tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post5160659847737099765..comments2024-03-29T05:23:06.618-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: Fear and Loathing - The New American VisionRamona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-29348837755355922932010-03-25T10:54:51.078-04:002010-03-25T10:54:51.078-04:00Welcome, Andrea. I'm in So. Carolina right no...Welcome, Andrea. I'm in So. Carolina right now, near Myrtle Beach. We're snowbirds getting ready to head back to Michigan, but we've been coming down here for about seven years now. The politics down here are pretty bizarre (But Clyburn stays--yay!), but they're not much worse than Michigan. <br /><br />Michigan used to be a pro-Democrat, union state--as blue as our beloved great lakes--but it's changing for the worse now. I live in the U.P and it's becoming a scary playground for the militia crowd. Unemployment and poverty have just about done us in. The anger is palpable, but misplaced, as it is everywhere, and that's what we have to work hard to change.<br />Thank you for caring about our country. We so need to work together on this.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-39820571493871546322010-03-25T10:40:42.318-04:002010-03-25T10:40:42.318-04:00Ramona,
Voices of reason in an esclating climate o...Ramona,<br />Voices of reason in an esclating climate of hate, fear, and frankly just plain bad manners. Your blog has lifted my spirit! It is good to know that there are others like me, I live in SC and we certainly didn't move here because we like the politics. <br />Thanks for being here.<br />AndreaAnd1010https://www.blogger.com/profile/03101207986550006864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-51688067321317057292010-03-24T21:56:42.944-04:002010-03-24T21:56:42.944-04:00Hey, Mettawoman, nice to have you here. I may hav...Hey, Mettawoman, nice to have you here. I may have to steal that paragraph that begins "I believe. . .". That is priceless!<br /><br />But I'm confused. HOW did you find me again? Oh, never mind. I'm going to have to go looking for that Jim Wallis piece. Sounds interesting.<br /><br />Wander all you want. Stay as long as you like. Come back any time.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-70202720802224441832010-03-24T20:35:26.485-04:002010-03-24T20:35:26.485-04:00Ramona, I was led here after posting the HuffPo ar...Ramona, I was led here after posting the HuffPo article written by Jim Wallis, "What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice." <br /><br />I believe Glenn Beck to be a dangerous sociopath who is still hanging long after rotting because our morally bereft, profit-centric infotainment culture feeds on the muck.<br /><br />It's nice to meet your blog. I like it. I will wander around a while.<br /><br />DEEP IN THE (liberal) HEART OF TEXASMettaWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900914547023812708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-1577141254724096322010-03-23T22:38:18.709-04:002010-03-23T22:38:18.709-04:00Nancy, you're right that the loss of power is ...Nancy, you're right that the loss of power is almost more than they can bear. That's fine, but they're condoning and, in some cases, encouraging violence, whether they'll admit that or not. Their recklessness really does scare me. I don't think the Republicans fully understand the lengths to which their followers will go in order to get the country back for them. If they did, they would never be egging them on the way they are.<br />Love your comments. Thanks for writing.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-22891465202126943712010-03-23T22:09:30.126-04:002010-03-23T22:09:30.126-04:00We've become a society entertained by reality ...We've become a society entertained by reality TV, drama and lies sells. Bravo on identifying the sale of hate and fear you really are right on with that. A form of arrogance, perhaps, but I believe it’s the loss of control/power which is followed by self caused chaos within the party. We need more bloggers like you, more mighty voices who place real reform in the forefront and just a plain old sensible conscience back into this country. That's my hope and I now believe I have hope. Educate by being a wise consumer, even in your choice of media viewing. Thanks for this; I always enjoy your blogs. ~nancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-35149616615504058612010-03-23T16:29:43.905-04:002010-03-23T16:29:43.905-04:00"I think... it's a form of racism and hom..."I think... it's a form of racism and homophobia plain and simple. It's about intolerance and hatred of people not like you."<br /><br />Exactly. And the Republicans latch onto it and run with it--to their advantage up to now. I've always been baffled by the popularity of singularly nasty people like Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter, etc. Spewing lies and hatred have made them millionaires. They have followings like no other political commentator and Fox "News" holds the number one spot consistently.<br />I can't get beyond that, and it's what gives me nightmares. <br /><br />Great comment, all aspects of it. Thanks.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-47001722866614253852010-03-23T16:00:45.457-04:002010-03-23T16:00:45.457-04:00Can I ask... exactly WHAT is it that Republicans a...Can I ask... exactly WHAT is it that Republicans are afraid of??? Seriously? For argument sake, let's pretend this is a Socialist agenda. What "BAD" thing will come of every American having health care? <br /><br />Is it about money? Cause if it is.... then WHY didn't they STOP BUSH from spending trillions on a war? Why didn't they STOP the FED from allowing Banks to loan money to people they knew couldn't repay them? <br /><br />Is it about "Control"... wanting Gov. to stay out of our life? <br /><br />If it IS... then why do they (right wingers) want to STOP people from deciding to have an abortion, or STOP people from getting married to the person they love just because they are the same gender? Wouldn't the Government be invading the most intimate of privacy with THOSE kinds of policies? <br /><br />My answer... to my own question... <br /><br />I think... it's a form of racism and homophobia plain and simple. It's about intolerance and hatred of people not like you.Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03016470965797319737noreply@blogger.com