Now that's support one would be better off without..

Charles "dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator" Johnson.
Sounds like an honorary title to me.

I’m identified as a dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator.

My buzzword detector just exploded.

Yippee. Another group of self-declared degenerate loons (okay, added that "loon" bit) who are going to go after Charles and others who have exposed the racist past of RS McCain and deplore those who continue to defend the indefensible McCain.

And for our Neo-Confed friends, a musical interlude;

More on the League of the South from the SPLC:

The League of the South, first known as the Southern League, was founded in 1994 by Hill and a group of 40 other people. At first, the LOS appeared to be concerned primarily with questions of Southern culture, threatening to push for secession, at least rhetorically, as a final resort if what were seen as the rights and dignity of the South were not respected.

It keyed in on the notion that Southerners alone among U.S. population groups were commonly denigrated by the "politically correct" dominant culture, seen as emanating from the Yankee North.

And it pushed the idea of the South as fundamentally Christian, calling, in effect, for imposition of a theocracy — a government in which prayers and other religious observances would be common, and mandatory, in public life.

If these are Stacy's defenders- he can have them.

Enjoy these new allies, AllahP!

People need to understand that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" isn't always true.

"...his relatively well-written bullshit."

Barrett's being a bit too generous there. His stuff is unreadable; there's no unifying style or voice, no clever turns of phrase or unique literary tropes or idioms. Just more of the same every time.

re: #7 MrSilverDragon

People need to understand that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" isn't always true.

Usually, its complete bullshit

re: #7 MrSilverDragon

People need to understand that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" isn't always true.

The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy. Nothing more, but in all likely hood, probably less.

Great article.

But what's with "denounces myself"? Try "me".

re: #11 Cato the Elder

Great article.

But what's with "denounces myself"? Try "me".

picky, picky, picky.

Meanwhile over at Stacy's blog the other day someone (maybe Stacy posing as someone else) was granted the title "heir to the gonzo pen".

LOL. He thinks he's Hunter S. Thompson - who is now spinning in his grave preparatory to rising up as a specter and shooting McCain in the face.

well, hell Charles..you ARE a dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator..it's a large part of your charm and of course the perfect description of a man who fully intends to run everything when all is said and done.

Man ... Barrett can really write, really enjoyed his last few posts.

re: #14 joecitizen

Huh?

re: #7 MrSilverDragon

People need to understand that "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" isn't always true.

Unfortunately, that has been the basis of US foreign policy for more than half a century.

early ot
Somali pirates strike again - pleasure yacht

Reuters makes excuses "The gangs -- some made up of former Somali fisherman angered by the presence of foreign fishing vessels in their waters -- have made tens of millions of dollars in ransoms."

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

because everyone knows that the 'fishermen' were making tens of millions of dollars off of fishing BEFORE they became murdering and pilaging pirates.

Go ahead and put me on the 'denounced' list as well. As far away from their 'friends' list as possible is where I'd like to be.

re: #8 Guanxi88

"...his relatively well-written bullshit."

Barrett's being a bit too generous there. His stuff is unreadable; there's no unifying style or voice, no clever turns of phrase or unique literary tropes or idioms. Just more of the same every time.

It's not even "stream of conscience," since the man doesn't seem conscience when he is writing it.

People such as these *almost* make me embarassed to have been born and raised in the South.

re: #15 KernelPanic

Man ... Barrett can really write, really enjoyed his last few posts.

Yes, I have too.
Although for personal reasons, I take umbrage at the "People’s Republic of Crackerland" - even though I'm laughing because it's a really good phrase.

re: #16 Sharmuta which of my words, when read in the proper sequence, did you not understand?

"Look at me, I’m fucking Al Sharpton."

I have to say, I consider that a rather unfortunate turn of phrase.

re: #20 Walter L. Newton

It's not even "stream of conscience," since the man doesn't seem conscience when he is writing it.

Clever, Walter, very clever.

