tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post7402809862884864001..comments2023-07-17T02:33:39.109-07:00Comments on The Lion of the Left Speaks: STIFF UPPER LIP...Lion of the Lefthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01452320468745423207noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-75402267919637375812012-04-08T18:38:31.586-07:002012-04-08T18:38:31.586-07:00Happy Easter, Bernie from a loyal listener. Hope ...Happy Easter, Bernie from a loyal listener. Hope all is well with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-32374997403531719272012-02-04T18:59:40.951-08:002012-02-04T18:59:40.951-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-62955492095282378382012-02-03T23:55:26.173-08:002012-02-03T23:55:26.173-08:00Mark, your BS begins with the misspelling of "...Mark, your BS begins with the misspelling of "Haratio". You are a venal, mean, no doubt Republican, punk. Your lies and conservative talking points, taken directly from Faux News, hold no sway here, as we are on to your right-wing lies. Just stay away, you speck of fly crap.<br /><br />Search terms: Mark Walnut Creek Republican Fascist Idiot Numnuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-69090001043444390292012-02-03T12:39:36.367-08:002012-02-03T12:39:36.367-08:00Reply 2, Bernie - to your Half Truths and Distorti...Reply 2, Bernie - to your Half Truths and Distortions<br /><br />5) Bernie wrote: "How much have working Americans seen their taxes cut?" Humm, George Bush Jr. passed another tax cut for the poor, so that now 47% of Americans pay no taxes. <br /><br />6) Yes, President Ronald Reagan cut taxes and loopholes. What happened to revenues? They soared!!!<br /><br />7) Bernie fails to what has happened to Western European Social Democracies. Spain has 21% unemployment; Greece, 18%. Ouch.<br /><br />8) It is no longer 1972, Bernie. When China offers few labor laws, and $1.25 an hour labor, 10 hours per day, 6 days a week, how can we compete for low-skill jobs like making hubcaps. We can't.<br /><br />9) Yes, college has become quite expensive. But why do these liberal bastions raise their rates much higher than the rate of inflation? And why do kids need a car at college? Furthermore, in California, the average college student has 50% of their tab paid for through grants and scholarships (see Cal Grant A, Cal Grant B, Pell Grant, etc.). If there are kids who want to spend even less, try a JC for 2 years and live at home.<br /><br />Sorry, Bernie, your schtick is old. Fact is, when a Korean-American doctor marries a Korean-American doctor, and they make $400,000 per year, their grandparents watch the grandchildren, meals are cooked at home (which means they can save money), and they also pay a lot of taxes while using few services, I don't they that they are "evil". <br /><br />And when a young woman with a limited education bears the children of three different men (maybe 1 is in a gang), none of whom marry her and none which support their children - do you blame that on the successful Korean-, Chinese-, Jewish- or Mormon couple? Sorry, I don't.<br /><br />P.S. Your "indiscretion" wasn't a "one time" deal, Bernie. We saw the news channel interviews about your time as a brother and how you made moves on girls in high school, offered them weed and alcohol. We heard Brian Copeland tell about your actions at work (KGO radio), we read the Smoking Gun report, and the hundreds of photos. Please don't pass this off as a "one time" deal.<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />Search terms: San Francisco, talk radio, Fox News, children, Megans Law, Bill O'Reilly, Gene Burns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-12239327068906042522012-02-03T09:45:37.154-08:002012-02-03T09:45:37.154-08:00This diatribe is riddled with so many half truths,...This diatribe is riddled with so many half truths, lies, and flasehoods, I need a notebook!<br /><br />OK, Reply 1.<br /><br />"The Myth of Haratio Alger" - yes, I've heard Bernie Ward whine about this when he was on the radio. However, he refuses to look at some stark, *positive* facts.<br /><br />1) Seventy (70) percent of Americans own their own home. Amazing! What percentage of citizens in the wealthy country of Germany own their own home? 30%. <br /><br />2) Unspoken and un-addressed are many an elephant in the room. Take the out-of-control illigitimacy rate in certain sectors of America. Seventy percent for African Americans. And any reader here who recalls our "old fashioned values" knows that your folks didn't teach you this one. Have a child out of wedlock, and your chances of being poor are 40%. 40%. Even President Barack Obama noted the extreme difficulties facing single motherhood in his Fathers Day address a year or two back. (Maybe this was his craty Sista Sooljah moment?)<br /><br />3) With between 12 to 30 million illegal immigrants in America, there is another elephant for Bernie that hits us in many ways. On the one hand, it inflates the percentage of so-called "poor". We also now have the burden of educating, feeding, and providing health care for Mexico's poor. Thirdly, 12-30 million illegal immigrants drive up the costs of housing (increased Demand), health care (often unpaid for), social services (ditto), while driving down wages (increased Supply).<br /><br />I know these facts all to well with plenty of blue collar folks in my family, Bernie being fat too removed from these facts on the ground.<br /><br />4) Bernie seems to yearn for the days of a 90% tax rate on the rich. But there were also many tax shelters they could also use. And many Americans chose not to start businesses b/c of this 90% tax rate.<br /><br />To be continued...<br /><br />Mark in Walnut CreekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-22144326038411084522012-02-02T20:36:16.565-08:002012-02-02T20:36:16.565-08:00John Rothman once said that 85% of all talk radio ...John Rothman once said that 85% of all talk radio in this country is right wing (regressive). With a number like that going on 24/7 I think anyone's brain would eventually be washed and vote the way the Hannity's and the Limbaugh's want them to which will most certainly be against their own interests in the end. Keep it coming Lion, we need you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848491628396529552.post-23039260335466230512012-02-02T12:39:55.512-08:002012-02-02T12:39:55.512-08:00And don't forget what Mitt Romney said after w...And don't forget what Mitt Romney said after winning the Florida primary. He's not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. First, shouldn't he be concerned about why they need to avail themselves of the safety net in the first place? And second, for all their scare tactics about America turning into a European socialist country, he seems perfectly alright with leaving poor people to take advantage of our social programs. Huh?The Gaucho Accordionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887353815823650804noreply@blogger.com