Hot Air Comments of the Day

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In tonight’s edition of the most extreme comments posted at Hot Air, we’ll take a look through the comments in just one thread, Allahpundit’s post about the fourth grader who asked Obama, “Why do people hate you?” This one really whipped up the crowd into a frenzy. (And thanks to the LGF readers who helped point out these comments, at risk to their own sanity.)

Note that some of these people were former registered LGF readers, now banned. And you’ll see why, shortly.

Why does Obama use that half assed ebonics speak? Does he think it endears him to folks?

At any rate, we actually need to see brainwashed kids like this. He is a perfect example of the mindless Obama worship that permeates the Obama supporters home.

csdeven on October 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM

[…]

You know what I hate more than the kid’s scripted question (which I propose was fed to him by an overweight Marxist schoolteacher by the way)?

The way Obama struts and swaggers around in that phony, folksy way like he’s so desperate to connect with the ordinary people he has absolutely nothing in common with. “Tha’s wh’am talking ’bout” etc. It’s horrible, like a drunken parent trying to rap.

He’s obviously trying to let his black half dominate the white half he’s ashamed of, sort of like a mixed-race Dr. Strangelove.

Sharke on October 15, 2009 at 6:31 PM

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Why do people hate you mein fuhrer?

Jerricho68 on October 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM

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It would be so much simpler if Herr Obama and his Brown Shirts just called them Jews, but I guess that would be too obvious.

MB4 on October 15, 2009 at 6:39 PM

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Hey, kid! He wants to kill your grandma and grandpa.

Blake on October 15, 2009 at 6:51 PM

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Yo 4th grader,

We DON’T “HATE” BHO!

It’s just that some of us are smart enough that we won’t fall for all socialist/Marxist schuck and jive from a smooth talking Kenyan hustler.

bannedbyhuffpo on October 15, 2009 at 6:59 PM

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Well lad … It’s because he is a hard core Marxist who hates this nation and wants to rip out its Christian-Judeo heart, its traditions and its heritage. He wants to destroy the Republic and Rebuild his version of a utopian socialist state … and that sonny is why people hate him.

rplat on October 15, 2009 at 7:03 PM

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StoneKrab, I noticed it too. The way Obama strutted around the stage trying to wax all folksy with his “that’s what I’m talk’n about [Willis],” like he is some character out of a 1970s sit-com is well beneath the dignity of his office.

And yes, the kid was obviously a plant.

Kalapana on October 15, 2009 at 7:44 PM

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Answer: “Because I’m an arrogant Marxist racist and because I like gladiator movies. Do you like gladiator movies, son?”

Haunches on October 15, 2009 at 6:05 PM

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The screen-cap looks like an updated version of this poster. I wonder why?

dmh0667 on October 15, 2009 at 6:08 PM

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That video is the most sickening thing I’ve seen. It’s worse than the little kids singing Obama tunes. It’s worse than the ACORN stuff. It’s horrendous. Obama has surrounded himself with no fooling out and out REDS. And it’s obvious to me he did he because he’s not a liberal – HE’S A COMMUNIST RADICAL. Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him?

The Democrats will rue the day they let this clown take over their party and their country. Once he’s exposed, and he will be, it ought to be the end of the their party. He’s ruining them (but hopefully not us) forever. We’re all going to pay for their epic naivete.

flyfisher on October 15, 2009 at 6:15 PM

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I don’t hate Osama Obama. …

Not hating him doesn’t mean I can’t pray that the Traitor-in-Chief is soon removed from office and thrown back into the cesspool that made him what he is today.

MrScribbler on October 15, 2009 at 6:22 PM

Well, wasn’t that special?

And of course, there’s a huge amount of hatred directed at little old me tonight, leading Allahpundit to post this plaintive request:

Knock off the LGF-baiting, please. Ace has had chronic problems with people hijacking threads over there to complain about CJ. I’m not going to let it happen here.

Allahpundit on October 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM

Good luck with that, AP! That’s your audience. Better get used to it.

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334 comments
1 Stormy  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:48:32pm

Popcorn. Check.
Adult Beverage. Check.

I'm off Friday, so this is like my Friday night fun :)

2 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:49:03pm
3 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:49:21pm
4 Kragar  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:49:51pm

[Link: www.geocities.com...]

5 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:49:53pm

Now that was fast...

6 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:50:07pm

Please see the disclaimer above:

Posts that contain phone numbers, street addresses, email addresses or other personal information will also be deleted, as will posts that consist only of a variation on the word, "First!"

7 Sharmuta  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:50:21pm

What hot air thread would be complete without the soundtrack?

Youtube Video
8 Sharmuta  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:50:49pm

Ooops! Wrong one.

Youtube Video
9 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:52:25pm

re: #6 Charles

sorry it won't happen again.

10 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:55:18pm

Roach review

11 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:55:50pm

BBL

12 webevintage  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:55:59pm

I feel sorry for that kid and his family...

And why is it whenever a kid asks the President a question folks always start calling them a plant? Do they really think that kids don't see the crazy or are too stupid to ask a question about it?

13 arethusa  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:56:06pm

Picking on fourth graders? Are they back in elementary school?

14 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:57:08pm

LGF reader simoom deserves special credit for excavating this batch of hateful crap.

15 Stormy  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:57:43pm

Wow... with a nick like "bannedbyhuffpo" you really have to wonder.
I thought that huffpo was cool with some pretty disgusting stuff.

16 fizzlogic  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:57:46pm

re: #7 Sharmuta

Dinged up anyway. I haven't heard that one in ages. War was my favorite U2 album.

17 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:58:03pm

re: #13 arethusa

Picking on fourth graders? Are they back in elementary school?

Did they ever leave it? Many of those poster refuse to consider reality and scream like children because the world doesn't work the way they think it should. Many of them listen to Glen Beck because he's the same way.

18 akarra  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:58:30pm

Those Hot Air comments are just outright insane. I'm just amazed that the commentators don't care about how they appear to the rest of the world. Forget music - I think I need a drink.

19 SteveC  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:58:58pm

re: #14 Charles

LGF reader simoom deserves special credit for excavating this batch of hateful crap.

Did simoom have to be hospitalized after wading through that filth? I'll send a card.

20 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:59:21pm

I have a lot more that I didn't post in this one, including some neo-Nazi Christian Identity ranting.

21 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 7:59:54pm

re: #6 Charles

Ok, I went over there, first time, and under "about", I find this site is run by Michelle Malkin? I thought she had her own web site. And she lets that racist shit get posted? She's not even white herself, I would think she would be a bit extra sensitive to that crap. And LGF is listed under "left" sites. WTF.

See, I don't like this, that's why I don't browse around other blogs, that shit is a cesspool.

22 Sharmuta  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:00:28pm
Knock off the LGF-baiting, please. Ace has had chronic problems with people hijacking threads over there to complain about CJ. I’m not going to let it happen here.

Allahpundit on October 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM

It's too late for Doormatpundit. He's already allowed the haters to go on and on with this insane fixation at his site for months now. Now they think it's acceptable behavior. And I'm not sure who he thinks he is in the eyes of these people when he allows them to constantly insult him as well. They don't respect him. He's a doormat.

Well... hope he has fun over their with his racist buddy Stacy, and the Boss Lady and exerting himself. He's going to need all the luck he can get.

23 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:00:55pm

re: #20 Charles

I have a lot more that I didn't post in this one, including some neo-Nazi Christian Identity ranting.

Yeah, I was surprised that one didn't make the cut. It was offensive and educational.

24 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:01:20pm

I think the one that got me was the "well sonny" post. I racist fool explains why his madness is correct, while condescending to a kid. How remarkably rotten.

It is very difficult to look at these people.

I wonder if they would have the courage to speak like that in person?

There is only so much repulsive ugliness one can take. I have reached a certain saturation with it. So they are racist and they are sneering and they are ohh so certain that their ignorance is correct.

They also unfortunately seethe and vote.

25 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:01:47pm

re: #21 Walter L. Newton

Ok, I went over there, first time, and under "about", I find this site is run by Michelle Malkin? I thought she had her own web site. And she lets that racist shit get posted? She's not even white herself, I would think she would be a bit extra sensitive to that crap. And LGF is listed under "left" sites. WTF.

See, I don't like this, that's why I don't browse around other blogs, that shit is a cesspool.

Here's Michelle Malkin's "contributing author" page at white nationalist site VDARE.com:

[Link: www.vdare.com...]

26 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:02:31pm

re: #23 Killgore Trout

Yeah, I was surprised that one didn't make the cut. It was offensive and educational.

More than enough here already. I may make that one a post of its own, with background info on its white supremacist heritage.

27 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:02:33pm

re: #22 Sharmuta

...and AP just served them up a fresh thread talking about how fantastic it will be when glenn beck starts deciding elections. What a tool.

28 Velvet Elvis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:03:13pm

re: #15 Stormy

Wow... with a nick like "bannedbyhuffpo" you really have to wonder.
I thought that huffpo was cool with some pretty disgusting stuff.

Huffpo moderation sucks. They ban you for arguing with trolls or for protesting the anti-vax articles. I'm banned. The trolls and anti-vaxers are still there.

29 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:03:29pm

re: #27 Killgore Trout

Michael Savage used to say that he was deciding them.

30 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:03:50pm

re: #26 Charles

More than enough here already. I may make that one a post of its own, with background info on its white supremacist heritage.

I would like that. Let's really show them who they are.

31 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:05:21pm

How things change... HotAir used to support the efforts of LGF, and even featured this video of Pinkerton coming to Charles' defense:

[Link: hotair.com...]

Pinkerton has a good point: when you're right, you're right.

32 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:06:14pm

re: #25 Charles

Here's Michelle Malkin's "contributing author" page at white nationalist site VDARE.com:

[Link: www.vdare.com...]

It has to be attention and money, nothing else, in my opinion, can account for people selling themselves out like this. It really feels like so many people have decided to sell out for that 15 minutes of fame.

33 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:08:53pm

Quick question to Charles. I've been busy all day so I have missed most of the drama. How many flounce/sock/meltdowns have we had over Hot air/Beck/Rush?

34 rurality  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:09:09pm

re: #20 Charles

This stuff makes me sad. It's so pathetic. It's like High School study hall for the assholes. Interesting that they don't get all "fagot" this and that with Obama. I know you and Kos both seem to get lashed with that oh so hurtful term, with a weird frequency. Maybe that is the lowest ring for bloggers, and Obama has to hang at the bottom with Hitler and Judas.

