good one!

Who's he waiting for?

Too many notes.

Blasphemy!
/Plused

re: #2 tradewind

Who's he waiting for?

Jackie Change and Bob Hope!

BREAKING: 6th Circuit reverses on TRO (devastation, humiliation for Jennifer Brunner)

A 3-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated a temporary restraining order which would effectively make Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner follow the law - and do her job - in preventing election fraud. Tonight, the full court decided to hear the case en banc, and has reimposed the TRO. This is great news.

Here are some highlights:

"So far as this record is concerned, the Secretary has given no tenable exlanation why her current interpretation of the statute, as opposed to the office's prior implementation of the law, remotely furthers the anti-fraud objective of the law."

The Ohio Republican Party's position is "not only sensible but it is also fair - and it also furthers both objectives of HAVA ..."

The court mocks Brunner's defense as "[t]he bureaucrats' lament - that this will be difficult to do."

UPDATE: In looking at the decision, it appears the full court voted 9-6 to hear the case en banc (which means all of them). I'd say the 9-6 vote is a good sign, but doesn't necessarily mean the case will end that way. Tonight's decision has been described as the opportunity to "live and fight another day." But in the world of temporary restraining orders, if you have it, that's all that matters for the time being. And the time being is what is crucial right now.

Second point - the initial district court decision got some press because the judge found that Brunner was actually violating the law. That dialogue was snuffed out by the subsequent reversal. But now it's back. When you run into Jennifer Brunner on the street, you can ask her why she's violating federal election laws.

I have a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell ostriches!

Sorry
Sorry
Sorry
That's awful
That's awful
Wrong business
Wrong business
Try some new line of work Tom
Some new line of work
Tom.
Tom.
Please.

I'm convinced.

Finally

Snip:

The FBI has reportedly begun its own preliminary investigation into an ABC News report that West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL) hired an alleged mistress to work on his official staff and then paid her $121,000 to keep her from going public and filing suit after she was fired.

re: #6 gmsc

Thanks for the great news!

that was really bad, nightmarishly bad

re: #6 gmsc

Check Brunners garbage can. I'll bet there's stacks of Republican ballots.

re: #11 katemaclaren

Thanks for the great news!

Always glad to be the bearer of good news.

(Especially if it cheers up any Eeyores out there!)

Weekend cold heat set new record lows highs.

Damn...algore was right.

/

I like Waits. Only thing is I can never understand what the hell he is saying. Thanks for the lyrics.

Heard an ad on a Richmond VA country station today. Imagine this in a SW Virginia/ Appalachia accent:
"This is Ralph Stanley asking you to vote for Barack Obama for the change we need."
Even more appalling- two thirty something guys at work had no idea who Ralph Stanley is.

It wasn't all bad. I thought of the Obama campaign all during that song. It fits!

re: #10 Typicalwhitey

ABC News is the one who broke the Mahoney story in the national media; they're also the same crew that broke the Foley story (same Congressional district).

Seems that a good old fashioned sex scandal, hush money, and Democrats covering for Democrats doesn't get quite the same level of national media attention as when a GOPer does it.

And the leadership for both parties has essentially done the same exact thing - to deny and avoid knowledge that they knew much earlier of what was going on, and to attempt to cover up the details... it was the coverup that got the GOP in hot water in 2006, but with a disinterested media covering in 2008, it's possible that the Democrats in Congress will skate despite the parallels.

re: #17 Jim in Virginia

No clue either, who is he?

re: #6 gmsc

Wonderful!

But it is too late. 0bama's going to win. There is nothing we can do. Best if we all just not bother voting, because ACORN will nullify our votes anyways. Yes. Lost! LOST! Our Precious is lost! *gollum* Stupid, mean, nasty hobbitses stole our Precious.

Sounds like Tom Waits has been following the 2008 elections (& he's a Republican).

Leaky ship goin' down.

Sounds 'bout right.

re: #6 gmsc

Thanks, pi, I needed that. I saw her interviewed a few days back denying any problems or wrongdoings and felt my blood pressure rising.
;P

Just spent an hour on the phone with a credit card company - enough rigmarole to want me to write my state's Attorney General.

And someone at the credit card company is going to get his @$$ chewed for being rude to me.

F*ck you, you call center supervisin' beyotch!

Alaska glaciers grew shrank this year, thanks to colder warmer weather.

algore's on a roll...batting 1000.

I dedicate this song to John McCain.

Tom Waits is awesome. Thanks for the video.

I just realized that this might be taken as a commentary on the election, and I really didn't intend it that way, unless the subconscious Krell monsters from the id are acting up again.

re: #18 FrogMarch

It wasn't all bad. I thought of the Obama campaign all during that song. It fits!

