Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- "We're Just The Guys To Do It!" http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:35:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179279 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:21:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179279 Heh. Heh.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179278 nypoet22 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:44:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179278 well, anything with swearing in it obviously... well, anything with swearing in it obviously...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179276 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:10:56 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179276 Sorry, I did have more but was feeling a bit under the weather, as they say. Hoping more regulars would take over. But, this is a recurring theme for our little shindigs, though, so there'll be other chances... Sorry, I did have more but was feeling a bit under the weather, as they say. Hoping more regulars would take over. But, this is a recurring theme for our little shindigs, though, so there'll be other chances...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179275 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:07:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179275 Thanks for coming! Thanks for coming!

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179274 nypoet22 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:59:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179274 guess i was late to the party, but i did try. <a href="https://youtu.be/aIlJ8ZCs4jY" rel="nofollow">just sayin'...</a> guess i was late to the party, but i did try.

just sayin'...

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179272 nypoet22 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:34:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179272 <a href="https://youtu.be/0bkPd70e-EE" rel="nofollow">moxy fruvous: your new boyfriend</a> moxy fruvous: your new boyfriend

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179271 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:13:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179271 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVsckdlctm0" rel="nofollow">Peter Gabriel - Biko Live</a> Peter Gabriel - Biko Live

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179270 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:12:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179270 <a>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVsckdlctm0">Peter Gabriel - Biko Live</a> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVsckdlctm0">Peter Gabriel - Biko Live

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179269 nypoet22 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:55:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179269 https://youtu.be/NWMiFieDwsA https://youtu.be/NWMiFieDwsA

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179268 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:27:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179268 Where is everybody? Where is everybody?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179267 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:13:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179267 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNb48PqCP6s" rel="nofollow">Crime Wave - PRiSM</a> Crime Wave - PRiSM

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179266 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:11:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179266 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxroXF2U79M" rel="nofollow">Just Like Me - PRiSM</a> Who else was singing about DNA, double-helix, cloning and test tube babies in 1978, off their See Forever Eyes album. Just Like Me - PRiSM

Who else was singing about DNA, double-helix, cloning and test tube babies in 1978, off their See Forever Eyes album.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179265 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:16:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179265 Bruce Springsteen covers Woody Guthrie ... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuc4BI5NWU" rel="nofollow">This Land is Your Land</a> Bruce Springsteen covers Woody Guthrie ...

This Land is Your Land

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179264 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:13:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179264 The Cranberries sing about the 1993 IRA bombings in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Two children were killed in one of the bombings with many others were left injured. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts" rel="nofollow">Zombie</a> was released in honour of the two children who were killed, Jonathon Ball and Tim Parry. The Cranberries sing about the 1993 IRA bombings in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Two children were killed in one of the bombings with many others were left injured.

Zombie was released in honour of the two children who were killed, Jonathon Ball and Tim Parry.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179263 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:03:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179263 I think some politicians still use this Bruce Springsteen tune at their rallies. Well, it sounds like a patriotic kind of song based solely on the strong upbeat of the chorus. But, they should read the rest of the lyrics... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR4d3FJQ" rel="nofollow">Born in the U.S.A.</a> I think some politicians still use this Bruce Springsteen tune at their rallies. Well, it sounds like a patriotic kind of song based solely on the strong upbeat of the chorus. But, they should read the rest of the lyrics...

Born in the U.S.A.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179262 Elizabeth Miller Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:43:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179262 That's good to know, Caddy! Okay, well, it's that time again ... welcome, everyone, to the <b>CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party</b>! Thanks to CRS who suggested the theme for tonight. This is a political blog, after all, so let's focus on political/economic tunes and we may as well include songs about activism. I guess I'll start things off with the tune that always comes to my mind as being political ... Neil Young with Pearl Jam doin' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I_YkyxZMU0" rel="nofollow">(Keep on) Rockin' in the Free World</a> That's good to know, Caddy!

Okay, well, it's that time again ... welcome, everyone, to the CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party!

Thanks to CRS who suggested the theme for tonight. This is a political blog, after all, so let's focus on political/economic tunes and we may as well include songs about activism.

