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Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I think I'll go eat worms!
Big fat juicy ones,
Eensie weensy squeensy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm!
Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm!
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm!
I bite off the heads, and suck out the juice,
And throw the skins away!
Nobody knows how fat I grow,
On worms three times a day!
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I think I'll go eat worms!
Big fat juicy ones,
Eensie weensy squeensy ones,
See how they wiggle and squirm!
I actually think its a great idea. A black woman might well be able to win that seat. Sh'es be a great spokesperson to counter Obama with and she'd help defuse the "Racist!" charge the Donks sometimes fling. What's not to like?
I just can't take anything or anyone from Fox seriously. I don't know how those people live with themselves.
It's simple: They produce the things their customers want. Its fairly easy if you can keep your conscience at bay. I've suppressed my misgivings when work demanded it. Quite often, Killgore, a paycheck looks better than the truth. With such bricks is the road to Hell paved.
I actually think its a great idea. A black woman might well be able to win that seat. Sh'es be a great spokesperson to counter Obama with and she'd help defuse the "Racist!" charge the Donks sometimes fling. What's not to like?
Wasn't that the plan behind making Micheal Steele head of the RNC?
Here is some "fine" news from one of the trade journals that I get (US Glass):
Vol 45 No. 1, Jan. 2010
"Meanwhile, this month the American Institute of Architects released its semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, which reported that nonresidential construction spending is expected to decrease by 13.4 percent in 2010."
One suspects that the politicians and the media are lying about "the beginnings of recovery."
And I see a political bloodbath in November, and a 1-term president.
If the worm is getting on Ebay bidding on Dukes of Hazzard action figures, that means there will be less available for me. Back in a minute, must..uh...go read an improving book...yea...
Agreed. But black Republicans and the Log Cabins get a special kind of criticism, as if each is required to be Democrats or liberals. WRONG- Log Cabins, and black Republicans have as much legitimacy as Dixiecrats. Big tent and all.
Agreed. But black Republicans and the Log Cabins get a special kind of criticism, as if each is required to be Democrats or liberals. WRONG- Log Cabins, and black Republicans have as much legitimacy as Dixiecrats. Big tent and all.
I'm criticising one person, Michael Steele. Not all black republicans.
Agreed. But black Republicans and the Log Cabins get a special kind of criticism, as if each is required to be Democrats or liberals. WRONG- Log Cabins, and black Republicans have as much legitimacy as Dixiecrats. Big tent and all.
Agreed. But black Republicans and the Log Cabins get a special kind of criticism, as if each is required to be Democrats or liberals. WRONG- Log Cabins, and black Republicans have as much legitimacy as Dixiecrats. Big tent and all.
Speaking from personal experience, I try to avoid doing such things.
I actually had the pleasure of rooming with that rare beast the Black Republican for the last two and a half years of my stay in college, and didn't even realize he was one till we'd been at it for a year and the 2008 elections came up.
Granted he was one of the sane small government fiscal republicans who would fit in hear, so he was easy to get along with.
Speaking for myself I am confused when people vote against what I percieve to be their own interests, but evidently certain people place certain values higher than I would if I were them, and I try to show them as much respect as possible.
Right, Steele. The country was ready for a black president, but not a black chair of the RNC. That's just a bridge too far.
You have to understand how Steele rolls--one absurd comment after another.
That's exactly why I think SFZ is right-- he probably would make an excellent radio host.
media matters has documented multiple cries of 'my critics are all racist' from Steele, available at the plum line link I gave above.
Agreed. But black Republicans and the Log Cabins get a special kind of criticism, as if each is required to be Democrats or liberals. WRONG- Log Cabins, and black Republicans have as much legitimacy as Dixiecrats. Big tent and all.
I just don't like hearing that Log Cabin Republicans have a lot of influence in the Republican party. Because it isn't true.
I know a couple of gay conservatives, and thankfully they are smart and self-aware about the difference between national party politics and local party politics. They vote for Republicans in Oregon, because Republicans in Oregon tend to make sense, tend to actually stand for conservatism, and tend to not be screaming nutbags who accuse them of fucking dogs and raping children.
I've just noticed lately that when the Republicans nominate or run a black person, it gets the "token" charge.
Yet when the Democrats run black people for office, it's supposedly their grand commitment to diversity.
My good friend is a black conservative man and rarely gets to say so without liberals jumping down his throat for being (gasp) a conservative.
I think it's just the demographics. Black conservatives are pretty rare. At the Tea Party convention there were only two blacks in attendance and both were paid speakers. It's the same thing when the pan the crowd at the Republican convention. Not many non whites in the crowd. I think the problem is accelerating.
Cafferty's criticism is actually the kind of informed, reasoned opinion you're unlikely to hear from Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Doocy, Carlson, Breitbart or most of the other Fox stooges.
I think it's just the demographics. Black conservatives are pretty rare. At the Tea Party convention there were only two blacks in attendance and both were paid speakers. It's the same thing when the pan the crowd at the Republican convention. Not many non whites in the crowd. I think the problem is accelerating.
Damn if if you get much whiter you'll be invisible!
(Paraphrasing the Nostalgia Critic while watching the movie "Cool as Ice")
Michael Steele's "assholery" knows no bounds. It would be evident if he were rainbow that he is incompetent. He won't let anyone forget. I'm sure even his wife reminds him. I'm from MD and I've probably been sick of him longer than most of you.
A friend of mine who's a gay Republican responds to "How can you be a Republican?" with "How can you be a Democrat?" Meaning that the Democrats have always jettisoned gay rights when it was politically convenient, despite the immense amount of energy and activism given to the Democrats and left-wing causes by gays.
He adores Meghan McCain, but he's worried she doesn't actually have the chops to push her agenda and become a big player in the GOP.
Slight tangent-I know of a reservoir of conservative black republicans. Mothers. Law and order conservatives who fear for the safety of their kids on tough neighborhoods. They may not be small gov types, or fire breathing socons, but they got law and order all in order. No drugs, no gangs, and get educated. Great moms.
I just don't like hearing that Log Cabin Republicans have a lot of influence in the Republican party. Because it isn't true.
I know a couple of gay conservatives, and thankfully they are smart and self-aware about the difference between national party politics and local party politics. They vote for Republicans in Oregon, because Republicans in Oregon tend to make sense, tend to actually stand for conservatism, and tend to not be screaming nutbags who accuse them of fucking dogs and raping children.
Anyone here ever seen "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green"? Movie, not cartoon. Ethan's ex-boyfriend is engaged to a Log Cabiner. Much stress.
I also think there's a lot of potential young voters who could become interested in conservatism if there was a little bit of rebranding but the GOP just wants to get older, richer and whiter.
She's my friend and Brookly took a cheap shot at her. I faulted him for doing so, the same way as I faulted Jimmah for flinging snark last night. I'm trying to improve civility and thus reduce flame wars. I'm willing to mind other's business to do so.
Especially Hispanics. Hispanics could have totally enlivened the GOP eight years ago. I thought G. W Bush really was going to make that connection-- I know he did in the election, but the weight of the rest of the party I think ruined any real chances he had during his term to make inroads there.
Sadly true. Wife and I share your sentiment. I have spent some time with the Log Cabins. Very interesting conversations. In California they move some serious campaign cash.
A friend of mine who's a gay Republican responds to "How can you be a Republican?" with "How can you be a Democrat?" Meaning that the Democrats have always jettisoned gay rights when it was politically convenient, despite the immense amount of energy and activism given to the Democrats and left-wing causes by gays.
He adores Meghan McCain, but he's worried she doesn't actually have the chops to push her agenda and become a big player in the GOP.
it's a disgrace generally how gays are treated in this country, but to be used as political fodder by the democrats especially burns me
I also think there's a lot of potential young voters who could become interested in conservatism if there was a little bit of rebranding but the GOP just wants to get older, richer and whiter.
Why? That's correct. When the Republicans got the white Southern influx, you got most of the Dixiecrats in the mix. Strom Thurmond, their former presidential candidate, being amongst them.
She's my friend and Brookly took a cheap shot at her. I faulted him for doing so, the same way as I faulted Jimmah for flinging snark last night. I'm trying to improve civility and thus reduce flame wars. I'm willing to mind other's business to do so.
yeah, your getting yourself a fan club I hear...I'm more of a mind your own business kind of poster...there is moderation here but if you deem yourself some kind of influence then so be it, gives you something to do
Especially Hispanics. Hispanics could have totally enlivened the GOP eight years ago. I thought G. W Bush really was going to make that connection-- I know he did in the election, but the weight of the rest of the party I think ruined any real chances he had during his term to make inroads there.
I find it so strange. I really don't understand why they appear to be so willing to give up that demographic. (I don't understand why they're willing to give up so many demographics, though).
Nate Silver did an excellent demographic analysis of how the GOP could possibly win without the Hispanic vote. The conclusion though is that by 2030 it will be literally impossible to win national office without a sizeable chunk of it.
Especially Hispanics. Hispanics could have totally enlivened the GOP eight years ago. I thought G. W Bush really was going to make that connection-- I know he did in the election, but the weight of the rest of the party I think ruined any real chances he had during his term to make inroads there.
Bush tried, and I think he could have made real headway if there'd been more interest from the party.
I think there's a lot of potential for the Republicans to attract more Jews, blacks and Hispanics. Unfortunately the Republicans aren't interested.
Exactly. And Hispanics are the real X factor here. Jews make up less than 2% of the national population, and blacks are probably lost to the GOP for a while.
But Latinos are 15% of the population and the fastest growing ethnic group. In 40 years, they'll be at 30%.
Letting people like Tancredo define the GOP's position on immigration is insanely self-destructive. Who do you think Tancredo meant when he referred to "people who can't even speak or spell in English"?
How are you a mind your own business poster when you continually jump into the middle of other peoples' conversations? Dude. You did it to DF in this thread.
Why? That's correct. When the Republicans got the white Southern influx, you got most of the Dixiecrats in the mix. Strom Thurmond, their former presidential candidate, being amongst them.
Zell Miller was the last of 'em and he went out threatening to duel a cable news pundit.
Especially Hispanics. Hispanics could have totally enlivened the GOP eight years ago. I thought G. W Bush really was going to make that connection-- I know he did in the election, but the weight of the rest of the party I think ruined any real chances he had during his term to make inroads there.
W and Rove were actually trying to make such inroads. Then the immigration issue came along and the GOP tone turned nativist.
Remember those marches right after of nearly a million people in LA, Chicago and other cities? Which party do you think they feel more comfortable with now?
