I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Enjoyful

If anyone has access to a good and fair analysis of Benghazi and yesterday's hearing, please post it. Everything I've found is tilted one way or the other.

IllinoisLady

I think most of the questions for Hillary were for the most part already answered and she was there mainly for the committee to be seen and heard and in 2014 or 2016 blurbs could be put on newscasts not only to HURT chances of anyone running but to help others.

Something akin to all the play that Beyonce' is receiving right now.  Rand Paul....a name I won't forget, and any time I do remember, it will be so very far from fondly.  Of course, the President should resign......what a horrible offence.  Just think what he might be capable  of IF he is not the President.  Some people need a life and oh the ways they go about getting one. 

Jackie

spell checker worked half of the time......

pupmom

E, lol! 

Blue, yep, she sure did! I watched it all. It was real funny watching old Rand make a spectacle of himself.  

Coming up is John Kerry's SoS confirmation hearing. I think he will be wonderful in that position!

alexandria58

Momine; it was arms to Turkey.  I remember that much because she repeated the name of the country with a great look of puzzlement.  Whether arms are being shipped through Turkey or not to the Syrian rebels is pretty tangential to the issue at hand, which was the attack on the embassy and the way the administration dealt with it.  It doesn't really have much to do with why the consulate was attacked, whether the State department failed to provide sufficient security, whether the American people were misled in the aftermath of the attack.

gardengumby

Momine - Rand Paul actually asked her about arms being sent to Turkey - not Syria (which would make some sense). 

Momine

Gumby, I understand, but since Turkey is doing most of the weapons transfers to the Syrian rebels, it still doesn't seem that far off the mark to me. I have gotten from several different sources that the fight in Benghazi had to do with arms for the Syrian rebels. Then again, we are following that whole debacle rather closely, since we are in the same neighborhood more or less (Greece, and I am studying Arabic).

1Athena1

E - sometimes I believe nature can help. I am glad you are being allowed to heal for just a while.

Know nothing about Afinitor, but here is a thread Chickadee started which could be useful: http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topic/780701

lassie11

Did Rand Paul really ask for the President to resign over someone else lip synching?!  I thought maybe that was an Onion type article.

pip57

Lassie, I thought it was a joke too.  Now I am wondering....

pupmom

OMG, I don't want to believe we have a U.S. Senator THAT stupid! 

YramAL

It's satire even though it's not in the Onion. Good satire makes you question for a moment if it is real. Sad that it could be. 

Mary

Belinda44

Here is an opinion piece on Rand Paul's performance during the hearings:

"Senator Rand Paul's Performance At Benghazi Hearings Reveals A Perverse Grasp Of American Tragedy"

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/23/senator-rand-pauls-performance-at-benghazi-hearings-reveals-a-perverse-grasp-of-american-tragedy/

IllinoisLady

Definitely satire but so much like Rand Paul.  Mary you are quite right --- it is from the Borowitz report and he does satire pieces, but it is so near to what Paul and others are like. The wacko extremists are always easy.

Jackie

pupmom

Jackie, is that you and a cute little animal? Can't tell what it is. 

gardengumby

Belinda - thanks for that link to the Forbes article, and may I say that I am in COMPLETE agreement with the last line!!!

Anonymous

GG - I agree.

"However, Rand Paul’s desire to score points and show himself to be a ‘tough guy’ serves only to reveal how incredibly unprepared and unqualified he is to be holding elective office as a County dog catcher let alone considering a run for the highest office in the land."

Above is last line gg refers to - thanks Beinda.

Haven't spoken about 5 years ago "3D nipple tattoos" - which didn't hurt, be GLAD if they do, that means more sensitivity in foobs, alas, I did feel a twinge with the "novacaine" frst shot, or whatever it was - so agree with NO MORE surgery, even tho my foobs are trying to hide in my armpits, they're wonderfully small ( I refer to them as my poached eggs) I ain't goin' near another knife until they have to be removed for whatever medical reasons.

Liked some of the fashions, think it's a creative expression, and a valuable part of visual world.  Don't think meant to be copied exactly, or worn as is, but to inspire, provoke, being change.  Still remember loving one Oscar DeLa Renta dress all soft gree with PINKISH ( and I really don't like pink!) roses - but I loved that dress.  Also love Missoni colors, and jil sanders tailoring.

1Athena1

Sunny, you of the creative bent, I was looking forward to your opinion on fashion. Let's see any pics of looks you like....I think you would LOVE Chanel's latest couture show. The looks I showed here didn't do it justice. Off to see what Valentino showed when I get a chance - the two creative directors there are masters at color, IMO.