In all honesty, though, I can tolerate reading any opinions or points of view, provided they're well-expressed. Hell, I read through a manual on composting once that was easily one of the most enjoyable non-fiction reads of that particular month, because the author knew waht he was talking about, was enthused by it, and had a sufficiently large storehouse of previously read material, plus the mental horsepower to make it all work together.

Fellow was pulling in quotations from Aristotle, Agricola, and Shakespeare, but not in some "see, I can do a keyword search in fancy books" kinda way, but rather, as one who'd read these things, enjoyed them, and thought it might be nice to pass them along for others to enjoy. Good stuff, and the best part was he was having fun working this stuff into what was, after all, a gardening manual.

But RSM? No style, save the derivative piffle he's managed to cobble together from HST and the bloated, ponderous rhetorical traditions of 19th century ersatz intellectualism. If anyone's read "absalom, absalom!" that peculiarly rhetorical style affected by Sutphen when he speaks is about as close to RSM as you're likely to find in American letters.

re: #23 joecitizen

Gaze.

Meanwhile, Mr. prim-and-proper RS McCain still has the half-naked Pamela Anderson PETA ad on his blog, and on his "who is" page there is an ad with a young lady in a bikini, with the words "Click the Hottie - Help the Cause"

"The Cause" is undefined unless, I suppose, one goes and clicks the hottie.

Ew

re: #22 reine.de.tout

Yes, I have too.
Although for personal reasons, I take umbrage at the "People’s Republic of Crackerland" - even though I'm laughing because it's a really good phrase.

I saw it and laughed my tail off. He's pretty good with words, IMHO. Still love this section,

The folks at League of the South – the nation’s most prominent consortium of degenerate, pro-Confederacy, anti-American traitors – have just now thrown in their hoods with the good people at American Spectator, Hot Air, Protein Wisdom, The Pirate’s Cove, and all of those other nodes of conservative commentary that have either defended McCain and attacked his detractors or provided him with an outlet for his relatively well-written bullshit.

What a phrase, and how accurate too.

re: #24 Cato the Elder

I have to say, I consider that a rather unfortunate turn of phrase.

It is at that.

re: #17 Cato the Elder

Unfortunately, that has been the basis of US foreign policy for more than half a century.

Used to be, if they were agin Commies, we liked them.

Now, if they're agin terrorists, we like them.

Sadly, 'agin' does not often come with any moral scruples, or a real understanding of what the aginner's long-term agenda is.

Sometimes this is embarassing. Often it is dangerous and expensive.

re: #25 Guanxi88

And he thinks signing an imprecatory letter to the editor "your humble and obedient servant" is clever.

I got over that by the time I was twelve.

re: #14 joecitizen

I've dinged you down for what I think is a missing sarc tag. However if you seriously believe what you wrote, you are probably at the wrong blog, and need to go back to the fever swamp.

re: #31 Cato the Elder

And he thinks signing an imprecatory letter to the editor "your humble and obedient servant" is clever.

I got over that by the time I was twelve.

I think I was probably fifteen.

re: #25 Guanxi88

Clever, Walter, very clever.

In all honesty, though, I can tolerate reading any opinions or points of view, provided they're well-expressed. Hell, I read through a manual on composting once that was easily one of the most enjoyable non-fiction reads of that particular month, because the author knew waht he was talking about, was enthused by it, and had a sufficiently large storehouse of previously read material, plus the mental horsepower to make it all work together.

Fellow was pulling in quotations from Aristotle, Agricola, and Shakespeare, but not in some "see, I can do a keyword search in fancy books" kinda way, but rather, as one who'd read these things, enjoyed them, and thought it might be nice to pass them along for others to enjoy. Good stuff, and the best part was he was having fun working this stuff into what was, after all, a gardening manual.

But RSM? No style, save the derivative piffle he's managed to cobble together from HST and the bloated, ponderous rhetorical traditions of 19th century ersatz intellectualism. If anyone's read "absalom, absalom!" that peculiarly rhetorical style affected by Sutphen when he speaks is about as close to RSM as you're likely to find in American letters.

