This Is Not A Democracy, It's A Republic........
I've been on vacation ... looks like I didn't miss much. 
You moan that buying Heinz ketchup supports the Democratic party. Well, look around at all the big business that's putting fat cash rolls in Bush Co's pockets, like buying overpriced gas, to name one. Maybe the Dems could come up with some Howard Dean Diesel, or something.
At any rate, you haven't lived until you've slathered some W Ketchup on a big pile of Freedom Fries.
Welcome back liberal Pete.
"You moan that buying Heinz ketchup supports the Democratic party."
Sorry can you see anywhere in my post where I so much as mention the word Heinz? Please could you point that out, I seem to have missed that.
My endorsement is because they make a damn fine ketchup, they donate money to a good cause and it is AMERICAN MADE!!!! Which I believe I made abundantly clear.
Hope you had a good vacation.
"W Ketchup is a private company that makes ketchup in America solely from ingredients grown in the USA and does not support the Democratic Party."
Duh, what other Ketchup might be confused for supporting the democratic party?
Still didn't mention Heinz.
What I like about them is that their product is 100% American made. Do your patriotic duty and buy some today, support the troops in action not words.
Aw man, trumpeting the patriotic horn again. I'm not sure why it's a patriotic duty to buy American-made ketchup, or even what that has to do with supporting our troops, but hell, if the 'chup is that good I'll get me some.
Besides, the troops that were put in harm's way for big business and torture could use all the money they can get when they get home.
On a side note, I had to share this quote from Bush during the election:
"The Strategic Reserve is an insurance policy meant for a sudden disruption of our energy supply or for war. Strategic Reserve should not be used as an attempt to drive down oil prices right before an election. It should not be used for short-term political gain at the cost of long-term national security."
Hmmm.....I don't suppose he'd be guilty of that today as he finally gave in and said, "OK, I'll do something" about rising gas prices the same day his approval rating hit rock bottom.
Wow, don't realize the sound of quiet until it's shattered again.
THanks for the link, Jenn - I'm planning on buying some soon!
"Wow, don't realize the sound of quiet until it's shattered again."
Yeah, I hate to disturb the conservative mind control silence. It was numbing.
So, let me get this right Pete, old chap. The guy makes a good statement. A solid statement, and he followed up with it.
Now, for the last several weeks+, he has been hammered to sh*t by the press and frankly everyone, to do something about the gas prices.
Now, he is listening to the people, and trying to look into doing something about the situation (I hadn't heard him mention using the strategic reserve) and you have an issue with that.
Hey Pete, guess what. Bush is not running for a third term. And the guy really, obviously, doesn't give a flying fig about polls. I mean if he did, he'd be doing something about them.
So, what is your point? Other than the fact that no matter what the guy does, he's "wrong"? He could come out tomorrow with both a cure for cancer and an alternative fuel that would cost 3 cents a gallon, and you and your ilk would still find fault with him.
Geez.
Can someone tell me what the hell is wrong with being patriotic????? When did it become "bad" to love your country. To hang up a flag, to support your friggin' troops in a time of war.I mean I've loved this country my whole life. I didn;t jump on any band wagon, I have pride in my country. Just what the heck is wrong with that?????
Damn. Just buy some ketchup already.
-J
I had a little flag hanging from my car's rear view mirror years before 9/11/01 and a family member said it made my car look like a redneck car. ???
Thanks.... I will buy some of this ketchup, and send it to my BF in Iraq.
Maybe it's the ketchup, not the Kool-Aid.
It's just ironic that Bush Co. has passed on doing anything about this severe gas problem for years until today, that's all. Now it's a little too little much too late. It's hard to praise that. While retailers overcharge at the pump, oil executives continue to rake in record-breaking profits - most with ties to the Bush family and our beloved Saudi friends.
I think the validity of your poll comment speaks for itself. He's done plenty over the years coinciding with sagging poll numbers (Mission Accomplished, raising/lowering terror alert, all this Zarqawi bullshit who we now learn is a sham, etc...).
Be patriotic. Please. It's just hard to love your country when it's in ruins and people stand by letting it happen.
"raising/lowering terror alert"
It's been yellow for about 3 years now. Next.
I happen to have a cousin who is very,very high up with one of the major oil companies. Very.
It's not the oil companies per se that have caused the price to rise. The new processes used to refine the oil are much more expensive. The recent additives to make gasoline more "environmetally friendly" raises the prices.
Then as you said, you have the retailers. They are a huge part of the problem. They are in truth the "gougers". It's they that need to be picketed. I've watched, as I have 4 gas stations on the corner up the street from my house, as they alternate who get's the lower price on a daily basis. It's a crock.
And really, why shouldn't the oil companies be profitable. Have you any idea how many people globally they employ? What they do? Why should they not be profitable. As long as they are not breaking the law, there is little than can or should be done.
I understand Kelly. But frankly if being proud of your flag, and raisingit high makes you a redneck, then more power to you.
If you say Nucular and uh'merrrica, you might be a redneck. Don't worry about the flag. (Unless it's a Rebel Flag, in which case you're a redneck and a racist.)
Under Bush Co., the FTC has had a record of disregarding claims of price manipulation by gas retailers. Despite evidence in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that retail gas prices were rising unnecessarily faster than crude oil prices, the FTC investigation into price gouging "found no evidence of collusion among oil companies in the 2005 gas price surge." It said the culprits were high crude oil prices, record world demand and government regulations.
