Comments for The Ruth Group http://www.ruthgroup.org Reclaiming American DemocracyTue, 31 Jan 2012 22:52:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4Comment on Gingrich Rides the Horses of Animus And Vituperation to South Carolina Victory by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2012/01/21/gingrich-rides-the-horses-of-animus-and-vituperation-to-south-carolina-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-67588 Joyce ColeTue, 31 Jan 2012 22:52:08 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=33258#comment-67588You're not speaking to me per chance. Are you? I admit I'm having a difficult time erasing these words from the echo chambers of my brain: "Fool me once -shame on me. Fool me twice - you can't get fooled again." But I'll work on it. I have a few months.You’re not speaking to me per chance. Are you? I admit I’m having a difficult time erasing these words from the echo chambers of my brain:
“Fool me once -shame on me. Fool me twice – you can’t get fooled again.”
But I’ll work on it. I have a few months. ]]>
Comment on Anarchist Theory and Occupy Wall Street by Jack Thompson http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/12/11/anarchist-theory-moves-occupy-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-67332 Jack ThompsonMon, 12 Dec 2011 14:22:12 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32889#comment-67332Thanks for this post. Very interesting.Thanks for this post. Very interesting. ]]>Comment on World War I Museums: France and the US by Will Kirkland http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/11/12/world-war-i-museums-france-and-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-67200 Will KirklandSat, 26 Nov 2011 02:10:14 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32795#comment-67200Joyce, I'd be interested to hear the story. I did get to the WWI museum in Kansas City and I was wrong about it's possibly celebratory tone. Very impressive, and moving... I'm trying to find the time to write it up.Joyce, I’d be interested to hear the story. I did get to the WWI museum in Kansas City and I was wrong about it’s possibly celebratory tone. Very impressive, and moving… I’m trying to find the time to write it up. ]]>Comment on World War I Museums: France and the US by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/11/12/world-war-i-museums-france-and-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-67106 Joyce ColeTue, 15 Nov 2011 11:07:16 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32795#comment-67106Will, Several years ago I was in Paris and rented a car with a history buff friend from New Zealand. We self-directed our tour own of the Somme. It was the most amazing day of my life -- and I think for John, too, Perhaps one day we can talk about it. We both returned, changed forever. It would have been fun to have you along. ~JWill,
Several years ago I was in Paris and rented a car with a history buff friend from New Zealand. We self-directed our tour own of the Somme. It was the most amazing day of my life — and I think for John, too, Perhaps one day we can talk about it. We both returned, changed forever. It would have been fun to have you along.
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Comment on Against Steve Jobs Nostalgia by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/10/08/against-steve-jobs-nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-66826 Joyce ColeTue, 11 Oct 2011 06:14:47 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32566#comment-66826Posted by a PC person...Posted by a PC person… ]]>Comment on The CIA’s Embrace of Brutal Interrogation by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/09/12/32395/comment-page-1/#comment-66699 Joyce ColeWed, 21 Sep 2011 14:36:24 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32395#comment-66699Will, Try reading THe Looming Towers when you have the time. It's a great adjunct to Destiny Disrupted. One can also see that without those brutal interrogations, esp. in Egyptian jails, we may never have had an Al-Zawahiri or Bin Laden. What a blueprint they were for Abu Ghraib -- down to the dogs and the humiliations. It's oh so disturbing but spot on to read.Will,
Try reading THe Looming Towers when you have the time. It’s a great adjunct to Destiny Disrupted. One can also see that without those brutal interrogations, esp. in Egyptian jails, we may never have had an Al-Zawahiri or Bin Laden. What a blueprint they were for Abu Ghraib — down to the dogs and the humiliations. It’s oh so disturbing but spot on to read. ]]>
Comment on The CIA’s Embrace of Brutal Interrogation by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/09/12/32395/comment-page-1/#comment-66650 Joyce ColeFri, 16 Sep 2011 05:56:14 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32395#comment-66650I'm reading "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road 9/11" by the New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright. The amount of both willful and imposed ignorance about our adversaries, dating back to the late 40s is terribly disheartening -- and more. Your author Ali Soufan "was taken aside on Sept. 12 and finally shown the names and photos of the men the C.I.A. had known for more than a year and a half were in America. The planes had already struck. Soufan ran to the bathroom and retched." It seems like a terribly apt response. As I plow through the book (it's excellent, by the way), I, too, struggle with that impulse. This country is a tragedy in motion. Shakespeare would have had a field day.I’m reading “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road 9/11″ by the New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright. The amount of both willful and imposed ignorance about our adversaries, dating back to the late 40s is terribly disheartening — and more. Your author Ali Soufan “was taken aside on Sept. 12 and finally shown the names and photos of the men the C.I.A. had known for more than a year and a half were in America. The planes had already struck. Soufan ran to the bathroom and retched.” It seems like a terribly apt response. As I plow through the book (it’s excellent, by the way), I, too, struggle with that impulse. This country is a tragedy in motion. Shakespeare would have had a field day. ]]>Comment on Food Bank Federal Funding Cut: Hunger Cuts Deep by SUSAN FORESTER http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/22/food-bank-federal-funding-cut-hunger-cuts-deep/comment-page-1/#comment-66641 SUSAN FORESTERThu, 15 Sep 2011 21:12:10 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32151#comment-66641THE CUTS TO FOOD BANK FUNDS ARE AN ATROCITY. IF CUTS NEED TO BE MADE THEY SHOULD BE TO FOREIGN AID NOT TO PROGRAMS THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. WHAT THE FEDERALS ARE SAYING IS THAT WE OWE IT TO THE WORLD TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BUT NOT OUR OWN.. WHO EVER CONJURED UP THIS SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE POOR, ELDERLY, DISABLED, UNEMPLOYED AND HUNGRY HERE AT HOME HAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER BEEN HUNGRY, UNEMPLOYED, HOMELESS AND DESPERATE A DAY IN THEIR USELESS LIVES. TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST.THE CUTS TO FOOD BANK FUNDS ARE AN ATROCITY. IF CUTS NEED TO BE MADE THEY SHOULD BE TO FOREIGN AID NOT TO PROGRAMS THAT TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. WHAT THE FEDERALS ARE SAYING IS THAT WE OWE IT TO THE WORLD TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BUT NOT OUR OWN.. WHO EVER CONJURED UP THIS SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE POOR, ELDERLY, DISABLED, UNEMPLOYED AND HUNGRY HERE AT HOME HAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER BEEN HUNGRY, UNEMPLOYED, HOMELESS AND DESPERATE A DAY IN THEIR USELESS LIVES. TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST. ]]>Comment on Maddow Presents: Day of Destruction, Decade of War by Rae Burtis http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/09/01/maddow-presenting-day-of-destruction-decade-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-66559 Rae BurtisSat, 10 Sep 2011 18:25:04 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32212#comment-66559Will this be available on DVD? I'd love to have a copy for my son to see when he's finished with his deployment in Afghanistan.Will this be available on DVD? I’d love to have a copy for my son to see when he’s finished with his deployment in Afghanistan. ]]>Comment on Peat Beginning to Burn in the Great Dismal Swamp by Will Kirkland http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/22/peat-beginning-to-burn-in-the-great-dismal-swamp/comment-page-1/#comment-66450 Will KirklandTue, 23 Aug 2011 00:03:06 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32145#comment-66450Well, we could toss this in -- frozen bogs I suppose they could be called, thawing to do their share in Earth Conversion Works, inc http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/10/russian-permafrost-melt-increasing-fast/Well, we could toss this in — frozen bogs I suppose they could be called, thawing to do their share in Earth Conversion Works, inc

