James Taylor Live - Shower the People (You Love With Love)

Show them the way that you feel
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Just because I needed something that made me feel better about the human race after the past month, here’s a terrific live performance of “Shower the People” by James Taylor and his most excellent band (some of whom I know).

You can play the game and you can act out the part,
even though you know it wasn’t written for you.
Tell me, how can you stand there with your broken heart ashamed of playing the fool?
One thing can lead to another; it doesn’t take any sacrifice.
Oh, father and mother, sister and brother, if it feels nice, don’t think twice,
just shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna work out fine if you only will do as I say, just
shower the people you love with love, show them the way you feel.
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.

You can run but you cannot hide, this is widely known.
Tell me, what you plan to do with your foolish pride when you’re all by yourself, alone.
Once you tell somebody the way that you feel, you can feel it beginning to ease.
I think it’s true what they say about the squeaky wheel always getting the grease.
Better to shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna be just fine if you only will what I’d like to do to you.
Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
Things are gonna be much better if you only will.

Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel.
You’ll feel better right away.
Don’t take much to do, sell you pride.
They say in every life, they say the rain must fall, just like pouring rain, make it rain.
Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine, oh yes,
Make it rain, love, love, love is sunshine. Everybody, everybody.

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88 comments
1 Stanley Sea  Aug 2, 2014 7:16:43pm

I so enjoy the cry that accompanies this song.

Every single time.

2 Charles Johnson  Aug 2, 2014 7:26:52pm

I miss my friend Carlos Vega, who played drums with James for years and also in several bands with me.

Miss you, Carlos.

3 jaunte  Aug 2, 2014 7:52:24pm

Arnold McCuller & Lyle Lovett - “Funny How Time Slips Away” | In Performance at the White House
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4 RealityBasedSteve  Aug 2, 2014 8:18:04pm

Night lizards.

Flying off to the wilds of Columbus OH tomorrow AM, so I need my beauty coma. (memo to self… no ebola jokes at the security checks)

RBS

5 ausador  Aug 2, 2014 8:38:55pm

Anna Nalick performing “Breathe (2am)”
Love this song, play it sometimes just to remind myself that sometimes all you can do is to put your head down and keep moving forward, you can’t go back.

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2 AM and she calls me ‘cause I’m still awake,
“Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don’t love him. Winter just wasn’t my season”
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You’re all here for the very same reason

‘Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe… just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
“Just a day” he said down to the flask in his fist,
“Ain’t been sober, since maybe October of last year.”
Here in town you can tell he’s been down for a while,
But, my God, it’s so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I’ll just sing about it.

Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable,
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe… just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There’s a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout ‘cause you’re just as far in as you’ll ever be out
And these mistakes you’ve made, you’ll just make them again
If you’d only try turning around.

2 AM and I’m still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it’s no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you’ll use them, however you want to

But you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable,
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

6 Kragar  Aug 2, 2014 8:52:25pm

From Chris Cornell’s underappreciated solo album “Euphoria Morning”, I always enjoyed “Preaching the End of the World”

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Hello, I know there’s someone out there
Who can understand
And who’s feeling the same way as me
I’m twenty-four and I’ve got everything to live for
But I know now that it wasn’t meant to be
‘Cause all has been lost and all has been won
And there’s nothing left for us to save
But now I know that I don’t want to be alone today
So if you find that you’ve been feeling just the same

Call me now it’s alright
It’s just the end of the world
You need a friend in the world
‘Cause you can’t hide
So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world

I’ve got a photograph, I’ll send it off today
And you will see that I am perfectly sane
Not for a lifetime or forever and a day
‘Cause we know now that just won’t be the case

Call me now it’s alright
It’s just the end of the world
You need a friend in the world
‘Cause you can’t hide
So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world

There will be no commitment and no confessions
And no little secrets to keep
No little children or houses with roses
Just the end of the world and me
‘Cause all has been gone and all has been done
And there’s nothing left for us to say
But we could be together as they blow it all away
And we can share in every moment as it breaks

Call me now it’s alright
It’s just the end of the world
You need a friend in the world
‘Cause you can’t hide
So call and I’ll get right back
If your intentions are pure
I’m seeking a friend for the end of the world

7 teleskiguy  Aug 2, 2014 8:56:50pm

I couldn’t resist.

8 dog philosopher  Aug 2, 2014 9:00:47pm

im amused by this right wing chain letter that my neighbor was fooled by. among other bogus claims, it asserts that members of congress have:

“exempted themselves from Healthcare Reform, in all of its aspects”

im trying to figure out what that could possibly mean… they can be denied insurance for pre-existing conditions? cut because of lifetime limits? um, what provision of obamacare could they possibly want to be ‘exempted’ from???

9 BeenHereAwhile  Aug 2, 2014 9:08:45pm

Does Leland Sklar still tour with James Taylor?

For those not familiar; solid, talented bass guitar player.

He would do a solo set while James would take a break.

10 ausador  Aug 2, 2014 9:22:35pm

re: #8 dog philosopher

im amused by this right wing chain letter that my neighbor was fooled by. among other bogus claims, it asserts that members of congress have:

“exempted themselves from Healthcare Reform, in all of its aspects”

im trying to figure out what that could possibly mean… they can be denied insurance for pre-existing conditions? cut because of lifetime limits? um, what provision of obamacare could they possibly want to be ‘exempted’ from???

Well…it isn’t true, things have changed radically for members of congress and the higher ranking staff positions.

Summary
The federal government, as an employer, offers health benefits to its employees, including Members of Congress and congressional staff. Prior to 2014, Members and staff had access to many of the same health benefits as other federal employees. For example, Members and staff were eligible to voluntarily enroll in employer-sponsored health insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), and they could choose to participate in other health benefit programs, such as the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS).

Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; P.L. 111-148, as amended) generally specifies that the only health plans that the federal government may make available to Members and certain congressional staff (with respect to their service as Members or staff) are either created under ACA or offered through an exchange. A final rule issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) amends FEHBP eligibility regulations to comply with Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of ACA. Under the final rule, beginning January 1, 2014, Members and designated congressional staff are no longer able to purchase FEHBP plans as active employees; however, if they enroll in a health plan offered through a small business health options program (SHOP) exchange, they remain eligible for an employer contribution toward coverage. Additionally, the final rule allows Members and designated congressional staff who are eligible for retirement to enroll in a FEHBP plan upon retirement.

I specifically remembered that because a lot of the Congressional staff bitched that they got fucked by the deal and now had to pay for their own health coverage. Apparently the part that says “…they remain eligible for an employer contribution toward coverage” means that has been at least partially rectified.

11 BeachDem  Aug 2, 2014 9:27:31pm

And while we’re strolling down JT memory lane, from the 2012 convention.

“I know, it’s an empty chair, makes you nervous, doesn’t it. It’s alright, I’m gonna sit on it, not going to talk to it.”

and

“I’ve been watching the coverage and I don’t get it. I mean, I’m an old white guy and I LOVE Barack Obama.”

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12 goddamnedfrank  Aug 2, 2014 9:37:03pm

re: #10 ausador

Well…it isn’t true, things have changed radically for members of congress and the higher ranking staff positions.

I specifically remembered that because a lot of the Congressional staff bitched that they got fucked by the deal and now had to pay for their own health coverage. Apparently the part that says “…they remain eligible for an employer contribution toward coverage” means that has been at least partially rectified.

There was an effort by the Republicans towards the end of the government shutdown to remove the employer contribution from congressional and executive employees.

WASHINGTON — Congress’ own health insurance could be one of the last obstacles to reaching a deal to reopen the government and avoid default.

House Republicans floated a bill Tuesday that would have ended the 16-day federal government shutdown and raised the debt limit, but it also would have eliminated the employer contribution for health care for all members of Congress, their staffs, the president, the vice president, and all their political appointees.

Republicans say the employer contribution amounts to a “congressional exemption” from the effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

The truth is that members of Congress are treated differently under Obamacare, but they’re not exempt. In fact, by forcing them to purchase health insurance through publicly run exchanges, members of Congress are even more subjected to the law than than similar employees in private sector — or even in government.

I remember thinking at the time that it was an incredibly ballsy move on their part to try and sell a solution to the problem they’d willfully created by dramatically lowering their own staff’s compensation. These are the people who bring these assholes coffee / food, and interface with constituents on their behalf. It was such an incredible dick move, guaranteed to anger the very people they most depend on and reeking of desperation that I knew then the GOP were very close to caving.

13 ausador  Aug 2, 2014 9:59:23pm

re: #12 goddamnedfrank

I remember thinking at the time that it was an incredibly ballsy move on their part to try and sell a solution to the problem they’d willfully created by dramatically lowering their own staff’s compensation. These are the people who bring these assholes coffee / food, and interface with constituents on their behalf. It was such an incredible dick move, guaranteed to anger the very people they most depend on and reeking of desperation that I knew then the GOP were very close to caving.

Well if the last six years have taught us anything it ought to be that the Republicans don’t care who they hurt, not their staff, not their base, not the whole damn country, if it might mean that they can get their own way.

14 Rightwingconspirator  Aug 2, 2014 10:06:46pm

Ah rain in the San Fernando Valley. Warm evening and a welcome, if brief rain.

15 Gus  Aug 2, 2014 10:24:22pm
16 Ryan King  Aug 2, 2014 10:42:22pm

For you lovers of spirits, my newest affair:

You don’t find mezcal, mezcal finds you

17 BeachDem  Aug 2, 2014 10:42:40pm

re: #9 BeenHereAwhile

Does Leland Sklar still tour with James Taylor?

