'Forward': Suddenly a Sinister Word?

Sunday, May 13, 2012

F orward. It seems like such a nice, positive word. We call someone with foresight "forward-thinking." When you repay a good deed done for you by doing a similar favor for someone else, we call that "paying it forward." When traveling, moving forward is a good thing. So you'd think no one could have a problem with an upbeat word like "forward."

You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. Because in the dark and scary thicket of paranoia that is the right-wing mind, there is no word that cannot be turned into something fraught with secret and sinister meaning, especially when that word is used by or on behalf of the man they regard as the embodiment of pure evil, President Barack Obama.

So when the Obama campaign revealed that its slogan for 2012 was, simply, "Forward," the reaction was predictable.

See, the right wing realizes that the president is a better campaigner than their guy, Lord Mitt "Etch a Sketch" Romney. Obama's more natural, is a better speaker, and connects better with people than Mitt, who often seems like an alien trying to get the hang of acting like a human being.

So they're going to gripe and whine and complain whenever the president campaigns at all, as if it's somehow unseemly of him not to graciously step aside and let their guy win by default. Every campaign speech will be denounced as "divisive" regardless of content. Every appearance will draw howls of outrage over the cost of transportation and security. Every commercial is going to be treated like some sort of affront to the very idea of democracy.

Their reaction to the slogan is no different, and neither is their usual scattershot, muddled and generally crack-brained reaction to it.

"Communist leaders frequently used - and still use - the word 'forward," blogger Joel Pollak of Breitbart.com pointed out. The word "has a long and rich history with European Marxism," said The Washington Times.

On the other hand, Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit, who can be reliably counted on to exceed your wildest dreams of sheer lunacy, claimed that "Forward" had been a "marching song of the Hitler Youth" and emphasized the point by posting a picture of marching Nazis wearing Obama pins so that his dumber readers (which is to say, all of them) wouldn't miss the point.

So let me get this straight. By using one common English word, the president demonstrates that he's both a communist and a fascist, even though those two ideologies spent a big chunk of the 20th century at each other's throats.

It's too bad they couldn't have come up with some quote from the Quran that uses the word "forward" so they could claim the wingnut trifecta, in which the raging right insists that Obama is a fascist, a Godless communist, and a fanatical Muslim jihadist all at the same time.

But wait! It seems that "Forward" also is the state motto of Wisconsin, whose current governor is right-wing union-busting hero Scott Walker, at least for the time being. Does this mean that Walker is a fascist or a communist, or both, for not immediately having the slogan changed?

I read that the slogan hung on banners at Richard Nixon's 1969 inauguration was "Forward Together." So maybe Nixon was a Marxist, too. Sort of throws the whole China trip into a whole new light, doesn't it?

George Bush the Elder's 1987 campaign autobiography was called "Looking Forward." Before that, even St. Ronnie Reagan titled a famous speech in 1986 "Forward to Freedom."

OMG, as the kids say on the Internet! The entire Republican Party has, for years, been riddled with Marxists! Or fascists! Or something.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, started his campaign with the slogan "Believe in America." If that sounds familiar, it's because it's been used before, by Democrat John Kerry.

Which makes sense, since Romney is the John Kerry of the Republican party: a rich, entitled Massachusetts moderate trying to convince his party's skeptical base he's one of them, despite having once supported the thing that base purports to despise most (the Iraq War in Kerry's case, the individual mandate in Romney's). Both are running against a controversial incumbent on a platform that amounts to "I'm Not Him." And we all know how that turned out.

Romney would be well advised to drop a slogan with such negative historical baggage for something more appropriate to him. Like "Backward." After all, that's where he and his party want to take us.

Dusty Rhoades lives, writes and practices law in Carthage. Contact him at dustyr@nc.rr.com.

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The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

I got to say,,,,That is some really really really good propaganda right there. DR I think you missed your calling, you should be working for the Obama Media. Its almost 2 am, Ill dig through this letter again tomorrow. But in the mean time let me express my deepest sentiment.

.................WOW...............

OldPilot 1 year ago

Instead of "Backward" how about "Torpedo the dam, full speed astern"?

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

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sandhillsdogs 1 year ago

" FORWARD" was used by Hitler in the early 30's also, but we don't go there and compare any today living Leaders with the Fuehrer..... smile.

He also had a political magazine called FORWARD published weekly!

Nezumi 1 year ago

Nice column - and of course there was the Great Leap Forward, which no-one, even neo-Maoists in China (like Bo Xilai) want to be associated with.