How about ( set to Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise")

Why are we,
so blind to see,
that the ones we hurt,
are you and me?
Wasting most are lives,
living in Obama's Dream Paradise...

As a student of film, and a critic in the local newspaper, I did what I usually do when critiquing a short film; I watched it with the sound turned off.
After doing the complete review, I compared my notes from before, and after sound. I must say that the video itself leaves us with a wonderful, positive emotion. And while the lyrics seem to convey a message of hope, the larger picture demonstrates the struggles for a need of true love.
It is wonderful. Hats of to Tom on this one.

re: #15 jorline

Yup - And we had 5'' of snow in our yard on Sunday. Red Lodge got 46".

re: #21 Sharmuta

SarcFilter is up-to-snuff, too.

re: #8 katemaclaren

Sorry
Sorry
Sorry
That's awful
That's awful
Wrong business
Wrong business
Try some new line of work Tom
Some new line of work
Tom.
Tom.
Please.

had ta log in just ta down ding ya...

re: #12 phoenixgirl

that was really bad, nightmarishly bad

you,too..

re: #24 Noam Sayin'

Just spent an hour on the phone with a credit card company - enough rigmarole to want me to write my state's Attorney General.

And someone at the credit card company is going to get his @$$ chewed for being rude to me.

F*ck you, you call center supervisin' beyotch!

I someone call me from a call center wanting to lower my credit card rates. I asked him what cards did I have. He said he didn't know. I told him I don't have any card so why the hell are you clling me idiot.

He sounded totally amazed that I used the word idiot. He said "Did you call me an Idiot?"

I said "I'm sorry, I meant you're a fucking Idiot and put me on the do not call list."

He said "I'll make sure you get 500 calls a day from now on."

Waht a way to do business.

re: #19 lawhawk

And where's the moral equivalency? Foley was run out of office for texting, Larry Craig was pilloried for tapping.
Demo scandals usually aren't so tentative... think Barney Frank's Basement Bordello, Monica, Mel Reynolds.... ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

I'll focus on gmsc'c post #6 rather than yet another theologically challenged paen.
Definitely a more worthwhile way to spend ones time.

re: #28 Charles

I just realized that this might be taken as a commentary on the election, and I really didn't intend it that way, unless the subconscious Krell monsters from the id are acting up again.

It's Robby's fault.

re: #23 Irene NYC

Thanks, pi, I needed that. I saw her interviewed a few days back denying any problems or wrongdoings and felt my blood pressure rising.
;P

You're welcome. Perhaps you can cheer up Shar here . . .
;)

re: #21 Sharmuta

Wonderful!

But it is too late. 0bama's going to win. There is nothing we can do. Best if we all just not bother voting, because ACORN will nullify our votes anyways. Yes. Lost! LOST! Our Precious is lost! *gollum* Stupid, mean, nasty hobbitses stole our Precious.

re: #20 Viking6 Ralph Stanley. Legendary bluegrass musician.

re: #28 Charles

I just realized that this might be taken as a commentary on the election, and I really didn't intend it that way, unless the subconscious Krell monsters from the id are acting up again.

And that is the way I took it. Sorry.

bizarre....

re: #28 Charles

Who are the ones that we kept in charge?
Killers, thieves, and lawyers

I took it as commentary on Congress.

re: #19 lawhawk

As you know, text messages are MUCH higher on the very bad scale. How can you possible suggest a parallel with someone who took tender loving care of an individual?

/

PS - did I tell you I stayed in the same Mayflower hotel room as Client #9 & Co. the week before that story broke? Not at the same time or anything. It is still a bit of trivia that cracks me up!

re: #28 Charles

Perhaps some more upbeat Waits would be better....
The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today

The ocean doesn't want me today
But I'll be back tomorrow to play
And the strangles will take me
Down deep in their brine
The mischievous braingels
Down into the endless blue wine
I'll open my head and let out
All of my time
I'd love to go drowning
And to stay and to stay
But the ocean doesn't want me today
I'll go in up to here
It can't possibly hurt
All they will find is my beer
And my shirt
A rip tide is raging
And the life guard is away
But the ocean doesn't want me today
The ocean doesn't want me today

/Always look on the bright side

Charles, I took it as a comment on Christopher Buckley (seen here with his arm around a new pal) -

I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby
For a buck, for a buck
If you’re looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch
You’re out of luck, you’re out of luck
...
There’s always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby
It’s a deal, it’s a deal
...
I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby,
Let her ring, let her ring

re: #35 tradewind

It's a one way moral equivalency - GOPers are pilloried, Democrats skate by...

