Jealous Again
Posted on January 20th, 2011 by HTML Mencken
Above: Expert on female rejection.
Shorter James Taranto
The Robber Barons’ Journal
“Palinoia'”
- Liberal women hate Sarah Palin because they are gray and ugly while she is hot, and they love abortion but she does not.
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Uh huh. We can’t all be Nancy Reagan now can we?
I’ll never get off the boat again.
Somebody hold me.
But…but…but PEGGY NOONAN FER GAWDSAKE!
You know, it’s precisely her lack of accomplishment, her willingness to let geriatric conservatives wink wink nudge nudge about her sexiness, that really makes me, as a woman, hate her. How many times have we heard from middle-aged white males how hot she is? It’s truly pathetic.
And she doesn’t have an elite education? Hell, she couldn’t even stick around one college or university long enough to get a degree–she quit multiple times. She backstabbed other Alaska politicians. She quit her job as Governor. God help me everytime I catch Sean Hannity calling her “Governor” I want to punch him in the *#@(*%^(*&# face.
I got out of the boat.
Huh? I mean, just…huh? He needs to give that GED back.
everytime I catch Sean Hannity calling her “Governor” I want to punch him
Yeah, I don’t get why members of the press contintue to address ex-officials by their former titles, but in her case it’s especially bad.
I wonder if anyone still calls John Edwards “Senator.”
Conservative women, on the other hand, exhibit nothing but calm respect for Hillary Clinton.
i couldn’t even finish reading…i’m going to go lay down now…
Can I lay down with you? This guy makes me hawt.
FTR, Mr. Slayer (a registered but basically recently RINO Republican) may dislike her even more than I do. The other night he brought up the blood libel thing…whenever he talks about her he gets this look incredulous look on his face like “WTF?!” He keeps asking me if she’s stupid or insane. I just tell him she’s just a child.
Oh, and he also said she looked “old” in her blood libel video. I guess he’s jealous of her.
sure…i’ll be the one pronely groaning…
Stay in the boat.
Stay in the boat.
Stay in the boat.
The only thing to be found in that swamp is an atypically long but otherwise typical whingnut rant wherein the rantor demonstrates his awesome mind reading powers by telling us what liberals think. Did someone leak the liberal manifesto or perhaps video of the brainwashing sessions we all go through in Liberalchuria?
More important, why is Bristol Palin’s decision to carry her child to term any of this lady’s business? Those who claim to be champions of privacy and choice need to do some serious soul-searching if they have so much trouble tolerating the private choices of others.
Indeed. One wonders how the nosy dowager even learned of this intensely private event.
I want to punch WordPress in the face.
also…ladies, do we hate sarah palin? i for one do not, as that would really be a waste of my emotions. also, do we fear her? um, no…
i think what we feel for her is the same lack of respect and annoyance that we feel towards any public figure who doesn’t know what the fuck they are talking about but continues to do so loudly and longly.
and as far as douchnozzle’s female friend who feels sorry for sarah being the brunt of incendiary attacks in the press, once again…SHE FUCKING HOPS IN EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN FRAY HERSELF!
have i summed it up correctly?
“For many liberal women, Palin threatens their sexual identity, which is bound up with their politics in a way that it is not for any other group (possibly excepting gays, though that is unrelated to today’s topic)…….[eight fucking paragraphs later] Sarah Palin’s opposition to abortion rights is a personal affront, and a deep one.”
Nah, it’s not that she “threatens [my] sexual identity”, it’s that she’s a fucking Serena Joy. I’m not that impressed with privileged women who use their privilege to oppress other women simply for the sake of getting ahead.
At the end of the day, though, she’s still a woman, and when the retrofuck ideas of her followers are turned against her, she’ll whine and cry and protest against being treated like the feminist sluts and hairy-legged lesbians.
Give it up, libs.
Peggy HillSarah Palin is the sexiest woman alive. And don’t get me started on the aptly-named Rep. Foxx.I’d like to see you do it.
Oh, and he also said she looked “old” in her blood libel video. I guess he’s jealous of her.
Yeeeah, I said that she was looking kind of haggard. Not nice and pretty sexist, I know, but part of me gets a little joy from someone’s looks going down the drain when she’s used them to get ahead in politics.
Well, yes, exactly. It’s part of the whole package. And when it’s part of the package, we should be allowed to comment, no?
but part of me gets a little joy from someone’s looks going down the drain when she’s used them to get ahead in politics.
me too…but i think sean hannity still wants to wrestle her to the ground and drill for oil if you know what i mean…
That gut just goes on forever and ever.
And when it’s part of the package, we should be allowed to comment, no?
They can’t make us sit down and shut up!
Well, yes, exactly. It’s part of the whole package. And when it’s part of the package, we should be allowed to comment, no?
Yeah, and I think part of it was that her makeup is terribly, terribly aging. Thick black eyeliner all the way around the eye and beige lip gloss look not-so-great on *anyone*, but they’re especially bad for women who are starting to age.
I also think she’s lost some weight, which can age you as well. Her neck looked…ropey.
They can’t make us sit down and shut up!
did she ever respond to jon stewart’s recent uncalled for, unpatriotic, brutal attack on her? my ears haven’t bled lately so i was just wondering…
How many times have we heard from middle-aged white males how hot she is?
And if she were really all that hot wouldn’t we have noticed for ourselves instead of having to be told? I mean, she’s not bad, but nothing extraordinary. 90’s makeover PE teacher.
me too…but i think sean hannity still wants to wrestle her to the ground and drill for oil if you know what i mean…
Sean Hannity is such a fucking creep.
How many times have we heard from middle-aged white males how hot she is?
i still think of peggy hill every time i see her…
Sean Hannity is such a fucking creep.
*shudder* big time creeper…
Look, women’s rights are always in the crosshairs with these people, if I may use that expression. And to abandon amusements for a moment, allow me to make a grim prognostication: today the Supremes decided it’s A-OK to do deep fishing expeditions into government employees’ pasts. How long before your history of lady procedures is available to the boss?
What has this to do with aborting Taranto’s love child? Plenty. Because us ACLU types see a distinct scissor action* happening here: the Supreme Court is setting up employers (and dangerously, the government itself is the test case) to become arbiters of their employees’ worthiness as human beings to hold jobs.
So if you’ve had an abortion, they are entitled to find out. And then they can decide not to hire you because of it. Right now, that would be considered discrimination — but this ruling makes such things germane by the simple expedient of making them legal to discover in the context of employment.
As for the actual things they’re looking for, for example drug use, they could use the fact that someone has had a prescription at some time in their lives as a way to fire them, pay them less, or cut their security status because they’re a potential risk, when they’re entirely reliable in real life. JPL is headquartered here in Pasadena, CA — think any of these folks have a medical marijuana prescription?
[head asplodes]
*not V anything
“Her neck looked…ropey”
Now, just stop with the violent imagery!
oh, shite…it’s late! i’m off to work out before work…a lady’s gotta look good ya know! and it’s hard to be a woman out there what with sarah threatening my sexual identity all the time…
Liberal women hate Sarah Palin because they are gray and ugly while she is hot, and they love abortion but she does not.
Who’s calling Ayn Rand a liberal?
have i summed it up correctly?
Yes.
How long before your history of lady procedures is available to the boss?
full disclosure…i have no uterus…
Try to keep your chin up, bbkf.
So if you’ve had an abortion, they are entitled to find out. And then they can decide not to hire you because of it. Right now, that would be considered discrimination — but this ruling makes such things germane by the simple expedient of making them legal to discover in the context of employment.
Does this ruling supersede HIPAA? I mean, I guess that employers can strongarm you into signing a consent form to check your medical records in order to be hired.
That is fucked up, but in a shitty economy, it’s even MORE fucked up.
This is a really disturbing thought.
Try to keep your chin up, bbkf.
oh, it’s up, girlfriend! i already birthed my babbies and since hubby was already spayed or neutered and my monthly visits with aunt flo were becoming debilitating…i just got rid of it…best. decision. ever.
and i hope that’s not tmi…
Not only lady procedures, but also mental health treatment, rehab, blah blah blah…if I’d ever had an abortion, I’d actually be more worried about my history of depression disqualifying me than my hypothetical baby killing.
i think sean hannity still wants to wrestle her to the ground and drill for oil if you know what i mean…
I personally wouldn’t go that far, but it would be cool to see her in a well-regulated militia…
I’d ask her to polish my musket, but she’d probably quit halfway through.
Full disclosure:
I also have no uterus.
Liberal women hate Sarah Palin because they are gray and ugly
Liberal women
my history of depression disqualifying me than my hypothetical baby killing.
well, according to the anti-planned parenthood interview i heard on one of our christian stations, your depression would be linked directly to the baby killing…the woman being interviewed said so. she counseled thousands of women grieving for their lost motherhood…
dammit! i really have to leave! this site is too fucking addicting…stop being so funny and smart, people!
Palin isn’t threatening anyone’s sexual identity!
Those are surveyor’s marks.
well, according to the anti-planned parenthood interview i heard on one of our christian stations, your depression would be linked directly to the baby killing…the woman being interviewed said so. she counseled thousands of women grieving for their lost motherhood…
My depression started before I ever had sex…OH FUCK, I ABORTED BABY JESUS!
Oh no. I meant re: being threatened by Sarah Palin’s massive tracts of…idiocy.
Interest. Newsletter? Website?
Palin isn’t threatening anyone’s sexual identity!
She is a mild threat to my male heterosexuality.
No worries. Three days later he was fine.
I always suspected this about you. And now we know why you had the ankle troubles visited upon you.
Those are surveyor’s marks.
I snorted.
No worries. Three days later he was fine.
Creepiest. Resurrection. EVAR.
In re: my windy screed above, the good news is so far, corporate personhood hasn’t extended as far as privacy rights. So if AT&T blazed a fattie at 4:20 when it was a schoolkid in knee pants, we have the right to discover this.
Haley Barbour Charges: Looks like William Shatner if William Shatner ate a racist butter sculpture of William Shatner.
Well, since T&U started, I guess I’ll finish. It’s really difficult to be jealous of someone you don’t find particularly attractive. There are PLENTY of women who engender feelings of enviousness in me, it’s just that Sarah, Plain and Short isn’t one of them.
Her face is too wide, her nose is a little large and her lips are thin. Don’t tell me whom I’m jealous of–I’ll happily to tell you myself who makes me a lovely shade of Kermit!
Somebody hold me.
Uh, sorry for the late response – work and all – but your wish is my command. Just let me take off these pants.
Woo-hoo. I was hoping you’d offer up the safe refuge of your lap!
Don’t tell me whom I’m jealous of–I’ll happily to tell you myself who makes me a lovely shade of Kermit!
Exactly! I’m not jealous of Sarah Palin at all, not only for the reasons you listed above, but also because the kind of men who would be attracted to Sarah Palin are the kind of men I wouldn’t want to fuck anyway.
Smart girls with tattoos and nicely-toned legs are my main competition.
And now we know why you had the ankle troubles visited upon you.
It’s like the Story of Job. But worse.
This.
VS, please be so kind as to provide us with photographs of yourself as the Virgin Mary, gravid with child. Not so much Coreggio… Gimme some of that Fouquet, baby.
If it moves, Fouquet, as the kids say.
Her neck looked…ropey.
Much of that was due to pure tension. That’s where it shows the most. There, and in the mouth clamping down BEFORE she starts a new sentence.
This column expresses what right-wingers genuinely think liberal women feel about Sarah Palin. It’s not a line or a mere idea, they really believe this. We are “just jealous.” Of her LOOKS.
It boggles the mind.
The fact that it is so far out from our real feelings about her (utter contempt, admixed with a little irritation that a narcissistic con woman is being taken so seriously by so many) is a perfect distillation of the Comprehension Gap between us and the Right.
They do. not. get. it.
Incidentally, as a lifelong artist from a family of artists, I think I’m qualified to say Fouquet’s ‘Red Virgin’ is the sexiest, most subversive image ever painted.
That’s gorgeous.
Right?
Oh OBVIOUSLY.
Gimme some of that Fouquet, baby.
Beautiful picture except she looks like she had the “stripper special” boob job from Bob’s House of Cosmetic Surgery and Pancakes.
WTF has gotten into the S,N! crew? It’s like you all took some blogging Viagra and have thread-making erections that are lasting way more than four hours.
Um … wait. What?
Also, too: Willfully-ignorant, voluntarily-stupid, completely-clueless, god-awful-greedy, sinisterly-self-centered, and otherwise intellectually-repulsive women = NOT HAWT!!
Gimme some of that Fouquet, baby.
With Bobby Hill as Jesus
Beautiful picture except she looks like she had the “stripper special” boob job from Bob’s House of Cosmetic Surgery and Pancakes.
Pregnancy did that to me. Alas, it didn’t last.
I know, right?
I feel like the wife who’s husband feels so guilty about his mistress he lavishes me with gifts and attention.
Not that grapefruit look, the size.
As a woman, Sarah Palin embarrasses me. She’s such a fucking whiny, immature, over-sensitive, weak gasbag. She is the opposite of a role model.
Much of that was due to pure tension.
Also, the meth. Too.
PENIS.
From article:
it roused an unquenchable forest fire of rage and loathing in the breasts of many women
If anyone should need help putting out…….um.
Hey, VS:
Was just browsing your da page with The Mrs. She has a degree in Art and Design and is about a semester and a half short of a MA in Art History, and she wanted me to post something:
HOLY SHIT WOW!
Good chance we’re going to get a print to put up somewhere …
::big double thumbs up::
This column expresses what right-wingers genuinely think liberal women feel about Sarah Palin. It’s not a line or a mere idea, they really believe this. We are “just jealous.” Of her LOOKS.
It boggles the mind.
Not really. American Movement Conservatives believe this is exactly how everyone else looks at them in just about every conceivable way. They are quite simply the acme of evolution, and the Rest Of The World is composed of “good” Others who hero-worship them and want to be just like them, and “bad” Others who despise them because they’re so insanely jealous of them.
Read any conservative blog and you’ll see that theme pop up on every possible front; politics, economics, culture, and personal worthiness. No surprise that sex would make it onto there.
it roused an unquenchable forest fire of rage and loathing in the breasts of many women
She’s made of wood and therefore…A witch! Burn her!
Give Jimmy-jam credit. He more-or-less states right out front that he’s full of shit and planning to feed you for a bushell basket of lies and misrepresentations.
Wait. Who has said she’s uneducated? Stupid? Check. Uncurious? Absolutely. Un-lettered? Shit, she said so herself (by accident, but still…). But uneducated? Her intellect was shaped by five fine universities, a little at a time. Not their fault that she had so little to work with.
*boggle*
So let me get this straight. Palin, an obscure state level politician, governor of a giant state with a tiny population, raised to national prominence thanks to being selected by a desperate old codger with no apparent vetting, is superior to an accomplished woman who has a law degree (who let her into law school based on to whom she was married?), was generally rated as a very good Senator and damn near earned her party’s nomination to run for POTUS? Really? My mind, she reels.
Mark D–yay! Please tell Mrs. D. I’m thrilled she approves. Always lovely to get such nice feedback.
In this respect we identify fully with Palin, for we have been on the receiving end of similar disdain. Our education, like Sarah Palin’s, consisted of too many years at inferior state universities, although unlike her, we never even got around to graduating.
Truly strange. Does Toranto have multiple personalities or is he speaking in the royal “we”? He goes on and on with we and us when speaking about himself. The rest is a mix of defensiveness and self pity,
trying to get in on Palin’s martyr cross
Um. “feed you
fora bushell basket…”TAGZ! We hatez hobbits!
It’s a matter of what you put out there. Palin aims for hotness, Boehner aims for orange. Symmetrical features are irrelevant.
My case in point is the love of my life, Elizabeth Warren. She is beautiful and smart, and she looks exactly like she intends to look. She is not young, and does not care about glamor, but she clearly respects herself. And she knows why she’s on earth. Maybe not always or every step of the way, but Warren would be exactly who she is regardless of which way the cameras were pointing. Superficially, she looks great. Her hair and clothing and eyeglasses show that she is a discerning person who appreciates simple elegance. Add that to her intelligence and integrity, and she’s amazing.
If Palin or Coulter or Lopez or even Schlussel got hit with the intelligence-and-integrity stick, they would be amazing (and attractive) too.
Not really. American Movement Conservatives believe this is exactly how everyone else looks at them in just about every conceivable way. They are quite simply the acme of evolution, and the Rest Of The World is composed of “good” Others who hero-worship them and want to be just like them, and “bad” Others who despise them because they’re so insanely jealous of them.
Add to that the fact that right wing bloggers (actually, every RW male) thinks that all women think about is catfights with women who look better than them and shoe shopping. They’re unable to think of us as humans, with thought processes, and logic, and everything.
“Their” Sarah is convinced that she’s their darling candidate for Prez, when the reality is that she’s a useful (rapidly becoming less so) sockpuppet that they will drop like one of Actor212’s used tube socks* as soon as a new attention-getter will come along. She has no idea that they don’t take her seriously, and don’t even consider her human. Her worth is entirely based in her looks.
They have to believe that Liberal women aren’t beautiful because that’s the only thing that makes women a valuable commodity, and if lib women are hotter than PoutyPalin, then the libs are winning. It’s the only score card they have when it comes to women.
She’s five years older than me, yet behaves like a spoiled child. I know this isn’t anything out of the ordinary for Repub pols, but it’s very wearing to have her trotted out by wankstain bloggers as something that we’re jealous of. We’d prefer not to think about her at all, thanks, as she makes the rest of us rockin’ hot 40-year-olds feel embarrased for our gender.
Full disclosure: I have a uterus, but it’s been removed from active service.
*yeah, I went there.
Are Shorters going to be in rhyme now?
html tag fail. sorry.
Also, FYWP.
I
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ELIZABETH
WARREN
They say she is uneducated. What they mean is that her education is not elite–not Harvard or Yale, or even Michigan or UCLA.
I wonder how he explains the fact that we leveled the exact same charge at Bush, who was a Yale graduate. Maybe the reason we think she’s a moron isn’t because she’s from Real America(TM), but because she’s a moron.
”
Are Shorters going to be in rhyme now?”
Gosh, I hope!
Ask them, and they’ll most likely tell you: Because she’s a moron. But that is obviously false.
1) Question; why do liberals hate Palin?
2) Because they think she’s a moron.
3) But Fox News tells us that she not only is a friggin genius, but her genius is so obvious we can’t even conceive that someone else, even someone as different as a Godless Liberal Faggot, could possibly see her in a different light.
4) Therefore, liberals must have an ulterior motive.
5) Let me now build an entire castle on sand reflecting on what those ulterior motives can be.
A day in the life of the conservative intellectual.
It was nice of the WSJ to give him, in the middle of his Palin article, a couple of electronic inches to settle a personal score with some restaurant critic.
Add to that the fact that right wing bloggers (actually, every RW male) thinks that all women think about is catfights with women who look better than them and shoe shopping. They’re unable to think of us as humans, with thought processes, and logic, and everything.
[…] They have to believe that Liberal women aren’t beautiful because that’s the only thing that makes women a valuable commodity, and if lib women are hotter than PoutyPalin, then the libs are winning. It’s the only score card they have when it comes to women.
This.
There were a couple threads at Balloon Juice yesterday (“What If Sarah Palin Were Black?”) where commenters delved into her psychology for a bit. Here’s the one relevant to this;
And more generally, that’s exactly what they want their women to be. Bleargh.