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

FROWARD: "Difficult to deal with; contrary."

Nah, doesn't really fit, LSM.

buskwon 1 year ago

Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly. No I am not talking about you DR , I am talking about my mom , Happy Mothers Day.

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

and of course there was the Great Leap Forward, which no-one, even neo-Maoists in China (like Bo Xilai) want to be associated with.

And Nixon went to China, so there you are. Commies, every one of 'em.

Thanks for the kind words.

nothingspecial 1 year ago

Article summary: Ignore those Republicans because I dug up this article where one of them said the word forward is marxist. Of course any thinking person believes that means all of them are crazy and should be completely ignored. Stay mad and hopefully you'll vote Democrat without noticing I have yet to bring up one good reason for voting Democrat.

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

Gee, busk, that's sweet, but don't you think you should be sending that to her? Or does she read the online column regularly? If so: Hi buskwon's mom! Happy Mother's Day!

bufordsplay 1 year ago

It's interesting that several years before Marx and Ingles wrote the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx wrote his first book on Communism called..........you guessed it, FORWARD. By the way this and other facts about the origin of the slogan in Communist circles were recently removed from Wikipedia.

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

Shorter nothingspecial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaOrSuWZeM

Nezumi 1 year ago

DR - to quote Spock in Star Trek 6: "There is an old Vulcan proverb: Only Nixon could go to China"

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

And you have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.

Millie 1 year ago

D.R you say "Because in the dark and scary thicket of paranoia that is the right-wing mind, there is no word that cannot be turned into something fraught with secret and sinister meaning, especially when that word is used by or on behalf of the man they regard as the embodiment of pure evil, President Barack Obama." It is your words that have created a "sinister" connotation to the word "forward" Evil is your label for Barack Obama, your word, not mine! And paranoia is your malady. From the few reads I've had of your opining I find you a frightfully ignorant and bigoted person. May I suggest you write hate journals or political novellas? That is what you seem most suited for with your over descriptive use of words. How about keeping it simple, true and factual for once? The poison you spew is a show nothing less than hate.

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

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RmeMP 1 year ago

Hope and change sure hasn't benefited this country at all, so oblunder thinks, "forward" will be better? Here's a thought, maybe he should have been trying to take our country forward over the past 3 1/2 years - instead of setting us back 20! You had your chance Barry, and you have uderly and completely FAILED.

Get out of the white house so that we CAN move forward!

dustyrhoades 1 year ago

And how has the President set us "back" twenty years?

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

The problem here is not that the right is labeling "forward" as a socialist term, forward is just a word, the problem is that Obama's 3 1/2 years have led many Americans to see a close tie to his policies and that of Western European Socialist parties.

We know that the word Forward has been used as a slogan by Socialist Parties, We also know that forward can be used in just about any way, Move Forward into the future, Forward we push, one could also say that using "Future" in context could have the same meaning, Look towards the Future, this phrase has the same feel as say Push forward.

Obviously in a campaign between two opposing parties, alot of political dirt is going to be thrown around, the issue is not so much the dirt itself but whether or not a person is influenced by the dirt. We must focus on the issues and make informed decisions based on actual fact.

The facts are that we have 13 percent real unemployment, in 3 years gas prices have gone up 400%, the middle east has done a 180, our economy has not recovered at all.

So the real question is..Can Obama run on his record? Can he use his accomplishments in office to defeat Mitt Romney, my guess is no. After almost 4 years our President has yet to admit that his policies may not be working..

AFCHIEF 1 year ago

See DR is back in full force with the nasty comments.

Thatcher 1 year ago

AFCHIEF-- In fairness to dustyrhoades, while he has posted many comments that have been removed, he has also had to deal with many inappropriate posts made against him...many of which are personal. I can understand him getting angry and perhaps posting something in response which the editors here deem require removal (like many other posts that have been removed...most of which were vile personal attacks against dustyrhoades). Seems to me we should not single out dustyrhoades. Personal attacks often become a vicious cycle. I would just hope that folks could be civil when they disagree.

moonchild7 1 year ago

Nicely written Dusty. Always appreciate your point of view. I even appreciate your steadfastness in telling those morons off when they deserve it. Yes Profitman, President Obama can run on his record. His record of keeping America from sinking like the Titanic after George Bush. We all want better, but a lot of people maybe should have planned a little better, not taken so much for granted, and realized all the LIES and Cover-ups that had been happening since our Supreme Court gave Bush the Presidency in 2000.

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

Only MC7 could give that response.