And that dichotomy pisses me off to no end, and the media plays into it with one of their favorite pastimes - name that party.

re: #28 Charles

I just realized that this might be taken as a commentary on the election, and I really didn't intend it that way, unless the subconscious Krell monsters from the id are acting up again.

could have chosen "cold cold ground" I suppose, or "way down in the hole"

Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse,
When you're chewing life's gristle,
Don't grumble,
Give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the light side of life.
[whistle]

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle.
That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the right side of life,
[whistle]

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...

Always look on the bright side of death,
[whistle]
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
[whistle]

Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke it's true.
You'll see it's all a show.
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
Always look on the right side of life.
[whistle]

Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]

Repeat to fade...

re: #33 joecitizen

you,too..

Taste is subjective.

re: #42 Sharmuta

I took it as commentary on Congress.

In that case, I'd think this would be a more appropriate song.

re: #45 zimriel

Charles, I took it as a comment on Christopher Buckley (seen here with his arm around a new pal) -

I was fine with it, until now. Gross.

re: #49 offendi

Taste is subjective.

genius is not..

Nighthawks at the Diner

re: #44 Killgore Trout

Perhaps some more upbeat Waits would be better....

/Always look on the bright side

Yeah that's some real bubblegum pop you got there Killgore ;)

re: #39 Jim in Virginia

Thanks, I am not a blue grass guy. More into contemporary jazz, 50' and 60's rock. Old guy I am.

"step right up" could be Obama's song

Obama's now using advertising on video games to get his message out...

The candidate has been placing in-game adverts in the Xbox 360 game ‘Burnout Paradise’, featuring a billboard with Obama’s image and a message that players should make sure they register to vote.
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"I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout," Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts said.

"Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from credible political candidates. Like political spots on the television networks, these ads do not reflect the political policies of EA or the opinions of its development teams."

Obama may be the first politician to use in-game advertising but the practice is becoming increasingly common for businesses.

Analyst firm Yankee Group reported recently that the worldwide in-game advertising industry is expected to be worth around $971.3m by 2011.

He's pushing into new territory here, and it remains to be seen whether those buys translate into votes.

re: #6 gmsc

BREAKING: 6th Circuit reverses on TRO (devastation, humiliation for Jennifer Brunner)

At this writing, the story is just starting to spread in the papers, and more details are becoming available!

There’s always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby

OK, I am NOT a flm critic, and pulled all of the stuff I write out of my biden.

So sorry.

re: #29 offendi

If a musical commentary on the apocalypse election is on tap, try this one....

re: #45 zimriel

Charles, I took it as a comment on Christopher Buckley (seen here with his arm around a new pal) -

The pundits are whores.

re: #52 joecitizen

genius is not..

And determining Obama is bad for this country is objective.

re: #61 tradewind

If a musical commentary on the apocalypse election is on tap, try this one....
[Link: www.youtube.com...]
(It's the title track for the new series Life On Mars, which is really great, btw...)

Thanks!

Speaking of bubblegum pop -
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour...

good Evening Lizards! It was a glorious day in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicago today. The Fall colors are in full bloom.

From the posts downstairs it seems the Obama campers are feeling some competition from McCain/Palin.

How are you-all tonite and what are we talking about?

re: #15 jorline

Weekend cold heat set new record lows highs.

Damn...algore was right.

/

atlantic conveyor is shutting down...obviously.....

or it is the dip in solar activity that dropped temps.....as predicted by real actual scientist

re: #66 ggt

The coming unpleasantness.

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

I used to abuse telemarketers, but now, I pity them.
Their life is already hell without my help.

Boy, that song was a real breath of fresh air wasn't it? I was hoping old Tom would wring the ostrich's neck by the end song....And I'm normally not like that..

re: #32 joecitizen

had ta log in just ta down ding ya...

And I just had to nullify your down-ding :)
Yer even, Kate!

re: #25 jorline

Alaska glaciers grew shrank this year, thanks to colder warmer weather.

algore's on a roll...batting 1000.

Thanks to his invention, you can show us all!

As usual, I get here and Charles posts a new thread --going upstairs -->

re: #71 least

And I just had to nullify your down-ding :)
Yer even, Kate!

It is a far, far better thing that I do...

re: #46 lawhawk

You know, I think a new name for Democrats might be the Ipse DixitCrats

re: #17 Jim in Virginia

Heard an ad on a Richmond VA country station today. Imagine this in a SW Virginia/ Appalachia accent:
"This is Ralph Stanley asking you to vote for Barack Obama for the change we need."
Even more appalling- two thirty something guys at work had no idea who Ralph Stanley is.