I guess I'll start things off with the tune that always comes to my mind as being political ... Neil Young with Pearl Jam doin' (Keep on) Rockin' in the Free World

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179260 MtnCaddy Sun, 25 Jul 2021 01:51:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179260 [5] Never fear, I am here...or I will be tomorrow night. Magic mushrooms, eh? Wow, that was a pretty rapid decent into the depths of the Dark Side. Congratulations. Will be happy to advise you. [5]

Never fear, I am here...or I will be tomorrow night. Magic mushrooms, eh? Wow, that was a pretty rapid decent into the depths of the Dark Side. Congratulations. Will be happy to advise you.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179257 nypoet22 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:28:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179257 or should i say, a cake clown. or should i say, a cake clown.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179256 nypoet22 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:28:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179256 touche, gt. real clowns do like pie. especially cream pie in the face. but mccarthy is not a real clown, he's a fake clown. touche, gt. real clowns do like pie. especially cream pie in the face. but mccarthy is not a real clown, he's a fake clown.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179255 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179255 CRS, I hope you'll be bringing your favourite political/economics tunes to the party this Sunday night! It was your great idea, after all. :) I have a few tunes in mind. And, I really hope you're not holding a grudge for my very bad attitude on full display when you first put the idea forward, a coupld of FTP columns ago ... CRS,

I hope you'll be bringing your favourite political/economics tunes to the party this Sunday night!

It was your great idea, after all. :)

I have a few tunes in mind.

And, I really hope you're not holding a grudge for my very bad attitude on full display when you first put the idea forward, a coupld of FTP columns ago ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179254 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:25:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179254 Caddy! Are you out there!? I'll soon be making my first purchase of magic mushrooms. Hoping I'll have more fun with them than I ever did with cannibis ... really hate smoking and didn't have much luck with the gummies. Is that site I told you about a good one? (they have a new website addy - weedsmart.co How does one consume these mushrooms? etc etc etc. Thanking you in advance! Or anyone else who would like to share their experience ... Caddy! Are you out there!?

I'll soon be making my first purchase of magic mushrooms. Hoping I'll have more fun with them than I ever did with cannibis ... really hate smoking and didn't have much luck with the gummies.

Is that site I told you about a good one? (they have a new website addy - weedsmart.co How does one consume these mushrooms? etc etc etc.

Thanking you in advance! Or anyone else who would like to share their experience ...

]]> By: goode trickle http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179249 goode trickle Sat, 24 Jul 2021 09:31:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179249 JL, Why you gotta' be a hate'a' on clowns? Last time I checked clowns liked pie... they also like cake... Is that a problem? the last time I checked<a> they all liked small cake and <a>a sort of pie....</a> JL,

Why you gotta' be a hate'a' on clowns? Last time I checked clowns liked pie... they also like cake...

Is that a problem? the last time I checked they all liked small cake and a sort of pie....

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179247 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 24 Jul 2021 06:13:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179247 Joshua, Yeah, it is certainly refreshing to hear Liz Cheney speak, these days. I wonder if she'll be re-elected ... Joshua,

Yeah, it is certainly refreshing to hear Liz Cheney speak, these days.

I wonder if she'll be re-elected ...

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179246 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 24 Jul 2021 06:11:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179246 Chris, <i>But while being against filibuster reform is one thing, somehow claiming that "nothing would get done" if the filibuster went away is just ludicrous. More things would get done, by any measure. That's just a political fact.</i> Yeah, and that is the problem, in a nutshell! I mean, it wouldn't be a problem if Republicans never again control the senate, but ... But, then again, maybe Republicans would see the light if they knew everything they wanted to pass would actually pass. Hmmm ... on sober second thought, maybe jettisoning the filibuster is exactly what you need! Glad Biden has nothing to do with that rule change. Heh. Chris,

But while being against filibuster reform is one thing, somehow claiming that "nothing would get done" if the filibuster went away is just ludicrous. More things would get done, by any measure. That's just a political fact.

Yeah, and that is the problem, in a nutshell!

I mean, it wouldn't be a problem if Republicans never again control the senate, but ...

But, then again, maybe Republicans would see the light if they knew everything they wanted to pass would actually pass. Hmmm ... on sober second thought, maybe jettisoning the filibuster is exactly what you need! Glad Biden has nothing to do with that rule change. Heh.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/07/23/friday-talking-points-were-just-the-guys-to-do-it/#comment-179245 nypoet22 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 02:07:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20766#comment-179245 wow, liz cheney just gave minority leader mccarthy a kick in the you know what. she basically called him a clown. wow, liz cheney just gave minority leader mccarthy a kick in the you know what. she basically called him a clown.

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