AFCHIEF 1 year ago

MC7 so Obama doesn't lie!!! Sorry I forgot he changed his mind. Just like on gay marriage, he conviently changed his mind to PLEASE THE HOLLYWOOD STAR 1%'s so he can get there support and $15 million dollars.

MikeNC 1 year ago

moonchild7 3 hours, 44 minutes ago.... President Obama can run on his record. His record of keeping America from sinking like the Titanic after George Bush

Oh Boy...That means we shall start seeing positive campaign ads attesting to all the wonderful things him and his administration has accomplished for America. He will start campaigning any day now about things that matter to the prosperity of all America. I guess it means he will also quit belly aching and blaming everyone but himself for all the woes we now deal with. Whatever happened to his saying that the buck stops with him? Mike

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

Has there been a "positive" campaign add from obama?

JD 1 year ago

Yes there have been positive ads.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/05/07/obama-campaign-ad-highlights-first-term-challenges-record/

and here is one running here in NC http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/first-obama-positive-ad-2012-campaign-right-here

closest thing to a positive ad from Romney to be fair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ03O3...

Also DR stole my line that Romney is "the John Kerry of the Republican party." See remembering Mittens in the letters to the editor. But your expansion on it is about right.

CC85 1 year ago

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/14/opinion/frum-mann-ornstein/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

Singing. It seems like such a nice, positive word. We call someone who sings a "Singer" Michael Jackson's whole life revolved around it. When traveling, singing can even help you raise some cash. So you'd think no one could have a problem with an upbeat word like "Singing."

You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. Because in the dark and scary thicket of paranoia that is the left-wing mind, there is no word that cannot be turned into something fraught with secret and sinister meaning, especially when that word is used to poke fun at the man they regard as the embodiment of pure Divinity, President Barack Obama.

So when Newt Gingrich said the President needs to lead the nation, not settle for being "entertainer-in-chief”, the reaction was predictable.

See, the left wing realizes that the GOP is a better campaigner than their guy, Obama . Romney 's more natural, is a better speaker, and connects better with people than Obama, who without a teleprompter, often seems like an alien trying to get the hang of acting like a human being.

So they're going to gripe and whine and complain whenever the Romney campaigns at all, as if it's somehow unseemly of him not to graciously step aside and let their guy win by default. Every campaign speech will be denounced as "raciest" regardless of content. Every appearance will draw howls of outrage over the hidden “Code Words”. Every commercial is going to be treated like some sort of affront to the very idea of “racial harmony”.

Their reaction to Newt's comment is no different, and neither is their usual scatter-shot, muddled and generally crack-brained reaction to it.

moonchild7 1 year ago

Mr. Guy, where'd you come from? Everything you just said is a LIE. Robot-Land like Mitt?

AFCHIEF 1 year ago

MC7, why is Mr Guys comments a lie, because you don't like them. Obama is a lie, see my comment above.

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

When we speak ill of others, we only speak of ourselves.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2012/02/01/once-again-msnbc-dismisses-obama-criticism-thinly-veiled-racism

geoffcutler 1 year ago

Moon...you're losing it!

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

Nice comment Guy_Forks, I hope that your revolutionary name is just sentiment, I dont think its quite time to blow up Parliament, though it may be necessary at some point.

Moon you just never ever cease to amaze. Not a single thing Mr. Forks said was untruthful, not a Single thing.

LSM 1 year ago

In reply to cc85, another Newsweek columinist, a true source of fairness in journalism.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/05/14/newsweek_columnist_likens_insufferable_ann_romney_to_hitler_stalin.html

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

AP the name is from the movie and for the same reason.

See, Ideas really are bulletproof, but people aren't. Even the dead take fire, as you may have noticed in the film by the twisting of history by autocrats seeking greater power.

I use Mr. Fawks identity as my opponents do, to obscure my identity. However, as they cower from the authorities for high and treasonous crimes, I seek to shield my ideas my from my own present and future faults.

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

Apply put, hence the AnonymusProfit

moonchild7 1 year ago

"Romney's more natural...." That's so NOT TRUE. He's more WOODEN than PINOCCHIO and has NOT an ORIGINAL THOUGHT in his BRAIN! Does he have a human brain? Not sure. He's a BULLY of the worst monied kind. Geoff, I haven't lost it. Why would you say that to me? There's such a huge amount of stupifing DOUBLESPEAK from you TEAPOTTERS that's it's became a serious mental problem. I've noticed that some of you take my words and thoughts, turn them inside out, and spew them out again all twisted and filled with LIES.

