Comments on: The GOP Convention and How the Wages of Neglect Became the Wages of Sin http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-gop-convention-and-how-the-wages-of-neglect-became-the-wages-of-sin.html An Independent Netzine About Ideas Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jeff http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-gop-convention-and-how-the-wages-of-neglect-became-the-wages-of-sin.html/comment-page-1#comment-10271 Jeff Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:06:56 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=708#comment-10271 Let's get over Katrina. It was not the GOP's fault. It was the Governors fault. It was the mayors fault, but mainly ABOVE ALL ELSE it was the fault of the residents. They had proper warning and were evacuated. Those who stayed put themselves in serious danger. The government of LA should have prepared long in advance for Katrina by building safer infrastructure. But since they have limited property taxes and almost ZERO income tax revenue because of all the non-workers, it is hard to run a good budget. But truth be told, the blame does not lye in the laps of the GOP or Bush. That is a scapegoat. That is the M.O. for many people in this country. Let’s get over Katrina. It was not the GOP’s fault. It was the Governors fault. It was the mayors fault, but mainly ABOVE ALL ELSE it was the fault of the residents. They had proper warning and were evacuated. Those who stayed put themselves in serious danger. The government of LA should have prepared long in advance for Katrina by building safer infrastructure. But since they have limited property taxes and almost ZERO income tax revenue because of all the non-workers, it is hard to run a good budget. But truth be told, the blame does not lye in the laps of the GOP or Bush. That is a scapegoat. That is the M.O. for many people in this country.

]]> By: Hathor http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-gop-convention-and-how-the-wages-of-neglect-became-the-wages-of-sin.html/comment-page-1#comment-10202 Hathor Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:17:17 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=708#comment-10202 The modest set represents the quilt. Do not want to seem to be partying while Gustav is in the Gulf? The ship has sailed on Katrina. Now the president is staying in Texas so that he can he ready for an emergency, what a bunch of crap; with the top of the line communications he has and Air Force One, he can lead from any where in the world. He can be anywhere in the US in 5 hours. The modest set represents the quilt. Do not want to seem to be partying while Gustav is in the Gulf? The ship has sailed on Katrina. Now the president is staying in Texas so that he can he ready for an emergency, what a bunch of crap; with the top of the line communications he has and Air Force One, he can lead from any where in the world. He can be anywhere in the US in 5 hours.

]]> By: mark http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-gop-convention-and-how-the-wages-of-neglect-became-the-wages-of-sin.html/comment-page-1#comment-10194 mark Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:05:33 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=708#comment-10194 I'm glad they are using a modest set. It highlights the contrast between the real thing (McCain) and the paper statesman that is Barack Obama. McCain doesn't need theatrics or distractions. He doesn't need to impress anybody by stagecraft or fancy speeches. He's spent a lifetime fighting for his country, five years in a prison camp, decades as a maverick in Congress holding the banner of reform. His life story will contrast sharply with that of the man who came out of the Chicago machine, the South Side politician who eats with Bill Ayers and probably other terrorists we don't even know about, who attends church where the preacher says "God damn America!" and everybody jumps to their feet in wild adulation. Obama promises "change" but what kind of change? Change for the worse. With the selection of Sarah Palin, McCain has once and for all solidified his claim on the mantle of Reform. For Obama the game is over, and his dream will fade. If he's lucky his State will not judge him so harshly for how he's treated them during his time as a US senator. Elected to represent the people of Illinois, he instead thought it was more important to write another volume of autobiography and run for president. In two years the people of Illinois will have their say and perhaps it will be "Change." I’m glad they are using a modest set. It highlights the contrast between the real thing (McCain) and the paper statesman that is Barack Obama.

McCain doesn’t need theatrics or distractions. He doesn’t need to impress anybody by stagecraft or fancy speeches. He’s spent a lifetime fighting for his country, five years in a prison camp, decades as a maverick in Congress holding the banner of reform.

His life story will contrast sharply with that of the man who came out of the Chicago machine, the South Side politician who eats with Bill Ayers and probably other terrorists we don’t even know about, who attends church where the preacher says “God damn America!” and everybody jumps to their feet in wild adulation.

Obama promises “change” but what kind of change? Change for the worse. With the selection of Sarah Palin, McCain has once and for all solidified his claim on the mantle of Reform. For Obama the game is over, and his dream will fade.

If he’s lucky his State will not judge him so harshly for how he’s treated them during his time as a US senator. Elected to represent the people of Illinois, he instead thought it was more important to write another volume of autobiography and run for president.

In two years the people of Illinois will have their say and perhaps it will be “Change.”

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