Still so furious I can barely breathe. The 47 demand to be looked at.

[Mira]

I'm ashamed and livid over my 2 Senators as well- Richard Burr and Thom Tillis - both now gave me brand new reasons for being exasperated.
Burr has been a weak and pretty useless follower for years. I think of him as a place card. And Tillis came in and showed his lack of brain power right off the bat by saying food servers don't necessarily need to be required to wash their hands ....


the smilies are for my Senators.

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Those three aren't Republicans. They're Neo-Confederates posing as Republicans.

And that alone disqualifies them from ever winning the White House. Traitors should never even come near our White House, and that's what these three, and the other 46, are - Traitors in line with the U.S. Gov't-hating, racist, State's rights policies of their State Neo-Confederate brethren.

[KansDem]

2. Agreed

[Gore1FL]

6. The Republicans have become neo-confederates.

They are perfectly qualified to represent the party of hyperbolic and dimwitted rhetoric.

[valerief]

16. Bingo. They are most certainly what being Republican means. nt

[forest444]

9. You ain't lying!

I lived in Mississippi for years, and the irrational longing and desire most white Republicans there have to return to a Confederacy (preferably with slavery) cannot be overstated.

They're careful not to say so in public; but when they invite you to their barbecues thinking you're "one of them," and they get a few drinks in them - oh boy! They're ready for the SAE bus.

I would be remiss though if I didn't also mention that a lot of white folks in Mississippi feel nothing but shame that antebellum nostalgia and racial hatred are still so strong in the Deep South; but they know they're outnumbered, and will usually sound only the meekest objections when the subject comes up.

What accounts for the nostalgia, I don't exactly know. Poor whites - and 90% of white people were poor in the 19th century South - often lived worse than the slaves (slaves, after all, were property; but "white trash" were nothing at all). Many still seem to think they'd strike it rich if the South seceded, that they'd suddenly become gods among ants.

Qué será.

[Tsiyu]

14. "ready for the SAE bus"

That's a DUzy right there!

[Dont call me Shirley]

18. Neo-Confederates they are alright. And rehashing their lost Civil War like Groundhog Day the movie.

[BlueCaliDem]

25. The thing we Democrats and Liberals must never forget: RWers have LONG memories

and their vindictiveness is even longer. These are like the most spoiled and mean kids on the playground who don't accept defeat even when they're wrong, and who'll come back at you at a later time when you're not looking to sucker-punch you upside the head the moment the opportunity presents itself.

The fact that there is still a Civil War Reenactment in the South should tell you all you need to know about how they think and operate.

[onecaliberal]

28. There are still reenactments in Central Valley California.

[BlueCaliDem]

29. Oh believe you me, we have our share of Neo-Confederates here, too. I've met them and they're

just as unpleasant - here in the Inland Empire.

In fact, I'd nearly gone fist to fist with one at a gas station two months back when her 14-year-old daughter challenged my 23-year-old daughter because she believed we should've given up our gas pump to her mother who drove a huge Chevy truck and we drove a Honda Fit Sport and she had trouble maneuvering that big thing to the gas pump AT THEN END of the row.

The mother came stamping over to our pump just as I finished pumping gas, and she nearly shoved my daughter back. I stepped in between them and shoved her back with my chest. She hauled her fist back to punch me and I told her, "Go ahead. Give it your best shot. Then it's my turn."

She, of course didn't. To make a long and unpleasant story short, my daughter and I got into our car and I heard her yell out as we drove away: "You don't belong here, brown illegals!"

Unfortunately for her, there were more Mexican-Americans and Black Americans at the gas station who took our side and they all gave them dirty looks.

Also, last summer, when we drove up into the mountains, we stopped at some small town. I really didn't want to because I saw a few Confederate flags flapping by a couple of houses and shops, but we had people over from Holland who wanted to take photos. Anyway, we were walking around and making photos of the mountain ridge and afterward, as we headed back to our van, we heard someone yell out to us: "GO HOME!"