Gallup has their 2009 Global Perceptions of U.S. Leadership survey up here:
[Link: www.gallup.com...]
Perceptions of U.S. leadership worldwide improved significantly from 2008 to 2009. The U.S.-Global Leadership Project, a partnership between the Meridian International Center and Gallup, finds that a median of 51% of the world approves of the job performance of the current leadership of the U.S., up from a median of 34% in 2008.
...
Significant improvements in sentiment toward U.S. leadership are evident in all four major global regions, with the largest year-over-year increase in approval measured in Europe. Median approval of U.S. leadership increased by 28 percentage points between 2008 and 2009 in this region. A median of 47% approves and a median of 20% disapproves -- the first time disapproval has dropped below 50% in Europe since Gallup first asked the question.
A country by country breakdown can be found here (with a color-coded map widget):
[Link: www.gallup.com...]
It's interesting to see which countries are up significantly and which are down. I can come up with obvious or reasonable explanations for most, but some I don't get. For example Ireland is up 57%(!?) over 2008, while Vietnam is down 27%.
There's a weird kind of fatalism running through a lot of the GOP. It's visible in the unprecedented obstructionism, in the fight to deny AGW, and in the conspiracy theories-- the 'ACORN stole the election' thing. I don't really know where it comes from, but the one thing they don't seem to be able to do right now is to change. They're turning up the dial, but nothing is really changing.
Exactly. And Hispanics are the real X factor here. Jews make up less than 2% of the national population, and blacks are probably lost to the GOP for a while.
But Latinos are 15% of the population and the fastest growing ethnic group. In 40 years, they'll be at 30%.
Letting people like Tancredo define the GOP's position on immigration is insanely self-destructive. Who do you think Tancredo meant when he referred to "people who can't even speak or spell in English"?
Spot on. Latinos are a winnable, big, juicy, demographic for Republicans.
Thomas Walther, who led the investigation that prompted Germany to prosecute Demjanjuk on 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder, disputed some of the 89-year-old's statements about where he was after being seized.
Automatic dismissal of black candidates on the right as 'uncle toms' is wrong; people who do that seem to assume that black people can only be authentic or whatever if they are democrats.
It's the same when some people assume that Jews are only 'real' Jews if they support the most right wing candidates in Israel.
How are you a mind your own business poster when you continually jump into the middle of other peoples' conversations? Dude. You did it to DF in this thread.
I don't tell people what to post...there is a difference, altho I did offer to take LVQs apology once...call me a hypocrit
Yeah. I won't say where he should stick his vote. He's an elderly man, which in some circles washes away many sins.
The Democrats may be whores, but at least with Senator Bird we're whores who get some 100$ stuffed in our panties instead of waking up with an IOU from Liberman, or a Nelson charging us for the pleasure...
it's a disgrace generally how gays are treated in this country, but to be used as political fodder by the democrats especially burns me
That's worse than being used as the bogeyman scare tactic by the elephants? "oh, no, they'll ruin all our straight marriages and molest our children if they teach in our schools."
And I would be a lot happier with a GOP with more Hispanic influence, too-- I think it'd be really health for the GOP to get a strong new influence, a genuinely conservative, definitely valuing what's great about America group of people to challenge some assumptions and provide new thought.
There's a weird kind of fatalism running through a lot of the GOP. It's visible in the unprecedented obstructionism, in the fight to deny AGW, and in the conspiracy theories-- the 'ACORN stole the election' thing. I don't really know where it comes from, but the one thing they don't seem to be able to do right now is to change. They're turning up the dial, but nothing is really changing.
Meh. I can't express it well enough.
I thought that was very well expressed. I wish I had some sort of explanation for the fatalism though. I don't get it, although we see the effects of it all around us.
They're also, in many ways, stuck in some kind of weird timewarp. They appear to think that what worked 30 years ago (socon/religious right/theocrat convergence) is the path back to victory now too-- and that train has sailed, as Austin Powers would say.
hey ice - that Temple Grandin movie was really moving. You're right, she's an amazing person. Funny, it combines two things that are really on my radar - autism and animal decency. Very strange to have them lumped together like that.
There's a weird kind of fatalism running through a lot of the GOP. It's visible in the unprecedented obstructionism, in the fight to deny AGW, and in the conspiracy theories-- the 'ACORN stole the election' thing. I don't really know where it comes from, but the one thing they don't seem to be able to do right now is to change. They're turning up the dial, but nothing is really changing.
Meh. I can't express it well enough.
No, I know what you mean. I think that's feeding a lot of the Tea Party madness.
It's a pity. The GOP is coming into a whole lot of opportunity, day by day. The ONLY thing, short of stuff I don't want to think about, that could have let them back into the game so fast, happened. Obama's got a dead-in-the-water economy. This is like a blessing from God for the Republicans, at least the ones who are still working. They should jump on it, and keep it more Scott Brown, and less Michelle Bachmann.
Why? You're not a Democrat, so why should you care?
don't be silly...I'm not a Republican either, I don't give a shit about party affiliation...and don't really understand those that do...I don't join clubs
The Democrats may be whores, but at least with Senator Bird we're whores who get some 100$ stuffed in our panties instead of waking up with an IOU from Liberman, or a Nelson charging us for the pleasure...
hey ice - that Temple Grandin movie was really moving. You're right, she's an amazing person. Funny, it combines two things that are really on my radar - autism and animal decency. Very strange to have them lumped together like that.
Oh cliffster, I was just thinking of you this AM, because I ran across a piece somewhere that mentioned it in passing-- you were watching the HBO pic on her, I think?
She's really amazing. I think I first ran across her when Oliver Sacks first mentioned her in one of his books.
I definitely want to see the HBO pic now.
Spot on. Latinos are a winnable, big, juicy, demographic for Republicans.
I was tempted to change "are" to "were", but I guess there's still time to right course. If the current nativist rhetoric continues though, there will be at least a generation lost to the GOP.
I was tempted to change "are" to "were", but I guess there's still time to right course. If the current nativist rhetoric continues though, there will be at least a generation lost to the GOP.
Shame and a waste. But hey, my party will be grateful.
it's a disgrace generally how gays are treated in this country, but to be used as political fodder by the democrats especially burns me
Look how the Dems treat gays who leave the leftist plantation. Not very progressive. Its apparently OK for Dems to be openly homophobic as long as the target is a conservative.
Kind of like how African Americans who are conservative immediately get labelled Uncle Tom. Thats such a disgusting part of American Politics. If you are white, you can have whatever political loyalty you like. But for African Americans, if they are not loyal to the Democratic party they can count on lily white leftists saying they aren't black enough. Whatever the hell that means.
Spot on. Latinos are a winnable, big, juicy, demographic for Republicans.
But it seems like the GOP is doing everything they can to piss it away. The nativist anti-immigrant tone as well as far right positions on economic and social welfare issues won't bring in Latino voters.
And the tea partiers are poison when it comes to expanding appeal beyond whites.
That's worse than being used as the bogeyman scare tactic by the elephants? "oh, no, they'll ruin all our straight marriages and molest our children if they teach in our schools."
yes, same thing I guess in that regard, but gays helped BO get elected and he's turned his back on them...of course someone will dispute that
But it seems like the GOP is doing everything they can to piss it away. The nativist anti-immigrant tone as well as far right positions on economic and social welfare issues won't bring in Latino voters.
And the tea partiers are poison when it comes to expanding appeal beyond whites.
The main witness against him is a former Red Army soldier, one the ones who played a cardinal role in the revolt at the death camp. Such soldiers had the highest rate of survival among those who escaped, mostly thanks to their training and their leader, Red Army Lieutenant (later Captain) Alexander Pechersky.
re: #129 jamesfirecat
Yeah, when it comes to draggin' in a grand or so, there's no beating an old grand dragon.
Had Byrd been a Republican, he'd have been tarred and feathered out of the Senate long ago. Instead, mirabile dictu! he gets away with using the N word on the floor.
I did some poking around on CNN and observationalism.com and found the Republican black vote for the last several presidential elections:
1992 10%
1996 12%
2000 9%
2004 11%
2008 4%
I see no clear trend if we ignore the Obama effect for '08. The GOP is not lifting a finger to attract this demographic.
On another point too far up to find again, I don't think black mothers are natural GOP targets. While they may have more interest in law and order, and are temperamentally conservative, they also have more 1st and 2nd hand experience of brazen, hypocrite, thieving, racist, thuggery from police, as a whole. The even-handed local pol will support law and order AND fight police corruption. In the real world, the dems address half; the republicans the other half. I've seen a bit of it in the total difference in how they treat the ladies in my homeowners association vs. brown kids kicking a soccer ball around in the park by my house.
The main witness against him is a former Red Army soldier, one the ones who played a cardinal role in the revolt at the death camp. Such soldiers had the highest rate of survival among those who escaped, mostly thanks to their training and their leader, Red Army Lieutenant (later Captain) Alexander Pechersky.
Ice, I'm in on that. Seen one Lizard fight between folks I like too many. My policy moves from merely updinging calls for calm only to also downdinging personal attacks and coming out for peace among us Lizards. I know some thrive on conflict... Heh "My policy" Not important. One voice in a thousand.
I'm not thin skinned, I just have adequate conflict in my real world past so I avoid it here. My reaction to the blogwars and CJ's hate mail is not anger or righteous indignation. It is nausea.
Yep. There are of course, individual cases where one can see that someone is aligning themselves with a group that some would see as contrary to their identity for reasons that are ultimately not necessarily political, but instead reflect some messed up personal or social issues. But that is unusual and should never be assumed.
Ice, I'm in on that. Seen one Lizard fight between folks I like too many. My policy moves from merely updinging calls for calm only to also downdinging personal attacks and coming out for peace among us Lizards. I know some thrive on conflict... Heh "My policy" Not important. One voice in a thousand.
I'm not thin skinned, I just have adequate conflict in my real world past so I avoid it here. My reaction to the blogwars and CJ's hate mail is not anger or righteous indignation. It is nausea.
Ditto.
There's so much to legitimately get outraged about or angry about in the world; directing it at a bunch of pixels seems a waste, at best.
On the other hand, some folks with no outlet for rage in real life direct it online (I'm thinking about CJ's hatemail, etc.)
The vote on Craig Becker's nomination — the first controversial vote since the Senate Democrats' 60-seat majority shrank by one last week — highlighted the difficulty that Democrats will have trying to push union-friendly legislation through Congress.
Only 52 senators voted to cut off debate on the nomination, eight short of the number needed, and 33 were opposed. Many senators weren't present because of an impending snowstorm.