I notice this all the time, and I have pointed it out here. Most Lizards on LGF can compose "on the fly" mini-essays, in a very coherent and comprehensive way all day long.

RSM, who evidently has the opportunity to actually take some thought and time to compose his diatribes, displays none of the common skills that are part of making a point, debating it and then rebutting it.

It may have something to do with the fact that his positions are indefensible, or at least, he tries to prove himself to not be something that he himself has proven he is.

It must be actually mentally painful for him to have to write himself out of those corners that he places himself in.

And it shows.

re: #31 Cato the Elder

And he thinks signing an imprecatory letter to the editor "your humble and obedient servant" is clever.

I got over that by the time I was twelve.

re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist

I think I was probably fifteen.

I wonder if he identifies himself as "RSM, Esq."?

League of the South Denounces Myselfme, Charles Johnson for Picking on Racist.

Myself is reflexive.

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

Who needs cogent thoughts or well turned prose when bluster and invectives can apparently get you welcomed and lauded in the highest halls of the land?

re: #7 MrSilverDragon

The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, nothing more nothing less
- 7 habits of highly effective pirates.

In short, this is good news for McCain!

re: #35 Guanxi88

I wonder if he identifies himself as "RSM, Esq."?

Origin of "Esquire":
esquire
1374, from M.Fr. esquier "squire," lit. "shield-bearer" (for a knight), from O.Fr., from L. scutarius "shield-bearer, guardsman," from scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). Cf. squire. Originally the feudal rank below knight, sense broadened 16c. to a general title of courtesy or respect for the educated class, especially, later, in U.S., for lawyers.

Used for the educated class - wouldn't apply in this case. Except in McCain's own mind.

re: #36 Baier

Myself is reflexive.

Yes, but the response to RSM is all reflex--a gag reflex.

I'm fucking Al Sharpton...oddly enough, I don't think Sarah Silverman did a song about that.

re: #39 reine.de.tout

Origin of "Esquire":
esquire
1374, from M.Fr. esquier "squire," lit. "shield-bearer" (for a knight), from O.Fr., from L. scutarius "shield-bearer, guardsman," from scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). Cf. squire. Originally the feudal rank below knight, sense broadened 16c. to a general title of courtesy or respect for the educated class, especially, later, in U.S., for lawyers. [...]

I would not retain a lawyer who calls himself "Esq."!

re: #37 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Who needs cogent thoughts or well turned prose when bluster and invectives can apparently get you welcomed and lauded in the highest halls of the land?

Exactly. All of these defenses are intellectually lacking in substance, and appeal to none but the prejudiced and/or simple minded. Amazingly- these people seem proud to display their lack of logic and reasoning skills. Like the slackers in high school- they're quite proud of their stupidity.

re: #40 vxbush

Yes, but the response to RSM is all reflex--a gag reflex.

RSM makes myself puke = incorrect.
RSM makes me puke = correct.

re: #39 reine.de.tout

Origin of "Esquire":
esquire
1374, from M.Fr. esquier "squire," lit. "shield-bearer" (for a knight), from O.Fr., from L. scutarius "shield-bearer, guardsman," from scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). Cf. squire. Originally the feudal rank below knight, sense broadened 16c. to a general title of courtesy or respect for the educated class, especially, later, in U.S., for lawyers.

Used for the educated class - wouldn't apply in this case. Except in McCain's own mind.

Hell, he wouldn't even merit "RSM, Gent." in the type of society for which he appears to be so fond. Esquire, he wouldn't be; Gentleman, almost certainly not, a freedman at best. I picture him, in the society of the ante-bellum South, as a sort of grasping, climbing clever chap - an unscrupulous lawyer specializing in forged land grants and such.

