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I would like to give a standing ovation to Stonekettle Station for the Holy Grail of Hissy Fits.
Thanks to Fenway Fran for the heads up.
June 03, 2014 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
I would like to give a standing ovation to Stonekettle Station for the Holy Grail of Hissy Fits.
Thanks to Fenway Fran for the heads up.
Welcome to The World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.
My name is Susan DuQuesnay Bankston. I live in Richmond, Texas, in the heart of Tom DeLay's old district. It's nuttier than squirrel poop here.
I am honored and privileged to know Miss Juanita Jean Herownself, hairdresser extraordinary and political maven. Since she does not have time to fiddle with this internet stuff, I type her website for her and you can read it if you want to. If you don't, she truly does not give a big bear's butt.
A lot of what I post here has to do with local politics, but you probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. This is a professional political organization.
Just finished reading this! Something all those haters of the president should read before they open their mouths!!
1That blog post should be put on voice tape for the illiterate among the haters. Those who refuse to listen to the entire tape as many times as it takes them to comprehend the message receive a boo boo prize. They can choose between hunting with Dick or landing on an aircraft carrier in a jet flown by Grumpy McCain.
2He sure does say it, don’t he! I’m on the same plain. Have no idea what happened to Bergdahl over there and I am old enough to wait and find out more. Seems as if Bergdahl has given the Clowns a break from yelling Bengahzi, Bengahzi!
They are all just so Faux Noose!
3Amen.
4I’m gonna loose my job because I can’t stop reading Stonekettle’s blog. Someone who’s not afraid to say it and say it right. YAY to Jim Wright (Stonekettle) for saying it right and YAYAY to Juanita Jean for pointing him out.
YAYAYAYAY
5I haven’t gotten to it yet, but I never miss his posts. Later today for sure.
6I just posted this to John McCain’s FB page. Think he’ll read it?
7I found Stonekettle.com about a year ago. Sometimes I wish Jim would get to the point a little faster but he uses the language with such skill that I no longer mind taking the longer path that he is leading me on. He has a followup on his Facebook account/page where he describes some of the hate mail that he received and how “From now on I want to be addressed as ‘Jim Wright, Tool of Satan'” . And see also:
8http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/03/republican-bergdahl-scandal-falls-white-house-discussed-swap-gop-2011.html
I was especially fond of his special hat tip to Canadian Crud–er, Cruz.
9Here we find the hypocrisy, AGAIN! Captured Talibanis should have been treated as POWs. It wasn’t until Bush reclassified them as “unlawful enemy combatants” that we entered into a whole new world of executive overreach and gave the other enemy combatants reasons to treat our “lawful” combatants the same way. In fact, given the way we’ve treated the enemy throughout this shameful period of our history, it’s a wonder they’re not shipping this guy back with some assembly required.
Nevertheless, here we are winding down the First Bush War and, as a consequence… we were going to have to give these guys back eventually ANYWAY! And absent the Bush Administration’s illegality (one of many, many during that Reign of Error) there would be absolutely nothing remarkable at all about exchanging POWs. The legal, moral and historical precedents are clear.
Just don’t ask the Rabid Right to understand legality, morality or history. It makes their pointy little heads hurt.
10Jim Wright’s Stonekettle Station is one of my must-read political sites. Like at the Beauty Salon, trolls are not welcome and the discussions are intelligent.
11Stonekettle Station is required reading as far as I am concerned. Mr. Wright says it so much better than I can and with saltier invective to boot. One farcebook friend, who leans so far to the right that he is horizontal, was affronted by the language and never got by the title of the post. Shame of it all was that he could have learned something if he had.
12I used to think Sr. Chiefs were gods. Now I have to add warrant officers to the pantheon.
13Personally, I’m waiting to see what Nancy Grace says on the topic.
14Wow.
15Jim Wright says what I feel so much better than I can express it myself! This is a spectacularly excellent rant that should be required reading for all politicians, although most of GOP/Teabaggers would not understand most of it đ
Thanks for sharing JJ. I’ve shared on my FB page to also ensure more distribution.