Oh no. I meant re: being threatened by Sarah Palin’s massive tracts of…idiocy.
oooops, my bad…
and, oh yeah…i knew that…
well, according to the anti-planned parenthood interview i heard on one of our christian stations, your depression would be linked directly to the baby killing…the woman being interviewed said so. she counseled thousands of women grieving for their lost motherhood…
You know, I’m not going to disbelieve that there are women who have regrets, nor even women who write KLo that they felt like they had no choice but to abort a pregnancy they would have liked to have kept, and I’m going to lay the blame for it right at the right’s doorstep. They work diligently to make unwed pregnancy a shameful, costly thing, then bitch about women taking what the right has made into only non-life ruining option. Slut-shaming and mother-hating as a way to end abortion: not your best plan there, moeruns.
all women think about is catfights
I’m trying to figure out how they keep the little boxing gloves on.
Her neck looked…ropey
also, i believe her neck muscle are highly toned from the constant shrill harping…she probably thinks it makes her look hawt…
She’s made of wood and therefore…A witch! Burn her!
to make doubly sure, i think we should water-board her first to see if she floats…
Their tokens like Cathy Morris-Rogers are never tapped
to say a single word.For justice.
You know, I’m not going to disbelieve that there are women who have regrets, nor even women who write KLo that they felt like they had no choice but to abort a pregnancy they would have liked to have kept, and I’m going to lay the blame for it right at the right’s doorstep.
Exactly. A LOT of women who have abortions are already mothers and abort because they can’t afford to have another mouth to feed, and taking off work for childbirth and to take care of a newborn is impossible, at least if they want to pay their bills.
Fucking fucks.
The best thing about D-KW’s Moqtada al-Sarah photoshop is that it undermines the whole “Palin as masturbatory fantasy” thing. Send the link to all your wingnut relatives so that, every time they try to “rub one out” while fantasizing about Palin, the image of her with a Bork-beard, and a tubby body will intrude into their MILF/GILF fantasy.
Truly strange. Does Toranto have multiple personalities or is he speaking in the royal “we”?
Royal we: “Taranto attended California State University, Northridge, but “never bothered to graduate”[2] after a clash with the journalism faculty over free speech in which he filed a lawsuit against them.[3]”
TORT REFORM NOW!
Speaking of abortion, Rick Santorum
Abort Rick Santorum? Love to.
Exactly. A LOT of women who have abortions are already mothers and abort because they can’t afford to have another mouth to feed, and taking off work for childbirth and to take care of a newborn is impossible, at least if they want to pay their bills.
Fucking fucks.
oh yes, she fapped on about how having a baby is a joyful experience, which of course made me scream at my radio of course it SHOULD be fucking joyful, but lot’s of times it AIN’T and you haven’t done jack-shit to help out those ones, have you?! then i believe there was some mumbled cursing and the lighting of a cigarette…
oh yes, she fapped on about how having a baby is a joyful experience, which of course made me scream at my radio of course it SHOULD be fucking joyful, but lot’s of times it AIN’T and you haven’t done jack-shit to help out those ones, have you?! then i believe there was some mumbled cursing and the lighting of a cigarette…
The ironic thing is that the Planned Parenthood people they hate so much not only provide assistance to women who decide to abort their babies, but also those who don’t. But yeah, sure, let’s abolish Planned Parenthood.
The ironic thing is that the Planned Parenthood people they hate so much not only provide assistance to women who decide to abort their babies, but also those who don’t. But yeah, sure, let’s abolish Planned Parenthood
this was the gist of her interview because she is a former planned parenthood counselor. she quite because p.p. LIED to her about babies feeling pain during the procedure…which always boggles me since they don’t have a reference point do they? or a memory, or even know wtf is going on? anyhoo, she feels horrible for lying to THOUSANDS of grieving mothers about this, but unctuous male interviewer assured her that it was okay, because god is big enough to take her guilt and make it go away…
Oh good, now you don’t sound sexist.
If you (all of you!) had bothered to finish your education, you might have learned that the editorial “we” doesn’t mix well with a highly subjective, first-person writing style. Either maintain your professional objectivity and speak on behalf of the paper, or apply personal anecdotes and speak for yourself. You are not the Queen of England.
full irony disclosure…i went to p.p. to get birth control pills only to find out i couldn’t have them because i was already in the family way…there was much joy and congratulations all the way around, without nary a mention of the ‘a’ word…
You are not the Queen of England
but i’m fairly confident he would like to be…heeeellllllloooooooo! *wave*
I of course hear that the way Jon Stewart says it. Lulz
,,, the editorial “we” doesn’t mix well with a highly subjective, first-person writing style.
Malignantly ironic uses which remind us of the “royal we*” excepted of course.
*not a veiled little Duke of Edinburgh reference
Truly strange. Does Toranto have multiple personalities or is he speaking in the royal “we”? He goes on and on with we and us when speaking about himself. The rest is a mix of defensiveness and self pity,
trying to get in on Palin’s martyr cross
He’s talking about himself and his penis, and that’s not Palin’s martyr cross he’s trying to get in on.
….patiently waiting for a thread NOT premised on gross retards (sorry Trig) fapping to pics of shrieking harpies.
Speaking of abortion, Rick Santorum
That was one frothy mix of racism and sexism.
That is to say: the GOP would never elevate a woman who wasn’t pretty and nicely sculpted to VP nominee, just as it would never let a really bright and qualified woman take a powerful role
I thought in 2008, and I think now, that if McCain’s people were serious about scooping up disaffected PUMA Clinton supporters unhappy about how the Democratic nomination went, they should have picked (ex-?)Governor Whitman of New Jersey. That they picked Palin says that winning undecided and Democratic voters wasn’t the point. It was only about riling up the base.
Oh, and if anybody hasn’t read Griftopia yet, I highly recommend reading at least the first chapter next time you are in Barnes & Noble. Taibbi’s description of his first impression of Palin is priceless.
And FYWP, for good measure. One post, after a five hour hiatus, is not “posting too quickly”.
Speaking of abortion, Rick Santorum
Shouldn’t that be the other way around? Wouldn’t white people be the ones with no moral authority to define what does and does not constitute personhood?
Am I the only one aroused by this thread?
What’s arousing you?
The Palin, the abortion or the uteruses (?)?
I thought in 2008, and I think now, that if McCain’s people were serious about scooping up disaffected PUMA Clinton supporters unhappy about how the Democratic nomination went, they should have picked (ex-?)Governor Whitman of New Jersey.
I think Whitman’s lies about “Ground Zero” air quality would have sunk any candidacy- further proof of George Bush’s ability to fuck up pretty much anything.
Please tell me it’s not the Santorum.
Oh, and if anybody hasn’t read Griftopia yet, I highly recommend reading at least the first chapter next time you are in Barnes & Noble.
It’s also available for preview on Amazon. I just read it!
I thought the logical choice for McCain was Kay bailey Hutchison.
Nah, it’s the flaming breasts.
T&U, yer clutch ought not smell funny.
I shall have to opine in detail later tonight with real keyboard.
Stalling is not such a bad thing, do not fear the restart. No need to slip it so much.
Toratola writes like he went to The Big School of Writing as if You’re Smart and Know Big Words.
they should have picked (ex-?)Governor Whitman of New Jersey.
Not only was she soft on abortion, but she has some baggage.
T&U, yer clutch ought not smell funny.
Oh, I’m quite aware of that. It’s just that every time I stopped accelerating and let the RPMs go down, I started sliding back down the hill.
Sarah Palin is much like Anne Coulter. Yes, I would fuck her, on three conditions:
—a) she would have to be hogtied and wearing a ball gag
—b) absolutely no foreplay
—c) right up the ass
T&U, yer clutch ought not smell funny.
Who ya been clutching?
It’s just that every time I stopped accelerating and let the RPMs go down, I started sliding back down the hill.
You’ve got hills in your midwestern abode?
Not playing with the emergency brake?
and erm… d) it is consensual?
Okay, I am prepared to withdraw my retroactive endorsement of Governor Whitman, but I think any Republican operative worth his salt wouldn’t let little things like poisoned Ground Zero workers and pilfered pensions stop him. Both Sides Do It! Who Could Have Known! National Security! American Exceptionalism! Overpaid Unionized Public Employees! Come on, this stuff writes itself.
Soft on abortion, though…no way you’re spinning that.
Actually I think Kay B Hutchinson may have the same problem.
Actually I think Kay B Hutchinson may have the same problem.
Kay B. would also have to answer questions about the importation of toys tainted with cadmium.
—e) using somebody else’s dick
Kay B. would also have to answer questions about the importation of toys tainted with cadmium.
Free market.
Speaking just for myself, brutally honest, I’d have to say that comment pretty much creeped me out.
I don’t need the nanny state telling me how much cadmium my kids should eat.
Predictions on how our friends across the aisle will interpret this?
I think any Republican operative worth his salt wouldn’t let little things like poisoned Ground Zero workers and pilfered pensions stop him.
Her biggest sin from the Republican standpoint was that she actually wanted to do her job as EPA administrator (Ground Zero notwithstanding), which rendered her unacceptable to The Base.
I heard Chris Robinson has really bad BO
frickin’ stinkin’ hippie
“I don’t need the nanny state telling me how much cadmium my kids should eat.”
Ha!
That they picked Palin says that winning undecided and Democratic voters wasn’t the point. It was only about riling up the base.
I wonder if it worked. Did they rile up enough disgruntled McCain-hating voters to make up for the loss of independents and Democrats that her candidacy brought?
Predictions on how our friends across the aisle will interpret this?
You have to ask this about the party that covered up the breasts on a statue?
Sarah Palin is much like Anne Coulter. Yes, I would fuck her, on three conditions:
—a) she would have to be hogtied and wearing a ball gag
—b) absolutely no foreplay
—c) right up the ass
I would also need the garauntee that I would never have to see or talk to her again afterwords.
I would not call Sarah a moron though. She is clever enough to fool 20-30% of Americans and to market that into a very profitable business. It’s people like Taranto that keep buying what she’s selling that I think of as morons.
Brutally honest… said,
January 20, 2011 at 19:29
I think you’re at the wrong blog. Try Firedoglake or, better yet, BitchPhD.
“Predictions on how our friends across the aisle will interpret this?”
“WET NURSEY STATE!!”
“WET NURSEY STATE!!”
Sucking on the government teat!!
“Predictions on how our friends across the aisle will interpret this?”
“WET NURSEY STATE!!”
Wait, how will they get their cadmium then?
Predictions on how our friends across the aisle will interpret this?
This is just more proof that God intended women to stay home and breastfeed the children while they are barefoot and pregnant.
—f) using aborted-fetus juice as a lubricant
Wait, how will they get their cadmium then?
The answer is tragic.
to stay home and breastfeed the children while they are barefoot and pregnant.
The children are barefoot and pregnant?
T&U, yer clutch ought not smell funny.
T&U lays eggs?!
All I’m sayin is that it must have been sweet to be married to Goldie Hawn’s daughter (up on the backstroke and all)
The children are barefoot and pregnant?
Well, Sarah Palin’s are (except Trig) which is why we’re jealous of her. Please try to keep up.
I posted something that was actually on topic, but WordPress eated it. I typed it all out again and reposted it and WordPress eated it again. I will not try again. I know WP’s evil plans! WP plan A is to get me to repost the same thing four or five times and then suddenly post them all at one to make me look repetitive and redundant. WP plan B is to get me so fired up and frazzled that I make numerous typos and puntuation errors and post withou proof reading. I’m not going to fall for it. Funny how WP happily accepts all my OT posts.
MACBETH: Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
LADY MACBETH: Ewww, your clutch smells funny!
Try Firedoglake or, better yet, BitchPhD.
BitchPHD is shut down, but I’m certain they would see the humor of that comment if it were at Feministe. They love comments like that there. That, and Giant Sammiches.
I posted something that was actually on topic, but WordPress eated it.
On topic? You confoozed the SN WP.
I posted something that was actually on topic, but WordPress eated it.
WordPress hates the topic because it’s sexy.
Funny how WP happily accepts all my OT posts.
I’m trying to keep up, but I think I’m going to give up.
Is anyone else disturbed that B^4 thinks James Taranto is sexy?
Is anyone else disturbed that B^4 thinks James Taranto is sexy?
James Taranto is just as sexy as Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, and I would fuck him, on four conditions…
—a) hogtied; wearing a ball gag
—b) no foreplay
—c) up the ass
—d) “Dueling Banjos” soundtrack
The fact is I call Fake Gary.
You’ve got hills in your midwestern abode?
Yup (Although that looks a lot less steep than it seems, at least to my little car and my weak-ass cankle). I live in mid-Missouri. I’m not that far from the Ozarks. We also have trees.
Troll not funny or clever.
I do like this
picture tho.
B^4, I read about that in Mojo back about then. Tragic hardly begins to describe it.
Is anyone else disturbed that B^4 thinks James Taranto is sexy?
Sex-IST
Yup
I’m just busting your chops, I know you’re not that far from the Winding Stair Mountains.
I’m just busting your chops,
Oops. PeeJ called bullshit that there was a hill here the other day, so I’m all defensive and shit.
There are hills in Kansas, too! I lived at the top of one when I was in the dorms during college!
My cat tore up my favorite tights!
And where I’m originally from is somewhat close to the Ouachita Mountains, but I’m much farther north now. I’m closer to the Ozarks.
PeeJ called bullshit that there was a hill here the other day, so I’m all defensive and shit.
1) It’s PeeJ. ‘Nuff said.
2) Calling them “hills” is OK. Calling the Ozarks “mountains?” BWAHAHAHA!
My cat tore up my favorite tights!
Was it hunting your cankle? Also, do you have pictures?
Calling them “hills” is OK. Calling the Ozarks “mountains?” BWAHAHAHA!
That’s what they’re called! (Although it’s actually a plateau).
Was it hunting your cankle? Also, do you have pictures?
Nope, just kneading.
And I don’t go around flashing pictures of my cat just anywhere on the internets, sorry.
WARNING: Linking to Spinal Tap (or any other Christopher Guest film) is how crushes get started.
But, seriously…I’m completely obsessed with the whole Guest liberry (cept for maybe A Mighty Wind)
Now smell this glove.
Careful.
We also have trees.
But why are they all dead? Sorry, that’s an old family joke, we live in Florida where the trees don’t lose their leaves. We don’t have snow or hills eather. So it’s real tough to get the kids to believe me when I tell them how I used to walk uphill through the snow when I was their age. Damn kids, GET OFFA MY BEACH!
walk uphill through the snow when I was their age.
Both directions. Barefoot. Got up at 3 AM to do chores. Studied by candle ’til 4 the next morning
Luxury! We get up at 1 AM to build that hill for you to walk up, with our bare hands. Sometimes if we were lucky, we could use a spoon.
I can’t link to the page at work, but if you google “pinnacle mountain arkansas” you will get pictures of, well, Pinnacle Mountain, which is just west of Little Rock, which I CLIMBED WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!!! Yes, it not that tall, but it is beautiful. And did I mention that I climbed it WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!!!
I still wanna know how so many Arkansans ended up on this blog. It’s…weird. And T&U kind of being in that neck of the woods, too…weird.
Any of you make a Deliverance joke and I’m gonna punch you.
Candles? You had candles? Luxury. We burned the fat we begged from the liposuction clinic down the block.
That, and Giant Sammiches.
Not photoshopping a Giant Sammich into the picture of Tarantchulo is a transparent attempt to get back on my blogroll. Nice try but it’s not going to work.
Bleeeeggghhh!
No new thread? This place is really going downhill.
Any of you make a Deliverance joke and I’m gonna punch you.
Relax, Deliverance was set in Georgia.
tigris gonna kill me…
Thanks. Now my twisted noodle is trying to combine “Marions Discount Weight Loss Clinic”, lit candle wicks, incisions and fat into something reasonably coherent.
This is embarrassing. I’ve never actually seen Deliverance…and I was sure it took place in Arkansas. *facepalm*
Now…Taxi Driver…that’s Arkansas, right?
Chinatown? Also Arkansas.
And, of course, The Godfather.
Yeah, I don’t get why members of the press contintue to address ex-officials by their former titles, but in her case it’s especially bad. – mark f
Evita: Did you hear that? They called me a whore. They actually called me a whore.
Older Gentleman: Well Signora Peron. It’s an easy mistake. They still call me an admiral, yet I gave up the sea, long ago.
The
crack-laced methViagra must be wearing off.I still wanna know how so many Arkansans ended up on this blog. It’s…weird.
I blame Clinton.
Clinton…and also somehow…abortion.
Now…Taxi Driver…that’s Arkansas, right?
Chinatown? Also Arkansas.
And, of course, The Godfather.
Also, Titanic and Star wars.
And I don’t go around flashing pictures of my cat just anywhere on the internets, sorry.
wait, you can find pictures of cats on the Internet?
Now…Taxi Driver…that’s Arkansas, right?
Chinatown? Also Arkansas.
And, of course, The Godfather.
Star Wars, but just Episode One.
OOo, Imma kill ya, Thread Bear.
Clinton…and also somehow…abortion.
That reminds me: time to get started on tomorrow’s hangover!!
Ok, the idea of SW and Titanic taking place in AR made me chuckle.
Sooooo…Avatar was not filmed in AR? *sobs*
OOo, Imma kill ya, Thread Bear.
Plese don’t kill me, I was just providing a reference you could link to to prove what you say is true. I learned that trick from the wingnuts.
Why does their hatred of her burn so hot?
Ask them, and they’ll most likely tell you: Because she’s a moron. But that is obviously false.
Actually, I don’t hate her, but if I did, it wouldn’t be because I’m jealous or because she’s a moron.
It’s because she is pretty hateful. She has decided to be sucessful in the world by doing everything she can to destroy and marginalize her opponents, in a nasty and personal way. She has always opted to attack rather than compromise. She has always chosen antagonism over detente. She has never forgiven another’s offense, never offered apologies for her own offenses. She has modeled this behavior to those who admire her, and because of that, she is responsible for some pretty nasty-minded people out there. She has both made her children victims of her personality, and taught them to emulate it. I think those are pretty good reasons to dislike her; her red naughty-monkey pumps and her illiteracy come pretty far down on the list.
Now…Taxi Driver…that’s Arkansas, right?
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was there too. Also?
”
That reminds me: time to get started on tomorrow’s hangover!!”
Mmmm, I love a zombie who can hold his liquor.
Now…Taxi Driver…that’s Arkansas, right?
Chinatown? Also Arkansas.
And, of course, The Godfather.
Don’t forget Stalag 17.
Mmmm, I love a zombie who can hold his liquor.
It’s a little disconcerting when the hand he’s holding it in is no longer attached to an arm.
the idea of SW…taking place in AR
But just episode One.
Empire Strikes Back takes place in Wisconsin. At least the first part.
OT;
I’ve argued in several places before (never here I don’t think) that “commie” wasn’t the appropriate label for the Chinese government, and that with its combination of nationalism and a mixed economy that benefited the fat cats in the private sector while keeping the guns trained on their workers, it more closely resembled fascism.
My jaw dropped today because I saw the very same theme pop up at the top of PajamasMedia. I can’t remember the last time I’ve ever agreed with them and it disturbs me to no end.
Course, the comments section is alive with people squealing “OH TOTES… and Europe and the Muslim world are fascist too, everyone’s fascist except us!” The irony’s too thick for words; once again, the teabaggers may be the first fascist movement to rise to power by calling all their enemies fascist. It’s an interesting approach, to say the least.
OT closed.
It’s a little disconcerting when the hand he’s holding it in is no longer attached to an arm.
…and not his own.
Thread Bare I refrained from making just such a joke because I’m not an anti-zombite.
g said,
January 20, 2011 at 22:02
That’s pretty well put. Idiocy comes far behind meanness on the list of reprehensible personality traits. Sarah Palin has no fear of running out of either, of course.
Manhattan Murder Mystery? Arkansas
Hiroshima Mon Amour? Arkansas
Godzilla on Monster Island? Arkansas
Empire Strikes Back takes place in Wisconsin. At least the first part.
