Oy, Counter-Goy
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by HTML Mencken
Above: “Stay fit, keep sharp, make good decisions.”
Shorter David Frum
Frum Forum
“Andrew Sullivan and the Jews”
- Sure, Andrew Sullivan obviously sucks for opposing torture and writing nasty things about serious people like C. Krauthammer and J. Yoo, but to say he’s anti-Semitic just because he bashes Israel? C’mon. That’s totally not fair.
Shorter David Frum
CNN
“Is Israel-bashing anti-Semitic?”
- All theory to one side, it’s totally fair to assume that anyone who bashes Israel is an anti-Semite.
‘Shorter’ concept created by Daniel Davies and perfected by Elton Beard. We are aware of all Internet traditions.™
I spent a grand total of two days in the touristy parts of Tel Aviv and thought it was pretty cheesy in a Miami Beach kind of way.
Does that make me anti-semitic?
If you said the Museum of the Holocaust was pretty cheesy in a Miami Beach kind of way, that would be anti-semitic.
I spent 3 weeks travelling around Israel, and the only people I managed to bond with were the Arab kids – that plus I never seemed to run into any Jewish kids — does that make me an anti-semite?
“bond” with?
What are you, some kind of 50’s science fiction monster?
I just checked out the online gift shop for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and I thought the souvenir teddy bear and
Holocaust Memorial cookbooks (“the most important cookbook you will ever own”) were creepier than a back rub from Glenn Beck.
Does that make me an anti-Semite?
Heard Frum on Marketplace last night (Someday I’ll learn to never go by that part of the dial during Marketplace time), saying how Obama needs to make like Europe and lay down serious budget cutting. This on the same day I heard a blurb saying “You can trust Marketplace“. Yeah, Kai Risdall, I’m going to trust a program that gives air-time to a guy that will say any contradictory thing in the world just to keep sucking at that wingnut welfare teat.
Frum ought to be hanging from a gallows pole, not pontificating on how the poor need to tighten up lest rich folks suffer a smaller rate of return.
Stackozone, if you can’t find any likable Jews in Israel, the problem may actually be you
I spent a grand total of two days in the touristy parts of Tel Aviv and thought it was pretty cheesy in a Miami Beach kind of way.
Does that make me anti-semitic?
Only if you deliberately mix it with a meaty experience when the orthodox are around.
They’re still talking about this? I thought they had written him off as an anti-Semite months ago.
bargal, a teddy bear gift @ a holocaust museum, that is dressed as a refugee, that is just wrong…..
someone that recently visited bergen-belsen (sp?) told me that they had a gift shop there too… im not sure if its correct, but if it is……
o/t, interesting that none of the usual pro-Israel lobby have mentioned the assassination in Dubai, as yet
Only if you deliberately mix it with a meaty experience when the orthodox are around.
Rennet is not considered a meat product and does not violate the prohibition of mixing meat and dairy.
o/t, interesting that none of the usual pro-Israel lobby have mentioned the assassination in Dubai, as yet
They’re probably still masturbating.
Less shorter David Frum, CNN:
PBS’ NewsHour actually had a huge story on the assassination of the Hamas figure in Dubai — and most of the report centered on how shocked Israelis were that the Dubai authorities possessed the CSI-inspired mad skilz to investigate and find that it was an assassination.
He kept on emphasizing how ‘shocked’ people were, and it was a ‘new stage’ in Israeli assassination theory, what with Arab police departments no longer assumed to be confused Bedouins incapable of examining security camera footage and tracking cellphone use, etc.
No, really — the correspondent mentioned how ‘swiftly’ the Dubai authorities investigated with, I shit you not, “modern” techniques.
Clearly the U.S. government now needs to bombard all the Arab and Muslim governments of the regions with advice on how they need to save money by cutting bloated police spending, so that Israeli agents can continue to assassinate figures throughout the Arab world.
Hey, Mister Frum – if that is your real name – always be sure the sun is behind you when someone wants to take your picture.
…save money by cutting bloated police spending
The U.S. is down to exporting Hollywood movies and weapons/police/military-related goods and services. So, that’s not going to happen anytime soon.
littlepig, I’m with you on Marketplace. It can generally be an interesting show, but sweet jeebus, can we get someone else to do the opinionation? AEI and David Frum. Why? They don’t get enough exposure in all the business press? Frum is the one that irritates me the most. Blithely makin’ shit up. The thing is it seems like he does’t even believe his own spiel any more.
That smug fuck regularly get pounded in the comments at the Marketplace site. I invite you all to join in.
What’s Arabic for “Hooker’s a GOOD COP!”?
And once again, from the Israeli viewpoint, the biggest issue there is ‘why did these agents leave all these clues & shit’ and possibly fuck up this one Israeli guy’s life?
It’s always the same.
Hooker’s a GOOD COP!
And Dominatrix is a BAD COP!
Starsky & Hutch were mediocre cops, but Huggy Bear was an outstanding snitch. His pimping skills were mighty suspect, though.
Huggy Bear was an outstanding snitch. His pimping skills were mighty suspect, though.
That’s what he gets for having a name like “Huggy Bear”.
What is with the “Above” link to the ecto-central? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge busting ghost lover but I think I’m missing something. (As in, someone blows their nose and you want to keep it?)
Also, Mr Frum should try use that lump four feet below his head if he wants to write cogent articles because the opposite transition is not working out so well.
Is it weird that I find the whole going back to Operation Wrath of God m.o. kind of passe more than anything else.
The most important cookbook I will ever own? I HAVE TO GET THAT COOKBOOK!!!!
Obviously, the rubber cement is starting to work i.e., I wrote ‘use’ instead of ‘using’ and the such like.
What at first seemed like a “clean” operation turned out to be wracked by negligent mishaps.
This has Bush Administration written all over it.
I can imagine what the U.S. reaction would be if Venezuela sent its secret services to assassinate the loosely government-allied and politician bribing Colombian narco-paramilitaries for regularly crossing into their territory for drug deals, crimes, attempted rebellions, and just plain old murder.
And I don’t think it would be ‘gosh, it was so sloppy of them to presume that Colombian police wouldn’t investigate so thoroughly.’
Sorry, I just don’t trust skinny people to write a decent cookbook.
That’s what he gets for having a name like “Huggy Bear”.
“Fucking Bear” wouldn’t fly on 70s’ network tv.
Otherwise we would surely have had BJ and the Fucking Bear, as I believe Greg Evigan colloquially refers to it.
Andy and David, sitting in a tree…
Rennet is not considered a meat product and does not violate the prohibition of mixing meat and dairy.
It’s a little more complicated than that.
As a goy, I find the complicated kosher laws inexplicable, does this make
me look fatanti-semitic?This is my favorite paragraph in the linked piece:
Furthermore, nearly all domestic and European hard-cheese plants are non-kosher when not doing special kosher cheese productions. These plants schedule kosher campaigns sporadically in the midst of their normal nonkosher activity. Thus, aside from supervising the cheese manufacturing process, the rabbinic field representatives often need to kasher (or supervise the kashering of ) each plant before every kosher production. This can take days to complete, and it is not simple work.
I read that and immediately thought of Dubya’s “It’s hard work.”
“Huggy Bear” sounds like the name of an ur-Republican, a diaper-wearing closeted gay man.