http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/10/russian-permafrost-melt-increasing-fast/

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Comment on Peat Beginning to Burn in the Great Dismal Swamp by Paul Lake http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/22/peat-beginning-to-burn-in-the-great-dismal-swamp/comment-page-1/#comment-66449 Paul LakeMon, 22 Aug 2011 23:21:51 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32145#comment-66449Throw another bog on the fire. Tis the season.Throw another bog on the fire. Tis the season. ]]>Comment on Letting Virtues Shine by Will Kirkland http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/19/letting-virtues-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-66448 Will KirklandMon, 22 Aug 2011 20:51:36 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32105#comment-66448Very nice add, Bob. And yes, the Duke needs to get out and get his ears stuffed full.Very nice add, Bob. And yes, the Duke needs to get out and get his ears stuffed full. ]]>Comment on Letting Virtues Shine by Bob Meyer http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/19/letting-virtues-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-66439 Bob MeyerSun, 21 Aug 2011 16:26:27 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32105#comment-66439And a few lines further: <i>Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.</i> And then: <i>The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.</i> And isn't it time that our Duke of DC disguised himself and went out among the people to find out what they're really saying?And a few lines further:
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.

And then:
The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.

And isn’t it time that our Duke of DC disguised himself and went out among the people to find out what they’re really saying?

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Comment on Those Who Don’t Fight Back by GrannyBG http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/14/those-who-dont-fight-back/comment-page-1/#comment-66411 GrannyBGWed, 17 Aug 2011 15:42:05 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32079#comment-66411I think your observations are correct. The realization that we are on "spaceship" Earth has not reached most of us...thus we continue to seek/demand the known comforts that are wearing thin the hull.I think your observations are correct. The realization that we are on “spaceship” Earth has not reached most of us…thus we continue to seek/demand the known comforts that are wearing thin the hull. ]]>Comment on A Devastating Look at Obama’s Economic Strategy by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/08/14/a-devastating-look-at-obamas-economic-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-66385 Joyce ColeMon, 15 Aug 2011 23:33:08 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=32066#comment-66385I know...I know. http://t.co/FIQ2YcI It will not be fun not voting for Obama. If it weren't for shadenfreude, I wouldn't have no freude at all. Forgive me. I'm very upset/depressed.I know…I know. http://t.co/FIQ2YcI

It will not be fun not voting for Obama. If it weren’t for shadenfreude, I wouldn’t have no freude at all. Forgive me. I’m very upset/depressed.

