American Exceptionalism... I’m surprised GMC made this ad their center piece for the Olympics...

American Exceptionalism infers that we are stronger and better than other countries when it comes to technological and economic success amongst other things..That Americans work harder, while Europeans lie around with too much vacation time.. Perhaps spending that time with their famlies.

Its this greed for wealth and power which was surely partly responsible for the collapse of our economy in the mid 2000s.. GMC is one of many Corporate entities who were devastated by this
event and relied on govt. loans (ugly socialism) to bring them back..

I am surprised that they ran this sort of ugly message....
and I think this Ad stinks to high hell..

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7BkA/cadillac-elr-work-hard

Yea right, because America is so perfect, Mr Costas...

Mr. Costas Comments:

Surely did not want to talk about America’s imprisonment statistics..among many other things..

OUGH STUFF: Bob Costas' sharp, if jarring, commentary Friday changed the narrative for those who thought NBC ignored or displayed a naive attitude about the world outside of the Olympic Village. The NBC host noted how Ukrainian athletes at the games were showing their concern for their country's political unrest, and tied what was going on there to Vladimir Putin's Russia. Costas said the Sochi Olympics had gone off better than many people feared going in, "all of which is truly wonderful, but should not serve to obscure a harsher or more lasting truth. This is still a government which imprisons dissidents, is hostile to gay rights, sponsors and supports a vicious regime in Syria — and that's just a partial list." While the games' may burnish Putin's reputation in some eyes, "no amount of Olympic glory can mask these realities," he said.

Someone more versed in this matter, please tell me how this movement will eventually be..

squashed.. Signatures are now being circulated to divided 6 northern Ca. Counties in to new states..

Jesus Christ...The inanity in our world just keeps growing..

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/02/21/california-six-states-plan-tim-draper/5673283/

Orly Taitz running for Ca. Attorney General?

Georgia State Republican introduces legislation allowing convicted sex offenders to go anywhere..

they desire, including playgrounds after finishing their sentences....

Somehow I would love to see a Dem Progressive put together a montage of the insane remarks and actions of Republican politicians which have made news over the past 2 years..(keep it relevant)

I think it would be a good reminder before elections of the danger we are facing in this country by these maniacs..

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/21/georgia-republican-stands-up-for-sex-offenders-access-to-schools-and-playgrounds/

About Christie’s attempt to blame delays on Sandy Aid.on FEMA...

Will there not be definitive records on the transference of aid from FEMA and other Fed agencies to New Jersey? What am I missing here?

This shit is really starting to get scary...

I sense little fear in this country..
Even I think to myself selfishly.. “Well I’ll probably be gone by the time we are catastrophically effected . Maybe not...

Extraordinary North Atlantic Storms Driving Gulf Stream Water into Arctic Sea...Ice Melting in February...

From Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/16/1278016/--Extraordinary-N-Atlantic-Storms-Driving-Gulf-Stream-Water-into-Arctic-Sea-Ice-Melting-in-February?

Michael Dunn and the hung jury on 1st degree murder..

He claimed there was a gun in the car, which no one else saw. The kids took off came right back after the incident, again no gun found in the car.

Perhaps the police did not present the kind of due diligence on the gun not being found to convince the jury100%.. Did they bring in metal detecters to scan the area where the car temporarily parked?
Did they bring in teams of searchers?... I’m just saying..

The Tea Party should be Praised......

The Country now understands how ignorant a substantial part of the population is..how dangerous they are and how we must not back down from their aggressive attempt to destroy the principals upon which this country was founded..

this could have taken decades to develop but thanks to an election of an Afro American President we have been able to catch the disease in its infancy and cut the infection out now..

I realize these lunatics have always existed, but they have crawled out from beneath their rocks to expose themselves...

http://www.google.com/search?q=tea+party+ignorant+signs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ogwBU4GZMsKiyAGHm4DoAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1053&bih=576

The Volkswagen Union vote that failed..

Does anyone here know how much union dues would have been?

Is there any analysis of why over 700 workers voted against the Union..

Hate Liberals and Obama?
Don’t want to pay union dues?
Intimidation of any kind?
Ignorance?

Help.. I’m really pissed and confused..Especially after watching the Ed Show yesterday when the Pro Union guys inferred that the vote would pass by a large vote..

My “Uplifting Ed Sement” post is still on the front page..I should delete it...