35 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:09:28pm

re: #33 LudwigVanQuixote

Quick question to Charles. I've been busy all day so I have missed most of the drama. How many flounce/sock/meltdowns have we had over Hot air/Beck/Rush?

I stopped counting after 20.

36 soxfan4life  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:09:35pm

re: #31 freetoken

How things change... HotAir used to support the efforts of LGF, and even featured this video of Pinkerton coming to Charles' defense:

[Link: hotair.com...]

Pinkerton has a good point: when you're right, you're right.

It is easy to agree with the anti-idiotarian when he is looking at your counterpart, but when the anti-idiotarian you used to agree with has you in his sights, he becomes the enemy.

37 iceweasel  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:09:58pm

Lots of evil in that HA thread:

There is no excuse for EVER giving the benefit of the doubt to these monsterse anymore, Allah. I’m glad you weren’t sucked by Anita Dunn, but on this one you should maybe reserve judgment, but lean in the direction of a plant.
Anyway, here’s how Obama really wanted to answer the question of why people hate him:
“Well, uh, young man… you know…. uh…. let me be clear…. it’s because I’m an evil marxist who has spent his entire life (even in the White House) surrounded by communists, terrorists, and other radicals, and I’m hellbent on destroying.. uh…. I mean, ‘fundamentally transforming’ this country.”

and

The communists in the White House hate little children and use them for their own ends. Even the innocence of a child isn’t off limits to the scum of the left.
From the left’s point of view the kid should be appreciative that they let him live. They prefer abortion over life any day.


and

I hate Obama and I’m not afraid to say it. WHY? because I love my country and I hate ANYONE who would attempt to destroy it.
38 Nanook37  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:10:16pm

Wow, when you are asking for Joe McCarthy to come back you know the person doesn't know their history or they just like a good witch hunt.

39 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:11:25pm

re: #38 Nanook37

Wow, when you are asking for Joe McCarthy to come back you know the person doesn't know their history or they just like a good witch hunt.

Probably the latter. Autos-da-fe were always well attended.

40 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:11:34pm

re: #37 iceweasel

It goes on and on.

41 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:12:08pm
42 simoom  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:12:50pm

re: #14 Charles

Thanks :). It actually wasn't too bad as the first thread over there I clicked on turned out to be a treasure trove of vitriol.

43 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:14:04pm

Stop posting that crap here. You're taking advantage of a few words from a six year old child to promote your completely unsupported opinion that it was a setup.

If real proof comes out, that will be another story. But I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon and condemn this family without more than that.

44 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:14:07pm

re: #37 iceweasel

Lots of evil in that HA thread:

Sixth Sense part 2...

I see commies...

45 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:15:35pm

Also, just for the record, anyone who thinks that Joe McCarthy was anything other than a stain on this nation's honor, needs to be read the bill of rights and then beaten thoroughly.

46 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:16:02pm

re: #44 LudwigVanQuixote

Sixth No Sense part 2...

I see commies...

fixed

47 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:16:06pm

Glenn Beck seems to have a hard-on for Anita Dunn now. What's her story?

48 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:16:30pm

re: #47 Racer X

Glenn Beck seems to have a hard-on for Anita Dunn now. What's her story?

She criticized Fox News.

49 brandon13  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:18:09pm

re: #43 Charles

Stop posting that crap here. You're taking advantage of a few words from a six year old child to promote your completely unsupported opinion that it was a setup.

If real proof comes out, that will be another story. But I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon and condemn this family without more than that.

Was the video posted? It does seem rather suspect after watching the video.

50 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:18:26pm

re: #48 Charles

She criticized Fox News.

Yeah I got that. Seems like everyone is in an uproar over some communist connection ala Van Jones.

51 SteveC  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:19:01pm

re: #48 Charles

She criticized Fox News.

If Beck is going to take on everyone who criticizes Fox News, he'd better start taking his vitamins. There's a long line.

/The list is like my Johnson, it's long and distinguished." - Goose, Top Gun

52 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:20:06pm

re: #49 brandon13

Was the video posted? It does seem rather suspect after watching the video.

I don't agree. There should be a much higher standard of proof required than a few words from a young child who's obviously upset, before we render judgment on this family -- when even the authorities who dealt with the incident are saying they have no evidence it was a "set-up."

53 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:21:38pm

re: #52 Charles

I don't agree. There should be a much higher standard of proof required than a few words from a young child who's obviously upset, before we render judgment on this family -- when even the authorities who dealt with the incident are saying they have no evidence it was a "set-up."

What video is everyone talking about?

54 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:22:13pm

Beck's attack on Anita Dunn is what anyone who speaks out against that freaking moron can expect -- they'll dig into your past and use anything they find to smear you in front of millions of people.

I have no doubt they've been digging into my past too -- Beck has attacked me on his show twice.

55 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:23:42pm

Ahh. Found it. Evidently Anita Dunn made a speech in June where she said Mao Tse-Tung was her favorite philosopher.

56 brandon13  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:24:13pm

re: #52 Charles

I don't agree. There should be a much higher standard of proof required than a few words from a young child who's obviously upset, before we render judgment on this family -- when even the authorities who dealt with the incident are saying they have no evidence it was a "set-up."

I agree with that, but the interview had a strange vibe to it even outside of what the boy said.

But if the authorities talked to the boy and didn't feel it was a hoax, then it probably wasn't.

57 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:24:25pm

re: #38 Nanook37

Wow, when you are asking for Joe McCarthy to come back you know the person doesn't know their history or they just like a good witch hunt.

McCarthy is being seriously rehabbed by the these people.

58 brandon13  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:24:58pm

re: #53 Walter L. Newton

What video is everyone talking about?

This one...

59 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:24:59pm

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

Probably the latter. Autos-da-fe were always well attended.

Upding for correct pluralization.

60 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:25:33pm

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

McCarthy is being seriously rehabbed by the these people.

Frightening isn't it? Nothing quite like witch hunts and false accusations followed by manufactured hysteria to preserve liberty right?

61 bratwurst  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:25:35pm

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

McCarthy is being seriously rehabbed by the these people.

Sickening but unfortunately true.

62 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:25:42pm
Youtube Video
63 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:27:19pm

Earlier today I was ready to believe that the balloon incident was a publicity stunt. But now I'm more than a little disgusted with the virtual lynch mob that's forming up to prosecute this family with nothing more than a few words from a traumatized, freaked out little boy.

64 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:27:36pm

re: #60 LudwigVanQuixote

Frightening isn't it? Nothing quite like witch hunts and false accusations followed by manufactured hysteria to preserve liberty right?

We live in a time of demonization. In helplessnessness against the corporatocracy, it's something to grab on to.

65 wee fury  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:27:51pm

re: #38 Nanook37

Whenever I see your nic -- I think of this:[Link: www.amazon.com...]

66 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:27:55pm

re: #47 Racer X

Glenn Beck seems to have a hard-on for Anita Dunn now. What's her story?

She criticized Fox, while working for Obama. She must be annhilated. Also, she's Maoist. (This I have no proof of, but they seem convinced.)

67 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:28:07pm

If some real evidence turns up that it was a stunt, fine. But this kind of stuff is pretty ugly.

68 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:28:12pm

re: #55 Racer X

Ahh. Found it. Evidently Anita Dunn made a speech in June where she said Mao Tse-Tung was her favorite philosopher.

Indeed. It was a very poor choice of words. There are indeed times when some of Mao's saying or tactics have utility. But before you mention them, you need to qualify them and make sure you remind people of how evil Mao was and make clear that you do not seek his brutal ends nor will you descend to his worse means. Anita Dunn failed to do that, and in so doing handed Glen Beck the club with which to beat her.

69 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:28:31pm

re: #58 brandon13

This one...

I'll repost the mat:
1 ft^3 of helium can lift 0.067lbs.
The average 6 year old weighs about 55 lbs.
55 / .067 = 820 lbs
They'd need a balloon 10' x 10' x 82' to lift that kid.
That thing looked like it could bare lift a bag of potato chips.

70 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:28:42pm

So I went searching at the Way Back machine to see what the oldest HotAir page looked like... and it appears April 24, 2006 is the oldest one on record.

In MMalkin's greeting message "3..2..1.." we find this deliciously ironic comment:

I’m very excited for you Michelle! I appreciate your efforts to hammer leftists and those squishy Republicans who do not address the reall issue that will destroy this great country faster than terrorists, namely illegal immigration. I pray our Democrat friends who truly want what is best for our country can debate us straight up and not allow this site to degrade to name calling and excessive vulgarity.

geek

geekrunner on April 24, 2006 at 10:56 AM

Well, "geekrunner", your wish did not come true.

And it wasn't your "Democrat friends" who turned HA into a site that degrades others... it was your own wingnut right.

71 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:28:51pm

re: #69 bosforus

I'll repost the math:
1 ft^3 of helium can lift 0.067lbs.
The average 6 year old weighs about 55 lbs.
55 / .067 = 820 lbs
They'd need a balloon 10' x 10' x 82' to lift that kid.
That thing looked like it could bare lift a bag of potato chips.

PIMF

72 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:29:53pm

re: #68 Dark_Falcon

Indeed. It was a very poor choice of words. There are indeed times when some of Mao's saying or tactics have utility. But before you mention them, you need to qualify them and make sure you remind people of how evil Mao was and make clear that you do not seek his brutal ends nor will you descend to his worse means. Anita Dunn failed to do that, and in so doing handed Glen Beck the club with which to beat her.

Yep it looks that way. Like the crackheads needed more commies to fear.

73 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:29:56pm

re: #69 bosforus

I'll repost the mat:
1 ft^3 of helium can lift 0.067lbs.
The average 6 year old weighs about 55 lbs.
55 / .067 = 820 ft^3
They'd need a balloon 10' x 10' x 82' to lift that kid.
That thing looked like it could bare lift a bag of potato chips.

ARRGGHH! PIMF ...again

74 Velvet Elvis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:29:59pm

re: #63 Charles

Earlier today I was ready to believe that the balloon incident was a publicity stunt. But now I'm more than a little disgusted with the virtual lynch mob that's forming up to prosecute this family with nothing more than a few words from a traumatized, freaked out little boy.

You also have to consider that the family has been on Wife Swap not once but twice. This is a family that wants publicity.

75 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:30:55pm

re: #58 brandon13

The best reality tv you can get. Wow.

76 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:30:58pm

re: #73 bosforus

That thing looked like it could barely lift a bag of potato chips.

How 'bout if I just give up and go to sleep?

77 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:31:16pm

Laura Ingraham is claiming that the NFL doesn't want a Conservative owner tonight..poor Rush. OK Laura..31 out of 32 owners are conservatives and donate money to the GOP..Epic fail Laura...
Play that crap somewhere else.. jeez must be something else involved...
Put your thinking cap on...The NFL doesn't want you around..That don't need your millions. They got Billions...
Sorry about your luck

78 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:31:40pm

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

79 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:31:44pm

re: #54 Charles

Beck's attack on Anita Dunn is what anyone who speaks out against that freaking moron can expect -- they'll dig into your past and use anything they find to smear you in front of millions of people.

I have no doubt they've been digging into my past too -- Beck has attacked me on his show twice.

Another one of Beck's hysterical presentations held together by a thread. She admits to Mao Tse-Tung and Mother Teresa as two of her favorite political philosophers in the same speech. There is always the matter of Mother Teresa and Haiti's right-wing dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.

Unlike McCarthy, one needn't be an actual member of the CUSA to be called a communist. All one needs to do is mention a former communist figure in a speech to be considered a communist by the likes of Beck and others.

80 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:09pm

re: #72 Racer X

Yep it looks that way. Like the crackheads needed more commies to fear.

Glen Beck uses goof-ups like hers to keep his fan base outraged and tuned in. He's taking right-wing anger and channeling it any way he can to line his pockets. He's an ass.

81 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:14pm

Ace is a jerk, and so is Allah.
No sympathy.

82 sngnsgt  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:23pm

re: #76 bosforus

Upding for the effort!

83 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:26pm

re: #69 bosforus

That thing looked like it could bare lift a bag of potato chips.


If it was that easy to fly, I'd rig one up so I could drive it to work.

84 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:45pm

re: #81 Irish Rose

Ace is a jerk, and so is Allah.
No sympathy.

How are you tonight?

85 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:48pm

re: #55 Racer X

Ahh. Found it. Evidently Anita Dunn made a speech in June where she said Mao Tse-Tung was her favorite philosopher.

Which is at best a most uninformed thing to say.

86 Stanghazi  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:32:49pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

Well they haven't accused him or Michelle of murder...yet...

87 cliffster  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:33:17pm

re: #74 Conservative Moonbat

You also have to consider that the family has been on Wife Swap not once but twice. This is a family that wants publicity.

I think the sticking point is that the kid said, "we did it for the show". Given his wifeswap experience, he probably would be quite programmed to say that. The Wifeswap bit, instead of adding anything to, it takes away from anything damning in the video,

88 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:33:37pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

Comparable.

89 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:33:48pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

I think he is getting harder than anyone in 20 years.

90 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:33:55pm

What's old is new again
FLASHBACK: Fox News Supported Bush White House’s War Against NBC

Fox’s incredulous reaction to the White House is somewhat ironic, considering the supportive response of the network’s personalities last year when the Bush administration attacked the credibility of NBC News. In May 2008, then-White House counselor Ed Gillespie publicly sent a scathing letter to NBC News President Steve Capus, accusing them of deceptive editing and blurring the lines between “news” and “opinion.”

In fact, two Fox News contributors, filling in for Bill O’Reilly, suggested that the Bush White House should have considered freezing out NBC and MSNBC all together:

91 Reginald Perrin  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:34:14pm

re: #69 bosforus
you math may be incorrect due to a misplaced decimal point
10x10x8.2=882

92 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:35:23pm

re: #56 brandon13

There was more to that interview than the clip you posted.
Through the whole interview, it was apparent that this is a family who are not particularly smooth speakers, and add to that that trauma of the day - well, they just sounded, throughout the entire interview, like they were having trouble getting their thoughts together, and I can well imagine what a hellish day this was for them.

I've had a 6-year-old, and they will say and do really weird things sometimes. Like tell a teacher that their favorite thing to do at home is to catch all the bugs they find crawling around on the floor. In a home that is perfectly clean and bugless, thank you.

I tend to think this kid was probably stressed, tired, and just being 6.

93 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:36:09pm

re: #89 Walter L. Newton

I think he is getting harder than anyone in 20 years.

I do too, Walter.

94 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:36:15pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

I think it was way worse in 1993, due to the loss of life incidences in Somalia and Waco. I believe this turned things more vial causing some hard core nutter activity.

95 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:36:17pm

re: #91 Reginald Perrin

you math may be incorrect due to a misplaced decimal point
10x10x8.2=882

I'm not listening! La la la la!

96 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:36:23pm

OT: I've discovered a new use for Malabar Spinach
It's a very vigorous and delicious house plant but it also works exceptionally well for lettuce wraps. Yum!

97 SteveC  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:37:06pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

Clinton was President back in the day when left and right at least paid lip service to the idea that the people on the other side loved their kids and occasionally coached Little League.

His presidency is pretty much the time period when the "Other Guys must die, no matter what!" craziness began, and a lot of people place the blame squarely at his feet.

98 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:37:15pm

re: #85 The Sanity Inspector

Which is at best a most uninformed thing to say.

Well, Mao was responsible for the murder of tens of millions of his own people - in peace time. "Uninformed" to say the least.

99 MandyManners  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:37:17pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

Well they haven't accused him or Michelle of murder...yet...

TTHSPP.

100 Ray in TX  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:37:54pm

re: #55 Racer X

Ahh. Found it. Evidently Anita Dunn made a speech in June where she said Mao Tse-Tung was her favorite philosopher.

As we all know, the proper GOP answer to that question is "Jesus Christ"

101 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:38:01pm

re: #96 Killgore Trout

OT: I've discovered a new use for Malabar Spinach
It's a very vigorous and delicious house plant but it also works exceptionally well for lettuce wraps. Yum!

Killgore, you do hydroponics don't you?
I'm seriously interested.

102 bratwurst  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:38:21pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Slightly rougher.

103 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:38:24pm

re: #101 Irish Rose

Killgore, you do hydroponics don't you?
I'm seriously interested.

It'll all be in the cookbook!

104 arethusa  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:38:57pm

re: #89 Walter L. Newton

I think he is getting harder than anyone in 20 years.

I agree, though part of that may be because Fox News wasn't around in 1993.

105 wee fury  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:39:02pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?


Much worse than President Clinton.

106 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:39:09pm

re: #91 Reginald Perrin

Man, I frickin' suck today. I blame the monotonous nature of the work I've been doing this week which has required little to no brain power. Perhaps I shouldn't attempt such complicated math as division for a while. :(

107 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:39:16pm

re: #103 reine.de.tout

It'll all be in the cookbook!

Coolio.
Do you still need more recipes btw?

108 SteveC  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:39:23pm

re: #83 Mich-again

If it was that easy to fly, I'd rig one up so I could drive it to work.

How about having a missile locked onto your vehicle?

109 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:39:56pm

re: #76 bosforus

How 'bout if I just give up and go to sleep?

Don't let it push you around! Show that keyboard who's boss!

110 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:40:40pm

re: #92 reine.de.tout

I tend to think this kid was probably stressed, tired, and just being 6.

I think it's also important for some people to realize that not every child is raised in an environment with rounded corners and wearing a padded helmet. It seems like a family that enjoys exploration. Sometimes there is risk involved. Maybe more people should be raising their kids in such an environment.

111 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:40:45pm

re: #86 Stanley Sea

Well they haven't accused him or Michelle of murder...yet...

Except of grandma.

112 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:40:46pm
113 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:41:07pm

re: #107 Irish Rose

Coolio.
Do you still need more recipes btw?

The page layout has begun!
I do need proofreaders, though.
If anyone wants to volunteer, click my nic and send and email to the address there. As much or as little as can be done will be greatly appreciated.

114 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:41:16pm

re: #104 arethusa

I agree, though part of that may be because Fox News wasn't around in 1993.

It was launched on October 7, 1996.

115 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:41:29pm

Idiot flounce!

116 Stanghazi  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:41:29pm

re: #99 MandyManners

TTHSPP.

I can't find the LGF dictionary. Have I been shot down?

117 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:41:52pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

Good question. I was there and this is my take. There was widespread contempt for Clinton from the right. There were conspiracies, real and imagined, about Gennifer Flowers, Troopergate, Drug running, Vince Foster, Brother Roger, HillaryCare, FBIgate, Travelgate, Draft evasion, ... I could go on. But the stuff was only spread by word of mouth or by xerox copies or the very primitive internet. Now the same loons are still out there with the same propensity to spread half-baked conspiracies but they have the power of the blogosphere and cable media to spread the fertilizer. So I say the vector has about the same direction as with Clinton but a greater magnitude.

118 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:42:08pm

re: #101 Irish Rose

Killgore, you do hydroponics don't you?
I'm seriously interested.


Yes, I started about 5 months ago. The Malabar spinach I had tonight was grown hydroponically. It's a tropical vine and does really well with hydroponics.

119 Racer X  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:42:11pm

Flounce!

120 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:43:06pm

re: #113 reine.de.tout

I do proofreading for income, and I have plenty of time to tackle it when I'm not in class.

Let me know what I can do to help.

121 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:44:34pm

re: #90 Killgore Trout

What's old is new again
FLASHBACK: Fox News Supported Bush White House’s War Against NBC

Yep. Watching the tables turn on these incidents, from one political era to the next, is like spending your day at the carnival next to the magician's booth. The tricks are only intended to be seen once.

122 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:44:45pm

re: #104 arethusa

Yes but remember that CNN was actually doing hardcore journalism back then. The were tough on Clinton like Fox is now on Obama. Well maybe not as bad as Beck craziness, but they were digging into stuff and not pulling punches when it came to Clinton.

123 metrolibertarian  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:45:00pm

"He's not even a liberal, he's a radical communist." "Herr Obama" and his "Brownshirts."

You know, and I may be wrong, but I think the Nazis and Soviet Union were guilty of far worse things than running deficits. In fact I'm fairly certain my mother and father felt there were far worse aspects of life living in Poland and Hungary under Soviet rule.