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

moonchild7 25 minutes ago "Romney's more natural...." That's so NOT TRUE. He's more WOODEN than PINOCCHIO and has NOT an ORIGINAL THOUGHT in his BRAIN! Does he have a human brain? Not sure. He's a BULLY of the worst monied kind. Geoff, I haven't lost it. Why would you say that to me? There's such a huge amount of stupifing DOUBLESPEAK from you TEAPOTTERS that's it's became a serious mental problem. I've noticed that some of you take my words and thoughts, turn them inside out, and spew them out again all twisted and filled with LIES.

Im imagining this being said in a frail high pitched voice with a bit of spittle flying out.

Im also trying to figure out if this was an attempt at a defense. Looks like a bunch of tosh

AFCHIEF 1 year ago

MC7, so what do you think of Obama pandering to the Hollywood 1%'s. Now he supports gay marriage to gain votes and money. NOW THAT IS A LIE and a FAKE.

geoffcutler 1 year ago

Me thinks you've let this marriage vote get the best of you. Your circuits are arcing and sputtering more than usual. The only one spewing hate on here....is you!

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

MC7, is Romney a bully because he was a typical male teenager?

Or is Mr. Obama a bully for the following: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304723304577368280604524916.html

Obama is the ultimate narcissist: a 16 year old girl, and he acts like one too.

Thatcher 1 year ago

I think Geoff summed it up nicely. Not much to add here. MC7-- Your posts about your son are usually awesome. These types, not so much. But I like reading your posts!

fugitiveguy 1 year ago

What do we really know about our posting pal Moon? We know she loves, loves, loves Obama. There is absolutely nothing and I mean nothing that Obama could do or say that would effect that love, its unconditional. Conversely Mitt could snatch Moon from a train track just in time to save her life from the train and she would still find fault with him. I think we should treat her posts as entertainment because lets face it...they are entertaining and that is about all they are is entertainment. She should be on a stage...I think there's one leaving in 10 minutes.

moonchild7 1 year ago

Ya know, I actually think that what Romney did in the State of MA with Health Care was GREAT. Too bad he LIES about it now. I'm having a lot of trouble today with President Obama's statement that JPMorgan is a "well-run bank", That's pandering really, really bad. As Rob Reiner who was at George Clooney's Party last week with President Obama said..."We in Hollywood don't ask for anything in return for our donations." The BANKS are something else though, as in very, very bad, and greedy. Yes, my son is something else, Thatcher, thanks, what a kid! He sent me a DOZEN ROSES for Mothers Day...."You are the Best and Mean so much to me, I Love You." He's gonna be here in Moore Co. this weekend, anything you want me to ask him? He know's an amazing amount of stuff too.

fugitiveguy 1 year ago

2 questions for Moon, Moon Jr or anyone else who wants to take a stab. 1)what were Obama's qualifications to be prez in 08? 2)how should we tackle the national debt or do you even see it as a real problem?

DR 1 year ago

Thank you, Thatcher.

Unfortunately, it has become clear to me that defending myself from personal attacks and physical threats is regarded by the editors as an offense that's as bad as the attacks and threats themselves. People are free to direct all manner of nasty comments at me or MC or jim heim or jimt, etc, but I'm scolded for responding and when I report being threatened I'm banned along with the thug that threatened me. This, I suppose, is their idea of being "balanced."

It's clear to me that I'm not going to get a fair shake here, and it's not worth my time to fight over it. I've been online for over fifteen years, and I've seen this sort of inconsistent and intermittent moderation destroy quite a few online communities. The Pilot won't take the time or the money to make enforcement of the rules consistent, and I don't need the aggravation of dealing with it.

They don't want me defending myself here, and they own the paper. So be it.

Y'all have fun.

Nezumi 1 year ago

DR - that is quite unfortunate; I will miss your commentary.

JustThinking 1 year ago

Bring out the violins! Goodbye to verbal violents! Can anyone say "Forward"!

OldSpook 1 year ago

Guy_Forks, your adroit handling of the forward article was very nicely done.

JustThinking, "Can anyone say "Forward"., priceless, thanks for the laugh.

MikeNC 1 year ago

Dusty Rhoades once used, and not too long ago a description for those who broadcast their departure from the forum...rather than just go and be done with it without invoking fanfare. It was not a description that spoke good things about those folks, but ill will. I wish I could remember exactly how he put it....Mike

MikeNC 1 year ago

President Obama is a better speaker? Ah, Ah, I, ah ah, Dusty, ah, have to ah, disagree with you.