Oh no, not Ralph Stanley.

Oh yeah. SW Virginia Coal Mining Union Country.

I live close to that part of the country.

Poop.

re: #69 rawmuse

I used to abuse telemarketers, but now, I pity them.
Their life is already hell without my help.

You're much more tolerant and sympathetic than I.

re: #10 Typicalwhitey

Finally

Snip:

How are you going to get politicians to run for office if they can't have the simple things while in office, like a mistress that they pay off? Some very qualified office abusers will never accept this level of hardship !

Is this supposed to get us used to the surrealistic crap about to come?

re: #79 twincitiesgirl

Yes.

re: #77 Jim in Virginia

You're much more tolerant and sympathetic than I.

yes, but I am the very death of Nigerian financial email spammers.

if Zero gets the gig.................
my new bumper sticker...............

BITTER!
CLINGING!
EXCELLENT SHOT!

/so what if it gives me away

Is it odd that I got a serious Napalm Death vibe from those vocals? I could definitely see a grindcore remix of this song.

Honestly- I thought this was a commentary of the Eeyores.

One of the few artists I would travel quite a ways for.

Thanks for posting the video, Charles. Never saw it before.
I still love and play "Bone Machine" at least once per week.

"Little brown sausages, lying in the sand...
I ain't no extra baby, I'm the leading man!"

Cheers!

/raises a beer to Tommy Waits... oh yeah...

re: #28 Charles

I just realized that this might be taken as a commentary on the election, and I really didn't intend it that way, unless the subconscious Krell monsters from the id are acting up again.

Right now virtually anything will be taken as a metaphor or commentary on the election, warranted or not.

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re: #67 spidly

atlantic conveyor is shutting down...obviously.....

or it is the dip in solar activity that dropped temps.....as predicted by real actual scientist

Only the High Priest AlGore can be the one to trust with scientific predictions. Anything else from anyone else is just EEEEEEEEEVIL!

re: #56 spidly

"step right up" could be Obama's song

Sure could.

I hope Tom has a child or two. They are there to keep you from looking too stupid as your faculties decline. They also choose your nursing home, if required.

I like his albums starting with Swordfishtrombones.

Unfortunately his last couple of albums have revealed Mr. Waits to be something of a moonbat.

Rain Dogs should be in any serious-minded music lover's collection/iPod.

God, Charles, this sounds more like it belongs on Dr. Demento!

My username which I'm sure you all know, refers to Maximilian Kolbe, the Catholic Saint who gave his life for a Jewish father at Auschwitz. Kolbe would say that God in his great love gave human beings free will so they could accept God or reject him. God is not on a business trip. Suffering has meaning though we do not understand it as creatures. This is very Catholic, but it's true, all the answers to life are in the cross of Christ. Hope this is not too "Christian" for this forum but I get really tired of the "God is on a business trip" BS.

"Take a load off your act." This one is a real Zimmell!

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God Bless Tom Waits irregardless of whom he is at this point of the ride. On a sandy beach there will be a few grains of truth. Besides that sits what you choose to hear. Music. Beautifully subjective. Now go pick up an instrument of your choice. Make me listen. I listen to Tom. Alcohol helps translate Mr Waits tunes, and cigarettes lend a hand. Along with roadhouses and cheap hotels. Fast cars and faster women come in handy. Quick rides are so much simpler. Then again the stark open eyed punch in the face cudda shudda wudda? Tom knows. Yes he do.

"I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby
For a buck, for a buck"

Does anyone else remember the hit by Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells from the early '60s "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman"? I'm sure it predates this by many years.

Waits is a poor man's Don Van Vliet. Sorry Charles.

Fast and bulbous.

I've been trying to like Tom Waits for years. I've really tried! I would feel so cool if I liked him, part of the hip crowd. But... I...just... can't. He sucks. He just sucks. I want to give it one more shot though, so if someone is a convert, please do me a solid let me know the song that did it for you.

I've heard of Tom Waites before but could never place as song of his. Now I know why- guy sounds like Satan with a frog in his throat!

If you have to try to like Tom Waits there is no hope for you. Musically and possibly philosophically...

Who is John Galt?

Tom Waits always has been the gentle, optimistic sort. On a concert program almost 30 yrs ago, he said "I'm the kind of guy that would sell you a rat's a**hole for a wedding ring..."

(Plays piano like an angel, tho)

Waits is indeed a moonbat. He's an artist, not a political thinker. His wife is a moonbat too. Both their children are moonbats. It's a moonbat family. They live in the Bay Area. What more do you need to know.

