Comments on: A Soft Spot http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/ Sun, 27 May 2012 07:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Texas Playwright http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212965 Texas Playwright Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:48:42 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212965 You're quite welcome, R3Amy. I enjoyed a short layover in the big ole Atlanta airport on my first ever trip across the pond. Be most fun to live near the ocean. You might appreciate this, Amy. I was a nanny for a family of sweet kids and cute Scottie puppies for 8 months. I witnessed terrible treatment of the puppies--outside in all weather in worm-infested yard, feces everywhere, no water outside (it took at least two weeks for the mother to buy a bowl for outside), water bowl dry every morning I came to work, crummy adult dogfood fed to puppies (took me 4 months to finally get puppy food for them), etc. I became the stable alpha female in the home for the kids and the puppies. When the constitutionally weaker of the puppies developed ringworm, hookworms, whipworms, roundworms and was going downhill fast, my pleas to take her to the vet to no avail for months, the mother, finally agreeing to let my vet look at the puppy in March and surprised by both the vet's diagnosis and the vet bill, gave me the puppy. The puppy, Bella, is now about a year old, is healing nicely and going through her first and only season. When she is fully recovered from all her challenges, I shall have her spayed and then I shall find her a good home. I've been a cat person all my life--we writers like to sit with our animals of choice near our desks--and this tough little terrier sits right at my feet. Tres cute. Yep, a nice little gathering of Hillary supporters, sane people, animal lovers, writers and more on the beach. Could that be fun or more? You’re quite welcome, R3Amy. I enjoyed a short layover in the big ole Atlanta airport on my first ever trip across the pond. Be most fun to live near the ocean.

You might appreciate this, Amy. I was a nanny for a family of sweet kids and cute Scottie puppies for 8 months. I witnessed terrible treatment of the puppies–outside in all weather in worm-infested yard, feces everywhere, no water outside (it took at least two weeks for the mother to buy a bowl for outside), water bowl dry every morning I came to work, crummy adult dogfood fed to puppies (took me 4 months to finally get puppy food for them), etc. I became the stable alpha female in the home for the kids and the puppies. When the constitutionally weaker of the puppies developed ringworm, hookworms, whipworms, roundworms and was going downhill fast, my pleas to take her to the vet to no avail for months, the mother, finally agreeing to let my vet look at the puppy in March and surprised by both the vet’s diagnosis and the vet bill, gave me the puppy.

The puppy, Bella, is now about a year old, is healing nicely and going through her first and only season. When she is fully recovered from all her challenges, I shall have her spayed and then I shall find her a good home. I’ve been a cat person all my life–we writers like to sit with our animals of choice near our desks–and this tough little terrier sits right at my feet. Tres cute.

Yep, a nice little gathering of Hillary supporters, sane people, animal lovers, writers and more on the beach. Could that be fun or more?

]]> By: Ferd Berfle http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212672 Ferd Berfle Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:32:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212672 I have watched HRC since she was "only" a a First Lady. To see her name dragged through the mud was a terrible thing to me. I remember her steadfast denial of the charges against her at the dawn of the Clinton Administration and her support of the man whom she loved beyond all measure. I remember the calls for more investigations when it was found that she made some money in real stock-i.e., cattle. I remember her attempts, against all odds to come to grips with health care. I remember the calls for her to divorce her husband by the right-wing Stepford wives and her subsequent ignoring of such calls. I remember her standing beside her husband, in spite of the odds against her and the ridicule to which she would be subject. I remember her ability to call me, personally to action, even though I had never net her--she did that to me. I remember her call to find within me the better person that I am and to follow her. That HRC is not the president is, at times, more than I can bear because I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt that she would have been the best. And to all you Obamabots, I am sorry, but nothing That One could ever do would ever replace the sort of affection I have for HRC. He has done nothing by way of comparison--nothing. I have watched HRC since she was “only” a a First Lady. To see her name dragged through the mud was a terrible thing to me. I remember her steadfast denial of the charges against her at the dawn of the Clinton Administration and her support of the man whom she loved beyond all measure. I remember the calls for more investigations when it was found that she made some money in real stock-i.e., cattle. I remember her attempts, against all odds to come to grips with health care. I remember the calls for her to divorce her husband by the right-wing Stepford wives and her subsequent ignoring of such calls. I remember her standing beside her husband, in spite of the odds against her and the ridicule to which she would be subject. I remember her ability to call me, personally to action, even though I had never net her–she did that to me. I remember her call to find within me the better person that I am and to follow her.

That HRC is not the president is, at times, more than I can bear because I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt that she would have been the best.

And to all you Obamabots, I am sorry, but nothing That One could ever do would ever replace the sort of affection I have for HRC. He has done nothing by way of comparison–nothing.

]]> By: rw http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212661 rw Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:05:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212661 -I hate watching this sort of video because I am sad she isnt president. She is so much more articulate and competent than the bozo we elected.- Felt the same way (maybe more seethe than sad) watching world news and seeing a clip of her at the investiture of the new El Salvador president. Wish the State Dpt. had its own news channel. -I hate watching this sort of video because I am sad she isnt president. She is so much more articulate and competent than the bozo we elected.-

Felt the same way (maybe more seethe than sad) watching world news and seeing a clip of her at the investiture of the new El Salvador president.

