Comments on: Hope, Change, and the Urge to Vomit http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101461 Vincent Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:53:21 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101461 Ossie: A premature death, is all. Ossie:

A premature death, is all.

]]> By: Ossie http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101453 Ossie Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:26:56 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101453 I made it through half of it. Do I win a prize? I made it through half of it. Do I win a prize?

]]> By: Jackson http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101424 Jackson Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:36:27 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101424 A wonderful tribute to Barack Obama. This video, though not nearly as refined or inspiring, reminds me of the 1985 classic, "We are the World." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcrwu6WGoMs But what must really be placed into perspective is the equally dismal musical support behind our maverick(?), Sen. McCain. I am sure the right-wing base is thrilled to embrace the endorsement of his mastery of the fine arts, Mr. Daddy Yankee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtH1AbajMQ No one screams "family values," "one nation, one language," or "god bless america" like Daddy Yankee. A wonderful tribute to Barack Obama. This video, though not nearly as refined or inspiring, reminds me of the 1985 classic, “We are the World.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcrwu6WGoMs

But what must really be placed into perspective is the equally dismal musical support behind our maverick(?), Sen. McCain. I am sure the right-wing base is thrilled to embrace the endorsement of his mastery of the fine arts, Mr. Daddy Yankee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtH1AbajMQ

No one screams “family values,” “one nation, one language,” or “god bless america” like Daddy Yankee.

]]> By: Chris http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101421 Chris Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:09 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101421 "We wouldn’t go to the U.K. or Ireland and tell you how to vote…" lol Ok, maybe it's semantics here, but acting like the US doesn't have strong preferences over who other nations' citizens should vote for is ridiculous and a pretty naive take on the way the world works. Hell, the US has radio and television stations set up SPECIFICALLY to influence local populations in one direction or another. Granted, it doesn't always work (i.e. in the Middle East) but that is easily chalked up to incompetence in the stations themselves. I don't know where so many people got the notion that the US is some sort of benevolent world actor that is beyond reproach and is so good and pure and unlike other other global actors. A rhetorical statement in case you're wondering. “We wouldn’t go to the U.K. or Ireland and tell you how to vote…”

lol

Ok, maybe it’s semantics here, but acting like the US doesn’t have strong preferences over who other nations’ citizens should vote for is ridiculous and a pretty naive take on the way the world works.

Hell, the US has radio and television stations set up SPECIFICALLY to influence local populations in one direction or another. Granted, it doesn’t always work (i.e. in the Middle East) but that is easily chalked up to incompetence in the stations themselves.

I don’t know where so many people got the notion that the US is some sort of benevolent world actor that is beyond reproach and is so good and pure and unlike other other global actors. A rhetorical statement in case you’re wondering.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101420 Vincent Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:17 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101420 Andrew: Oh, but we're all "citizens of the world", now. Andrew:

Oh, but we’re all “citizens of the world”, now.

]]> By: ArtFan http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101419 ArtFan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:01:33 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101419 The only comment this blog post is worth is NONE. - - -. The only comment

this blog post is worth

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NONE.

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]]> By: Andrew http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101418 Andrew Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:24:54 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101418 Why in the hell are non-U.S. citizens telling us how to vote? Stay out of our business! We wouldn't go to the U.K. or Ireland and tell you how to vote... Why in the hell are non-U.S. citizens telling us how to vote? Stay out of our business! We wouldn’t go to the U.K. or Ireland and tell you how to vote…

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101417 Timothy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101417 Real ribs come from pig, but I'll take the inside skirt and the brisket. Real ribs come from pig, but I’ll take the inside skirt and the brisket.

]]> By: Sakaki http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101416 Sakaki Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:54:27 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101416 Okay, that makes me want to go out and butcher a cow. Who wants to join me? There's some ribs in it for ya. Okay, that makes me want to go out and butcher a cow.

Who wants to join me? There’s some ribs in it for ya.

]]> By: Michelle Haley http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/comment-page-1/#comment-101415 Michelle Haley Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:22:51 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/27/hope-change-and-the-urge-to-vomit/#comment-101415 "...unless you have sexual fantasies of giving oral pleasure to Barack Obama..." I do have sexual fantasies involving Senator Obama (or Senator Chocolate as I like to call him), but the song is complete shit. “…unless you have sexual fantasies of giving oral pleasure to Barack Obama…”

I do have sexual fantasies involving Senator Obama (or Senator Chocolate as I like to call him), but the song is complete shit.

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