Maybe "What's He Building In There" might also be appropriate for this election, since we really don't know all that much about The One:

What's he building in there?
What the hell is he building
In there?
He has subscriptions to those
Magazines... He never
Waves when he goes by
He's hiding something from
The rest of us... He's all
To himself... I think I know
Why... He took down the
Tire swing from the Peppertree
He has no children of his
Own you see... He has no dog
And he has no friends and
His lawn is dying... and
What about all those packages
He sends. What's he building in there?
With that hook light
On the stairs. What's he building
In there... I'll tell you one thing
He's not building a playhouse for
The children what's he building
In there?

Now what's that sound from under the door?
He's pounding nails into a
Hardwood floor... and I
Swear to god I heard someone
Moaning low... and I keep
Seeing the blue light of a
T.V. show...
He has a router
And a table saw... and you
Won't believe what Mr. Sticha saw
There's poison underneath the sink
Of course... But there's also
Enough formaldehyde to choke
A horse... What's he building
In there. What the hell is he
Building in there? I heard he
Has an ex-wife in some place
Called Mayors Income, Tennessee
And he used to have a
consulting business in Indonesia...
but what is he building in there?
What the hell is building in there?

He has no friends
But he gets a lot of mail
I'll bet he spent a little
Time in jail...
I heard he was up on the
Roof last night
Signaling with a flashlight
And what's that tune he's
Always whistling...
What's he building in there?
What's he building in there?

We have a right to know...

re: #101 elvula

Why? I like other things that suck- Jackson Pollock was a hack but I can stare at his stuff for hours. For some reason I keep eating frozen burritos even though they taste terrible and give me gas. I'm listening to "Crown" by Mason Jennings right now (and for the 50th time today), I'm addicted- but he can't sing either. It's not that I am a purist who thinks everybody should be perfect at what they do in some sort of arbitrary acceptable way, quite the opposite. I consume that which entertains me... It's just that to me Waits is so crappy, so obviously talentless in every way- (except apparently marketing himself to artsy types who hold their cigarettes backwards and wear turtlenecks) and yet I see people who seem to genuinely enjoy the noise he makes. That's why I try...I'm open-minded. I hate him, and yet I try to like him, to see what others see- And when I can't find a good song on my own, I ask for a little helpski-So who is hopeless philosophically Elvulva?

Cool insult as a last word. (Being a fan of vulva) Philosophically, Waits calls those to task whom think too much of themselves. Moonbat or otherwise. Can you appreciate the Brumidi frescoes in the US Capitol building as well as Pollack?

re: #93 Kolbe

Kolbe would say that God in his great love gave human beings free will so they could accept God or reject him. God is not on a business trip.

How can you posit that freewill is a loving gift from God, if the resulting use of that freewill--in the rejection of God--is eternal damnation? Unless God doesn't damn those who reject God...

God goes on business trips. The universe is large. He has staff (angels) but like all staff they get it wrong sometimes. And those that will argue God is supposed to be all knowing and all seeing, omnipotent etc. Like any good parent/boss he lets them make mistakes so they learn. Commonly known as "free will".

If you make the wrong choice,
Make the wrong choice,
There's Hell to pay for freewill.

Hell to pay.
Hell to pay.
Hell to pay for freewill. Freewill.

Re #108 Timbre "How can you posit that freewill is a loving gift from God, if the resulting use of that freewill--in the rejection of God--is eternal damnation? Unless God doesn't damn those who reject God..."

A loving God gave us free will to choose or reject him. What kind of love would it be if he created us as robots, if we had no choice but to love him? He gives us free will and intellect so we can make choices and we suffer consequences for our choices. However his Mercy if we repent is infinite...and His Justice is also infinite. If we reject Him at the time of our death we will go to Hell. This is Catholic teaching.

What kind of love would it be if he created us as robots, if we had no choice but to love him?

I'm only asking: what kind of love gives a one-sided gift? And what real choice is there if the result of not loving God is eternal punishment? Sounds like a theology of "Love me or else."

A truly loving being does not keep a scorecard, or broadly and rigidly define "rejection" as many Christian theologies do. True justice takes into consideration variables; not just absolutes.

Timbre, I understand your point. Christians see it as a "mystery," something that we do not understand but is true because it is revealed by God. Jesus spoke of Hell many times. God crucifed his Son to save us. None of this makes sense from a purely human perspective. I like what C.S. Lewis says about Christianity. Something to the effect that the story of Jesus is so incredibly odd that it has to be true. Noone could make up such a fantastic story.

That's why it's called "faith".