For those not familiar; solid, talented bass guitar player.

He would do a solo set while James would take a break.

Leland Sklar and just about everybody.

Herb Pedersen—Wait a Minute

Wait a minute
Did I hear you say you’re going far away again
Try to change it
I can’t take the lonely nights without your love

I’m doing the road
Get music done and move along
What good does it do
Play a song for her and hear her say

Rolling along
Life’s been good to you and even so
She comes to you
Late at night’s the time to hear her say once again

Waiting for you
Thirty days and nights without a raise
Got to hold on
Twenty-five to go and once again I’ll hear you say

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18 Gus  Aug 2, 2014 11:27:38pm
19 De Kolta Chair  Aug 2, 2014 11:36:46pm

A musician you’ve most probably heard but may not have heard of: Billy Strange, session guitarist extraordinaire

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20 freetoken  Aug 3, 2014 12:45:16am

MP3 Audio

… but it just did.

21 Dave In Austin  Aug 3, 2014 12:47:21am

Almost 3, time to go hook the boat up and make da java……

22 William Barnett-Lewis  Aug 3, 2014 1:02:34am

re: #21 Dave In Austin

Almost 3, time to go hook the boat up and make da java……

Just now 3 & just finished the daily audit… ;D

23 freetoken  Aug 3, 2014 1:16:18am

Does the past matter?

24 Kragar  Aug 3, 2014 1:42:06am

re: #23 freetoken

Does the past matter?

Nope, it was all put there by God to trick us. The whole world only started about 5 minutes ago.

25 freetoken  Aug 3, 2014 1:55:32am

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26 Who_is_Jon_Snow?  Aug 3, 2014 2:09:52am

I was a child of the 80s. well, a teen/young adult.

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27 Who_is_Jon_Snow?  Aug 3, 2014 2:12:52am

Such a beautiful voice.

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28 JustMark  Aug 3, 2014 5:06:54am

Just saw JT this past Thursday in VA. He still has a great strong voice and is a great showman.

29 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 6:30:48am

Heh. Looks like Chris McDaniel has a ‘major announcement’ coming tomorrow - the scuttlebutt is that he’s going to officially contest the results of the election he lost.

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) said Friday that he will announce a “major development” on Monday related to the results of the June 24 GOP runoff election he lost to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran.

McDaniel said in a news release that he will hold a press conference at his attorney’s office Monday afternoon. He did not specify what he will say. But it may be an announcement that he is officially challenging the results of the election, as his legal team has said it expects to do.

washingtonpost.com

If he does proceed with an official move to contest the result in the run-off between himself and US Senator Thad Cochran, that has the potential to throw a monkeywrench into the GOP’s hopes of retaking the US Senate in the mid-terms this November.

Please proceed, McDaniel. By all means, please proceed.

30 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 6:37:48am

re: #29 Dr Lizardo

Dr. L., do you know Arabic?

31 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 6:40:27am

re: #30 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Very little, to be honest. I’ve never gotten around to mastering it, I must confess, and I’ve been neglectful in my studies of it; I have little time, unfortunately.

32 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 6:45:57am

re: #31 Dr Lizardo

Perhaps you know enough to help out here?

facebook.com

facebook.com

33 Decatur Deb  Aug 3, 2014 6:50:25am

Being held ‘vacationer’ in a wifi-free zone. Haven’t even seen CNN in 3 days.

wait…they’re coming back from church…

34 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 6:53:07am

re: #32 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

From as near as I can gather, it seems to be speculation on what the source of the image is. Where did come from, context, what was going on before the image was captured, that sort of thing.

35 Kid A  Aug 3, 2014 7:01:42am
36 Romantic Heretic  Aug 3, 2014 7:02:53am

re: #27 Who_is_Jon_Snow?

Saw the title and this song immediately popped into my mind.

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37 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 7:05:24am

re: #35 Kid A

Is it that “America’s Worst Politician 2014” contest?

38 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 7:06:59am

So in reading the latest pants-shitting fear-mongering about Ebola going on in the more fevered recesses of the internet, the theme is developing that President Obama has deliberately chosen to bring Ebola-infected patients to the US in the hope that the disease will become widespread and therefore serve as the rationale he uses to lock up all conservative White Christians in FEMA camps/quarantine centers and thereby establish his New World Order Islamic Caliphate.

The only “Ebola” I’ve seen breaking out in the United States is the mental Ebola that seems to have seized the minds of RWNJ’s.

