RON PAUL!

In other news: water is wet!

Thanks, John...

re: #3 CIA Reject

And Michael Jackson is still dead!

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

That's the other poll that shows math test scores declining...

Wow, I voted yes on both.

She will get in and unless she is hiding some terrible secret that has not surfaced, she should be confirmed. She meets the requirements. NOW, do I think she will be a good Justice? Maybe, but I doubt it. But, she is replacing a bad one. I just hope she is no worse than Souter was.

Ninety percent (90%) now say her confirmation is likely

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 37% of voters now favor her confirmation while 43% are opposed.

And there, in two brief sentences, is the disconnect between our representatives in Washington - House and Senate - and the American people.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

Some of us refuse to acknowledge reality.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

those 10% are spray paint huffers.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

Math's a bitch.

re: #10 Spider Mensch

"It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia!"

re: #11 karmic_inquisitor

Math's a bitch.

"I was told there'd be no math."

She is qualified, she should be confirmed. Advice and consent, Congress doesn't get to choose. We are not the Democrats, we are not Obama.

Will she be confirmed? Yes
Is she qualified? Yes.
Is she my choice? No.

The Senate votes on qualification. She's in.

It really is as simple as that. Democrats have the numbers, and Obama gets his choice, which once again shows that elections have consequences.

re: #12 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Day Man, fighter of the Night Man...

One Lizard voter has a picture of the Judge's MS-13 "tramp stamp" tattoo.

re: #7 Desert Dog

Wow, I voted yes on both.

She will get in and unless she is hiding some terrible secret that has not surfaced, she should be confirmed. She meets the requirements. NOW, do I think she will be a good Justice? Maybe, but I doubt it. But, she is replacing a bad one. I just hope she is no worse than Souter was.

I'm with you.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Apparently the 10% that don't think she'll be confirmed don't understand the process... which is akin to sausage production in terms of seeing the grimy underside of politics...

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

The legacy of New math.

re: #5 Mad Al-Jaffee

And Michael Jackson is still dead!

And Francisco Franco.

A sad day when an overwhelming majority know an unqualified hack will be confirmed.

re: #5 Mad Al-Jaffee

And Michael Jackson is still dead!

Yes, by a nose.

I just spoke with a guy today who thought Sotomayer was the Governor of South Carolina. Not kidding.

re: #24 HelloDare

Yes, by a nose.

That's Bad.

Curiously, Charles' own poll is tracking the Rassmussen poll - with 91% saying she'll be confirmed. The rest think she wont or have no opinion.

Looks like just about everybody (including me) agrees: She will be confirmed, but we aren't happy about it.

Otherwise, I'm feeling grumpy this morning, because I desperately need to make an update to the Holdren essay (about the White House statement), but can't do so because traffic overload prevents me from logging in or even accessing zombietime. Sooo frustrating.

re: #20 lawhawk

Apparently the 10% that don't think she'll be confirmed don't understand the process... which is akin to sausage production in terms of seeing the grimy underside of politics...

Making the law - a job so dirty even Mike Rowe won't do it.
(He does the Dirty Jobs show on Discovery - actually "helping" and getting quite dirty doing such jobs as working on a turkey farm, rendering dead animals, replacing a pump at a sewage treatment plant, and making sausages.)

re: #16 lawhawk

Will she be confirmed? Yes
Is she qualified? Yes.
Is she my choice? No.

The Senate votes on qualification. She's in.

It really is as simple as that. Democrats have the numbers, and Obama gets his choice, which once again shows that elections have consequences.

If the senate actually voted on qualifications, we would have Justice Bork.

re: #24 HelloDare

Yes, by a nose.

The nose is still alive...it's lawyers filed briefs today disputing the will and making a claim for the loot.

re: #32 Desert Dog

The nose is still alive...it's lawyers filed briefs today disputing the will and making a claim for the loot.

His nose has custody of the children.

re: #26 KenJen

I just spoke with a guy today who thought Sotomayer was the Governor of South Carolina. Not kidding.

Sotomayor.

re: #23 JammieWearingFool

I disagree. Sotomayor is a qualified hack. She doesn't have the intellectual firepower of Roberts, but few of us do. She's replacing a like-minded member on the Court, but I don't expect her to pen decisions that will stand out over time for their insight and reasoning.

re: #23 JammieWearingFool

A sad day when an overwhelming majority know an unqualified hack will be confirmed.

It's not that she's "unqualified" -- she has the experience. It's just that many of us strongly suspect she'll have a political and personal bias to her rulings for the next 25 years straight.

If the question is should she be appointed the answer is unequivicably yes. Regardless of her political slant she is the nominee of the current President of the United States and no evidence has come to light that would disqualify her from serving in that appointment.

Now if you had asked would I like to see a more conservative judge appointed to that position...

re: #24 HelloDare

Yes, by a nose.

Enjoy your upding. You are going to spend at least 5 minutes in hell repenting of that pun. ;-)

re: #34 HelloDare

His nose has custody of the children.

I thought the plastic parts were going to be melted down and made into LEGOS.

So kids could play with Michael for a change.

I think if the Senate (and I mean both Democrats and Republicans) held her feet to the fire and really questioned her constitutional knowledge then I would be certain one way or the other. I voted "undecided" on the second question because right now I am not even seeing anything that a typical pretty easy job interview wouldn't bring out.

re: #34 HelloDare

His nose has custody of the children.

Or, if it only has symbollic custody, it's the shadow nose.

re: #31 fish

If the senate actually voted on qualifications, we would have Justice Bork.