The president could name the former union lawyer to the board with a "recess appointment," which doesn't require confirmation, while the Senate is on its President's Day break next week.
Still, the vote signals that Obama is in for a tough time pushing labor's agenda.
"It's a statement that anything friendly to organized labor won't get through the Senate as long as Republicans stand together," said Gary Jacobson, an expert on Congress at the University of California at San Diego. "The labor wing of the Democratic Party is not going to get what they were hoping for."
Look how the Dems treat gays who leave the leftist plantation. Not very progressive. Its apparently OK for Dems to be openly homophobic as long as the target is a conservative.
Kind of like how African Americans who are conservative immediately get labelled Uncle Tom. Thats such a disgusting part of American Politics. If you are white, you can have whatever political loyalty you like. But for African Americans, if they are not loyal to the Democratic party they can count on lily white leftists saying they aren't black enough. Whatever the hell that means.
I think that's what called white/hetrosexual/male (insert adjective of choice) privilege. People on both sides of the political divide use it, and it's never pretty. I think anyone claiming that amount of anti-Black or anti-Gay sentiment being expressed on the left is somehow greater than that on the right is on very shaky ground, though.
He was also a true battle leader who took the German principles of close assault and shock tactics and used them against their designers to devastating effect. The rise of men like him was a major factor in the Red Army's ability to turn the tide on the Eastern Front.
Yeah, when it comes to draggin' in a grand or so, there's no beating an old grand dragon.
Had Byrd been a Republican, he'd have been tarred and feathered out of the Senate long ago. Instead, mirabile dictu! he gets away with using the N word on the floor.
Really?
Was the guy who ran for President on a policy of segregation ever tarred and feathred out?
There's a weird kind of fatalism running through a lot of the GOP. It's visible in the unprecedented obstructionism, in the fight to deny AGW, and in the conspiracy theories-- the 'ACORN stole the election' thing. I don't really know where it comes from, but the one thing they don't seem to be able to do right now is to change. They're turning up the dial, but nothing is really changing.
Meh. I can't express it well enough.
There's a lot to it, I think. One small part is being pushed into a corner--the elections of 2006-2008 were their worst since the 1930s, so they adopted sort of a disaster mentality.
Another small part is the fanatical end times element that thinks man has no effect on the planet, so we should just "drill baby drill".
Yeah, when it comes to draggin' in a grand or so, there's no beating an old grand dragon.
Had Byrd been a Republican, he'd have been tarred and feathered out of the Senate long ago. Instead, mirabile dictu! he gets away with using the N word on the floor.
Thurmond served as a Republican from 1964 on and was not noticeably tarred and feathered, despite having run as an independent candidate against integration.
How much snow do you have, Hoops?
I hope Winston wears his little coat when you go out!
A lot of snow tonight.. Winston has learned by now to run under the covers when I go out with the snow shovel..
He may be a dog but he isn't stupid...There is a reason you never see pictures on the Internet of Beverly Hills Chihuahuas doing snow angels during Blizzards...
A lot of snow tonight.. Winston has learned by now to run under the covers when I go out with the snow shovel..
He may be a dog but he isn't stupid...There is a reason you never see pictures on the Internet of Beverly Hills Chihuahuas doing snow angels during Blizzards...
I think anyone claiming that amount of anti-Black or anti-Gay sentiment being expressed on the left is somehow greater than that on the right is on very shaky ground, though.
Strawman. I never said the sentiment from the Left was greater. Only that it exists. And for a political movement that claims to be the Champion of a civil rights movement, it points out what bullshit that claim is when the civil rights take a backseat to political loyalty.
If you are concerned about someones's civil rights, it shouldn't matter what their politics are. If a person's politics get in the way of your concern for their civil rights, it points out what a complete lie that concern really is.
Hey Hoosier how are ya? All we got is rain to let drain. Now I see you still got snow to shovel? Damn we got it easy in SoCal, apart from some folks shoveling mud tonight.
I actually think its a great idea. A black woman might well be able to win that seat. Sh'es be a great spokesperson to counter Obama with and she'd help defuse the "Racist!" charge the Donks sometimes fling. What's not to like?
Well, look how much the left respected Condi Rice and Colin Powell, during the administration of President Satan Incarnate.
re: #179 jamesfirecat
You forgot the obligatory ' nutjob' reference.
Speaking of low-hanging fruit...
Go for the spellcheck before Cato checks in.
Just saying.
Here is some "fine" news from one of the trade journals that I get (US Glass):
Vol 45 No. 1, Jan. 2010
"Meanwhile, this month the American Institute of Architects released its semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast, which reported that nonresidential construction spending is expected to decrease by 13.4 percent in 2010."
One suspects that the politicians and the media are lying about "the beginnings of recovery."
And I see a political bloodbath in November, and a 1-term president.
Foreclosures, both normal and gray have seen a significant increase as well. Commercial paper remains scarce and there is fear of a wave of commercial defaults.
In my opinion the media overplayed the financial weakness that led to the crisis which put Obama in the White House. Now that same media is putting a happy face on the economy for the same basic reason.
The trend works for everyone except Jews. That's why Pat Buchanan is such a paleo-conservative, imho. White Irish Catholics only got their card stamped to be really, truly part of Team Whitey in his lifetime. Now there's some psychology going on in his big round combed over Charlie Brown head.
As the late Jewish scholar Milton Himmelfarb said in the 1950s, "Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans,"
Latinos in the US (florida's cubans excepted) already tend to be somewhat left of center, especially on economic and social justice issues. Only on abortion and a few other religious issues are they more to the right. Rove was wily enough to know this had to be played delicately.
Then the Tancredo-Duncan Hunter crowd came along and screwed that up. And the tea parties can't be helping. Rhetoric like "return us to our great granddaddy's way of doing things" doesn't usually play well with more recent immigrants.
The trend works for everyone except Jews. That's why Pat Buchanan is such a paleo-conservative, imho. White Irish Catholics only got their card stamped to be really, truly part of Team Whitey in his lifetime. Now there's some psychology going on in his big round combed over Charlie Brown head.
As the late Jewish scholar Milton Himmelfarb said in the 1950s, "Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans,"
How did the trend miss me? I (used to) vote like an Episcopalian and I earn like a Puerto Rican.
A lot of snow tonight.. Winston has learned by now to run under the covers when I go out with the snow shovel..
He may be a dog but he isn't stupid...There is a reason you never see pictures on the Internet of Beverly Hills Chihuahuas doing snow angels during Blizzards...
Still, there's that one popular video of the dog that's having a blast in the snow.
Sorry, it's getting late at night, I'm naturally gad with homophones but I'll go back to stritckly obeying the little red "Stop" lines to prevent further mistakes.
(In this collection of geeks, I can't be the only Buffy fan here, can I?)
No, you aren't. I became a fan late in the show's second season and remained so till the end, with the exception of the next to last season, most of which I missed due to work.
yes, same thing I guess in that regard, but gays helped BO get elected and he's turned his back on them...of course someone will dispute that
What should he be doing for gays right now that he's not? If he had barged in the door promising to repeal DADT, like Clinton did, it would have blown up in his face.
And he's certainly appointed more openly gay peeps than any previous prez.
The Jews of those ancient days had imagination, they had dignity, they had ears for sweet sound, they had, above all, the faculty of grandeur. The stupendous music that issued from them has swept their barbaric demonology along with it, setting at naught the collective intelligence of the human species; they embalmed their idiotic taboos and fetishes in undying strains, and so gave them some measure of the same immortality. A race of lawgivers? Bosh! Leviticus is as archaic as the Code of Manu, and the Decalogue is a fossil. A race of seers? Bosh again! The God they saw survives only as a bogey-man, a theory, an uneasy and vexatious ghost. A race of traders and sharpers? Bosh a third time! The Jews are as poor as the Spaniards. But a race of poets, my lords, a race of poets! It is a vision of beauty that has ever haunted them. And it has been their destiny to transmit that vision, enfeebled, perhaps, but still distinct, to other and lesser peoples, that life might be made softer for the sons of men, and the goodness of the Lord God--whoever He may be--might not be forgotten.
-- H. L. Mencken, Damn! A Book of Calumny, 1918
Strawman. I never said the sentiment from the Left was greater. Only that it exists. And for a political movement that claims to be the Champion of a civil rights movement, it points out what bullshit that claim is when the civil rights take a backseat to political loyalty.
If you are concerned about someones's civil rights, it shouldn't matter what their politics are. If a person's politics get in the way of your concern for their civil rights, it points out what a complete lie that concern really is.
Absolutely, and I would speak out about it regardless of who it came from. Privilege can be abused, and so called "allies" are sometimes just as harmfull as declared enemies. Having said that though, time and again in the last half century it's been the Dems who have been pushing forward the rights of civil rights of blacks, women and gays, and the GOP who have been pushing back. Bad behaviour by some on the Democratic side don't overshadow a very real difference in both rhetoric and achievement.
LOL
Poor Winston...He used to think that life was floating around the Swimming pool with daddy listening to music very loud and drinking cold beer...
Apparently there is this whole thing about ice and blizzards in Indiana...
Kicking the dog out to take a poop in the winter has become a real challenge..
Call me crazy but I think what Winston is saying with his eyes is you try taking a shit out here Hoopster...I swear I know where you keep your shoes..
all these thousands of posts...actually I'm not that politically inclined but for the hell of it I will take sides on some issues...but there are fundamental problems in politics at every level in this country...it seems to me that service is not the primary reason to seek office anymore...I've said a dozen times the best job in America is winning a congressional seat...once in, you really don't have to stand for anything as long as you keep an eye on reelection...the nature of it is to forego the means as long as you reach the end for yourself...yourself...my problem is not so much with my nemesis, the liberals, it's with the entire chain of command together with the fact that so many millions of moderate voters of both left and right don't vote, either because they are too lazy or because they are totally turned off by the fringes that get all the airtime and dominate the MSM...elections and seats in govt are big business...a huge business that by nature does not reflect the will of the people, besides the fringe and stupified middle that gets them elected in the first place...govt is out of control, spending and taxation is out of control...it's not left or right, it's federal elected office...these people have hit the jackpot...trillions at stake, personalities to get airtime and influence to buy and sell...it's not about representing and service, it's all about money...our money...who has it, how do they get it and spend it, maneuver for reelection...over and over...they hold all the cards and deal them in their favor...it's more of a game than service or leadership...America is a huge pot of money and fame waiting for the slickest, most clever suit to exploit it, and us
The Jews of those ancient days had imagination, they had dignity, they had ears for sweet sound, they had, above all, the faculty of grandeur. The stupendous music that issued from them has swept their barbaric demonology along with it, setting at naught the collective intelligence of the human species; they embalmed their idiotic taboos and fetishes in undying strains, and so gave them some measure of the same immortality. A race of lawgivers? Bosh! Leviticus is as archaic as the Code of Manu, and the Decalogue is a fossil. A race of seers? Bosh again! The God they saw survives only as a bogey-man, a theory, an uneasy and vexatious ghost. A race of traders and sharpers? Bosh a third time! The Jews are as poor as the Spaniards. But a race of poets, my lords, a race of poets! It is a vision of beauty that has ever haunted them. And it has been their destiny to transmit that vision, enfeebled, perhaps, but still distinct, to other and lesser peoples, that life might be made softer for the sons of men, and the goodness of the Lord God--whoever He may be--might not be forgotten.