Sort of a Cro “Bag”non.
Rennet is not considered a meat product and does not violate the prohibition of mixing meat and dairy.
“I don’t care how fucking rennet it is, fetch forth the fromage de la belle France.”
“Oops! Th’ cat’s eaten et!”
aside from supervising the cheese manufacturing process
Is the cheese thinking aloud to itself and only the audience can hear it?
LoLorZ?
which means that cheese made by non-Jewish companies and/or individuals is not kosher
So if I, a goy, fart in a synagogue, the Jews have to flee before me?
KEWL!
Sorry, I just don’t trust skinny people to write a decent cookbook.
Why do you hate semite so much?
The most important cookbook I will ever own?
Why, that’s easy!
“To Serve Man”
Why do you hate semite so much?
Cuz it’s even nastier than the vegan version, Vegemite.
“To Serve Man”
with cheese?
If Vegemite is made of vegetables, than semite is made from…
OMG YARFFFF
I really hate puking, does that make me anti-emetic?
Soylent Semite is really good with a cheap port.
This is somewhat on-topic.
Soylent Semite is really good with a cheap port.
I prefer Goylent Green.
I prefer Goylent Green.
Wow. I must need another hit of the rubber cement because that never even entered my brain. h/t to you, Kind Sir.
Soylent Semite is really good with a cheap port.
I prefer Goylent Green.
Damn Japanese and their cheap knockoffs. I mean, come on, “Hello Kitty,” when it should be “Helloooooooooooooooo Pussy”?
If Vegemite is made of vegetables, than semite is made from…
OMG YARFFFF
Ah, so you cum from a land down under…
Goes well with Fava beans and a fine Chianti.
Wow. I must need another hit of the rubber cement because that never even entered my brain. h/t to you, Kind Sir.
You’re welcome! As another act of kindness, I will give you a huffing tip-Carbona, Not Glue
Maybe I should start a Huffing Tip Post…
Is it just me, or is that photo of Frum actually of Joe Isuzu?
Is it just me, or is that photo of Frum actually of Joe Isuzu?
You are correct.
Maybe I should start a Huffing Tip Post…
Yes please. I humbly submit my name as a guest contributor. I got skillz.
Mmmmmmmmm, Carbona…I love the smell of Carbona in the morning….it smells like…dry cleaner.
I dont know what happened there but this is the link it was supposed to, uh, link to.
If there’s one people on Earth who know how to play an undeserved victimization card better than American conservatives, it’s got to be Israelis.
“After briefly acknowledging that the vast majority of the world’s illegally harvested organs come from China, Pakistan, and the Philippines, Bostrom then hurled this astounding charge:
“Palestinians also harbor strong suspicions that young men have been seized, and made to serve as organ reserve, just as in China and Pakistan, before being killed.”
Jewish vampirism is an ancient fantasy, dating back to the Middle Ages. Yet it remains current in the contemporary Middle East.”
And organ harvesting is a very current issue – the black market for these things, harvested on the bodies of people who won’t be missed, is fucking huge. Is it racist against Albanians when we say the Albanian Mafia’s been trafficking organs? Is it racists against Westerners when we say a lot of the recipients of the black market organ trade are in the West? Is that “villifying” these people and accusing them of being vampires? So why is it that the Jews get to squeal anti-semitism whenever one of their own does something wrong?
I’ll cop to it: I’m anti-Semitic. There. I said it. I’m also anti-Christian, anti-Muslim, anti-Mormon, anti-Hindu, and anti-any group that defines itself by irrational religious beliefs.
Thank FSM I don’t have any of these bizarre hangups.
I love how he spun the NJ Corruption scandal story “some of the names were Jewish”- Nice, completely ignore whole lede of the story, you know that those “Jewish Names” were Rabbi’s- that’s the reason it got played up, just like if a Catholic priest was involved in a scandal or a Baptist Minister was caught in a pyramid scheme- its not their religion that’s notable its their position as a moral authority that made it notable.
Jewish vampirism is an ancient fantasy, dating back to the Middle Ages. Yet it remains current in the contemporary Middle East.”
I’ve heard this story before….
Chris,
Cuz it’s not just Palestinians so it’s anti-semitic to limit the discussion to them.
Thank FSM I don’t have any of these bizarre hangups.
So you’re not anti-pasta?
HAH! I crack me up…
So you’re not anti-pasta?
lOlOrZ!
Parmesan be with you.
Y’know, I remember a while back defending the idea that the US shouldn’t utilize assassination because it tends to drive a society down some really dark corners, similar to the way torture does.
Shit like Israel’s response here is why I say things like that. There’s no real sense of disgust to the fact that a state sponsored the murder of a foreign national, and more worry about “oh shit, they found out we did it!”
That’s why you don’t do it. Because it fucks up your moral center.
“Shit like Israel’s response here is why I say things like that. There’s no real sense of disgust to the fact that a state sponsored the murder of a foreign national, and more worry about “oh shit, they found out we did it!””
I noticed something similar during my brief stint in Air Force ROTC. Even though it was two/three years after the fact, people were still furious at the Abu Ghraib scandal – not at the soldiers for having dishonored the uniform (that barely got mentioned) but at the media for having leaked the story. “Oh my GOD that was ONE TIME!!!” “We had everything under control, it was going to stop, no really!!!” “They were National Guard not REAL military SO THERE!!!”
That’s why you don’t do it. Because it fucks up your moral center.
In a wholly unrelated story, GOP it-boy Rubio just got cheers from the crowd at CPAC for advocating waterboarding.
I’ll cop to it: I’m anti-Semitic…and anti-any group that defines itself by irrational religious beliefs
Good for you, but you’re still racist.
I noticed something similar during my brief stint in Air Force ROTC.
Yeah, and I mean, I understand why people behave that way. It’s a human response, that tribalist idea where other people aren’t really real in the way our fellow whatevers are, that whole monkeysphere thing where we can’t just love and have compassion for everyone without wanting to scream and howl and gibber and bare our teeth at an opposing troop of primates.
But fuck all, it is ugly and I don’t want any part of that. We should be disgusted by things like this, and not at the people that expose horrible acts by people we entrust to uphold the nation’s reputation.
anti-any group that defines itself by irrational religious beliefs.
Well, thank goodness you’ve ascended to a state of pure rationality. Because if you haven’t, you’re kind of fucked.
Is that “villifying” these people and accusing them of being vampires? So why is it that the Jews get to squeal anti-semitism whenever one of their own does something wrong?
The blood libel has been used to justify anti-Jewish pogroms since Medieval times (insert Jim Carey joke to keep the snark quotient acceptable). I can’t blame Israelis for being upset about these allegations.
That’s why you don’t do it. Because it fucks up your moral center.
On a more cynical note, assassination is also the ultimate in asymmetrical warfare. If U.S. administrations publicly supported it, an even bigger target would be placed on the presidents’ backs.
On a more cynical note, assassination is also the ultimate in asymmetrical warfare. If U.S. administrations publicly supported it, an even bigger target would be placed on the presidents’ backs.
Also a clear point that should appease the more practical sorts unconcerned with “morals”. But it never seems to fucking do it, either. It just floats freely in their head, and then they get all hypocritically upset and questing for revenge when someone tries to kack them.
