Comments on: Evening Open Thread

By: mon_dieu_ishmael

mon_dieu_ishmael — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:29:02 +0000

Did you look at the picture of Mr Obama trying to put the Medal of Freedom on Mr Crow? Mr Crow is wearing what appears to my untrained eye to be a feathered head bonnet that is all up in Mr Obama's face as he tries to put the medal on Mr Crow. Look at Mr Obama's facial expression. My point is that it is funny.

By: mon_dieu_ishmael

mon_dieu_ishmael — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:29:02 +0000

By: Micheline

Micheline — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:33:05 +0000

Your point

By: JeffL

JeffL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:12:37 +0000

Tancredo = liar. No problem. And I'm not discounting the possibility that Tancredo feigned some of his "outrage" about Kos mocking his "depression". Facing Markos, a person of any wit would be looking at the first opportunity to bail of out the discussion at that point.

I wince whenever I perceive someone making mental illness some kind of joke, or of conflating clinical depression with "feeling sad for a couple of months".

It seems to me that someone who has been diagnosed and medicated for years for things like panic disorders and depression is not a good person to have on the front lines. He would be endangering himself and others. I know college could be a challenge for such an individual but a final exam might not be as stressful as getting shot at.

By all means let's call Tancredo out for his hypocracy, his lies and lack of empathy for others. But if he truly had a serious mental disorder, let's not applaud when people mock that. Markos erred with those 6-7 words and could have made a similar point much more effectively.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:39:23 +0000

you can see my experience with gardening with my next questions…..

the bulbs are planted NOW, for harvest in the spring? winter won't kill them?

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:28:10 +0000

LOL….

sometimes, you gotta laugh

By: Town

Town — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:23:56 +0000

LOL @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgJ4Q70FBWU

By: texascowgirl

texascowgirl — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:51 +0000

Ignore it. It's crazy.

By: mon_dieu_ishmael

mon_dieu_ishmael — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:51:59 +0000

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

Some of the comments at the link are kind of funny, especially the picture of Mr Obama putting the Medal of Freedom on Mr Crow. It looks like Mr Obama is trying to avoid getting a feather stuck up his nose.

By: djchefron

djchefron — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:35:22 +0000

I have had love ones with bipolar and I understand what you are saying but Markos was on point.Tancredo supported and some might say had a hard on for the Vietnam war.He was in college and wasn't subject to the draft.When he graduated he no longer had those deferments so all of a sudden he had depression and would serve in a war he was so gung ho about?GTFOH. His cowardly ass needed to be called out,I am a veteran my family has single payer health care thru the VA Administration and what he says is bullshit.My family have the best health care other than if we was buku rich in America.So not only he is a coward he is a LIAR!!!!!

By: djchefron

djchefron — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:25:01 +0000

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2686/cletust...

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:21:28 +0000

Craig,

we haven't elected – statewide- any right wing GOPers. our GOPers have been middle of the road folks. some milquetoast, other crooks, but none right wingers.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:04:37 +0000

Isn't he the one who said that the quickest way to get a school yard bully to back down is to stand up?

Democrats need to stand up.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:46:02 +0000

Good luck with that.

By: JeffL

JeffL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:40:40 +0000

Tancredo is on my short list for people I most enjoy seeing roasted. Markos mostly hits a fair target in this clip.
However,
I'm married to a forensic psychologist and have a family member who is bipolar. I have a tough time admiring Markos' personal comments relating to Tancredo's deferment.

I don't know enough about Tancredo's deferment history and maybe he lied his way through it. But IF he had a legitmate mental disability, that needs to be respected.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:39:48 +0000

I'm planting 200 bulbs this weekend.

By: miss_opinion

miss_opinion — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:39:32 +0000

what

By: Karmi

Karmi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:42 +0000

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting - A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.
Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't - Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:28:12 +0000

now, I use a lot of garlic, but have never had garlic soup.

By: JeffL

JeffL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:19:02 +0000

Followup for cooks:
AIGO BOUIDO (GARLIC SOUP)
http://www.recipesource.com/soups/soups/06/rec0...

Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers (for keeping the girls away):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDHbDqBcNak