tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3368332071135057034..comments2024-03-19T00:44:18.309-05:00Comments on Althouse: Tom Ridge has a book to sell and a book, to sell, needs a big, juicy, media-ready nugget...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43586973717714621922009-08-22T13:35:32.829-05:002009-08-22T13:35:32.829-05:00The elevator shaft we were on straight down to hel...<i>The elevator shaft we were on straight down to hell has slowed since the stimulus money has been entering the economy and will probably enter positive territory sometime in the next couple of months</i><br /><br />In France and Germany, which had no stimulus packages, the recession is already over.<br /><br />Here in the United States it is continuing and shows no signs of ending. Obama anve the Democrats have managed to produce the largest deficits in human history, though. So that's one accomplishment. :)Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80781032204193114672009-08-22T13:28:19.062-05:002009-08-22T13:28:19.062-05:00If Tom Ridge was 'irrelevant,' it's fu...<i>If Tom Ridge was 'irrelevant,' it's funny that the national Republican party was courting him to run for Specter's Senate seat after Specter switched parties</i>.<br /><br />There were two people who called Ridge "irrelevant". One was TRO, who said he considered the DHS irrelevant. The other was Jeremy, the left-wing troll. Just an observation.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50772285340297396562009-08-21T23:29:54.627-05:002009-08-21T23:29:54.627-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38172680540022681762009-08-21T23:29:30.634-05:002009-08-21T23:29:30.634-05:00McCain wasn't going to win, regardless of who ...McCain wasn't going to win, regardless of who was on the ticket.<br /><br />After the economic crisis that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers brought the failure of conservative economics into stark relief, it was a given that people were going to elect a Democrat.<br /><br />And you know what? The elevator shaft we were on straight down to hell has slowed since the stimulus money has been entering the economy and will probably enter positive territory sometime in the next couple of months, and don't look now, but the stock market which closed at 7949.09 on January 20 (inauguration day) and closed today at 9505.96.<br /><br />Remember-- not a single Republican in the house voted for the stimulus bill.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1021264306398420042009-08-21T23:20:01.918-05:002009-08-21T23:20:01.918-05:00If Tom Ridge was 'irrelevant,' it's fu...If Tom Ridge was 'irrelevant,' it's funny that the national Republican party was courting him to run for Specter's Senate seat after Specter switched parties. <br /><br />And that was what.... about twelve weeks ago?Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12583026023984481712009-08-21T16:27:01.880-05:002009-08-21T16:27:01.880-05:00McCain would have won if Ridge had been on the tic...McCain would have won if Ridge had been on the ticket??<br /><br />HA!<br /><br />The fact is 70 percent of the vote that the McCain-Palin ticket got was a vote for Sarah Palin, not a vote for McCain.<br /><br />Without her and with a squish like Ridge, McCain would have ended up with about 20 percent of the vote since conservatives would have stayed home in droves.Benderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322135500288738561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14179439493841193202009-08-21T16:24:34.053-05:002009-08-21T16:24:34.053-05:00Jeremy, you accused me of always agreeing with the...Jeremy, you accused me of always agreeing with the regulars, although you used a disgusting vulgarity to express this. I was demonstrating that this was not the case.<br /><br />But it wasn't about you, so it wasn't relevant. Right?<br /><br />"As for you thoroughly inane comment: "You're here because you can't cut it with people you agree with, right?"<br /><br />I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.<br /><br />Why would anyone not be able to "cut it" with those with whom they agree?\<br /><br />Do they disagree about agreeing? <br /><br />You sound like a dunce."<br /><br />You can't have a pleasant conversation, evidently. So you hang out here, where you can be ugly, rather than with people with whom you agree. Get it now?Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-664327896460067892009-08-21T16:09:15.418-05:002009-08-21T16:09:15.418-05:00Laura(southernxyl) said..."Jeremy, here. I st...Laura(southernxyl) said..."Jeremy, here. I start at about 7:08."<br /><br />Sorry, I have no idea what you're referring to.<br /><br />This is a thread in which I did not contribute.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17956202461175856992009-08-21T14:49:12.682-05:002009-08-21T14:49:12.682-05:00Jeremy, here. I start at about 7:08.
"Jerem...Jeremy, <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/was-hillary-jetlagged-thats-hell-of.html#comments" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I start at about 7:08.<br /><br />"Jeremy said...<br />TRO - I post the same things about others as they post about me."<br /><br />No. About a thousand times worse.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44551640715079046362009-08-21T14:37:15.503-05:002009-08-21T14:37:15.503-05:00TRO - I post the same things about others as they ...TRO - I post the same things about others as they post about me.<br /><br />This holier than thou routine is a crock.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52231063259886606942009-08-21T14:29:08.156-05:002009-08-21T14:29:08.156-05:00TRO - Bullshit.