IOKIFYA/I
since Medieval times
There were no utensils in Medieval Times, hence there are no utensils at Medieval Times.
There were no utensils in Medieval Times, hence there are no utensils at Medieval Times.
Well then, can I have a Pepsi then?
You know I’m not pro-carbomb, but do you really think saying “now the terrorists are going to try to kill the president” is a good faith argument?
Meh, I never took debate, so I don’t really follow “good faith” as much as others might. Neither option is really going to change the opinion of people that think it’s perfectly cool for a state to sponsor various forms of criminal actions so long as our team does it.
Well then, can I have a Pepsi then?
They have Pepsi @ Medieval Times so yes you can.
They have Pepsi @ Medieval Times so yes you can.
Don’t you mean “Pepƒi”?
Man, Gary Numan sure has become an ugly person in his old age.
Nice bit of sophistry, DKW, but “anti-semite” has a much more specific definition. Let’s just say I’m an “anti-theist”, as opposed to merely “atheist”.
PennJillette said it best
You know I’m not pro-carbomb, but do you really think saying “now the terrorists are going to try to kill the president” is a good faith argument?
Who mentioned terrorists? Try “a much poorer country which cannot afford to fight the U.S. on the field of battle is going to try to kill the president”.
Hey, back on the topic of anti-semitism- does anybody else get the feeling that “Saul Alinsky” is the new dog-whistle synonym for “Upper West Side Liberal”- nudge nudge wink wink.
Nice bit of sophistry, DKW
That’s what your mom said. Anywho, your structure was anti-[insert religious group here]. If you had said anti-Judaism I’d have kept myself out of it (and in your mom).
Yeah, mom said you had a nice little “bit” of something, but it wasn’t “sophistry”.
B^4,
I paid close attention to the tropes the McCainistas tried to trot out against Obama two years ago. Alinsky was always on a backburner, so I knew it was a matter of time before they’d start picking apart the Obama library.
Yeah, mom said you had a nice little “bit” of something, but it wasn’t “sophistry”.
Gentlemen! There is to be no fighting in the war room!
Is Gary Ackerman pro-war, pro-semite or anti-Iran?
What is a pence if you ain’t got a shilling?
Saul Alinsky
Acting as the resident low-information voter, I can tell you I don’t even know who Saul Alinsky is meant to be in reality, so I doubt the low-information voters on the other side know other than “some commie Jew Beck is always on about”.
Is Gary Ackerman pro-war, pro-semite or anti-Iran?
Is it bad when your eyes gloss over and suddenly you’re reading “pro-war, pro-sodomite or anti-Iran?”
Then again, I suppose people from Sodom were Semites.
Is Gary Ackerman pro-war, pro-semite or anti-Iran?
Probably the middle, but in fairness to Ackerman, he’s pro-reelection.
Gentlemen! There is to be no fighting in the war room!
Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Your Mom.
Then again, I suppose people from Sodom were Semites.
If Sodom was full of Sodomites, then why is Gommora full of Gameras?
Is it bad when your eyes gloss over and suddenly you’re reading “pro-war, pro-sodomite or anti-Iran?”
Not bad, per se, just wishful thinking.
Or is it Gommorans?
Must think on this…
I don’t want to say your mom is fat, but when she’s in war room, even the Russians can’t see the Big Board.
Gameras?
Because Gomorrah was full of turtle meat.
Because Gomorrah was full of turtle meat.
Faith and Gommorah!
Well then, can I have a Pepsi then?
No, even though it’s all you want and she wouldn’t get it for you.
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Because Gomorrah was full of turtle meat.
That was George Brett’s problem, too, as I remember.
My insurance company has denied coverage for one of my meds. I am appealing the denial, but in the meantime, I need this medicine. […] Does anyone here use Canadian pharmacies for their prescriptions; if so, can you recommend one to me?
[tales of buying drugs from Canada]
Probably the middle, but in fairness to Ackerman, he’s pro-reelection.
Yeah he’s my Congressman…and he’s starting to scare me. Although, Nassau County is largely Republican. That fact wouldn’t seem so surprising once you learn that Nassau County is the second richest county per capita in the State of New York and the 10th richest in the nation, with a median household income of $85,994.
I thought it was an excess of starfish meat …
::ducks and covers::
If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?
Well, bisexuals eat convertibles…
Aw, fuck! My manic mood is back. I hate when I feel happy…
I must have missed my Ritalin. I wonder if I can borrow Arnold Alkon’s?
My insurance company has denied coverage for one of my meds. I am appealing the denial, but in the meantime, I need this medicine.
My heart, it bleeds.
Welcome to the wonderful world of for-profit medicine, bub. You asked for it.
So if I, a goy, fart in a synagogue, the Jews have to flee before me?
You, sir, are worse than Hitler.
Although, Nassau County is largely Republican. That fact wouldn’t seem so surprising once you learn that Nassau County is the second richest county per capita in the State of New York and the 10th richest in the nation, with a median household income of $85,994.
Well, the mob families in Long Beach do skew the ratio a bit. Although my grandfather, who did the plumbing for those families, made some decent money too, I suppose.
Welcome to the wonderful world of for-profit medicine, bub. You asked for it.
I certainly did not!
You, sir, are worse than Hitler.
Then it is better to flee before a farter rather than after.
So if I, a goy, fart in a synagogue, the Jews have to flee before me?
You, sir, are worse than Hitler.
I’m just a ignert goy asking a question!
Though I suppose it would depend on if you’re up or downwind.
Although my grandfather, who did the plumbing for those families
“Heyyyy Vinny Baggadonuts here. I got a major septic back up ova hea. Can ya, ya know, ‘help me out’ with tha ting and tha guy from that one time?”
That big red warning from the FDA might be related to Obamacare. In addition to the Louisiana Purchase and the Cornhusker Kickback, one of the earlier acts of banditry on the part of Zero and his minions was a deal with BigPharma to stop allowing importation of cheap Canadian drugs if they refrained from opposing the ‘rats health care takeover.
Yeah, because the Republicans were SO overwhelmingly supportive of noted Republican Brian Dorgan’s amendment to the HC bill to allow easy reimportation.
“Heyyyy Vinny Baggadonuts here. I got a major septic back up ova hea. Can ya, ya know, ‘help me out’ with tha ting and tha guy from that one time?”
Apparently, mob guys really appreciate unclogged toilets. Who’d guessed.
bender time:
I posted this yesterday to the delight of some folks but it seems that even planes hitting buildings these day can be accidents.
PANIC ROOMS FOR SALE — CHEAP
Apparently, mob guys really appreciate unclogged toilets.
Tsk. Didn’t you see Goodfellas? It makes flushing the coke easier.
Apparently, mob guys really appreciate unclogged toilets. Who’d guessed.
As do non-mobs and goys and non-goys alike.
Yeah, because the Republicans were SO overwhelmingly supportive of noted Republican Brian Dorgan’s amendment to the HC bill to allow easy reimportation.
Last time I even remember Canadian drug importation breaching the news blackout I try to keep to, Bush the Younger was in charge. And I’m pretty sure it was during that period where they were squatting on Washington.
But oh sure, totally, now that a Democrat is in charge, I just need to import cheaper drugs from there and they won’t let me, the cads.
Apparently, mob guys really appreciate unclogged toilets. Who’d guessed.
As do non-mobs and goys and non-goys alike.
But not Arnold Alkon. It serves as a backup shit moat.
But not Arnold Alkon. It serves as a backup shit moat.
Speaking of Arnold, they just caught him off the coast of Tasmania.
I saw that, Esteev….I see she’s dyed her hair.
Or is it deaded?
Or is it deaded
No, just in desperate need of a shower… as usual.
I saw that, Esteev….I see she’s dyed her hair.
Or is it deaded?
She usually pulls it back very tightly, i.e. a Croyden facelift… I believe the photo was taken after the elastic pony-tail holder had catastrophically failed.
122 comments and no one has brought the gØys into this?
If Sodom was full of Sodomites, then why is Gommora full of Gameras?
That’s easy, the city was destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
So if I, a goy, fart in a synagogue, the Jews have to flee before me?
I don’t know the answer, but if you fart in church, you have to sit in your pew.
We have what may be a teabagger terrorist attack in Austin.
Angry dude set his house on fire, stole a plane, and crashed it into the IRS building in north Austin (183 & MoPac).
We have what may be a teabagger terrorist attack in Austin.
Silly rabbit! Teabaggers CAN’T be terrorists. Only Mooslimy dusky Arab-people can. Didn’t you see “Crack” Pipes’ article yesterthread?
they’re full of Arab sea men
.
This is no time for joking; I only have patience enough for punchlines.
No one has mentioned seminarians yet. Can they be vagitarians too?
JM,
Link?
Nothing I’m seeing has any details.
Although, Kerik getting sent up for a four year bid is decent news.
Here’s the only link that points to teabaggers
http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12006035
Mediaite link
Not an accident. I lived there for four years.
His house is in the Parmer Lane area. Georgetown is about an hours drive to the north, after setting your house on fire, to steal an airplane, fly it south, then swing around to the south side of the building, miss several overpasses and strip malls, and then strike the building.
A guy tried to hijack a plane and fly it into Richard Nixon, therefore liberals are the real -duh…uh
DONT TREAD ON ME!
A guy tried to hijack a plane and fly it into Richard Nixon, therefore liberals are the real -duh…uh
DONT TREAD ON ME!
Someone tried to fly a plane into Bill Clinton’s White House, and that just made him mad.
Actually, more like a little over 30 min. to Georgetown. Northbound traffic’s pretty light that time of morning.
Shame he didn’t get caught in one of the bazillion speed traps, though.
Even if he did, where was he going to pull over?
Someone tried to fly a plane into Bill Clinton’s White House, and that just made him mad.
The crash interrupted him at a most inopportune moment.
As assholes like Frum worry about people talking badly about Israel (which, last I checked, was a country, not a Jewish person), the people he supports and encourages do shit like blow up buildings in OKC and, apparently, fly planes into IRS buildings.
(A bolster to JM’s link here.)
But, you know, criticizing the actions of a foreign government is much, much worse …
Aha! It IS the Echelon building. Some early pics (poor quality etc.) I saw made me think that might be it. I used to drive by it every day when I lived in Balcones Woods.
So I was wrong, wanna fight about it?
Here’s his suicide note, posted by the local Austin paper. I bet they’ll take it down, soon.
Internet note posted by man linked to plane crash
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:16 PM
Editor’s note: We found this note on a Web site being pointed at by social media users. A search showed the domain that the note was posted on is registered to Joe Stack of San Marcos. A man by the same name, who has addresses in both Austin and San Marcos has been linked to today’s airplane crash.
If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn’t enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken. Needless to say, this rant could fill volumes with example after example if I would let it. I find the process of writing it frustrating, tedious, and probably pointless… especially given my gross inability to gracefully articulate my thoughts in light of the storm raging in my head. Exactly what is therapeutic about that I’m not sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and service, our government stands for justice for all. We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place, and that we should be ready to lay our lives down for the noble principals represented by its founding fathers. Remember? One of these was “no taxation without representation”. I have spent the total years of my adulthood unlearning that crap from only a few years of my childhood. These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptly labeled a “crackpot”, traitor and worse.
While very few working people would say they haven’t had their fair share of taxes (as can I), in my lifetime I can say with a great degree of certainty that there has never been a politician cast a vote on any matter with the likes of me or my interests in mind. Nor, for that matter, are they the least bit interested in me or anything I have to say.
Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM executives, for scores of years) and when it’s time for their gravy train to crash under the weight of their gluttony and overwhelming stupidity, the force of the full federal government has no difficulty coming to their aid within days if not hours? Yet at the same time, the joke we call the American medical system, including the drug and insurance companies, are murdering tens of thousands of people a year and stealing from the corpses and victims they cripple, and this country’s leaders don’t see this as important as bailing out a few of their vile, rich cronies. Yet, the political “representatives” (thieves, liars, and self-serving scumbags is far more accurate) have endless time to sit around for year after year and debate the state of the “terrible health care problem”. It’s clear they see no crisis as long as the dead people don’t get in the way of their corporate profits rolling in.
And justice? You’ve got to be kidding!
How can any rational individual explain that white elephant conundrum in the middle of our tax system and, indeed, our entire legal system? Here we have a system that is, by far, too complicated for the brightest of the master scholars to understand. Yet, it mercilessly “holds accountable” its victims, claiming that they’re responsible for fully complying with laws not even the experts understand. The law “requires” a signature on the bottom of a tax filing; yet no one can say truthfully that they understand what they are signing; if that’s not “duress” than what is. If this is not the measure of a totalitarian regime, nothing is.
How did I get here?
My introduction to the real American nightmare starts back in the early ‘80s. Unfortunately after more than 16 years of school, somewhere along the line I picked up the absurd, pompous notion that I could read and understand plain English. Some friends introduced me to a group of people who were having ‘tax code’ readings and discussions. In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful “exemptions” that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the “best”, high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the “big boys” were doing (except that we weren’t steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). We took a great deal of care to make it all visible, following all of the rules, exactly the way the law said it was to be done.
The intent of this exercise and our efforts was to bring about a much-needed re-evaluation of the laws that allow the monsters of organized religion to make such a mockery of people who earn an honest living. However, this is where I learned that there are two “interpretations” for every law; one for the very rich, and one for the rest of us… Oh, and the monsters are the very ones making and enforcing the laws; the inquisition is still alive and well today in this country.
That little lesson in patriotism cost me $40,000+, 10 years of my life, and set my retirement plans back to 0. It made me realize for the first time that I live in a country with an ideology that is based on a total and complete lie. It also made me realize, not only how naive I had been, but also the incredible stupidity of the American public; that they buy, hook, line, and sinker, the crap about their “freedom”… and that they continue to do so with eyes closed in the face of overwhelming evidence and all that keeps happening in front of them.
Before even having to make a shaky recovery from the sting of the first lesson on what justice really means in this country (around 1984 after making my way through engineering school and still another five years of “paying my dues”), I felt I finally had to take a chance of launching my dream of becoming an independent engineer.
On the subjects of engineers and dreams of independence, I should digress somewhat to say that I’m sure that I inherited the fascination for creative problem solving from my father. I realized this at a very young age.