-- H. L. Mencken, Damn! A Book of Calumny, 1918
I'm not worried. A hard-working bunch, those Mexicans. As soon as more of them start making a lot of money as is inevitable, the tides will turn ;)
That hasn't been the case with blacks as more of them move into the middle class. And if anti-immigrant nativism rules the day with the GOP, they too will lose Latinos for a long time.
The Face of Battle really changed the entire way I approach military history. Reading it, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Cannot overstate how good it is.
Also, for a single-volume book about WWII, I really really recommend [Link: www.amazon.com...] It emphasizes the mistakes, the errors, the weaknesses of the leaders in really interesting way. It basically shows you the limitation of their views, both in terms of the information they had available to them and their own personalities. He shows the fog of battle as it affected the generals, and evaluates a lot of missed opportunities in a way that's not armchair generalship, but more "We do things differently today, precisely because of shit like this."
re: #175 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes, I mean ' in today's politically correct climate'.
Way back when, years before 2000, Democrats and Republicans were even known to be friendly with one another, sometimes even on the floor of the House and Senate.
Gone are the days.
No, you aren't. I became a fan late in the show's second season and remained so till the end, with the exception of the next to last season, most of which I missed due to work.
Believe me, you didn't miss much. Season Six was teh suck. That didn't stop me collecting it on DVD, of course. I have an entire cabinet devoted to the glory of Joss Whedon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL—NASA officials announced today the successful launch of the new shuttle Moonage Daydream, marking the beginning of a long-anticipated two-week conceptual mission inspired by British rock star David Bowie.
. . .
"These new suits are veneered with a protective silver lamé to complement the multicolored lightning bolts emblazoned across the helmets' sun visors," Ryschkewitsch said. "They've also been updated with several improved components to ensure the team is completely safe when it's time to leave the capsule—if they dare."
The five-member crew is made up entirely of United States Air Force officers and includes Maj. Tom Louis, Maj. Tom Greely, Maj. Tom Ohweiler, Maj. Thomas Sinclair, and Maj. Tom Keenan.
While the mission will primarily study paranoia, decadence, and the fluidity of sexual identity in a zero-gravity environment, additional scientific testing will be conducted during the shuttle's 14-day orbit of Earth.
"One of the experiments we're most excited about will address the effects of Mars-like conditions on several different species of arachnids," NASA biologist Norman Stern said.
Yes, I mean ' in today's politically correct climate'.
Way back when, years before 2000, Democrats and Republicans were even known to be friendly with one another, sometimes even on the floor of the House and Senate.
Gone are the days.
I'm confused. Thurmond served until 2002. You feel something has changed in the last eight years that would make it impossible for an old Republican with a shameful Dixiecrat background to serve in the Senate? (Not that he'd be coming in as a new Senator, obviously.)
It's a start.
Obama is now whining about holds on nominees, when he did the very same thing as a Senator.
This is either great or terrible, depending on your partisan perspective.
In the long run, though, this whole practice of blocking qualified nominees is just one more example of a non-functioning govt. Both parties do it to each other and we end up with broken govt. Hooray?
The Face of Battle really changed the entire way I approach military history. Reading it, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Cannot overstate how good it is.
Also, for a single-volume book about WWII, I really really recommend [Link: www.amazon.com...] It emphasizes the mistakes, the errors, the weaknesses of the leaders in really interesting way. It basically shows you the limitation of their views, both in terms of the information they had available to them and their own personalities. He shows the fog of battle as it affected the generals, and evaluates a lot of missed opportunities in a way that's not armchair generalship, but more "We do things differently today, precisely because of shit like this."
I've taken note of 'Face of Battle'...I'm just finishing Bergerud's 'Touched With Fire' about the ground war in the South Pacific...I look forward to this book you recommend so highly
Hello. Every good Democrat knows those two weren't black enough. /
"Inauthentic" was the word the arbiters of such things used. I'd love to see those people sprint to their anxiety closets after browsing the opinions on offer at Booker Rising.
yes, same thing I guess in that regard, but gays helped BO get elected and he's turned his back on them...of course someone will dispute that
Oh, so just like the black-people-need-to-get-told-how-to-vote-by-the-white-man, gays need to get told how to vote by the straight man.
Cheers, you'll forgive me if I don't do a little song and a dance and take your sage advice to hate everything for no reason. You have Obama Derangement Syndrome worse than anyone else here.
re: #218 HoosierHoops
I have a pair of golden retrievers, same age... one of them runs headlong into the snow and ice we're afflicted with currently, and doesn't even want to come in. The other one digs her feet in and doesn't want anything to do with it.
Just like people.
re: #244 tradewind
Lady GaGa.
I so wanted to not like her. Saw some bad press and an awful red thing she wore.
Then I saw a video that was this controversial wardrobe malfunction. Yawn. But that clip has her talking to her fans at this dirty outdoor arena. Taking to them straight and honest about how cold and muddy is just "suffering for your music", which I do understand.
Yes we music fans will stand in line hot or cold, dirty, drunk, hung over. But we stand and listen and take it all in. I hate her fashion. Her music leaves me cold. I'm no Euro techno fan. But her attitude as to her fans- Beat every punk ass arrogant guitar dude I ever saw at a club.
I'm already hunkered down my friend. We have already got plenty, and it isn't supposed to stop until tomorrow.
I was expecting this since we haven't had a blizzard yet this season. I think we were due.
Pisses me off.. We have been getting slammed and more is to come.. All I asked this year. . Just once in my life.. Was a White Christmas..
I'm still dreaming of a white Christmas...
Just like the kind I've never known
I have a pair of golden retrievers, same age... one of them runs headlong into the snow and ice we're afflicted with currently, and doesn't even want to come in. The other one digs her feet in and doesn't want anything to do with it.
Just like people.
Our German Shepherd mix loved COLD weather. It was the wolf blood, I think. He would try to take incredibly long walks on these mornings when the wind was blowing, and you were about to die.
I always swore that if dogs could sing he would be doing "Oh What A Beautiful Morning".
Before I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong.
One who loves to listen long,
One who thinks before he speaks,
One who'll call, not wait for weeks
.
I pray he's rich and self-employed,
And when I spend, won't be annoyed.
Pull out my chair and hold my hand.
Massage my feet and help me stand.
Oh send a king to make me queen.
A man who loves to cook and clean.
I pray this man will love no other.
And relish visits with my mother.
A MAN'S POEM:
I pray for a deaf-mute gymnast nymphomaniac with
big tits who owns a bar on a golf course,
and loves to send me fishing and drinking. This
doesn't rhyme and I don't give a shit
Good evening, and good evening to everyone else. Busted my ass today so I could work from home tomorrow. My car ain't going anywhere.
I left work early just so I could get home at a decent hour. I needn't have worried, the bus was on time. Say what you will about Cook County, but the roads do get plowed and salted correctly around here.
Oh, so just like the black-people-need-to-get-told-how-to-vote-by-the-w hite-man, gays need to get told how to vote by the straight man.
Cheers, you'll forgive me if I don't do a little song and a dance and take your sage advice to hate everything for no reason. You have Obama Derangement Syndrome worse than anyone else here.
your posts are make believe to serve your own purpose...I have not suggest how gays should vote...but I enjoy your entertainment, sometimes
re: #272 Rightwingconspirator
I like her music. I listen to anything and everything and her music is very entertaining. Shes a star among stars. Thanks to my 12 YO daughter for keeping me up to date on the latest music. I like that "How low can you go?" song by Ludicris too. ha. cracks me up.
Yes, I mean ' in today's politically correct climate'.
Way back when, years before 2000, Democrats and Republicans were even known to be friendly with one another, sometimes even on the floor of the House and Senate.
Gone are the days.
Also gone (or going at least) are the days of a govt. that actually functions. Entitlements, healthcare, immigration, changing global economy--these will eventually turn into crises.
But maybe we shouldn't worry. America has historically been at its best during times of crisis. Everything's great/
Well, look how much the left respected Condi Rice and Colin Powell, during the administration of President Satan Incarnate.
What left are you talking about? Code Pink left? ANSWER left? Dude who makes dreamcatchers in Lahoya out of his Winnebago left? All my friends are hardcore Democrats and they loved Colin Powell. They wanted him to run in 2000, because they didn't like Gore's wooden-wonk act. And Condi was considered by all of my LEFTY MC LEFTERSON SATANIC SOCIALIST BILL AYERS LEFTYFRIENDS to be very smart, very knowledgable, very academic, and the clear intellectual superior of almost everyone else in Bush's cabinet, including Bush himself. And of course she was mimimized and marginalized by Cheney and company.
But just keep on putting words into our mouths. Keep on pretending. Sheesh. 9_9 How come I'm a die-hard Democrat voter and a liberal and I never seen to fill any of these goofyassed stereotypes?
If it makes you feel better I haven't changed all that much in my political views since I was 18. The only difference is that 19 I felt I couldn't be bothered to vote in the midterms (I'm from Maryland its not like it needs one more democratic voter...) and at 20 I just barely managed to get my absentee ballot in the mail in time for it never to be opened since Maryland wasn't even close...
Once I actually experience the harsh cold world outside of the dorm room I'll probably shed some of my idealism...
re: #276 SanFranciscoZionist
So I have one wuss and one ski bum. I still can't figure out how he can stand there on the ice and snow without his paws freezing off.
But just keep on putting words into our mouths. Keep on pretending. Sheesh. 9_9 How come I'm a die-hard Democrat voter and a liberal and I never seen to fill any of these goofyassed stereotypes?
I offer a series of workshops, if you're interested.
Also gone (or going at least) are the days of a govt. that actually functions. Entitlements, healthcare, immigration, changing global economy--these will eventually turn into crises.
But maybe we shouldn't worry. America has historically been at its best during times of crisis. Everything's great/
Once a problem becomes so horrible that we can no longer ignore it, we'll solve it.
Its sort of like in those Japanese monster plans, we need to get curb stomped for a while before we feel things can't get worse and call in Godzilla...
That's pretty much Mencken in a nutshell. However one may laugh at his caustic wit, one's own turn in the cross hairs is not long coming. In my case, as a Southerner, it was The Sahara of the Bozart. Ouch.
A few years ago, I put together a string of posts themed Nice Things Said About Jews, which I invite you to scroll down and browse.
Once a problem becomes so horrible that we can no longer ignore it, we'll solve it.
Its sort of like in those Japanese monster plans, we need to get curb stomped for a while before we feel things can't get worse and call in Godzilla...
by the time you reach 25yrs old things start to clear up, if you pay attention
re: #287 jamesfirecat
You 'll probably hang on to it until you have a mortgage and/or you can see the deductions itemized on your w-2.
It'll be fun when the light snaps on.
Yeah, you probably will. Just limit it to some. Thats the hard part. Both sides of the aisle can use some of that. Not too much just a strong tether to ethics.
Thanks like I may have said before I'm horrible with homonyms and I get worse with them as the night goes on...
No not horrible rather you are adopting a learned helplessness that is a form of avoidance. All you need is a little curiosity to think about the word when you write it, soon you will no longer be 'horrible'.
I left work early just so I could get home at a decent hour. I needn't have worried, the bus was on time. Say what you will about Cook County, but the roads do get plowed and salted correctly around here.
I live in Cook and work in DuPage. It is interesting that the two are microcosms of Democratic v. Republican.
In Cook, the tax rates are outrageous and the budget is out of control, but the city services kick ass. The streets are plowed and the public transportation is pretty good (not great, but good.) In DuPage, the taxes are incredibly low and they run a lean government, but the government services are awful. The streets are a mess in even light snow and you can't get around via bus if your life depended on it.
I would like the choice to be that simple on a national level. But it isn't.
Friendly advice to a college student, here and hear have different meanings.
These threads move too quick to get all nitpicky with spelling and homonyms. If anyone jumps on me for my spelling, I'm going to mercilessly mock them, and also invite them to type on a laptop with a keyboard 2/3rds the size of a normal keyboard, often in low light, on a 5 year old Pentium M that often chokes on LGF during long threads, freezes randomly, queuing up entire sentences and spitting them out on great digital gobbets.
Oh yeah, and whoever got all snarkass on James for not using the spellchecker? Weak sauce. Spellchecker takes almost 15 seconds just to even show up on the screen after I click it, depending on what other programs I have running. I've never used it for that reason.
I've taken note of 'Face of Battle'...I'm just finishing Bergerud's 'Touched With Fire' about the ground war in the South Pacific...I look forward to this book you recommend so highly
I thought Bergerud's _Fire In the Sky_ was a much better volume. Better writing and in my opinion a better overview of the New Guinea and Solomons areas in WW2.
Keegan's single volume _The Second World War_ I also thought was a good coverage of a very complex period. Which really can not get much more than an overview and some picked asides in a single volume anyways.
Anyone have any suggestions for books centering on the PTO? I've read a few, but was curious what else others would suggest.
Mean Moms need to recharge overnight to go on to fight the good fight another day. Here's to an even meaner mom on the morrow.
My little girl is sick tonight. I think it's croup. This is seriously around 10 times in the last 2 months that she's been sick. I'm really second-guessing this pre-school thing. Make her independent, teach her how to socialize, yada yada. Fuck that, she's 3 days on, 1 day off when it comes to the sick.
Loved it. The best Iraq war movie ever. well, so far. I want that woman to get Best Director. Her ex hubbie can win something, anything else for his masterpiece AVATAR.
has anybody watched the 'Hurt Locker'?...I rented it
I watched part of it. I thought it sucked. It was a generic renegade story like Top Gun or Lethal Weapon. Stupid, vapid completely unrealistic and uninteresting. I just didn't get it.
And Condi was considered by all of my LEFTY MC LEFTERSON SATANIC SOCIALIST BILL AYERS LEFTYFRIENDS to be very smart, very knowledgable, very academic, and the clear intellectual superior of almost everyone else in Bush's cabinet, including Bush himself.
Just wondering what color is the sky in your world?
Yes! Hurt Locker is brilliant. Some review I cannot find got the feedback of real army dudes who did what the guys in the movie did. They said it was as real as any war movie ever (maybe better, maybe even with Das Boot.) They quibbled about only some small technical details like the gun fight and ranges and nit picky things.
It is better than AVatar, and I loved Avatar, though that is like comparing an enormous shiny apple to the most seedless and juiciest orangest orange ever, both served to you by a naked Navi of whatever sex you prefer.
I watched part of it. I thought it sucked. It was a generic renegade story like Top Gun or Lethal Weapon. Stupid, vapid completely unrealistic and uninteresting. I just didn't get it.
Well, that proves that there's no accounting for taste.
Loved it. The best Iraq war movie ever. well, so far. I want that woman to get Best Director. Her ex hubbie can win something, anything else for his masterpiece AVATAR.
Well, if he doesn't win anything, he can always drown his sorrows with a 2 billion dollar bottle of scotch.
"Lady Gaga" has a publicity machine that spends more in a month than most Americans earn in 3 or 4 years. I guess it should be no surprise that some people are fooled.
I thought Bergerud's _Fire In the Sky_ was a much better volume. Better writing and in my opinion a better overview of the New Guinea and Solomons areas in WW2.
Keegan's single volume _The Second World War_ I also thought was a good coverage of a very complex period. Which really can not get much more than an overview and some picked asides in a single volume anyways.
Anyone have any suggestions for books centering on the PTO? I've read a few, but was curious what else others would suggest.
I lke the guy so far..he has a work on the Viet Nam era,' Red Thunder, Tropical Lightning' that i will hunt down...I like his style very much
When I was 25 I woke up one morning and looked around at the stems and seeds and empty beer cans. I looked at all of the junk mail for Greenpiece, WWF, Sierra Club and others looking to pickpocket me some more. I looked at my neighbors with nice cars and homes and jet-ski's and boats. And I decided to become what I loathed the most. A capitalist.
My little girl is sick tonight. I think it's croup. This is seriously around 10 times in the last 2 months that she's been sick. I'm really second-guessing this pre-school thing. Make her independent, teach her how to socialize, yada yada. Fuck that, she's 3 days on, 1 day off when it comes to the sick.
Sorry she is feeling tough Cliffster. My 5 year old grandaughter has been sick for months it seems - pre-school and tons of activities. She even went through the H1V1 thing...when feeling well enough to return to school her teacher reported that she stood up in front of her classmates, hands on hips and demanded to know "ok, right now, who gave this to me?!" LOL
I disagree with the Top Gun comparison. The protagonist may be stubborn like the Cruise character in TG, but he's not presented as some sort of hunky poster boy hero.
Indeed, Bigelow makes him a very problematic figure filled with self-destructive tendencies. And the movie doesn't really come across as pro-war.
Loved it. The best Iraq war movie ever. well, so far. I want that woman to get Best Director. Her ex hubbie can win something, anything else for his masterpiece AVATAR.
Not the best movie of the year IMO, but the directing was phenomenal. And yes, it is the best Iraq movie, but there is very little competition in that category.
I watched part of it. I thought it sucked. It was a generic renegade story like Top Gun or Lethal Weapon. Stupid, vapid completely unrealistic and uninteresting. I just didn't get it.
well that's certainly a contrast to think about...we'll see here in a bit
Heh. Avatar doesn't even look interesting enough to me to download a bootleg. I might watch it if it was shown on a flight or something.
Don't say that, KT. I'm going to see it with my wife this Friday as an ersatz v-day. Two little ones.. I get to see a movie with my spouse once every, oh, 5 months. Avatar will be awesome.
Heh. Avatar doesn't even look interesting enough to me to download a bootleg. I might watch it if it was shown on a flight or something.
Supposedly Avatar is aimed right at me, being a big CGI epic with sexay blue alien people. I could not care less.
New Christopher Nolan film? i'm there. New Hughes Brothers film? i'm there. Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton. i'm SO THERE. Hurt Locker does not look interesting to me at all. Neither does Avatar.
When I was 25 I woke up one morning and looked around at the stems and seeds and empty beer cans. I looked at all of the junk mail for Greenpiece, WWF, Sierra Club and others looking to pickpocket me some more. I looked at my neighbors with nice cars and homes and jet-ski's and boats. And I decided to become what I loathed the most. A capitalist.
Best move I ever made.
I know I won't have the exact same conversion because I'm already too much of a cheap bastard to even think about having an expensive vice like drinking or smoking.
That's the upside to my generation, we come with materialism stamped right in the mold!
You really honestly deny that some liberals really dug Condi?
First you said all your friends are hardcore Democrats, then you said all your lefty friends dug Condi. I find it ridiculous for you to claim how all your friends who happen to be hardcore democrats loved Powell and Condi. Yeah right.
First you said all your friends are hardcore Democrats, then you said all your lefty friends dug Condi. I find it ridiculous for you to claim how all your friends who happen to be hardcore democrats loved Powell and Condi. Yeah right.
A lot of the Dems I know liked Condi. Or, at the very least, they respected her.
Yes! Hurt Locker is brilliant. Some review I cannot find got the feedback of real army dudes who did what the guys in the movie did. They said it was as real as any war movie ever (maybe better, maybe even with Das Boot.) They quibbled about only some small technical details like the gun fight and ranges and nit picky things.
It is better than AVatar, and I loved Avatar, though that is like comparing an enormous shiny apple to the most seedless and juiciest orangest orange ever, both served to you by a naked Navi of whatever sex you prefer.
Das Boot was a hell of a movie...I really liked that one...I have not seen Avatar, not at all caught up in the hype
Maybe it's late, but you lost me on that last reference.
I liked Condi and believed her when she said we had a clear exit strategy. Then, not so much. But I've always had a huge amount of respect for her. Much more than most politicians. I've said that here a number of times.
Powell didn't want the job POTUS. I don't know if he would have made a good president, but it would have been interesting to see.
These threads move too quick to get all nitpicky with spelling and homonyms...
You are not a college student making a repetitive mistake, also a typo is different and many pedants will not point them out as they are more a malfunction than a mistake.
First you said all your friends are hardcore Democrats, then you said all your lefty friends dug Condi. I find it ridiculous for you to claim how all your friends who happen to be hardcore democrats loved Powell and Condi. Yeah right.
