tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post6090640242562825470..comments2024-01-26T11:15:51.116-05:00Comments on Virgil Speaks: Vying for the "Cojones Vote"Suzi Gablikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08607780714282391671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-89054358622409222832012-03-29T22:41:45.931-05:002012-03-29T22:41:45.931-05:00Ok so here comes another point of view...and I ask...Ok so here comes another point of view...and I ask that everyone look for someone they know who has had a friend murdered by an insane person. Got one?<br />I am not sure it's as simple as getting rid of dangerous people so much as the very idea that killing is wrong. Period. Especially in Virginia. Idk if Va has killed anyone lately but I do believe their rules around killing people is NOT Cool. <br /><br />I myself have had a loved one killed by a drunk driver. <br />But anyway.. Virginia laws re death penalty deserve a dose of Virgil's wise attention. Am I wrong to think that Virginia kills people even if they have dna proof of their innocence.... It's some moronic rule about timelines or more appropriately deadlines for producing evidence.<br />Now THAT's as f* up as it gets. <br /><br />I know well educated people who simply don't care. <br />They are busy stuffing their faces with food. <br />I know people who have loved ones murdered. The man was insane yes. Not a serial killer but an insane killer. <br />So friends, there is a better way. I wouldn't want to kill someone for any reason. <br />That's just me. But the people who like kill for fun.... maybe I might make an exception. <br /><br /> Are you insane to believe all this critique is useful Mrs Gablik?<br />It seems you must read a lot of newpapers. Aside from this death penalty rule in Va.... what does all this talk about it doing?<br /><br />Really? what good is the critical eye like the one Mrs Gablik seems to have could be put to use. Maybe in her community where feeding poor people might take the edge off. <br /><br />Sure this may be a hijack of her well thought out blob... and finally someone has the nerve to challenge her.<br /> Ho<br />Whoever he is he seems rather much a challege for her to debate. <br />Still its expensive all the time and energy spent criticizing political tsunamis. <br /><br />But<br />Can she write from the heart without quoting some other writer?<br />Thanks whoever you are to address all hypocrits in their ivory towers.<br /><br />Apathy is evil. Reading the paper is not enough. Dear. <br /><br />They have a way of looking down their nose and acting as if they care. Throw a dog a bone woman and get real.<br />Lot of good all this blobbbing you do is..... oh so helpful. Try doing something realAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-36560284255687799502011-09-20T15:40:38.536-05:002011-09-20T15:40:38.536-05:00KVS, if SS is not in trouble, why are you suggesti...KVS, if SS is not in trouble, why are you suggesting ways to give it more revenue? Hmmm. Because it cannot continue as it is now with early participants being paid with funds raised from later ones.<br /><br />Funds that should be used for those 30 years you mention are now being hijacked by our President to buy votes. Those funds are simply not going to be available to pay benefits. This is not "pretend." Look at your paycheck; 30% smaller SS deductions. And he proposes to decrease the employer match by the same amount. Try running those numbers.<br /><br />Only a Republican Congress has any chance of saving Social Security (and Medicare) from this incompetent and flighty administration's policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-10618155250765387852011-09-16T12:13:12.022-05:002011-09-16T12:13:12.022-05:00Social Security is NOT in trouble. This is one of...Social Security is NOT in trouble. This is one of those unfortunate lies perpetrated by the Right to do away with a program they never supported from the beginning. Social Security can pay out ALL existing benefits for the next 30 years, and there are simple fixes to help it stay strong indefinitely into the future. One solution would be to raise the maximum level of income for which you are required to pay into the system. That limit, currently at $106,000, is obviously too low and based on a period of time that is long gone.<br /><br />Since the harshest elements of the Republican Party have been unleashed, it seems clear they are now desperate to dismantle the entire New Deal as well as the Great Society, which include program that have helped Americans live a dignified life for decades. <br /><br />The uneducated and misinformed voters in this country better wake up lest they find themselves living by the side of the road under a tarp, as they still do in India.KVSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-71012257323149896472011-09-16T10:36:17.526-05:002011-09-16T10:36:17.526-05:00Not without the facts, I wouldn't. Justice is ...Not without the facts, I wouldn't. Justice is not the only purpose of the criminal system of laws. Protecting the public is also a powerful point. Being mentally ill is not a sufficient reason to leave a practicing murderer alive to kill again, is it?<br /><br />PS - The rest of the essay was an unoriginal rehash of other haters and a waste of time, but I did read it all. Hating is an exhausting activity and Suzi seems addicted to it. <br /><br />Ignoring reason, Suzi attacks Perry's Ponzi Scheme rubric because some folks have been saved from poverty (is that like jobs created <i>or saved</i>?). However, Suzi totally ignores the fact that it cannot continue as it now is. She also ignores the fact that President Obama is hastening that failure by cutting in half payments into the fund and advocating cutting it even more. Is he trying to save SS or pandering for votes?<br /><br />Why would an intelligent woman ignore the truth in order to attack someone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-69426763438538827592011-09-16T09:27:30.916-05:002011-09-16T09:27:30.916-05:00um, anonymous did you read this whole essay? Would...um, anonymous did you read this whole essay? Would you posit that Andrea Yates, the abused, post partum depressive who killed her five children would serve justice best by dying at rick perry's compassionate hand? <br /><br />Suzi, the best thing about post 911 were the few weeks of cancelled airline flights. The sky was quiet and the only lights above were stars.<br /><br />http://www.dallasnews.com/ for what mr. slimebag is up to.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498377848141535086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682056367419528844.post-37912123206706683052011-09-15T20:04:06.560-05:002011-09-15T20:04:06.560-05:00Great idea, Suzi: Exempt mentally ill murderers fr...Great idea, Suzi: Exempt mentally ill murderers from the death penalty. <br /><br />Maybe you can exempt their next victim from being dead?<br /><br />It's not cojones, Suzi, just true compassion, not the fake kind you issue from the safety of your ivory tower.<br /><br />Why do you hate so much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com