Maybe Obama would have better poll numbers and the democratic Congress would fare better if they showed some semblance of socialist leanings insteaed of being right-wing, corporatist, lying asses.

Socialism is actually the renaming of decency. All of us are socialist when we’re acting like socially responsible citizens.

Well Obama is no socialist, lol. He’s the banksters’ best friend.

Spent a few years in Morgantown growing up. Might have been the only asian kid in town. Nice memories, good people. Think the loser dude’s father was still in Congress then.

A new and interesting interview with Chomsky is good morning reading for hippie socialist anti-corporatist type people.

Well put and agree, at least with the small s. Before WV we were living in Africa, and America looked like the rich man in the global village.

And everyone’s a socialist when there’s something in it for them.

He’s the banksters’ best friend.

Worse he has a penchant for making secret dirty deals with any corporation that will profit him or that has already paid him to do their bidding. He is the corporation bestest friend and even comes with benefits.

I believe Glenn Beck uses VapoRub.

thanks. Rachel Maddow last night with Chris Hayes, wishing Chomsky was the Supremes appointee.

Well there is certainly an intellectual vacuum to be filled.

MoDo is back. In “The Evil of Lesser Evilism” she says the Obama administration tries courting President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan with garden strolls. The Moustache of Wisdom, in “Greece’s New Odyssey,” says the Greek prime minister exudes Obama-like calm and knows change is in store. He also has a question: Is the big bailout the start of a revolution in Athens?

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got apple cranberry muffins. The Moustache of Wisdom has gone back to the use of the Friedman Unit in his piece today. This leads me to believe that he either doesn’t know he’s turned into a joke or he doesn’t care. Either way, it means he’s a fool. Have a great day.

When does the U.S. get it’s revolution? The serfs are restless.

That’s a fantastic piece of art.. “beck tears”… :)

thanks, Marion, seems like the moustache is making the point that he doesn’t read comments, so does not learn what his readers get from what he writes; thus, a fool intentionally.

Totally off topic but here is a gem.

“If you’re not prostituting yourself, you don’t need condoms,” a New York City police officer said to a woman as he confiscated her rubbers,

Quote of the day ” some people would rather be buried alive in a coal mine rather than have a Black President.”

Gawd… That’s got to be the stupidest thing I’ve heard this month of Sundays.

makes as much sense as abstinence only sex ed’n

I always start my comments to him like “how do you use a keyboard when your hands are covered in blood of innocent Iraq citizens?”
I bet I’m not the only one.

Whatever the topic, Friedman’s goofy optimism always complements MoDo’s distinctive whinging. Like sweet and sour soup.

The village can’t acknowledge that it was totally wrong on the wars, the economy, the larger part of everything, can it? That would mean seeing that the unwashed blogger/internet community was right all along.

The Obama administration refuses to sign the international treaty banning land mines despite 68 Senators support and every NATO ally has signed onto the treaty. Change you can believe in. Bullshit.

Who said that. A progressive or a wingnut. Hard to tell sometimes. I’m going to guess a dumb progressive.

Broad analogies……..

Corporations are to slave owners as “We the People” are to slaves…

BP an its cohorts in colonial crime have monopolized a potential energy called gasoline. Without it we have little liberty? In exchange for this gallon of stored potential energy we trade dollars. For every dollar spent, .75 cents has been and is wasted in the form of heat energy, via the ICE.

Corporate interests have suppressed innovation in the market and choose to protect existing ways to perpetuate profit. “The evil from within?”

The inefficiencies concerning America most basic mode of travel, has extracted a tremendous price from American liberty, even though we have been conditioned to believe the opposite Meanwhile, the drunk still drinks while his liver rots…

The mechanized world replaced the farm animals and slaves. Technological advance has increased production, yield and quality,. However the underlying “”drag”" created by the cost of energy, enslaves all of society.

Life’s battle is with energy. The cost of energy and the regressive tax on society is greater than any tax levied by government! The recent extraction of wealth from America by corporate interests runs a close second. Now the Gulf? Is America like TOMMY, “…that deaf dumb and blind kid!!!” Where is that X box?

The alcoholic / dysfunctional family seeking sobriety understands the deleterious consequences of addiction and substance abuse. Needs instilled by corporate design and the conditioned mind……

Yes broad analogies and simple truths, while Jefferson vomits in his grave!
Corporate Servitude is not Liberty!