I guess it's how you define hardcore. I've never voted for a Republican or Independent. I've been to a number of rallies. Is that hardcore? Or just medium core? lol
Where do I sign up? Can I take them on line?
Are there...,,,...tests?
Tests are, like, totally culturally determined, dude. We prefer a more holistic assessment of how you're doing as you move toward becoming a stereotypical liberal.
But I will say that if you have more than five anti-war bumper stickers on your hybrid, it's a good sign.
When I was 25 I woke up one morning and looked around at the stems and seeds and empty beer cans. I looked at all of the junk mail for Greenpiece, WWF, Sierra Club and others looking to pickpocket me some more. I looked at my neighbors with nice cars and homes and jet-ski's and boats. And I decided to become what I loathed the most. A capitalist.
Best move I ever made.
I'm an entrepreneur, a liberal, and I have two nice cars, one of which likes to embarrass muscle cars at stoplights. Though I hate the water, so I'm not buying a boat. And I made a great deal of this money with my own two hands, selling stuff I made (some of it digitally) to people for money. Capitalism!
My little girl is sick tonight. I think it's croup. This is seriously around 10 times in the last 2 months that she's been sick. I'm really second-guessing this pre-school thing. Make her independent, teach her how to socialize, yada yada. Fuck that, she's 3 days on, 1 day off when it comes to the sick.
Not uncommon.
On the other hand, her immune system is probably toughening right up.
Does she like pre-school? Are there other places she could do socializing?
Supposedly Avatar is aimed right at me, being a big CGI epic with sexay blue alien people. I could not care less.
New Christopher Nolan film? i'm there. New Hughes Brothers film? i'm there. Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton. i'm SO THERE. Hurt Locker does not look interesting to me at all. Neither does Avatar.
I'm about the only person I know that hasn't watched Avatar.
re: #354 soap_man
My problem with that was that when I questioned if all the friends really supported Powell and Condi, the reply was that I was doubting that some supported them. Oh I'm sure some supported them. But thats why all and some are two different words.
You are not a college student making a repetitive mistake, also a typo is different and many pedants will not point them out as they are more a malfunction than a mistake.
Well you can take comfort in the fact that spend much more time [roofreading my papers/homework than I do my posts on this form.
When I was 25 I woke up one morning and looked around at the stems and seeds and empty beer cans. I looked at all of the junk mail for Greenpiece, WWF, Sierra Club and others looking to pickpocket me some more. I looked at my neighbors with nice cars and homes and jet-ski's and boats. And I decided to become what I loathed the most. A capitalist.
Best move I ever made.
NOOO! You got dragged into Room 101 and indoctrinated into THE SYSTEM!
Yes! Hurt Locker is brilliant. Some review I cannot find got the feedback of real army dudes who did what the guys in the movie did. They said it was as real as any war movie ever (maybe better, maybe even with Das Boot.) They quibbled about only some small technical details like the gun fight and ranges and nit picky things.
It is better than AVatar, and I loved Avatar, though that is like comparing an enormous shiny apple to the most seedless and juiciest orangest orange ever, both served to you by a naked Navi of whatever sex you prefer.
After I watched it, I googled the reviews and stumbled upon an asinine review on HuffPo. The reviewer, and all those who commented, tore it apart for little details here in there. But what they were really saying "I am shocked, shocked I say, that someone made a movie about Iraq that is not critical of the politics. I'm deeply offended."
And then their monocles fell out in all of their horror.
Tests are, like, totally culturally determined, dude. We prefer a more holistic assessment of how you're doing as you move toward becoming a stereotypical liberal.
But I will say that if you have more than five anti-war bumper stickers on your hybrid, it's a good sign.
My problem with that was that when I questioned if all the friends really supported Powell and Condi, the reply was that I was doubting that some supported them. Oh I'm sure some supported them. But thats why all and some are two different words.
Supported politically, no. But liked and respected. What do you want from an opposing party? Are there any Dems you feel that way about? It's not really very usual thing.
Liked Powell and Rice. Read Condi's biography. I hope she is the NFL commissioner someday. Oh and I'm a lib.
I read Powell's biography and respect him tremendously. Same with Condi. A stint in the State Department seems to ruin everybody's rep. Wonder what it will do to Hillary?
On the other hand, her immune system is probably toughening right up.
Does she like pre-school? Are there other places she could do socializing?
I hope you're right. As to whether she likes it, she goes Tuesday thru Thursday. Every morning, she wakes up and immediately asks, "am I going to school today???" Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we have to let her down gently.
You are not a college student making a repetitive mistake, also a typo is different and many pedants will not point them out as they are more a malfunction than a mistake.
Yep. It's late. Guinness has taken its toll. In other words, it's made life better (momentarily). But then again I'm Maudite, so who knows? G'nite gang. Be well and be blessed.
I read Powell's biography and respect him tremendously. Same with Condi. A stint in the State Department seems to ruin everybody's rep. Wonder what it will do to Hillary?
You are not a college student making a repetitive mistake, also a typo is different and many pedants will not point them out as they are more a malfunction than a mistake.
I have dyslexia and make typos quite often. It's kind of embarrassing, but it happens.
Tests are, like, totally culturally determined, dude. We prefer a more holistic assessment of how you're doing as you move toward becoming a stereotypical liberal.
But I will say that if you have more than five anti-war bumper stickers on your hybrid, it's a good sign.
Must be a Prius. If you drive a Lexus GS450h, you're a poser.
When I was 25 I woke up one morning and looked around at the stems and seeds and empty beer cans. I looked at all of the junk mail for Greenpiece, WWF, Sierra Club and others looking to pickpocket me some more. I looked at my neighbors with nice cars and homes and jet-ski's and boats. And I decided to become what I loathed the most. A capitalist.
After I watched it, I googled the reviews and stumbled upon an asinine review on HuffPo. The reviewer, and all those who commented, tore it apart for little details here in there. But what they were really saying "I am shocked, shocked I say, that someone made a movie about Iraq that is not critical of the politics. I'm deeply offended."
And then their monocles fell out in all of their horror.
The HuffPo still has a fair number of lefty assholes like that.
Note: Not all liberals are assholes, but the sort of doctrinaire liberals described by soap_man are often assholes
I'm an entrepreneur, a liberal, and I have two nice cars, one of which likes to embarrass muscle cars at stoplights. Though I hate the water, so I'm not buying a boat. And I made a great deal of this money with my own two hands, selling stuff I made (some of it digitally) to people for money. Capitalism!
boats are good for having sex on them...otherwise they are a big hassel...I had a 26ft Hunter for a few years...I was always horny when I got near that thing
First you said all your friends are hardcore Democrats, then you said all your lefty friends dug Condi. I find it ridiculous for you to claim how all your friends who happen to be hardcore democrats loved Powell and Condi. Yeah right.
I knew and know a lot of 'hardcore Democrats', my own parents included, who admire them both very much. That's so amazing? Condi was involved in the Soviet Jewry movement way back.
First you said all your friends are hardcore Democrats, then you said all your lefty friends dug Condi. I find it ridiculous for you to claim how all your friends who happen to be hardcore democrats loved Powell and Condi. Yeah right.
Not every single one of them. The ones I talk to about politics? yes. I have a 9/11 truther as a frined, who doesn't support Condie.
I would say of all of my core Dem friends, it runs about 75%/25%. Because my friends who talk about politics, tend to be very aware of REAL politics, and not this bumper-sticker nonsense that passes for political discourse. People who are curious about campaign funding, about who the activist base is during a campaign, how they're mobilized, who the strategists are, what decisions they're making, , who pay attention to who's getting more play in a president's cabinet.
You're making silly broad brush statements, and then I challenge you on them, and then you walk it back. It happens a lot here!
I read where the star of the film went drinking with some real EOD guys who saw the film. They were grateful to the man who showed their families what the job was like. Not in detail, but in essence, the more important part by far. The movie expressed what they simply could not with mere words. they insisted, they who served also buy the drinks. Made my hair stand up with pride for all concerned there.
I read Powell's biography and respect him tremendously. Same with Condi. A stint in the State Department seems to ruin everybody's rep. Wonder what it will do to Hillary?
She's the only one in the administration whose stock has actually gone up recently. As a Dem who supported Obama, I'm starting to feel I should have just held my nose and voted for Hillary.
As for Condi and especially Powell, they may have been the only ones, but quite a few liberals actually did respect them.
Perhaps but they had a funny way of showing that alleged respect. Then again, had any dem shown overt respect or support for anyone in the Bush administration they would have kicked to the curb. Quiet respect is pretty empty. It shows a lack of conviction.
Not a hybrid. An electric. Hybrid means two power plants connected to the same drivetrain, an electric plant, and a gas engine.
Also inferior to a Lotus Elise, which is the car it's based on. Way heavier and less reliable than the solid as a rock Celica GTS engine in the base Elise.
Stopping production of the Roadster could could present a problem, because it means Tesla won’t have any cars to sell — and no revenue coming in.
“As a result, we anticipate that we may generate limited, if any, revenue from selling electric vehicles after 2011 until the launch of the planned model S,” the company says in the SEC filing. That may not be a problem if S production starts on plan and goes off without a hitch, but if Tesla hits any snags, things could get ugly fast — a point it concedes in the filing.
“The launch of the Model S could be delayed for a number of reasons and any such delays may be significant and would extend the period in which we would generate limited, if any, revenues from sales of our electric vehicles.”
The move amounts to killing the car that made Tesla famous for the sake of the Model S. Tesla better hope everything goes according to plan, or it surely will regret that decision.
Seriously - my tax money goes to a company that is going to stop producing their product for over a year. I don't get it.
I'm about the only person I know that hasn't watched Avatar.
Or any of the Twilight movies.
I'll wait for DVD for Avatar. Or maybe take the husband for his birthday. Our budget is ridiculously tight right now, but my mom wants to give me some cash to take him out for his B-Day.
Twilight--I don't know. All my female students and a few of the boys are INTO it. I think maybe I'll read the books over the summer.
IMHO, if you care enough to post, you should at least make an effort on your spelling. English as a second, third or fourth language writers get a pass on spelling. Otherwise, I view it as laziness.
Your mileage may vary!
Not a hybrid. An electric. Hybrid means two power plants connected to the same drivetrain, an electric plant, and a gas engine.
Also inferior to a Lotus Elise, which is the car it's based on. Way heavier and less reliable than the solid as a rock Celica GTS engine in the base Elise.
I tried getting in and out of an Elise once. It is less trouble to lay on the ground and get under my truck than fold up and get over the door hump in that thing. Still, you gotta respect that old school Calvinist stiff upper lip British ergonomics.