Get real, that was Minnesota. That scene in which Han Solo puts Steve Buscemi into the woodchipper always freaks me out.
Sleapless in Seattle?
Doesn’t this guy know you’re not supposed to use the flag as decor like that? It’s not hanging at all, it’s draped over a railing.
How disrespectful.
That scene in which Han Solo puts Steve Buscemi into the woodchipper always freaks me out.
BUSCEMI SHOT FIRST!!!
Chronicles of nARnia?
BUSCEMI SHOT FIRST!!!
Win.
La Cage Aux Folles – Arkansas!
If you need to find ZRM, start here.
Doesn’t this guy know you’re not supposed to use the flag as decor like that? It’s not hanging at all, it’s draped over a railing.
How disrespectful.
IOKIYAR. We shouldn’t have to be explaining things like this to you…
fARgo.
La Cage Aux Folles – Arkansas!
La Cage Ark Folles
fARgo.
Ghosts of mARs
SolARis
Lol. Fargo? Totally!
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Philadelphia-obviously Arkansas.
DetroitLittle Rock CityA Streetcar named Desire-clearly Arkansas.
Ha! Good one, B^4. BTW, I was totally making jazz hands when I typed in “La Cage”
Juses people! I got off a long flight and there’s no fucking way I can figure out the topic de moment is, not before I board my next flight anyway so PLEASE FUCKING FILL ME IN*
*mmmmm could be
“In Bruges”-goes without saying.
Interesting factoid – Chicago was filmed in LEAFS SUCK.
“PLEASE FUCKING FILL ME IN*
*mmmmm could be”
I didn’t know you swung that way.
“Little Rock City”?
Big Rock WIN
If ever there was a film that captured the essence of Arkansas, it was “Under the Tuscan Sun.”
Crazy in Alabama, although it starts and finishes in Alabama the middle of the movie shows Lucile traveling to Arkansas to fulfill her dream of becoming a big TV star.
“Little Rock City”
Also filmed in LEAFS SUCK.
or, maybe “Blame it on Rio.”
“If you need to find ZRM, start here.”
Now that is indeed an odd typeface. The ‘t’ looked to me more like a decorative spacer than a letter so I saw
“Zombie Lounge
Cock Ails”.
Am I sick?
I feel no shame in starting this. I am greatly enjoying the lulz.
BTW…Total Recall-Arkansas.
“Total Recall-Arkansas”
Dang! How could I have forgotten that one, what with the future governor of Arkansas and all.
“Under the Tuscan Sun.”
is AZ.
Lawrence of Arkansas, however…….
Arkan-Saw I through VI.
Saw the final chapter took place in the tiny island nation of Tuvalu.
Anyone else get in a time machine when they go to the Wonkette site? I get January 12, 2011.
Speaking of Arkansas
This book is one of my faves
I was so impressed with the reviews I bought it.
Just don’t read it in front of the younguns!
Seven Years in in Tibet: Arkansas
The Abyss: Arkansas
The English Patient: Arkansas again.
Poor snowbilly can’t do anything without getting yelled at.
Two gentlemen of Little Rock. Nah, unpossible.
Liberal women hate Sarah Palin because they are gray and ugly
Liberal women
HAWT.
Liberal women hate Sarah Palin because they are gray and ugly
It seems consevative men are pasty and lumpy.
Not everyone who’s pasty, lumpy & male is a conservative.
Speaking for a friend, of course.
I still wanna know how so many Arkansans ended up on this blog
Well, since we don’t have shoes, we’re pretty much sitting in front of the computer alla time.
Ooops. I am The World.
Forgot I had used that on the “vengenance is a form of justice” thread, about 18 threads ago, also known as yesterday.
Ooops. I am The World.
We AR the World, LittlePig.
D’oh!
Judging by this, conservatives really are obsessed with comparing the hotness of liberal women to their own. How much time do they spend making charts of elderly, overweight or otherwise not physically attractive liberals?
It really is the ultimate issue for them: Completely subjective, pointless, irrational and unresolvable. It’s much better than arguing about those pesky actual issues on which the ideologies actually take stands on.
about 18 threads ago, also known as yesterday.
of course, now Sadly will go a week without a thread, so …Let’s Get Ready To ZARDOZ!!!!
arguing about those pesky actual issues on which the ideologies actually take stands on.
Oh please. Republicans haven’t had ideologies since Nixon.
Let’s Get Ready To ZARDOZ!!!!
Another film set in Arkansas.
Lots of deer hunters around here wear those little red leather outfits hunting. Saved a lot on the costume budget .
Oh please. Republicans haven’t had ideologies since Nixon.
Not-so-veiled racism is an ideology.
Tax cuts for the wealthy is another.
I have to disagree on that one, unless you want to say a shark has an ideology. As pure creatures of the gut, there’s not a lot of “ideas” going on, except the word salad chicanery human mucilage like Frank Luntz farts out.
ZARDOZ….Another film set in Arkansas.
well, that explains the crazy old people.
Is nihilism an ideology? Pursuit of power for its own sake?
Anyway, they have a stated set of beliefs they use to pursue their real aims. As stupid and incoherent as on-paper conservativism is, it’s preferable to debate the merits of that versus “our womenfolk are hawter!”
It’s not a surprise they prefer to debate the latter. Rah rah Go Team C and all that.
Actually I should be clearer, movement conservativism’s leaders do have an ideology. It’s not the one they publicly advocate, but there is a coherent and effective worldview driving them. The followers have the whole gut level reactionary thing and not much more.
This is my new favorite game. How many paragraphs does it take a wingnut op-ed to reference abortion?
It takes Taranto 13 paragraphs to use the A word. But when he does, he drops it six times.
We’ve seen K-Jo use it this week. We’ve seen Douthat use it this month. It’s an obsession. Abortion is the root cause of their madness.
And the big 38th anniversary is this Saturday. They are just getting warmed up.
I’d say debate is not even possible these days, when they don’t even bother to make up rationales but just flat ass lie. When opinions are facts, when anecdotes are proofs, when words have meanings that morph with every blast fax, there’s no common conceptual framework for a debate.
Can one debate the irrational WITH the irrational?
g at 22:02 – that’s it. You said what I meant to say except WordPress thwarted me in some vague but important way. (That is to say it was not my fault.)
Palin and the tea party and contemporary Republicans in general remind me of my parents. If anything good happens to them, they first look around to see if other people are jealous. Only then can they enjoy themselves. If anything bad happens to them, it’s never their fault, it’s never bad luck or coincidence. It’s always because someone is out to get them, or, at the very least, because someone stole their chance or their place in line or their sacred birthright or whatever.
This attitude makes for a very unpleasant existence, one in which the world is a predatory place, and all you can do is eat faster.
I apologize in advance if anything I may have said inexplicably got heard in such a way as to cause anyone to hurt their own feelings.
I’d hate her every bit as much if she were ugly. Just sayin’
Boobies!
http://wonkette.com/435664/washington-post-newsroom-upset-because-black-lady-with-boobs-hosts-wapo-webcast
Further proof that the newsroom at Kaplan Prep Daily is populated by 11 year olds.
gocARt mozARt? Has this been done already?
Lots of deer hunters around here wear those little red leather outfits hunting.
“The Deer Hunter”, set in Arkansas.
Yeah, Palin’s mean, in a grubby sort of personal way. But y’know, other very successful people were mean and still accomplished good things. Lyndon Johnson. Arguably, Harry Truman. Andrew Carnegie, although the mean and the good were separated by quite a lot of time. George Patton. If rumor is to be believed, Hillary Clinton isn’t really a font of warmth, particularly if you get on the wrong side of her.
A lot of meanness can be forgiven if you’re smart and competent. I would argue that it’s the toxic combination of stupid, incurious and mean that gives Palin that special je ne sais quoi.
I still wanna know how so many Arkansans ended up on this blog.
My people were originally, but my grandfather had to get up to the Mazurah Ozarks after the Southern Tenant Farmers Union fell apart. It was the 30s and southern folks weren’t quite ready for a feminist, interracial union called STFU.
gocARt mozARt? Has this been done already?
??????
Actually I should be clearer, movement conservativism’s leaders do have an ideology. It’s not the one they publicly advocate, but there is a coherent and effective worldview driving them. The followers have the whole gut level reactionary thing and not much more.
“We should own whatever we want to own and do whatever we want to do.” If you can call that an ideology, then yes…
From way upthread:
they should have picked (ex-?)Governor Whitman of New Jersey.
Not only was she soft on abortion, but she has some baggage.
Yeah, there’s a bit of baggage for that lying sack of shit. As one of the people who was breathing poison (at the WTC) that she denied existed, I wish her a long career coughing her lungs out in intensive care.
On topic: Palin has a few attractive physical characteristics and works them for all she’s worth. Her stupidity and complete lack of empathy move her out of the “hate fuck” category and into “hate.” YMMV.
I’d say debate is not even possible these days, when they don’t even bother to make up rationales but just flat ass lie. When opinions are facts, when anecdotes are proofs, when words have meanings that morph with every blast fax, there’s no common conceptual framework for a debate.
This.
I’ve tried debating with movement conservatives in the last couple years, and it’s not possible; it’s just not. They’ve been immersed in their own world for far too long, in which “facts” are whatever ridiculous stories their media sources drummed up on that particular day to give them their daily dose of outrage. The reason I glance through PJM’s headlines daily is to have some idea what “facts” are being processed by the heads of the other half of the nation, but even then, that’s not nearly enough to get it all.
Time to break out this story once again; I had at least one friend, not a backwardsass hillbilly but a college graduate with a degree in national security studies, who had never heard (until I told her circa 2009) that we hadn’t found WMDs in Iraq. And when I told her, she immediately came up with the bubble-gum wrapper theory that “he must’ve moved them to Syria then.” Tell me how the hell I can even communicate with that, let alone argue?
Arkan-Saw I through VI.
Well not the first one, but the rest, including the Tuvalu chapter – filmed in LEAFS SUCK.
If anything bad happens to them, it’s never their fault, it’s never bad luck or coincidence. It’s always because someone is out to get them, or, at the very least, because someone stole their chance or their place in line or their sacred birthright or whatever.
In my experience, every single thing wrong with a wingnut’s life can be blamed on the fact that liberals messed with the (previously perfectly balanced and fair) free market in the 1960s in a way that benefits blacks and Latinos unfairly.
Don’t have a job? It’s because a liberal gave it to a (obviously less qualified) black guy instead of you. Had your home foreclosed on? It’s because a liberal forced banks to lend to black people. Etc, etc, etc.
And they love it because they get to completely abdicate that responsibility thing they keep talking about. Instead of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps like they tell everyone else to, they can lie back and piss and moan about how unfair life has been to them, how there’s no point in even trying because the game’s rigged against them, how they’re only going to vote for politicians sticking it to the uppity minorities they think are lording it over them.
Teabagger conservatism has become exactly what Churchill once called socialism; the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.
BOOBS.
prepare for gocart AHEM in 3…2…1…
I think gocart linked first. BAD, N_B! Bad!
D’oh!
DKW, hasn’t Toronto become a big movie city in recent years? I think a lot of hollywood offerings are filmed there because it’s attractive and saves the moviemakers $$
I did and nobody seemed to carry about my boobies link. What has happened to the Sadly, No! (and the America) I thought I knew? For shame. I WANT MY COUNTRY/BLOG BACK!
They film a lot of movies/tv/commercials in Toronto and Vancouver.
Toronto is generic enough that they can make it look like a lot of different US cities.
For those who don’t like boobies, here is the latest on “milky discharge after anal sex” news.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/santorum-on-obamas-abortion-views-its-remarkable-for-a-black-man-to-say-we-can-decide-whos-a-person.php
Teh filmings in LEAFS SUCK got its foot in teh door when the Canookian funny coloured money was going for like 70 cents or so but now with our dollars being so close now, a lot of teh savings have disappeared.
There’s tax credit stuff going on too for + incentivization.
But yeah, there’s a lot of film stuff going on in LEAFS SUCK. Usually with my town pretending to be New York. Which is actually quite appropriate since pretending to be New York is teh official past-time of LEAFS SUCK.
Toronto is generic enough,,,
We like to think of it as “versatile”.
“York. Which is actually quite appropriate since pretending to be New York is teh official past-time of LEAFS SUCK.”
I chuckled. Yeah, I can see that.
Was Spiderman filmed there by any chance?
Also too isn’t LEAFSUCK kind of a big food city now?
It’s Roe v. Wade week, ladies & germs. Erick Erickson just compared abortion to the you know what
it’s attractive and saves the moviemakers $$
There’s been a bunch of filming done in Salt Lake City for much the same reasons (though I haven’t noticed it going on so much in recent years.) The High School Musical foofaraw was filmed less than a mile from my house, f’rinstance.
The Toronto filmability must have been a nice perk for filming Scott Pilgrim.
Also too isn’t LEAFSUCK kind of a big food city now?
Depends. We’re doing our part in the ridiculously overpriced destination restos – so in terms of big international recognition, yeah a bit.
BUT, as what is arguably the most multicultural city on the planet, LEAFS SUCK has had killer AWESOME ethnic foods for ages.
Taibbi introduced us to the word “palinoia” at the end of 2009, followed quickly and more Palin-defensively by MMcArdle.
Not that I’m accusing Taranto of unoriginality. Just wondering if he’s aware of the word’s actual meaning:
Santorum:
I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say, ‘we’re going to decide who are people and who are not people.’
Presumably he is keen for this to remain the perogative of white men, despite Obama’s uppitiness.
“killer AWESOME ethnic foods for ages”
This I am down with. Or with this I am down.
Ok, I just googled Spiderman. 3 was filmed in…Cleveland?!!!
The Toronto filmability must have been a nice perk for filming Scott Pilgrim.
One of the interesting things about how so many movies are shot in LEAFS SUCK and how so few are set here is that when LEAFS SUCK is the actual setting for a movie, it goes all out. Here’s what Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World looked like to a native.
Xecky, I had no idea about SLC. Interesting.
Dhalgren said,
“It’s Roe v. Wade week, ladies & germs. Erick Erickson just compared abortion to the you know what.”
Without clicking the link, let me guess: The Holocaust?
Dare I ask why the LEAFS SUCK?
(from Columbus Ohio, home of the mighty Bluejackets)
Dare I ask why the LEAFS SUCK?
Why not, everyone in Toronto asks that question too.
As it turns out, it looks like we’re going to win over Anaheim tonight. Yayyy! Maybe that’ll help wash out the taste of the 0-7 loss yesterday.
for a black man to say, ‘we’re going to decide who are people and who are not people.’
Also, and too, has Obama actually involved himself in deciding whether fertilised ova are people? I would hate to think that Santorum is dishonestly dragging Obama into it merely to motivate the low-information voters and exploit their free-floating hatred.
Shut your mouth, Smut! Rick “Greek for Asshole” Santorum would never do that!
GO LEAFS GO!!!
Only four games under .500 now! If we keep up this pace, we’ll only miss the playoffs by two spots instead of five!
Ok…I don’t follow sports…but I’ll cheer anyway. Why not?
But what are the Leafs position on black abortions?
Is the Leafs position . . .
That four games under thing counts OT losses as a wash since they’re worth a point.
Teh Leafs would put a black abortion on defense. It would improve the team.
perhaps you can blame the Leafs on abortion….
Boobies!
What the fuck? She’s wearing a button-down shirt, not a tube top. Is she supposed to tape ’em down?
when LEAFS SUCK is the actual setting for a movie, it goes all out.
Cool! I see from the article that I’m not the only one who gets annoyed that Everything Happens In New York™.
No stories are set in Salt Lake City, so I haven’t seen the same thing happen here.
Although those poor buttons do look like they’re straining a little. Those of us with chesticles either need to avoid the button-downs or get them specially made, because nobody wants to see our tops pop off.
Well, I mean, they probably do, but that’s considered impolite in most circles.
Xecky, I had no idea about SLC. Interesting.
Oh yes, and around this time of year it is a big film town in another way – Sundance Film Festival. I’ve only ever been to one Sundance movie, and that because my boss gave me tickets he’d won in a raffle. The whole scene doesn’t grab me much, but you do see Movie People around a lot. The only one I’ve run into that I knew on sight was Crispin Glover.
Is she supposed to tape ‘em down?
On film.
Everything Happens In New York™
“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”
that’s considered impolite in most circles.
Not really, unless there isn’t equal consideration for us bootie men.
“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding.”
LOLz. Sounds about right – I have an idea for a Broadway show called “New York City Exists (and Nowhere Else Does.)”
I have an idea for a Broadway show called “New York City Exists (and Nowhere Else Does.)”
Tourists would flock to see it.
Sundance is in SLC? how did I not know that?
us bootie men.
Rule 34?
Tourists would flock to see it.
They’d have to – the company putting on the show wouldn’t see any point to taking it on the nonexistent road.
But the tourists would be ok – imaginary people’s money spends just like anyone else’s.
Oh shit…that reminds me of Crash. Don’t remind me of that cinematic abortion.
Sundance is in SLC? how did I not know that?
It isn’t all in SLC – it’s headquartered in the nearby resort town of Park City, but there are a lot of films shown and events related to it in SLC.
Crash. Don’t remind me of that cinematic abortion.
Yet another case where the book is better. Ballard’s urban terror trilogy – Crash, Concrete Island, and High Rise – is fan-fucking-tastic.
imaginary people’s money spends just like anyone else’s.
In today’s economy, better.
What the fuck? She’s wearing a button-down shirt, not a tube top. Is she supposed to tape ‘em down?
They are black boobies. More objectionable, because of the animal nature of the dusky hued. YOU KNOW how they are.
It’s Roe v. Wade week, ladies & germs. Erick Erickson just compared abortion to the you know what.
“Abort Macht Frei”
Moar Rule 34.
I meant the Cronenberg one…is that the one you’re talking about?
Oh shit…that reminds me of Crash
Filmed and set in LEAFS SUCK.
Rule 34?
Moar Rule 34.
Hawt!
No Max Boot, though – even butt men can’t stand that ass.
I meant the Cronenberg one…is that the one you’re talking about?
Yup. He butchered Ballard’s novel.
I still wanna know how so many Arkansans ended up on this blog. It’s…weird. And T&U kind of being in that neck of the woods, too…weird.
It is shocking– shocking I tell you!–to discover there bright, witty, creative, intelligent people who reside somewhere else than New York City and Los Angeles, isn’t it? Perhaps the two most provincial mindsets in the nation. They claim to be the Centers of the Fucking Universe, and neither even rates as a state capitol, much less a world capitol. Neither of them even has a fuckin’ DaVinci, for pete’s sake!
Rubes…and arrogant, boorish, smug, self-satisfied roobs at that: Have you ever endured a baseball game with Yankees ‘fans’ anywhere nearby in the seats? (The best and most-knowledgable fans are in St, Louis, IMO. And I’m not even an NL guy.)
Is there an ‘despise’ emoticon similar to ‘hearting’ something? If so, I [emotiicon] NY. *provocative evil laughter and mustache twirl*
There are hills in Kansas, too! I lived at the top of one when I was in the dorms during college!
Mount Oread! (And Rock Chalk! Where you there during the Roy Williams Era? BTW, my HS graduation was held in Allen Fieldhouse. Lawrence totally rocks.)
On the subject of naming locally prominent hills, ridges, or plateaus as ‘mountains’: Done the world over, not just the Midwest. Like the Holyoke ‘Mountain Range’ in Massachusetts; the highest ‘peak’ is little over a thousand feet. The Catskills. The Green Mountains. Santa Monica Mountains. Also about half a bazillion examples elsewhere on the globe, too. The Jura ‘Mountains’ in Switzerland, to pick one.
