tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post5997688982817660930..comments2024-01-31T11:37:10.331-06:00Comments on Born-Again Hippies: Barack, We Hardly Knew YeRandy Haspelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-69863035011915055172008-03-26T04:19:00.000-05:002008-03-26T04:19:00.000-05:00My apologies to those whose comments did not appea...My apologies to those whose comments did not appear. I had shifted to a new format and had an option enabled that I was unaware of and consequently lost nine comments. It wasn't censorship, just a mistake that I'll correct.<BR/>RandyRandy Haspelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-55667776746996235932008-03-17T14:40:00.000-05:002008-03-17T14:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for your reply, Randy. No malice was inten...Thanks for your reply, Randy. No malice was intended and I happily stand corrected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-55956802055285946892008-03-17T13:18:00.000-05:002008-03-17T13:18:00.000-05:00The biggest problem with Barack’s comments is his ...The biggest problem with Barack’s comments is his latest revelation. He has repudiated what the Rev. Wright said, but claims he was not aware of what he said until around October of 2007.<BR/>I have a hard time believing Barack’s total ignorance of the comments. If my Rabbi made comments 1/20th as inflammatory it would be the talk of the Congregation. I only go about 4 times a year and that is out of respect for my family, but I can guarantee you I would have been told of the comments. Saying he was not aware of the comments makes me wonder how honest he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-81293766232150918502008-03-17T11:57:00.000-05:002008-03-17T11:57:00.000-05:00Earlier post was so "right-on", Randy should be a ...Earlier post was so "right-on", Randy should be a New York Times writer. You think, feel and experience the same BS we all are exposed to everyday and are very note-worthy in your opinions and the feelings you project. I get a little "writer's cramp" just trying to think my expressions, let alone putting it all down for people to respond to. Cudos and may your thoughts never tire of sharing. Good Luck, Randy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-59154404922671291562008-03-17T11:48:00.000-05:002008-03-17T11:48:00.000-05:00Thank you Marvell. As I told Wintermute, my attitu...Thank you Marvell. As I told Wintermute, my attitude toward Obama has not changed because of his minister. My concern is about the visceral response of some of our lesser informed brethren of the rouge-necked variety, who live in giant population arcs all around us, and how these remarks will be used to inflame them. So far, we've seen a remarkably mature campaign and restraint among the GOP. But we both know, from local politics alone, how ugly it can get. This is one of those occasions where I really hope I'm wrong.<BR/>RandyRandy Haspelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371114789022032381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-7843037484001334332008-03-17T10:08:00.000-05:002008-03-17T10:08:00.000-05:00By the way! Randy! You are brilliant! McGovern pic...By the way! Randy! You are brilliant! McGovern picked Eagleton because he was depending on the crazy vote...but they went to Nixon. After this election...with Hillary's Aunt Geraldine and Barack's crazy uncle in the attic... we may all need to hook up to some good old fashion shock therapy! SLAINTE! The Farken priestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-75697510447023451582008-03-17T09:21:00.000-05:002008-03-17T09:21:00.000-05:00Divine intervention? Well? It is St.Patrick's Day!...Divine intervention? Well? It is St.Patrick's Day! Me heart goes out to the Irish lad....O'Bama! However, his minister, the Rev Jeremiah "NAH NAH NAH..." Wright can kiss me lily white...uh..kelly green... blarney stone of an arse. Peace to America and to the world! FatherFarkenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-45098499835676712302008-03-17T02:59:00.000-05:002008-03-17T02:59:00.000-05:00I'm old enough to remember the presidential campai...I'm old enough to remember the presidential campaign of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. At that time the country was all abuzz with the insidious notion that voting for this young, charming, decidedly Catholic fellow would turn over our country, lock, stock and barrel, to the dictates of His Eminence, the Pope. In spite of this barrage of anti-Catholic fear mongering by Republicans, Protestant clergy and their much-too- impressionable congregations, JFK won the election. As president, he certainly had more than his share of challenges, but none had anything to do with taking orders from the Papacy.<BR/><BR/>Randy, I've admired your thoughtfulness and honesty for some time time now and I cringe when you reply to events with what appear to be unthinking emotional responses, instead of your normally reasoned and insightful writings.<BR/><BR/>We all need to relax, take a deep breath, and continue to allow Barack and Hillary to bring to us whatever they have to bring to us without fear from "guilt by association" promoters.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, Mrs. Clinton seems to not be held to the same standards of "denunciation and rejection" that beleaguer Mr. Obama. Are the remarks of Pastor John Agee considered more benign than the remarks of the fiery Rev. Wright? And if so, why? <BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, this is all bullshit. We all need to understand what we're dealing with here. We CANNOT allow ourselves to be manipulated and led around like a cow with a ring in it's nose by people looking for their fifteen minutes of fame or by others with thinly-veiled self-serving agendas...bloggers and the broadcast media alike. If we don't come to grips with the game, we all lose.<BR/><BR/>MarvellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-30243616274496965572008-03-16T20:08:00.000-05:002008-03-16T20:08:00.000-05:00--racist birds of a feather flock together, your i...--racist birds of a feather flock together, your idol Obama isn't qualified to run for dog catcherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-12683989674779338312008-03-16T00:12:00.000-05:002008-03-16T00:12:00.000-05:00Next we'll see the Reverend on Larry King and Obam...Next we'll see the Reverend on Larry King and Obama on the 700 Club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-51233916729454465132008-03-15T22:39:00.000-05:002008-03-15T22:39:00.000-05:00Calm down Chillens, the world has changed from whe...Calm down Chillens, the world has changed from when Eagleton stuck his tongue in the electric socket. It reminds me of a recent experience. It showed me that sometimes things that are first seen as bad, can be ultimately be seen as a gift.