Comments on: Episode 5: The “Man” Behind The Curtain https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37 Home of the Liberal Burger Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:08:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: alwayshope https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-88 alwayshope Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:00:52 +0000 https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-88 You are so right about the effect FOX, Limbaugh, O'Lielly and the others have had on our society. Some people have believed nothing but lies for so long that they no longer have the skills to separate truth from fiction or fantasy from reality. At the same time I've noticed that the hard core bushco people I know, no longer defend him with the certitude they once had. Maybe even his choir is losing faith. And thanks, It never hurts to remind us of what slimeballs like Scaife, Olin and Norquist are capable of, lest they weaken us all just enough to drown us in a bathtub. You are so right about the effect FOX, Limbaugh, O’Lielly and the others have had on our society. Some people have believed nothing but lies for so long that they no longer have the skills to separate truth from fiction or fantasy from reality. At the same time I’ve noticed that the hard core bushco people I know, no longer defend him with the certitude they once had. Maybe even his choir is losing faith. And thanks, It never hurts to remind us of what slimeballs like Scaife, Olin and Norquist are capable of, lest they weaken us all just enough to drown us in a bathtub.

]]> By: iowametal76 https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-86 iowametal76 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:56:41 +0000 https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-86 Pete Coors came and spoke at my alma mater (Loras College, Dubuque IA) once. What an asshole (dollar is in the mail, Steve). And his beer is worse than Rolling Rock. Anyway, this was my junior year, so let's see... it would've been 1997 or 98, and even then, with as little as I knew about him and his family's idealologies, he made my stomach turn. He gave off an air of palpable arrogance and elitism. Even for a such tiny, very conservative Catholic college, I was embarassed that we had invited him to come speak. Pete Coors came and spoke at my alma mater (Loras College, Dubuque IA) once. What an asshole (dollar is in the mail, Steve). And his beer is worse than Rolling Rock.
Anyway, this was my junior year, so let’s see… it would’ve been 1997 or 98, and even then, with as little as I knew about him and his family’s idealologies, he made my stomach turn. He gave off an air of palpable arrogance and elitism. Even for a such tiny, very conservative Catholic college, I was embarassed that we had invited him to come speak.

]]> By: camelsback https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-83 camelsback Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:06:07 +0000 https://lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=37#comment-83 Zach seems to represent the 98% of the U.S. citizenry that hasn't been paying attention (or worse, been in denial) for the last 5 years- but are they really starting to notice the lack of Emperor's clothing and becoming willing to stand up for change or are they just getting confused & even more frightened, thus being even more susceptible to the expert manipulations of persons like Scaife & Co.? We'll see in November. I must disagree on one point- Coors is *not* a passable beer. It is passable only as urine. Zach seems to represent the 98% of the U.S. citizenry that hasn’t been paying attention (or worse, been in denial) for the last 5 years- but are they really starting to notice the lack of Emperor’s clothing and becoming willing to stand up for change or are they just getting confused & even more frightened, thus being even more susceptible to the expert manipulations of persons like Scaife & Co.? We’ll see in November.

I must disagree on one point- Coors is *not* a passable beer. It is passable only as urine.

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