There's the difference right there. The Democrats have no shame and will gladly and willing politicize a confirmation hearing to the hilt. The Republicans are unwilling. One reason is the Democrats, in a show of amazing gall and hypocrisy , would scream bloody murder if the Republicans did to them what they routinely do to the Republicans. The Double Standard is in the "ON" position in Washington, DC.

re: #40 Rancher

I thought the plastic parts were going to be melted down and made into LEGOS.

So kids could play with Michael for a change.

I'm not sure if that deserves an up or down ding...

re: #26 KenJen

I just spoke with a guy today who thought Sotomayer was the Governor of South Carolina. Not kidding.

I thought she was the mayor of De Soto. [Link: www.desotoks.us...]

re: #36 lawhawk

I disagree. Sotomayor is a qualified hack. She doesn't have the intellectual firepower of Roberts, but few of us do. She's replacing a like-minded member on the Court, but I don't expect her to pen decisions that will stand out over time for their insight and reasoning.

You've summed up my thoughts exactly.

re: #29 zombie

Looks like just about everybody (including me) agrees: She will be confirmed, but we aren't happy about it.

Otherwise, I'm feeling grumpy this morning, because I desperately need to make an update to the Holdren essay (about the White House statement), but can't do so because traffic overload prevents me from logging in or even accessing zombietime. Sooo frustrating.

Ok, let me get this straight:
You are grumpy because you cannot log on to your site because of all the traffic.
After you spent time researching and writing that piece that you didn't really want to do because you weren't sure it would be worth the effort
And now the piece has resulted in a LOT of attention.
And so you're grumpy.

Sorry, it does not compute in my head.

Why not poll whether the American public thinks Friday follows Thursday on the weekly calendar. (10% will probably ask 1. what a calendar is or 2. what is a week.--and we will just throw out the 20 % that answered. "No hablo ingles.")

re: #48 reine.de.tout
Zombie is just ungrateful undeserving rich. Tax his web hits and distribute them among lesser blogs!

/for the children.

re: #48 reine.de.tout

Cognitive dissonance. :)

re: #26 KenJen

I just spoke with a guy today who thought Sotomayer was the Governor of South Carolina. Not kidding.

It's even worse than that over here. I spoke to my mother yesterday evening, who announced she had spent all day watching the Sotomayor hearings and the news coverage about her confirmation. After 8 hours of soaking up information, she thought that --

a. The Republicans were grilling her merely because she used the word "Latina," which as racists they found offensive;
b. That she had ruled in favor of the white firefighters in the Ricci case, "because they were in the minority and she likes to help minorities";
c. That Supreme Court appointments only last until the next election.

Old people. What're you gonna do?

re: #11 karmic_inquisitor

Math's a bitch.

Yeah, and just remember that when I walk into the room.

/

Sotomayor will get confirmed even though I'd implore them to vote nay. She will sit on the bench and get to write her one page opinions and act as a "liberal rubber stamp" to the left of David Souter for the duration of her tenure.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

This from Larry Elder:

Q. What is the Elvis Factor?
I once read that 10 percent of the American people think Elvis still alive, and 8 percent believe that if you send him a letter, he will answer it. That's the Elvis factor. You have to remember that, no matter what, 10 percent of the people are probably not capable of clear, rational thought.

re: #51 BlueCanuck

Cognitive dissonance. :)

I have your e-mail addy from previous cookbook stuff and I just sent you an e-mail, so you might check it.

(BUT shhh don't tell vxbush we're talking about her).

re: #43 buzzsawmonkey

We have some sotomayor running this town, too.

I haven't been able to type all day long. Think I better stay off the internets.

Sotomayer will be confirmed for no better reason than she looks like Jackie Chan in drag. As the Constitution states:

Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. At least one judge of the supreme court shall, at all times, strongly resemble an Asian action star.

I'm holding out for Tony Jaa to replace Breyer. Imagine the deliberations!

Shocked! I'm shocked at these results.

re: #56 HelloDare

This from Larry Elder:

Q. What is the Elvis Factor?
I once read that 10 percent of the American people think Elvis still alive, and 8 percent believe that if you send him a letter, he will answer it. That's the Elvis factor. You have to remember that, no matter what, 10 percent of the people are probably not capable of clear, rational thought.

What's Elder talking about? Is he implying that Elvis is dead? - Proud member of the elite 10 percent, known collectively as the Completely Clueless Coalition.

;-)

re: #57 reine.de.tout

Read and replied. vx who? ;)

re: #60 Diamond Bullet

Sotomayer will be confirmed for no better reason than she looks like Jackie Chan in drag. As the Constitution states:

I'm holding out for Tony Jaa to replace Breyer. Imagine the deliberations!

I'd trade Ginsberg for Michelle Yeoh.

re: #53 zombie

It's even worse than that over here. I spoke to my mother yesterday evening, who announced she had spent all day watching the Sotomayor hearings and the news coverage about her confirmation. After 8 hours of soaking up information, she thought that --

a. The Republicans were grilling her merely because she used the word "Latina," which as racists they found offensive;
b. That she had ruled in favor of the white firefighters in the Ricci case, "because they were in the minority and she likes to help minorities";
c. That Supreme Court appointments only last until the next election.

Old people. What're you gonna do?

Sargent Joe Friday would have given up.

re: #56 HelloDare

This from Larry Elder:

Q. What is the Elvis Factor?
I once read that 10 percent of the American people think Elvis still alive, and 8 percent believe that if you send him a letter, he will answer it. That's the Elvis factor. You have to remember that, no matter what, 10 percent of the people are probably not capable of clear, rational thought.