As far as President Obama "stepping aside"? He himself said he would, if he couldn't turn things around. An economy limping along a measley 2% GDP and unemployment figures still above 8%, and in reality, much higher, as the White House is consistently changing the method in which they calculate unemployment rates. I won't hold President Obama to his pledge though, as I believe in a democracy and the democratic process of 2012, will once again bring us back to prosperity and once again, believing in America.

As for griping and whining? President Obama has been griping and whining about Republicans, since the day he took office. Not to mention being in relection campaign mode, since January 2008.

PS>President Obama's campaign strategists may want to consider a new slogan, "limp forward". Diane

moonchild7 1 year ago

Dusty, this is not right. The attacks on you and your point of views have been merciless. What is it they don't understand about defending one's self with words? Has The Pilot become so brittle that for one to verbally counter anothers "dirty words" with more "dirty words" is FAIR and JUST? Verbal jousting with one another as our Founding Fathers did on so many occasions is the BREAD & BUTTER of DEMOCRACY. Sometimes it gets quite nasty and perhaps needs a bit of "adjusting" but for them to now nullify you and your GREAT DIALOGUE and OPINIONS is a crime that needs to be rectified. Threats of bodily harm should to be dealt with most appropriately but FORWARD is not the most sinister word in AMERICA rather it's CENSORSHIP. Please reconsider PILOT and you too Dusty. There's just no reason to debate anything without your opinions.

LeeMcGraw 1 year ago

I wish they would post Dusty's "removed" comments. It's good to get the blood up now and again. We know where he stands..it is to your left. I don't like that stance, but bless my heart...it's a free country. As always, I do like his articles just for the humor. I don't like the far right's stances either. That is why I think this was a funny article. I always liked stuff like "Spy vs. Spy"(Mad Magazine) and anything humerous with opposite poles. Dusty is not going to change the mind of one single reader on here. Not one. 80 percent of the people who voted in the Democratic primary choose Obama. He was the only choice. The 20 percent who did not choose him speaks with higher volume. If the republicans would have chosen a really good person to run, it would be a win. Romney is same old same old We will see how that works out...neither thrill me. I will vote for a Republican Gov. In current news, Bev Perdue actually trumped John Edwards in making NC look stupid. That was a tough thing to do. Bad choice on the coattail's of Obama. Ok, on topic here...Forward??? Both parties have strong reverse gears. Democrats can talk about things and form committees to oversee committees because committees are not inclusive of committee phobic people. Republicans try craming things they call "Forward" like fracking down our throats. If it ruins our water, how far did we go? 1400's? The article, understanding it is Dusty, is funny. Laugh a little, even if you are one of the crusty folks he is talking about.

MikeNC 1 year ago

There is "in bounds" and "out of bounds" for both sides. I've seen posts from the 'Right" removed as well as from the Left. Did anyone here read Dusty's postings before they were removed?

As for the fracking: Gov. Perdue is now in favor of fracking.

Diane

JD 1 year ago

Romney 's more natural, is a better speaker, and connects better with people than Obama, who without a teleprompter, often seems like an alien trying to get the hang of acting like a human being.

Almost spit my coffee out.

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Say with me GOP: BUDDY ROEMER 2012 BUDDY ROEMER 2012 BUDDY ROEMER 2012!!! Not Romney NEVER Romney...

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

Ooooo another customer.....

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

JD:

You really think this is better?

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OldSpook 1 year ago

Uhhhh, Mr. President could you repeat that please? (I hope not)

JD 1 year ago

How about this one from the great Mr. Lipton How to Act Human: Advice for Mitt Romney From Inside the Actors Studio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_pgfWK3sxw

Mitt Romney the ULTIMATE FLIP FLOPPER. LOVES UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE THEN HATES IT. HAPPY NO BANKERS GOT IN TROUBLE. DEFENDS THE ELITE. VOTE ROMNEY! How you like this one? Mitt is a fool and a liar. "I don't have lobbyist running my campaign..."

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

A link to a opinion hit piece and video of politician flip flopping, and that's different from Obama how?

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4-AKc...

we can do this all day. OK no we can't I have to go back to work now, I have a company to run you know?

The one that kills me is when Obama said that the military fights for him. I thought it was for 5 pages of parchment and 6,001 words. But I was wrong they fight for him, our lord and god, right?

OldSpook 1 year ago

Somebody needs to get Mitt to the Veterinarian quick! I believe he is showing signs of hoof in mouth disease. Still, gotta hope he does a better job than Obama did.

