tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122912232024-03-23T13:01:43.301-05:00Leftist GrandpaThese are the writings of a middle-aged guy trying to be as moderate as I possibly can. Here is where I put down in words the stuff that comes pourin' outta my head, and do my bitchin' and complainin' about the government or whatever else pisses me off. Everything and everyone are fair game. These are my ramblings, rantings and ravings with the occasional twist of humor and/or sarcasm.
All this while doing my part to fight the Fascists.Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.comBlogger808125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-58230823865637479442010-10-31T10:42:00.002-05:002010-10-31T11:06:59.515-05:00FASCIST AMERICA, COMING TO YOUR TOWN.........SOONFor quite some time now many of us have been talking, writing, and discussing the possibility and probability of the United States becoming a fascist state and/or empire. This coming mid-term election on Tuesday could be that turning point. We may very well turn into 1930's Germany, and if so, we all may find that we liberals may very well become the targets of the far right in a way we have Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-64290549839477296082010-09-01T17:04:00.002-05:002010-09-01T17:14:20.676-05:00GLENN BECK IS A FUCK-WAD..........and this is the speech he really wanted to make.( The following was written by Arthur Blaustein, who is the author of "The American Promise - Justice and Opportunity, and the chair of the editorial board of the Progressive Book Club.)I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-68862985033153728662010-09-01T13:29:00.007-05:002010-09-01T14:08:14.128-05:00IT'S ALL ABOUT EMPIRE AND CORPORATIONS'We the people' don't count anymore. The powers that be keep us around to satisfy their needs and greed. We are only here to pay for their wars, and to provide our sons and daughters as fodder for those wars. They have only three things they are interested in....MONEY, POWER, and EMPIRE....and if we all suffer in the process of them 'acquiring' said interests, so be it.I'm saying this because oneGrandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-78439760430150052492010-08-17T15:19:00.002-05:002010-08-17T15:26:14.285-05:00THE RIGHT-WING, PATRIOTIC, HOLIER-THAN-THOU GROUP LOVES THE CONSTITION..........but only when it's convenient for them, and it fits into their sick self centered plans for the world.From Slate:The same way they use their bible....only the parts which fit their need.Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-72511107872036395122010-08-15T10:19:00.002-05:002010-08-15T10:40:11.773-05:00CHANGE?!? WHAT FUCKIN' CHANGE!?!This is not the change I voted for!From Global Research:Big Brother: Obama Demands Access to Internet Records, in Secret, and Without Court Reviewby Tom Burghardt The Obama administration is seeking authority from Congress that would compel internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over records of an individual's internet activity for use in secretive FBI probes.In another instance whereGrandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-24314731846239873052010-06-29T16:15:00.001-05:002010-06-29T16:17:20.296-05:00A GIFT FOR THE UNEMPLOYED FROM THE GOP.........the fucktards that they are.From Slate:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-12765734765679929482010-06-28T17:37:00.002-05:002010-06-28T17:49:44.376-05:00FIRST ABSURDITIES AND THEN ATROCITIESAs the Tea Party, I like to refer to them as teabaggers, continue to stir up the deep seated hatred and bigotry of the feeble-minded Fukz Newz watchers, we face the threat of the Rethuglican absurdities quickly turning into atrocities soon after the November elections.I fear that anyone who does not stand with the Rethuglicans will suffer for it.The following is from TPJmagazine: The Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-30304442361030591522010-06-18T12:04:00.001-05:002010-06-18T12:07:20.660-05:00BP TO THE WORLD...."WE'RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY..........we don't give a damn about your environment."Fuckin' bastards! $20 Billion isn't enough!From the Center for American Progress:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-90578172177183778682010-06-14T10:43:00.002-05:002010-06-14T10:49:22.331-05:00HOLY FUCKIN' CRAP! I KNOW MORE RETHUGLICANS THAN I THOUGHT!I came across this this morning in an email I got yesterday.Just didn't get to it til today......that happens alot.For your enjoyment, or your consternation....whichever it may be.From TPJmagazine: You might be a Republican IF..... By Loren Adams, 13 June 2010 You might be a Republican IF… You think