tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post6609461956123612657..comments2023-11-02T01:52:54.107-07:00Comments on impeachment and other dreams: The Politics Monsterdguzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-8937383108309506532008-04-24T07:29:00.000-07:002008-04-24T07:29:00.000-07:00Dr Monkey--thank you.Tomcat--well, that's the thin...Dr Monkey--thank you.<BR/><BR/>Tomcat--well, that's the thing--there's so much apathy, yet so many of us bloggers and movers who want to be more than a speck.<BR/><BR/>Spartacus--cool--I'm on 11, man. It's true--they're defecating on us double-time right now, knowing they need to keep us down there, as a speck.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-17773885448932265482008-04-21T21:15:00.000-07:002008-04-21T21:15:00.000-07:00DG - If we're all specks, why is it that this post...DG - If we're all specks, why is it that this post is screaming at me with the volume turned to "11". Don't think for a second that the monster of which you speak is not afraid of the specks that we are. Why else would they go to great lengths to try and defecate on us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-63220726143726177222008-04-21T11:40:00.000-07:002008-04-21T11:40:00.000-07:00Well said DG. As long as the speck is content to ...Well said DG. As long as the speck is content to be a speck, it will be.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-12072838665368045212008-04-18T09:24:00.000-07:002008-04-18T09:24:00.000-07:00Amen.Amen.Dr. Monkey Von Monkersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14370062692837972451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-25438310070316565812008-04-18T07:40:00.000-07:002008-04-18T07:40:00.000-07:00Thanks, CDP.Liberality--first I've heard of this--...Thanks, CDP.<BR/><BR/>Liberality--first I've heard of this--but I might well have to comment!dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-85456266247833861332008-04-17T15:50:00.000-07:002008-04-17T15:50:00.000-07:00hi, just came over to ask if you are going to post...hi, just came over to ask if you are going to post about fair pay for women day tomorrow? I hope you will be able to contribute a post to this swarm. more info at feminist sites.<BR/><BR/>Peace!Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-36476424191006173732008-04-17T10:04:00.000-07:002008-04-17T10:04:00.000-07:00Awesome post, Ms. GuzmanAwesome post, Ms. GuzmanClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956997477396182396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-54382769012144285682008-04-17T06:36:00.000-07:002008-04-17T06:36:00.000-07:00Jess--thanks for the idea on the minority thing--l...Jess--thanks for the idea on the minority thing--like I don't have enough with the female hispanic lesbian thing! I'll add "poked-out eyes" and really clean up!<BR/><BR/>I'm always amazed and disgusted when people say they don't want to help anyone else, and they don't believe the govt should help anyone else either. Some "christian nation" we are, right? Hardly. Whenever someone tells me that Katrina victims should just take care of themselves, or welfare recipients are just too lazy to work, or whatever--I say, "you know, if I knew that my tax money was going to feed poor children free breakfasts and lunches, or to build more public libraries, then I'd give half my salary for that--without complaint. Wouldn't you? Or would you just tell those kids they need to starve, or that they don't deserve to have books to read?" <BR/><BR/>Fran--thanks, friend. The image has been dominating my mind for a while now, and it seems like everything I read just confirms it.dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-17891451390442461942008-04-16T19:39:00.000-07:002008-04-16T19:39:00.000-07:00This is an extraordinary post. That image will be ...This is an extraordinary post. That image will be with me for a long time.<BR/><BR/>Power, wealth, prestige, position. <BR/><BR/>And then we are the speck.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-43070409724555766462008-04-16T13:25:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:25:00.000-07:00I don't know d- if you let them poke your eye out ...I don't know d- if you let them poke your eye out you can add disabled to your list of minority cred: There may not be a voting block of disabled hispanic lesbians, but damn you'd represent!<BR/><BR/>I'm reading Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine on the advice of the good doctor Monkey von Monkerstein. It's obvious that this corporate greed monster that you describe is responsible for millions of deaths (5.5 million in the Congo alone), yet acolytes of Friedman believe that his economic theory of screw the little guy is nothing but pure goodness. Pick up any copy of Forbes magazine and you'll find someone praying at the bloody shrine of Friedman.<BR/><BR/>Think of how Ayn Rand taught that altruism is a <I>bad</I> thing and the same fans of Friedman's shout "hell yeah, it's bad to help someone else - society will be ruined".<BR/><BR/>Yet there is always a Ghandi. He was just one person too. And Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King. And Molly Ivins and Jim Hightower and Ms. Delia Guzman.<BR/><BR/>don't bogart that joint, Mary Ellen.Jess Wundrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-27816986680682683452008-04-16T11:54:00.000-07:002008-04-16T11:54:00.000-07:00ME, I think Liberality is right--wealth has helped...ME, I think Liberality is right--wealth has helped to create this monster, and until there is more income equity in this world, we'll probably always have the monster. Wealth and the privileges people THINK it entitles them to--those are the monster.<BR/><BR/>Randal--thanks, man. But don't poke out my eyes!<BR/><BR/>Lib--totally. Depressing, isn't it?dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-28471913381370154952008-04-16T11:48:00.000-07:002008-04-16T11:48:00.000-07:00it seems that most of recorded history has been th...it seems that most of recorded history has been this way and only rarely has the monster been slayed. I blame wealth for these disparities, it is always some greedy asswipes who control more than their fair share and trying to get everyone else to agree that their greed is warrented.Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-90186501688044981122008-04-16T08:11:00.000-07:002008-04-16T08:11:00.000-07:00ME, don't think you think it's a bit early for fli...ME, don't think you think it's a bit early for flights with mary jane as your copilot? <BR/><BR/>Oh, dguzman, this is why you completely rule. I can't help but think of Ambrose Bierce's definition of cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18773945.post-40644889740283943692008-04-16T06:42:00.000-07:002008-04-16T06:42:00.000-07:00Ok, for once in my life I'm going to be optimistic...Ok, for once in my life I'm going to be optimistic...don't get used to it. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you've heard of David and Goliath....it doesn't matter how small we are, it just takes one good shot with a stone and a slingshot and BLAM! No more monster. Our votes are the stones of that slingshot. <BR/><BR/>Man...what a bunch of whooey that comment was! Did *I* say that??? Just ignore it, it must be the bran cereal I had for breakfast talking. <BR/>Nevermind....we're fucked.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835150057881066641noreply@blogger.com