Fred Thompson dumps the GOP, endorsed Hoffman

Fred Thompson, the former senator and candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is upping the ante in the inner Republican party battle over the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district by starring in an ad for Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate.

re: #45 Guanxi88

Hell, he wouldn't even merit "RSM, Gent." in the type of society for which he appears to be so fond. Esquire, he wouldn't be; Gentleman, almost certainly not, a freedman at best. I picture him, in the society of the ante-bellum South, as a sort of grasping, climbing clever chap - an unscrupulous lawyer specializing in forged land grants and such.

Nah. He'd just be a Snopes.

re: #42 Cato the Elder

I would not retain a lawyer who calls himself "Esq."!

Q.C., or nothing for you, eh?

re: #44 Baier

RSM makes myself puke = incorrect.
RSM makes me puke = correct.

No disagreement on the grammar; just trying to turn an error into a phrase that fits the thread.

I've been bitching about the cnn website redesign. They made it even worse today. No stock ticker on the front page and the page won't even load with Firefox. When loading on IE they do one of those full page flash animation welcome screens. Almost as bad as the GOP page. I guess it's time to give up on CNN for online news.

re: #45 Guanxi88

Hell, he wouldn't even merit "RSM, Gent." in the type of society for which he appears to be so fond. Esquire, he wouldn't be; Gentleman, almost certainly not, a freedman at best. I picture him, in the society of the ante-bellum South, as a sort of grasping, climbing clever chap - an unscrupulous lawyer specializing in forged land grants and such.

In the ante-bellum South, he would be a now-unemployed former overseer of field hands.

re: #37 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

Who needs cogent thoughts or well turned prose when bluster and invectives can apparently get you welcomed and lauded in the highest halls of the land?

I don't know? I pride myself in being able to compose a informative comment, even if it's an outrageous position. I relish well written bluster, and I don't pay much note to gutter-level prose.

But that's just me.

re: #50 Killgore Trout

I've been bitching about the cnn website redesign. They made it even worse today. No stock ticker on the front page and the page won't even load with Firefox. When loading on IE they do one of those full page flash animation welcome screens. Almost as bad as the GOP page. I guess it's time to give up on CNN for online news.

That's strange - cnn iPhone app for news is great, better than any of the others. I wonder what's going on with their webpage?

re: #51 reine.de.tout

In the ante-bellum South, he would be a now-unemployed former overseer of field hands.

I don't see him as an overseer - fellow seems to like to shoot his mouth off, and one really can't do that sort of thing and be trusted with lives and property.

re: #11 Cato the Elder

Great article.

But what's with "denounces myself"? Try "me".

I just refreshed that page--he changed it as you suggested.

re: #50 Killgore Trout

I've been bitching about the cnn website redesign. They made it even worse today. No stock ticker on the front page and the page won't even load with Firefox. When loading on IE they do one of those full page flash animation welcome screens. Almost as bad as the GOP page. I guess it's time to give up on CNN for online news.

And the very top 1/3 sometimes doesn't load on my PC version of Safari.

Major fail.

re: #46 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

The subject of the post, RSM, is up there blogging for his campaign. I don't think a white supremacist blogging for candidate in a district that voted Obama in last election is a winning strategy. I could be mistaken.

re: #49 vxbush

No disagreement on the grammar; just trying to turn an error into a phrase that fits the thread.

BB already fixed it.

RSM, I bet, would defend it as dialect.

re: #50 Killgore Trout

I've been bitching about the cnn website redesign. They made it even worse today. No stock ticker on the front page and the page won't even load with Firefox. When loading on IE they do one of those full page flash animation welcome screens. Almost as bad as the GOP page. I guess it's time to give up on CNN for online news.

UGH. A lot of Web designers have been copping out with the stupid Flash thing, and it's really annoying me. Flash is by no means a universal technology, and it's also a bit too heavy-duty for general Web use.

re: #8 Guanxi88

"...his relatively well-written bullshit."