Probably even more than 10% believe in ESP, astrology, talking to dead people, alternative healing and that Al Gore is a prophet. Just watch Penn & Teller some time.

re: #62 subsailor68

What's Elder talking about? Is he implying that Elvis is dead? - Proud member of the elite 10 percent, known collectively as the Completely Clueless Coalition.

;-)

A majority of the Bigfoot population believes Elvis is still alive.

re: #63 BlueCanuck

Read and replied. vx who? ;)

I saw that. Harrumpf.

those who are undecided have a positive view of President Obama and are probably willing to give him and his nominee the benefit of the doubt.

At some point the sheeple have to start thinking for themselves.

re: #58 buzzsawmonkey

Why, start rationing their health care, of course, so that they can get out of the way and give the new generation a chance.

then make delicious high protien crackers out of them... "Yummy, this ginger snap taste's a just like grandma's used too" "Why heck! this ginger snap is grandma!"

OMG Elvis is dead?!

...and I was just recovering from Michael Jackson and Farrah Faucett.

/

re: #48 reine.de.tout

Ok, let me get this straight:
You are grumpy because you cannot log on to your site because of all the traffic.
After you spent time researching and writing that piece that you didn't really want to do because you weren't sure it would be worth the effort
And now the piece has resulted in a LOT of attention.
And so you're grumpy.

Sorry, it does not compute in my head.

re: #52 buzzsawmonkey

There's always that one tiny error or possible improvement that glares to the creator like the Eye of Sauron, but which nobody else ever notices.

No, it's a BIG important update, which affects the whole essay -- the White House and John Holdren's office have issued statements in response to my post. Just not one little detail. And the reason it's so frustrating is that zillions of people are currently accessing the old version of the essay, unaware of this new update -- which I can't upload because so many people are accessing the site!

More details here and here.

re: #70 Spider Mensch

then make delicious high protien crackers out of them... "Yummy, this ginger snap taste's a just like grandma's used too" "Why heck! this ginger snap is grandma!"

Soylent Grandma

re: #32 Desert Dog

The nose is still alive...it's lawyers filed briefs today disputing the will and making a claim for the loot.

Anyone ever see Woody Allen's "Sleeper"? It's all part of Jackson's insane plan, you see. He wanted Diana Ross to have his kids--because he meant to transfer his soul into her body! It's so obvious now!

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

It's probably the same 10% that believes Obama was born in Kenya.

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Why do only 90% expect her to be confirmed? Does the other 10% not understand the meaning of "60 out of 100 Senate seats?"

10% think the SC pick was inherited from George W Bush.
/

re: #71 DaddyG

OMG Elvis is dead?!

...and I was just recovering from Michael Jackson and Farrah Faucett.

/

Elvis is in everyone, except for Michael J. Fox.

re: #75 calcajun

Anyone ever see Woody Allen's "Sleeper"? It's all part of Jackson's insane plan, you see. He wanted Diana Ross to have his kids--because he meant to transfer his soul into her body! It's so obvious now!

Back when Woody was funny and not a cradle-robbing dullard

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

That's unherd-of.

Shear madness.

re: #66 Mad Al-Jaffee

Probably even more than 10% believe in ESP, astrology, talking to dead people, alternative healing and that Al Gore is a prophet. Just watch Penn & Teller some time.

And who thought universal suffrage was a good idea?

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

That's unherd-of.

What the flock?

Elections have consequences. I believe that, baring some major ethical or competency issues, any President's Supreme court nominee should be ratified. That is what "advise and consent" means to me. When you vote for a man who has little regard for the constitution you will have to live with his nominees. Of course the President himself would disagree... were he not the President.

Hey, what do you think John Yoo's chances would be of being approved by the Senate? /

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

That's unherd-of.

Are you giving me flock for my comments?

re: #82 MandyManners

What the flock?

I gaggled when I saw that

re: #82 MandyManners

What the flock?

that's pretty baa-d, Mandy

re: #69 CommonCents

At some point the sheeple have to start thinking for themselves.

Hmmph. That's easy for ewe to say.

;-)

re: #72 buzzsawmonkey

That's unherd-of.

Only ewe would think of that.

re: #60 Diamond Bullet

Sotomayer will be confirmed for no better reason than she looks like Jackie Chan in drag. As the Constitution states:

Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. At least one judge of the supreme court shall, at all times, strongly resemble an Asian action star.

I'm holding out for Tony Jaa to replace Breyer. Imagine the deliberations!

Best laugh of the day!

re: #88 subsailor68

Hmmph. That's easy for ewe to say.

;-)

Go ahead, ram the puns in.

re: #89 calcajun

Only ewe would think of that.

Are you trying to put wool over our eyes? /

re: #71 DaddyG

OMG Elvis is dead?!

...and I was just recovering from Michael Jackson and Farrah Faucett.

/

Details here.
/

re: #85 CommonCents

Are you giving me flock for my comments?

Beat ewe!

re: #78 Mad Al-Jaffee

Elvis is in everyone, except for Michael J. Fox.

He just got the shake rattle and roll.

Good grief.
Two pun threads going on at one time.
This is a gold mine!

re: #53 zombie

It's even worse than that over here. I spoke to my mother yesterday evening, who announced she had spent all day watching the Sotomayor hearings and the news coverage about her confirmation. After 8 hours of soaking up information, she thought that --

a. The Republicans were grilling her merely because she used the word "Latina," which as racists they found offensive;
b. That she had ruled in favor of the white firefighters in the Ricci case, "because they were in the minority and she likes to help minorities";
c. That Supreme Court appointments only last until the next election.