124 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:45:33pm

re: #110 Killgore Trout

I think it's also important for some people to realize that not every child is raised in an environment with rounded corners and wearing a padded helmet. It seems like a family that enjoys exploration. Sometimes there is risk involved. Maybe more people should be raising their kids in such an environment.

yep, I'm going to agree on raising kids with a bit of freedom to explore. I know there are parents who think I've given my kid too much freedom - but next year when she leaves for college - heck, now even - she is perfectly capable of taking care of things herself, and she no longer needs me.

Hurts ME a bit - but her life will be better for it.

125 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:45:37pm

re: #78 The Sanity Inspector

Question for those whose political awareness goes back that far: Do you think Obama is getting a rougher ride from the Right than Clinton did in '93, the same, or not as bad?

I think it's comparable but it may seem worse now because when Clinton was elected there was no Fox News and there weren't nearly as many conservative radio personalities on air in '92 as there are today. Clinton only got 43% of the vote, so there wasn't really a liberal mandate sweeping through the country. Additionally, the '94 elections were a slaughter for many incumbent Democrats.

Plus the "out of power" party can go a little overboard at times.

126 arethusa  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:46:05pm

re: #114 Walter L. Newton

It was launched on October 7, 1996.

Yes. Sorry, was referring to original quote, which said 1993. And if Clinton's experience is even remotely parallel, the further we go into the Obama Administration, the worse it will get.

127 Ray in TX  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:46:11pm

re: #85 The Sanity Inspector

Which is at best a most uninformed thing to say.

Context is always important. I remember years ago having a discussion in which Marx was brought up and I started discussing his economic theories in the context of the time in which they were informed.

I was immediately flamed by several people as a Marxist because apparently the only proper opinion of Karl Marx that one should hold was "evil bad evil man."

Marx's theories were developed in direct response to severe wealth and ownership inequities in 19th-century Europe that did not exist in America. As a result, they simply would not have worked here. That's what I said, in a nutshell, that drew so much outrage. In no way, shape or form am I even remotely a Marxist, lol.

So if someone says their "favorite philosopher" is Mao, I'd certainly be interested in knowing why. I certainly wouldn't automatically presume they were a Maoist.

128 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:46:15pm

re: #120 Irish Rose

I do proofreading for income, and I have plenty of time to tackle it when I'm not in class.

Let me know what I can do to help.

will do!
thanks!
It'll be a a few weeks yet, I think.

129 PAUL_MACDONALD  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:46:35pm

I'm not sure that what HotAir has become is what AP and Ed had in mind. The more I think about it, it seems pretty clear that it is exactly what Malkin envisioned.

What better cover than a right of centre atheist and a not super religious conservative? I wonder how much of what we see now is because Bryan left?

130 SteveC  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:46:56pm

re: #120 Irish Rose

I do proofreading for income, and I have plenty of time to tackle it when I'm not in class.

Well that explains it!

I sent Rose a flirty little note and she sent it back with a letter grade.

//

131 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:47:12pm

re: #128 reine.de.tout

will do!
thanks!
It'll be a a few weeks yet, I think.

You're welcome ;).

132 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:47:29pm

re: #122 lrsshadow

Yes but remember that CNN was actually doing hardcore journalism back then. The were tough on Clinton like Fox is now on Obama. Well maybe not as bad as Beck craziness, but they were digging into stuff and not pulling punches when it came to Clinton.

Fox was launched on October 7, 1996. What makes you think Fox wasn't around to report on Clinton?

133 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:47:34pm

re: #122 lrsshadow

Yes but remember that CNN was actually doing hardcore journalism back then. The were tough on Clinton like Fox is now on Obama. Well maybe not as bad as Beck craziness, but they were digging into stuff and not pulling punches when it came to Clinton.

Yeah, but it was actual journalism--well mostly.

134 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:48:15pm

re: #132 Walter L. Newton

Fox was launched on October 7, 1996. What makes you think Fox wasn't around to report on Clinton?

oh the original post was talking about 1993.

135 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:48:34pm

re: #92 reine.de.tout

I miss the conversations I had with my youngest when he was six...

Scene: Toweling him off after his bath.

Son [waving a small POW-MIA flag we got at the Fourth of July parade last year]: Papa, who is this?

Me: That's the soldier.

Son: Is the soldier nice?

M: Yes, the soldier is nice.

Son: Is the soldier a giant?

Me: No, there's no giants.

Son: When the soldier goes to heaven, will he have birthdays forever?

Me: ...err, open the cabinet and get a Q-tip!

Son: Papa, are there giants in heaven?

Me: No, no giants in heaven.

Son: Only humans?

Me: Yes.

Son: But Papa! Is the soldier human?

Me: Yes!

Son: Is the policeman human?

Me: Yes! Everyone is human!

Son: No elephants in heaven?

Me: Prooobably not...

Son: Papa! Uncle Larry's face is the same as Grandpa's face!

Me: Mmhmm!

Son: I want to ride my bike.

Me: Nope, you just had your bath; time for your beddy-bye story.

Son: I want to ride my bike!

Me: Do you like your new bike?

Son: (nods, trying not to cry) Papa, why did I make a I Love You card for Mommy today?

Me: Because you're a kind boy.

Son: Why?

Me: Because...here, let's get your clothes on.

Son: But Papa! I don't want to die!

Me: !!!... You won't die.

Son: But when I get old I have to!

Me: Well, let's not think about that.

Son: Papa, are you and Mommy too old, or just medium old?

Me: Medium old...

136 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:48:37pm

re: #131 Irish Rose

heheh.
I thought my post looked weird, but I didn't see it!
I saw what I thought was there, not what was really there.

137 wiffersnapper  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:50:23pm

Nothing like a daily dose of insanity to make me feel more sane.

138 simoom  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:50:34pm

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

McCarthy is being seriously rehabbed by the these people.

You're not kidding:
Google Search - "mccarthy was right" site:hotair.com

139 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:50:39pm

re: #134 lrsshadow

oh the original post was talking about 1993.

And my post was talking about the fact that Fox had a good 4 years to report on Clinton. That's all I was saying, wasn't it?

140 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:50:41pm

re: #136 reine.de.tout

BTW, are you feeling any better tonight?

141 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:50:52pm

re: #124 reine.de.tout

yep, I'm going to agree on raising kids with a bit of freedom to explore. I know there are parents who think I've given my kid too much freedom - but next year when she leaves for college - heck, now even - she is perfectly capable of taking care of things herself, and she no longer needs me.

I didn't reproduce, so take this for what it's worth... but I am shocked at the paranoid style of parenting that I've seen the past few years. Every freaking second of the kid's life planned and supervised with a predator perceived around every corner. My heart bleeds for those poor kids who never get a moment's peace, or an opportunity to grow into thinking, independent adults. It freaks me out.

142 lrsshadow  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:51:38pm

re: #133 SanFranciscoZionist

Yeah, but it was actual journalism--well mostly.

Exactly, they had some very good journalism, when I said hardcore I was talking about having correspondence getting interviews and video in combat zones all around the world as battles raged. And doing some real in depth reporting.

143 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:52:37pm

re: #135 The Sanity Inspector

hahahahahaha!
Yes, indeedy, I miss those conversations too.
they just say the first thing that pops into their heads, and their heads are always moving at top speed, it seems!

The one that floored me, when daughter was 6 and her teacher was pregnant:

"Mom, when I get older and get married, if I don't want to get fat and have a baby, how do I keep from having a baby?"

After I spent 15 minutes babbling, she got frustrated - "MOM! Why aren't you answering my question?!" (no dummy, she).

It finally required a brief explanation of how babies are actually made. Which she thought was hilarious and silly.

144 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:53:06pm

re: #127 Ray in TX

A lot of this has me thinking about two things: Richard M. Nixon and China within the context of the John Birch Society at the time; the apparent foggy memory regarding the drop of US support for Chiang Kai-shek near the time period before 1947 which a year which Anita Dunn mentions. Regardless, Ms. Dunn's comments are "balanced" with her mention of Mother Teresa.

145 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:53:07pm

re: #140 Irish Rose

BTW, are you feeling any better tonight?

{irish rose}
YES. Thank you.

146 TedStriker  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:57:09pm

re: #69 bosforus

I'll repost the mat:
1 ft^3 of helium can lift 0.067lbs.
The average 6 year old weighs about 55 lbs.
55 / .067 = 820 lbs
They'd need a balloon 10' x 10' x 82' to lift that kid.
That thing looked like it could bare lift a bag of potato chips.

Exactly...that balloon was not built for humans, but with a rudimentary platform for experiments, IIRC.

147 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:57:14pm

On a completely different subject -- Apple's new Logic Studio music composition program is incredibly incredible. I splurged and bought it a couple of weeks ago, and it's a fantastic tool. Might even interest me in composing music again.

148 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:57:40pm

re: #141 allegro

I didn't reproduce, so take this for what it's worth... but I am shocked at the paranoid style of parenting that I've seen the past few years. Every freaking second of the kid's life planned and supervised with a predator perceived around every corner. My heart bleeds for those poor kids who never get a moment's peace, or an opportunity to grow into thinking, independent adults. It freaks me out.

Allegro - yes, you're right. My daughter had a friend who would get home from school, rush through homework so she could go to dance twice a week, baton twice a week, flute lessons twice a week and then there would be a girl scout meeting in there somewhere before one of the other activities. The kid didn't get home at night until 9:30 or 10 pm.

Now my daughter had access to all of those things ONE AT A TIME, and when she lost interest, we didn't force it. She could come home, take her time with her homework, take a bike ride through the neighborhood with her friend, wind down from the day, write in her journal, daydream, read a book . . . she can't play the flute, she will never dance in the Nutcracker, but ya know what, she's just fine and dandy.

149 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:58:03pm

re: #147 Charles

On a completely different subject -- Apple's new Logic Studio music composition program is incredibly incredible. I splurged and bought it a couple of weeks ago, and it's a fantastic tool. Might even interest me in composing music again.

You're a composer? I didn't know.
Very cool.

150 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:58:22pm

Are the Hot Air Morlocks ranting about this post yet, by the way?

151 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:59:08pm

re: #124 reine.de.tout

Kudos. I was a wild child and a nightmare to my folks but it served me pretty well. I barely graduated highschool with something like a 1.2 GPA and skipped almost 50% of my senior year in high school but I was mature when I when to college and completed my M.A. with a 3.8 GPA.
/I really need to apologize to my mom (again)

152 TedStriker  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 8:59:44pm

re: #150 Charles

Are the Hot Air Morlocks ranting about this post yet, by the way?

Maybe...does a bear shit in the woods?