Barrett's being a bit too generous there. His stuff is unreadable; there's no unifying style or voice, no clever turns of phrase or unique literary tropes or idioms. Just more of the same every time.

They key word there is relatively, and I don't think Barret was making the comparison to writing in general. When it comes to the writing of "degenerate, pro-Confederacy, anti-American traitors," Robert does write pretty well.

re: #1 cenotaphium

Now that's support one would be better off without..

You just knew that eventually one of them would feel compelled to defend their fellow racist. Of course RSM has immediately denounced this group and disavowed any wish for their support...right? (crickets chirping)

re: #60 Sam N

They key word there is relatively, and I don't think Barret was making the comparison to writing in general. When it comes to the writing of "degenerate, pro-Confederacy, anti-American traitors," Robert does write pretty well.

There may be something to that.

re: #60 Sam N

They key word there is relatively, and I don't think Barret was making the comparison to writing in general. When it comes to the writing of "degenerate, pro-Confederacy, anti-American traitors," Robert does write pretty well.

That's setting the bar pretty low.

re: #63 Cato the Elder

That's setting the bar pretty low.

It's a low bar to start with.

re: #11 Cato the Elder

I didn't notice your post! I'm not a grammar maven, but I hear this one all the time at work. It drives me nuts.

re: #53 reine.de.tout

hmm, looks like some web designer is just [putting on topo many bells and whistles.

re: #63 Cato the Elder

That's setting the bar pretty low.

re: #64 Honorary Yooper

It's a low bar to start with.

Limboists, the lot of ya!

dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator

You forgot hippie.

re: #66 Killgore Trout

hmm, looks like some web designer is just [putting on topo many bells and whistles.

What they need is some animated gifs, some nice contrasting colors like lime green text on a hot pink background and an midi loop playing as soon as you load the page.

Cool!
Boston Dynamics Pet Man

re: #64 Honorary Yooper

It's a low bar to start with.

Yeah- pretty hard to go lower than defending slavery, although with Stacy's misogyny as rampant as it is, he could try.

re: #11 Cato the Elder

But what's with "denounces myself"? Try "me".

"Allow myself, to introduce... myself."
-Austin Powers

re: #72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Allow myself, to introduce... myself."
-Austin Powers

I'm a man of wealth and taste:

re: #52 Walter L. Newton

I relish well written bluster, and I don't pay much note to gutter-level prose.

"Some people have a way with words, others have... not way."
-Steve Martin

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You forgot hippie.

Damn!
I just got new buisness cards printed!!
This is cost "mo money"!
/

re: #73 Guanxi88

Ever wondered how many times Keith Richards (Sir Keith?) has said, "Hoo hooo" in his career?

I have. Must be in the hundreds.

re: #74 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Some people have a way with words, others have... not way."
-Steve Martin

May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ever wondered how many times Keith Richards (Sir Keith?) has said, "Hoo hooo" in his career?

I have. Must be in the hundreds.

If I managed to bring in that kinda coin, I'd be prepared to say it til my vocal cords and lungs gave out.

re: #77 Kragar (proud to be kafir)

May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?

Oh my goodness!

"Wanna play a trick on a new baby? Talk wrong."

hey, we are known by two things, the company we keep and the company we don't.

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Steve probably knows...

Today offering from the GOP webpage: Modern America - Police State

re: #79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh my goodness!

"Wanna play a trick on a new baby? Talk wrong."

Get that kid a special test!

I still remember when Steve Martin used to be funny.

Here's that quote from "Smitty" at RSM's site comparing him(self) to Hunter S. Thompson:

And thus did the dextrosphere send forth its quixotic champion, the heir to the gonzo pen, His Angus Youngsterness, Robert Stacy McCain.

LOL. And someone over there (Smitty? RSM?) thinks "militate" is a transitive verb.

ROFLMAO.

re: #79 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh my goodness!

"Wanna play a trick on a new baby? Talk wrong."