TU: We’ve got more than southeast Kansas and Mount Oread in common. Ten years ago, the same disorder utterly devastated my world….and a librarian saved my life. Today I volunteered for a nationwide study that will follow 5,000 patients longitudinally over time. I would not wish this disorder on my worst enemy.
ALL: Coming soon….high praise for HTML, and the quality of the commentary in this thread.
As to New York & its denizens: Imagine a link to the Steinberg cover. Hell, might as well imagine the cover, period, since I can’t be bothered w/ an actual link.
Letters from Iwo Jima?
Arkansas.
We admit they’re the Hollywood Hills. (I dunno where that S.M. “Mountains” crap comes from.)
Neither of them even has a fuckin’ DaVinci, for pete’s sake!
Milwaukee has the only Calatrava building in the country. And it works without leaking, due to the production work by local architects and engineers.
Heh, actually, “The Deer Hunter”, supposedly set in PA, but the mountains, hoo boy, they’re MOUNTAINS, that ain’t PA!
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Win.
Where you there during the Roy Williams Era?
Yup. Fucking fucker.
My last year in Lawrence was the first year Bill Self coached.
Now I’m in Mizzou territory. Blerg.
Milwaukee has the only Calatrava building in the country.
Not for long.
zrm, that building is so cool-looking. It looks like some futuristic sailing vessel or something.
It looks like some futuristic sailing vessel or something.
When I toured it, it was damned futuristic. It was an art museum with the highest empty-space-to-art ration I’ve ever seen.
a librarian saved my life
Unaccountably, there are no records of any C&W songs using this title.
Not enough twang.
N_B, did you find that displeasing?
Smut you made me snicker. Somebody better fill that niche.
N_B, did you find that displeasing?
Exhausting. Miles of walking brought me to two paintings and a rocking chair.
It’s called MINIMALISM!!!!!
Not for long.
Good for you. Because SO MANY PEOPLE remember the name of the second guy to step on the moon.
Because SO MANY PEOPLE remember the name of the second guy to step on the moon.
I forget, was it Laverne or Shirley?
When I toured it, it was damned futuristic. It was an art museum with the highest empty-space-to-art ration I’ve ever seen.
Ration?
The big space is used for fundraising and weddings. Also, the traffic from the building itself makes up for not being a big Box within a Box. Although I understand if CERTAIN ENGINEERS think that is the way things should be designed.
Also, you toured it? Without touching base with local zombies? I am hurt, really I am.
who the hell let N__B out of his cage?
And gave him a 4LOKO?
Exhausting. Miles of walking brought me to two paintings and a rocking chair.
Heh. I’ve wanted to see it, but I find it a little, hm, I dunno. There’s something about it that doesn’t appeal to me. Although I do like the sunscreen and the fact that it’s…boaty.
Exhausting. Miles of walking brought me to two paintings and a rocking chair.
And i bet you weren’t allowed to sit on the painting.
Also, you toured it?
Before I knew of Milwaukee’s zombie infestation.
Exhausting. Miles of walking brought me to two paintings and a rocking chair.
Did you get lost? I understand.
And i bet you weren’t allowed to sit on the painting.
Now you tell me.
Speaking of art, does anyone want to come and help me hang mine? It’s such a pain in the ass.
Although I do like the sunscreen and the fact that it’s…boaty.
also, the sunscreen flaps.
Interesting, that Milwaukee has two buildings with big moving parts; the stadium roof was designed by out of town engineers, and has had a history of maintenance problems, while the sunshade on the art museum has performed as designed (albeit with one minor adjustment for excessive noise). The museum was detailed by local architects and engineers.
You gotta be careful letting N_B out, drunk on expensive ales and sporting rakish haircuts…
Speaking of art, does anyone want to come and help me hang mine? It’s such a pain in the ass.
I am pretty sure Art does not appreciate the hanger in his ass.
You gotta be careful letting N_B out
Mitt Romney may start pretending to sing “Who let the __Bs out? Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof.”
You gotta be careful letting N_B out, drunk on expensive ales and sporting rakish haircuts…
he always threatens to buy me drinks if I get to his neck of the woods, but he gets over here, and it’s all ‘zombies? I don’ know no zombeez!’.
And no, you can’t sit on my painting. Or my Eames chair.
T&U – Garfunkel? Carney? Linkletter? You’ve ommitted critical info.
Finish this joke:
A zombie and an engineer walk into a bar…
All I wanted was a fucking mango . . .
That crazy fucktwit refers to himself as “us,” just like fucking Gollum.
I am pretty sure Art does not appreciate the hanger in his ass.
That’s not what he told me…
“he always threatens to buy me drinks if I get to his neck of the woods, but he gets over here, and it’s all ‘zombies? I don’ know no zombeez!’.”
N_B, is this true?
Out of Africa? More like Out of Arkansas, amirite?
Closest I’ve been to Milwaukee since 2006 is Chicago.
dunno where that S.M. “Mountains” crap comes from
Atlases.
Atli?
Closest I’ve been to Milwaukee since 2006 is Chicago.
I’ve been in Milwaukee since WAY before 2006.
Also, T&U, the new Decemberists is getting MUCH better on repeated listens, as the songs are woven into my other recent acquisitions. Or maybe it’s the rum. Yes, that seems more likely.
A zombie and an engineer walk into a bar…
…The software guy ducks.
Spanish Engineer PENIS
Also, T&U, the new Decemberists is getting MUCH better on repeated listens, as the songs are woven into my other recent acquisitions.
Yeah, I’m definitely going to give it a few more listens. Honestly, I was a little “meh” on The Crane Wife the first few listens, and now it’s one of my favorites. Still, my reaction on this was more “blerg” than “meh.”
A zombie and an engineer walk into a bar
the engineer dies, and his liability insurance carrier denies the claim.
Unaccountably, there are no records of any C&W songs using this title.
Only appeared in an obscure verse. We met in a truckstop, she ran away to Jackson, and now I’m drinkin’ and thinkin’ about my Lonesome Heart.
Rum? Mmmmmmm. Have a shot for me.
Atli?
Perhaps you’re thinking of the British Prime Minister?
Holy dildo, batman!
No other fuckup of McCain’s will damn him half as thoroughly as his snap decision to lift a mediocre governor into the national spotlight in 2008.
Palin is photogenic enough to get her own show … & every time she opens her trap, the ugliness within emerges & blossoms like a red tide.
Voice therapy would make the presentation less grating (is Dristan™ a controlled substance in Alaska?) but the problem is the chauvinism (in the original hyper-nationalist sense of the term) & the eliminationism. As Sorcerers’ Apprentice of the Bugfuck-Crazy Brigade, Palin lacks either the sense or the motive to reverse the evil magic she’s unleashed on America, let alone the ability. Perpetually using her kids as political human shields – to the point where it looks less like shrewd politicking & more like child abuse – shows everyone exactly what her ethical IQ is – in that regard, Trig looks like the brains of the family. Never apologizing for any of her many nasty remarks & lying her ass off to make herself look innocent (see: Troopergate) are just the cherry on the Ugly Sundae.
OT: Michael Steele is going to be on The Rachel Maddow Show tomorrow. Get your popcorn now because the stores will be out by noon on Friday at the latest.
That MIGHT challenge even goatse guy.
Still, my reaction on this was more “blerg” than “meh.”
well, look. My recent acquires include things like John Wesley Harding and Robbie Fulks, so americana influenced stuff fits right the heck in. But I find myself looking at the titles when the song hits me the right way, and the decemberists seem to be showing up pretty often.
I am, admittedly, a sucker for banjo and acoustic guitar.
Rum? Mmmmmmm. Have a shot for me.
Sorry. It’s being served in pint glasses with cola. I will, however, mix them stronger.
Perhaps you’re thinking of the British Prime Minister?
Atli Stevenson? Yeah, that must be it.
“. I will, however, mix them stronger.”
You’re the nicest zombie I know.
Crap. My conscience is bothering me. I’ve known some wonderful New Yorkers. I even have a carefully annotated Michelin’s Guide of what I would visit–even the specific rooms of museums and galleries–if I ever visited. Which I haven’t done and will never do.
Admission: I like many Yankee players; and I think Joe Torre deserves to go into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
My recent acquires include things like John Wesley Harding and Robbie Fulks, so americana influenced stuff fits right the heck in. But I find myself looking at the titles when the song hits me the right way, and the decemberists seem to be showing up pretty often.
I am, admittedly, a sucker for banjo and acoustic guitar.
It’s not really the style of music that I’m not into (although it’s not something I normally listen to all that often)…it’s just that some of it feels a little forced to me.
I think Down By the Water is a fantastic song, though, and I’ve been listening to the album on my shitty laptop speakers, so I could easily change my mind.
Palin is photogenic enough to get her own show
So is Chris Matthews.
I agree with the other commenters about her visible aging on her video. HD is not kind.
Look, I am not one to reflexively judge women by their appearance. But when someone like Palin and her followers make her appearance the most often referenced aspect, I can’t help but think that she is going to be getting increasingly bitter and vituperative as she inevitably and increasingly shows her age physically.
Hoist by her own petard, and you perverts can play with that all you want.
I’ve been listening to the album on my shitty laptop speakers, so I could easily change my mind.
O yeah, you need to jack that shit right into your brain.
Crap. My conscience is bothering me
look, if you’re gonna hang around here, you need to get over that.
Whoah, sorry I just disappeared there. I kinda got distracted.
it’s just that some of it feels a little forced to me.
see, I haven’t got that. Although I have been a little more casual about their earlier work, I kind of feel that the baroque aspects of the other stuff feels MORE forced.
Maybe because I grew up through the punk era, and I like simplicity, because otherwise you end up with Rick Wakeman.
Liberal women hate Sarah Palin
umm, did he ever suggest any reason why liberal men hate her? Cuz NO FUCKIN WAY am I gettin out of the boat. I will let one of you other
foolsvolunteers do that.see, I haven’t got that. Although I have been a little more casual about their earlier work, I kind of feel that the baroque aspects of the other stuff feels MORE forced.
Yeah, I can see that. I think it feels forced to me partly because it’s out of character for them. Maybe it has more to do with my expectations than anything else.
Ooh! Ouachitas! Bigfoot country!
Mountains? Steep enough terrain for this kind of suprise in the middle of the night:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Media/campers-killed-arkansas-flash-flood-albert-pike-campground/story?id=10889327
zrm, I wrote more stuff in your blog. *stamps foot*
And no, you can’t sit on my painting.
When you had described your art as a pain in the ass, I had imagined some form of sculpture.
Maybe because I grew up through the punk era, and I like simplicity, because otherwise you end up with Rick Wakeman.
Also, ha!
Their last two albums before this one were completely prog rock-influenced, so that’s a fairly apt analogy.
I actually think some of their best songs are the simpler ones. There’s a recording of a show that Colin Meloy did with just an acoustic guitar and it was nice to hear some of the songs stripped down.
And, holy shit, Calamity Song sounds like REM.
Uh huh. We can’t all be Nancy Reagan now can we?
Heh. Anyone remember “The Silver Fox”, a meme that lasted like 1 day after inauguration.
When you had described your art as a pain in the ass, I had imagined some form of sculpture.
It’s a PENIS-shaped painting.
Have you ever endured a baseball game with Yankees ‘fans’ anywhere nearby in the seats?
Well, I’m almost never in the seats. But I’ve never had the near-death Yankees experience that so many people apparently have in bars or restaurants either. Helps that I don’t really care about sports and thus don’t seek out sports bars.
Most rabidly crazy sports fans I’ve ever personally seen; the Red Sox in 2004. We were actually driving up to Boston that evening and I remember waking up in the back of the car late in the night to a deliriously happy fan banging on the window and screaming his joy for the whole world to hear… surrounded by basically an entire city of such people. God bless ’em, every one!
I’ve pretty much been in lurker mode lately. This entire thread has been outstanding. Less humor than typical, perhaps, yet chock full of thoughtful and extended commentary. (Chris’ mini-essays are particularly memorable. On a roll today, bro! Consider taking up blogging?)
HTML: I’m glad you are back! I wasn;t a poster before you went into hiatus; I loved your hooks and the wit of your captions. Also, I NEVER get out of the boat; I always trust the Shorter. The previous thread’s was classic:
Anyone remember “The Silver Fox”?
I do! Excellent film with Richard Farnsworth. Also filmed in Arkansas.
I even have a carefully annotated Michelin’s Guide of what I would visit–even the specific rooms of museums and galleries–if I ever visited. Which I haven’t done and will never do.
It’s really not that bad. I’d never live there, but as far as visiting goes, nice place. What does it for me is that in downtown Manhattan especially, it starts feeling really cramped, crowded and claustrophobic after a few days. The big skyscrapers everywhere contribute to that a lot. (Washington DC based prejudice here; our buildings aren’t allowed to be nearly that tall, and I definitely prefer it that way).
Really really prettiest city I’ve ever been to; I vote for San Francisco. Not a surprise the cost of living’s so high.
Real reason behind the zombie outbreak?
The cost of living is too damn high.
Maybe it has more to do with my expectations than anything else.
yeah, expectations can be a hard thing to manage. Fortunately, I am a big fan of the Mekons, who were successively burned by major labels when they tried to deliver what they thought the labels expected, and since have merely done what they liked. Whatever you expect from them, they will be doing something else.
And since I mentioned the Mekes, cue J Neo Marvin chining in in 4…3..2…
On the subject of naming locally prominent hills, ridges, or plateaus as ‘mountains’: Done the world over, not just the Midwest. Like the Holyoke ‘Mountain Range’ in Massachusetts; the highest ‘peak’ is little over a thousand feet. The Catskills. The Green Mountains. Santa Monica Mountains. Also about half a bazillion examples elsewhere on the globe, too. The Jura ‘Mountains’ in Switzerland, to pick one.
Dja ever see a movie called The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain? Cute.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of movies: Casablanca. Definitely Arkansas.
zrm, I wrote more stuff in your blog. *stamps foot*
Lady, back away from the iPad.
I am a big fan of the Mekons
Yeah, I noticed they’re totes like your The Smiths.
I am still pondering The Eternal Question. I have SRSLY been watching that shit over and over for an hour now.
Definitely time for sleep – but it will be the tortured restless sleep of unease and anxiety over all the things we will never know.
Chris’ mini-essays are particularly memorable.
Why, thanks.
On a roll today, bro! Consider taking up blogging?
I’ve thought about it, but my thought process tends to be reactive… to what someone else puts in their blogs or posts in the comments sections. For the time being I’m happy just hopping around on already existing forums/blogs. (Teh S, N! Funny especially helps to stay sane when reading about today’s politics).
Why not?
…while the sunshade on the art museum has performed as designed (albeit with one minor adjustment for excessive noise). The museum was detailed by local architects and engineers.
Well they had the home-field advantage of knowing how the local sun works.
Anyone remember “The Silver Fox”?
I’m fond of “After the Fox”, with Peter SellARs and Britt Eklund. Neil Simon’s first screenplay. Filmed on location in
ItalyArkansas.Oh, and while we’re on the subject of movies: Casablanca. Definitely Arkansas.
“Play the Ballad of Rock Ridge! Go on! Play it!”
I’ve thought about it, but my thought process tends to be reactive… to what someone else puts in their blogs or posts in the comments sections.
I’m kind of the same way, and I have a hard time because I expect a LOT more out of my blog posts than I do out of my comments. Anyway, I wind up wordsmithing until my shit isn’t even relevant anymore. I need someone to give me a deadline.
“Play the Ballad of Rock Ridge! Go on! Play it!”
“If she can stand it, I can!”
I’m kind of the same way, and I have a hard time because I expect a LOT more out of my blog posts than I do out of my comments.
This, too.
Well they had the home-field advantage of knowing how the local sun works.
this made me laugh WAY MOAR than one might expect.
I need someone to give me a deadline.
DO WHAT I DO; Drink while writing your blog post, then you hit publish just before passing out, and come to in the morning wondering what the hell you threw out into the intertubes.
“Have you ever endured a baseball game with Yankees ‘fans’ anywhere nearby in the seats?”
I watched the Sox/Yankees playoff game clincher a few years back at a bar with a bunch of Yankee fans. The Sox had a 4 run lead in the 8th and they brought in Pedro and all the NY fans were like “ppfft, Its over”
and I was like “NOTHINGS OVER ‘TILL THE LAST OUT!” In ’86 I watched game 6 with a bunch of Mets fans and admittedly I was an obnoxious dick until shortly before the end so live and learn.
because I expect a LOT more out of my blog posts t
wow, it’s like you guys don’t even visit any blogs.
There’s one asshole that makes an entire thing out of zombie references and musical post titles.
“I need someone to give me a deadline.”
Send an email to Jonah. Seems to work for him. Well, except for the stupid but I don’t think deadlines are his main problem.
Ahh Britt Eklund. This brings back adolescent memories of myself alone in my room after dark when . . . Wait, this stuff isn’t published to the world is it? She is a very good actress, great range, whatever happened to her?
Seriously. Check the “shorter” ratio here. Why there is a shorter at the top of this very post!
wow, it’s like you guys don’t even visit any blogs.
OK, I apologize for the actual content at my blog recently. Normally, I just say I’m not going to post.
West coasters and Tivofreaks, here’s your warning re. Daily Show & Colbert Report:
1) A dumb, hyperbolic thing was said by a Democrat, so Jon Stewart could put on his BSDI! hat (Both Sides Do It!) and have a fanatic-for-reasonableness shit fit, where, perhaps once again, he went too far. I quite agree with the congressman that the GOP employs the Big Lie tactic, and we all know where that came from. I only wish he didn’t have to go on and say, and then there was the Holocaust and all the Jews died. Dumb, and hey, not the only reason we don’t like the 3rd Reich. Well, in theory. Some of us in this country dig aggressive, illegal wars and shrill authoritarian climates.
II) Speak of the devil, Christie Todd Whitman was briefly on Colbert (early on) to talk about the sweet, sweet lootable nectar that public pensions are, and how states need to sell shit off and focus on what’s reaaally important (I wonder, cutting taxes and selling more things off?) and how them fancy lad public employees have Cadillac health insurance they don’t pay enough on (unlike you, you hard workin’ workin’ man who asks for nothing more than an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay, and for anybody with an ice cream cone when you don’t have one to have it yanked away from them and thrown on the ground and stomped on, unless, of course, they’re really rich, in which case, they deserve it.)
(Okay, she didn’t say that last part, at least, not implicitly, but that’s what’s behind the shit-pot stirring with the right’s attack on public sector employees and unions.)
Threesly, Colbert picking on Rush for his “foreign guy accent/speaking Chinese” fit.
Hey, sorry to bomb the thread, but what’s that smell? Is that T&U’s clutch?
Sorry. Cajun-blackened pancakes w/ a dusting of lemon-scented Raid®. Does smell like a clutch though.
Mmmmm: I made a soup that’s the apotheosis of winter tonight: leeks, carrots, parsnips, rutabaga, and kale from the home garden, combined with store-bought baby limas and celeriac, all long-simmered in a rich chicken/dashi/shoyu broth.
There is hope for 2011 after all.
Although I’ve been quiescent comment-wise since the turn o’ the year, must say that it’s nice to see the recent resurgence of old key-carrying homies. It was high time to revisit the freneticism of auld.
But you people sleep too much during exactly the hours when I’m at peak freebreezy and hankerin’ for a rapid-fire exchange of frivolous ephemera.
Anyone remember “The Silver Fox”?
Actually, the film I was thinking of is called The Gray Fox. I forgot the title–I blame abortion and Teh Gays!–but I remember the film clearly. The story is based a character from life: An elderly bank-and-train robber (played by Richard Farnsworth) is released from prison early in the 1900’s. The whole world has changed during his long incarceration. He tries to fit into it…then goes back to robbing trains. Filmed in Arkansas.