Good morning all.

Comments on this subject on the Huff Post so it could be either but we are talking WV.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world is advancing into locally generated energy from wind, geothermal, water and such sources, clean and not needing to be transported.

Find your replacement trees at the nursery?

Good Morning,,,the NPR coverage was as anti-incumbent….started by Bennett…..brief.

Yes, except for the peach tree. They were delivered Monday, and I’ve got about half planted. Rain today, so no planting, but the new trees need rain, so it is a good thing.

One tree, not on the list, that I’m happy about is a horse chestnut tree. I have an emotional attachment to that tree, as growing up, the nearby U. of Buffalo campus paths were lined with them on both sides. We spent many happy hours there, including collecting nuts in the autumn, stringing them into necklaces, etc. Then they all died from blight. The one I bought is allegedly less susceptible. Fingers crossed. Also beautiful flowers at this time of year.

Thanks for asking.

Nice blossoms. If you want black locust, I have a source for you in an empty field near here, where there’s a cluster. Of course, this is almost OK.

Did you play conkers?

No. Never heard of it.

Whatever turns you on.

Thanks, but you live a little far away!

Black Locust are considered an invasive species in the midwest if not other parts of the country. Use with caution if at all.

Conkers

Conkers or conker is a game traditionally played mostly by children in Britain, Ireland and some former British colonies using the seeds of horse-chestnut trees – the name conker is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns to strike each other’s conker until one breaks.

Depends on how often you mow. Black locusts send off shoots (as do honey locusts, which are still popular for yards) from roots, so if you mow, they won’t spread. I have mine planted in my lawn.

Kewl. I’ll keep it in mind for when my tree gets old enough to bear nuts.

If you are a beekeeper, invasive delicious sources are not a bad thing. But I will not be the exporter.

Sounds made up. NYC cops are not that stupid, usually.

The first quote is rather ambiguous. The second is rather incredible. Bad writing? Bad polling?

Abner Louima

Amadou Diallo

Women’s Rights Homepage

Stop Using Condoms as Grounds for Arrest in New York
by Alex DiBranco May 07, 2010 12:39 PM (PT) Topics: Contraception, Sex Work

“If you’re not prostituting yourself, you don’t need condoms,” a New York City police officer said to a woman as he confiscated her rubbers, according to a survey by the Urban Justice Center. Say what? I don’t know about you, but I can think of reasons other than sex work why a woman might need condoms.

The use of condoms as evidence of prostitution seems downright laughable when you consider that New York City has been spending millions of dollars to pass out condoms for free since 1971. The Big Apple, like many major cities, has big problems with HIV/AIDS, so “free condoms for all!” was created to combat the deadly epidemic. Unfortunately, things get a lot less chuckle-worthy when you realize that the virtual criminalization of condoms and confiscation by police officers deters sex workers from using protection, and contributes to the spread of fatal sexually transmitted diseases.

A bill currently in the New York State Legislature would prohibit using “possession of a condom” as evidence of illegal sex work.

Made up? MAybe the legislation is “made up” too.

Swim is up…

The mowing does prevent the suckering but it also seems to increase the rate of seed germination.

Is there a condom to your point, or did you want to make a general statement about cops.

Why do we have this pretense of representative democracy… that is of the electorate. The democracy and the elected government represents the corporations and the guys who can now legally spread money around and bride in a myriad of ways. We have a democracy in name only it’s an hypocracy!

Obama is doing what they all do, talk out of both sides of their mouths. He’s as phony as a 3 dollar bill. America is underwater… how long can we hold our breadth? Me… not much longer.

You didn’t have to paste all that, I saw the link. Surveys can get creative, but I’ll give the group the benefit of the doubt. They wanted to make a point and good for them. I’m not defending cops, story sounded a bit pat is all. You don’t have to get all hyper.

My nephews and nieces are showing positive signs about where kids heads are at, so to speak, in this day and age. They range in age from 7 to 30, the two older ones both being solid liberals, and are exhibiting, along with their friends, behavior that bodes well for the future. For example they are totally unruffled by homosexuality. While adults kick up dust about gay marriage, they take the gay members of their various groups or cliques in stride. It’s just so totally not a big deal. They are not impressed by capitalism and are likely to associate the word with greed. Where did they get that? These are hopeful signs so I’ve decided to be cautiously hopeful.