The significance of independence, however, came much later during my early years of college; at the age of 18 or 19 when I was living on my own as student in an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My neighbor was an elderly retired woman (80+ seemed ancient to me at that age) who was the widowed wife of a retired steel worker. Her husband had worked all his life in the steel mills of central Pennsylvania with promises from big business and the union that, for his 30 years of service, he would have a pension and medical care to look forward to in his retirement. Instead he was one of the thousands who got nothing because the incompetent mill management and corrupt union (not to mention the government) raided their pension funds and stole their retirement. All she had was social security to live on.
In retrospect, the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers when I could afford to splurge) for months at a time. When I got to know this poor figure and heard her story I felt worse for her plight than for my own (I, after all, I thought I had everything to in front of me). I was genuinely appalled at one point, as we exchanged stories and commiserated with each other over our situations, when she in her grandmotherly fashion tried to convince me that I would be “healthier” eating cat food (like her) rather than trying to get all my substance from peanut butter and bread. I couldn’t quite go there, but the impression was made. I decided that I didn’t trust big business to take care of me, and that I would take responsibility for my own future and myself.
Return to the early ‘80s, and here I was off to a terrifying start as a ‘wet-behind-the-ears’ contract software engineer… and two years later, thanks to the fine backroom, midnight effort by the sleazy executives of Arthur Andersen (the very same folks who later brought us Enron and other such calamities) and an equally sleazy New York Senator (Patrick Moynihan), we saw the passage of 1986 tax reform act with its section 1706.
For you who are unfamiliar, here is the core text of the IRS Section 1706, defining the treatment of workers (such as contract engineers) for tax purposes. Visit this link for a conference committee report (http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml#ConferenceCommitteeReport) regarding the intended interpretation of Section 1706 and the relevant parts of Section 530, as amended. For information on how these laws affect technical services workers and their clients, read our discussion here (http://www.synergistech.com/ic-taxlaw.shtml).
SEC. 1706. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL – Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
(d) EXCEPTION. – This section shall not apply in the case of an individual who pursuant to an arrangement between the taxpayer and another person, provides services for such other person as an engineer, designer, drafter, computer programmer, systems analyst, or other similarly skilled worker engaged in a similar line of work.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE. – The amendment made by this section shall apply to remuneration paid and services rendered after December 31, 1986.
Note:
· “another person” is the client in the traditional job-shop relationship.
· “taxpayer” is the recruiter, broker, agency, or job shop.
· “individual”, “employee”, or “worker” is you.
Admittedly, you need to read the treatment to understand what it is saying but it’s not very complicated. The bottom line is that they may as well have put my name right in the text of section (d). Moreover, they could only have been more blunt if they would have came out and directly declared me a criminal and non-citizen slave. Twenty years later, I still can’t believe my eyes.
During 1987, I spent close to $5000 of my ‘pocket change’, and at least 1000 hours of my time writing, printing, and mailing to any senator, congressman, governor, or slug that might listen; none did, and they universally treated me as if I was wasting their time. I spent countless hours on the L.A. freeways driving to meetings and any and all of the disorganized professional groups who were attempting to mount a campaign against this atrocity. This, only to discover that our efforts were being easily derailed by a few moles from the brokers who were just beginning to enjoy the windfall from the new declaration of their “freedom”. Oh, and don’t forget, for all of the time I was spending on this, I was loosing income that I couldn’t bill clients.
After months of struggling it had clearly gotten to be a futile exercise. The best we could get for all of our trouble is a pronouncement from an IRS mouthpiece that they weren’t going to enforce that provision (read harass engineers and scientists). This immediately proved to be a lie, and the mere existence of the regulation began to have its impact on my bottom line; this, of course, was the intended effect.
Again, rewind my retirement plans back to 0 and shift them into idle. If I had any sense, I clearly should have left abandoned engineering and never looked back.
Instead I got busy working 100-hour workweeks. Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn’t need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they were closed; just like that. The result was economic devastation in the region that rivaled the widely publicized Texas S&L fiasco. However, because the government caused it, no one gave a shit about all of the young families who lost their homes or street after street of boarded up houses abandoned to the wealthy loan companies who received government funds to “shore up” their windfall. Again, I lost my retirement.
Years later, after weathering a divorce and the constant struggle trying to build some momentum with my business, I find myself once again beginning to finally pick up some speed. Then came the .COM bust and the 911 nightmare. Our leaders decided that all aircraft were grounded for what seemed like an eternity; and long after that, ‘special’ facilities like San Francisco were on security alert for months. This made access to my customers prohibitively expensive. Ironically, after what they had done the Government came to the aid of the airlines with billions of our tax dollars … as usual they left me to rot and die while they bailed out their rich, incompetent cronies WITH MY MONEY! After these events, there went my business but not quite yet all of my retirement and savings.
By this time, I’m thinking that it might be good for a change. Bye to California, I’ll try Austin for a while. So I moved, only to find out that this is a place with a highly inflated sense of self-importance and where damn little real engineering work is done. I’ve never experienced such a hard time finding work. The rates are 1/3 of what I was earning before the crash, because pay rates here are fixed by the three or four large companies in the area who are in collusion to drive down prices and wages… and this happens because the justice department is all on the take and doesn’t give a fuck about serving anyone or anything but themselves and their rich buddies.
To survive, I was forced to cannibalize my savings and retirement, the last of which was a small IRA. This came in a year with mammoth expenses and not a single dollar of income. I filed no return that year thinking that because I didn’t have any income there was no need. The sleazy government decided that they disagreed. But they didn’t notify me in time for me to launch a legal objection so when I attempted to get a protest filed with the court I was told I was no longer entitled to due process because the time to file ran out. Bend over for another $10,000 helping of justice.
So now we come to the present. After my experience with the CPA world, following the business crash I swore that I’d never enter another accountant’s office again. But here I am with a new marriage and a boatload of undocumented income, not to mention an expensive new business asset, a piano, which I had no idea how to handle. After considerable thought I decided that it would be irresponsible NOT to get professional help; a very big mistake.
When we received the forms back I was very optimistic that they were in order. I had taken all of the years information to Bill Ross, and he came back with results very similar to what I was expecting. Except that he had neglected to include the contents of Sheryl’s unreported income; $12,700 worth of it. To make matters worse, Ross knew all along this was missing and I didn’t have a clue until he pointed it out in the middle of the audit. By that time it had become brutally evident that he was representing himself and not me.
This left me stuck in the middle of this disaster trying to defend transactions that have no relationship to anything tax-related (at least the tax-related transactions were poorly documented). Things I never knew anything about and things my wife had no clue would ever matter to anyone. The end result is… well, just look around.
I remember reading about the stock market crash before the “great” depression and how there were wealthy bankers and businessmen jumping out of windows when they realized they screwed up and lost everything. Isn’t it ironic how far we’ve come in 60 years in this country that they now know how to fix that little economic problem; they just steal from the middle class (who doesn’t have any say in it, elections are a joke) to cover their asses and it’s “business-as-usual”. Now when the wealthy fuck up, the poor get to die for the mistakes… isn’t that a clever, tidy solution.
As government agencies go, the FAA is often justifiably referred to as a tombstone agency, though they are hardly alone. The recent presidential puppet GW Bush and his cronies in their eight years certainly reinforced for all of us that this criticism rings equally true for all of the government. Nothing changes unless there is a body count (unless it is in the interest of the wealthy sows at the government trough). In a government full of hypocrites from top to bottom, life is as cheap as their lies and their self-serving laws.