Old people. What're you gonna do?

Wait... Zombies have mothers!?!?!?!

///

re: #91 Mad Al-Jaffee

Go ahead, ram the puns in.

This place is littered with with puns.

re: #73 zombie

No, it's a BIG important update, which affects the whole essay -- the White House and John Holdren's office have issued statements in response to my post. Just not one little detail. And the reason it's so frustrating is that zillions of people are currently accessing the old version of the essay, unaware of this new update -- which I can't upload because so many people are accessing the site!

More details here and here.

Oh, yes, that makes a lot more sense.
You can't shut off access, take the blog "down" until you make the update?

re: #94 MandyManners

Beat ewe!

Baa seconds. But ewe did.

re: #86 sattv4u2

I gaggled when I saw that

Did it make you wanna' pack it in?

re: #58 buzzsawmonkey

Why, start rationing their health care, of course, so that they can get out of the way and give the new generation a chance.

They made a film about the historical period when they did that in medieval Japan. It was called Shogun's Run.

Oh goodie! Senator Specter and Senator (can't believe I write that) Franken are up. Specter sounds a little hoarse and Franken is clearly an ass. Should be fun...

OMG, Specter says he has a long list of issues. Guess I need to grab a Snickers bar.

re: #80 Mad Al-Jaffee

Shear madness.

Wool ewe guys lay off the puns for once?

re: #87 Desert Dog

that's pretty baa-d, Mandy

I grabbed that pun by the horns.

In other polling news:
48% of voters think the other 52% are nuts...
/

re: #78 Mad Al-Jaffee

Michael J. Fox's "Lucky Man" book was very nice. I feel for him.

re: #97 reine.de.tout

Good grief.
Two pun threads going on at one time.
This is a gold mine!

Ore, not.

re: #63 BlueCanuck

Read and replied. vx who? ;)

vxbush - a commenter here, and one of my scrabble buddies, who posted slightly above you at #54.

re: #95 DaddyG

NO DADDY, NO!

Bad daddy.

re: #101 buzzsawmonkey

They're called MomZoms.

Zoccer Moms?

re: #106 aggieann

Wool ewe guys lay off the puns for once?

Are we starting to get your goat?

re: #93 reine.de.tout

Details here.
/

List of things to avoid...

Eating fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches (check)
Repeated plastic surgery (check)
Screaming about cleaning products at the top of your lungs 24x7 (check)

Where is the fun in life for celebs and TV personalities any more?

re: #96 buzzsawmonkey

That is important.

I find it interesting that the denials issued say that Holdren "never" advocated what he clearly did. They would be much more convincing if he said, "Yes, I thought that once, but I have come to realize that I was wrong."

Intellectual honesty is rare.

re: #92 Gus 802

Are you trying to put wool over our eyes? /

Nah we just got fleeced again.

re: #71 DaddyG

Elvis isn't dead. He just went home...

re: #109 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Michael J. Fox's "Lucky Man" book was very nice. I feel for him.

I haven't read his book. I was just paraphrasing Mojo Nixon.

re: #102 CommonCents

Baa seconds. But ewe did.

Don't come unravelled!

re: #100 reine.de.tout

Oh, yes, that makes a lot more sense.
You can't shut off access, take the blog "down" until you make the update?

I probably could, but I don't know how.

re: #26 KenJen

I just spoke with a guy today who thought Sotomayer was the Governor of South Carolina. Not kidding.

Starts with an S, in politics--whatever.

re: #91 Mad Al-Jaffee

Go ahead, ram the puns in.

While you always march to a different bleat.

re: #120 MandyManners

Don't come unravelled!

I love Bolero!!

re: #111 reine.de.tout

shhh, I am going for plausible deniability. *whistles tunelessly*

re: #122 SanFranciscoZionist

Starts with an S, in politics--whatever.

And again I ask, who thought universal suffrage was a good idea?

re: #97 reine.de.tout

Good grief.
Two pun threads going on at one time.
This is a gold mine!

I am personally a bit sheepish about these fowl puns.

re: #124 subsailor68

I love Bolero!!

I would give it a 10.

My uncle Shep heard a great sheep pun once, but he forgot to tell it to me.

re: #31 fish

You have a point, and politics do occasionally trump the qualifications. Bork is the most recent example, but the fact that the Democrats have turned out in numbers to oppose Roberts or Alito or any of the other GOP nominated candidates shows that they're more than willing to trump qualifications in the pursuit of power.

re: #123 calcajun

Things are indeed running rampant around here.

Zombie: Did you see this at ReasonOnline?

Science Fiction 'Czar'
The disturbing intellectual record of Obama's science czar

Karmic Inquisitor posted it on the previous thread.

re: #130 buzzsawmonkey

Only fools and liars will refuse to admit that they don't know something, or were mistaken or wrong.

I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.

re: #127 DaddyG

I am personally a bit sheepish about these fowl puns.

I'd contribute more, but I'm suffering from a mallardry right now.

re: #127 DaddyG

chicken.

re: #132 Shr_Nfr

Things are indeed running rampant around here.

I've seen worsted.

re: #135 calcajun

You can't duck the issue that easily.

re: #129 Mad Al-Jaffee

My uncle Shep heard a great sheep pun once, but he forgot to tell it to me.

You should have dogged him about it.

re: #133 reine.de.tout

Zombie: Did you see this at ReasonOnline?