Yet many of the locations looked suspiciously like British Colombia.
TOO LATE– ZZZZZzzzzzz.
Doesn’t British Colombia share a border with Portuguese Venezuela?
“Perhaps you’re thinking of the British Prime Minister?”
Atli Stevenson? Yeah, that must be it.
*tips top-hat and graciously concedes*
Cajun-blackened pancakes w/ a dusting of lemon-scented Raid®. Does smell like a [burned] clutch though.
MB: Thru-the-looking-glass food pr0n!
Doesn’t British Colombia share a border with Portuguese Venezuela?
Don’t know. But I love geograpjy trivia! I’m a Night Hawk, too. With my first cup of coffee. (So be careful with the hot-liquid-thru-the-nose humor! I’ve read your posts before, Bull.)
Bilo: Thanx for the heads-up about Stewart. His Mister Reasonableness, Both-Sides-Do-It wears a bit thin for me. I prefer Colbert’s sharper elbows. I definitely went to the Rally to Keep Fear Alive!
zrm, I wrote more stuff in your blog. *stamps foot*
As did I at yours. Really l-o-n-g too! *pouts in corner*
I made a soup that’s the apotheosis of winter
I think I’m turning into a soup.
Dja ever see a movie called ‘The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain’?
Delightful film, full of wonderful supporting characters and gentle humor. Ever seen The Milagro Beanfield War? (Redford, dir; Reuban Blades) If you liked /Englishman’, you might put Beanfield War on yer list.
Okay, here’s great bit of geographic trivia. Great for winning bar bets! (Bars seldom have atlases available.)
OK, which albums were recorded in Arkansas?
“Inna Garda da Vida”, obviously.
Vespasian: You’re a handsome guy! I remember some wonderful busts in Rome. (<==free hook!)
“Inna Garda da Vida”
Inna Gadda da Vida? (Or am I thinking of an Italian pastry?)
Meet the Beadles? Or was that recorded in London?
Time Has Come Today Recorded by the Chambers Brothers. In Texarkana, I think.
Work with me, people! I’m on my second cuppa coffee. When I drain it, I must get to work.
I think it was “Meet The Bedazzlers” that was done in Arkansas.
This may have been recorded in Arkansas. The landscapes seem familiar anyway….
Did Taranto get any money for his diaper bondage videos he shot with Octomom?
He certainly can’t make a living off of his dreary writing.
I think it was “Meet The Bedazzlers” that was done in Arkansas.
Mebbe so. They were discovered in a Holiday Inn lounge near Hot Springs, if my memory serves.
He certainly can’t make a living off of his dreary writing.
Wingnut welfare.
Confession: I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal for many years. When Rupert bought the place, and it became obvious the editorial tail was going to eat the news dog, I canceled my subscription, and demanded a refund of the outstanding balance (which I received). It was funny: in the pre-Rupe days, subscription-renewal reminders were haughty and imperious, of the form, Don’t think that by holding out on us, you can get a better rate, dear peon. Now, they beg and beg and beg and beg, but to no avail.
As a result of this long estrangement, I had forgotten just how worthless the editorial “writers” were. Thanks for reminding me of how correct my decision really was.
… there is no denying that she is a highly accomplished
persongrifter.F’zd, for greater Palinness.
When Rupert bought the place
Gary Ruppert? I thought he was merely an oatmeal-brained wingnut that showed up at S,N! from time-to-time.
I need to edit my own comments for greater Palinness. Got any tips?
Drained my coffee. Gotta do some work now. But there seem to be plenty of Night Hawks to carry on the conversation. Have fun!
Really l-o-n-g too!
Feel free to interpret the exclamation mark as an ‘l’….
Shoulda flagged the last comment with VS:
Why should DKW and Actor have all the fun?
I need to edit my own comments for greater Palinness. Got any tips?
Maybe not about that, but I did notice you dumping on my hometown. Even if you can’t stand the Yankees, don’t avoid the Big Apple on their account. New York has much to recommend it, and I believe everyone should visit at least once. Hook up* with one or more of us, and thus get a cheap place to stay in town; then, take the city for all it is worth. Visit the art museums, the public library, the parks, the bridges, the skyscrapers, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, the Great Bridge. (Do this in late Spring or early Fall, when the weather is not-so-ghastly.) Pay your respects to Lady Liberty, buy a hot dog from a pushcart vendor, wander through Central or Prospect Park. Mock the greedheads on Wall Street. Give your regards to Broadway. Above all, enjoy yourself; that is what the city is really all about.
*NotSoVCasualSexR
Tensor: You make The City sound enchanting. I’ve visited it vicariously in the Michelins, seen it from a jet high overhead, seen it from the Tappan Zee (the widest bypass I know).
But you know how people can get really fixed in their prejudices? I’ve nurtured mine against NYC and LA for decades.
It’s irrational, of course.
Hmmmm. Maybe I should cogitate on the nature of irrationality. In Another Lifetime perhaps I might be reincarnated as a New Yorker; I’m certainly crazy enough for NYC. I’m not sure if that would be a result of Good Karma … or Bad Karma … or Instant Karma.
Tensor: My hatred of the Yankees began when I was a KC Royals fan–back in the days of George Brett (3B), Willie Wilson (CF), Frank White (2B), John Mayberry (1B), Hal McCrae (DH), Dan Quisenberry (RP), and rotations that included Paul Splittorf, Dennis Leonard, Bret Saberhagen, and Hard Luck Charlie Liebrandt.
Every year it seemed the Royals came out of the West and NY Evil came out of the East and played for the pennant. And I’ve lived in Baltimore for the last two decades. God, I hate the Yankees.
This may be ancient history. Some NY Evil reference points: Steinbrenner Pere at his most crazed: Billy Martin managing every other year. Reggie Jackson, Willie Randolph, Thurman Munson (s-o-o fine), Goose Gossage, and the Ragin’ Cajun.
My dislike hardened into stone when a woman I loved for 11 years–since high school–went to NYC to study opera. I transferred my hurt into resentment of the place that ‘stole’ her.
(We renewed out friendship decades later. She later moved because she couldn’t stand the thought of raising her children in the Big Apple. Now she lives on the Big Island.)
Plus I resent NYC literati. I’m a writer. Undiscovered genius. Or, more probably, utterly insane. I’ll never make a nickel off my fiction; in all liklihood, it will never be read. Doesn’t matter: I work hard and it pleases me.
You are a good advocate. But it’s the Old Dog, New Tricks problem: I [negative emoticon] NY.
PS: Doesn’t extend to the state. I once lived in Holland, NY (near Buffalo). Also, the Mohawk River valley is among the beautiful I’ve ever seen.
Way too much autobiography. But these overnights leave lots of room for rambling around.
Gotta go back to work. I always enjoy taking a Sadly Break. Have fun.
Doing a quick news check: Spokane police official says the MLK-parade bomb was “the worst device, and most intentional device, I’ve ever seen.” Also note the T-shirts inside the bag.
If the bomber turns out to have reichwing influences, this could be quite the conundrum for the Wurlitzer….
Yet another one for Jonah Goldberg’s archives; PJM realizes that the Front National and the other European far right parties are railing against free trade and globalization, and quips that it “raises the obvious question; why do they call it the far right?”
Umm. Have you heard your side of the aisle squealing like stuck pigs that Clinton and NAFTA sold us out to the Mexicans and that Obama’s plotting to sell our jobs to China and India and it should be Americans first? Left wing presidents haven’t exactly got a monopoly on protectionism, either.
But it’s the Old Dog, New Tricks problem: I [negative emoticon] NY.
Having said all that about New York… how about LA? Is Teh Rage any less against that place?
If the bomber turns out to have reichwing influences, this could be quite the conundrum for the Wurlitzer….
Well, I mean, your even implying that makes you worse than the person who planted the bomb and even worse than the person who shot MLK, doncha know.
Also dropped by Eschaton. See “They Get Death Threats”; Thers, 00:29.
DKW, hasn’t Toronto become a big movie city in recent years? I think a lot of hollywood offerings are filmed there because it’s attractive and saves the moviemakers $$
I know this is way late, but my anecdote (which might of course be false) is too good not to share. The story is that they were filming in Toronto, but pretending to be NYC. To aid in the illusion, the set designers artfully distributed garbage here and there on the street/set. The problem? Each night the municipal street cleaning team would come and clean up, requiring them to mess the street anew each day.
how about LA? Is Teh Rage any less against that place?
Well, there’s Walter O’Malley. That’ll have to do for now….
Palin is photogenic enough to get her own show
So is Chris Matthews.
Proof of the irrational love for blonds among TV producers.
No way. That is funny. Sort of.
I think it was “Meet The Bedazzlers” that was done in Arkansas.
Mebbe so. They were discovered in a Holiday Inn lounge near Hot Springs, if my memory serves.
Oddly enough, “Meet The Vajazzlers” was as well.
No way. That is funny. Sort of.
Happens a lot. And then we truck it all to Michigan, or at least we used to.
Also interesting, Those LEAFS SUCK clean-up crews use street sweepers that have been specially tested for emissions. Even our cleaning equipment is clean.
Happens a lot.
The closest we’ve had was when they were filming Godzilla and the intersection of 5th and Broadway next to Madison Square was knee deep in fake fish. I think some homeless guys stole a few and tried to fry them.
re: LEAFS SUCK The Clean
A couple years ago, municipal workers went on strike. For six weeks in the summer there was no garbage collection at all. It was pretty bad and smelled horribly, but life went on. Strike ended at the end of July. Mostly you couldn’t tell anything had happened by the time the CNE started two weeks later although the temporary dump sites were sketchy into September.
This thread smells like fake dead fish.
re: LEAFS SUCK The Clean
Clean kills. This man would be dead in LEAFS SUCK.
One of my fave “Newsradio” episodes is the one where everyone finds out that Dave (Foley!) is from Canada, and the whole office scandalized. And he says all he remembers of Canada is a very clean, state-run day car facility.
or care
day car facility.
Plushy bumper stickers FOR EVERYBODY!
day car
Poutin where the headlights should be
A couple years ago, municipal workers went on strike. For six weeks in the summer there was no garbage collection at all.
I’ve heard the Mafia once did the same thing when they were getting too much trouble from the NYPD, just to remind people what a vital part of the community they were.
I’ve heard the Mafia once did the same thing when they were getting too much trouble from the NYPD, just to remind people what a vital part of the community they were.
Uh, no. Urban legend at best. The mob controls parts of the commercial garbage collection industry, not residential, and commercial garbage isn’t piled up on the street unless the business owner wants to get a big public-health fine.
This thread smells like fake dead fish.
Not my fault.
Uh, no. Urban legend at best. The mob controls parts of the commercial garbage collection industry, not residential, and commercial garbage isn’t piled up on the street unless the business owner wants to get a big public-health fine.
Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the correction.
Even if it’s not piled up on the street, though, I imagine not having commercial garbage collection for a few weeks would piss off quite a few people. Do you know if they ever stopped commercial GC or is the story an urban legend from start to finish?
No, that’s T&U’s clutch. She can’t get it repaired until she finds a female mechanic with the legs of a dancer, the tats of a sailor, the eyes of a duelist, and the morals of a rabid cobra.
Just gave myself a boner.
Chris – I don’t know the entire history of NYC garbage, but I suspect there have been more “strikes” against individual companies than city-wide. Part of the mob’s longevity stems from not overplaying the hand.
Just gave myself a boner.
Is it orange and weeping?
I guess you could say it’s weeping.
Ew
Spengler, i saw your blog once but lost the link. Could you hook meup?
Is that T&U’s clutch?
Yeah, sorry about that. I vomited in it. Which sucks, because it’s vintage!
WHY DO YOU NEED A COPY OF THE ORDER WHEN YOU ALREADY APPROVED THE ORDER ELECTRONICALLY AND IT IS EASILY AVAILABLE ONLINE????
Ahem.
TruculentandUnreliable said,
Arguments are down the hall.
WHY DO YOU NEED A COPY OF THE ORDER WHEN YOU ALREADY APPROVED THE ORDER ELECTRONICALLY AND IT IS EASILY AVAILABLE ONLINE????
An antiquarian, trying to keep the USPO alive?
Boob. Also, breasts.
An antiquarian, trying to keep the USPO alive?
I just have to put it in her inbox, but it annoys me that I have to get the order approved TWICE, she receives reports about the orders, and the specifics of the orders are online. I know it’s not a big deal, but I just find the ridiculous amount of paperwork annoying and a pain in the ass.
I’ve heard the Mafia once did the same thing when they were getting too much trouble from the NYPD, just to remind people what a vital part of the community they were.
From context, I get that “the same thing” refers to a mafia-sponsored garbage strike, but on first reading, I thought you were saying the entire Outfit went on strike to make people see how valuable they were.
I was entertaining myself with visions of pimps not answering pagers, drug dealers mysteriously “out of stock”, bookies not taking any bets… I suppose it would lead to a certain amount of unhappiness, although the victims of protection rackets would probably enjoy the strike enough to offset.
“N__B said,
January 21, 2011 at 17:54
Boob. Also, breasts.”
Weird. Theryre everywhere this morn.
Blackman said he also told the company he was incapable of making an informed agreement with the stripper because he was drunk at the time.
This case has chilling potential.
I bet the sex act was the Dirty Shakespeare.
This case has chilling potential.
Could lead to shrinkage.
Not the movie, the First Lady, Babs! Whom we were very, very briefly told was nicknamed “The Silver Fox” by her children, which knowing her children was pronounced “bitchharpyshrewwhotellsmeImnevergoodenough”
This one! http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956782-1,00.html
I sincerely doubt she ever wore fake pearls, unless “seeded with the bones of a small child” makes them fake.
No way. That is funny. Sort of.
Yes, but you still can’t beat this
wow…i just got a lecture from my mom about my “inflammatory” mike huckabee fb status this morning…i’m 45…
If your huckabee is inflamed, you should see your doctor immediately. That shit’s deadly.
If your huckabee is inflamed, you should see your doctor immediately. That shit’s deadly.
this made me laff…thanks. i has a sad cuz my lunch date just cancelled…and i didn’t bring any lunch…and it is -12 out there…and that’s not even the windchill…
my “inflammatory” mike huckabee fb status
Details please
my “inflammatory” mike huckabee fb status
Details please
Ditto.
Also, this is why I do not friend my parents or their generation on facebook and deploy every ounce of energy to dissuade them from ever getting a facebook profile. So far, it’s working, which is my good fortune.
bbkf –
Where are you? We have a cold spell heading our way, but the highs will be in the teens.
all i said was, ‘oh, mike huckabee, just shut up! we watch the weather channel in the mornings (cuz we are nerds) and his commercial about getting the largest petition EVER to repeal the health care bill just drives me nucking futs…she’s just touchy cuz she thinks huckabee is the bomb…
the largest petition EVER to repeal the health care bill
That sounds to me like a challenge to the Trekkies.
also, i’ve derided sarah palin and posted the link to the battle hymn video. she’s worried that my board or my donors will be upset. but, i’m like…uh…my donors are all like 80 and not on teh fb. and my board knows my politics and delights in giving me much crap…
At least it puts you waving distance from PZ Myers.
VS, writing blog is here, sorely neglected art blog is here. Have a raft of updates to add to that one. Maybe I’ll just go right ahead and do that.
By the way, T&U puked in her clutch, so nobody ask her for a twenty.
Art blog is here, he repeated, adding link.
By the way, T&U puked in her clutch, so nobody ask her for a twenty.
duly noted…but i may offer her a mint…
At least it puts you waving distance from PZ Myers
???
PZ Myers.
Always worth reading, IMO.
n_b…that’s so cool! and i should be ashamed…i do know that man by sight since umm is my alma mater…thanks for the tip…
she’s just touchy cuz she thinks huckabee is the bomb
I really love how the only times the other side of the aisle cares about fairness and civility is when their side’s getting hit. Especially compared with all the lecturing we get from our side about bipartisanship and being nice to them and rallying around the flag when the nation needs it…
By the way, T&U puked in her clutch, so nobody ask her for a twenty.
All over my drugs, too!
i do know that man by sight since umm is my alma mater
Either you’ve got a very good memory or UMM is smaller than I thought it was.
Like a good liberal, I BOOKMARKED it. So Mr. Dampniche is multi-talented? Goddammit.
I told my boss at my first real job that I was multi-talented. I fucked things up and then I fixed them. He was under-amused.
Re: find-and-replace for M*ntreal: the horse is not only dead but bloating up and beginning to smell.
Not amused by _B? Sounds like a douche to me.
writing blog is here
Thanks! I’m hobbyist-writing these days and always interested in what people who have finished – and better, published! – projects have to say about the craft.
BTW about halfway through Rise Again. Enjoying it quite a lot.
At least it puts you waving distance from PZ Myers.
especially if you use all your tentacles.
I really love how the only times the other side of the aisle cares about fairness and civility is when their side’s getting hit. Especially compared with all the lecturing we get from our side about bipartisanship and being nice to them and rallying around the flag when the nation needs it…
so true…she also worries about socialism…and then gets mad when i tell her to stop cashing my deceased dad’s ss checks and to get off medicare…
“Let It Be”, that scene at the end where the Beatles play “Get Back” on the rooftop? Little Rock, AR.
especially if you use all your tentacles
oh, i didn’t know they were showing…thanks…i’ll put them away now…
D’oh!
Whoops, I’m no longer Louis the XVI, I am Bilo, dammit! Or Gumby, dammit, not sure.
D’uh! Everyone knows that!
D’oh!
good times, i assure you…
Happy Days? Arkansas.
All of Stephen King’s books are set in Arkansas.
the Mekons? They’re all from Arkansas.
Nom-Nom
I’m REALLY enjoying this Arkansas-centric world. It’s not just providing lulz (and it definitely is)…as an Arkansan, it’s making me feel iMPORTANT.
The GOP nomination fight for 2012 is going to be swee-eeet.
and then gets mad when i tell her to stop cashing my deceased dad’s ss checks and to get off medicare…
Study of recent American politics shows that it’s only socialism if THEY are taking MY money. If, on the other hand, I am taking their money, that’s just sensible economic policy, and in fact it might be socialist to try to put a stop to it.
I’m gonna say something that’s going to make you despise me: I’ve never listened to the Mekons. I’m completely ignorant about them. Of them? They’re just one of those groups I heard of, but never HEARD.
she thinks huckabee is the bomb
INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC!
Which incidentally will culminate in a GOP convention to be held in Tampa, AR.
Listen, I’m already starting to feel the first stirrings of an orgasm.
The GOP nomination fight for 2012 is going to be swee-eeet.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! He’s fucking delusional.
(Watch him get elected. JUST WATCH).
Study of recent American politics shows that it’s only socialism if THEY are taking MY money. If, on the other hand, I am taking their money, that’s just sensible economic policy, and in fact it might be socialist to try to put a stop to it.
Not enough people make that point. Heck, sometimes I wonder what would happen if Democrats and Republicans in the “donor” blue states got together and made a campaign modeled on Reagan’s “welfare queen” bullshit, but aimed at the heartland where all of their money actually is going.
Never happen, I know. The resonance of the “heartland = Real America and we can’t turn against them!” narrative is too strong, but it’s a nice thought.
James Taranto is just as sexy as Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, and I would fuck him, on four conditions…
I wouldn’t even fuck him with K-Lo’s ten foot giant sammich.
Remember that awesome prog rock band from the 70s? Arkansas?
CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SOOOOOON!
Nom-Nom
Nom-Nom
That reminds me–I need to get my inhaler prescription refilled.
Remember that awesome prog rock band from the 70s? Arkansas?
Actually from LEAFS SUCK.