The HuffPo still has a fair number of lefty assholes like that.
Note: Not all liberals are assholes, but the sort of doctrinaire liberals described by soap_man are often assholes
Most of my friends are liberal, as I am young and live in Chicago. Most are very thoughtful and can defend their beliefs and positions quite well.
But my best friend qualifies as a "liberal asshole." We got into an argument after the Super Bowl about the SCOTUS corporations/political advertisement decision. His argument was nothing more than "corporations are bad." I told him that I'm fine with him disagreeing with me, but he should make a cohesive argument. He then called me a dick.
It's a shame really, because with the exception of politics, he is a hell of a nice guy.
Perhaps but they had a funny way of showing that alleged respect. Then again, had any dem shown overt respect or support for anyone in the Bush administration they would have kicked to the curb. Quiet respect is pretty empty. It shows a lack of conviction.
Sure, but it's a 2-way street. In 10 years I'm sure we'll be hearing about lots of conservatives (Joe Wilson et al.) who claim to have really respected Obama, but had a really funny way of showing it.
I have dyslexia and make typos quite often. It's kind of embarrassing, but it happens.
Your case would be different then, would it not? Also note the difference between a typo, which is an unforced error, and just confusion over the spelling of words. In this here case I commented on the second such occasion of hear.
Tests are, like, totally culturally determined, dude. We prefer a more holistic assessment of how you're doing as you move toward becoming a stereotypical liberal.
But I will say that if you have more than five anti-war bumper stickers on your hybrid, it's a good sign.
IMHO, if you care enough to post, you should at least make an effort on your spelling. English as a second, third or fourth language writers get a pass on spelling. Otherwise, I view it as laziness.
Your mileage may vary!
Sorry, I wildly disagree. Threads here move too fast for me to make my old Tabet PC chug for five minutes, and I think I'm pretty easy to understand. I was a spelling bee champion, I know how to spell. I just can't type like a secretary on this teeny little machine. I'd rather the idea got out there, than to whinge over the factI dropped a vowel.
re: #407 WindUpBird
Apparently I have to remind you what you wrote upthread
..All my friends are hardcore Democrats and they loved Colin Powell. They wanted him to run in 2000, because they didn't like Gore's wooden-wonk act. And Condi was considered by all of my LEFTY MC LEFTERSON SATANIC SOCIALIST BILL AYERS LEFTYFRIENDS to be very smart, very knowledgable, very academic, and the clear intellectual superior of almost everyone else in Bush's cabinet, including Bush himself.
When I called you out on the "all" word, your reply is
Not every single one of them.
and then you accuse me of making silly broad brush statements. Move the goal posts much?
A college student comes home from school with Straight A's and says her roomate got straight C's. She then proceeds to espouse newly head political views about the unfairness of the economic system and how the government needs to do more about it. Her parents (who have worked hard to pay for her education) don't appreciate.
Her father says, well, it doesn't seem fair that your roommate got straight C's when she worked as hard as you did. How about we average your grades and each of you get's straight B's.
The student is outraged stating that she "earned" those A's.
Her father responds: "Welcome to the Republican Party."
From back when economics seemed important to any party.
Your case would be different then, would it not? Also note the difference between a typo, which is an unforced error, and just confusion over the spelling of words. In this here case I commented on the second such occasion of hear.
Oh, no, I wasn't getting on you about anything. I agree with what you said.
I'm just a tad touchy about the criticisms about others poor typing. Sometimes there is a good reason for it, yet people are often a little embarrassed to discuss learning disabilities.
I'm just watching the Simpsons and its an old rerun, the episode where Homer gets his a heart transplant...
"Don't worry Marge, America's healthcare system is second only to Britain, Canada, France, Norway... well most of Europe, but you can think your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!"
The sad thing is that this joke was written about 2 decades ago and yet to me it doesn't ring any less true...
I liked that one. I grew up around old men who'd fought at Stalingrad, so it was very interesting to me for that alone. I liked the way they showed the ethnic range of the Soviet forces, and the use of women as snipers.
Thought it was well done.
When the then-boyfriend and I went, we ran into a friend coming out of the last showing. He looked kind of frazzled. Told me that he'd been aware that there was a battle at Stalingrad, but he thought it lasted 'couple of days, or a week or something'.
I tried getting in and out of an Elise once. It is less trouble to lay on the ground and get under my truck than fold up and get over the door hump in that thing. Still, you gotta respect that old school Calvinist stiff upper lip British ergonomics.
It's not about ergonomics, it's about the lightest, most pure sports car you can buy. Ergonomics are for comsumer passenger cars, not mid-engined aluminum tub 2000 lb track cars. :D
I have dyslexia and make typos quite often. It's kind of embarrassing, but it happens.
A dyslexic friend I had in college is now a professor at an Ivy League University. I say that in the spirit of encouragement, not reproach, in case it comes across wrong.
She's the only one in the administration whose stock has actually gone up recently. As a Dem who supported Obama, I'm starting to feel I should have just held my nose and voted for Hillary.
Apparently I have to remind you what you wrote upthread
and then you accuse me of making silly broad brush statements. Move the goal posts much?
You are weak sauce, whining like a kid about the fact that your broad brush statement was pounded flat by a number of liberal posters here. This conversation is terminated. :)
A college student comes home from school with Straight A's and says her roomate got straight C's. She then proceeds to espouse newly head political views about the unfairness of the economic system and how the government needs to do more about it. Her parents (who have worked hard to pay for her education) don't appreciate.
Her father says, well, it doesn't seem fair that your roommate got straight C's when she worked as hard as you did. How about we average your grades and each of you get's straight B's.
The student is outraged stating that she "earned" those A's.
Her father responds: "Welcome to the Republican Party."
From back when economics seemed important to any party.
It's still a good joke, too. How go things in the Far West Suburbs? Are you getting as much snow as I am?
right...who gives a shit about electric cars?...I want a Camaro (BAD)
Man, I had a Camaro in the 1980s. Biggest piece of shit I ever drove. A V-8 with 145 hp. And they actually offered two LESS powerful engines. Total joke all the way around. Have only driven Japanese and German since then.
Perhaps but they had a funny way of showing that alleged respect. Then again, had any dem shown overt respect or support for anyone in the Bush administration they would have kicked to the curb. Quiet respect is pretty empty. It shows a lack of conviction.
What exactly are you envisioning people doing, and who are we talking about here? Members of Congress? WUP's friends?
And can I then ask for an example of across-the-aisles respect from Republicans to the Obama administration?
also picking semantics, its a good hint you're in trouble, discussion-wise.
You used "all" more than once to make a bold point. Then you backed off all and used "some" to convert your ridiculous statement toi something more reasonable. If you had some "some" I wouldn't have objected one bit. But then, your point would have been much diluted. If that is mere semantics, whatever.
Man, I had a Camaro in the 1980s. Biggest piece of shit I ever drove. A V-8 with 145 hp. And they actually offered two LESS powerful engines. Total joke all the way around. Have only driven Japanese and German since then.
Another old joke...
"Its a good thing we won WW2, otherwise we'd all be driving Japanese and German cars and using German and Japanese computers!"
A dyslexic friend I had in college is now a professor at an Ivy League University. I say that in the spirit of encouragement, not reproach, in case it comes across wrong.
I do a lot of writing at work and I am held in high regard by my boss. She doesn't mind my occasional fuck ups. I also have a co-worker who proofs or me. She's a nice gal.
Your case would be different then, would it not? Also note the difference between a typo, which is an unforced error, and just confusion over the spelling of words. In this here case I commented on the second such occasion of hear.
Can we be the spelling Nazi's?
I'd kick ass in some thigh high boots!
I liked that one. I grew up around old men who'd fought at Stalingrad, so it was very interesting to me for that alone. I liked the way they showed the ethnic range of the Soviet forces, and the use of women as snipers.
Thought it was well done.
When the then-boyfriend and I went, we ran into a friend coming out of the last showing. He looked kind of frazzled. Told me that he'd been aware that there was a battle at Stalingrad, but he thought it lasted 'couple of days, or a week or something'.
There was a book of collected war dispatches out in the past two years, A Writer At War, by the Soviet war correspondent Vassily Grossman, which I recommend.
Mizz Rotham-hyphen-Clinton can't give a campaign speech to save her life and has very little appeal to independents. Like Ru Ron Paul, she has a smallish number of devout followers instead of a large number who just sorta like her enough to vote for her. She will never be president.
I liked that one. I grew up around old men who'd fought at Stalingrad, so it was very interesting to me for that alone. I liked the way they showed the ethnic range of the Soviet forces, and the use of women as snipers.
Thought it was well done.
When the then-boyfriend and I went, we ran into a friend coming out of the last showing. He looked kind of frazzled. Told me that he'd been aware that there was a battle at Stalingrad, but he thought it lasted 'couple of days, or a week or something'.
I liked it too. i saw it in the theater when it came out. My only quibble was that the artillery rail car shown had T-34/85 turrets and that the T-34s shown were T-34/85s (which were not in service till 1944, more than a year after the battle ended). But thats just a minor quibble, since hey did use T-34s to portray T-34s and the German tank used was an actual Pazer Mark III. The attention to detail in the movie was very impressive.
It's not about ergonomics, it's about the lightest, most pure sports car you can buy. Ergonomics are for comsumer passenger cars, not mid-engined aluminum tub 2000 lb track cars. :D
Sorry, I wildly disagree. Threads here move too fast for me to make my old Tabet PC chug for five minutes, and I think I'm pretty easy to understand. I was a spelling bee champion, I know how to spell. I just can't type like a secretary on this teeny little machine. I'd rather the idea got out there, than to whinge over the factI dropped a vowel.
You are missing the point. First, you rarely make the same typo twice, the next time it would be tablet. Twice in a row and you may earn a comment worthy of your mockery, though I find it remarkable you can type at all in that outfit and under those conditions.
I think Hillary would be stonewalled as well. The repubs have hated her longer.
True, but I also think she would have gone in clear on what the deal was. Obama, I think, had some idea that he was going to have a brand new approach, and everything would be different.
Hillary knows where the bodies are buried, and how the sausage is made. It wouldn't have been perfect, but it might have been a little different.
I think Hillary would be stonewalled as well. The repubs have hated her longer.
I think after this administration, people realize how much more qualified she is. I think she is much more repected now. Congress might actually breathe a sign of relief, if she were to gain the office.
Mizz Rotham-hyphen-Clinton can't give a campaign speech to save her life and has very little appeal to independents. Like Ru Ron Paul, she has a smallish number of devout followers instead of a large number who just sorta like her enough to vote for her. She will never be president.
