<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Friday Open Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:56 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: 0029</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-551270</link> <dc:creator>0029</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 07:15:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-551270</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;0014...&lt;/strong&gt;agent007...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>0014&#8230;</strong></p><p>agent007&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-346697</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:08:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-346697</guid> <description>you know I wish that the Repulicans and Democrates could come together quickly to get us a passed and effiective Healtcare plan as they did to get out in front of the President to pass word on about interferring the affairs of another country.  They should be worried about the needs of Americans and stop sticking their noses in the affairs of other countries. The Persians know what they need to do and if they need America they will let you know. That&#039;s half the problem now always in the affairs of Black, Brown and Yellow countries. Before the election ole McCain wanted to &quot;Bomb, bomb Iran.  The president knows exactly how America should be responding and I wish they would let him handle it. They&#039;ve been screwing up everything all these years and have shown us that they don&#039;t know how to handle these matters. GET BACK TO WORK ON AMERICAN NEEDS AND STAY OUT OF OTHER FOLKS BUSINESS.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you know I wish that the Repulicans and Democrates could come together quickly to get us a passed and effiective Healtcare plan as they did to get out in front of the President to pass word on about interferring the affairs of another country.  They should be worried about the needs of Americans and stop sticking their noses in the affairs of other countries. The Persians know what they need to do and if they need America they will let you know. That&#39;s half the problem now always in the affairs of Black, Brown and Yellow countries. Before the election ole McCain wanted to &#8220;Bomb, bomb Iran.  The president knows exactly how America should be responding and I wish they would let him handle it. They&#39;ve been screwing up everything all these years and have shown us that they don&#39;t know how to handle these matters. GET BACK TO WORK ON AMERICAN NEEDS AND STAY OUT OF OTHER FOLKS BUSINESS.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: khrish</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218772</link> <dc:creator>khrish</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218772</guid> <description>you know I wish that the Repulicans and Democrates could come together quickly to get us a passed and effiective Healtcare plan as they did to get out in front of the President to pass word on about interferring the affairs of another country.  They should be worried about the needs of Americans and stop sticking their noses in the affairs of other countries. The Persians know what they need to do and if they need America they will let you know. That&#039;s half the problem now always in the affairs of Black, Brown and Yellow countries. Before the election ole McCain wanted to &quot;Bomb, bomb Iran.  The president knows exactly how America should be responding and I wish they would let him handle it. They&#039;ve been screwing up everything all these years and have shown us that they don&#039;t know how to handle these matters. GET BACK TO WORK ON AMERICAN NEEDS AND STAY OUT OF OTHER FOLKS BUSINESS.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you know I wish that the Repulicans and Democrates could come together quickly to get us a passed and effiective Healtcare plan as they did to get out in front of the President to pass word on about interferring the affairs of another country.  They should be worried about the needs of Americans and stop sticking their noses in the affairs of other countries. The Persians know what they need to do and if they need America they will let you know. That&#39;s half the problem now always in the affairs of Black, Brown and Yellow countries. Before the election ole McCain wanted to &#8220;Bomb, bomb Iran.  The president knows exactly how America should be responding and I wish they would let him handle it. They&#39;ve been screwing up everything all these years and have shown us that they don&#39;t know how to handle these matters. GET BACK TO WORK ON AMERICAN NEEDS AND STAY OUT OF OTHER FOLKS BUSINESS.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218570</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:44:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218570</guid> <description>Valerie Jarrett looks like she can dance!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Valerie Jarrett looks like she can dance!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218566</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:40:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218566</guid> <description>When I see conserve&#039;s comments I don&#039;t even read them, just roll my eyes and move on!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I see conserve&#39;s comments I don&#39;t even read them, just roll my eyes and move on!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Angelar</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218565</link> <dc:creator>Angelar</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:39:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218565</guid> <description>You are so right about being the gold standard.    They don&#039;t make journalists like him anymore.    Just look at what we get on television today....sad.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/who-is-walter-cronkite-the-man-behind-the-legend-of-americas-most-trusted-man_100207094.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/who-i...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Because of his reputation for accuracy, he was the voice American’s turned to for news on the Cuban missile crisis, the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Watergate scandal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Following Cronkite’s editorial report during the Tet Offensive that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cronkite is vividly remembered by many Americans as breaking the news of president John Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963 and also for his coverage of the US space program – rubbing his hands together on camera with a smile on July 20, 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission first landed man on the moon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Though Cronkite added nothing new to his reports on the Watergate affair, he brought together a wide range of reporting, and his credibility and status is credited by many with pushing the Watergate story to the forefront of the American public – culminating in the resignation of US president Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are so right about being the gold standard.    They don&#39;t make journalists like him anymore.    Just look at what we get on television today&#8230;.sad.</p><p><a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/who-is-walter-cronkite-the-man-behind-the-legend-of-americas-most-trusted-man_100207094.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/who-i&#8230;</a></p><p>&#8220;Because of his reputation for accuracy, he was the voice American’s turned to for news on the Cuban missile crisis, the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the Watergate scandal.</p><p>Following Cronkite’s editorial report during the Tet Offensive that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”</p><p>Cronkite is vividly remembered by many Americans as breaking the news of president John Kennedy’s death on November 22, 1963 and also for his coverage of the US space program – rubbing his hands together on camera with a smile on July 20, 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission first landed man on the moon.</p><p>Though Cronkite added nothing new to his reports on the Watergate affair, he brought together a wide range of reporting, and his credibility and status is credited by many with pushing the Watergate story to the forefront of the American public – culminating in the resignation of US president Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: TruthSeeker</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218530</link> <dc:creator>TruthSeeker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:17:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218530</guid> <description>Well, alright then!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, alright then!