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Comment on Murdoch’s News Corp and the hacked Climategate e-mail by Andrew Skolnick http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/07/20/murdochs-news-corp-and-the-hacked-climategate-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-66271 Andrew SkolnickThu, 28 Jul 2011 13:44:27 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=31873#comment-66271I've just coined a phrase to tie together the crimes of two tyrants: "Murdoch's Plumbers." As happened to Richard Nixon and his criminal gang, we are now witnessing the unraveling of a massive crime operation in which Rupert Murdoch used his "news" and media empire to gather information -- both legally and illegally -- not just to sell papers and TV ads, but also to blackmail politicians and destroy enemies. I predict "Climategate" in the end will prove to be an ironically apt name for the break-in that stole thousands of emails of climatologists, which Murdoch used in a false and misleading campaign to destroy the reputation of global warming scientists. Deja vu all over again. The most crooked president in U.S. history was brought down after his "Whitehouse Plumbers" got caught breaking into the Watergate Democratic Party headquarters looking for dirt to destroy Democratic candidates. Unfortunately, Republican President Gerald Ford broke his promise to Congress and pardoned Nixon for all of his crimes, known and unknown. There are plenty of right-wing ideologues who continue to deny and defend Nixon's crimes. I suspect the same Fascerati will be coming to the Murdochs' defense. I pray Murdoch, his son, and all the Murdoch Plumbers who carried out their illegal break-ins, will see some serious jail time.I’ve just coined a phrase to tie together the crimes of two tyrants: “Murdoch’s Plumbers.”

As happened to Richard Nixon and his criminal gang, we are now witnessing the unraveling of a massive crime operation in which Rupert Murdoch used his “news” and media empire to gather information — both legally and illegally — not just to sell papers and TV ads, but also to blackmail politicians and destroy enemies.

I predict “Climategate” in the end will prove to be an ironically apt name for the break-in that stole thousands of emails of climatologists, which Murdoch used in a false and misleading campaign to destroy the reputation of global warming scientists. Deja vu all over again.

The most crooked president in U.S. history was brought down after his “Whitehouse Plumbers” got caught breaking into the Watergate Democratic Party headquarters looking for dirt to destroy Democratic candidates. Unfortunately, Republican President Gerald Ford broke his promise to Congress and pardoned Nixon for all of his crimes, known and unknown. There are plenty of right-wing ideologues who continue to deny and defend Nixon’s crimes. I suspect the same Fascerati will be coming to the Murdochs’ defense.

I pray Murdoch, his son, and all the Murdoch Plumbers who carried out their illegal break-ins, will see some serious jail time.

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Comment on Join Bernie Sanders to Save Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid by Will Kirkland http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/07/21/join-bernie-sanders-to-save-social-security-medicare-medicaid/comment-page-1/#comment-66234 Will KirklandThu, 21 Jul 2011 22:49:12 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=31892#comment-66234Thanks for posting this, Bob. Important stuff.Thanks for posting this, Bob. Important stuff. ]]>Comment on NY Times: “Climate Change,” The Phrase that Shall Not be Spoken by GrannyBG http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/07/13/ny-times-climate-change-the-phrase-that-shall-not-be-spoken/comment-page-1/#comment-66219 GrannyBGTue, 19 Jul 2011 22:48:40 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=31853#comment-66219That they did not dare speak of Climate Change/Global Warming is but a trumpeting of our demise. I have grandchildren....who I wish a good life for...BUT...from a more cosmic perspective: maybe humans should die out, hopefully in time to save Earth/Gaia. That we humans have put obscene greed & profit before our future, before planet and people, is despicable and stupid...and thus has clearly earned us imminent die off.That they did not dare speak of Climate Change/Global Warming is but a trumpeting of our demise.

I have grandchildren….who I wish a good life for…BUT…from a more cosmic perspective: maybe humans should die out, hopefully in time to save Earth/Gaia. That we humans have put obscene greed & profit before our future, before planet and people, is despicable and stupid…and thus has clearly earned us imminent die off.

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Comment on An Evening with Jane Fonda 17 August 2011 @ 7:30 P.M. in Berkeley by Joyce Cole http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/06/16/an-evening-with-jane-fonda-17-august-2011-730-p-m-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-66192 Joyce ColeThu, 14 Jul 2011 05:41:43 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=31584#comment-66192I missed her when she came to Marin to help promote "Sir, No Sir". She should have some interesting reflections on the past 50 years. And maybe the next few years, too.I missed her when she came to Marin to help promote “Sir, No Sir”. She should have some interesting reflections on the past 50 years. And maybe the next few years, too. ]]>Comment on An Evening with Jane Fonda 17 August 2011 @ 7:30 P.M. in Berkeley by Bob Baldock http://www.ruthgroup.org/2011/06/16/an-evening-with-jane-fonda-17-august-2011-730-p-m-in-berkeley/comment-page-1/#comment-65863 Bob BaldockFri, 24 Jun 2011 16:08:50 +0000http://www.ruthgroup.org/?p=31584#comment-65863Looking eagerly forward to this great gathering!Looking eagerly forward to this great gathering! ]]>