Wish the State Dpt. had its own news channel.

]]> By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212631 Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:13:08 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212631 Wouldn't that be just a total blast?? There are so many cool people here, I think it would be fantastic to get us altogether! Wouldn’t that be just a total blast?? There are so many cool people here, I think it would be fantastic to get us altogether!

]]> By: Sonic Ninja Kitty http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212562 Sonic Ninja Kitty Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:36:01 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212562 Awesome!!!!! Awesome!!!!!

]]> By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212509 Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:34:14 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212509 Texas, you are too kind! Thank you - I am honored that you think of putting me in the same sentence with Hillary and her qualities. Holy smokes - I am humbled by that, blown away, even...Thank you! And if you like history, great food, and the beach, c'mon down, I'll show you around town! Or, we can do what Sonic said! Or BOTH!! :-D Texas, you are too kind! Thank you – I am honored that you think of putting me in the same sentence with Hillary and her qualities. Holy smokes – I am humbled by that, blown away, even…Thank you!

And if you like history, great food, and the beach, c’mon down, I’ll show you around town! Or, we can do what Sonic said! Or BOTH!! :-D

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212506 foxyladi14 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:31:17 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212506 I.LL BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I.LL BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212504 Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:30:17 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212504 GREAT comment, Mary, thank you! There is certainly something abt that part of the world, isn't there? The Pyramids, the people, the history...Thank you for pointing out the difficulties under which they live, too - well said. GREAT comment, Mary, thank you!

There is certainly something abt that part of the world, isn’t there? The Pyramids, the people, the history…Thank you for pointing out the difficulties under which they live, too – well said.

]]> By: Sonic Ninja Kitty http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212452 Sonic Ninja Kitty Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:15:08 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212452 Texas--Let's plan a huge get together in 2012--when Hillary is sworn in!! Texas–Let’s plan a huge get together in 2012–when Hillary is sworn in!!

]]> By: Texas Playwright http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212347 Texas Playwright Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:59:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212347 Thanks, R3 Amy. I enjoy reading your informative posts and insights. I think Hillary and you share the compassion, intellect and curiosity of many an American woman (and man). So many of you spiffy bloggers I'll never meet in person are becoming stable, steadying, witty beacons of the Best of America. Let's all start putting our quarters in a jar to save up for next-door-city/state/region gatherings. I may not make it to Egypt; I would like to meet some of you wonderful writers in your neck of the woods before long. Thanks, R3 Amy.

I enjoy reading your informative posts and insights. I think Hillary and you share the compassion, intellect and curiosity of many an American woman (and man). So many of you spiffy bloggers I’ll never meet in person are becoming stable, steadying, witty beacons of the Best of America. Let’s all start putting our quarters in a jar to save up for next-door-city/state/region gatherings. I may not make it to Egypt; I would like to meet some of you wonderful writers in your neck of the woods before long.

]]> By: mary http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212334 mary Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:25:25 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212334 Amy, Aren't you (somehow) glad on occasion when we think that Hillary is not being blamed for this disastrous war in Pakistan costing 65 billion and counting not to mention another 60 bil. in Iraq when Obummer promised to pull out. He would have sabotaged her presidency via his "dirty tricks drones" anyway. She is truly needed to show the world (even if the Teletotus can't) that a gracious, respectful and far-sighted perspective of one's friends *and* "enemies" is more effective...? Her Press Release on GLBT issue today would NOT have been issued under an Obummer State Department! The man's a flip-flopping, flip-offing phony par excellence! Let's hope by 2012 he's out of the White House and joined by Rezko somewhere in an offshore tax haven....or joined the Reagan Transformational Trinity Church of the Regresser where he obviously belongs! "Periodically, Barack will feel down and start launchhing attacks against the SoS to boost his appeal..." Amy,
Aren’t you (somehow) glad on occasion when we think that Hillary is not being blamed for this disastrous war in Pakistan costing 65 billion and counting not to mention another 60 bil. in Iraq when Obummer promised to pull out. He would have sabotaged her presidency via his “dirty tricks drones” anyway. She is truly needed to show the world (even if the Teletotus can’t) that a gracious, respectful and far-sighted perspective of one’s friends *and* “enemies” is more effective…? Her Press Release on GLBT issue today would NOT have been issued under an Obummer State Department! The man’s a flip-flopping, flip-offing phony par excellence! Let’s hope by 2012 he’s out of the White House and joined by Rezko somewhere in an offshore tax haven….or joined the Reagan Transformational Trinity Church of the Regresser where he obviously belongs!