The obligatory XKCD reference.

re: #82 Killgore Trout

Today offering from the GOP webpage: Modern America - Police State

It's from that same douchebag with all the other Paulestinian bullshit.

re: #82 Killgore Trout

Today offering from the GOP webpage: Modern America - Police State

That's horrible. It looks like the GOP didn't learn anything from the embarrassing community blogs that were constantly being posted at Obama's campaign web site before the election.

Hard to tell them apart. I wish the GOP wouldn't opt in to the same tactics that the left used in the past.

re: #2 gegenkritik

Charles "dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator" Johnson.
Sounds like an honorary title to me.

They forgot "pony-tailed".

re: #84 Cato the Elder

Here's that quote from "Smitty" at RSM's site comparing him(self) to Hunter S. Thompson:

LOL. And someone over there (Smitty? RSM?) thinks "militate" is a transitive verb.

ROFLMAO.

What makes it particularly bad is that the author thinks it's tremendously clever. That's a sure sign of bad work right there.

re: #2 gegenkritik

Wow. Even as an acronym its a sentence-sort of.

re: #86 ArchangelMichael

Yeah, Seem to be the same guy. If they banned him they'd save themselves a lot of embarrassment. The problem is the pic is getting positive comments. Nobody else sees it as stupid.

a dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator

Wow. I'm feeling all... tingly now.

re: #92 OneMonkeysUncle

Wow. I'm feeling all... tingly now.

Chris?

re: #91 Killgore Trout

Yeah, Seem to be the same guy. If they banned him they'd save themselves a lot of embarrassment. The problem is the pic is getting positive comments. Nobody else sees it as stupid.

I agree about the pic and the guy, but there's only two comments to it currently. One's definitly positive, and I suspect the other is as well.

re: #85 thedopefishlives

combined with a "Rick-roll" too? Nice.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

Yeah, Seem to be the same guy. If they banned him they'd save themselves a lot of embarrassment. The problem is the pic is getting positive comments. Nobody else sees it as stupid.

These people need to go back to Lew Rockwell's blog where they belong. They are too extreme even for the Libertarian party. The GOP, and the admins of their crapsite, are complete buffoons catering to this nonsense.

re: #88 The Sanity Inspector

They forgot "pony-tailed".

I almost said "pony-tailed hippie". Shucks.

re: #96 ArchangelMichael

These people need to go back to Lew Rockwell's blog where they belong. They are too extreme even for the Libertarian party. The GOP, and the admins of their crapsite, are complete buffoons catering to this nonsense.

They've got Admins? Really? When did this happen?

/

White stuff falling from the sky...
...Must go investigate...
Should I not return...Remember fondly!
Or...It could be LUNCH!

re: #91 Killgore Trout

Yeah, Seem to be the same guy. If they banned him they'd save themselves a lot of embarrassment. The problem is the pic is getting positive comments. Nobody else sees it as stupid.

They pulled all the photos from the RNC Facebook page. Remember that "miscegenation" image? Well, a Newsweek blog picked up on it:

More RNC Internet Follies: Racist Images on Fan Photo Page

The Republican National Committee just can't catch a break online. Since, as RNC chairman Michael Steele noted, the Internet has been around for a while, the party relaunched their Web site two weeks ago with what it hoped would be a snazzy, eye-catching, hip new design. The site did get a lot of attention, but most of it was searing at best. Detractors skewered the format, especially Steele's embarrasingly titled blog, What Up? which recalled his promise of an "off the hook" PR offensive that would take the GOP to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.” (The blog name was quickly changed.)

With that sideshow going on, perhaps the RNC has forgotten to keep an eye on their Facebook page, where "fans"─members of the Facebook group─can upload their own images. It's hard to put words to just how appalling the above picture, which appears to have been removed in the last hour or so, is: the idea that miscegenation is an anti-American crime, combined with the racist meme of President Barack Obama eating fried chicken and reference to Loving v. Virginia─the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down laws banning interracial marriage─is pretty stunning. The image was posted Tuesday, coinciding with news out of Louisiana that a justice of the peace was refusing to wed a white woman and a black man; Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu were quick to condemn the judge, while critics have pilloried Republican Sen. David Vitter for his tardy and tepid criticism.