toilet paper should come in Q'uran and NYT print. You find nothing contradictory Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-47935275861133282532010-06-09T15:38:00.001-05:002010-06-09T15:41:16.821-05:00WHAT IF.................Helen had said something different?From Slate:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-89025399822592048272010-06-09T13:30:00.001-05:002010-06-09T13:32:08.901-05:00HEH....Returning the favor......From the Center for American Progress:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-38254868749590804342010-05-28T14:52:00.002-05:002010-05-28T14:58:52.016-05:00IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN..........to those who fought for a noble cause, and died doing the same.From Slate.........and from the Center for American Progress:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-43140140123776508792010-05-20T17:48:00.002-05:002010-05-20T17:50:48.975-05:00"WASTIN' AWAY AGAIN IN PETROLEUMVILLE.....".....on the country's worst addiction.From Center for American Progress: Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-58703017138231142902010-05-17T18:11:00.002-05:002010-05-17T18:16:45.351-05:00HOLDING COMPANY.....ANOTHER TERM FOR ECONOMIC TERRORISTSGotta love those Wall Street assholes.....if you're a greedy fuck or a Rethuglican!Everybody else...not so much.From Center for American Progress: Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-23744135459743290172010-05-07T13:41:00.002-05:002010-05-07T13:46:13.300-05:00THE "NEW MATH" FOR OUR KIDS............personally, I liked the old "new math" better. But that's just me.From Slate:Does this mean the kids are gonna have to go to the Unemployment Office to get an education?Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-276501962970737232010-05-04T19:43:00.003-05:002010-05-04T20:05:18.579-05:00FORTY YEARS............that's a long time..........and it seems like such a long time ago...........but I can see it and remember it like it was yesterday...........four dead in O-hi-o.I was still in High School, and it was a school day.I was at school, one of the days I didn't skip.Shocked, saddened, angered....all at once.Where were you that fateful day at Kent State University, Ohio.Never forget......never, Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-18044894973419751172010-05-03T17:24:00.002-05:002010-05-03T17:27:40.593-05:00STICKER SHOCK....(AND AWE).....From the Wisconsin State Journal:This sticker was spotted on the back of a car in the parking lot of the Lake Edge Shopping Center along Monona Drive on Madison's East Side. Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-17278726838289498682010-05-03T15:40:00.003-05:002010-05-03T15:50:06.685-05:00IDIOT QUOTE OF THE DAYFrom Taegan Goddards Political Wire:"The ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and left out there. It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is."-- Rush Limbaugh, quoted by the St. Petersburg Times, arguing that a cleanup of the oil spill off the Lousiana coast is unnecessary. Yeah Rushole, the ocean will take care of anything we do to it......NOT!Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-88336204741939561562010-05-02T16:51:00.002-05:002010-05-02T16:55:32.758-05:00THE REAL ILLEGAL ALIENS.............they've been here for 400 years.From the Capital Times: Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-50536605201424936682010-04-30T08:58:00.001-05:002010-04-30T09:00:38.683-05:00THE TEABAGGER'S LATEST RECRUITFrom the Capital Times: Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-85070090447542016182010-04-29T19:05:00.002-05:002010-04-29T19:09:13.629-05:00SCREW US IN ONE JOB.....THEN SCREW US EVEN MORE IN THE NEXT....Congress critters, ya just gotta love 'em....cough..cough..gag.From Slate:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-48631586468396540672010-04-28T18:07:00.002-05:002010-04-28T18:11:37.466-05:00THE REAL TEABAGGERS.........RWR...(rich, white, and republican)From the Capital Times: Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-57390376434803193532010-04-26T12:54:00.001-05:002010-04-26T12:56:14.392-05:00DANGER,DANGER....WARNING WILL ROBINSON!From the Center for American Progress: Beware of Side Effects in Arizona Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-45724920791802555692010-04-26T10:56:00.001-05:002010-04-26T10:58:11.070-05:00WE'RE GOIN' TO MARS.....WELL SOMEBODY IS.....From the Capital Times:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12291223.post-91137115058133256832010-04-20T15:16:00.001-05:002010-04-20T15:19:11.060-05:00THERE'S A NEW SHOW IN TOWN....From Slate:Grandpa Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18125393059316349669noreply@blogger.com0