So it's clear that we have our share of Neo-Confederates here, too.

[onecaliberal]

30. I'm sorry you have to endure that level of ignorance.

The stupid is very strong in my area too. Hopefully one day it will stop. I'm ready for that to be now.

[BlueCaliDem]

31. Thanks, onecaliliberal. It's pretty painful to be discriminated against, yes. I just hope, one day,

we won't have to be called out because of our skin color anymore.

My husband who is White, blond, and blue-eyed, never has a problem and is never treated with such disrespect - and he wasn't even born in this country! He's not even an American citizen. He's Dutch and speaks with an accent but his accent is very "Jersey-like". People always think he comes from back east. When they ask if he's from Jersey or New York, he always tells them to go even further east...across the Atlantic! Then he tells them he's from Holland and they have a good laugh.

[onecaliberal]

32. We can continue to hope and work for that kind of society.

On another note. I bet your children are beautiful.

[BlueCaliDem]

33. And we do, onecaliliberal. :-)

As for my children being beautiful? I'd like to think so, but then again, I'm biased.

They take after their father in appearance but they have my coloring (brown eyes, darker hair, except my oldest has my black hair).

My daughter is a White version of me. She's got chestnut brown hair naturally (used to be strawberry blonde as a child) and when she dyed her hair (bright) red, she looked a lot like Jessica Rabbit, or so people tell her. The faux-eyelashes she wears and the way she wears her hair might have a lot to do with it (hehehe).

My youngest son could be the younger brother of Keanu Reeves, I guess, since Keanu has an Asian father and a White mother. In my son's case, it's the other way around, i.e., White father, Asian mother. But my husband has some strong Dutch/Danish genes! NONE of my children look remotely Asian!

[onecaliberal]

34. Very cool!

Off to run errands. Have a great day, BlueCaliDem!

[BlueCaliDem]

36. Thanks, onecaliliberal!

You have a wonderful Saturday, too!

[Dont call me Shirley]

39. I too am so sorry you are forced to put up with that willfully ignorant mentality.

I hope, for all of us, their minds will become rid of all these mental errors.

[BlueCaliDem]

40. Thank you, DCMS. I have hope that things will get better regarding race in this country.

I will continue to hope more and more people will choose to be color blind when interacting with other people, and that, in the end, respect for other cultures, races, creeds, and religions will ultimately prevail as we evolve.

[Dont call me Shirley]

44. This is needed more than ever today...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.


Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/martinluth115056.html#v77uWlTfK2rtrF1U.99

"One day goodness and compassion will be of a higher value than criminality and hatred." Me

[greatlaurel]

23. Great post, thanks. nt

[BlueCaliDem]

24. You're welcome, greatlaurel. eom

[samsingh]

3. good for you. passage of time does not dimish their treachery

[H2O Man]

4. Recommended.

None of the 47 are from my state. However, they are inhabitants of my nation. I find their actions to be not only really stupid, but more importantly, extremely dangerous. Each and every one of them needs to be removed from office the next time they come up for re-election. It's a shame they don't simply resign from office -- but they obviously have no shame whatsoever.

[brewens]

5. I worked at a Skippers and one time didn't wash my hands. It was a small bathroom and a customer

was in there at the sink and so I went back to the kitchen. Our manager come blowing through the door and sees me washing my hands in the sink back there. He grabs me by the arm and hauls me out to show the guy that complained that my hands were still wet. Tell that guy food service people don't need to wash their hands!

i have always been pretty good about that. I don't even like petting my cat if I don't think my hands are pretty clean. She works hard enough at keeping herself beautiful, I hate to gunk up her fur with cruddy hands!

[busterbrown]

7. Hell no...Let em stay in the race..

The more idiots partaking in this Republican Carnival the better..

[Botany]

8. A University of New Hampshire Professor's letter to the Editor of the NY Times.

To the Editor:

Re “G.O.P. Senators Write to Tehran on Nuclear Pact” (front page, March 10): The letter this week by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leaders informing them that any agreement on nuclear activities signed by President Obama could be reversed “with the stroke of a pen” by a future president shows a glaring disregard for American and international law.

