tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post1811641599672188024..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Independence Day SpecialMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23158778333206778672018-07-06T11:01:58.080-07:002018-07-06T11:01:58.080-07:00Dang! That should work. Doubt we could ever get th...Dang! That should work. Doubt we could ever get that system off the ground here--we so love our "freedom."Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91757882132796363642018-07-06T11:01:17.502-07:002018-07-06T11:01:17.502-07:00Whoa! We've prosecuted them folks, here.Whoa! We've prosecuted them folks, here.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85225628273809362842018-07-06T10:09:14.762-07:002018-07-06T10:09:14.762-07:00In my (red) state, pro-life is obviously a big thi...In my (red) state, pro-life is obviously a big thing. However, they seem to have no problem with the fact that a particular religious group can deny their children medical attention for treatable conditions. When these children (so far 185) die, the parents are not charged because of a "religious freedom" clause that most other states have excluded. To me, that's not pro-life. One Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478168910784651433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75310794039766279742018-07-05T23:42:59.315-07:002018-07-05T23:42:59.315-07:00Once you reach voting age you are required to put ...Once you reach voting age you are required to put yourself on the electoral register. Your name is checked off each time you vote. Non-voters are fined.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46213896062222279982018-07-05T23:35:57.656-07:002018-07-05T23:35:57.656-07:00The main problem I had with Hillary was that she h...The main problem I had with Hillary was that she had been vilified so thoroughly and for so many years that she was damaged goods. I do not believe she deserved much of that.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8554223421406873212018-07-05T23:34:39.548-07:002018-07-05T23:34:39.548-07:00It's astonishing to me that what they do is le...It's astonishing to me that what they do is legal.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74296766555420061682018-07-05T23:34:07.386-07:002018-07-05T23:34:07.386-07:00Go go go! The abortion issue benefits the Republic...Go go go! The abortion issue benefits the Republican agenda because they adopted it in their platform and give lip service to it at every opportunity, and thus have roped in a reliable slice of the electorate so they can continue their policy of plunder. I will be damned if most of those Republicans personally care about the "unborn." <br /> Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11796785721196740232018-07-05T23:30:39.528-07:002018-07-05T23:30:39.528-07:00I do think some of our stalwarts have aged out.I do think some of our stalwarts have aged out.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43498768855317704492018-07-05T23:30:14.121-07:002018-07-05T23:30:14.121-07:00I like the way you think.I like the way you think.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14365428813376438632018-07-05T23:29:43.839-07:002018-07-05T23:29:43.839-07:00I"ve noticed that.I"ve noticed that.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60804840800563124782018-07-05T23:29:27.157-07:002018-07-05T23:29:27.157-07:00Well, shoot, everyone complains! Waaah!Well, shoot, everyone complains! Waaah!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10726856682664663182018-07-05T23:28:33.357-07:002018-07-05T23:28:33.357-07:00How is that enforced?How is that enforced?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1310475024628257662018-07-05T23:28:10.196-07:002018-07-05T23:28:10.196-07:00Unfortunately we have a very large percentage of p...Unfortunately we have a very large percentage of people who don't bother. Others don't vote out of a weird sense of personal affrontedness. They'll go to the polls as soon as the unicorn shows up to cart them there.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64605226656208577692018-07-05T23:25:56.264-07:002018-07-05T23:25:56.264-07:00Yay! Not the whole state, though?Yay! Not the whole state, though?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84311254795361471582018-07-05T14:37:04.649-07:002018-07-05T14:37:04.649-07:00Our county, and several others in California, swit...Our county, and several others in California, switched to vote-by-mail this season. (You could still go in and vote in person, but the mail-in ballot was out there early.) Our voting rate went up from about 42% to 54%, so it definitely helped.Stig Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928888078024948188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74941990703705131582018-07-05T10:08:14.279-07:002018-07-05T10:08:14.279-07:00Maybe it should be compulsory here, too. I'm ...Maybe it should be compulsory here, too. I'm 83 & have NEVER missed an opportunity to vote!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85750069840715870672018-07-05T08:49:42.193-07:002018-07-05T08:49:42.193-07:00Well said. And spot on. I still have trouble und...Well said. And spot on. I still have trouble understanding those who did not vote because they hated the Clintons. Hillary was not my first choice either. But on election day she was the ONLY choice. So I voted for her. I do hope the Democrats will quit fiddling around aimlessly and start taking action to win seats in the House and Senate.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85256988789327768992018-07-05T05:22:54.456-07:002018-07-05T05:22:54.456-07:00None the marches and petitions matter a lick unles...None the marches and petitions matter a lick unless they translate into votes. And the GOP is making it harder and harder for anyone opposed to them to do just that. bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27588711677600713812018-07-05T04:28:29.652-07:002018-07-05T04:28:29.652-07:00This deserves to be on the op-ed page of the NY Ti...This deserves to be on the op-ed page of the NY Times, and plenty of other newspapers too. <br /><br />The success that "conservatives" have had in making abortion the central angst and driver of voter behavior is really a study in human control. The idea that otherwise sane people demand an end to contraception as well as an end to legal abortion is quit stunning. Available Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853238256715757283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28220702822747345332018-07-05T03:30:00.339-07:002018-07-05T03:30:00.339-07:00No, wait, they’ve already been driven to poles. No...No, wait, they’ve already been driven to poles. Now they need to vote!Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27930923860384856652018-07-04T20:47:31.697-07:002018-07-04T20:47:31.697-07:00As a voting Democrat, it would be awfully nice if ...As a voting Democrat, it would be awfully nice if my party got organized enough to put up more intelligent young people and some sort of cohesive platform beyond reactionary anti-Trump rhetoric. I can foment and froth about the idiots in power; I need good solid representatives on the ballot.amarkonmywallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677008352624269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23596671130824353512018-07-04T19:17:44.406-07:002018-07-04T19:17:44.406-07:00I doubt there’s a neutral person left alive in Ame...I doubt there’s a neutral person left alive in America this 4th. And, between now and November, we’ve been promised non-stop fireworks. The biggest vote-suppression threat is the exhausted, beaten down, rope-a-doped, whiplashed traditional Democrat with the flat affect and the flaring pre-existing condition. Find you one of those, cheer them up, and drive them to the poles.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20680081306650606482018-07-04T18:32:55.693-07:002018-07-04T18:32:55.693-07:00Well said and so true.Well said and so true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47628849639688413902018-07-04T18:06:27.585-07:002018-07-04T18:06:27.585-07:00We're an apathetic bunch in Canada and if we d...We're an apathetic bunch in Canada and if we don't watch out, we're going to end up right where youse folks are . . . The conservative movement is swelling here, too.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31185831515489290792018-07-04T14:18:37.689-07:002018-07-04T14:18:37.689-07:00Amen!Amen!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com