///

153 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:00:01pm

re: #150 Charles

Are the Hot Air Morlocks ranting about this post yet, by the way?

Yes, but you don't want to see them over here.

154 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:00:09pm

re: #149 Irish Rose

You're a composer? I didn't know.
Very cool.

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

155 TedStriker  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:01:02pm

re: #149 Irish Rose

You're a composer? I didn't know.
Very cool.

He is Charles "Icarus" Johnson, you know!

;-P

156 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:01:40pm

re: #151 Killgore Trout

Kudos. I was a wild child and a nightmare to my folks but it served me pretty well. I barely graduated highschool with something like a 1.2 GPA and skipped almost 50% of my senior year in high school but I was mature when I when to college and completed my M.A. with a 3.8 GPA.
/I really need to apologize to my mom (again)

{killgore}
It would be nice if you did, but you know what?
Your mom knows.
Being a mom is pretty special; and having a neat kid who comes out great in the end is really special.

157 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:02:06pm

re: #154 Charles

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

Very cool. I hope you do compose some more music. I'd love to hear it.

158 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:02:52pm

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

McCarthy is being seriously rehabbed by the these people.

That should be no surprise - he's always been a saint to the Birchers. But even Satan has saints, I should suppose.

William

159 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:02:52pm

re: #154 Charles

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

Outstanding.

160 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:02:53pm
Knock off the LGF-baiting, please. Ace has had chronic problems with people hijacking threads over there to complain about CJ. I’m not going to let it happen here.

Allahpundit on October 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM

Until I see what that actually translates to, I will classify that on the same level as a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the UN.

161 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:03:12pm

re: #160 Mich-again

Until I see what that actually translates to, I will classify that on the same level as a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the UN.

Hah!

162 reine.de.tout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:03:36pm

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

Very cool. I hope you do compose some more music. I'd love to hear it.

Me too, DF.
I'm going to go listen to "reach for it", as soon as this really bad lightening storm passes and I can fire up the computer again after shutting down, which I'm about to do. I hope we get some cooler weather with this storm.

'night all.

163 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:04:01pm

re: #160 Mich-again

Until I see what that actually translates to, I will classify that on the same level as a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the UN.

That's funny. Uncle Jimbo Bimbo literally instigates or encourages the opposite.

164 TedStriker  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:04:03pm

re: #154 Charles

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

"Reach for It" is pretty damn funky, if I do say so myself...

Youtube Video
165 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:04:14pm

re: #160 Mich-again

Allahpundit never did delete those comments falsely accusing me of being a child molester. It seems they're OK with that kind of disgusting libelous crap.

166 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:04:50pm

re: #147 Charles

I'm hoping Apple will produce a more sophisticated web development tool than iWeb. I've been delving into developing a web site... and the Adobe product (Dreamweaver) I'm finding to be a horrid product, from a usability viewpoint. iWeb is too limiting but is slick.

Apple has mixed results on it's professional software (unlike it's entry level or home software, which tend to be great buys for the cost.) Aperture has it mixed reviews but I personally don't like it; their video products though have a following.

Not used Logic Studio but I have played with GarageBand to handle some simple audio for some movies/web entries. Logic Studio description looks impressive.

167 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:05:18pm

For those with bohemian upbringings...
mosquito coast

Youtube Video
168 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:05:22pm

re: #162 reine.de.tout

Here it is.
Is this yours, Charles?

Youtube Video
169 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:05:38pm

re: #147 Charles

On a completely different subject -- Apple's new Logic Studio music composition program is incredibly incredible. I splurged and bought it a couple of weeks ago, and it's a fantastic tool. Might even interest me in composing music again.

Thanks for giving me a great idea. My son has a degree in music performance but wants to compose instead of perform. This helps to narrow down the Christmas list.

170 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:06:06pm

re: #147 Charles

On a completely different subject -- Apple's new Logic Studio music composition program is incredibly incredible. I splurged and bought it a couple of weeks ago, and it's a fantastic tool. Might even interest me in composing music again.

That's a pavlov's bell! I mean, seeing as how we can't get you to digitally convert those old betamax vids of you performing, and post them.

171 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:06:26pm

re: #165 Charles

It seems they're OK with that kind of disgusting libelous crap.

Unreal. A libelous smear here or there is OK, just don't hijack the thread.

172 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:07:04pm

re: #165 Charles

Allahpundit never did delete those comments falsely accusing me of being a child molester. It seems they're OK with that kind of disgusting libelous crap.

I hope you force him to remove them.
Bastard.

173 Dainn  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:08:10pm

re: #148 reine.de.tout
I have a slightly different take on this. As the parent of three teenagers, our policy has been to keep them busy with things they want to do. We don't force them, nor do we schedule their lives for them. But they aren't allowed to sit around and play Left for Dead all day either. Either they pick their activities, or we do (chores).

My rules for being a parent: be nosy, be consistent, and keep them looking forward to the next productive thing they get to do.

BTW, stranger danger is one of the worst ways to keep a child safe. While hiding scared from strangers that are a statistic anomaly in their lives, they don't learn how to keep themselves safe in the real world.

174 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:08:13pm

re: #148 reine.de.tout

We're piling on the activities with ours, it sometimes seems (although we did let the daughter quit dance), but I like the bumpersticker I saw once: Childhood should be a journey, not a race.

175 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:09:27pm

re: #168 Irish Rose

Scratch that question, I see you reaching for it.
Damned fine bit of playing there.

176 nutz4Tuna  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:11:34pm

re: #154 Charles

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

That is a KICK-ASS album, BTW!

/musician-composer

177 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:11:49pm

Very good movie at Hulu.

O. Henry's Full House
Feature Film%P%1:57:36%P%

A dozen top stars (including Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe and Anne Baxter) and five famed directors (including Howard Hawks and Henry Koster) join forces to present filmed versions of the best stories of O. Henry, all narrated by John Steinbeck.

178 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:14:28pm

re: #170 The Sanity Inspector

Or do I stand corrected? Is this him?

Youtube Video
179 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:15:47pm

re: #174 The Sanity Inspector

(although we did let the daughter quit dance)

Noooh! Bigtime dan$e dad here.

180 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:17:17pm

re: #178 The Sanity Inspector

Or do I stand corrected? Is this him?


[Video]

Yep, that's me with Stanley at Montreux Jazz Festival. The main thing I remember about that show was how jet-lagged I was.

181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:18:34pm

Gosh, where do people find time for this hate.

I'm trying to feed my family.

Poop!

182 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:19:58pm

re: #154 Charles

I have three gold records and one platinum -- one of the gold records is for an album on which I co-wrote the title song, George Duke's "Reach for It."

Awesome.

183 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:20:25pm

re: #179 Mich-again

Noooh! Bigtime dan$e dad here.

Well, she didn't like it after a while, and quit trying. Just sort of hopped around like a bunny rabbit.

184 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:21:08pm

re: #173 Dainn

As the parent of three teenagers, our policy has been to keep them busy with things they want to do. We don't force them, nor do we schedule their lives for them. But they aren't allowed to sit around and play Left for Dead all day either. Either they pick their activities, or we do (chores).

You say you don't force them or schedule their lives but then say you don't allow them to "sit around and play"...

Do they get the time to daydream? Just hang out? Choose what they want to do, even if it's "nothing" in your eyes? Nothing to you may be something to them.

I remember that my time alone to do as I wanted when I was a teen was the most valuable time I think I ever spent, even when my parents thought I was "wasting time". That time was spent very valuably to me, pounding my frustrations out on the piano, fantasizing about my future, talking on the phone to my friends... just being ALONE without pressure for a little while. It was tough to be a teen then, now? I can't even imagine.

185 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:21:29pm

re: #181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gosh, where do people find time for this hate.

I'm trying to feed my family.

Poop!

They live it, 24/7.

186 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:21:38pm

re: #147 Charles

I've played around with Garageband enough to know I don't need Logic Studio. It's best for everyone if I stick to photography - a little film & a 50/2 Summitar lens and the world is my palette.

That said, I'd be interested in hearing the results someday.

William

187 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:07pm

re: #178 The Sanity Inspector

Wow. Check out that synth. I have no idea what that is.

188 webevintage  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:25pm

re: #173 Dainn


BTW, stranger danger is one of the worst ways to keep a child safe. While hiding scared from strangers that are a statistic anomaly in their lives, they don't learn how to keep themselves safe in the real world.

Our parenting styles may be different, but I totally agree with you on this point.

189 Gearhead  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:37pm

re: #14 Charles

LGF reader simoom deserves special credit for excavating this batch of hateful crap.

Anyone know the email for the producers of "Dirty Jobs"?

190 tster  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:45pm

re: #184 allegro

+1 insightful.

191 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:47pm

re: #180 Charles

Yep, that's me with Stanley at Montreux Jazz Festival. The main thing I remember about that show was how jet-lagged I was.

Pirate's treasure! Ditch whatever plan there may be to bring back the LGF t-shirts, and start selling dvds!

192 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:22:58pm

re: #69 bosforus

10' x 10' x 82' = 8,200 cu ft.

You are off a decimal space there.

A spherical helium balloon of about 12 ft. diameter would lift a 50 lb. kid with something to spare.

193 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:25:28pm

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

Very cool. I hope you do compose some more music. I'd love to hear it.

Yeah, remember what Delaney Bramlett said to Eric Clapton, when EC was reluctant to sing very much: God gave you a gift, but you must use it, lest it be taken away.

194 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:26:00pm

re: #180 Charles

The main thing I remember about that show was how jet-lagged I was.

I tend to believe in the oxygen deprivation theory of jet lag as opposed to the "change in time zone" prevailing theory.

There is a paucity of evidence on the effects of air travel on oxygen saturation in general populations. The peripheral oxygen saturation and pulse rate of 84 passengers, aged 1–78 years, were measured by pulse oximetry at round level and altitude during air travel. There was a statistically significant reduction in oxygen saturation in all passengers travelling long haul and short haul flights (p < 0.05). The mean [range] (SD) SpO2 for all flights at ground level was 97% [93–100] (1.33) and at cruising altitude 93% [85–98] (2.33). Fifty-four per cent of passengers had SpO2 values of 94% or less at cruising altitude. This is a value which may prompt physicians to administer supplementa
195 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:26:10pm
196 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:26:54pm

re: #195 tster

Got yer goat?

197 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:26:55pm

re: #195 tster

Buh bye!