[continues]

re: #99 reloadingisnotahobby

White stuff falling from the sky...
...Must go investigate...
Should I not return...Remember fondly!
Or...It could be LUNCH!

OT UPDATE on weather...

Storm appears to be on track for a significant snow event beginning Tue night and lasting through the day on Thu. Some minor differneces in models but the concensus is for a major wintor storm. This will be a long duration event with periods of very heavy snow at times. Snow will begin sometime Tue night with 2-5 inches in the foothills by commute time Wed morning. Snow will also be falling down to the urban corridor. Since roads may warm up today, initial snow may melt and form a layer of ice underneath as more snow falls, so roads could be very slick Wed morning. Heavy snow looks to be on tap for Wed with snowfall rates 2-3 inches per hour at times. The Wed evening commute will be very bad. Fairly strong northeast winds will accompany this system causing blowing and drifting of snow and reduced visibility, making driving even worse. Snow continues Wed night into Thu morning and then begins to let up later in the day on Thu. Heaviest snow periods look to be Wed during the day and again late Wed night into Thu morning. So the Thu morning commute will be very bad as well.

Current storm total snowfall looks to be 18-24 inches in the more favored areas such as Conifer Mtn, Shadow Mtn, 12-18 inches in Conifer, Aspen Park and foothill areas to the east, 10-16 inches in banana belt areas like Pine and Bailey and lower foothills. Urban corridor will see 8-14 inches.

Snow should end by Thu evening, with snow lasting longer towards the NE corner of Colorado. Be advised that there is the potential for some strong westerly winds Thu night and Fri, so with all the fresh snow on the ground, significant blowing and drifting of snow may occur causing very poor visibility, especially in areas like South Park.

Hopefully this storm has been well advertised and everyone is prepared. Hopefully with the colder temps the snow will be light enough that we don't have power problems, but as with any significant winter storm, be prepared for possible power outages.

[Link: www.pinecam.com...]

More on Stacy from the SPLC:

The House Cleaning Continues at The Washington Times

January 17, 2008

This Tuesday, Hatewatch contacted McCain for comment about the managerial changes at the Times. McCain, who then seemed upbeat, told Hatewatch that he felt that newly named executive editor John Solomon was a “stand-up guy.” McCain added, “Of course, the newsroom was shocked by the back-to-back announcements that both Wes Pruden and Fran Coombs were leaving,” and called both men “excellent newspapermen.” He especially praised Coombs — who has his own history of ties to white supremacy — for being “the cog that turned the wheel, the straw that stirred the drink” at the Times.

re: #101 Walter L. Newton
Oh goody!
glad you can stay put Walter...!

re: #101 Walter L. Newton

Be careful out there Walter.

re: #103 reloadingisnotahobby

Oh goody!
glad you can stay put Walter...!

Walter..Do you have a small generator?

re: #21 MandyManners

People such as these *almost* make me embarassed to have been born and raised in the South.

They illustrate what William Faulkner said, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past."

re: #101 Walter L. Newton
Good Luck with all that. I already cancelled my trip to denver for the weekend, turning out to look like a good decision.

Seriously, WTF is up with this?

Cops: Victim lodged in man's windshield

According to police, Swiridowsky hit three pedestrians Sunday around 1:35 a.m. The victims were stopped on the side of the road on Interstate 95 South in Providence to assess the damage caused by an earlier accident.

Two of the three pedestrians suffered major injuries, including Jose Flores, 24, from Central Falls. Police said Flores was impaled in Swiridowsky's windshield.

"I was chasing him. I stopped my car. That's when he got out of his car and I asked him why in front of me," said eyewitness Albert Gonzalez.

