While I think Herr Doctor Professor Professor Jacobson would agree that SN! does indeed suck, your link is to him whining about TBogg.

Am I just missing something, or is I stupid? Okay, the latter is true regardless, but still.

The target of your link is wrong. I think you were going for this: http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/01/people-are-on-phone.html

Link fixed. Thanks!

You’re nobody until you’ve been taken down by the perfessor. And afterwards — you’re nobody.

Also, Hell Hath No Fury Furry is the correct title. Fiqst. Also.

Also, Hell Hath No Furry is the correct title. Fiqst. Also.

There go my after-life entertainment plans.

What does “clinical” mean in that context? Just wondering…

The background color at that site is suspicously Dijon-ish.

Silly people. Don’t phone your rep. Now that SCOTUS has ruled, just FedEx great big flippin’ wads of cash. Remember to have yourself incorporated first, though. Otherwise, it’s just a bribe.

What does “clinical” mean in that context?

Shorthand for “clinically insane.”

Actually, it’s not “Clinical” it’s “Clinique,” which is his preferred moisturizer/lubricant.

Actually, it’s not “Clinical” it’s “Clinique,” which is his preferred moisturizer/lubricant.

Doesn’t that get matted in the fur suit?

…among other things….

It can’t be. The shorter can’t be correct. I’m getting out of the motherfuckin’ boat and looking for mangoes.

I’m back in the boat. Fuck those mangoes, man. ATTS.

So he’s saying that being politically engaged is dumb? That we should only pay attention during election time, then go back to bed and nap away for another two years while his ilk “keeps an eye on things?”

Screw that noise.

I love how he uses as evidence America’s complete exasperation with our legislative process that trying to change it is stupid.

Wow, that wasn’t really a sentence, was it? I think you caught my drift though.

Note to self: Edit, then submit.

Ah, conservatives. What once had to be at least disguised behind code words is now acceptable, from “Fuck the niggers” (Katrina, Haiti) to “Obama’s a bastard child” (Brown) to “Hell yes we torture.” (just pick one.) And now “Trying to change things politically is stupid” is on the table. Well Billy Jakes, rest assured than your whining isn’t going to change one damn mind on this front, because you’re just not important or smart enough.

His post may (heh) indeed have some insight into your collective overall level of suckery, but I fear it still leaves us facing a most distressing lacuna in regards to the Swallowing Versus Spitting dichotomy. Perhaps one day the National Review, Reason, or some other fount of neocon profundity can plumb the abyss of this thorny issue.

Or not.

Until today, being the neophyte of political science that I am, I didn’t even know that only popular bills can be allowed to pass into law! Boy oh boy, is my mug red! I await with gaping mandible & staccato breath the upcoming votes on the Titties & Beer Act, the Universal Texas Mickeys & Daily Dimebags Act, & the opening ceremonies of the impending Foolproof Omnipotence & Immortality Agency.

And now “Trying to change things politically is stupid” is on the table.

And just so much bullshit, as the teabaggers have been riotingassembling, ranting on the phone to representatives, etc. for ages now. Professor Dijon doesn’t REALLY want people to feel like trying to influence politicians is a stupid waste of time, he wants US to feel that way.

“So he’s saying that being politically engaged is dumb?”

He’s saying that (just over half of) (some of) the people of Massachusetts speak for the enitire country and that we should all submit to their will.

“Remember to have yourself incorporated first, though. Otherwise, it’s just a bribe.”

This.

In the manner of a stopped clock being right twice a day, Lil’ Perfesser does have a point when he delivers this with a certain overweening sarcasm:

Democrats, particularly those in swing districts and red districts, will not hesitate to jump off the political bridge because their office received phone calls from people who hate the Senate bill but want it passed anyway.

He’s probably right that there will be a few, at least, that will try to hang on even though they’d be the first to go in the midterm election. Not that we shouldn’t try, anyway, of course.

Fap on, Garth.

Someone, stop me, please, before I troll again!

jim said…

@ Eric: the House passing the HCR bill isn’t “ramming it through” – it’s that worst-case-scenario which the GOP has fought for dear life to prevent at any cost for more than a year: functional governance.

Being someone who puts country above party, I’m sure you must bitterly depsise the Republicans’ treasonous & unconscionable obstruction of every single bill & appointment under a war-president, because that can ONLY mean they want the terrorists to win, amirite? Because after all, anything less than the strongest condemnation of such overtly anti-American behavior (especially when such a despicable & unethical sacrifice of basic human decency on the altar of realpolitik occurs in a time of both war & economic crisis) would reek of partisan-political whorishness & naked hypocrisy of the most scabrously anti-patriotic stripe, & you’re better than that.
January 23, 2010 12:40 PM

So, baby … was it good for you too?

Twas good Jim.

Not Dijon mustard, Baby Poop. I know the color well.

Oh Jim…Smoke?

What does “clinical” mean in that context? Just wondering…

yeah, what exactly is a clinical law ‘professor’ ?

oh and FYWP, why go hatin’ on proxies

Someone, stop me, please, before I troll again!

jim, no, you do it with style….

and if i may be so bold (and not knowing what time zone you live in), you’re trolling improves as the hours wind on. whatever your drinking, buy more!!

Um, that picture – which Renaissance painting did you photoshop?

Hey Tig,

I can call you that, right? Anyhow, wrt: And now “Trying to change things politically is stupid” is on the table. […] Professor Dijon doesn’t REALLY want people to feel like trying to influence politicians is a stupid waste of time, he wants US to feel that way.