Snort said,
January 21, 2011 at 19:01
know what? i bet sarah palin will buy this to feed to her next baby just to show that michelle obama! fat kids, indeed!
CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SOOOOOON!
Kansas wasn’t prog-rock, they were hair-rock. (Hair metal minus the black eye-liner.)
DON’T YOU CRY NO MORE!
Kansas was once staying at the same hotel in Kansas City as we were, and were enjoying their delicious complementary hot breakfast when we came to get ours.
There were also two dorks in the corner wearing Kansas t-shirts and freaking the fuck out and whispering to each other. Good times.
I told my boss at my first real job that I was multi-talented. I fucked things up and then I fixed them. He was under-amused.
If he’s anything like my boss he was probably worried that you were after his job. After all, it’s his job to fuck things up.
So if I’m reading this right, pretty much anything that ever existed was either from Arkansas or LEAFS SUCK.
Yes, that’s Kansas. Arkansas did the song ‘Dust in the Breeze.’
I want to punch WordPress in the cock.
Kat
Yes, that’s Kansas. Arkansas did the song ‘Dust in the Breeze.’
CARRY ON MY WAYWARD DAAAAAUGHAHAHAHAAHTEERRR!
BTW, the KU band plays that song at games a lot. It’s fucking annoying.
Kat
(Watch him get elected. JUST WATCH).
This is what worries me. In the current climate I expect the right wing clown car to keep spitting out loonies vying for the nomination. With the Faux Noise machine in full gear they will all be presented as viable, reasonable candidates. In the end one of them will end up winning and if the Repubs in congress can continue to mash things up until the election many people put some of the blame on Obama and that just might be enough to put the loony in the White House.
I close the door
Only for a moment and the socks are gone
All my dryer sheets
Pass before my eyes a curiosity
Lint in the dryer
All they are is lint in the dryer
It is possible to step off a boat on the Atlantic Coast of Africa and walk to the coast of the Red Sea, and crossing only ONE border. What are the two countries?
You’d have to land at Muanda, on that little bit of the DRC that has access to the ocean, then cross through the Sudan. But you only have a few more months until they add the new border.
i’m in the armpit of MN…you know that little hump that sticks into south dakota
Wait, isn’t Minnesota a rectangle?
John Thune?
Wait, isn’t Minnesota a rectangle?
NO! we are a shapely state..we have an arrowhead AND a hump…the rectangles are to the west and south of us…
John Thune?
no…he’s the little prick that sticks it to south dakota…
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse of your mom, who I was screwin’
I was climbing ever higher, but her gut was in my way
Though my eyes could see, I still was a blind man
And in my mind could I thought I’m lucky because she can,
With her face make people start pukin’,
And turn men gay.
Dammit, another LIB fails to correctly identify his true merkin flyover politicians.
Wait, isn’t Minnesota a rectangle?
I’ve heard that Wyoming wants to turn the SW corner of the state over to Utah because Wyoming is tired of being square. Utah really wants that too because they love to be square.
NO! we are a shapely state..we have an arrowhead AND a hump…the rectangles are to the west and south of us…
I’m in Florida, a S,N! shaped state… PENIS!
So if I’m reading this right, pretty much anything that ever existed was either from Arkansas or LEAFS SUCK
The band Boston? Started just up the road from Pettigrew. TRUE STORY.
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
Now “Carry On My Wayward Son” is stuck in my head.
Dammit. There’s an extra “could” in that song. I hang my head in shame for messing up the words. I hope my fellow LEAFS SUCKians in Arkansas (band) can forgive me.
we are a shapely state..we have an arrowhead AND a hump
Humping the shapely I understand. I’m uncertain as to where to put the arrowhead.
Now “Carry On My Wayward Son” is stuck in my head.
If you sing “Point of Know [sic] Return” it will take care of that problem.
Now “Carry On My Wayward Son” is stuck in my head.
Maybe this will help.
If you sing “Point of Know [sic] Return” it will take care of that problem.
I don’t think I know that one…thank God.
Maybe this will help.
HAHAHAHAHA! I don’t have sound!
Uh, we still going on about Arkansas?
I’m uncertain as to where to put the arrowhead.
On the end of the shaft?
Point of Know [sic] Return
I’m uncertain as to where to put the arrowhead.
A uniped would put it in Thorvald’s kidney fat, but YMMV, as the kids say.
On the end of the shaft?
You know where I can get high-test condoms?
Bolton/Palin 2012. Please.
HAHAHAHAHA! I don’t have sound!
In that case, how about this?
This is what worries me. In the current climate I expect the right wing clown car to keep spitting out loonies vying for the nomination. With the Faux Noise machine in full gear they will all be presented as viable, reasonable candidates. In the end one of them will end up winning and if the Repubs in congress can continue to mash things up until the election many people put some of the blame on Obama and that just might be enough to put the loony in the White House.
This, exactly. Yes, it is funny to think about a Palin/Bachman/Beck trifecta, but there is always some possibility that the person will win.
Hell, let’s imagine you are a wingnut in early 2008. “Can you believe those Dumb-o-crats? They’re going to nominate some one-term Senator! Wait! Not only is he black, but he has a Muslim-sounding name! This is going to be a cakewalk!”
For that matter, imagine you are me in 1999: “I can’t believe those Republicans are going to nominate the idiot son of a failed President, to go up against one of the most accomplished VPs we’ve ever had. Molly Ivins has been writing about him for years! Everyone knows what an idiot he is! This is gonna be great!”
Anyone able to secure a nomination has some chance to win. Anyone. Beck, Palin, anyone. I loathe Mitt Romney with the hatred of a long-time Massachusetts resident, but I hope he gets all the non-insane Republican vote and gets the nomination.
I’m in Florida, a S,N! shaped state… PENIS!
Hah! wankers. New York is a penis with a penis. There’s no mistaking our manhood! At least not since the mastectomy.
Bolton/Palin 2012. Please.
Even is there is only one chance in ten of them winning, I’d put the odds of Bolton being willing to use a nuke at 50/50. I hate those odds.
This, exactly. Yes, it is funny to think about a Palin/Bachman/Beck trifecta, but there is always some possibility that the person will win.
I know. The fact that Obama didn’t win by more than he did scares me. I mean, I’d at least expect halfway intelligent people who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for him would stay home.
I’m REALLY enjoying this Arkansas-centric world. It’s not just providing lulz (and it definitely is)…as an Arkansan, it’s making me feel iMPORTANT.
then don’t search wikipedia for “films set in Arkansas”.
Even is there is only one chance in ten of them winning, I’d put the odds of Bolton being willing to use a nuke at 50/50. I hate those odds.
I’d have to leave the fucking country. There’s no way that I could stand the idea of The Mustache being president. Of course, I said that I would leave if GWB was re-elected, and I’m still here, in the same city as before.
Uh, we still going on about Arkansas?
yeah, your hometown!
In that case, how about this?
THANK YOU.
There’s no way that I could stand the idea of The Mustache being president.
Keith HernandezJoseph Farrah is running for president?Anyone able to secure a nomination has some chance to win.
Doubt it. Bolton maybe, but Bachmann and Palin are both too much of the loose cannon for Big Money to trust.
To put it another way, if you were the CEO of some massive bank or high-tech arms manufacturer or whatnot, who would you rather trust with your no-bid bailout-a-palooza? Crazy crazy ‘chellie who wants to repeal the Senate or Obama who clearly wants things to go as smoothly as possible?
Even Big Oil would probably be more comfortable with Hussein X the Usurper than Pipeline Palin, who has only one reliable bit of consistency in her perpetual martyr status.
The fact that Obama didn’t win by more than he did scares me.
46% of American voters picked a 72-year-old cancer survivor, and Sarah Palin. They did that at a time when there was no credible argument that the Great Recession was not 100% Republican’s fault.
Now tell me Bolton can’t win in 2012. Make me believe that. Please.
…and zrm starts hating me in 5 4 3 2 1
but Bachmann and Palin are both too much of the loose cannon for Big Money to trust.
Which is why I hope they unite behind Romney. Awful as he is, he is the least-bad Republican.
46% of American voters picked a 72-year-old cancer survivor, and Sarah Palin.
Don’t forget he was a war hero. Without him we might have lost in Vietnam.
Now tell me Bolton can’t win in 2012. Make me believe that. Please.
Sorry, my heart’s not in it. And I’m a terrible liar.
46% of American voters picked a 72-year-old cancer survivor*, and Sarah Palin**.
*Who sold out his own daughter in 2000 for the right, among GOPers, to be the establishment pick in 2008.
**Who demonstrated during a televised debate that she’s a moron who thinks she can wink her way to success.
Don’t forget he was a war hero.
I had forgotten his critical role in the Spanish-American War. I feel better now.
ZRM – I am giving you a present.
Now tell me Bolton can’t win in 2012. Make me believe that. Please.
Okay, Bolton couldn’t win an election in a GOP majority Senate. During that first major insurgency build-up phase of the Iraq War.
Bolton couldn’t win an election in a GOP majority Senate. During that first major insurgency build-up phase of the Iraq War.
But he learned a lesson. Next time he’ll show more leg.
This convo is making my pet unicorn sad.
It’s all right, Miss Sparklepretty. I won’t let the bad people be president.
Remember that awesome prog rock band from the 70s? Arkansas?
Well, there was Black Oak Arkansas, although they weren’t prog-rock. (Prong-rock, definitiely):
VS and Miss Sparklepretty
Doesn’t Bolton have some freaky deaky sex issues? The folks who might have gone just to vote against the black guy might not bother when their only other option is the perv. Of course if I’m remembering correctly it was hetero pervery, which is still okey fine by many.
Bolton couldn’t win an election in a GOP majority Senate. During that first major insurgency build-up phase of the Iraq War.
And yet he ended up in office anyway.
I agree that Big Money will not allow a Palin or Bachman victory. Republicans will likely control the House and Senate after 2012. If Obama is president, they can negotiate him into whatever they want anyway, or at least block him from doing anything meaningful. Obama then carries full responsibility for the clusterfuck, at least in the minds of voters.
If a Republican is president, especially a “true believer” they risk another wave election like 2006 and 2008.
“January 21, 2011 at 20:19
VS and Miss Sparklepretty”
Rofl! I ain’t cute anymore.
ZRM – I am giving you a present.
Comic sans walks into a bar and the bartender says “we don’t serve your type here”.
Something valid I learned from Tom Clancy: “Look, Jack, 40% of the country votes Democrat and would vote Democrat if Abraham Lincoln was running against Adolf Hitler. Another 40% of the country votes Republican and they’d vote that way if Hitler was running against Franklin Roosevelt. Elections are about the other 20%.”
Something funny I learned from Matt Taibbi: “Elections are not decided by policies. They’re decided by convincing 5% or 10% of the voters in the middle that they like your teeth better than the other guy’s teeth.”
And yet he ended up in office anyway.
Recess appointment, where you only need to get the one vote. He resigned because it was clear there was no way in Hell he was going to win confirmation.
And yet he ended up in office anyway.
Yes, by recess appointment. Bolton definitely has the “in” with the money-men but I think even in the rich old white dudes club there’s a recognition of what a charisma-free wet sack of shit John Bolton is. This is the big disadvantage the cons have, most ofl the folx “teh base” gets allupons over are incompatible with being the little puppets the real power needs (mostly due to Teh Crazees).
Deciderer W fit the bill in being congenial to both the nutjobs and the PNAC crowd. The current crop of Repub hopefuls aren’t, pending the results of the Huckabee makeover.
This is what worries me. In the current climate I expect the right wing clown car to keep spitting out loonies vying for the nomination. With the Faux Noise machine in full gear they will all be presented as viable, reasonable candidates. In the end one of them will end up winning and if the Repubs in congress can continue to mash things up until the election many people put some of the blame on Obama and that just might be enough to put the loony in the White House.
This. And that’s why I cringe every time I hear someone go “ha, the Republicans are going to pick Palin/insert-absolute-idiot-here and it’s going to be a cakewalk!”
For that matter, imagine you are me in 1999: “I can’t believe those Republicans are going to nominate the idiot son of a failed President, to go up against one of the most accomplished VPs we’ve ever had. Molly Ivins has been writing about him for years! Everyone knows what an idiot he is! This is gonna be great!”
And in fairness to you, Gore did win.
Comic sans walks into a bar and the bartender says “we don’t serve your type here”.
He’s justified.
Seriously, do we even have a topic anymore? This was filmed in Arkansas.
They’re decided by convincing 5% or 10% of the voters in the middle that they like your teeth better than the other guy’s teeth.
I hate those people. I hate them more than I hate Republicans. Sometimes. And I hate how the media give them a wet, sloppy blowjob every election season, as if it’s somehow GOOD to be an ill-informed, easily-swayed, superficial douchebag.
Comic sans walks into a bar and the bartender says “we don’t serve your type here”.He’s justified.
You guys are a font of humour.
Etaoin Shrdlu walks into a bar and the bartender says “Why is that guy so popular?”
Oh, come on! These puns are just grotesk.
We’ve descended below the baseline.
Oh, come on! These puns are just grotesk.
what kern you expect? It was started by a zombie.
Doubt it. Bolton maybe, but Bachmann and Palin are both too much of the loose cannon for Big Money to trust.
Bolton’s out, I think, because his experience is all in foreign policy. This political moment is all about domestic shit.
For the Big Money, the ideal candidate is someone like Bush; a complete village idiot that you can surround with advisors who’ll lead him around by the nose and essentially make your policy with the president rubber-stamping everything. (Ironically, with Republican presidents this is also the best thing for the public; self-interested bastards who’ll follow their profit margin are still better than batshit-insane bastards who actually believe all the propaganda their party puts out and act on it).
Palin was certainly picked by the elites (in 2008) for the same reason as Bush; village idiot with no capacity to govern who could speak Authentic Frontier Gibberish to the yokels while real policy was being made by the grown-ups. But she’s got a vindictive, mean streak in her, plus a desire to prove herself (read: show up the mean uppity elites who think she’s stupid) that Bush didn’t have. In other words, a loose cannon, like you said. So the Big Money won’t trust her as much either.
For the Big Money, the ideal candidate is someone like Bush;
They have another one warming up.
They have another one warming up.
Jenna or Not-Jenna?
Palin was certainly picked by the elites (in 2008) for the same reason as Bush; village idiot with no capacity to govern who could speak Authentic Frontier Gibberish to the yokels while real policy was being made by the grown-ups.
See, I don’t believe this. I think Palin was picked by a petty, spiteful man pissed off that he was not allowed to pick his BFF Lieberman.
Now McCain was picked because, at least until recently, the Republicans really did believe that “elder statesmen” deserved turns. Same reason Bob Dole got the nod. That and McCain was, aside from Romney, the least-insane of the bunch.
Something valid I learned from Tom Clancy: “Look, Jack, 40% of the country votes Democrat and would vote Democrat if Abraham Lincoln was running against Adolf Hitler. Another 40% of the country votes Republican and they’d vote that way if Hitler was running against Franklin Roosevelt. Elections are about the other 20%.”
I remember that quote too. But the numbers don’t add up anymore. Nobody since the early nineties has gotten a 20% margin; it’s been pretty close to 50-50 every time. Even Obama could only make it to 52 something.
20% used to be an accurate number for swing voters, but now it’s less than 5%. (In presidential elections, at least).
See, I don’t believe this. I think Palin was picked by a petty, spiteful man pissed off that he was not allowed to pick his BFF Lieberman.
But why Palin? Whether it was him or the elites of the party that did the picking, it was for the same reason – Bush in a dress.
Now McCain was picked because, at least until recently, the Republicans really did believe that “elder statesmen” deserved turns. Same reason Bob Dole got the nod. That and McCain was, aside from Romney, the least-insane of the bunch.
And the most moderate, which they figured they’d need given the complete collapse of GOP credibility. The right, of course, would have none of it, preferring to believe that GOP credibility only collapsed because they weren’t ideological enough. Which is why they all rallied around Palin and damned McCain for losing the election.
Nobody since the early nineties has gotten a 20% margin; it’s been pretty close to 50-50 every time.
Quote implies absolutely anybody will get to 40% as a gimme, not that elections will go 60-40.
Analysis is probably right, too. As I say about every election: I already know who I am voting against.
I agree that Big Money will not allow a Palin or Bachman victory.
I do agree that Big Money would not want this result, but they make mistakes and miscalculations sometimes that we all always end up paying for. I do worry a bit that they’ve set something in motion here that might come back and bight them (and the rest of us as collateral damage) in the ass. Also, they might try to do what they did last time and install a powerfull vice-president to ride herd.
Although if the GOP nominates Jimmy McMillan than Obama is in some serious trouble.
So ZRM, is everyone at your office wearing Packer gear today or is that just in my corner of the state?
But why Palin?
PUMAs. Look at GOP VP nominees and tell me that they pick one based on anything other than pandering. Well other than Darth Cheney.
Although if the GOP nominates Jimmy McMillan than Obama is in some serious trouble.
David Ricardo disagrees.
Although if the GOP nominates Jimmy McMillan than Obama is in some serious trouble.
This Jimmy McMillan?
This Jimmy McMillan?
Yeah, he’s a climate change denialist too. He is running as a Republican.
For the Big Money, the ideal candidate is someone like Bush; a complete village idiot that you can surround with advisors who’ll lead him around by the nose and essentially make your policy with the president rubber-stamping everything
Jindal? I thought maybe he was too smart to run in 2012 and young enough to wait it out until 2016, but things aren’t looking as rosy for Obama as they were when I first came to this conclusion.
Helvetica is other people.
speak Authentic Frontier Gibberish to the yokels
I lol’d. Well done!
Jindal? I thought maybe he was too smart to run in 2012 and young enough to wait it out until 2016, but things aren’t looking as rosy for Obama as they were when I first came to this conclusion.
One of my Republican friends is rooting for him. “Oooo, he’s not white! He’s going to be our Obama!”
I think they won’t run him for the same reason – their party isn’t ready for a nonwhite presidential candidate, and in times when they’ve gone so far to whip up the identity politics vote, they need every racist they can get.
But really, kids, I’m thinking Fuckabee. Romney would be perfect, but I think the Mormon thing is untenable.
Oooh, Bobby Jindal gets some good heat from teh base. He’s been out of the spotlight long enough that everyone’s forgotten his SOTU response. If he’s developed his mike skillz at all, he’d be a good contender. I’d say he’s got a shot at the nomination provided enough Crazeee show up to split the “anyone but teh Hindoo” vote.
I think they won’t run him for the same reason – their party isn’t ready for a nonwhite presidential candidate, and in times when they’ve gone so far to whip up the identity politics vote, they need every racist they can get.
If he were black or Hispanic, I would agree, but he’s a southern Catholic Indian. I can see it happening.
I think he makes a better VP candidate at this point in time, anyway.
It’s all right, Miss Sparklepretty. I won’t let the bad people be president.
They had the “Princess Penelope” episode on the Simpson’s last night, with the Flying unicorn dropping sparkles, and thought of you.
What about Newt?
I hate how the media give them a wet, sloppy blowjob every election season, as if it’s somehow GOOD to be an ill-informed, easily-swayed, superficial douchebag.
This seems to fit here.
Black Oak Arkansas sings about Arkansas!
Romney would be perfect, but I think the Mormon thing is untenable.
Romney’s doubling down on being the Establishment candidate. That’s what he was last time and despite it being the close of the long dark years of the start of the millenium – being Establishment is a bigger minus now than it was then. At least in terms of tea-falvoured GOP primaries.
I’m thinking Huckabee as well, and he’s certainly got a better shot in the general than either of the Tea Party divas.
What about Newt?
I don’t think she’s running.
What about Newt?
Only if his running mate is Christine O’Donnell.