I know I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn’t limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at “big brother” while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won’t continue; I have just had enough.
I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt; it will take nothing less. I would only hope that by striking a nerve that stimulates the inevitable double standard, knee-jerk government reaction that results in more stupid draconian restrictions people wake up and begin to see the pompous political thugs and their mindless minions for what they are. Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn’t so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer. The cruel joke is that the really big chunks of shit at the top have known this all along and have been laughing, at and using this awareness against, fools like me all along.
I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
Joe Stack (1956-2010)
02/18/2010
Reports are surfacing that prior to taking off, he set his own house on fire, plus he had an ongoing feud with the IRS – the government agency located in the building in which the plane crashed
Timothy McPho.
do not panic! normal programming will be resumed when it becomes clear why this latest incident is all the fault of people i don’t like…
do not panic! normal programming will be resumed when it becomes clear why this latest incident is all the fault of people i don’t like…
Are you running for office?
Thank goodness we have responsible public officials to decry and discourage that sort of thing.
FYWP. Also.
Manifesto.
The United States must not hesitate to bomb, invade, and occupy the State of Texas! We must fight them there so we do not have to fight them here! SUPPORT THE TROOPS!
The United States must not hesitate to bomb, invade, and occupy the State of Texas!
Let RIck Perry secede and THEN invade.
So I moved, only to find out that this is a place with a highly inflated sense of self-importance and where damn little real engineering work is done. I’ve never experienced such a hard time finding work. The rates are 1/3 of what I was earning before the crash, because pay rates here are fixed by the three or four large companies in the area who are in collusion to drive down prices and wages… and this happens because the justice department is all on the take and doesn’t give a fuck about serving anyone or anything but themselves and their rich buddies.
To paraphrase Sarah Failin, “How’s that Galt-y stuff working out for you?”
Manifesto.
Yiiikes… People take others for granted far too often. What a pity.
Clearly, we must begin profiling engineers, and people involved with engineers, and people in engineering-related fields, and people we just think look like engineers.
Clearly, we must begin profiling engineers, and people involved with engineers, and people in engineering-related fields, and people we just think look like engineers.
…including anyone who wears striped overalls. Or looks like Ringo Starr or George Carlin.
That manifesto makes me very sad; what a troubled person.
Or looks like Ringo Starr or George Carlin.
Those two were conductors!
Mr. Conductors, in fact.
Agreed, tigismus. I feel awful for these people who take things so seriously. I mean that seriously even though it sounds callous and insincere.
The Austin Statesman has the text if and when that site becomes inaccessible.
Clearly, we must begin profiling engineers, and people involved with engineers, and people in engineering-related fields
Hey, now, there are some valued Sadlynaughts who are engineers.
and people we just think look like engineers.
At least I’m safe- I look like an alley-basher, or maybe a cop.
Those two were conductors!
You’re either with us, or you’re with the engineers.
Engineers.
Holy crap … after reading that dude’s site I just … wow.
Let’s see here: he spent $5,000 writing letters. Stamps in ’87 were $.22, so … **does math** … holy shit! That’s 14K+ in letters. In one year. Unless he sent them via FedEx, in which case it may only be in the four digit range.
Regardless of how loony the dude was, I sincerely hope no one else was hurt in this incident …
That manifesto included just enough text to indicate that at one point he tried the ol’ “I am a sovereign citizen and thus not a US citizen and therefore owe no taxes”, also known as the Freemen Gambit (and it worked so well for them, didn’t it?). This is no doubt when the IRS decided to keep an eye on his records.
Money. Quite literally drives some people insane.
Instead I got busy working 100-hour workweeks. Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn’t need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they were closed; just like that.
It’s like the movie Falling Down.
He just wasn’t “economically viable”.
Either there’s a complete overload at embeddedart.com, or they took down his site.
There’s some pretty angry anti-corporate stuff in that note. I’m not sure that this guy is the typical right-wing freeper crank who sucks off corporations. Of course, given that, the narrative will quickly become “He was a socialist”. You know, just like anybody who does anything violent in America is a socialist.
He just wasn’t “economically viable”
Given the amount of time he spent writing letters to gubmint fishshells trying to get work, you think he might have put that much effort into actually, you know, jobhunting????
Well isn’t that adorable. Not terrorism? Not even criminal activity? What the fuck is going on at the DHS?
The Xmas bomber brought shame to engineers. By kludging up his project.
A Semite from Sodom did wish
To go to the Jordan to fish.
As he baited his hook
The ground suddenly shook,
And everything he’d ever known was gone, and everyone he’d ever loved was killed stone dead by a wrathful God, and there was no point catching more than a couple piddling perch, because it looked like it was going to be “dinner for one” for the rest of his bleak, displaced life. Ish.
BeGommorah!
Till,
they are referring to his earlier statement when he said there was indication neither of terrorist nor criminal activity.
It’s not terrorism when white people do it.
CNN calls his site/note a ” lengthy, rambling message, the writer rails against the government and, particularly, the IRS”
I found it pretty coherent and grammatically perfect. Although it does get very angry towards the end. It certainly wasn’t rambling.
Arnold sent his minions to do their pathetic anonymous best to ruin our livelihoods folks.
There’s some pretty angry anti-corporate stuff in that note. I’m not sure that this guy is the typical right-wing freeper crank who sucks off corporations.
Yeah. The anti-corporate stuff makes him sound fairly left-wing, but the anti-tax stuff makes him sound more like a right-winger. As far as I can tell, this guy was pretty much anti-everything, including (I suppose) himself.
But yeah, no doubt Rush et al. will be reading off selective quotations to “prove” that he was a lefty terrorist.
Come to think about it, it’s not terrorism. Terrorism, by definition, attempts to achieve political changes. This guy wasn’t trying to change anything, it was simply revenge.
they are referring to his earlier statement when he said there was indication neither of terrorist nor criminal activity.
It’s not terrorism when white people do it.
Ahem.
“Manifesto”
Lot of disconnect there. Typical of another suicide with which I am familiar. Blames his accountant for omitting his new wife’s income and then blames IRS for failing to notify him of the error in time for him to correct it. Yeah, like he didn’t know that his wife earned wages that year. Borderline insane. But, at least when my sister offed herself, she didn’t try to take anyone with her.
I found it pretty coherent and grammatically perfect. Although it does get very angry towards the end. It certainly wasn’t rambling.
His spelling was pretty atrocious, but I am a “grammar pedant”.
embeddedart.com:
Maybe “rambling” is journalist code for “tl;dr”
Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn’t need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they were closed; just like that. The result was economic devastation in the region that rivaled the widely publicized Texas S&L fiasco. However, because the government caused it, no one gave a shit about all of the young families who lost their homes or street after street of boarded up houses abandoned to the wealthy loan companies who received government funds to “shore up” their windfall.
Y’know, maybe if we hadn’t been wasting billions of dollars a year over 40 years to defeat a self-immolating economic system, this poor soul could have had a real career.
I mean, gee, he had it great for years…you’d think he’d be grateful.
But yeah, no doubt Rush et al. will be reading off selective quotations to “prove” that he was a lefty terrorist.
We should set up a betting website for dead pool days like this, and bet on which wingnut gets to the wire first.