Science Fiction 'Czar'
The disturbing intellectual record of Obama's science czar

Karmic Inquisitor posted it on the previous thread.

The exact same article is at the Denver Post.

re: #137 Gus 802

Yes, that was a pun cut from a different cloth.

re: #132 Shr_Nfr

Things are indeed running rampant around here.

I just don't want to get lambasted for my attempts at humor.

re: #137 Gus 802

I've seen worsted.

In-tweed you have.

re: #130 buzzsawmonkey

Only fools and liars will refuse to admit that they don't know something, or were mistaken or wrong.

They think we're too stupid to figure out the truth.

re: #143 BlueCanuck

In-tweed you have.

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

re: #97 reine.de.tout

Good grief.
Two pun threads going on at one time.
This is a gold mine!

More like a barnyard minefield.
I may have to slit my veins.

re: #124 subsailor68

re: #145 Gus 802

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

Perhaps some purls of wisdom from a wise Latina?

re: #135 calcajun

I'd contribute more, but I'm suffering from a mallardry right now.

Well, you eider lie down.

re: #139 transient

You should have dogged him about it.

He should have penned it while it was fresh in his mind.

re: #129 Mad Al-Jaffee

My uncle Shep heard a great sheep pun once, but he forgot to tell it to me.

I cringe to ask, but his favorite song wasn't "Ewe Light Up My Life" was it?

re: #145 Gus 802

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

You're really spinning a tale now.

re: #146 transient

More like a barnyard minefield.
I may have to slit my veins.

LOL!
I appreciate a good pun, prolly because I have absolutely no talent for it, myself.

re: #145 Gus 802

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

Uh, I do not like what I see looming on the horizon.

re: #151 subsailor68

I cringe to ask, but his favorite song wasn't "Ewe Light Up My Life" was it?

No, it was the Michael Jackson classic "Baaad."

re: #75 calcajun

Anyone ever see Woody Allen's "Sleeper"? It's all part of Jackson's insane plan, you see. He wanted Diana Ross to have his kids--because he meant to transfer his soul into her body! It's so obvious now!

Wasn't there a movie with Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin along those lines--"All Of Me" I think?

re: #154 calcajun

Uh, I do not like what I see looming on the horizon.

There was a girl from Merino?

re: #154 calcajun

Uh, I do not like what I see looming on the horizon.

Maybe you'd like it more if we could weave all these threads together.

re: #145 Gus 802

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

I don't know, but we are having a real ball here.

re: #23 JammieWearingFool

A sad day when an overwhelming majority know an unqualified hack will be confirmed.

Virtually no one questions her qualifications, politics yes, qualifications no.

In all seriousness, is it possible that they can hand Sotomayer enough rope so she Borks herself? Bork's biggest mistake was not following the 90/10 rule. That is, let the Senators listen to themselves speak 90% of the time, you speak 10% of the time, and you never argue. If a Senator says something that you disagree with, you simply say: "You raise an interesting point there, Senator." and start talking about something else. Bork wanted to play debating society, it killed him.

re: #158 reine.de.tout

Maybe you'd like it more if we could weave all these threads together.

OH, that's really warped. Weft we could that a would be amazing.

Red banner headline on Drudge:

RAHM IT THROUGH: NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE IN WEEKS!

re: #133 reine.de.tout

Zombie: Did you see this at ReasonOnline?

Science Fiction 'Czar'
The disturbing intellectual record of Obama's science czar

Karmic Inquisitor posted it on the previous thread.

There is a story at the SF Examiner too.

re: #121 zombie

I probably could, but I don't know how.

You're completely off-line right now. I'm getting an instant 'server not found' message, which means your DNS is down too.

There's only so much traffic a single server can handle. But one thing you can do to increase that is to limit the size of the images on one page -- for example, the Holdren page was several megabytes in size. If every request for the page has to serve several megabytes, it doesn't take long at all until the traffic forces the server to give up.

One way to approach it would be to use thumbnail images linked to full-size ones, so the main page isn't so huge...

re: #157 Gus 802

There was a girl from Merino?

Who had tail like Ford Gran Torino...

re: #145 Gus 802

Maybe someone has a yarn they can share.

I bet there are many purls of wisdom to share at LGF.

re: #126 calcajun

And again I ask, who thought universal suffrage was a good idea?

It's just better than any of the other ideas...

"If I was a free, white, firstborn landowner, I'd vote for the Earl of Kent for Parliament!"

re: #154 calcajun

Uh, I do not like what I see looming on the horizon.

best if you just weave your way thru the puns

re: #133 reine.de.tout

Zombie: Did you see this at ReasonOnline?

Science Fiction 'Czar'
The disturbing intellectual record of Obama's science czar

Karmic Inquisitor posted it on the previous thread.

I'll have to check it out! Thanks.

The links are coming too fast and thick for me to deal with them all.

re: #165 NJDhockeyfan

There is a story at the SF Examiner too.

This thing is hitting the mainstream.
Good work, Zombie.

re: #160 buzzsawmonkey

I think it is not that so much as a combination of general contempt for those to whom they are speaking, and--more important--a larger personal inadequacy which cannot bear to admit to any weakness lest their entire persona tumble like a house of cards.

Not to open a can of worms, but one can draw an analogy to diehard Biblical literalism, which cannot admit of the possibility that something is intended metaphorically because anything other than literal truth destroys the entire edifice.