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: heartsandflowers</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218518</link> <dc:creator>heartsandflowers</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218518</guid> <description>Thanks!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218510</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:13:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218510</guid> <description>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218509</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218509</guid> <description>Glad to know you&#039;re there! Say hi to Jill!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad to know you&#39;re there! Say hi to Jill!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: carolinagirl</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218496</link> <dc:creator>carolinagirl</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:18:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218496</guid> <description>&quot;The JJP Conservative Caucus-or what&#039;s left of it&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOL. *dies*</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The JJP Conservative Caucus-or what&#39;s left of it&#8221;</p><p>LOL. *dies*</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: heartsandflowers</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218450</link> <dc:creator>heartsandflowers</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:52:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218450</guid> <description>Hey I&#039;m attending Blogging While Brown as well. I&#039;m looking forward to meeting some lovely people.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Today&#039;s Conversation Are You There Chicago -- It&#039;s Me Faith! &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/ox55y7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://tinyurl.com/ox55y7&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey I&#39;m attending Blogging While Brown as well. I&#39;m looking forward to meeting some lovely people.</p><p>Today&#39;s Conversation Are You There Chicago &#8212; It&#39;s Me Faith! <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ox55y7" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/ox55y7</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: MsKitty</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218427</link> <dc:creator>MsKitty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218427</guid> <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/walter-cronkite-ill-cbs-news.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Reports: Walter Cronkite ailing &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He&#039;s the gold standard of journalism y&#039;all.  As such, I&#039;m gonna be hella pissed if he doesn&#039;t get half the on-air tributes as that lightweight Russert did.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/06/walter-cronkite-ill-cbs-news.html" rel="nofollow">Reports: Walter Cronkite ailing </a></p><p>He&#39;s the gold standard of journalism y&#39;all.  As such, I&#39;m gonna be hella pissed if he doesn&#39;t get half the on-air tributes as that lightweight Russert did.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: MsKitty</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218419</link> <dc:creator>MsKitty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:41:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218419</guid> <description>&lt;i&gt;It&#039;s sole purpose is to engage you to waste your time.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yeppers.  I know it&#039;s tempting folks, but don&#039;t feed the energy creature.  Much more fun to watch them &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWamxEDcqiQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spaz out&lt;/a&gt; when they realize no one is paying attention to them.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>It&#39;s sole purpose is to engage you to waste your time.</i></p><p>Yeppers.  I know it&#39;s tempting folks, but don&#39;t feed the energy creature.  Much more fun to watch them <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWamxEDcqiQ" rel="nofollow">spaz out</a> when they realize no one is paying attention to them.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: womanistmusings</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218386</link> <dc:creator>womanistmusings</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218386</guid> <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/06/michael-savage-is-not-fly-for-white-guy.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Michael Savage Is Not Fly For A White Guy: &lt;/a&gt; Savage recently stated:&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America, and yet it is the white Christian heterosexual married male who has been made the beast of America.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So you know I had plenty to say about how privileging certain bodies is wrong.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/06/michael-savage-is-not-fly-for-white-guy.html" rel="nofollow">Michael Savage Is Not Fly For A White Guy: </a> Savage recently stated:<br /><blockquote>&#8220;The white Christian heterosexual married male is the epitome of everything right with America, and yet it is the white Christian heterosexual married male who has been made the beast of America.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>So you know I had plenty to say about how privileging certain bodies is wrong.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: D.</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218379</link> <dc:creator>D.</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:40:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218379</guid> <description>The JJP Conservative Caucus-or what&#039;s left of it-does not endorse this character.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The JJP Conservative Caucus-or what&#39;s left of it-does not endorse this character.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Town</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218365</link> <dc:creator>Town</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:26:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218365</guid> <description>Just lovely!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just lovely!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218360</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:21:07 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218360</guid> <description>I&#039;m hooked!  See what you did?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#39;m hooked!  See what you did?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: mon_dieu_ishmael</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218343</link> <dc:creator>mon_dieu_ishmael</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218343</guid> <description>I have a relative living in California, she has multiple graduate degrees and makes  a low 6 figure income.  She is married to a dude with a graduate degree who makes about a 6 figure income.  They have to get &quot;loans&quot; from their parents to make their property tax payments.  Living the &quot;good life&quot; in California seems to be very expensive.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a relative living in California, she has multiple graduate degrees and makes  a low 6 figure income.  She is married to a dude with a graduate degree who makes about a 6 figure income.  They have to get &#8220;loans&#8221; from their parents to make their property tax payments.  Living the &#8220;good life&#8221; in California seems to be very expensive.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: RobM</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/friday-open-thread-44/comment-page-1/#comment-218341</link> <dc:creator>RobM</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:48:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=12361#comment-218341</guid> <description>I just saw all the nonsense from conserative 2009. This is not an individual. It is a programmed blog monitor by subject. It is part of the Republican program to control the message. It&#039;s sole purpose is to engage you to waste your time. &lt;br&gt;I admire them for that. President Obama&#039;s political team has to get a war room going.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just saw all the nonsense from conserative 2009. This is not an individual. It is a programmed blog monitor by subject. It is part of the Republican program to control the message. It&#39;s sole purpose is to engage you to waste your time. <br />I admire them for that. President Obama&#39;s political team has to get a war room going.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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