I’m astonished that Lester thinks we need health care.
Or maybe he just forgot to add the part where we need it ONLY for those who can pay.
And, Lester might want to look at the majorities in both houses of Congress — they are the Republicans. Of course, Republicans must follow the Dennis Hastert (friend to boys) rule.
If Lester thinks these things are needed, HE needs to be pressuring the GOP, which holds the majorities, to do them. The progressives are for all those things and the grass roots are working to repair society.
You would think the Republican president, house and senate would do something about jobs, tax reform, healthcare and infrastructure. When they took over from the last president, all of those things were doing fine, now in Trump’s hands they have turned to dust. I suppose if you support the Klan, you think this is the Democrat’s fault. Racists never take responsibility for their incompetence.
Mr. Lester, you get what you deserve. You wanted an inexperienced, idiot of a non-leader who can be distracted at the drop of a hat and you got him. Why blame us powerless little guys?
Lets remember that infrastructure and jobs bills were continually proposed during the previous administration and continually voted down by the GOP. These bills, by law, have to begin in the House of Representatives and the GOP refused to support the majority of them. The Stimulus package was pushed through by the Democrats as a reconciliation with almost every Republican in both houses voting against it. If I’m looking for hypocrisy I know I can find it in this guy’s work.
Well, Lester is right about one thing: Confederate statues are horrid monuments to hate & oppression that were put up by bigots during the Jim Crow era to signal that they hadn’t been defeated in the Civil War. We have hundreds of statues of traitors. How many statues have been made that memorialize Emancipation?
As far as the problem with out dysfunctional government… who holds the majority, again? I don’t want Democrats to lend support to a single one of the lousy proposals the GOP is trying & failing to pass. It’s solely about tax cuts & giveaways for the rich.
I’ve never attached much weight to symbols, so I wouldn’t have put the statues at the top of my to-do list. But once the subject comes up, I’ll say of course they should come down. It’s pretty offensive that towns all over the south memorialize people who fought to break up the country in order to maintain slavery. I understand that there are schools in the south named after Confederate generals. If I were a young black student, I would not like going to a school named after someone who fought to keep black people in slavery. Can you imagine Jewish students going to Adolf Hitler High School?
Yes, get back to counting those 3 million illegal voters, check for Obama’s wiretapping, recount the inauguration crowd, then build that multi trillion dollar wall, rather than dealing with the other silly distractions like actually governing.
The decision to take the Confederate monument down was not made by the US Congress or even the state legislature; it was made by the Charlottesville city council.
All of a sudden, all these white boys from all over the country who have no connection to this city started showed up carrying torches and shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans.
So far, neo-Nazi protesters have been identified from California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington State, Arkansas, Illinois, New York. Apparently the people who were most upset by the Charlottesville Council decision weren’t from Charlottesville. One guy from Maumee, Oh — a place in Oh that is furthest from Cville — decided to show his disapproval by running over and killing a local woman who supported the removal.
Our favorite racist cartoonist has not done one cartoon criticizing the KKK, neo-Nazis, or white supremacists.
That’s like wondering why he hasn’t done a cartoon criticizing pedophilic arsonists. Who knew I had to?
Here is my response:
If hundreds of pedophilic arsonists converged on a town and started marching through town, — including surrounding a church where their critics were meeting — chanted pro-pedophilic and pro-arson slogans and all a cartoonist did was draw a cartoon criticizing their critics, it would say a lot about the cartoonist.
Striped Cat almost 7 years ago
Considering the GOP controls the House, Senate and Whitehouse, if things are not gettin’ done, me thinks it’s on them.
braindead Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I’m astonished that Lester thinks we need health care.
Or maybe he just forgot to add the part where we need it ONLY for those who can pay.
And, Lester might want to look at the majorities in both houses of Congress — they are the Republicans. Of course, Republicans must follow the Dennis Hastert (friend to boys) rule.
braindead Premium Member almost 7 years ago
And it’s good to remember what Trump Disciples mean by ‘tax reform’:
Tax cuts for the rich.
Frankfreak almost 7 years ago
If Lester thinks these things are needed, HE needs to be pressuring the GOP, which holds the majorities, to do them. The progressives are for all those things and the grass roots are working to repair society.
Mr. Blawt almost 7 years ago
You would think the Republican president, house and senate would do something about jobs, tax reform, healthcare and infrastructure. When they took over from the last president, all of those things were doing fine, now in Trump’s hands they have turned to dust. I suppose if you support the Klan, you think this is the Democrat’s fault. Racists never take responsibility for their incompetence.
walfishj almost 7 years ago
Mr. Lester, you get what you deserve. You wanted an inexperienced, idiot of a non-leader who can be distracted at the drop of a hat and you got him. Why blame us powerless little guys?
ED CANTWELL almost 7 years ago
Lets remember that infrastructure and jobs bills were continually proposed during the previous administration and continually voted down by the GOP. These bills, by law, have to begin in the House of Representatives and the GOP refused to support the majority of them. The Stimulus package was pushed through by the Democrats as a reconciliation with almost every Republican in both houses voting against it. If I’m looking for hypocrisy I know I can find it in this guy’s work.
Uncle Joe Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Well, Lester is right about one thing: Confederate statues are horrid monuments to hate & oppression that were put up by bigots during the Jim Crow era to signal that they hadn’t been defeated in the Civil War. We have hundreds of statues of traitors. How many statues have been made that memorialize Emancipation?
As far as the problem with out dysfunctional government… who holds the majority, again? I don’t want Democrats to lend support to a single one of the lousy proposals the GOP is trying & failing to pass. It’s solely about tax cuts & giveaways for the rich.
lonecat almost 7 years ago
I’ve never attached much weight to symbols, so I wouldn’t have put the statues at the top of my to-do list. But once the subject comes up, I’ll say of course they should come down. It’s pretty offensive that towns all over the south memorialize people who fought to break up the country in order to maintain slavery. I understand that there are schools in the south named after Confederate generals. If I were a young black student, I would not like going to a school named after someone who fought to keep black people in slavery. Can you imagine Jewish students going to Adolf Hitler High School?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Yes, get back to counting those 3 million illegal voters, check for Obama’s wiretapping, recount the inauguration crowd, then build that multi trillion dollar wall, rather than dealing with the other silly distractions like actually governing.
BE THIS GUY almost 7 years ago
The decision to take the Confederate monument down was not made by the US Congress or even the state legislature; it was made by the Charlottesville city council.
All of a sudden, all these white boys from all over the country who have no connection to this city started showed up carrying torches and shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans.
So far, neo-Nazi protesters have been identified from California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington State, Arkansas, Illinois, New York. Apparently the people who were most upset by the Charlottesville Council decision weren’t from Charlottesville. One guy from Maumee, Oh — a place in Oh that is furthest from Cville — decided to show his disapproval by running over and killing a local woman who supported the removal.
Our favorite racist cartoonist has not done one cartoon criticizing the KKK, neo-Nazis, or white supremacists.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
Mike Lester wrote the following reply to my post:
That’s like wondering why he hasn’t done a cartoon criticizing pedophilic arsonists. Who knew I had to?
Here is my response:
If hundreds of pedophilic arsonists converged on a town and started marching through town, — including surrounding a church where their critics were meeting — chanted pro-pedophilic and pro-arson slogans and all a cartoonist did was draw a cartoon criticizing their critics, it would say a lot about the cartoonist.