198 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:26:57pm

Splat!

199 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:27:34pm

re: #198 Gus 802

Splat!

... right on the windshield...

200 nutz4Tuna  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:27:37pm

re: #193 The Sanity Inspector

Yeah, remember what Delaney Bramlett said to Eric Clapton, when EC was reluctant to sing very much: God gave you a gift, but you must use it, lest it be taken away.

Am I a bad person for often wondering how things would be different today if EC's copter went down, and SRV was still with us?

201 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:27:56pm

[deleted]

So tell us what you really think?

202 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:28:26pm

Volume of sphere = .5236D3

.5236 x 123 = 904 cu.ft.

At 16 cu.ft. per lb (helium's lifting at low altitudes anyway);

904 ÷ 16 = 56 lbs of lift.

Good night all.

203 Gearhead  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:28:33pm

Man. Roadkill at mile marker 195.

Where's that dang recipe book?

204 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:29:08pm

re: #199 freetoken

... right on the windshield...

Good thing we're loaded up with the Bug Juice ™

205 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:29:10pm

Some people just can't keep the lid on...

206 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:29:35pm

re: #201 Irish Rose

[deleted]

So tell us what you really think?

Trolls like that don't think. They just rush the target that Glen Beck whines at.

207 Pawn of the Oppressor  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:29:53pm

re: #180 Charles

Yep, that's me with Stanley at Montreux Jazz Festival. The main thing I remember about that show was how jet-lagged I was.

It looks like you were having a good time, though!

The many lives of our Lizard Master... Jazz guitarist, web guy, ideological rogue, bane of wire services, banner of idiots. I suggest sailing around the world in your own boat as a post-retirement hobby.

208 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:30:04pm

Ya mess with the bull, ya get the horns.

209 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:30:29pm

Here is a real GOP outrage.

Senator Al Franken introduced an amendment to a bill that would prohibit the pentagon from contracting with companies that had contracts that would prevent suit if an employee was raped.

The case came up about a woman who was gang raped and locked in a crate. When she returned to America (the crime happened in Iraq) she was informed that her contract prevent her from suing.

Now this bill would seem to be a complete slam dunk. How could anyone be opposed to it?

Well 30 Republicans were.

John Stewart did it up properly. Gotta keep those women in their place and all... I am completely disgusted.


[Link: www.hulu.com...]

210 bosforus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:31:03pm

re: #192 Ojoe

Reginald Perrin already busted my chops for it. I'm never going to hear the end of this one...
siigghhh

211 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:31:09pm

With all the Limbaugh flounces we may have set a record in the past two days.

The majority of them were people who've never posted a comment before. An amazing number of first comment flounces.

212 Pawn of the Oppressor  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:31:52pm

re: #209 LudwigVanQuixoteAnd yet, you can't get the hard core to understand just why everybody thinks the GOP is a bunch of bottom-feeding slugs.

213 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:31:55pm

Rush brings all the freaks to the yard.

214 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:32:21pm

re: #209 LudwigVanQuixote

Women are vessels to serve the GOP doncha know.

215 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:33:24pm

re: #209 LudwigVanQuixote

Tort reform!

/Epic fail.

/

216 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:33:46pm

re: #183 The Sanity Inspector

Most likely either underwhelmed or possibly overwhelmed, depending on the school she was attending. Less likely that she didn't have an interest in the first place. In either case, the school should accommodate any kid at any level. The nic is blue. This is one topic I actually do know about.

217 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:35:15pm

re: #200 nutz4Tuna

Am I a bad person for often wondering how things would be different today if EC's copter went down, and SRV was still with us?

No, unless you were wishing that it were that way. I sometimes wonder what would it have been like if Clapton had ODed in 1970, leaving his legacy stopped at The Yardbirds, John Mayall, Cream, and Derek and the Dominoes, and if Hendrix had lived instead. I don't think JH would have had an easy time of it in the 70s, unless he went into fusion. Can't imagine him trying to play metal, punk, or disco. But, once he made it to the late 80s and the first wave of 60s nostalgia, he'd have been home-free.

218 rwmofo  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:35:19pm

re: #211 Charles

With all the Limbaugh flounces we may have set a record in the past two days.

The majority of them were people who've never posted a comment before. An amazing number of first comment flounces.

What are the odds they have the same results with their first comment to a chick in the bar?

219 Ojoe  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:35:53pm

re: #210 bosforus

No; good for you for hitting the math. Most people don't even try to think through the proportions of things. And getting to within one factor of ten is not bad compared to what most people would do, which would be to have no idea at all.

Good night again.

220 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:35:55pm

From CNN Europe:

Far-right British party agrees to consider letting nonwhites join

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

221 Stanghazi  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:36:04pm

Here's the video of the 4th grader asking Obama "why do people hate you?"

[Link: tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

222 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:36:19pm

Actually, I think this is the GOP thing that has made me the most sick in a long time. I have some more links about it.

Here is Franken proposing the amendment:

Youtube Video

Here is a news article about it:

[Link: news.bostonherald.com...]

Here is a rightfully angry left link:

[Link: crooksandliars.com...]

223 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:36:28pm

re: #218 rwmofo

What are the odds they have the same results with their first comment to a chick in the bar?

Ouch!

224 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:36:40pm

re: #218 rwmofo

What are the odds they have the same results with their first comment to a chick in the bar?

Worst pickup line ever..

My name is Marcos. I run a blog.

225 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:37:23pm

So just to be clear here, closing ranks with Haliburton, and it's more than checkered business practices is more important to the GOP than opposing GANG RAPE.

226 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:38:28pm

re: #212 Pawn of the Oppressor

And yet, you can't get the hard core to understand just why everybody thinks the GOP is a bunch of bottom-feeding slugs.

Now, now, the cancer is not the patient.

227 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:39:11pm

re: #193 The Sanity Inspector

Yeah, remember what Delaney Bramlett said to Eric Clapton, when EC was reluctant to sing very much: God gave you a gift, but you must use it, lest it be taken away.

For some reason this puts me in mind of one of the funniest pieces Garrison Keillor ever wrote, about how a young Lutheran can tell if their talent for music is godly or not. It begins with determining that if your talent is for choir or church music it must be from God, because who else would bother?

Completely spectacular.

228 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:39:14pm

re: #225 LudwigVanQuixote

So just to be clear here, closing ranks with Haliburton, and it's more than checkered business practices is more important to the GOP than opposing GANG RAPE.

No bid contracts.

229 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:39:23pm

If anyone wonders why I have come to hate, loathe and despise the GOP for being the party of evil, backwards, racist, misogynist, unscrupulous, anti-science shills for the middle ages, then they need look no further.

Where is all that focus on the family?

Where is all that morality talk now?

What about the affront caused by Acorn? Is this not worse?

I am furious.

230 Kragar  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:39:40pm

re: #224 Mich-again

Worst pickup line ever..

My name is Marcos. I run a blog.

I'm kind of a big deal around here.

231 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:39:51pm

re: #225 LudwigVanQuixote

So just to be clear here, closing ranks with Haliburton, and it's more than checkered business practices is more important to the GOP than opposing GANG RAPE.

Don't get so worked up. It's just a woman... not someone important or anything.

//MAJOR sarc

232 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:40:08pm

re: #225 LudwigVanQuixote

So just to be clear here, closing ranks with Haliburton, and it's more than checkered business practices is more important to the GOP than opposing GANG RAPE.

And it's only the free-market at work!

lol

233 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:41:16pm

re: #225 LudwigVanQuixote

So just to be clear here, closing ranks with Haliburton, and it's more than checkered business practices is more important to the GOP than opposing GANG RAPE.

It's also then "Not Invented Here" syndrome at work, just like with AGW. Al Franken ( a person most Republicans rightly loath) introduced the bill, therefore to many Republicans it is automatically suspect at best, and just plain wrong at worst. Others voted against it because they don't want to be seen as siding with Franken. If they voted for it, they'd be called RINOs by the NIH wing of the GOP.

234 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:41:28pm

Meanwhile, back at the Hot Air ranch. Let's pick on a six year old kid.

235 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:10pm

re: #147 Charles

On a completely different subject -- Apple's new Logic Studio music composition program is incredibly incredible. I splurged and bought it a couple of weeks ago, and it's a fantastic tool. Might even interest me in composing music again.

I'm an industrial/scientific/sports action photographer, picked up one of the new 13" Powerbook Pro laptops a few months ago, with the Adobe CS4 suite. The whole 64 bit Snow Leopard rollout has been absolutely seamless.

236 Kragar  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:12pm

re: #234 Gus 802

Meanwhile, back at the Hot Air ranch. Let's pick on a six year old kid.

Stay classy HA

237 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:41pm

The southern strategy in full bloom...

"RedNeck Rap": Bill Otto, GOP Lawmaker, Criticized For Anti-Obama Song


A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Yeah, this is going great!
/

238 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:47pm

re: #216 Mich-again

Most likely either underwhelmed or possibly overwhelmed, depending on the school she was attending. Less likely that she didn't have an interest in the first place. In either case, the school should accommodate any kid at any level. The nic is blue. This is one topic I actually do know about.

Oh it's a good school. Very professional and good with kids. But, after a couple or three years, dance had run its course for her. Time to move on to other things.

239 Varek Raith  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:47pm

re: #234 Gus 802

Meanwhile, back at the Hot Air ranch. Let's pick on a six year old kid.

That must take real courage on the part of HA commenters.
/frakking cowards.

240 Pawn of the Oppressor  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:43:51pm

re: #230 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm kind of a big deal around here.

"Big in France."

241 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:44:02pm

re: #220 Irish Rose

From CNN Europe:

Far-right British party agrees to consider letting nonwhites join

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

I thought that was a done deal.

I am still curious to see if there are any actual non-white people who want to join this caravan of the damned and disturbed. Aside from possible a couple of wise-ass college kids who think it will be fun to show up at meetings and screw with them.

Lads: it will not be fun. You will have a much better time doing almost anything. Revising for exams. Getting root canal. Drinking tea with dotty cousin Edna, and being brought up to date on every last relative you have left in Barbados. I swear.

242 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:44:07pm

re: #234 Gus 802

Meanwhile, back at the Hot Air ranch. Let's pick on a six year old kid.

Malkin is attacking the kid and slamming the family, too.

243 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:44:48pm

re: #242 Irish Rose

Malkin is attacking the kid and slamming the family, too.