They said Swiridowsky drove 1.5 miles, with Flores still lodged in the windshield, before stopping the car and taking off on foot.

OT - Happy Birthday to John Cleese. He's 70 today.

re: #106 The Sanity Inspector

They illustrate what William Faulkner said, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past."

Yes, and, continuing the quote of Quentin "We are a barracks of ghosts."

re: #109 Mad Al-Jaffee

He's not an "ex-Python". He has not "ceased to be".

re: #100 Gus 802

Good. I'm glad to see them get burned by that. There's just no excuse.

re: #111 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He's not an "ex-Python". He has not "ceased to be".

He is not pining for the fjords, nor has he bought the farm.

re: #112 Killgore Trout

Good. I'm glad to see them get burned by that. There's just no excuse.

Yeah, about a day later I tried "reporting" the photo but there was no option for racist of offensive content. Seems like they don't want to police themselves very much. It's one thing to plaster the place with "end the Fed" imagery but anything like that "miscegenation" image is completely out of line.

re: #105 reloadingisnotahobby

Walter..Do you have a small generator?

yes

Here is Stacy claiming the power of the religious right is liberal propaganda:

The demonization of the “Religious Right” was a project developed by Norman Lear and others during the Reagan era, after Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority played such a key role in the 1980 election, and this theme has defined the politics of the Democratic Party ever since.

As a political tactic, it is both amazingly effective and fundamentally false. The Republican Party is chiefly devoted to political policies having nothing specifically to do with evangelical Christianity. Yet there is an entire industry of liberal propagandists who specialize in seeking out various outre pronouncements of “Religious Right” leaders and presenting these views as if they would become firm policy in the next Republican administration. . . .

Vast left-wing conspiracy!1!

re: #3 thedopefishlives

My buzzword detector just exploded.

Same here. The fact is that kooks make these sorts of charges, not even realizing how contradictory they are.

re: #44 Baier

RSM makes myself puke = incorrect.
RSM makes me puke = correct.

Guys, guys...William Safire isn't around anymore to straighten this out for us.

re: #109 Mad Al-Jaffee

OT - Happy Birthday to John Cleese. He's 70 today.

Happy birthday, indeed.

I really enjoy Brown's writing. I must say, the part of his text purposefully aimed at angering neo-confederates is particularly brilliant.

Also, on a non-sequitur note: Mister Johnson, I did not know you had a ponytail. By gosh, you must really be a communist!

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Where do these obscure groups get off calling themselves ' League of the South' ?
I'm from the South, and I've never heard a word about 'em. Anyone else from down here heard of them until now?

re: #119 The Sanity Inspector

Oh, good. I thought he'd croaked.
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a dangerous Neocon pro-war left-globalist secular revolutionary manipulator.

who knew? ;-)

I aspire to have such a long list of adjectives applied to me.

Kudos, Charles.

re: #121 tradewind

Where do these obscure groups get off calling themselves ' League of the South' ?
I'm from the South, and I've never heard a word about 'em. Anyone else from down here heard of them until now?

I'm from the south of Norway, and I've heard of them.

But then, studying racist nut cases is a bit of a hobby of mine.

My favourite part of Brown's articles are - in spite of their brilliance all the way through - his references to Oblivion and Morrowind. Great computer games.

People who support racism, wax nostalgic about slavery and plantations and such are stupid, evil or both. Being called names by such people is a badge of honor. I don't really know much about Robert Stacy McCain, but however good he may appear in some areas of his life, keeping shameful associations is condemning. Defending him while he continues to keep such associations makes his defenders shameful too.

Two points:

Pro-Confederacy means "for a confederation of states" or "pro-states' rights", not pro-racism.

The United States was originally a confederacy under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, ratified in 1781. Pro-Confederacy does not necessarily mean anti-American.

P.S.

"In conclusion, the Confederacy surrendered."
-Barrett Brown

While Gen. R. E. Lee surrendered his army, the Confederacy never surrendered—the issue was moot without an army.