tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261340509073154473.post9222196265281573763..comments2023-11-03T14:08:43.854-04:00Comments on Broken Turtle: Fear and SanityPhillip Bannowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15635421147908549692noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261340509073154473.post-69953066966008756862010-11-05T08:03:39.061-04:002010-11-05T08:03:39.061-04:00They have accused him of doing the things he shoul...They have accused him of doing the things he should have done, but didn't.Phillip Bannowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635421147908549692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261340509073154473.post-76370692151295444982010-11-04T22:44:24.148-04:002010-11-04T22:44:24.148-04:00I voted for Obama but am becoming increasingly fru...I voted for Obama but am becoming increasingly frustrated with his transcendental coolness. His concession speech on Nov. 3 had him uttering the words "I take full responsibility." What?! No! It was not all his fault. The GOP has done everything to make sure our "first black president" fails. To put it bluntly, he needs to start kicking some ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261340509073154473.post-2945843709030354132010-11-04T22:18:47.754-04:002010-11-04T22:18:47.754-04:00I am not so sure it was a matter of folks being ci...I am not so sure it was a matter of folks being civil to Obama for his three wars as it was trying to disarm the vicious incivility of the right wing muslim-bashing, red-baiting, racist war on solidarity. Anything that inoculates against this poison is good art, although as medicine for all that ails us, it fell short, not to mention the false left-right equivalency canard Stewart hid behind. The rest of the job, organizing the national transformation is up to us, not comedians.Phillip Bannowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635421147908549692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261340509073154473.post-12908090295201354942010-11-04T21:48:02.069-04:002010-11-04T21:48:02.069-04:00Does it really do the patient "no harm" ...Does it really do the patient "no harm" when everyone is exhorted to be calm and civil in the face on two ongoing wars, with the current "good guy" administration carrying forward the policies of the old "bad guy" administration? Yes, the idea was to be civil with each other - with ordinary citizens. But civility towards the administration, which is carrying out war crimes in Pakistan? That is not civility. That is acquiescence - surrender of our voices and our conscience in the name of "getting along"!David McCorquodalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859263893427270480noreply@blogger.com