Starting with George Washington, presidents have signed thousands of executive agreements with other nations that have the force of law under the United States Constitution and international law.

The Constitution has been construed by the Supreme Court as allowing the president to enter into such binding agreements as part of his executive powers. While such agreements in theory could be abrogated by an American president or a subsequent law, under international law such agreements would continue to be binding on the United States. The attempted breach would give rise to a charge that the United States was violating international law.

Senators, who are sworn to uphold the Constitution, should be more careful in making irresponsible statements about the United States’ international obligations.

ANDREW VORKINK

North Hampton, N.H.


The writer teaches international law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/outrage-over-a-gop-letter-to-iran.html?mabReward=A7&moduleDetail=recommendations-2&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion®ion=Footer&module=recg&pgtype=article

[NobodyHere]

43. So why aren't we still bound to the Kyoto Treaty?

After all Clinton signed it. The senate refused to ratify it. And Bush "erased" the signature.

Sounds like the professor is dealing more in theory than actual practice.

[calimary]

10. Mira, may I humbly suggest...

...for your consideration:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6360008

Cuz I refuse to let this go un-answered, either. And I'm damn sure not gonna let it fade away and die. I actually called the offices of BOTH my Senators about it.

[Mira]

12. Thanks so much

for steering me to this post!!!

[SunSeeker]

11. K & R

[Cha]

13. KICK.. we need to stay angry.. mahalo Mira

[marym625]

15. We CANNOT allow this to die out

K&R!

[lunatica]

17. They are the party of Idiocrats

Idiocracy is a movie that's turned out to be prophetic.

[KrazyinKS]

19. If you think about it you realize-

they simply did what they were told to do. No thinking involved. They do not know the issues, they are like trained dogs, told to sit, fetch or whatever. Did you see Bill Maher last night? At the end Sean Penn summed up the issues in Iran quite nicely, I'll bet none of those guys know any of that.

[Mira]

20. I did see and hear Sean Penn and you

are right. I was actually thinking that very same thing at the time about just how ignorant and thoughtless it was and how much it was based on self serving and not on serving their constituency.
I hope that self serving will continue to backfire on all cylinders.

[ND-Dem]

41. and who's the paymaster?

[Generic Brad]

21. If elected (yeah, right)....

...they should make pledge to cede their presidential powers to the senate. If they think this was such a great idea, they should vow to live by it.

Irony is lost on blockheads.

[mfcorey1]

22. Agree!!!!

[Jamastiene]

26. Fellow North Carolinian here.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Tillis is nasty, literally, on top of it all. I would hate to ever be in a position where he offered a hand shake. I would have to decline, because he doesn't believe in washing hands and I'm pretty sure I can guess where his hands have been. He was bound to have had an itch on or near his head at some point. We all know that for Republicans, that means reaching down instead of up.

Damn bunch of traitors, the whole lot of them. None of their names should ever be mentioned without the word Traitor in front of it from now on, for the rest of their lives. Traitor Richard Burr and Traitor Thom Tillis; that is all they will ever be to me.

[Mira]

27. Thank you for your comments - they were a hoot to find.

I am ashamed of both of them, and the folks who voted them into office.

[stage left]

35. Agreed.

And if my idiot senator, Lindsey Graham decides to throw his hat in the ring someone should throw it back at him with a card in the band saying disqualified due to blatant stupidity.

[mmonk]

37. Two thumbs up.

And amen about our two loser Senators.

[mnhtnbb]

38. Mira, I was not surprised at all to see both Burr and Tillis signed that letter.

They are both a couple of idiots bought and paid for by Koch/Pope $$.

I fired off e-mails to both of them--and didn't hold back--I'm long past being polite
to these a$$holes. I don't see where being polite to these guys has gotten Obama--or any of the Dems--
anywhere for the last few years. Time they should be called out for what they are.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026341656

[Dalai_1]

42. K&R n/t