her campaign will likely be on life support... :D

Michale

Hillary Clinton...

Pure unadulterated astro-turf...

Michale

I saw this this morning and it's too funny not to post. Apparently someone developed a new font they call Hillvetica.

http://also.kottke.org/misc/images/hillvetica.jpg

It's humor like this that restores my faith in humanity.

-David

Michale

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/296973-everyday-iowan-close-got-hillary-clinton-today/

Locked down the classrooms??

Students LOCKED IN their classrooms along Hillary's path??

Really???

THIS is the best the Dem Party can offer??

Michale

It happens..

Certain key words trip the NNL filter...

Like Kirk's entry into the obelisk on the American Indian planet in the TOS episode The Paradise Syndrome... :D

Michale

In the last 2 elections, it was the Democrats who far outspent the GOP...

16 of the 20 top corporate donors donate to Democrats....

Citizens United?? Has helped Democrats 20 times more than it has helped Republicans..

"These are the facts. And they are undisputed."
-Kevin Bacon, A FEW GOOD MEN

Michale

Kudos on how quickly you have picked up parroting the Rubio Meme....

Actually, he picked it up from me.... :D

Must be an avid reader of CW.COM

Paula,

Good to see your new sensitivity to One Percenters. I'm sure
you'll extend your distaste to every One-Percent republican in the field.

I have never held anything but contempt for 1%'ers who claim they are not... regardless of whether there is a '-D' or a '-R' after their name..

You know how much Warren made as a Harvard Professor?? Over half a mil a year.. Add in speaking fees etc etc etc, she pulled in over a cool million a year..

Ya'all seem to only despise the 1%'ers who have the '-R'....

If the GOPers you are talking about truly ARE 1%ers and try to claim they are "dead broke" or know what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck???

You bet yer bippy my distaste will be extended... Loudly and often.... :D

Let me put it this way...

Hillary Clinton is this elections Mitt Romney...

Michale

Elizabeth: yes, I worry Hillary will be too hawkish. There's no doubt bloodthirsty folks will attempt to pressure her and they will use "strength" as their club. We'll see.

Just like Hillary....,

Kudos on how quickly you have picked up parroting the Rubio Meme....

Yea, I know.. It's a simple typo...

As a working mother it could have been true:D
But more than likely a typo like you said, at least though I found some very good stuff on Rand's website gave gave me good insight into his his veiws on "eductation".

Personally, I think I have gone to the dark place of the agnostics. The next 18 months will be filled with nothing but ideological platitudes meant to sooth the masses all financed by large corporate interest blocks, all but guaranteeing that the ideological platitudes from both the left and the right will be left on the ever-growing trash heap of politicians broken promises while the ones that bought them get an ever increasing piece of the american pie.

Will the next 18 months be fun, sure....Will I participate in the process, sure though not as much as I would like...

My prediction for this election cycle is that we will all need to hold our noses as we pull the lever and hope we have picked the more benevolent corporate interest block.

Have fun it's off for three weeks of OPSEC and spotty WIFI in developing nations....

It's actually ironic, David..

Because the one thing that you decry so much in political elections is the ONE thing that is preventing anyone from seriously challenging Hillary...

$$$$$

Michale

Old people rock!!! :D

Michale

NBC -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_of_NBC#/media/File:1975_NBC_logo.svg

AMC -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors#/media/File:American-motors.svg

???

-CW

I almost downloaded and posted the two historical logos Hillary's reminded me of, but then considered it to be too snarky for the first column on her campaign. In any case, they are:

1970s NBC logo (very triangular)

and the last (end-60s, through 70s) logo AMC ever had (that's the car company, for those too young to remember, search on "American Motor Corporation" otherwise you'll get a bunch of stuff from a TV channel...).

Am I wrong? Or do those two immediately seem comparable?

-CW

I just think she's very, very strong.

I hope she is strong enough as a leader to be able to execute a smart foreign policy and to resist all attempts by those, of all political stripes, who will call her weak.

I remain unconvinced that she is strong enough for that or that she is the best candidate to pick up where the Obama/Biden administration has left off. But, it's early days in the campaign and I am prepared to see things differently, if warranted.

Clinton is the best the Democrat Party can offer...

Don't hate me because I am right... :D

Michale

We don't know that for sure...

We have no emails from her time as SecState, save those chosen BY Hillary herself...

Michale

Oh, I am sure you would...