Romney’s doubling down on being the Establishment candidate. That’s what he was last time and despite it being the close of the long dark years of the start of the millenium – being Establishment is a bigger minus now than it was then.
Oh, totally. I don’t see how someone who won’t get support from the evangelicals and the teabaggers could win the nomination.
If he has the full heft of the party behind him, he might be able to outspend, but I dunno. I think he has a really good chance of winning the general election if he can get past the primary.
It would also help the big money dudes wrest control out of the hands of the teabaggers and possibly help to make the Republican party relatively more sane.
what kern you expect?
Especially from this bunch of dingbats.
Romney would be perfect, but I think the Mormon thing is untenable.
Keep in mind two things: the Mormon church is way more centralized than even the Catholics, and Beck is Mormon. If Beck’s local bishop tells him that ells him that Romney is the one mighty and strong, that will be all Beck’s chalkboards are about for the next year.
But really, kids, I’m thinking Fuckabee.
Yea, that is a real possibility, but the money people hate him, as he actually seems to believe in responsibility towards the poor.
I’m thinking Huckabee as well, and he’s certainly got a better shot in the general than either of the Tea Party divas.
Yeah, he has just enough cray cray to appeal to the evangelicals, but he’s not a loose cannon and will probably toe the party line when he needs to. The teabaggers hate him, but I think they’ll fall in line, and if they don’t, they’ll nominate a third-party candidate and split the vote, which would be absolutely fine with me.
If he has the full heft of the party behind him, he might be able to outspend, but I dunno. I think he has a really good chance of winning the general election if he can get past the primary.
I think he’s got a great chance in the general compared to other leading Republicans, but as much as everbody hates the Kenyan Usurper, i think Barry O’s pretty much got a lock (knock on wood*). That said, it is early yet – and anyone can run a totally shitty campaign.
*not a VMR
So ZRM, is everyone at your office wearing Packer gear today or is that just in my corner of the state?
I think you have a misconception about the size of my office.
That said, it is early yet – and anyone can run a totally shitty campaign.
Considering the way they’ve governed the last couple of years, that’s what worries me.
the size of my office.
Cue SMcG’s goatse…did you say “office?”
Keep in mind two things: the Mormon church is way more centralized than even the Catholics, and Beck is Mormon. If Beck’s local bishop tells him that ells him that Romney is the one mighty and strong, that will be all Beck’s chalkboards are about for the next year.
I did forget the Beck factor. But aside from the Mormon thing, Romney seems like somebody Beck would hate. I’d think his followers would….ah, who the fuck am I kidding? Consistency is hardly their strong suit.
FUCK YOU, WP!
OK, shorter me from the two last “posting too quickly” moments; Jyndall certainly has a better shot and I could see it happening, but there are still just enough people out there who don’t care for any dark-skinned people that, y’know, why take the chance? Play it safe with a white guy.
I’m sorry – I was thinking of the White Horse prophecy, not the One Mighty and Strong.
Think Beck can’t sell that story to the loonies?
Considering the way they’ve governed the last couple of years, that’s what worries me.
Dunno about this either. Much as they made a bunch of bonehead moves and managed to misread the economy almost as bad as our guy did Obama’s governed in a manner that’s going to net him assloads of industry campaign dollars. Hooray Citizens United!
Still, anything’s possible. Heck, teh Leafs beat Anaheim last night!
Jyndall certainly has a better shot and I could see it happening, but there are still just enough people out there who don’t care for any dark-skinned people that, y’know, why take the chance?
And he really does have the charisma of an 11-year-old Aspie.
I’m thinking Huckabee as well, and he’s certainly got a better shot in the general than either of the Tea Party divas.
That’d be interesting, because it’d actually be the first time I can think of that the religious right would have won a Republicam primary.
But aside from the Mormon thing, Romney seems like somebody Beck would hate.
Ever spend time among Utah Mormons? They are all – all of them – batshit insane, and they will all band together against any threat from the Gentiles (you know, us).
Couple things re: Jindal…I think he could be the nominee because he a.) Changed his name to the insipid “Bobby,” b.) speaks in that insipid Huckleberry Hound accent and c.) converted to Catholicism.
Insipid!
Think Beck can’t sell that story to the loonies?
He’s already sold the first part. The tricky thing is painting Romney as some sort of savior without being, you know, specifically Mormon. I think that could be difficult…Romney’s not really the type for it.
Ever spend time among Utah Mormons?
No, and I don’t plan to. I’d rather hang out here with the meth heads and snake handlers, thankyouverymuch.
My plan is working perfectly! Next step is to create an army of men who will steal designer handbags for me at the mere mention of the word “unicorn.”
He’s already sold the first part. The tricky thing is painting Romney as some sort of savior without being, you know, specifically Mormon. I think that could be difficult…Romney’s not really the type for it.
Doesn’t the history of pro-choice, pro-gay politics and inventing the original Obamacare go against him a bit too?
The tricky thing is painting Romney as some sort of savior without being, you know, specifically Mormon.
See, that’s why we should be hoping Mittens gets the nod. If he wins, he will be the least awful. And we get to think about Mittens trying to explain Kolob.
Doesn’t the history of pro-choice, pro-gay politics and inventing the original Obamacare go against him a bit too?
Yeah, that, also, too. I kept meaning to bring it up, but kept getting sidetracked.
That’d be interesting, because it’d actually be the first time I can think of that the religious right would have won a Republican primary.
That’s a tough one. Hte Deciderer went over Buchanan in 2000, but wasn’t he the next most social con in the heat? I ain’t olded enough to know but how about Nixon in ’60 and Reagan in ’80. I suppose this means that evangelicals aren’t due another shot at it unto 2020.
Absolutely. Though I’m sure he’d be willing to pull a McCain and shove his own granny down the stairs and muss that perfect hair of his to pull a 180 and pretend he was never a moderate.
Though I’m sure he’d be willing to pull a McCain and shove his own granny down the stairs and muss that perfect hair of his to pull a 180 and pretend he was never a moderate.
Wrong tense. He’s already done this.
Doesn’t the history of pro-choice, pro-gay politics and inventing the original Obamacare go against him a bit too?
Certainly not. These will help him in the general, and while they may hurt in the primaries, voters in GOP primaries aren;t exactly the least easily duped demographic in teh world. Teh Mittster has always been at war with Romney-care.
Doesn’t the history of pro-choice, pro-gay politics and inventing the original Obamacare go against him a bit too?
Mittens was never pro-gay. One of they ways Kennedy won against him in 1994 is that someone totally not me was in a Mormon church when Romney gave a talk about the “abomination” of homosexuality, and that not-me person told the Globe.
Mittens was at most agnostic on abortion. And Romneycare is different because shut up, that’s why!
I ain’t olded enough to know but how about Nixon in ’60 and Reagan in ’80. I suppose this means that evangelicals aren’t due another shot at it unto 2020.
There was no religious right in 1960. Many of them didn’t even vote in those days. The religious right as we are privileged to know it today didn’t really get going until ’78 or ’79, when the “Moral Majority” was founded. Not sure how great their impact was on Reagan’s election.
But he’ll do it even HARDER!
Not sure how great their impact was on Reagan’s election.
Huge.
That’s a tough one. Hte Deciderer went over Buchanan in 2000, but wasn’t he the next most social con in the heat? I ain’t olded enough to know but how about Nixon in ’60 and Reagan in ’80. I suppose this means that evangelicals aren’t due another shot at it unto 2020.
The Decider was a born-again businessman – that made him the accepted candidate for both the big business and religious right wings of the party (McCain could only count on the moderates, and that’s never enough in this party). The religious right didn’t actually have its own distinguishable candidate in 2000.
1996, Bob Dole, definitely too moderate to be their candidate. 1988, they ran Pat Robertson and came in third behind two more moderate candidates (same as in 2008). The elections before that, they let Reagan speak for them, but Reagan, like W, wasn’t “their” guy in the sense that Robertson and Huckabee were. And before 1980, there wasn’t a religious right.
There was no religious right in 1960
Not as an identified group. But who did the God botherers favour then? Quaker Dick, Big Money Rockefeller or Washington Insider Goldwater? A religious right victory in all but name.
Not sure how great their impact was on Reagan’s election.
They definitely got their foot in the door with him, but I don’t think they’ve ever really had who they wanted. Even GWB, although he could talk the talk.
There was no religious right in 1960. Many of them didn’t even vote in those days. The religious right as we are privileged to know it today didn’t really get going until ’78 or ’79, when the “Moral Majority” was founded. Not sure how great their impact was on Reagan’s election.
Yeah, and a lot more of them, especially Catholic and politically active evangelicals, were liberal. Billy Graham was a Democrat, and not the cross-burning kind.
It’s been said by many that until the seventies, the religious vote was actually liberal.
Excuse me, I seem to have wandered onto the set of Washington Week. Does anyone know where I might find some POOP jokes?
Does anyone know where I might find some POOP
The sheets at D-KW’s mom’s.
Anne Laurie (So that’s what happened to her.) on the primaries.
But who did the God botherers favour then [1960]?
A lot of them felt it was a sin to involve themselves with wicked, wicked politics.
What changed (I would argue) was that many of them responded to desegregation by starting “Christian Academies.” Under Carter, the IRS revoked tax-exemption for these schools if they were segregated. Suddenly, the religious right decided to get involved in politics.
Open Cahoots, no POOP, but people whinging on about music can be found at my blog. Actually, no, DKW did bring POOP into it…
Oh, and N_B, that is disgusting and hilarious.
Those sheets are diiiiihirtyyyy!
It’s been said by many that until the seventies, the religious vote was actually liberal.
I blame Francis Schaeffer. And abortion.
Reagan, like W, wasn’t “their” guy in the sense that Robertson and Huckabee were.
It seems like the key point here is that the evangelical candidate has never defeated the establishment candidate, although they are sometimes one and the same.
Now what, a blockquote w/in a blockquote results in WP eating my fugging masterpiece? Eat shit & die, already.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/01/21/even-randall-terrys-given-up-on-the-repubs/
We’re doomed.
OT: Dr. Laura charging hard to overtake Palin in the Victimhood Stakes.
,,,anyone know where I might find some POOP jokes?
Are you saying that there isn’t enough POOP in this thread despite all the talk of prominent Republicans?!
No POOP jokes, but an interesting educational tidbit – POOP transplants apparently very effective. Perhaps this explains how every new generation of conservatives make exactly the same arguments all the time.
It seems like the key point here is that the evangelical candidate has never defeated the establishment candidate, although they are sometimes one and the same.
Exactly! Thank you.
I haz a melancholy. Must she ruin EVERYTHING?
I blame Francis Schaeffer. And abortion.
You are correct to do so.
It seems like the key point here is that the evangelical candidate has never defeated the establishment candidate, although they are sometimes one and the same.
In 1980, Bush the Less Dumb was the establishment candidate, Reagan was backed by god-botherers and segregationists. Just because Reagan was not evangelical doesn’t mean he was not in bed with them.
Remember James Watt, his Secretary of the Interior, who said we did not need to worry about conservation because Jesus was returning soon? “I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations.”
No POOP jokes, but an interesting educational tidbit – POOP transplants apparently very effective.
That’s disgusting, but cool, and it makes complete sense.
Maybe they’ll be able to harvest the microbes out of healthy people’s POOP and put those into an enema eventually instead of a full-on POOPshake.
A lot of them felt it was a sin to involve themselves with wicked, wicked politics.
What changed (I would argue) was that many of them responded to desegregation by starting “Christian Academies.” Under Carter, the IRS revoked tax-exemption for these schools if they were segregated. Suddenly, the religious right decided to get involved in politics.
Religious Righters will tell you that the GOP/religionists’ alliance was caused by abortion, gayness, free sex and all that immoral 1960s stuff. Liberals will say it’s because of the desegregation of Southern all-white “Christian academies” under Carter, like you said.
I’d say it’s a combination of both. 1960s social liberalism killed the Religious Left, as it were, while desegregation gave rise to the Religious Right. Different people, but a lot of overlapping constituency.
Maybe they’ll be able to harvest the microbes out of healthy people’s POOP,,,
SOCIALISM!
In 1980, Bush the Less Dumb was the establishment candidate, Reagan was backed by god-botherers and segregationists.
1980, I believe, was the last year when “establishment” meant “Rockefeller Republicans,” e.g. Northeastern-based, moderate and pro-New Deal. The movement conservatives were behind Reagan all the way, and a lot of those guys became the later “establishment.”
Religious Righters will tell you that the GOP/religionists’ alliance was caused by abortion, gayness, free sex and all that immoral 1960s stuff. Liberals will say it’s because of the desegregation of Southern all-white “Christian academies” under Carter, like you said.
And yet (and my memories of the 70s are those of a kid) the Moral Majority was founded in 1979, not 1973.
1960s social liberalism killed the Religious Left, as it were
We’re still here.
Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney were each taking a shit in adjacent stalls…
It’s called
FECALISM!!!
We’re doomed.
There is not enough brain bleach in the world to rid my mind of the image of Sarah Palin with a tongue stud.
And yet (and my memories of the 70s are those of a kid) the Moral Majority was founded in 1979, not 1973.
Like I said. The Religious Right as a movement was founded in response to segregation. But I don’t find it hard to imagine that the culture wars of the era made a lot of religious voters, including a bunch that weren’t necessarily racist, stop looking to the left as their voice in politics and either stopped voting, or went over to the right.
And yes, the Religious Left is still here, but I don’t think it has nearly the power or the following it had in the old days.
MOAR on POOP transplants!!!
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. To POOP.
The procedure involves getting a close relative of the patient, such as a sibling, to donate several days-worth of stool.
Yuck. Who wants to save up that much POOP? Do you have to POOP in a cup or something?
The Religious Right as a movement was founded in response to segregation. But I don’t find it hard to imagine that the culture wars of the era made a lot of religious voters, including a bunch that weren’t necessarily racist, stop looking to the left as their voice in politics and either stopped voting, or went over to the right.
That’s a fair analysis.
And yes, the Religious Left is still here, but I don’t think it has nearly the power or the following it had in the old days.
Sadly also true.
I can’t believe we’re talking fecal matters and DKW hasn’t linked to his latest ‘shoppin’ shenanigans.
Dude, don’t you know how to pimp your blog?
Two Poops, One Cup.
Do Eskimo’s make poopsicles?
a woman who had vacationed at Fiji and had developed an incurable colitis through an unknown pathogen.
The POOP-transplant story is crying out for a “Girl with Colitis Goes By” headline.
The religious right knew how to play the long game back then – urging members to run for local office, particularly school boards. Because of what they started in the late seventies we are still having bullshit arguments over teaching evolution.
I can tell you right now, there will be no “free,” socialist harvesting of MY poop.
Get your government hands off my POOP!
We must have greater fecal responsibility!
close!
I can tell you right now, there will be no “free,” socialist harvesting of MY poop.
They can have my poop when they pry it from – um, never mind, they can have it.
ALSO – sewers are socialist.
Do you have to POOP in a cup or something?
The guy in the CBC article used an ice cream container. You aren’t allowed to freeze it though so no worries about getting mixed up on that account.
Dude, don’t you know how to pimp your blog?
Not really, no. Mostly I blog to quiet the voices in my head and reduce the number of conversations I totally derail by yelling SOCIALISM or PENIS for no apparent reason.
Although your mom is quite fond of PENIS SOCIALISM.
Ask not what your country can poo for you, ask what you can poo for your country!
Speakin’ of poop, VS shall soon be enjoying Eau de Buhbee.
It’s a good thing they’re cute, because babies are dirty little bastards.
Guys with Tourettes are hot.
Well anyway, if you guys want to see some impish ORLY ‘shoppin click on DKW’s name.
Yeah, they seem to leak pretty freely from both ends.
(hope vs is lurking)
Snort, I’m officially askeert.
Yeah, they seem to leak pretty freely from both ends.
It’s weird when their POOP smells just like their vomit.
The religious right knew how to play the long game back then – urging members to run for local office, particularly school boards. Because of what they started in the late seventies we are still having bullshit arguments over teaching evolution.
Okay, one last point; I’d say the righties also work hard to take control of the religious institutions (those that are supposed to be about religion and not politics) themselves.
At the Catholic Students’ Association at my college and its sibling organizations (like the Knights of Colombus chapter), my observation was that the liberal, moderate and apolitical people tended to be the ones working “in the field,” helping out in the inner city and the like – a lot of them went on to do Teach for America, or more rarely the Peace Corps. That type of thing. Or just found a regular job and continued to be active in their local church.
The hard righties, OTOH, were much less given to that kind of work and much more given to climbing the hierarchical ladder, which can get downright ugly. Apparently, the CSA had a small civil war at one point (I just went to services, didn’t find this out until later) between two of the ultra-conservative student leaders. And this was just small potatoes, a friggin college students’ group; imagine what it’s like when they get to positions that actually matter.
Point is, the good guys don’t like the bullshit, so they try to do substantive work and stay away from the politics. But that means the bad guys get to set the agenda.
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Point is, the good guys don’t like the bullshit, so they try to do substantive work and stay away from the politics. But that means the bad guys get to set the agenda.
That makes complete sense, even outside of the religious sphere.
All that is necessary for evil men to triumph is for good men to say, “I am so tired of this acrimonious bullshit” and stop going to the committee meetings.
The hard righties, OTOH, were much less given to that kind of work and much more given to climbing the hierarchical ladder, which can get downright ugly.
I think for many extremist relious people, it’s more about dogma as an ends to a means than the actual field work and helping other people their basis of religion most likely calls for. It’s a power grab for powers sake. Christianity’s history is littered with many victims being charged with heresy to excuse political and monetry power grabs.
POOP transplants apparently very effective
Eat shit and… live? wha???
It’s a power grab for powers sake.
*cough*The Family*cough*
the Religious Left is still here, but I don’t think it has nearly the power or the following it had in the old days.
Nor the media exposure – I mean, when the Radical Priest come to get me released we was all on the cover of Newsweek.
Good times.
That makes complete sense, even outside of the religious sphere.
Yes, I’ve noticed it there too.
All that is necessary for evil men to triumph is for good men to say, “I am so tired of this acrimonious bullshit” and stop going to the committee meetings.
Oh, I like that one.
I think for many extremist relious people, it’s more about dogma as an ends to a means than the actual field work and helping other people their basis of religion most likely calls for. It’s a power grab for powers sake. Christianity’s history is littered with many victims being charged with heresy to excuse political and monetry power grabs.
And, of course, this.
My POOP is going Galt.
interesting…
I believe historians think the First Crusade was called not only to free Jerusalem for Christianity, but also export violence and unrest in Europe caused by too many people, especially young aristocratic knights, without many opportunities. If along the way they happened to kill Jewish money lenders who bankrolled many aristocratic families, so much the better.
interesting…
Holy crap, my mom was right!
Holy crap, my mom was right!
ikr…my dad used to go on and on about sucking dirt and sweat and dead skin cells…
I believe historians think the First Crusade was called not only to free Jerusalem for Christianity, but also export violence and unrest in Europe caused by too many people, especially young aristocratic knights, without many opportunities. If along the way they happened to kill Jewish money lenders who bankrolled many aristocratic families, so much the better.
I didn’t know that, but it makes sense, because the Afghan international jihad against the Russian invasion in the eighties happened partly for the same reason. It was right after the Iranian revolution, which made the Saudis feel very vulnerable. Exporting revolution was a way to prove to their people and the Muslim world that they had just as much Islam-cred as the Iranians; it was also a way to send some of their crazy elements overseas, where they’d make trouble for someone else and hopefully get killed instead of making trouble at home.