His spelling was pretty atrocious, but I am a “grammar pedant”.
I’ll concede that point but it was it “rambling”?
I’ll concede that point but it was it “rambling”?
It needed an editor to punch up the prose a little and maybe weed out some of the extraneous wordiness.
He did drop the “Z” bomb. I hope ZRM doesn’t get upset.
I mean, gee, he had it great for years…you’d think he’d be grateful.
He had done well enough to own a plane. Maybe sell the thing for a few dollaz and pay off your debt, hmmm?? Nahh…
Oh, and its def terrurizm. If you inflict pain/violence on another for your grievances (real or imagined) you’re a terrurst — white or not.
He had done well enough to own a plane.
Right, but it was his piano that put him over the edge.
He did drop the “Z” bomb. I hope ZRM doesn’t get upset.
In this case, both the “shamblers vs breathers” and the “architects vs engineers” conflicts will come into play.
On a happier note, a devotee of “Our Lady of the Shit Moat” has shown up on an earlier thread.
Yea, I’ve been toying with him, much like a cat toys with a mouse before tossing him in the disposal.
On an even happier note, Obama is a one-term president.
Right, but it was his piano that put him over the edge.
Veiled PIANIST comment?
That’s interesting. Did you know that we will be greeted as liberators, also?
On an even happier note, Obama is a one-term president.
No, he’s not
Also, apparently men should really think about how much better it is for one’s mental health to own an organ.
No, he’s not
LoLoRz I really hope Quitter Barbie runs.
In addition to that, the war will pay itself with the Iraqi oil, and the people will greet the troops as liberators.
Given his track record, I’m not betting on that.
In this case, both the “shamblers vs breathers” and the “architects vs engineers” conflicts will come into play.
“Shambling architect” is redundant.
However, let it be said that “Falling Down” does perfectly capture the engineers who work in the military-industrial-antibreather-pocketprotector complex.
manifestos and suicide notes are required to be “rambling” by federal statute
Seriously, someone explain to me why this man is still looked to for solutions when all he causes is problems. Please, there isn’t enough rubber cement at my local Lowe’s to bring me down to their intellectual [insert snark emoticon] level.
manifestos and suicide notes are required to be “rambling” by federal statute
Ahhh, that explains a lot. Don’t get me wrong, the man was a mental case. He needed clinical help not a pilots license.
Uh, George, “populism” was what Bush Jr. was all about. He was the guy you wanted to have a beer with, remember? And it got him elected twice. Either way, I’m sick of all these snooty old snot-snots griping about “populism” as the cause for everything bad in the world. There’s the type of populism where you try to present yourself as Mr. Everyman, and the type of populism where you actually help Mr. Everyman.
bill clinton was a one term president years before obama ever was
There’s some pretty angry anti-corporate stuff in that note. I’m not sure that this guy is the typical right-wing freeper crank who sucks off corporations.
There’s a certain point on the far, far right where corporations are just as despised as the government; more of a knee-jerk hatred of authoritarian structures than anything, along with a hatred of police and a deep wish to just be “left alone”. There’s more than a bit of “hatred of the moneychangers WINK WINK YOU KNOW WHO” in there as well.
But no, not “leftist”. Although that will not keep the Becks & Limbaughs from claiming him to be a leftist, drawing on the “Alex Jones criticized Bush and corporations so he’s a leftist” bullshit meme.
“Shambling architect”
Shambling and breathing are distributive over professions?
Pere,
They’re called “teabaggers”.
Pardon me, PeeJ, I’m going to blogwhore again, but…
I wrote a piece on the Teabaggers the other day in which I noted that they have aligned themselves with Lyndon Larouche (more likely, the self-promoting little geek aligned himself with them), which means it’s not all about democrats, but it’s about both parties being corporatocracies.
Given however that they are pretty much organized BY the corporatocracy, it seems evident that eventually they’ll be frustrated in their efforts. I figure 2012 ought to see the demise of the movement. The danger (which I didn’t mention) is that this jackass in Austin might be the tip of the iceberg for these folks.
The danger (which I didn’t mention) is that this jackass in Austin might be the tip of the iceberg for these folks.
This.
What I’ve been saying for the last year or so.
“Shambling architect”
Shambling and breathing are distributive over professions?
Absolutely, since shambling is contagious but architectural training and licensing is happily not. So shambling can distribute over various professions, whereas the professions cannot distribute over shambling.
Pardon me, PeeJ, I’m going to blogwhore again
Lese majeste!
difficult to believe he was one of us professional bit slingers as he was seen outside during daylight hours
Lese majeste!
See, if the victim was a Jew he wouldn’t be able to breathe because farts are not kosher as we determined earlier today.
Absolutely, since shambling is contagious but architectural training and licensing is happily not. So shambling can distribute over various professions, whereas the professions cannot distribute over shambling
Only in some cases. When a professional works from home, then it’s non-commutative.
When a professional works from home, then it’s non-commutative.
When a mime works from home, it’s non-communicative.
Listening to Glenn Beck expostulate on the Founding Fathers is a little like letting Pee Wee Herman persuade you to watch a porn flick with him: you’ll get nothing but the blowback while he gets to enjoy warping your mind. Glenn Beck’s knowledge of the Founding Fathers seems to have been derived from the back of a Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap bottle…while on acid.
So where do you want us to put these Internets you just won?
(And downloadable Dr. Bronner’s labels? pardon me while I shriek like a schoolgirl at a Hanson concert. :))
Looking back over the thread, is there anybody here who trolls Freeperville?
I see this:
My insurance company has denied coverage for one of my meds. I am appealing the denial, but in the meantime, I need this medicine. […] Does anyone here use Canadian pharmacies for their prescriptions; if so, can you recommend one to me?
and I think someone should tell him he should be honored to die for the free market rather than succumb to the temptations of Canadian socialism.
Dulce et decorum est, and all that happy horseshit.
I just don’t have the intestinal fortitude to create a Freepacount.
A manifesto is rambling whereas a concept album is sprawling. What if it were both a manifesto and a concept album?
What if it were both a manifesto and a concept album?
It would be Yes and would be unbearable without the effects of controlled substances.
From Wikinews:
Joseph A. Stack “Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man… take my pound of flesh and sleep well” – February 18, 2010 – Written by the pilot
Witness the obligatory right-wing nutjob Orwell reference.
I think someone should tell him he should be honored to die for the free market rather than succumb to the temptations of Canadian socialism.
Dulce et decorum est, and all that happy horseshit.
Ahem.
So shambling can distribute over various professions, whereas the professions cannot distribute over shambling
Tell that to the National Professional Urination League (NPUL)!
like letting Pee Wee Herman persuade you to watch a porn flick with him
I went to an opera festival with Pee Wee. It was all Jaques Offenbach.
Crap, another typo… I am distracted by doing laundry, making a big soffritto, and listening to Thom Hartmann broadcasting from CPAC (or is it TeaPAC?).
It would be Yes and would be unbearable without the effects of controlled substances.
Thank God, it wasn’t just me.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard “Yessongs” straight…I checked into rehab.
Pere, did you post that at Free Republic?
Please say you did!
I went to an opera festival with Pee Wee. It was all Jaques Offenbach.
I hear it was a tear jerker.
…I like Yes. Genesis too.