But you know and I know that there won't be a viable challenger..

Not even Warren would have a chance against the Clinton Juggernaut....

Let's face it..

Clinton is the best the Democrat Party can offer...

Michale

I hope not! I'd like to see someone challenge HRC.

-David

Now we just have to wait for the inevitable coronation...

Which, of course, will leave Clinton woefully unprepared for a Presidential Campaign...

Michale

The woman makes over a MILLION dollars just in 4 speaking engagements...

And we are supposed to believe she knows how rough it is for Joe and Jane Sixpack???

There are MANY words I can use to describe Hillary Clinton...

"Integrity" is way way way way WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY down on the list..

Michale

Damn....

Now I have a replace a beer-spewed keyboard!!

The words "integrity" and "Hillary Clinton" should never be on the same PLANET, let alone in the same sentence...

I mean, honestly...

The woman said they were "dead broke" when they left the White House, yet they could afford TWO... not one, but TWO... multi-million dollar homes...

Hillary Clinton epitomizes the 1%.....

Michale

I saw you were asking about your site in the Blue-Wall thread -- your site isn't responsive and you don't have a separate mobile site, right?

You can look at your site through this link to see how it fits on various devices: http://cybercrab.com/screencheck/

In point of fact phones and tablets will typically shrink your site to fit so you can see everything but have to zoom to make things readable and then scroll horizontally. Stuff is readable on ipads; will start to be less so on smaller tablets and not at all on smartphones.

Send me an email re: responsiveness if you want to know what to do -- you may want to consider moving to a responsive theme, etc. (Better to use a responsive site versus having a separate mobile site.)

Google is now going to be adding a symbol to sites indicating whether they are mobile-friendly, fwiw.

May have to read your updates instead!

-David

Thank you for saying that as President you will repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell. As you know, that was your husband's legacy. So I'd like to ask you about 4 other laws that were part of the Clinton legacy, and whether you would advocate their repeal: the Defense of Marriage Act, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, NAFTA and the Welfare Reform Act of 1996.

Here is what Hillary said (according to Paul):

(1) DOMA "served a real important purpose" bc it set marriage at the states to prevent a constitutional amendment but she did say Part 3 of DOMA should be repealed (that was overruled by Supreme Court, so it's a moot point now), (2) Telecommunications Act: "you'll have to ask Al Gore. He's an expert on that, I'm not"; (3) NAFTA - not all the promises were realized but we have to carefully evaluate, and (4) Welfare Reform - "I think the benefits outweighed the negatives."

If she goes to Netroots that respect will only increase. I'm liking Martin O'Malley -- possible veep?

Again... Just like Hillary.. :D

Michale

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/13/redneck-dixon-white_n_7059414.html

Amazing

Ah, so that's the one....except you're showing a truncated version without the "for America hillaryclinton.com" text, which balances the graphic and makes it look retro 90s rather retro 70s. The truncated version looks like roadside instructions to the hospital.

http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/9Tz/zLM/9TzzLMrTE.png

On the other hand, the full-up version looks like something capping the roof line of a skyscraper, or a sports multiplex. That's subliminally brilliant, since Hillary and Bill are card carrying corporate Democrats.

Am I reading too much into this? Of course !!!!! but so is everybody else at this early date in the election process. It's part of the fun.

Graphic courtesy of TurboMeme

It's retro...

Just like Hillary....

Michale

"Hillary fought children and families all her career"
-Hillary Clinton Campaign Announcement

Yea, I know.. It's a simple typo...

But jeezus... Hillary is spending 2.5 BILLION (Yes, with a "B") dollars this election.

Ya think she could hire a proof-reader...

Michale

The one in the upper right...

Michale

Michael, you should feel good about your prediction.
Pretty much on rails, that one.

Speaking of rails, Father Ted is to sit-comedy what Wild Mouse is to Roller Coasters.

The Left in general and Weigantians in particular will spend the entire primary season grossing and complaining about how bad Hillary is for this country...

Once we're past the primaries, the Left in general and Weigantians in particular will marvel at how awesome Hillary is and how she is going to be so good for this country...

:D

I have a good feeling about this prediction.. :D

Michale

In particular, I point out this comment for those who use modern technology (unlike myself):

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/04/08/a-hard-look-at-the-big-blue-wall/#comment-58680

Anyway, I'm caught back up. Go read the comments...

-CW