Comments on: Cyndi Lauper: Bush a ‘Criminal,’ Evangelism ‘Bullsh*t’ (NSFW)

By: iconoclastKM

iconoclastKM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:24:26 +0000

Pt-3
But I'm so glad that Eric Clapton, who BB King treats like a son, just makes his music, does his charity work in the most humble fashion, thanks God to still be with us, and does not feel compelled at every turn, to stroke his own ego by speaking out of context, wearing his political opinions on his sleeve. Makes me think he's probably not a lefty, and that makes me happy.

By: iconoclastKM

iconoclastKM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:21 +0000

Pt-2
BB King, God bless him, was interviewed once on film by the late Isaac Hayes. It was terrific. BB was talking about growing up in the south, at that time and all. There was not one smidgeon of anger or hatred about the man. He spoke with great admiration of his father, who was a sharecropper to a landowner who was a white man; and he spoke of that man and BB's dad being great friends of each other. He just said this in passing and continued on in the conversation, and Isaac didn't raise an eyebrow either; didn't call him on this remark or ask BB how that could possibly be. Best friends of each other? Someone of lesser character might have labeled BB and his dad as "Uncle Toms", or get into some stupid discourse on race but it never happened here. It didn't need to. It's a great interview. I must find it again and view it another time.

By: iconoclastKM

iconoclastKM — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:22:31 +0000

Pt-1
Yeah, it's the title of a good book by Laura Ingraham (Shut Up And Sing). Cyndi should indeed take it to heart.

I'm a huge Eric Clapton, BB King and Beatles fan among many others, of course. I don't know how I'd feel if Clapton were making stupid remarks like Paul McCartney has of late.

By: Grace656

Grace656 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:10:10 +0000

Cindy Lauper's brain must resemble a pinball machine, thoughts deflecting on stray tangents back and forth, back and forth, slowly moving downward, until being unceremoniously dumped into a dark bottom shelf.
She should stick to singing written lyrics and reading a script. She's pretty good at that.

By: JoeDoakes101

JoeDoakes101 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:10:30 +0000

We do what we must to enjoy the art artists create with the gifts that God gave them, and try darn hard to ignore the rest. What was it that someone once said? "Shut up and sing." This lady should take that advice to heart.

By: GypsyTyger

GypsyTyger — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:48:21 +0000

John(and the rest of you) lwhat did you expect? Cyndi never expressed a conservative viewpoint on anything. She is a singer and that's all she ever claimed to be. Did any of you ever look to her for intellectual or political guidance? It's not like David Horowitz or Charles Krauthamer started spouting this stuff. There's not one coherent sentence in the interview. As someone who came to his adolescence and early 20's in the 80s and has fond memories of the Rock-N- Wrestling connection, I agree to disagree with Ms Lauper and wish her well. She still looks good(better actually) and maybe one day she will find peace.Thatisall

By: lynched1

lynched1 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:36:14 +0000

She realized "having fun" could lead to morning sickness?

By: TexasStomp

TexasStomp — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Individualist,
I personally BELIEVE he did based on the best information I could find, read, gloam, and from agency folks there and in a far better position to know than I. I choose to believe them. That he would use them if he could is proven fact. He did. And you're right….arguing history is fruitless. He did what he did, we did what we did, and folks believe what they believe about all of that.

We none of us can ever KNOW with assurance but we still act today, believe today, and react and respond to things today based on our beliefs of things past. In that we are no different than Lauper. I also believe that condemning or commending folks on the basis of ONE of many of their beliefs is pointless. I would not want to be perceived through a prisim of one set of my beliefs to the exclusion of all others. There is a tendency to do that with these articles.

Benefit of the doubt is a good way to accept without condoning or condemning. Too much judgement these days for my taste. Like too much gov't. Live and let live is a more benign and principled path, IMO.

By: Individualist

Individualist — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:04:06 +0000

And more than that other than getting rid of Sadam how would you have addressed the issue.

Do you really expect me to believe that we should have enforced No Fly zones bombing that country until the Sun starts to expand killing all life on earth. At least the GW plan involved an end to the war, he did not start a war he merely decided we should try to end it.

By: Individualist

Individualist — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:01:08 +0000

If you want to take that tack then I ask for consistency. What was your reaction to removing Sadaam from Kuwait in GW1? What was your reation to instituion of the No Fly zones in Iraq after the war?

Where you in protest to the numerous deaths of innocent Iraqis in enforcing the No Fly zone? How do you justify the fact that more innocent Iraquis were killed by stray missiles during that 12 year period than all of GW2? Are you in favor of murdering Iraqi's when their is little risk to American soldiers.?

What is your response to the notion that our perceived patrolling of Iraq from Saudi Soil is the number one recruitment tool for Al Queada during the Clinton years as well as leading up to 9/11. As a matter of fact Bin Laden himself left his position as CEO of a contruction company to start Al Quaeda because the Saudi's banished him for criticizing America being allowed to help?

The problem I have with "these" leftist opinions is that they are not "opinions". They are merely vedhicles to shill out their hate. Can you name for me one leftist that has ever even deigned to address these questions? I don't think you can.