A lack of imagination?

re: #162 Shr_Nfr

In all seriousness, is it possible that they can hand Sotomayer enough rope so she Borks herself? Bork's biggest mistake was not following the 90/10 rule. That is, let the Senators listen to themselves speak 90% of the time, you speak 10% of the time, and you never argue. If a Senator says something that you disagree with, you simply say: "You raise an interesting point there, Senator." and start talking about something else. Bork wanted to play debating society, it killed him.

She's not talking much.

re: #166 Charles

Charles, I enjoyed the Flash tutorial a couple days ago. Is there an inexpensive way to get the Flash tools to create widgets like that or do you have to purchase the suite from Adobe?

re: #133 reine.de.tout

Zombie: Did you see this at ReasonOnline?

Science Fiction 'Czar'
The disturbing intellectual record of Obama's science czar

Karmic Inquisitor posted it on the previous thread.

Ah, actually, I have seen it, since I saw the original version in The Denver Post.

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

I like the Duke of Marlboro for Viceroy. It'd be quite a Lark.

O that's punny!

re: #55 Gus 802

. . . if we're lucky.

re: #140 wrenchwench

The exact same article is at the Denver Post.

Yup. I'm slow off the mark today!

re: #157 Gus 802

There was a girl from Merino?

There once was a girl from Merino,
Who thought roasted lamb was just keen-o,
She ate all she had,
Then her stomach turned bad,
And she only survived 'cause of Beano.

(A salute to our Aussie friends!)

re: #164 HelloDare

Red banner headline on Drudge:

RAHM IT THROUGH: NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE IN WEEKS!

Did you see this link at Drudge?

Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies

A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies.

Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site.

That "biomass" and "other organically-based energy sources" wouldn't necessarily be limited to plant material — animal and human corpses contain plenty of energy, and they'd be plentiful in a war zone.

EATR will be powered by the Waste Heat Engine developed by Cyclone Power Technology of Pompano Beach, Fla., which uses an "external combustion chamber" burning up fuel to heat up water in a closed loop, generating electricity.

Science!

re: #174 MandyManners

A lack of imagination?

Some, but also too much zeal. This is where I find a lot of Biblical literalists and certain members of academia come together. They have a lot of zeal, and a lack of imagination on what else is out there beyond the borders of their book/work. It's a bad combination.

News Flash: Henry Waxman is trying to get custody of Michael Jackson's nose.

re: #169 buzzsawmonkey

Not happening.

Wouldn't happen even if she walked into the hearing chamber with a straggly goat beard the way Bork did.

Well, you know the wisdom that comes from living a life of a wise latino transexual.
/

re: #177 CommonCents

Charles, I enjoyed the Flash tutorial a couple days ago. Is there an inexpensive way to get the Flash tools to create widgets like that or do you have to purchase the suite from Adobe?

There are lots of free or inexpensive graphics programs that can do similar glassy buttons, using the basic concepts from that tutorial. Check around the download sites for your platform...

re: #185 HelloDare

News Flash: Henry Waxman is trying to get custody of Michael Jackson's nose.

That's nothing to sneeze at.

re: #183 NJDhockeyfan

Science!

Neat!

re: #170 SanFranciscoZionist

The idea was to avoid mob rule by allowing landowners and people of means --who presumably had the mental wherewithal to discern the issues and see things clearly. It scares the crap out of me to see the loonies who have the vote and what drives them.

Hm.
Are we OT yet?

NYC Redneck made the point a day or two ago that the media is intent on convincing us how much more we are actually enjoying our new more frugal lives these days.

So at the doc's office, I was looking at a recent issue of AARP magazine, and in a Q&A section, there is this question:

My husband and I are feeling the crunch of the bad economy. We used to travel to see our kids four times a year, and now we can't do that. How can we stay connected?

The beginnings of the answer:

Even though the economy is making it difficult to maintain the connections we're used to, we can actually use the situation to enhance our experiences with our families . . .

Anyone else sick and tired of being told how life is so much better for us now that we're poorer than we were a year or two ago?

re: #185 HelloDare

News Flash: Henry Waxman is trying to get custody of Michael Jackson's nose.

Nosferatu!

/

re: #165 NJDhockeyfan

There is a story at the SF Examiner too.

The interesting part of the Examiner story is the contrast between how the media attacks the Christian guy but lets the guy who did agree with impsing horrible things on people with a world wide police force (and never refuted or disavowed it). But hey, I am sure others will say the media is completely fair...

re: #188 NJDhockeyfan

That's nothing to sneeze at.

That'snot original

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

I like the Duke of Marlboro for Viceroy. It'd be quite a Lark.

You mustn't forget Winston-- he's living in Pall Mall these days.

re: #194 Mad Al-Jaffee

That'snot original

There's plenty to pick from.

re: #194 Mad Al-Jaffee

That'snot original

I had to pick a response quickly.

re: #193 MikeAlv77

Wait a second. Aren't lefty agitators against organizations that could be called world police?

re: #183 NJDhockeyfan

Science!

That's unbelievable. What happens when there's no war, and the robots get hungry?

Reminds me of an old story:

A group of computer scientists finally succeed in creating a computer that can think for itself. They get ready to plug it in, but decide they need to come up with a question to test it. Something man has always wondered about.

They light it off, and one scientist asks: "Is there a God?"

And the computer answers: "There is now."

Scary stuff.

re: #185 HelloDare

News Flash: Henry Waxman is trying to get custody of Michael Jackson's nose.

Hell, all the kids can live in his left nostril.

re: #183 NJDhockeyfan

Science Engineering!