Zombie-friendly dads are so sweet.
my dad used to go on and on about sucking dirt and sweat and dead skin cells…
Mom warned specifically of “blood poisoning” but death was mentioned as a possible outcome after I came home looking like a neck leopard.
it was also a way to send some of their crazy elements overseas
Bin-Laden family you mean? I noticed when their crazy one Osama was making snarling noises about Infidel military in the land of both Mecca and Medina, foreign powers quietly pulled out to neighboring countries.
well, i am DONE WORKING FOR THE WEEK!!! i am off to a pbs christmas party where i will once again prove my superiority at sucking at bowling…and drink a shit-ton of booze…it’s been a loooooong freaking week…
You know, the whole fecal transplant thing could be a major boon to those who have been the target of S,N!ark over the years. After all, the one thing they all have in common is that they’re full of shit.
i am off to a pbs christmas party
Christmas? Wow! You teebee people sure start early in the year.
One of my co-worker’s daughters named her child Kindle.
I guess she likes Amazon a lot???
Beats Kanoodle.
One of my co-worker’s daughters named her child Kindle.
are you sure it’s not kendall and she just has a really thick southern accent?
Christmas? Wow! You teebee people sure start early in the year
nah…it’s a late party…they are too busy begging for money in december to party then…well party for christmas, anyway…
Dumb. And inferior to “Dudeskull”.
Beats Kanoodle.
or nook…
are you sure it’s not kendall and she just has a really thick southern accent?
Yes. She sent an email with the poor child’s name.
And Kendall sounds like “Kindle” when I pronounce it, and, as far as I know, I don’t have a southern accent.
Yes. She sent an email with the poor child’s name
does she spell phoenetically? i’m just hoping because that is just a horrible name to saddle a child with…
Wasn’t there a boy who was removed from his family after it was found out his name was Hitler? His sister too I think.
Dude S. Spencer?
Wasn’t there a boy who was removed from his family after it was found out his name was Hitler? His sister too I think
yeah…the walmart refused to make his birthday cake…
does she spell phoenetically? i’m just hoping because that is just a horrible name to saddle a child with…
Ah, well, it’s a thing here to take names and spell them as fucktardedly as fucking possible. Like “Brandyn” or “Jordin” or “Zowee.”
One of my co-worker’s daughters named her child Kindle.
I guess she likes Amazon a lot???
Or they are thinking ahead to camping trips.
Or they are thinking ahead to camping trips.
WRONG. So wrong.
“Ryun” is another one I’ve seen.
Ah, well, it’s a thing here to take names and spell them as fucktardedly as fucking possible. Like “Brandyn” or “Jordin” or “Zowee.”
sadly, it’s everywhere…we have a co-worker who named her baby “tytas”(titus)…really?
Better than “Tightass,” I suppose.
Ah, well, it’s a thing here to take names and spell them as fucktardedly as fucking possible. Like “Brandyn” or “Jordin” or “Zowee.”
When white people do this it is cute. When black people do it, they create racism and poverty and make St. Cosby sad.
we have a co-worker who named her baby “tytas”
Tytas groan.
When white people do this it is cute.
No, when white people do it, it’s moronic. Tripp Palin agrees with me.
You can have Soda, but Seven is mine!
I’m going to name my firstborn Mylar. Isn’t that a pretty name?
No, when white people do it, it’s moronic.
Brangelinas tribe agrees with you.
I’m going to name my firstborn Mylar. Isn’t that a pretty name?
Me and ZRM, in unison: TRIGGER WARNING NEEDED!
Gee this must be annoying but I swear you’re begging for it.
Pronounced “Miller” right?
COOL.
I like Bartender. “Hey Bartender, get me a beer!” Plus he can shorten it to Bart, so the kids don’t make fun of him. “Bart Simpson” has a nice ring.
Hmm, Art, Bart, Cart, Dart, Eart…Sounds good.
Hmm, Art, Bart, Cart, Dart, Eart…Sounds good.
Stop right there! Before you get to Hart, let me just tell you that I will not have my offspring associated with marital infidelity.
TART!
WART!
My kids are named Asphalt, Mailbox, Gun, Cushion, and Ian James Sparhawk.
Only one of those is true.
DESCARTES!
“Descartes” is fine as a name until the kid has his or her first riding lesson.
PARTY POOPER.
I’m purposely not going to let loose the “f” word.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty!
Putting Descartes before the horse, eh?
”
PARTY POOPER.”
What the fart?!
Spengler Dampniche’s Auto-Post Apparatus, Still In Beta said,
January 22, 2011 at 1:08
An old joke but still a favourite.
Fuck! 820 comments? The thread that cannot be followed.
There were BOOBS, POOP, serious discussion, typographical puns, and D-KW’s mother.
I’m REALLY enjoying this Arkansas-centric world. It’s not just providing lulz (and it definitely is)…as an Arkansan, it’s making me feel iMPORTANT.
Here’s a serious one: I used to to some consulting work for the FAA. One project during Clinton’s presidency took me to Little Rock to interview some air traffic controllers as SME’s (Subject Matter Experts, in the jargon).
The Little Rock ATC’s were intensely good … and proud of routinely handling AF One, which is accompanied by unusual airspace restrictions and special control procedures. When I left, i had tremendous respect for their skill and dedication.
Plus I got to spend two nights in rockin’ Little Rock on an expense account!
On topic, but quite late (figures).
No, when white people do it, it’s moronic.
More like morMonic – that kind of thing is rampant in Utah.
“Utah” and “rampant” do not fit well. “Amok” perhaps?
“Amok” perhaps?
Ubiquitarded?
“January 22, 2011 at 2:08
There were BOOBS, POOP, serious discussion, typographical puns, and D-KW’s mother”
This thread wanted for nothing.
Ubiquitarded?
It took 828 posts, but we have a winner.
It took 828 posts, but we have a winner.
Oh, pshaw.
George Bernard Pshaw? Author of Phigmalion?
George Bernard Pshaw? Author of Phigmalion?
The psame.
We have a winnah! (Southern Sudan recently voted to form a new nation.)
Wow: A zombie with precognition. That all brain diet really does the trick.
Tee hee. “All Brain”. That gives me a lovely idea for a photoshop. Sorry Kellogg’s.
isn’t Minnesota a rectangle?
Can anyone explain that weird little sliver of northern MN that notches into Canada? The land part of the notch isn’t even contiguous; it is separated from the rest of MN by a lake.
The anomoly also looks stupid. To rectify the US-Canadian border, I think we should work out a trade: The Stupid Sliver for some Stupid Island the Canadians have no use for. Just sayin’.
Snidely,
I think you mean Michigan. We’d be glad to take the UP off your hands, if just for teh pasties. Which island were you thinking of?
New York is a penis with a penis. There’s no mistaking our manhood!
Maryland is a vagina. Even has a clit between the Chesapeake and the Potomoc River. But don’t fuck with us!
We also have gender-confusion issues: The state motto–one of the stupidest in the nation–is Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
OTOH, Maryland has the drop-dead coolest state flag in the nation. Anyone else have a quartered European coat-of-arms?
anyone explain that weird little sliver of northern MN that notches into Canada?
I always wondered myself and used to speculate that the surveyor owned land there or something. In fact, the Northwest Angle was a simple error.
Did not know about that. Still, the offer stands for Michigan’s UP. Also, we want Granholm back. Mmmmm, Jennifer Granholm and pasties.
DKW: Michigan has its own problems. Mainly that the Upper Peninsula should be part of Wisconsin….
The sliver of Minnesota is the Red Lake Indian Reservation. But its completely seperated from the rest of MN by the Lake of the Woods.
And while I’m at it, what’s that stupid little thingy dangling down from SE Missouri into Arkansas? It obviously should be part of Arkansas. If you’re going to draw a straight-line boundary, carry all the way to the Mississippi!
Let’s let T&U and VS fight it out for possession. Sexy mud-wrestling, perhaps.
And while I’m at it, what’s that stupid little thingy dangling down from SE Missouri into Arkansas?
THAT is a slightly more interesting story. My mother’s family lives in that area, affectionately known as “bootheel”. It is proof that even Missourians don’t want to be Arkansans.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257697/giuliani-i-m-running-back-has-ball-robert-costa
What about the 9/11 primary?
Quel Fromage
Olbermann & MSNBC have just come to a parting of the ways. Go Comcast!!
Also: Point Roberts.
*Just don’t. Thank you.
MB: I’m heading for the atlas now. I love such oddities. Thanks!
Snidley, I have always heard growing up around Isle Royale is that the reason it is part of the US is that when Ben Franklin was negotiating the boundary treaty he was aware of the ancient Indian copper mines there and because of the inaccurate maps at the time he drew the line north of Isle Royale and gave Britain a couple of islands that were greatly exaggerated in size. That is also why Michigan snapped it up since they became a state long before Minnesota.
I believe historians think the First Crusade was called not only to free Jerusalem for Christianity, but also export violence and unrest in Europe caused by too many people, especially young aristocratic knights, without many opportunities.
SOSHULISM!!!
Oooohh, I got to kill a thread! Five more and I’m an ace.
Anybody else watching Bill Maher right now? I have a lot of respect for Stockman, who I believe is a straight shooter, I want to punch this douchenozzle Moore in the face, but I’d be ready to gay marry Rachel Maddow right now if I had the right parts.
actually four more. I blame Obama. Or maybe the IPA.
Olbermann & MSNBC have just come to a parting of the ways.
Cue RealAmerica™ forming magic circles of War-Scooters by torchlight for the obligatory victory howls in 5, 4, 3 …
Also, Happy 1st Anniversary of Citizens United, America!
Remember, a meaningful political franchise is for closers.
Hey, you still might get lucky … try for the steak-knives!
WHIZ!
More than you want to know about the Notch and the Americans who lived there and recently pretended to want to secede from ‘Murica:
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/print/2011.01-history-the-lost-canadians/
Lawrence of Arabia? That was filmed in southwest Arkansas.
Er, Americans who *live there* in the Notch.
I had to look up Francis Shaeffer for a reminder. Oh yeah. That guy. Then I peeked at wikip. for his son the rebel:
“On October 10, 2008 a public letter to Senator McCain (and Sarah Palin) from Schaeffer was published in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.[6] The letter contained an impassioned plea for John McCain to arrest what Schaeffer perceived as a hateful, and prejudiced tone of the Republican party’s election campaign. Schaeffer was convinced that there was a pronounced danger that fringe groups in America could be goaded into pursuing violence. “If you do not stand up for all that is good in America and declare that Senator Obama is a patriot, fit for office, and denounce your hate-filled supporters … history will hold you responsible for all that follows.”
Fuck, just found out about Olbermann.
If I had a T.V., I’d cancel my cable.
Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon”? The Ozarks.
Er, Americans who *live there* in the Notch.
Heh heh… livin’ in the “notch”.
MB: From Wiki: “In 1949, there was talk about Point Roberts seceding from the USA and joining Canada” !!!
Others: Google “Point Roberts, Washington”
BTW, this is comment 862. Wanna go for four figures?
As I say about every election: I already know who I am voting against.
Me too! I always vote against Republicans and Democrats.
Digby’s post attacking Jon Stewart for chastising a Dem for pointing out obvious use of “The Big Lie” technique:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-lie-lie.html
Wrestling legend Gene Kiniski had a bar in Point Roberts. There was also a wrecking yard where I smashed a lotta windows before the police arrived and gave the whole cub scout troop a talking-to.
#866 in da mix.
Where’s Lonny Martello when we really could use him?
International incident: There was also a wrecking yard where I smashed a lotta windows before the police arrived and gave the whole cub scout troop a talking-to.
Overdue thanks to the folks who indulged my curiousity about odd boundaries:
Pedestrian (at 3:23 & 3:34)
S.cerevisiae (4:27)
Bilo (6:42)
and Bouffant for Point Roberts!
Lonny Martello ?
Googled the name. Is Lonny a Gary-Ruppert-like troll? Please esplane for the n00bs…
Maybe a fortifications designer? The Martello Towers? (Also a good name for bebe Slayer?)
*sound of crickets*
I’m going to make some coffee. And run up the Comments total by announcing my intention to do so.
Lonny always cracked me up with especially inspired incoherent lunacy, with a true trooper’s sense of economy. That is, always leave the audience wanting more.
Digby’s post attacking Jon Stewart for chastising a Dem for pointing out obvious use of “The Big Lie” technique:
Ya know, I saw this little bit on “The Daily Show” the other night and figured the butt-hurt would be strong with this. From what I gathered, he was pointing out the in congruency of said Democratic senator using what I thought was a rather ham-fisted Goebbels reference less than a week after calling for civility in our political discourse. Sure, he wasn’t actually calling Republicans Nazis for their non-stop lies inre: health care, but let’s face it, the Nazi tag is way, way overused. As Stewart noted in the following segment with the Iranian smart-assess, if we as a nation ever get around to kicking up some serious despotism in this country, we won’t be able to call it anything since we’ve already compared teachers to terrorists and health care for everyone to the most evil political organization in the history of history.
People really, really need to stop expecting Jon Stewart to be the liberal Rush Limbaugh. Not saying that you do, but you know people do, and the guy has never claimed that he’d lead us out of the Promised Land far as I can remember. He’s a comedian, for christsakes, and works for a giant, multi-media corporation. He’s not nor never will be I.F. Stone.
Or maybe I’m missing something, hell, I don’t know. Personally, I think we’re past the point of rescue and I’m only in it for the laughs at this point.
Who does Rudy think he’s fooling? The Teabagistanis weren’t voting for not ethnic big-city mayor in 2008, they sure won’t be doing it now.
And then there’s this, for which there are no words. Except, maybe “bwah-hah-hah”.
And then there’s this, for which there are no words.
Ho. Lee. Shit. I’m actually calling left-wing conspiracy here. A conspiracy to make all the faux-libertarian socially-stunted jagoffs in the country explode through sheer force of wanking.
And myself, I don’t want a “liberal Rush Limbaugh”, anyone evil enough to play that role isn’t a liberal in the first place.
Nah, no left-wing conspiracy. Just the nature of funny books. For every “Watchmen” there’s a dozen “Tarot: The Witch Of The Black Rose”. Sturgeon’s Law in four-color, boob-tastic action.
Spengler: I very much enjoyed reading your writing blog . I didn’t know it existed!
Modest recommendation: Clicking on your S,N! nym leads to the Rise Again page. (Well and good: May the novel sell like hotcakes! ) Consider putting a prominent link that leads from there to The Only Blog Name Left.
I enjoyed reading every article currently on the scroll. One commenter wrote (about My Philosophy): This wins the “most wisdom in the fewest words” award. Double-down on that.
I’ve bookmarked your writing blog. I recommend it highly to S,N! writers and readers interesting in the craft of writing. Take This Tip To Your Grave is outstanding.
(I use a vaguely similar variant, BTW: When I break, I start a new para with words ‘And another thing is’ as my uncompleted sentence. I’m going to try dispensing with that and see how your suggestion works.)
Bull: But what was / is Lonny? Troll? Former S,N! regular who no longer comments?
Personally, I think we’re past the point of rescue and I’m only in it for the laughs at this point.
Me too.
Stewart and Colbert have different styles and different premises. (Stewart as faux newsman; Colbert as faux pundit.) I prefer Colbert’s sharper elbows.
I agree about the dangers of perpetual hyperbole. The meaning of words becomes distorted.
Hey, that might make a good name for a Faux News religious society. The Brothers of Perpetual Hyperbole. (Lord knows, most of them already imagine themselves as saints and martyrs.)
always leave the audience wanting more
L. Martello clew.
L. Martello clew.
I’m not Ariadne! What am I missing? I’m thick as a brick sometimes.
Ohhhhhh. Thread. Okay.
Of course my own favorite religious order is the Sisters of Perpetual Motion. The rites involve stripper poles.
For the Night Hawks: Are you working night duty? Or naturally nocturnal (me). Or on a glide-path after Friday night entertainment?
Wait. Clew ===> yarn. Spool ===> thread. So that can’t be the reference. Please esplane Lonny Martello, in such a straight-forward manner that even I can understand it….
Danger! Danger! Danger!
Snidely is contemplating writing autobiographical jokes. This must be stopped by conversational intervention. For the love of God, stop him before it’s too late!
Of course my own favorite religious order is the Sisters of Perpetual Motion. The rites involve stripper poles.
I, myself, was educated by the Fidgetines.
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Zombie Economics — the Movie.
Snidely: Don’t tell what you can show
Bx4: So you’ve got night shift / weekend duty again?
Clyde: Zombie Economics sounds like a worthwhile project, but I couldn’t contribute: I’m way out of my depth, having no understanding of either economics or zombies.
While looking for something to fill the vacuum, I dug up the lyrics to the only song I’ve ever written: Palo Alto Blues. It’s sort of a John Lee Hooker blues piece, intended for a gravelly bass voice. I will post it after refreshing the page.
Whale Chowder: Thanks muchly! I larfed muchly too.
I’m going to drain my second cup of coffee then tear myself away for work. Before going, I’ll put up Palo Alto….
Bx4: So you’ve got night shift / weekend duty again?
Yeah- it’s a pity that it’s cold, so I have to wear pants.
<Palo Alto Blues
[I hope the formatting comes through! On the Preview, the last lines of each verse seem to have an extra Hard Return. FYWP.]
(*) = up an octave
chorus in italics
————————–
My baby done left me
for the Cote d’Azure.
Took all the Ban de Soleil,
that’s for sure.
My tennis game’s shot.
You know that’s true.
Since I gotta play singles
I been feelin’ blue.
(*) They raised my taxes
and my country club dues.
That’s why I’ve got
these ol’ Palo Alto blues.
Feelin’ so sad.
I’m so depressed.
In Palo Alto,
we’re over-assessed.
Went six over par
on the back nine.
Double-bogeyed eleven.
I been cryin’ and cryin’.
My broker and me
had a terrible spat.
Cashed my options and futures.
All the prices were flat.
(*) High-techs are bearish.
The bond market, too.
My portfolio’s full
of Palo Alto blues.
Feelin’ so sad.
I’m so depressed.
In Palo Alto,
we’re over-assessed.
Lactose intolerant.
So I can’t stomach brie.
I’m allergic to calimari,
riddicio, and chablis.
Beemer’s in the shop.
Mercedes is too.
Gotta drive the Hummer.
Lord, what can I do?
(*) Gonna pack my Beneton luggage,
strap on my Gucci shoes.
Gonna drive on down to Carmel,
lose these Palo Alto blues.
Feelin’ so sad.
I’m so depressed.
In Palo Alto,
we’re over-assessed.
it’s a pity that it’s cold
Frigid in Charm City….but nothin’ like the NYC deepfreeze. At least the wind here is fairly calm.
Gotta punch-out and get some work done. This is post 897 (I think). Tip it over 900 and, of course, have fun.
Can we bump this one over a thousand?
Ocho-niner-niner.
FRISTNINE HUNDREDTH!!!nice to see you guys can Zardoz without me. Went out for micro-brews and a ska band.
I’m going to name my firstborn Mylar. Isn’t that a pretty name?
Me and ZRM, in unison: TRIGGER WARNING NEEDED!
I miss my Rapidograph pens.
Case study: Dem vs GOP women
A) Unattractive NY Dem Senator Kristen Gillibrand,
B) Uber-babe NC GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
http://rackjite.com/archives/6364-Nasty-Bill-OReilly-claims-glamorous-GOP-babes-treated-unfairly.html
Please, god, let it be true…
http://gawker.com/5738506/did-todd-palin-have-an-affair-with-a-massage-therapist
Er, sad fact is, that is a good photo of Virginia Foxx.
Also, she’s not talking. When the words come out, things get fuckin’ ugly. She’s the next Jesse Helms.
Dammit, I’m not Taggart, I’m Bilo. Also, I’m not Rappaport.
Name now reset for iPhony postin’. I blame society. Or abortions.
I blame society AND abortions… them poor little helpless blastocytes.
Sniff.