“Periodically, Barack will feel down and start launchhing attacks against the SoS to boost his appeal…”

]]> By: mary http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212328 mary Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:17:33 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212328 Bravo, Hillary! What better Ambassador does the World need than her gracious, far-sighted (not obamyopic) perspective on countries that are needed now more than ever for sane policy in the middle east. I was in Giza at the Pyramids last summer and I share Rabble Rouser Amy's fond recollection. I was surprised that everyone there spoke English, they were courteous and they helped me find a Coptic Orthodox Christian monastery in the old part of Cairo! They ever had a guard outside of it --guess guarding the Byzantine icons? Beautiful... As for the Nile cruise...amazing. What really impressed me is that the taxi driver said to us: Just leave your purses in the back seat! I objected. Yet we returned 2 hours later the purse was intact!! Of course, underneath the apparent calm, young people there are longing for Democracy. Pres. Mubarak is repressive and the country's U.S. bilions are somehow not reaching the low and middle classes there. Why? Mubarak's administration is dictatorial--yet not anywhere near as oppressive as Saudis where women are not allowed to drive! Egypt is more like Europe (together with Lebanon where Beirut used to be called "middle-east's Paris") than any other country there. Perhaps if good democratic leaders were supported instead of installing repressive dictators all over, Obama would not need $665 billion for the military Pentagon's budget this year! Elminating this would take care of half the deficit for this year alone! Just send Hillary to take care of diplomacy. Much better than spending money on Obama's War with 2 million homeless now in Pakistan-Afganistan border and hundreds of women and children massacred with Obama's weapons/drones! Shame, really when the Pentagon/State Dept. ratio of spending is 180:1.... Bravo, Hillary! What better Ambassador does the World need than her gracious, far-sighted (not obamyopic) perspective on countries that are needed now more than ever for sane policy in the middle east.
I was in Giza at the Pyramids last summer and I share Rabble Rouser Amy’s fond recollection. I was surprised that everyone there spoke English, they were courteous and they helped me find a Coptic Orthodox Christian monastery in the old part of Cairo! They ever had a guard outside of it –guess guarding the Byzantine icons? Beautiful…
As for the Nile cruise…amazing. What really impressed me is that the taxi driver said to us: Just leave your purses in the back seat! I objected. Yet we returned 2 hours later the purse was intact!! Of course, underneath the apparent calm, young people there are longing for Democracy. Pres. Mubarak is repressive and the country’s U.S. bilions are somehow not reaching the low and middle classes there. Why? Mubarak’s administration is dictatorial–yet not anywhere near as oppressive as Saudis where women are not allowed to drive! Egypt is more like Europe (together with Lebanon where Beirut used to be called “middle-east’s Paris”) than any other country there. Perhaps if good democratic leaders were supported instead of installing repressive dictators all over, Obama would not need $665 billion for the military Pentagon’s budget this year! Elminating this would take care of half the deficit for this year alone!
Just send Hillary to take care of diplomacy. Much better than spending money on Obama’s War with 2 million homeless now in Pakistan-Afganistan border and hundreds of women and children massacred with Obama’s weapons/drones! Shame, really when the Pentagon/State Dept. ratio of spending is 180:1….

]]> By: SusanUnPC http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212310 SusanUnPC Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:40:34 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212310 A great thing to do is to go to Charlie Rose's Web site, and search for Hillary Clinton. The interviews are mind-blowing because they show just how much Hillary knows. Go here: http://www.charlierose.com A great thing to do is to go to Charlie Rose’s Web site, and search for Hillary Clinton. The interviews are mind-blowing because they show just how much Hillary knows. Go here: http://www.charlierose.com

]]> By: Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212289 Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:13:43 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212289 One of the things Hillary pointed out was the need for a strengthened economy as a way to deal with some of the other issues Egypt faces. If there is more economic security, other issues can be addressed as well. And yes, Egypt is most definitely a poor country from what we saw. I have to say, most of the women we saw DID have some kind of head scarf or covering. Just my own personal experience, though. And, yes, it is hard to watch Clinton, knowing all the while it should have been her, what we are missing as Americans by it NOT being her, and the constant reminder of how Obama got there (through the actions of the DNC)... One of the things Hillary pointed out was the need for a strengthened economy as a way to deal with some of the other issues Egypt faces. If there is more economic security, other issues can be addressed as well. And yes, Egypt is most definitely a poor country from what we saw.

I have to say, most of the women we saw DID have some kind of head scarf or covering. Just my own personal experience, though.

And, yes, it is hard to watch Clinton, knowing all the while it should have been her, what we are missing as Americans by it NOT being her, and the constant reminder of how Obama got there (through the actions of the DNC)…

]]> By: candymarl http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25316/a-soft-spot/#comment-1212270 candymarl Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:48:08 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25316#comment-1212270 Hillary is a marvelous woman. Her intellect, knowledge, and years of experience shows every time she speaks. She does her homework and comes prepared. As with every other politician I'm sure she has an ego and she's bound to make mistakes. The difference is she's willing to acknowledge those things. Hillary is the real friend to the people of the world. Too bad Americans couldn't see it and voted for "the most popular guy in school" in stead of the person that could actually get something done. Hillary is a marvelous woman. Her intellect, knowledge, and years of experience shows every time she speaks. She does her homework and comes prepared.

As with every other politician I’m sure she has an ego and she’s bound to make mistakes. The difference is she’s willing to acknowledge those things.

Hillary is the real friend to the people of the world. Too bad Americans couldn’t see it and voted for “the most popular guy in school” in stead of the person that could actually get something done.

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