People commonly mistake the two. Scientists research, engineers build things like these robots.

re: #195 calcajun

You mustn't forget Winston-- he's living in Pall Mall these days.

Been to Newport lately?

re: #198 BlueCanuck

Wait a second. Aren't lefty agitators against organizations that could be called world police?

Only when they're controlled by the evil US of A.

re: #196 Gus 802

There's plenty to pick from.

Nose puns make we want to challenge the national government, or sue da fed.

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

I like the Duke of Marlboro for Viceroy. It'd be quite a Lark.

We did an audio comedy bit in college (actually first a written science fiction parody) that had a character
Imperial Viceroy Sir Winston (Lucky) Camel-filters

re: #204 Mad Al-Jaffee

Nose puns make we want to challenge the national government, or sue da fed.

Ex-sept-um Ron Paul has limited power.

re: #202 midwestgak

Been to Newport lately?

It's a real Dunhill.

re: #207 calcajun

It's a real Dunhill.

I'm having trouble keeping up with my American Spirit these days.

re: #126 calcajun

And again I ask, who thought universal suffrage was a good idea?

End Women's Sufferage!

re: #207 calcajun

It's a real Dunhill.

Salem is nice.

re: #191 reine.de.tout

The beginnings of the answer:

Even though the economy is making it difficult to maintain the connections we're used to, we can actually use the situation to enhance our experiences with our families . . .

Well, don't keep us in suspense. HOW do they accomplish that?

/I understand that it's AARGH (American Association of Retired Gimme Hogs)

re: #208 Gus 802

I'm having trouble keeping up with my American Spirit these days.

You should have a lie down over on the Chesterfield.

re: #191 reine.de.tout

Hm.
Are we OT yet?

NYC Redneck made the point a day or two ago that the media is intent on convincing us how much more we are actually enjoying our new more frugal lives these days.

So at the doc's office, I was looking at a recent issue of AARP magazine, and in a Q&A section, there is this question:

Anyone else sick and tired of being told how life is so much better for us now that we're poorer than we were a year or two ago?

I've found having the time and money for a vacation at Disney World enhances my family experiences quite nicely. We ahven't been able to afford it in 5 years.

I think that Sotomayor is an unqualified product of affirmative action, but that's just me.

re: #212 buzzsawmonkey

Many people suffer from what I will call, for want of a better term, Cliff Clavin Syndrome--the need to be knowledgeable on, and right about, everything.

Big time!

re: #208 Gus 802

I'm having trouble keeping up with my American Spirit these days.

Unfortunately it's been Export-ed.

re: #210 midwestgak

Salem is nice.

It has some Merit.

re: #213 calcajun

You should have a lie down over on the Chesterfield.

Do I have to "walk a mile" to get there?

Her second amendment views disqualify her. The fact that she thinks that the second Amendment is about hunting shows how completely unqualified she is. She is either intellectually lazy or has contempt for certain parts of the constitution. I say its both.
What's scary is the she is the most moderate of all of Chairman Zero's candidates. Get this clown out of office.

re: #218 calcajun

It has some Merit.

I dated a guy named Kent.

re: #221 midwestgak

I dated a guy named Kent.

Did you get Lucky?

re: #209 DaddyG

End Women's Sufferage!

Suffrage PIMF

re: #222 calcajun

Did you get Lucky?

No. He liked Carlton.

re: #218 calcajun

It has some Merit.

You all should DRUM you own.

I just tuned in to the live stream of the Sotomayor hearings and saw Al Franken cuddling up to the old guys. I almost puked on this SFO computer!

re: #224 midwestgak

No. He liked Carlton.

Raleigh?

re: #224 midwestgak

No. He liked Carlton.

Was he a member of Parliament?

re: #191 reine.de.tout

That stuff is driving me nuts. For example, the Allstate commercial with President Palmer telling us how wonderful it is to get back to basics. Sure, we're enjoying all that family time at home because we can't afford to go anywhere or do anything.

re: #187 Charles

There are lots of free or inexpensive graphics programs that can do similar glassy buttons, using the basic concepts from that tutorial. Check around the download sites for your platform...

Gimp is the one. I had downloaded it moons back but didn't realize the capabilities. Thanks for the motivator. Anyone else interested in Gimp freeware graphics these tutorials look pretty good. gimp-tutorials.net

Glassy button

re: #228 Mad Al-Jaffee

Was he a member of Parliament?

Dunno. Liked to ride Camels though.

re: #224 midwestgak

No. He liked Carlton.

Then he moved to Newport.

re: #228 Mad Al-Jaffee

Funky.

re: #231 midwestgak

Dunno. Liked to ride Camels though.

KOOL.

Your country is being stolen from you right out from under your noses.

30 Czars?
Government Motors
"0"care
$TAX$Cap & Trade$TAX$

uh, er...Look, Right Wing Wackos! ...mmm...donuts...

re: #166 Charles

You're completely off-line right now. I'm getting an instant 'server not found' message, which means your DNS is down too.

There's only so much traffic a single server can handle. But one thing you can do to increase the amount of traffic you can handle is to limit the size of the images on one page -- that Holdren page was several megabytes in size. If every request for the page has to serve several megabytes, it doesn't take long at all until the traffic forces the server to give up.

One way to approach it would be to use thumbnail images linked to full-size ones, so the main page isn't so huge...

Yeah, that's true -- though it's too late now, because I can't even get in to the back end to make any changes along those lines.