You are weak sauce, whining like a kid about the fact that your broad brush statement was pounded flat by a number of liberal posters here. This conversation is terminated. :)
Some of us remember the thinly veiled racist attacks aimed at Condi from the left on a regular basis when she was in the Bush Administration. Just because you and a few others want to forget that ugliness doesn't make it go away. If there was any support or respect for her from the left at the time, it was from cowards who were too afraid to speak up.
My little girl is sick tonight. I think it's croup. This is seriously around 10 times in the last 2 months that she's been sick. I'm really second-guessing this pre-school thing. Make her independent, teach her how to socialize, yada yada. Fuck that, she's 3 days on, 1 day off when it comes to the sick.
Croup has such a scary sound. That barking cough.
Ten times in two months is a lot of sick. I hope she builds up a defense against those school cooties, and fast.
Some of us remember the thinly veiled racist attacks aimed at Condi from the left on a regular basis when she was in the Bush Administration. Just because you and a few others want to forget that ugliness doesn't make it go away. If there was any support or respect for her from the left at the time, it was from cowards who were too afraid to speak up.
What the heck? I, and some others, have been talking about our opinion of Condi and that of other Democrats we know. No one has made any statement about people other than those we can personally report on.
Now, if you want to cite some of those thinly veiled racist attacks, go right ahead, and we'll be happy to call the people who came out with those assholes.
But the fact is, both Condi Rice and Colin Powell are among the more popular people connected with the Bush administration among most of the Democrats I know. If you absolutely can't accept that, OK.
Soon enough I won't smell good enough for a library.
Ho, ho! You haven't spent enough time in one. A warm, dry public space with comfortable chairs, magazines, books, and yes internet? And all for free? And not only does Judge H. Lee Sarokin say that the homeless can live there, but the ACLU says the librarians have to bring them breakfast and firewood? (/ sarc that bit, somewhat.)
Seriously, consider it. And let us help you out in some way, if possible. You're too crusty to go down w/o a fight.
Some of us remember the thinly veiled racist attacks aimed at Condi from the left on a regular basis when she was in the Bush Administration. Just because you and a few others want to forget that ugliness doesn't make it go away. If there was any support or respect for her from the left at the time, it was from cowards who were too afraid to speak up.
The answer may be this: None of WindUpBird's no doubt kindhearted friends are Dem operatives or MSM reporters & pundits.
Some of us remember the thinly veiled racist attacks aimed at Condi from the left on a regular basis when she was in the Bush Administration. Just because you and a few others want to forget that ugliness doesn't make it go away. If there was any support or respect for her from the left at the time, it was from cowards who were too afraid to speak up.
Again, it's a 2-way street. And those "thinly veiled racist attacks" pale in both number and viciousness to what we've seen from many on the right over the past year.
What the heck? I, and some others, have been talking about our opinion of Condi and that of other Democrats we know. No one has made any statement about people other than those we can personally report on.
Now, if you want to cite some of those thinly veiled racist attacks, go right ahead, and we'll be happy to call the people who came out with those assholes.
But the fact is, both Condi Rice and Colin Powell are among the more popular people connected with the Bush administration among most of the Democrats I know. If you absolutely can't accept that, OK.
There's like an entire liberal straw man subdivision being built for people here to wage war against. It's become very stupid, very frustrating, and very polarizing. And I can either go into full internet insult-comic funster mode, or I can ignore them. I'm gonna choose to ignore them.
The people who dislike Hillary most never doubted her qualification. At least I don't think so.
It wasn't her qualifications at all. It was that she would have been just as, if not more, divisive than Bush. We hoped things would be different with Obama--less baggage and all.
But now that things are just as polarized with Obama, we might as well have had the experienced ballsy Hillary in the first place.
There's like an entire liberal straw man subdivision being built for people here to wage war against. It's become very stupid, very frustrating, and very polarizing. And I can either go into full internet insult-comic funster mode, or I can ignore them. I'm gonna choose to ignore them.
thanks, I appreciate that...arguing with liberals is a pain in the ass
There's like an entire liberal straw man subdivision being built for people here to wage war against. It's become very stupid, very frustrating, and very polarizing. And I can either go into full internet insult-comic funster mode, or I can ignore them. I'm gonna choose to ignore them.
No, please don't stifle yourself! This is one of the few forums on the web where intelligent, informed, & honest conservatives and liberals can interact on a fairly even footing. It's like an 80/20 ratio either way, elsewhere.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
-- Proverbs 27:17
I'll gladly sustain a few lumps in exchange for broadening my horizons.
No, please don't stifle yourself! This is one of the few forums on the web where intelligent, informed, & honest conservatives and liberals can interact on a fairly even footing. It's like an 80/20 ratio either way, elsewhere.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
-- Proverbs 27:17
I'll gladly sustain a few lumps in exchange for broadening my horizons.
I only know that quote because it was used in Burn Notice...
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Dylan is always in my head.
Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started.
But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up.
She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted.
She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt."
"How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies."
Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn."
Cato, I hope you can find a way to drop by at times. But if we do not correspond again, I want to say that you're a good man and I'm glad to have known you.
You're not going to believe this, but I was over at cakewrecks, and they were making fun of cupcake cakes!
Can you believe it!
What's next, making fun of doughnuts?
It's the doughnut holes I don't get. I think they should give them away for free. I mean otherwise they'd just throw them away. We're saving them a lot on their trash bill just by taking them off their hands.
I really thought someone would be interested in my Michael Lerner conference, at least for ragging purposes. It looks like it will be a full-scale riot.
I really thought someone would be interested in my Michael Lerner conference, at least for ragging purposes. It looks like it will be a full-scale riot.
As you know, I've been on a Sci-Fi binge for the last few months. Who is Michael Lerner and what is the conference about?
Cato, I hope you can find a way to drop by at times. But if we do not correspond again, I want to say that you're a good man and I'm glad to have known you.
I'll also say his for the state of Illinois, they got me my state refund in only 7 days. It arrived today, and most of it was promptly used to pay a credit card bill (though I had enough to pay that bill anyway).
I'll also say his for the state of Illinois, they got me my state refund in only 7 days. It arrived today, and most of it was promptly used to pay a credit card bill (though I had enough to pay that bill anyway).
The crooks are not stupid enough to piss-off the votes by screwing with their refund checks. That would cost votes.
As you know, I've been on a Sci-Fi binge for the last few months. Who is Michael Lerner and what is the conference about?
Michael Lerner is a moonbatty spiritual leader, (Renewal Rabbi), editor of Tikkun Magazine, and founder of the Progressive Spiritual Network. He's organizing, well, THIS.
Strategy Conference of Liberals and Progressives
Support Obama to BE the Obama You Voted For
Strategy Conference of Liberals and Progressives
S.F. Feb. 15
D.C. June 11-14
Constitutional Amendments to Restrain Corporate Power and Require Corporate Social Responsibility
Support Obama to BE the Obama Americans Thought They Elected
Other Strategies for the years ahead
I'd go, except that I don't have twenty bucks to waste, and also I used to work for Michael, for four months, and also I have an allergic reaction to him, Peter Gabel and Medea Benjamin.
It's a pity. I would have liked to meet Swami Beyondananda.
I'll also say his for the state of Illinois, they got me my state refund in only 7 days. It arrived today, and most of it was promptly used to pay a credit card bill (though I had enough to pay that bill anyway).
At least they give us real money, instead of IOUs like CA.
Why don't you start a blog, and live off the ad revenue? Appropriate a laptop and a wireless card and document your travels in your own special way.
"The Cross-Country Curmudgeon"
He speeds through the byways and highways of America, with his Sarah Palin blow-up doll by his side, Latin epigrams and venom dripping from his tongue...
He speeds through the byways and highways of America, with his Sarah Palin blow-up doll by his side, Latin epigrams and venom dripping from his tongue...
Michael Lerner is a moonbatty spiritual leader, (Renewal Rabbi), editor of Tikkun Magazine, and founder of the Progressive Spiritual Network. He's organizing, well, THIS.
Strategy Conference of Liberals and Progressives
Support Obama to BE the Obama You Voted For
Strategy Conference of Liberals and Progressives
S.F. Feb. 15
D.C. June 11-14
Constitutional Amendments to Restrain Corporate Power and Require Corporate Social Responsibility
Support Obama to BE the Obama Americans Thought They Elected
Other Strategies for the years ahead
I'd go, except that I don't have twenty bucks to waste, and also I used to work for Michael, for four months, and also I have an allergic reaction to him, Peter Gabel and Medea Benjamin.
It's a pity. I would have liked to meet Swami Beyondananda.
Its only $20? What happened to Liberal Elitist standards?
True that. But our state is not as loopy as Cali. More corrupt but also more prone to contact with reality.
Reminds me of that old joke from Conan: "If the U.S. is a family, California is that jackass cousin that show up at the reunion and makes a fool of himself. All the parents warn about him. 'Now study hard in school because you don't to end up like cousin California.'"
He then does an impression of California. I wish I know where it was, since it really illustrates the quote.
I'm gonna have to check out. Night all. And Cato - here's the Irish proverb that my dad had hanging in our kitchen when I was a little dude:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
I'm not, y'know, saying that to you, but, you know.
I'm gonna have to check out. Night all. And Cato - here's the Irish proverb that my dad had hanging in our kitchen when I was a little dude:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
I'm not, y'know, saying that to you, but, you know.
Dude, that's the hym my Presbyterian church closes every Sunday with...
I want to wish you well.
I also want you to stay in touch with Walter.
You're an edumacated adult, you will make the best the best decisions available to you.
{{{Cato}}}
Be well, my friend.
Hi Floral Giraffe, all is well with the world, but I fear for the grammar and syntax in this bit of cyber space should we be deprived of Cato for very long.
Things are basically quiet, so I'll sign off too. Sleep well all, and Cato, you make sure you stop by at times. You are liked and respected here and we don't want to be without you entirely.
Things are basically quiet, so I'll sign off too. Sleep well all, and Cato, you make sure you stop by at times. You are liked and respected here and we don't want to be without you entirely.
The silences deafens!
We can use it as a moment of silence for Cato's departure.
I'm going to get in my car when this snowstorm is over and drive until the gas runs out. Then I start walking.
With all respect, there's something in the subtext of your posts that doesn't compute... I hope it's just a bad case of February Blues and nothing more serious. But whatever is going on, may you see your way through it - just as you've done before, and just as we all have done in our own lives.
Hang in there and wait for the sky to lighten - it always does.
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