Yesterday I spent a lot of time collecting the data for today’s monthly report. I’m current with replies, and tomorrow appears routine.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:46 (average 5:06). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: The Best Darn Display Of Real Journalism On A Major Network We’ve Seen In A Really Long Time
This is the ONLY time I have seen a mainstream reporter really butt heads with a Republican over GOP lies.
From NY Times: Republicans care deeply. They really do.
They care deeply about making us think that they care deeply.
That’s why they knocked themselves out producing a convention that was a colossal hoax.
I recommend that you click through for this superior editorial by Maureen Dowd.
From Think Progress: Yesterday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Louisiana, where much of the state was flooded due to Hurricane Issac. While visiting the Pelican State, however, Romney had some odd advice for one victim of the hurricane who had lost her home due to the flooding. According to Jodie Chiarello, a suddenly homeless resident of the state, Romney advised her to “go home and call 211.”
The GOP plan for the homeless is to have them send Willard a help request with an stamped envelope to their home addresses.
Cartoon:
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Two excellent reference posts worthy of Bookmarks that provide a lot of Links within them documenting (mostly Ryan's) lies. The first is from "The Washington Post"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/will-paul-ryans-dishonesty-matter-to-voters/2012/08/30/579da2b8-f2b6-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_blog.html
And the second is from Daily Kos that provides a list of FORTY-FOUR Links documenting the Lies
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/30/1125935/-LYIN-RYAN-ALL-THE-MEDIA-PUSHBACK
Excellent references, Nameless. Thanks!
Puzzle — 4:41 but is my hand sore from mousing! It's confusing too trying to right click with the index finger, and then switch to left click. Must be akin to going from driving standard to driving automatic — your feet get in the way! I know — I drove standard, my mother automatic. I borrowed her car and slammed on the brake pedal thinking it was the clutch. Talk about being bruised!
MoveOn — All I had to do was see Sununu's face there and knew that this was a doozie! He is such an incompetent and rude tool! Soledad did a great job of keeping after him. Further, even I know that Mr Obama did not take $716 million from Medicare for Obamacare. He took $716 million from insurance company payments by making Obamacare more efficient, and maintained the benefits to seniors. What a fool and a tool!
Now that the convention is over, can we get back to demanding those tax returns and drop kicking the Republican/Teabaggers on their platform of lies?
Think Progress — That sounds about Romney's speed. What an idiot! Is this what Americans want in a president — not one ounce of compassion during a devastating time? What a tool! I can just here Rmoney , after being called onto the carpet for that response, saying "But I gave him some good advice. I can't do anything for him."
Cartoon — My father was aboard HMCS Prince Robert sailing in and out of Tokyo harbour at the end of the war helping to liberate POW's. That is about all my father would say about the war other than he was glad it was over when the ink on the surrender documents was finally dry 02/09/1945. Of course Germany surrendered earlier.
4:49 and there was nothing wrong with MY hand, my mind maybe, but not my hand.
4:02 Tom got the bouquet today! Hope you like purple.
Woooo Hoooo!! 😀
That's understandable! I've done that with an automatic.
Isn't he, though?
Thew compassion of the 1%.
He was part of history!
NY Times — Interesting piece from Maureen Dowd. She's witty and refreshing! With all the lies perpetrated by Ryan in particular, but Rmoney and others also, it is amazing that Ryan was able to get out of the convention hall without saying a whole lot of Hail Mary's since I am sure there were more than a few priests there. After all, the Catholic Bishops are in bed with the Republican/Teabaggers on a number of issues.
A couple of my favourite sections . . .
"That’s why my heart swells to think of the herculean effort the G.O.P. put into pretending its heart bleeds.
Even if it’s been bleeding for only five days. Better never than late." — A nice play on an old saying at the end there.
"In his speech Wednesday night, the altar boy altered reality, conjuring up a world so compassionate, so full of love-thy-neighbor kindness and small-town goodness, that you had to pinch yourself to remember it was a shimmering mirage, a beckoning pool of big, juicy lies." — Maybe Republican/Teabaggers feel they have to go against their true selves in order to round up some independents, but anyone who pays any attention to the news knows that this is all FAKE!!!!! Smoke and mirrors, deceit, untruths, out right lies. Compassion? The hangnail I have on my pinky that keeps getting caught when I put my hand in my purse has more compassion than all these Republican/Teabaggers put together.
One last comment, I was amazed at just how many older white haired, white skinned males there were in the crowd. We have heard the party referred to that way, and boy did the convention live up to that billing!
And they intentionally put territories where the delegates were non-white up front to create the false appearance of diversity.
I found Soledad 's argument with Sununu was marvelous (to borrow Rmoney's word to describe Ryan's budget plan). I was rather surprised because she usually sides with RepublicanTs in her politics. Could she be changing? She might have seen the light. More of them are waking up to the lies like Saul on the road to Damascus.
Rmoney to the hungry ~ Eat cake!
Patty, she usually does seem right skewed to me. I'd love to think she's changing, but maybe Sununu just pissed her off.