Comments on: More Nedheads

By: mps

mps — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:30:40 +0000

HopeSpringsATurtle, and all others who have lost a fourlegs friend of late, I just wanted to say I send good thoughts your way. I’ve lost four cats and a dog over the past two years, and one of them I had lived with longer than I lived with any other creature, twolegs or four. She was quite the princess and not always nice, but I still miss her a great deal.
And Hope, I really feel for you – those ginger cats are so special. I have two, one of whom is just like my baby, and I know when I have to say goodbye to him, I’ll be miserable.

By: Magi

Magi — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:10:05 +0000

An eagle, with hope that Ned Lamont will rise and lead the way towards a revival of “We The People” with pathways towards a future with “The American Dream” once again reachable…………. for everyone!

By: c u n d gulag

c u n d gulag — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:04:54 +0000

America was born a “Liberal” nation. So, let’s return to our roots. Were the Founding Father’s “Conservative?” NO!!! The Tory’s were the conservative’s.
When will the right-winger’s ever learn this?
Republican’s are lemming’s who will follow their leader’s off of a cliff.
Democrat’s are Dolphin’s who work individually and as a team to survive and flourish.

Which are you?
A lemming?
Or a dolphin?
Your choice…

By: bob h

bob h — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:48:45 +0000

Brian Lehrer played some debate excerpts and had open phones on Friday. All the passion was from the Lamont side; Lehrer had to announce that special phone lines would be held for Lieberman supporters-only one Republican phoned in.

By: ccmask

ccmask — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 05:52:10 +0000

Long Comment on Debate Differences found at DKOS, posted by first time poster marked50 on Fri Jul 07, 2006 at 08:31:06 AM PDT

This is my first post on this website. I have been a viewer for about a year. This may not be a unique observation, since I have not read all of the recent posts on this subject and have had to wait to post this one.
My observation in regards to the Lieberman/Lamont debate last night is simple. One can look at the appeal of Joe Lieberman from a person in Connecticut’s perspective and see someone (Lieberman) who is interested in protecting their job (ie sub base/EB/Senator) and/or their security (terrorism). An incumbent Senator would certainly have an advantage in being able to do this. This is pretty basic and appeals to one’s survival instincts- one that the right wing usually is concerned about and where their appeal usually is. A simple description of their motivation is Fear and Greed. Fear of being harmed by terrorists or losing ones job and the Greed of getting that pork project. Don’t get me wrong about either- since it’s important to survive—but there is something else beyond that. That something beyond is the more abstract concepts of Freedom/Liberty/Altruism that make us human rather than just animals.
It’s fitting that this debate happened around the time of the nations 230th birthday. The founding Fathers rose above concern about simple survival and risked their own lives for an ideal that was not based on Fear and Greed. They sought something beyond that and generated the Declaration of Independence and then our Constitution with its Bill of Rights. Ned Lamont represented that in the debate. He was saying that we need to think beyond our immediate needs or concerns and look beyond ourselves to what our higher valves are and fight for those things. If I was only concerned about my immediate welfare and someone said to me- “You have a choice, either you can have your New London Submarine base job or you can give everyone in the US access to affordable health care” – what do you think I would choose? If I raised myself above my own concerns, I could entertain the possibility of helping others and maybe getting a job somewhere else. I may not get that other job, but didn’t the signers of the Declaration run that risk too (death by hanging for example). My job should stand on it’s own merits anyway- not some political lever. The Lieberman/Lamont debate shows us the path between Fear and Greed and something a bit more noble- Principle- a principle that looks beyond our own survival. This is the true battle at hand.
http://www.dailykos.com/commen.....709/66#c66

By: HopeSpringsATurtle

HopeSpringsATurtle — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:39:03 +0000

MrsK8 and yourlittle dog too@117 & punaise@128
BC@154 and everyone else who added empathy and levity to a difficult (off)topic:

I seem to always be at the bottom of these threads but in case anyone checks back, these comments from everyone who spoke about pets were great.

I lost my boy, Kiki, a 20 year old orange tabby 6 weeks ago. We don’t have kids and this cat WAS my child. I lived with him longer than I lived with my parents.

I won’t drone on but it was a big loss and to have others speak of this kind of loss here is a blessing. Again thanks everyone and I’m certain that providence has led me to this site. And Peterr, if you happen to catch this, I totally think God watchs out for me.

By: brownandserve

brownandserve — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:34:14 +0000

Egregious,

I feel for ya. Skype is great but my daughter was a Yahoo Instant Messenger regular so when she went away we chatted often that way. It has voice capabilities too if you have mic and speakers or a headset.

Using the mic/speakers, she was able to sing happy birthday with us to her younger brother here (with just a bit of delay from her end) which was pretty cool. Since none of us can sing a lick anyway, it didn’t matter.

By: egregious

egregious — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:28:56 +0000

uniquely tim–

You have a very loving, understanding, and forgiving heart. What a great blessing.

By: egregious

egregious — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:08:19 +0000

little dog–

Many of us are dog people. Tell us your story/heartache. We are there.

By: uniquely_tim

uniquely_tim — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:08:36 +0000

egregious — i so know how you feel. At 6 years old, my grandpa had to drop me off at a Methodist Children’s Home because he was unable to care for all of my brothers and sisters. All my life afterwards, I tried to reassure him that it was Ok, that this was the best, the way it had to be and that he did the right thing. On the day he died, when I was well over 30, the only thing he could say was the he loved me.

Whatever the distance, whatever the circmstances, all that really mattered was that he knew I loved him. Love transcends all things.