JD 1 year ago

Buddy Roemer is the best choice for Conservatives.

@Guy you are making a false argument. You want me to compare them when I voiced my displeasure for Romney and throw up Obama? Your strawman is showing. Mitt will do more harm than you can imagine if you let a Corporate Raider into the White House.

Obama may have been a community organizer, but at least I get a general feeling he wants to do the right thing. Whereas Romney would love to fire you.

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AFCHIEF 1 year ago

JD, you call Romney a flip flopper. How about Obama sucking up to the Hollywood 1%s. Changing his stance on gay marriage to win POLITICAL POINTS, not because he really believes in gay marriage. Even a recent poll found that 67% say he only changed his mind for political reasons.

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

You know there really is no comparison between Obama and Romney,

While Romney has some faults, Obama is......just a disaster.

TOYTIME 1 year ago

What the hell? What did I miss here? Who was threatening who and why is Dusty leaving? We all fight on here daily what was so different in this case? I don't agree with Dusty or Moonie about much, she's even called me a mysoginist in the past, but I would not want to see her leave. C'mon!

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

He didnt leave ToyTime he just changed his Moniker to JD

MikeNC 1 year ago

The_AnonymusProfit 31 minutes ago ...He didnt leave ToyTime he just changed his Moniker to JD

....while retaining several others. He actually sounds like Obama crying and blaming others for something he brought upon himself. How about DR and Mr. Nagy express their concerns right here on the blogs for all to see. Possibly Dusty can get himself reinstated. It would give all of us a good understanding of why some simple rules are best to be followed...Mike

The_AnonymusProfit 1 year ago

This is the face of Liberalism.

I Got 15 Kids & 3 Babydaddys-SOMEONE'S GOTTA PAY FOR ME & MY KIDS!!! by NightwingBMV1

SOMEONE NEEDS TO PAY FOR ALL MY CHIDREN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV8P-vib5n8&feature=related

YOU WANNA KNOW WHY!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOkMizZjhBI&feature=related

Modern Hippy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gj_Qwv5gzg

Public Toilet = Sidewalk

Guy_Forks 1 year ago

JD you like all the other DR kool aid drinkers fail to see the point of my original comment, which was to point out the cookie cutter, plain Jane, and totally unimaginative writing displayed on the top of the page.

My point is that I see both sides as a joint dual autocracy, and therefore the whole thing is a joke designed to fool you into believing that you have some kind of power over your government. Both side are identical with the same implementation of their particular brand of dogma.

clarabelle 1 year ago

To be honest - republicans deserve posting to each other - the perfect punishment!

MikeNC 1 year ago

But TAP...Trying to stop or prevent any of that will violate and deny them folks. Ask MC7...I'm sure she will tell you in no uncertain terms.... moonchild7 1 day, 7 hours ago.... That's DENYING LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS...FYI.

Thatcher 1 year ago

I'm not here to defend dustyrhoades. He can do so himself, and very well. He and I rarely agreed on anything (although I have to admit his columns were often very funny...the boy has the gift of humor). But I am troubled that folks who are attacked and threatened, yet respond to their attacker, are treated no differently than the original attacker. Both are banned. I just think there should be a little more discretion used by the Pilot editors in cases like this involving banning folks. To me, I'd like DR to return to this site, not because I agree with his ideas, but because I'd like to persuade readers and DR that he is wrong on economics. Tough sell, I know. Cheers everyone!

Nezumi 1 year ago

Well said, Thatcher.

JD 1 year ago

I hate kool-aid and love some purple drink. Romney is bad for the GOP.

TAP- What does that have to do with the Romney argument? Also those problems of welfare abuse have been around for years so I don't get your point. I posted about candidates, you post ignorant people talking out of their butts. I can do that too.

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MCCAIN WOULD STILL BEAT ROMNEY LIKE LAST TIME

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Also is Diane really TAP?? Is MIKENC feeding his 'wife' lines? Why do they ignore Buddy Roemer and love an SOB like Romney? Find out next time bat friends on the same bat channel at the same bat time.

Thatcher 1 year ago

JD-- "Romney is bad for the GOP." Thanks, JD...we know you really care about the GOP. And we will give your advice the attention it deserves.

nothingspecial 1 year ago

DR, you have a history of being way more nasty both in your columns and your comments than your peers on the Pilot, which feeds the ill will you complain about. This is pretty obvious to most readers. Sounds like as a columnist the editors or whoever, also believe you should hold yourself to a higher standard than folks who are simply commenting, such as MC and JimT.

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