<BR/><BR/>I was surfing the cable TV and I came across an awards show. It had the red carpet, beautiful women in fancy gowns and men in tuxedos. It was on Showtime and was the awards for "Adult" films. As a filmmaker myself, it was my duty to watch.<BR/><BR/><BR/>During the show, which had an opening comic and an all female jazz band, a young woman won a "best of" category. She manuvered her ultra-high heeled shoes up the stairs to the microphone. With tears running down her face, smearing her make-up, she held the statuette and began thanking everyone. <BR/><BR/>She thanked her studio and the producers, she thanked the director and the camera crew, she thanked her manager and her attorney, finally as she was leaving for the wings, she ran back to the microphone and looked at her leading man and said, "I'm sorry, I almost forgot to thank you for sticking your 10" cock up my ass".<BR/><BR/>There endeth the lesson!!<BR/><BR/>davethedogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-57606695404681191992008-03-15T21:39:00.000-05:002008-03-15T21:39:00.000-05:00Randy, you are way too bright and too good a write...Randy, you are way too bright and too good a writer to limit your readers to your blog. FIND someone with influence to peddle your wares to the NYTimes or another major.<BR/> <BR/>You are so on the ball!!!!!<BR/> <BR/>Congratulations, love, peace, blessings, and DEMOCRATS, if they can ever get their act together.<BR/> <BR/>Thanking you for me, and for the others to whom I forward your blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-12115498633500848902008-03-15T21:36:00.000-05:002008-03-15T21:36:00.000-05:00Why do you have to be so blinkin' right all the ti...Why do you have to be so blinkin' right all the time? Tisk tisk -- what a bloody shame!<BR/>Oh, I guess we're stuck with a pants suited hysteric or an old Hawk -- what the fuck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-22980702638405058022008-03-15T20:04:00.000-05:002008-03-15T20:04:00.000-05:00Too little too late.....maybe.......why didn't he ...Too little too late.....maybe.......why didn't he distance himself from this man?? Who knows why!!....Maybe he didn't distance himself because he never felt it was that big of an issue... THAT'S WHAT WOULD CONCERN ME......more than what his preacher had to say....his preacher isn't running for President ....Obama is......I have never trusted Barack Obama, and therefore, have never been a supporter...not because of anything other than I have never been able to get a real sense of who he is, and what he really believes....just a strange feeling about him......now, I feel like my instincts were correct..... I continue to think what I have always thought.....Hillary for President!.....oh, and I love you Randy. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-22731125047333630642008-03-15T19:28:00.000-05:002008-03-15T19:28:00.000-05:00What kind of bigot is this Christian Blogger? I am...What kind of bigot is this Christian Blogger? I am a Christian but I would distance myself from this dangerous person anytime I could. Randy, how did you attract someone like this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-56071933124953065162008-03-15T19:20:00.000-05:002008-03-15T19:20:00.000-05:00I am an Obama supporter, but months ago I became a...I am an Obama supporter, but months ago I became aware of the Rev. Wright controversy. His rants regarding America and his association with Louis Farrakhan including his visit with Farrakhan to Libya to meet with Colonel Gadaffi in the 1980s. I was troubled not so much by Wright's rants, as I was by the lack of judgment on Obama's part in maintaining such a close relationship with Rev. Wright. I also was surprised that not many journalists were asking about this. <BR/>I am troubled but I still believe he is the best choice, unfortunately I also believe that this is his Achilles heel and that it is "too little, too late".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-37345030814493714322008-03-15T18:40:00.000-05:002008-03-15T18:40:00.000-05:00It's not about the pastor. If Obama's THEOLOGY is ...It's not about the pastor. If Obama's THEOLOGY is seen for what it is the election is lost. See:<BR/>http://miraclesdaily.blogspot.com/Christian Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10020964652943679070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-69731101863453426602008-03-15T18:06:00.000-05:002008-03-15T18:06:00.000-05:00I'm not done yet--- jeez, give the man a break. We...I'm not done yet--- jeez, give the man a break. We have to remember that he did not say those horrible things.Now given that, what was he thinking?? Of course he should have denounced the Brotha'and you can be sure if he's not kicking his own ass, then "Mama" is.But let's give him a break and see what he comes up with. The other choices are so terrifing that I shudder to think what our fates will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-22024143365002285722008-03-15T17:54:00.000-05:002008-03-15T17:54:00.000-05:00Yes, an extremely serious breach of judgment. "To...Yes, an extremely serious breach of judgment. "Too little, too late". <BR/><BR/>The thrill is gone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-5403466007677406102008-03-15T17:50:00.000-05:002008-03-15T17:50:00.000-05:00I don't think it'll stick to Obama, Randy. Althou...I don't think it'll stick to Obama, Randy. Although Hillary's bullshit shook me a bit when I saw what her red phone accomplished in 2 days before Texas, I believe that the need in the country for something fresh, more honest than we are used to, and easy to love will trump any crap. Hillary has shown herself to be too hungry for power, and McCain is literally and figuratively, too stiff. If we don't have an Obama Presidency I'll be more disappointed than I was late one night in early Nov of 2004. A lot of people are putting more than their usual gut and heart into this election. Obama will move the electorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12901178.post-9171848051564719062008-03-15T17:31:00.000-05:002008-03-15T17:31:00.000-05:00Are you worried about what you now think about Oba...Are you worried about what <I>you</I> now think about Obama, or about what others will think?<BR/><BR/>The parameters of public remark have really shrunk in the "land of the free and the home of the brave" if we are forced to denounce our friends, beyond saying we don't share certain of their beliefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com