What if it were both a manifesto and a concept album?
It would be Yes
It might be a Geddy Lee solo project.
I’d post it but I have been banned from Freeperville.
In this case, both the “shamblers vs breathers” and the “architects vs engineers” conflicts will come into play.
nah, I’m afraid not. Reading his rant, it’s just sad. And all too typical a story, it seems. All the snark is knocked right outa me, especially knowing that it will not take too many seconds for shitheads like Limbaugh or Beck to start pimping it as a political cudgel.
Sigh. Maybe I’d rather work, that’s how bleak it is.
THAT PIANO WAS A BUSINESS EXPENSE, DAMMIT!!!11!1
Okay … probably shouldn’t mock the recently dead and/or those with severe mental issues.
As far as his grammar goes, it sucked. I found numerous typographical errors, missing and/or misplaced commas, and way too many run-on sentences.
While perhaps not rambling, it wasn’t exactly Hemmingway.*
(*Hemmingway wasn’t even Hemmingway. Much like Ginsberg, there’s been a tendency since his death to celebrate him a tad more than he deserves, IMNSHO. Yes, he was impressive in his ability to say much with little, but when it comes to American authors, he couldn’t carry Twain’s jock.)
It might be a Geddy Lee solo project.
Geddy’s solo album was actually quite a bit more concise and straightforward than the typical Rush album.
…but perhaps I reveal more than I would like.
How does someone whose name riffs off of an amazing musician become a fan of such gawdawful, shitty-as-all-fucking-hell music?
I mean, really?
You need to change you nym in respect for decent music everywhere.
Harumph!
::crosses arms, taps foot … but not in a Larry Craig kind of way::
Well, maybe I will, Philistine!
PROG ROCK – JAZZ FLAME WAR!!!
As far as his grammar goes, it sucked. I found numerous typographical errors, missing and/or misplaced commas, and way too many run-on sentences.
OK, OK I get it. It wasn’t written that well. I skimmed the diatribe and gave the maniacal pilot more credit than was due. I concede that it wasn’t perfect but I didn’t find it “rambling” as CNN described it. But we’ve established that “manifestos and suicide notes are required to be “rambling” by federal statute”
Pere, did you post that at Free Republic?
Please say you did!
I’m sure the Iron Wall of Websense would block me from going over there at the moment, but consider it released to the public if anyone else wants to post it under “Pere Ubu” for me.
*Hemmingway wasn’t even Hemmingway
Yeah, and he had nothing on that Hemingway guy.
Geddy’s solo album was actually quite a bit more concise and straightforward than the typical Rush album.
Not to mention the lower concentrations of Oxycontin and prostitution-tourism.
Oh, there’s going to be <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/elton-john-in-parade-jesu_n_467437.html"some blowback on this story.
Pun intended.
Tag, I’m it!
*cracking “HTML for Dummies”*
467437! I get it! Good one, Actor!
What if it were both a manifesto and a concept album?
Sprawmbling.
Spaghetti Lee
Wait, is this the musician or the director of such classic genre films as “She’s-a Gotta Have It-a”?
Take two: *clack*
Oh, there’s going to be some blowback on this story.
Pun intended.
(now with clicky linky)
I am touched that such an infrequent commenter as myself, can inspire such wonderful discourse. My next question is, how would this suicide have to have been different to be labeled ‘self indulgent’ as so many concept albums are?
My next question is, how would this suicide have to have been different to be labeled ’self indulgent’ as so many concept albums are?
Maybe…if he wired bombs to go off in a pattern that would spell out his name?
Speaking as an affluent child of the upper middle class who finally got around to sort of opposing Bush’s 2nd and 3rd crusades, I can understand why that plane guy was so upset. Taxes suck! Am I right? Am I right?
Anyway, as a former Republican (and I’m totally not a Republican anymore you can tell because I voted for the black guy with the funny name) let me just add that you can’t blame Republicans for what angry white dudes do just because they do everything they can to make angry white dudes angrier and more militant. Now let’s all shut up and support our President FunnyName!
PS Bush was teh suck M I RITE? ROFL
how would this suicide have to have been different to be labeled ’self indulgent’ as so many concept albums are?
You don’t think that burning your house down and then flying your plane into a building to commit suicide isn’t just a tad “self-indulgent”?
Indeed, isn’t suicide as a concept “self-indulgent”? You don’t have the problems anymore, you’ve shoved them off onto someone else AND given a whole slew of new ones to the people you’ve left behind.
Burning your house down and then flying your plane into a building is to suicide as Styx’s Paradise Theater is to concept albums.
There. I said it.
Styx’s Paradise Theater
State Street Sadie AKA the best 30 seconds of your life.
“You spelled it wrong. Again.”
“I know.”
The silence was hard. Cold.
“Why?”
“Because.”
“That’s it? No more?”
“I just do.”
It was still cold. The hills were warm.
“Why?”
“He sucks.”
“Oh.”
“And I don’t care.”
“Okay.”
How soon before teabagging Republicans defend this nutjob? He appears to be the perfect poster boy for all their beefs against the government.
the best 30 seconds of your life
That was my third marriage.
Hmmmm … burnt down his house, then flew a plane into a building.
Sounds like a concept album between the Talking Heads and the Beastie Boys.
Too soon?
Sounds like a concept album between the Talking Heads and the Beastie Boys.
needs more Geddy Lee.
Is this Texas plane terrust act what this Times op-ed talking is all about?
Meanwhile over at TBogg’s place…
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2010/02/18/oh-thanks-a-lot-twitter/
http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2010/02/18/oh-thanks-a-lot-twitter/
I………really. Didn’t. Need to see that.
DO NOT LEAVE THE BOAT! WARNING! DO NOT LEAVE THE BOAT!
It’s going to take a gallon of battery acid, three months of therapy, and years of quality pr0n to get that image out of my head.
I think I’ll start on the latter later this evening …
how would this suicide have to have been different to be labeled ’self indulgent’ as so many concept albums are?
More guitar noodling.
I am a horrible person.
Well, burning down one’s house and crashing a plane into an IRS building is self indulgent, it’s not YES or STYX level self indulgent. It’s not like stealing a wienermobile setting it on fire and driving it off the top of Mount Rushmore. It’s not a collosal stunt to paint a see through dress on the statue of liberty. He was just unhinged, and pissed off. He was not incomprehensibly artistic.
I demand a higher standard from the suicidal weirdos of America!
how would this suicide have to have been different to be labeled ’self indulgent’ as so many concept albums are?
Two words: drum solo.
It’s not like stealing a wienermobile setting it on fire and driving it off the top of Mount Rushmore.
*putting away bucket list*
Dammit.
I cannot believe Felonius Monk really changed his name to Spaghetti Lee.
I feel so … so … powerful!!
Quick — someone pass single-payer health care! Charge Cheney et al with war crimes! Legalize marijuana!!
**waits patiently**
I feel so … so … powerful!!
not so meaningful coming from a guy who can’t even be bothered to lift a JanusNode nym….
Damn. Had to go out htis afternoon. Did not have opportunity to inquire, “What’s a Hemmingway?”
I think it’s about 200ish lbs., plus whatever the hell a mojito weighs …
As much as Ezra Pound???
200 pounds?? As they said to Thomas Jefferson, “Yo’ mistress so fat…”