Just read through the comments he...TRO - Bullshit.<br /><br />Just read through the comments here today and provide examples of all the disagreements among the local wing nuts.<br /><br />For that matter, pick damn near every thread you want.<br /><br />All anyone has to do is post a negative and the race is on.<br /><br />Today, everybody is on the "we all always hated Tom Ridge" bandwagon.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11451791495941623242009-08-21T14:27:49.508-05:002009-08-21T14:27:49.508-05:00"Try as I might to believe you are sane, Jere..."Try as I might to believe you are sane, Jeremy, it gets harder every time you post."<br /><br />Oh and before you accuse me of being uncivil and impolite by saying this, believe me this was me being civil and polite considering some of the things you post.TWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114010593299066911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40841215976031384982009-08-21T14:26:07.373-05:002009-08-21T14:26:07.373-05:00Laura, I could care less what you think you know a...Laura, I could care less what you think you know about me.<br /><br />You're just another wing nut who comes to this site to suck up to those who agree with everything you already believe.<br /><br />As for you thoroughly inane comment: "You're here because you can't cut it with people you agree with, right?"<br /><br />I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.<br /><br />Why would anyone not be able to "cut it" with those with whom they agree?\<br /><br />Do they disagree about agreeing? <br /><br />You sound like a dunce.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46054561298754171212009-08-21T14:23:26.492-05:002009-08-21T14:23:26.492-05:00"95% of the comments here are posted by peopl..."95% of the comments here are posted by people who merely parrot the comments and opinions of those with whom they ALWAYS agree...while disagreeing with and attacking anyone who holds an opinion that is contrary to what they already believe to be so, or at least wish to be so." <br /><br />Try as I might to believe you are sane, Jeremy, it gets harder every time you post.<br /><br />First of all I don't agree with the good Professor on many issues and especially so when she was leaning towards and ultimately supported Obama. I just had the good taste not to berate and insult her about it because it is her blog after all and being a conservative I was taught to be civil and polite. I only wish liberal parents taught their children that as well. <br /><br />Secondly, and I know it might come as a surprise to you, but most of us HOLD these beliefs already, and it just so happens that what we believe coincides with what she believes on certain things. We aren't parroting her (or anyone else), although I am sure it makes you feel better believing that we don't have minds of our own and all you have to do it take out the "fat radio entertainer" that is leading us to make us agree with you.<br /><br />As to attacking anyone who does not believe as we do, well, if you are going to challenge our opinions and beliefs then you are going to have to be called on it. I know you and other liberals, including Barry, no especially Barry, are not used to that and it annoys you to death to have to actually defend your statements, but that is just the way it is in America. At least for now.TWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114010593299066911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7293745236119190082009-08-21T14:22:56.591-05:002009-08-21T14:22:56.591-05:00Jeremy...We have seem to have a failure to communi...Jeremy...We have seem to have a failure to communicate. I see no reason to doubt Tom Ridge's version of events, but I was not there. Were you? The most honest statement we ever make in our opinion wars is a simple, "I do not know". After all, this guy is a Pennsylvania politician and that proves he is truthful, right.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82382917136331128182009-08-21T14:22:19.705-05:002009-08-21T14:22:19.705-05:00Laura(southernxyl) said..."Jeremy, I see lots...Laura(southernxyl) said..."Jeremy, I see lots of disagreement here..."<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />Amoung the "regulars" who are here every day?<br /><br />Show me.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24784776312124360852009-08-21T14:14:23.367-05:002009-08-21T14:14:23.367-05:00Jeremy, I see lots of disagreement here - honest c...Jeremy, I see lots of disagreement here - honest crossways discussions that don't consist of people like you characterizing other people's expressions of opinion as bitching and whining, and making vulgar suggestions.<br /><br />I've had pretty straightforward disagreements here with the "regulars" many times. You wouldn't know because you can't recognize such.<br /><br />You're here because you can't cut it with people you agree with, right? You can't carry on an honest conversation. Don't know how to act if you can't be vulgar and offensive. The only thing you know how to do is be unpleasant. Otherwise you'd spend your time at a blog you find more congenial and less "entertaining".Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62499741773743080612009-08-21T13:50:08.263-05:002009-08-21T13:50:08.263-05:00Laura - No, I actually find it rather entertaining...Laura - No, I actually find it rather entertaining to stop by and see just how out of touch the local wing nuts really are.<br /><br />The bitching and whining one finds here every day exemplifies why the GOP has become the party of delusional complainers, with a fat radio entertainer serving as their leader.<br /><br />I suggest you do what I've asked others to do on many occasions: If you don't like what I post, ignore it and continue to suck on the regulars.<br /><br />95% of the comments here are posted by people who merely parrot the comments and opinions of those with whom they ALWAYS agree...while disagreeing with and attacking anyone who holds an opinion that is contrary to what they already believe to be so, or at least wish to be so.<br /><br />If people like me didn't stop by you might as well just cut and paste the opening few statements and save yourself plenty of time to bitch and whine elsewhere.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12427442995037691872009-08-21T13:31:15.543-05:002009-08-21T13:31:15.543-05:00Jeremy said...