McCain really is an idiot, isn’t he? Such a hateful little man who totally “dis-remembers” the specifics of his return to the US from the Hanoi Hilton.
16JJ, Thank you for that. I needed it.
I’ve quit watching the news.
Mr. Wright has a wonderful way with words.
Truth.
17“That under a Tea Party administration if youâre captured by terrorists, well fuck you, Soldier. We donât negotiate with terrorists. Our vaunted principles, our inflexible ideology, our unbending politics and our sound-bite simple-minded doctrine is worth more than your life.”
I’d like to point out the obvious: that this treatment isn’t just for soldiers, this is how they also treat Americans in the U.S. Just ask the poor, the minorities or the people hit with a natural disaster. Unless you’re rich & white, the tea partiers aren’t going to help you one iota. If they’re forced to give aid they make sure something is taken away from someone else in need.
18Spot on, glf! We’ve been hearing it from the Teapublicans, from the day President Obama was elected, the first time. Obstruct the freely elected black guy.
What the media doesn’t report is that the Tea Bags and a significant portion of the ‘establishment’ GOP owe their existence to the Koch Roaches.
Flop Noise is out after Harry Reid for shining a spotlight on the Koch Roaches and their puppets.
Best way to send a message to Shellie, the Koch brothers and their shills, vote 2014, so whoever we elect in 2016 has a chance for hope and change.
We spoke when we elected President Obama a second time. We want marriage equality, fair wages, no more wars for no reason, jobs, jobs, jobs, and fair taxation.
What the Tea Bag taxation clowns do not get, they are idiot mooching shills. The Mississippi results will be fun, as the Tea Bags choose between Mr Bacon Thad and dumb nuts McDaniel who will cut their throats. Mississippi get up off your mooching butts and think: cut your throats, cut your pork or grab a clue and endorse a future. Go Blue!
19I like it! Thanks Juanita.
20Jim Wright is amazing. Always.
21Here’s something else I read that makes his point:
“Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said that there was a larger matter at play: The American military does not leave soldiers behind. âWhen youâre in the Navy, and you go overboard, it doesnât matter if you were pushed, fell or jumped,â he said. âWeâre going to turn the ship around and pick you up.â
22I think the problem is that the right-wingers are using shorthand. When they say that we don’t negotiate with terrorists, they should add “unless there’s a lot of money involved.”
23That was actually fairly short for Jim.
But he is always worth reading. IMHO, he is one of the most articulate writers in the world today.
24Here is the lead article on the NY – Damn Times this morning.
Top News
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
Can Bowe Bergdahl Be Tied to 6 Lost Lives? Facts Are Murky
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and ANDREW W. LEHREN
I swear I am going on a media Black out – the Kochs and Fox own it all and have complete control of the language being used.
25! God Bless Jim Wright – and You Miss Jaunita -for being able to put into words this fury boiling in my mind!
There are days I’m fairly certain that Jim Wright and his writings are more accurate and far more truthful than anything out there. Yes, we have folks like Bill Mahler, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and others, but they pale compared to the amount of outrage that Jim Wright can generate.
Anyone who thinks that Jim Wright doesn’t know what he’s talking about had better be careful. As has been pointed out in his previous postings, he knows from where he speaks, he’s seen it, lived it, participated in it, planned and executed it, and has no reservation in punching you in the face with it.
26I suggest reading his website; he’s getting cranky about all the new “Friends” requests he’s getting on FB now!!.
I luv this guy
27Right on, Mr. Wright! this is the tone and attitude our Democratic representatives should be taking with these hypocrites, instead of agreeing with them. (Diane Feinstein)
28Unfortunately,the lunatic fringe will be able to scare some Democrats into joining their witch hunt-this close to an election. People that should know better freak out when their positions are threatened.
29Jim Wright is amazing! Always one of my favorites.
30Well, hell, John McCain. If we’d known you were going to turn out to be such a little dick and if we’d known you would infect our country with the herpes virus known as Sarah Palin — maybe we woulda left you to rot in in Viet Nam, grampy.
31YES! YES! (and yes a thousand times more.)
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