Bush Co. has looked the other way on price gouging. I can give you many links to evidence at your request.
I don't think you really want to open the can of worms about why oil companies should be free to make as much money as they can. Think about it, first.
Apr 2, 2004: The Administration warns about "pending terrorist attacks on buses & trains" and raised alert. There were no attacks.
May 26, 2004. Ashcroft and Mueller warn of a "plane attack inside the US" and that terrorists "were poised for an immediate attack". There was no attack.
Aug 1, 2004: Ridge raised the alert level to orange, claiming knowledge of plots against US financial institutions. It was later discovered that his "knowledge" was 4 years old and very unspecific. There was no attack.
Three times. Hmmmm. Whoop dee f*ckin dooo Pete.
It's been yellow as long as I can remember.
"found no evidence of collusion among oil companies in the 2005 gas price surge."
You are aware Pete, that the oil companies do not own the gas stations they are owned by individuals. Right?
Hey Pete, what's your take on the guys in the post below???
No, those were just three that I could find. I'm sure there were more. I like how it used to jump for no apparent reason, but then we were all set to let an Al-Qaeda affiliated Middle Eastern company to run our ports. Fear! Fear!
At any rate, you totally missed the point on gas gouging. We'll just skip that, smart ass. You mean Exxon doesn't own the station on my street? No shit? Wow. I didn't know that.
I think the reason why those guys in the link below weren't harassed and arrested was because they were giving free advertising to Bush Co's campaign on why we should keep bombing and trying to take over the middle east.
Also, it's hardly different than your conservative right wing nuts who bomb abortion clinics and shell pregnant ladies going inside with death threats during protests.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning the crazy Muslim guys' behavior. I just think your hatred is a little too quick to lambast these fools for anything they do.
Nice link to your conservative news site, too.
The abortion clinic bombers are few and far between. Suicide bombers are a daily occurance. Not that one is better than the other.
I suppose it's coincidence that just a day or two after the Pentagon had to release documents confirming that Bush Co had pumped up Zarqawi to be some evil icon to keep us in Iraq, low and behold there's a new video that magically surfaced.
We supposedly blew off half of his face last summer in Fallujah, but he looks fine. And no scarring, too. Magic.
2 weeks ago, my husband's face looked as though it had been fighting with a meat processor. He fell, and broke his nose, and ripped the skin off over half his face.
Today, he looks fine, except for one little scar on his cheek that is fading.
Next.
The point wasn't the injury, though Zarqawi apparently "had no skin on the left side of his face or top of his head due to a massive explosion," according to the Washington Post. I think that's a little different than falling and breaking your nose.
The point was the timing and the documents. Always dodging the kicker, Jenn.
Fine Pete, what are you implying. (By the way, it's not like the Washington Post is the bastion of reality).
That Bush is close personal friends with Zarquawi, and he paid him to release a video???? Bin Laden too, because,I know you were on vacation but didn't you hear about his little video too.
Geezous!!! Don't tell me your going all "illuminati" on me. Darn, I knew it, it was inevitable. You've been brainwashed by Dylan Avery. (Drunken little lying cur that he is).
Facts is facts, Jenn.
All is not right hidden within your cozy conservative walls, and soon the world will understand.
Sounds creepy, right?
Someday I promise you will understand how our "political system" and our "democracy" really operates. It ain't pretty.
All this over a bottle of ketchup!
Amazing!
VW
VW, with Pete it's never about the post itself.
Last time I checked, we weren't really a democracy, but rather a republic.
Hi...I popped in from BlogMad and I just wanted to make a statement...not trying to be argumentative, just pointing something out. You said:
"Founded in 2004, W Ketchup is a private company that makes ketchup in America solely from ingredients grown in the USA and does not support the Democratic Party.
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Not only that, but a portion of every sale is donated to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for the children of active duty service members killed in the line of duty."
I think that's great! The children of service men killed in the line of duty will probably need a lot of assistance like that. But...I'm sure there are some soldiers in today's military that are indeed Democrats.
Being a Democrat doesn't mean that someone is "un-American"...that's just another generalization that shouldn't be made.
I've gone to the generic stuff, and haven't missed Heinz at all.
I also gave up on PepsiCo products.......Which has been much more difficult.
If you aren't familiar with PepsiCo, check this one out.
http://www.nationalreview.com/
ha...00505270759.asp
Till she's gone, my family won't use any of their products, which includes Pepsi, Tropicana, Lays (that's the hard one), etc.
Thank you for stopping by Itchy and your well worded totally non- argumentative comment.
I am aware that there are families in the service that are not Republicans.
That W Ketchup does not support the Democratic party does not mean they don't support soldiers that are Democrats.
They support all soldiers, just not Dean,Billary, and Ted "I got away with negligent homicide" Kennedy.
There is no such thing as "party lines" in the service, and W ketchup loves and supports them all. And they also support American made products and we all know how few of those there are these days.
Try it, pretend the W means Whatever. It's fantastic ketchup. Never thought I'd be particular about condiments, but I love this stuff.
Thank you for your comment, and for stopping by.
"Can someone tell me what the hell is wrong with being patriotic????? When did it become "bad" to love your country."
M.L.Pundit,
Ummm, it was sometime around 2000. That was the onset, then it had another surge around 2004.
I have been doing a lot of research and just can't figure out what other events coincide with such dates.
I'd almost say that liberals now felt with Bush in office that we can't be patr-... NO, they aren't that shameless, or are they. DING DING DING. They are. Hope I was able to answer your question MLP.
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