I have to admit, it is a relief to ...<b>Jeremy said...<br />I have to admit, it is a relief to hear the local wing nuts whining and bitching about something other than everything Obama.</b><br /><br />Jeremy, you could get even greater relief by finding a blog where there are no local wing nuts whining and bitching.<br /><br />You must be like those people who smack themselves in the head with a hammer b/c it feels so good when they stop.Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27624561926971384002009-08-21T13:09:30.845-05:002009-08-21T13:09:30.845-05:00Terrorist activity generally surges during our ele...Terrorist activity generally surges during our election periods in an attempt to influence out voters.<br /><br />Indeed, violence and <a href="http://icasualties.org/Iraq/index.aspx" rel="nofollow">our casualties in Iraq</a> nearly doubled in November 2004. You also saw this around the 2006 elections.<br /><br />The WH probably did speak to Ridge about raising the threat level if he was not doing it himself. The item missing from this leak to market the Ridge book was any allegations that the threat level was not in fact higher around the 2004 election.Bart DePalmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059093309718767384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67562103243491168922009-08-21T13:09:05.076-05:002009-08-21T13:09:05.076-05:00I have to admit, it is a relief to hear the local ...I have to admit, it is a relief to hear the local wing nuts whining and bitching about something other than everything Obama.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74792583998592194312009-08-21T13:07:29.309-05:002009-08-21T13:07:29.309-05:00traditionalguy said..."Who knows. It could we...traditionalguy said..."Who knows. It could well be true."<br /><br />Really?<br /><br />Do the local wing nuts EVER get off the hypocritical delusion train?<br /><br />Ridge is a highly respected Republican, probably would have helped McCain become President if selected as the V.P. choice...and now, as soon as he says something that defiles the image of Bush & Cheney...he's demonized as being irrelevant and a liar.<br /><br />Do you idiots ever actually think of how ridiculous you sound before posting this drivel?<br /><br />It doesn't appear so.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569643253261527506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7750014479258176172009-08-21T12:50:26.031-05:002009-08-21T12:50:26.031-05:00Has anyone here EVER paid attention to that stupid...<i>Has anyone here EVER paid attention to that stupid color code? Does anybody know what the current threat level is? Does anybody know what the current threat level means, or how it differs from the levels immediately before and after?</i><br /><br />I'm sure this weekend we're going to hear a lot about it, the fine calibrations that professionals in homeland security make to determine the extent of our threats and our preparedness for such threats, a process that has been carefully insulated from politics for decades until those horrible Bushies contaminated it with politics. I'm sure Obama will pledge to never ever allow the sacred threat level process to be violated again, ever; and when he does manipulate it in the future, his explanation will be accepted immediately as wise and presidential.John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43716987410279451402009-08-21T12:36:48.091-05:002009-08-21T12:36:48.091-05:00I think it was courageous of Tom Ridge to refuse t...I think it was courageous of Tom Ridge to refuse to play politics, refuse to raise the level and then resign in protest.<br /><br />Oh, wait that never happened.<br /><br />Ridge, like Whitman, is a "moderate" motivated mostly by personal ambition.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68341747025037672892009-08-21T12:17:10.610-05:002009-08-21T12:17:10.610-05:00Ridge said something similar way back in December,...Ridge said something similar <a href="http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/004352.html" rel="nofollow">way back in December, 2005</a>.<br /><br />P.S. There are four ways to search through my thousands of entries in the right sidebar if anyone wants to look into what other politicians have said or find out what the MSM won't tell you about the groups I cover.LonewackoDotComhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17942733237455764090noreply@blogger.com