Great Forbes piece.

crazy4carrots

An example of cat-think:

I'm sitting at my computer, with a white sweater draped along the back of the chair.  The sun is streaming in through the window.

Toffee the Burmese comes into the room, and starts clawing at the sweater, eventually making it fall to the floor.

I reprimand him, but he does it twice more.

Then, I notice that the sun is shining brightly on the sweater back.

Aha!  Toffee was trying to get the "sunshine" on the sweater down onto the floor so that he could lie on it.

1Athena1

Stubborn sun - do as the litty tells you!

pupmom

Momine

Ha! I will have to steal that one, Yorkie.

pupmom

Certainly! I stole it from a fb friend. 

alexandria58

Yorkie, I'm stealing that, too.

On page 200 of my novel!!!  Happy dance.

Anonymous

athena - I don't have any pics - just the one I cut out of Vogue about a year ago - gorgeous soft green gown, with large salmon/pinkish peonies, large flowers - really loved it.

Ok 6 below zero, windchill 19 below zero.  THIS IS GETTING silly cold. Too cold to go outside...brrrrrr.

GO HILLARY - she looks much better, sad way to lose weight ( illness) but she looks so much better.

bluedahlia

But Sunflowers, she was faking it!

IllinoisLady

Yes, it is a real live picture of me with my friend's little toy fox terrier --- or I think that is it.  My friend had some unfortunate luck with this little cutie.  the breeder ( not much of one if you ask me ) let the dog go too young....and of course, my friend became its mother later on.  The dog had extreme separation anxiety.  Finally, they found someone with another toy fox.......and with hearts nearly broken re-homed the dog with that couple.  Turned out to be a good match all the way around.

pupmom

Jackie, happy things ended well for the puppy! Sorry for your frend's loss. 

IllinoisLady

On Tuesday Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner said President Obama’s administration wants to annihilate the Republican Party. Specifically, the speaker said:

We are expecting over the next twenty-two months to be the focus of this administration as they attempt to annihilate the Republican Party. And let me just tell you, I do believe that is their goal; to just shove us into the dust bin of history.

It is the constitutional duty of the President to execute laws and to protect and secure the country. Over the years the Republican Party has become a clear and present danger to middle class America and as such the survival of America as we know it. Their policies which for the most part are still in effect have created an intractable wealth and income disparity. Ensuring that the Republican Party of today is non-existent, preferably replaced with a Conservative Party of real values, while different from the Progressive values most Americans want, is a good back stop for liberal excesses.

While the above statement might sound harsh or partisan, it is neither. If a party bases its economic and social principles on proven lies, and then build a complete supporting infrastructure to promote policies based on these lies (Fox News, The Heritage Foundation, the Laffer Curve), then they do not have the moral right to exist as a legitimate party in our country.

George HW Bush coined the name voodoo economics to describe the basic philosophy of Reagan’s economic policies when he was running against him in the 1980 primaries. Even David Stockman, Reagan’s budget directory and the prime pusher of Supply Side Economics (Voodoo Economics) said his party, the Republican Party, destroyed the US economy. He also disparaged Paul Ryan’s budget.

While Vice-President George HW Bush played along for eight years over an economy inflated by excessive defense spending for hardware we did not need, and deficits from draconian tax cuts mostly for the wealthy, he redeemed himself by breaking his “no new taxes” pledge that started a time of fiscal responsibility. Of course President Clinton completed the task later with his tax increases that ultimately balanced the budget and created a robust economy.

The fact is that while the Republicans for years have been preaching fiscal responsibility, it is fact that under Democratic Presidents fiscal responsibility has been more prevalent. This was covered in detail in my book “As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom”.

One can only hope that the President will use the bully pulpit to finally fight the intransigent Republicans head on. The mainstream media has allowed the lies to seem plausible. This failure has allowed them to get much of their policies into effect. Over the years it has decimated the middle class. The new aim of their economic theories will surely complete the path of the middle class to indentured servitude.

Mr. President, how can I help annihilate the current Republican Party and leave the path for the emergence of a real Conservative Party? Use your bully pulpit to help the grassroots lead the way.

 

I would have put in a link for this if I knew how....all I could think of was Bawl-Bag Boehner.  If the Republican party could work up any real desire to work for the good of the people this would not be something he could even bring up.  You can't black-mail the American President and public and then think in the next breath....look what these awful Democrats  are doing.  These people had four years to "get" with the program, but chose to obstruct as hard as they could.  Now the program must go on.  As I see if your either in the boat willing to man the oars or your paddling alongside hoping not to drown.

 

Jackie

spell checker obstructing me.

 

 

 

QuinnCat

pupmom

Kam..... Now that is scary!! Channelling Alfred Hitchcock!