Motley Moose – Archive

For the last year or so, I’ve been seeing this Delta flight attendant who lives across the street from me. We never advanced our relationship to a full one, in part because her time in New York was limited. She moved to Atlanta today to be based out of there.

Rachel is from Lumberton, Texas, a small town north of Beaumont where Romney won over 80% of the vote in the last election. Even Rick Perry took 75% here in 2010.

On her last day in New York, we watched Fox News for a bit and laughed at the ridiculousness. She commented.

“It’s funny, but this is exactly how everyone at home thinks.”

From the White House – Weekly Address

President Obama describes the incredible opportunities to create middle-class jobs in America by deepening our economic ties and expanding trade in Latin America and discusses recent Senate bill that takes commonsense steps to fix our broken immigration system.

  Make sure you let your peeps know where to find you!  

Interrogatories

It’s International Tuba Day. Do you have a favorite tune in which the tuba features prominently?

Mobile phone owners – do you still remember any phone numbers, or do you rely on the  phone to remember them for you?

Did you ever dislike a movie enough to walk out of the theater mid-film? Which ones?

Do you have any crushes on any famous people? If so, who?

The Twitter Emitter

Paul Ryan: “Well, sure, Meals On Wheels was cut by The Sequester™, but I’m sure seniors are glad for the opportunity to get out more.”

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) May 2, 2013

Elitists are assaulting your right to not know how to spell.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) May 2, 2013

If you think it’s smart to destroy evidence for your terrorist friend, I am going to suggest to you that maybe you’re not college material.

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 2, 2013

IDEA: Call Guantánamo Bay “public housing for Muslims” and the GOP will immediately shut it down. bit.ly/131lTAX

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 2, 2013

Behind every right wing pronouncement is hatred of something or someone.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) May 2, 2013

You wouldn’t want to let Plan B to fall into the hands of some irresponsible teenager — WHO WILL THEN HAVE A BABY.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 2, 2013

I agree we shld legalize pot but we need to still be able to make jokes about indolence and munching #myplatform

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 2, 2013

I must thank the GOP for deciding it was their job to destroy Marco Rubio & Chris Christie while leaving their unelectable candidates to me.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) May 2, 2013

The most reliable way to make money is to buy a solid business, loot it for personal gain, destroy it and run like hell.#business

— Pachacutec(@Pachacutec_) May 2, 2013

Benghazi, Bengheezy, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated.

— eclecticbrotha (@eclecticbrotha) May 2, 2013

The fact that condoms are available for all without much fuss, but Plan B creates so much panic says it all, doesn’t it?

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) May 2, 2013

If you can be too young to drive; too young to vote; too young to drink; to young to marry – why can’t you be too young to have a GUN?

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) May 2, 2013

Good morning, Moosekind. TGIF! Don’t forget to let your peeps know where to find you.

By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/

Enron was one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the business world. The failure of Lehman Brothers directly caused the financial crisis from which the United States is still feeling the effects. One would think that the directors of these failed firms – the worst failures in this decade – would have been punished by the market for their poor oversight.

Apparently not.

More below.

I have written before about my grandnephew Tristen who has Asperger’s Syndrome. He has not had an easy time of things. His mother had to fight the establishment to even get a correct diagnosis for him. She was on Medicaid after she was dumped by her husband with three children under the age of six with $15.00 and one suitcase of clothes for all of them. No home. No food. No anything. She refused to give up and finally got the Asperger’s diagnosis and was able to start trying to help her eldest son.

I took a long time for Tristen to come to grips with his emotions and learn how to function with his Asperger’s. He had many meltdowns and more than one hospital stay. He and I were always close but I had to be a distant presence in his life because I was caregiver for my Mom. Tristen missed out seeing his great-grandmother when his Mom and the other two children came up with her then fiancé. Tristen was in the hospital after a major meltdown and his maternal grandmother was taking care of him.

After Mom’s death I moved down to be closer to Bernadette and the children and her new husband. Tristen and I have a special bond. We have been close since he was born. As he has gotten older Tristen has started to show interests in many of the things I am interested in. He is a good artist. He did a great picture last Christmas of Nathan Fillion of Firefly on black paper with white pencil. He loves computers and is the family’s tech support. He got involved in technical theater. I have my degree in theater. He has started to watch Shakespeare. I love the Bard.

Tristen is now a Junior in High School. He is Treasurer of the National Honor Society. He is one of the senior tech persons for the school’s theater. He is doing incredible art.

He was just named “Student of the Year.”

So for anyone who has Asperger’s, for anyone who has an Aspie child, for anyone who loves an Aspie like I do let Tristen be a shining example. Aspies can succeed. Aspies are incredible people. And for my Tristen a great big Woo-Hoo! I am so proud of you.

(An old diary from GOS)

From a distance

The world looks blue and green

And the snow capped mountain is white

From a distance

The ocean meets the stream

And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance

There is harmony

And it echoes through the land

It’s the voice of hope

It’s the voice of peace

It’s the voice of every man

From a distance

We all have enough

And no one is in need

And there are no guns,

No bombs

       and no disease,

No hungry mouths to feed

From a distance

We are instruments

Marching in a common band

Playing songs of hope

Playing songs of peace

They are the songs of every man

God is watching us

God is watching us

God is watching us

From a distance

From a distance

You look like my friend

Even though we are at war

From a distance

I just cannot comprehend

What all this fighting is for

From a distance

There is harmony

And it echoes through the land

And it’s the hope of hopes

It’s the love of loves

It’s the heart of every man

God is watching us

God is watching us

God is watching us

From a distance

Cross Posted from Street Prophets)

Welcome to Thursday Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new in your life. If I had to choose an historical person to go back in time and meet I would probably choose Oscar Wilde. There is something fascinating about him and he intrigues me. Ever since I read The Picture of Dorian Grey I have been a fan of his. I use one of his quotes as a signature line.

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde

I realize that as a night owl I see the moon a lot and an occasional sunrise since I’m usually asleep when the sun comes up. I do use those times a lot in my art. So in honor of Oscar Wilde here are moons and sunrises.

Pat Toomey confirms it: Obama is right about GOP

Wapo; Greg Sargent

Having a Republican on record confirming this is useful. As Steve Benen notes, it makes all the suggestions that Obama needs to “lead” and “twist arms” look pretty silly. Indeed, Toomey’s concession is particularly relevant to the ongoing debate over Obama’s remarks at his presser yesterday. Here’s the bit that has all of the Green Lanternites out there slapping their knees and laughing uproariously:

   “I cannot force Republicans to embrace those common-sense solutions…It’s tough. Their base thinks that compromise with me is somehow a betrayal. They’re worried about primaries. And I understand all that. And we’re going to try to do everything we can to create a permission structure for them to be able to do what’s going to be best for the country. But it’s going to take some time.”

But is this materially different from what Toomey said about his own party? No, it isn’t.

Just a reminder:  The GOP in general and in specificity cannot stand to do one single thing that might possible make Obama look good.