She is? Damn, that's low. Really low. What do you expect though.

244 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:45:06pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

It's also then "Not Invented Here" syndrome at work, just like with AGW. Al Franken ( a person most Republicans rightly loath) introduced the bill, therefore to many Republicans it is automatically suspect at best, and just plain wrong at worst. Others voted against it because they don't want to be seen as siding with Franken. If they voted for it, they'd be called RINOs by the NIH wing of the GOP.

Let's take everything you said at face value. No doubt in some cases it is true.

So it is better to support a provenly corrupt corporation that has been feeding off of the public trough in scandal after scandal to protect itself from GANG RAPE charges then it is to appear to be a RINO? Oh yes, real Republicans are all for GANG RAPE. None of our business...

Is that really a message that you can stomach? Is the utter craven cowardice that goes along with that something you want in your leadership?

This is out and out immoral and repugnant. There is no defense for it even in the best case - which is "too cowardly to act like a leader and do what is right."

245 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:45:37pm

re: #243 Gus 802

She is? Damn, that's low. Really low. What do you expect though.

What did I expect?
Exactly what she's doing.

246 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:45:54pm

re: #242 Irish Rose

re: #243 Gus 802

Malkin has already proven herself lower than a snake's belly. What more do you expect?

247 allegro  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:47:20pm

I would like to know where the "conscious clause" works for those of us outside of the religious right.re: #244 LudwigVanQuixote

So it is better to support a provenly corrupt corporation that has been feeding off of the public trough in scandal after scandal to protect itself from GANG RAPE charges then it is to appear to be a RINO? Oh yes, real Republicans are all for GANG RAPE. None of our business...

Is that really a message that you can stomach? Is the utter craven cowardice that goes along with that something you want in your leadership?

This is out and out immoral and repugnant. There is no defense for it even in the best case - which is "too cowardly to act like a leader and do what is right.

Pretty much sounds like business as usual for the GOP of late.

248 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:47:47pm

re: #244 LudwigVanQuixote

Let's take everything you said at face value. No doubt in some cases it is true.

So it is better to support a provenly corrupt corporation that has been feeding off of the public trough in scandal after scandal to protect itself from GANG RAPE charges then it is to appear to be a RINO? Oh yes, real Republicans are all for GANG RAPE. None of our business...

Is that really a message that you can stomach? Is the utter craven cowardice that goes along with that something you want in your leadership?

This is out and out immoral and repugnant. There is no defense for it even in the best case - which is "too cowardly to act like a leader and do what is right."

Ludwig, I'd have voted for this if I was a Senator. I was describing the thoughts and motivations of others, not my own thoughts.

249 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:48:24pm

re: #238 The Sanity Inspector

Ugh, I'm thinking maybe too much ballet. Kids like happy jazz. Ballet is like calculus class.

250 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:48:45pm

re: #237 Killgore Trout

I don't think the is the same Redneck Rap but it's still pretty fucking good...

Youtube Video
251 bratwurst  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:49:40pm

re: #233 Dark_Falcon

. Al Franken ( a person most Republicans rightly loath) introduced the bill, therefore to many Republicans it is automatically suspect at best, and just plain wrong at worst.

Shame on anyone who allows dislike for the messenger to come into play in a case like this.

252 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:49:40pm

re: #248 Dark_Falcon

Ludwig, I'd have voted for this if I was a Senator. I was describing the thoughts and motivations of others, not my own thoughts.

Of course you would have DF... Please, I never even thought you would agree with that.

253 Irish Rose  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:49:58pm

I'm off to read a chapter before bed.
Night, all.

254 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:50:12pm

re: #244 LudwigVanQuixote

As usual, over the top. Wahtever.

255 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:50:52pm

re: #248 Dark_Falcon

The point is, that you have a normal and basic sense of honor. It is clear in this that those 30 GOP senators do not.

256 swamprat  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:51:12pm

re: #241 SanFranciscoZionist


Lads: it will not be fun. You will have a much better time doing almost anything. Revising for exams. Getting root canal. Drinking tea with dotty cousin Edna, and being brought up to date on every last relative you have left in Barbados. I swear.

Oh how wrong you are.
The solution to polution is dilution.
If they let in the "unpure", their ranks can be filled with dues-paying members who can sway the objectives away from racism.
Don't believe me? Try quoting Marx to a teamster!
Joe Hill would roll over in his grave if knew what had become of his pinko-hued dream.

257 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:51:21pm

re: #254 Mich-again

As usual, over the top. Wahtever.

No not over the top at all. Defend your contention. Under what circumstances is this OK?

258 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:51:27pm

They are really coming out downstairs now...

259 Mich-again  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:53:18pm

re: #257 LudwigVanQuixote

I have come to hate, loathe and despise the GOP for being the party of evil, backwards, racist, misogynist, unscrupulous, anti-science shills for the middle ages,

yawnn. See ya tomorrow!

260 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:53:33pm

re: #255 LudwigVanQuixote

The point is, that you have a normal and basic sense of honor. It is clear in this that those 30 GOP senators do not.

Most of them do, but they forgot about it here and shame on them for it. I hope they see the error of their ways and put principles first next time.

261 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:54:15pm

re: #259 Mich-again

Stop slinging snark, Mich. Its not nice.

262 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:55:46pm

re: #254 Mich-again

As usual, over the top. Wahtever.

How, over the top?

263 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:55:53pm

There should be no immunity for government contractors regarding legal recourse for rape, assault, etc., whatsoever. Any Republican that voted against that is a fucking idiot.

264 Kragar  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:56:02pm

re: #258 freetoken

They are really coming out downstairs now...

And now, a dramatic re-enactment

Youtube Video
265 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:58:18pm

re: #263 Gus 802

There should be no immunity for government contractors regarding legal recourse for rape, assault, etc., whatsoever. Any Republican that voted against that is a fucking idiot immoral craven puppet of his financial masters and wholly without honor.

FTFY

266 Velvet Elvis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 9:59:31pm

re: #263 Gus 802

There should be no immunity for government contractors regarding legal recourse for rape, assault, etc., whatsoever. Any Republican that voted against that is a fucking idiot.

Including the murder of civilians.

267 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:00:09pm

re: #266 Conservative Moonbat

Including the murder of civilians.

Blackwater ™

268 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:02:25pm

re: #267 Gus 802

BTW, the Steinbeck movie of O Henry stories you recommended early has some very wonderful parts to it.

Good recommendation.

269 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:03:45pm

re: #268 freetoken

BTW, the Steinbeck movie of O Henry stories you recommended early has some very wonderful parts to it.

Good recommendation.

It's profound and pertinent to this day.

270 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:03:54pm

Something cool, fractal and calming...

Youtube Video
271 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:04:27pm

re: #220 Irish Rose

From CNN Europe:

Far-right British party agrees to consider letting nonwhites join

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

Keep in mind that they are being forced to do this, this is not their choice.

272 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:05:02pm

Bircher on the deck.

273 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:05:53pm

Eh, off to bed. Another evening where I don't last until the ocean photo thread appears.

Who says kids today don't appreciate good music?

Youtube Video
274 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:06:30pm

re: #271 Bagua

Keep in mind that they are being forced to do this, this is not their choice.

Forced? You mean you don't see this as a PR coup of sorts?

275 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:08:40pm

re: #274 Gus 802

Forced? You mean you don't see this as a PR coup of sorts?

No way! They were being sued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, it would have been expensive, bad PR and they would certainly have lost. They are giving up a battle in a larger war.

276 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:09:06pm

After what happened in Pakistan today, I have to wonder exactly how secure their nukes are.

If the Paki gov't looks like it's ready to fall, what exactly are the contingencies for the United States? Go in there and get the nukes and support staff/technicians? Carpet their nuclear facilities with MOABS and Bunker Busters while targetting senior nuclear program types like A Q Khan for assassination?

Not insignificantly, what are the contingencies for India?

277 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:11:45pm

re: #276 Fenway_Nation

After what happened in Pakistan today, I have to wonder exactly how secure their nukes are.

If the Paki gov't looks like it's ready to fall, what exactly are the contingencies for the United States? Go in there and get the nukes and support staff/technicians? Carpet their nuclear facilities with MOABS and Bunker Busters while targetting senior nuclear program types like A Q Khan for assassination?

Not insignificantly, what are the contingencies for India?

I'm sure both we and they have given this quite a lot of thought.

I hope to God we've come up with something good.

Other recognized nuclear nations are by and large internally stable. (Not necessarily sane, but stable.) Pakistan increasingly appears to be held together with chewing gum, staples, and inchoate rage. Not good.

278 Gus  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:12:00pm

re: #275 Bagua

No way! They were being sued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, it would have been expensive, bad PR and they would certainly have lost. They are giving up a battle in a larger war.

Oh. Then oddly enough they are facilitating a PR campaign for the BNP in a way.

279 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:14:19pm

North American Scum

Youtube Video

/Namaste, Y'all

280 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:15:20pm

re: #277 SanFranciscoZionist

Clarification: What are India's contingencies regarding Pakistan should the situation continue to deteriorate?

281 swamprat  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:15:55pm

re: #278 Gus 802

I hope they get flooded with new, previously ineligible, members.

They will only be the better for it; luncheons with curried beef are far superior to boiled beef.

282 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:19:10pm

re: #280 Fenway_Nation

Clarification: What are India's contingencies regarding Pakistan should the situation continue to deteriorate?

I don't know. What can India do that wouldn't make things worse?

283 swamprat  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:19:12pm

re: #280 Fenway_Nation

Invade or call the U.N.?

284 [deleted]  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:21:23pm
285 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:22:22pm

re: #283 swamprat

Invade or call the U.N.?

Calling the UN would be worse than useless. The UN would just demand that other nations "respect Pakistani sovereignty", even if Pakistan's government were to fall.

286 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:22:37pm

re: #251 bratwurst

Yeah. Even a blind hog...
And while he's at it,
That diplomatic immunity thing doesn't seem right, either.

287 Jack Burton  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:23:05pm

re: #284 methuseleh

I think you just hung a vacancy sign on your ass and Stinkey's foot is looking for a room.

288 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:23:18pm

re: #282 Dark_Falcon

re: #283 swamprat


I was thinking...if there was any coordination, they'd stir up some shit in Kashmir as a nice, big juicy distraction while the vulnerable Pakistani nukes would be extracted or destroyed by heretofore unnamed Western powers.