Yolky-are, people, IOKIYAR. When it’s SOP for teabaggers to take pot shots at elected officials even in populous metro areas they’ll be saying the same shit, “trying to influence politicians [with violence] is a stupid waste of time! [unless you’re a teabagger, haw haw haw]”

Bookmark it.

Actually, it’s pronounced “Throat Warbler Mangrove.” ;-p

I lolled.

But seriously, assassination politics? IOKIYAR. Just watch.

Well, I hope you’re wrong but wouldn’t bet money on it.

That’s kinda what I mean. It’s not great to really dwell on it, but is the tea-bagging crowd bigger than the Approve-of-murdering-Dr-Tiller crowd? I think it is.

Isn’t it? There’s more nutty tea-baggers than nutty pro-lifters, right?

God, this whole political year (or two?) has me so depressed and cynical.

Hey, fuck you liberals! We WIN! No more liberal bias unions buying elections, the other side gets a say, about time! Free speech is not really free for those who actually create jobs, bring freedom and defend USA values! Amen!

How do businesses “bring freedom” or “defend USA values”? Especially that last one?

Hey, fuck you dolphin!

Hey, watch it, troll. We produce half the bias that you indulge in daily. Do you want to have to buy foreign bias? You better answer correctly, or I might have to thug my union thugs to come and thug you thug. Thug.

No more liberal bias unions buying elections, the other side gets a say, about time

Except the court decision removed the spending limits on unions, too. OOPSIE DOODLE!

But cynically, GE has more cash to spend on campaigns than any single labor union. So what we need is to escalate the “arms war” wrt union conglomeration and scope… now suddenly we’re back to the previous dystopia of warring corporations (only now one is a transnational workers party).

Viva la revolucion!

Yeah, I was just troll-poking, but I think what we really need is to place all “people” under the same limits: $2400 per candidate per election, and a $45,600 total biennial limit to all candidates. Of course, I also think it would be more important to legislatively define “people” than “marriage,” so I’m an amoral socialist crazy person who can be safely ignored by all concerned.

whatever your drinking, buy more!!

Mmm … more espresso. Don’t look now, but I’m soaking in it.

No more liberal bias unions buying elections, the other side gets a say, about time!

Amen, indeed!

Good to see SOMEONE around here concerned with the heartbreaking plight of the same innocent helpless corporations that’ve permenently outsourced so many jobs overseas (“Please don’t cry, America … don’t you understand, honey? I only beat you to a pulp with this baseball bat because I love you so damn much!”) while transforming amber waves of grain into platforms for toxic agribisness runoff while producing fodder for more factory-farming vectors for good wholesome E. coli (that misunderstood boon to mankind that’s about to be declared a vitamin via the Merck/McDonald’s/PepsiCo Nutrient Restructuring Act of 2013), & taking your national culture all the way from Arthur Miller & the Metroplitan Opera to Paris Hilton &Tila Tequila in just a few short decades.

If Americans don’t like it, they’re free to just yank those bootstraps even harder & buy their OWN billion-dollar multinationals!

A rising tsunami lifts all yachts! Once again, through the magic of the marketplace, The Invisible Reacharound triumphs! USA! USA! USA!

Metropolitan Opera … yeah, okay, I admit it – I’m too stubborn proud to use SpellCheck.

You can lead a masochist to Ozonol but you can’t make him apply it. Or some damn thing.

Hey Jim,

Speaking of super-bootstrapping Galtians (and in reference to my iokiyar comments above) check out at least parts 1 and 7 on this page… http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/jimbellap.htm I think it will really amuse you in your revved up state!

But getting back to assassination; I love Edroso: (from the other day)

It appears Democratic presidents in the modern era get only a brief shot at effecting meaningful change, and if they miss it, that’s it for the next half-term, or term-and-a-half if they play their cards right. In a way, Obama has no one but himself to blame. He signed on to those stupid bailouts in 2008, and has been fatally hampered by their economically injurious legacy every since. I realize someone probably would have had him shot if he hadn’t backed the bailouts, but he should have had the guts to take one for the team and let President Biden guilt-trip everybody into passing a Free French Health Care and Ice Cream for Everyone Including Rapists Bill.

jim, your comment was too rich for the Ass. Prof’s blood.

You did well, as always!

I love Jim! Do it again. I double dare ya’!

what exactly is a clinical law ‘professor’ ?

A clinical law professor teaches in a legal clinic. Most American law schools have clinical programs aimed at helping law students to do real legal work and thus acquire understanding of the real world legal process. When I was a law student I worked for a legal clinic that gave non-profit legal aid to the elderly.

Teaching in a legal clinic often is a lateral career move for practicing attorneys who either have become completely fed up with practice or who have washed out in practice.

Jim:

Fuckin’ A. That was beautiful.

“A rising tsunami lifts all yachts”, I must remember that one.

Do it again. I double dare ya’!

Come, come now – only a childish lout would do something like that on a dare!

“Thank you for censoring my comment.

No profanity, no threats – just the exact same viscerally comforting memetic boilerplate that the Bush-Cheney-Rove junta peddled for most of the last decade. So (as your reaction to my comment indicated with such crystalline clarity) if you can’t take what you perennially dish out, what exactly does that tell you about yourself?”

[ from memory – his pr0f-h4X neutralized my Ctrl-C! (well, either that or I was just a tad too stoned to save my snit) ]

“Your comment will be visible after approval (by all the Godzilla-sized purple poodles & tiny flying pink snakes in PENISland).”

You left a mark, he didn’t delete your second post!