Though, your design wisdom does bring up an interesting dilemma. I believe that one of the key reasons why various past zombietime reports (and my photo essays in general) have proved so popular is that ALL the information is right there in front of you right off the bat -- no clicking required, no effort involved. I think it's a subconscious thing on the part of the reader -- people don't really want to have to do anything to see the content. They just want it to be there.

I realize this flies in the face of much modern Web design theory, where "interactivity" is promoted as the best way to go and what readers want, and Web sites in general are more and more requiring visitors to click on something or do something to access various components of the content. I, on the other hand, presume laziness on the part of my visitors -- Just give me the pictures, they seem to say. And so I do.

(The Ajax doohickeys on LGF are another brilliant solution, because it gives the content without having to reload a whole page. But that is way out of my skill league.)

95% of the time my approach is never a problem, because most of the time zombietime/zomblog is "just another blog" whose server resources are not overtaxed or even challenged. It's only a few times per year when some post of mine "catches fire" and my picture-heavy pages cause a meltdown from too much traffic.

I think actually that even if I had smaller images on the front page of the essay, I'd still be overwhelmed and offline, because the amount of linkage and traffic heading my way today and yesterday is simply ungodly. I might have been able to squeeze in a few more visitors if I had smaller jpegs in the essay -- but on the other hand, if I had smaller jpegs, then the essays wouldn't have been so popular in the first place!

Rock, meet hard place.

At this stage, I think I'll just have to sit back and weather the storm, and post the update later when things calm down a bit.

re: #232 Ward Cleaver

Then he moved to Newport.

Didn't like the Virginia Slims in Newport News?

The more I read through some of the punning, the more I think MSFT cribbed its ads for Bing! from here.

re: #195 calcajun

You mustn't forget Winston-- he's living in Pall Mall these days.

Is Virginia still slim?

re: #234 Mad Al-Jaffee

KOOL.

Benson & Hedges were an item for awhile.

Franken about to question Sotomayor

(he doesn't have his Stuart Smalley outfit on!! ))

re: #242 sattv4u2

Franken about to question Sotomayor

(he doesn't have his Stuart Smalley outfit on!! ))

At minimum, he should be required to wear a freshman beanie, preferably with a propeller on it.

re: #231 midwestgak

Kinky.

Drudge: Zombietime goes down under North Korean hacker plot in revenge for Michael Jackson death at hands of US drones in Pakistan. /

Franken is comparing Sotomayor to the hardships of going up against Perry Mason

re: #242 sattv4u2

Any bunny ears or diapers?

re: #241 buzzsawmonkey

"You know you're better off than you were two years ago, because I'm telling you."

Not exactly Reagan's "Are you better off than you were two years ago?" is it?

Obama will come and tell us we are "less screwed" than we would have been if it was not for him and his miracle cures.

re: #187 Charles

There are lots of free or inexpensive graphics programs that can do similar glassy buttons, using the basic concepts from that tutorial. Check around the download sites for your platform...

Yeah, but -- Adobe products kick ass. Illustrator crushes the competition as far as vector graphics (i.e. "drawing") goes, and Photoshop crushes the competition in the pixel-by-pixel manipulation category. And in just about every other instance, the Adobe version of any particular style of graphic application is better than any other.

re: #247 calcajun

Any bunny ears or diapers?

No visible bunny ears
He does have pants on so I can't speak about his choice of undies

re: #228 Mad Al-Jaffee

Was he a member of Parliament?

Winston was.

Sotomayor is suffering from a split personality. The first person could be a lovely neighbor with whom one shares a cup of tea. She was charming, relaxed, polite, and respectful to the questions being lobbed at her from Graham. In fact, she seems absolutely likeable.

However, her answers to the simplest questions are vaque and evasive to the point of being almost painful to observe. How can she not know that the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund was taking the extreme position of equating the denial of abortion funded tax dollars with slavery in the briefs the organization filed. Perhaps it is true that she never actually read the briefs, but certainly we are not supposed to buy the story that as a board member she was just concerned with fundraising for an organization but unaware of their political and legal positioning?

This smacks of intellectual dishonesty to me.

Her connections, her comments, and even some of her rulings cause me very great concern.

I think we are going to get a real eye opening experience when this lady hits the Supreme Court bench.

re: #243 doppelganglander

At minimum, he should be required to wear a freshman beanie, preferably with a propeller on it.

His collegues should wear one of these and he should wear this one

re: #246 sattv4u2

Franken is comparing Sotomayor to the hardships of going up against Perry Mason

I tried to listen, but cannot stand the sound of his voice

Okay, this is insane:

Poor in Colorado may get free phones

Note my bolding of the word "free". Really?? Hey Denver Post, read your own damn article:

The program is a twist on Lifeline, a long-standing federal subsidy that provides low-income families with a break on their land-line telephone bill in order to ensure emergency 911 service.

In Colorado, it's called LITAP — the Low Income Telephone Assistance Program — and is available to anyone receiving aid from any of six welfare funds:

And where does the money come from?

The money — more than $800 million in subsidies were paid last year for low-income phone service across the country — comes from the Universal Service Fund, a tax on all telephone lines. Of that amount, Coloradans received nearly $3.2 million in low-income subsidies.

So, it ain't free you morons.

re: #246 sattv4u2

Franken is comparing Sotomayor to the hardships of going up against Perry Mason

What an idiot. Minnesotans should be embarrassed.

there's a 100% chance she'll be confirmed ... even if she DOES have the Lindsey Graham described meltdown.

re: #254 Desert Dog

His collegues should wear one of these and he should wear this one

Every Congressperson could wear the first one and be completely correct at all times.