289 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:23:19pm

Quite a little flouncefest we have going on tonight.

290 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:24:01pm

re: #287 ArchangelMichael

I think you just hung a vacancy sign on your ass and Stinkey's foot is looking for a room.

Stinky's foot found him quickly. His post got deleted in less than 90 seconds.

291 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:26:01pm

re: #288 Fenway_Nation

re: #283 swamprat

I was thinking...if there was any coordination, they'd stir up some shit in Kashmir as a nice, big juicy distraction while the vulnerable Pakistani nukes would be extracted or destroyed by heretofore unnamed Western powers.

Bad idea. We need the Pakistani Army to keep pressing the Taliban in the Tribal Areas. If India makes any noise, they'll rush troops east and buy the Talibs time to regroup. Large scale action is out as long as the Pakistani army remains functional and fighting the Taliban.

292 Charles Johnson  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:27:20pm

Lots of hate mail flowing in too.

293 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:28:39pm

re: #278 Gus 802

Oh. Then oddly enough they are facilitating a PR campaign for the BNP in a way.

It is useless as PR, any skoolboy will know they are only letting the others in because some Orwellian Commission was forcing them.

294 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:29:03pm

re: #261 Dark_Falcon

Hey... while admonishing the snark, consider equal time for the foaming rants of outrage...
:)

295 Killgore Trout  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:31:03pm

Music to flounce by
The Sweater Song - Weezer

Youtube Video
296 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:33:14pm

re: #236 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I haven't read it, but are they really going after the kid, or the parents who've already
left their mark on Wife Swap, the reality show?

297 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:33:55pm

Just to let everybody know, I had four-cheese ravioli with jumbo shrimp and cracked red pepper alfredo sauce for dinner.

/It was even awesomer than it sounded.

298 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:35:38pm

re: #297 Fenway_Nation

Cracked red pepper? Not roasted?
That sounds interesting.

299 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:40:24pm

re: #298 tradewind

It was (full disclosure- I used some of those little pepper packets they give out at pizza places). Several steps up from my 'OMG! I better eat this before the expiration date tomorrow' dinners.

300 freetoken  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:41:58pm

re: #295 Killgore Trout

Hey... go with the classics:


MP3 Audio
301 iceweasel  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:45:07pm

An oldie but a goodie...The seekrit Republican apology machine for writing apologies to Rush.

Flashback:

RNC Chairman Michael Steele:
Rush is not the head of the Republican Party. He's an "entertainer" whose show is "incendiary" and "ugly."

I'm Sorry, Rush
"My intent was not to go after Rush - I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh..."

"I was maybe a little bit inarticulate... There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership."

"I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren’t what I was thinking..."
---
Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA):

"I mean, it’s easy if you’re Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh or even sometimes Newt Gingrich to stand back and throw bricks. You don't have to try to do what's best for your people and your party. "

I'm Sorry, Rush
“I clearly ended up putting my foot in my mouth on some of those comments and I just wanted to tell you, Rush, [...] that I regret those stupid comments.”
---

Now we know why. Look how many dittoheads are frothing over here and sending hissing burbling hate mail to Charles.

302 Dainn  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:46:56pm

re: #276 Fenway_Nation

I think we will go for a UN sanctioned statement of outrage. If they don't respond to that, we can threaten to draft an even more outraged statement, bringing the full force of the UN to bear on a really nasty diplomatic statement.

/Thatlldoit.

303 Velvet Elvis  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:47:56pm

Richard Thompson, Danny Thompson, Michael Jerome -- Put it There Pal (blistering guitar solo starting at around 4:30)

Youtube Video
304 Dainn  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:48:52pm

re: #289 Charles

My guess: many of them are not flouncing for the first time. Sock-puppet sacrifices?

305 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:50:03pm

re: #299 Fenway_Nation

That's a highway to heartburn, rat there...
:)

306 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:50:50pm

re: #304 Dainn

It's like a dove field that's been sunflower seeded.

307 SFGoth  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:52:04pm

The O was in S.F. tonight. What a PITA. Just trying to get 6 blocks to an art gallery was crazy -- and every crazy you can dream up was there. At least Bush never bothered to visit here and snarl things up.

308 Dainn  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:52:51pm

re: #306 tradewind

It's like a dove field that's been sunflower seeded.

I think its more like all those june bugs that fly into the campfire at night.

309 tradewind  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 10:58:36pm

re: #301 iceweasel
Just heard the new bumper music for the Limbaugh show to replace My City Was Gone

Youtube Video

(This woman has a dynamite voice, btw..)
310 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:02:10pm

I've got a 6am wake up for a meeting so i need to turn in now. I'll be back later in the morning.

311 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:04:30pm

re: #310 Dark_Falcon

I shall inform the media.

312 Dancing along the light of day  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:11:32pm

re: #311 Bagua

Film at 11!

313 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:13:49pm

re: #312 Floral Giraffe


But that's past my bedtime!

//

314 ~Fianna  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:14:39pm

re: #141 allegro

I didn't reproduce, so take this for what it's worth... but I am shocked at the paranoid style of parenting that I've seen the past few years. Every freaking second of the kid's life planned and supervised with a predator perceived around every corner. My heart bleeds for those poor kids who never get a moment's peace, or an opportunity to grow into thinking, independent adults. It freaks me out.

Try employing those kids. I've had people's parents call in to work for them.

I'd have murdered my parents in their sleep if they'd tried that, unless I keeled over of humiliation first... and I'm not all that much older than some of these people.

315 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:21:02pm

My models indicate that there will be an Overnight Ocean Thread in the coming minutes.

316 Fenway_Nation  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:27:33pm

re: #315 Bagua


Models? Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing model airplane glue.

317 ~Fianna  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:32:37pm

re: #249 Mich-again

Ugh, I'm thinking maybe too much ballet. Kids like happy jazz. Ballet is like calculus class.

Do you have a good reason for them voting down a bill that lets an employee take action if she's gang raped and locked in a box until it's too late to collect evidence?

I mean, seriously, who's against that? Is gang rape a partisan issue?

I'd have voted for this if David Duke introduced it. It doesn't matter. It's a good bill and the right thing to do.

318 checked08  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:33:09pm

SCHIP madness all over again.

319 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:35:19pm

re: #316 Fenway_Nation

Models? Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing model airplane glue.

Yes Models.

I input data from over a hundred recent posts, deleted the Snow Leopard threads (of course), and used a filter that is inversely proportional to the frequency of flounces that day and weighs the most recent examples.

It solves for "Overnight Thread" and is uncannily accurate this week.

320 Bagua  Thu, Oct 15, 2009 11:42:35pm

re: #319 Bagua

Fascinating, there it is!

321 SixDegrees  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 3:28:33am

re: #74 Conservative Moonbat

You also have to consider that the family has been on Wife Swap not once but twice. This is a family that wants publicity.

I mentioned that in an earlier thread, along with the observation that the balloon couldn't possibly have lifted a child off the ground.

However, I also mentioned that all this simply raised a whiff of suspicion. Charles is correct that some sort of actual evidence is needed before applying the tar and feathers to the parents. These speculations are just that - speculations. It's enough to keep me tuned in to future developments, but nowhere near enough to start lobbing allegations.

322 SixDegrees  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 3:29:12am

re: #315 Bagua

My models indicate that there will be an Overnight Ocean Thread in the coming minutes.

But does it say whether the temperature will rise?

323 SixDegrees  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 3:32:02am

re: #307 SFGoth

The O was in S.F. tonight. What a PITA. Just trying to get 6 blocks to an art gallery was crazy -- and every crazy you can dream up was there. At least Bush never bothered to visit here and snarl things up.

Oddly, he still hasn't visited Detroit; never set foot here during the campaign, either. I guess the stench of Kwame Kilpatrick, Monica Conyers and others convicted of fraud, theft and assorted crimes is too much to bear. Yet if there is any city in America that needs Federal help, it is surely Detroit.

A tribute to our fine Congressional and Gubernatorial representation.

324 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 3:45:50am

And here are the 30 Republicans who voted against allowing raped and falsely imprisoned women - yes Halliburton really did lock the poor woman up - being able to sue their contractors.

Don't be surprised by the list.

Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Specter (D-PA), Not Voting
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Nay

325 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 3:46:17am

re: #324 ludwigvanquixote

Ohh and let me add. Assholes all for this stunt.

326 Nanook37  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 4:21:46am

re: #65 wee fury

Whenever I see your nic -- I think of this:[Link: www.amazon.com...]

That is where it is from - When I first started using the name I found a couple of sites where someone had already registered Nanook so I added the number which happens to be from the movie Clerks.

327 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 4:43:44am

re: #326 Nanook37

That is where it is from - When I first started using the name I found a couple of sites where someone had already registered Nanook so I added the number which happens to be from the movie Clerks.

Dreamed I was an Eskimo
Frozen wind began to blow
Under my boots and around my toe
Frost had bit the ground below
Was a hundred degrees below zero
And my momma cried
"You don't really look like an Eskimo"
Nanook, no no
Nanook, no no
Don't be a naughty Eskimo, hey!

328 [deleted]  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 4:49:05am
329 [deleted]  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 5:24:30am
330 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 5:39:13am

re: #329 nemecizer

i'm sure your 2 posts in the last year will be missed greatly by all contributers.

331 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 5:46:43am

re: #328 Lauraf

For "bashing conservatives" read it as "thorough introspection". There is an honest debate happening here about how the Republican Party can get back on it's feet. The Conservatives here - for the most part annoyed about the meltdown the GOP has suffered - and the liberal/left commenters want a solid sane GOP back on the political scene to have a rational discussion with over policy at the national level.

the interblog stuff i agree is of limited interest - but i don't believe people here see the blogs being taken apart in another thread as rivals.

332 marsl  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 5:54:18am

Hmmm... for the marxists leftists, Obama is a neocon tool, a capitalist and almost a right-winger.
For the extreme right-wing, Obama is a radical Stalinist marxist who wants to transform the US in a version of the Soviet Union.

Anyone doubts that Obama will stay another four more years in the White House? The Republicans are making a red carpet for him in 2012. And the worst part of it is the fact that the reelection of Obama will look a good thing... just take a look to the GOP pre-candidates. Reagan would have crush all of them in a single blow in the primaries elections.

333 [deleted]  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 11:20:31am
334 Charles Johnson  Fri, Oct 16, 2009 11:27:09am

Flounce away, little flounceling.


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