Here you can look at all the madness; I used the donotlink site in this case so as not to drive traffic to the original - and utterly insane - website.

donotlink.com

39 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 3, 2014 7:09:37am

re: #38 Dr Lizardo

So in reading the latest pants-shitting fear-mongering about Ebola going on in the more fevered recesses of the internet, the theme is developing that President Obama has deliberately chosen to bring Ebola-infected patients to the US in the hope that the disease will become widespread and therefore serve as the rationale he uses to lock up all conservative White Christians in FEMA camps/quarantine centers and thereby establish his New World Order Islamic Caliphate.

The only “Ebola” I’ve seen breaking out in the United States is the mental Ebola that seems to have seized the minds of RWNJ’s.

Here you can look at all the madness; I used donotlink.com in this case so as not to drive traffic to their insane website.

donotlink.com

Ebola meme has been rampantly spreading in the right wing echo sphere for a while.

40 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 7:13:01am

re: #39 Feline Fearless Leader

Ebola meme has been rampantly spreading in the right wing echo sphere for a while.

It needs a better name.

Ewingnutola?

Conspirabola?

I kinda like “conspirabola” myself. :D

41 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 3, 2014 7:18:14am

re: #29 Dr Lizardo

McDaniel’s campaign spokeshole asserted that its review of ballot boxes and voting records had uncovered “thousands” of crossover votes. Cochran’s campaign spokeshole asserted that its investigation had found only a handful of crossover votes. A classic case of it said - it said if there ever was one.
That the McDaniel campaign is harping on the integrity of the process suggests that there really aren’t that many crossover votes to be found but, it will assert that even a scant handful of such votes violates the integrity and so the result of the election is invalid. That’s a nice riff on the One-drop rule and it may play well in Mississippi.
Fans of irony will note the rich vein of same to be mined from Republicans’ use of the word “integrity” in any way whatsoever.

42 Feline Fearless Leader  Aug 3, 2014 7:18:18am

re: #40 Dr Lizardo

It needs a better name.

Ewingnutola?

Conspirabola?

I kinda like “conspirabola” myself. :D

Paranoia virus is pretty accurate, but not a good name.

43 Lancelot Link  Aug 3, 2014 7:20:11am

Of course, if the patients were not brought back to the US, the story would be about Evil Obama leaving those poor missionaries to die horribly because of his anti-Christian bigotry, because it’s always about Evil Obama.

44 Teukka  Aug 3, 2014 7:21:20am

I would call it Derpola or Derpes.

And I am really getting annoyed at the denizens of Wingnuttistan spreading panic, fear, conspiracy theories etc. about EBOV.

The number one enemy in an outbreak is exactly the above.

They are no better than the conspiracy nuts in Africa believing and spreading rumors that the hospitals really are harvesting organs from otherwise healthy people. That has caused EBOV infected people to be “liberated” from hospitals, increasing the spread.

They haven’t sunk as low as some of the beliefs about AIDS. Yet. But it probably won’t be long before some wingnut claims that sex with a virgin cures/prevents both AIDS and EBOV. I mean, so far, whenever I have thought “well, the wingnuts can’t possible go lower than this”, they have.

45 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 3, 2014 7:25:18am

re: #39 Feline Fearless Leader

So in reading the latest pants-shitting fear-mongering about Ebola going on in the more fevered recesses of the internet, the theme is developing that President Obama has deliberately chosen to bring Ebola-infected patients to the US in the hope that the disease will become widespread and therefore serve as the rationale he uses to lock up all conservative White Christians in FEMA camps/quarantine centers and thereby establish his New World Order Islamic Caliphate.

The answer is simple: just name the FEMA camps Heaven No.1, Heaven No. 2, etc. How can they complain when we’re sending them to Heaven?

46 Romantic Heretic  Aug 3, 2014 7:30:20am

re: #40 Dr Lizardo

It needs a better name.

Ewingnutola?

Conspirabola?

I kinda like “conspirabola” myself. :D

“Bad craziness” works for me.

47 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 7:30:52am

re: #40 Dr Lizardo

Ebollshit.

48 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 7:31:25am

Ebollocks.

49 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 7:43:43am

re: #47 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Ebollshit.

“Ebollshit”. I like that.

50 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 7:48:57am

Mornin’ everyone. Happy Sunday. Jesus is out golfing, the House is on vacation, and nobody’s talking about impeachment…

Oh, Steve King…you’re why we can’t have nice things.

51 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 7:50:17am

Sneaky Obama, using ventriloquism to make it sound like Chris Wallace is talking about impeachment on Fox news even though only the Democrats do it.

52 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 7:54:49am
53 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 3, 2014 7:57:40am
54 makeitstop  Aug 3, 2014 8:00:48am

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

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That image just makes me sad.

55 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:02:12am

re: #54 makeitstop

That image just makes me sad.

Me too. But holy crap, talk about symbolism.

56 Lidane  Aug 3, 2014 8:03:56am

My surprise, etc. —

57 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:04:56am

This is just wrong…funny, but wrong.

58 Eventual Carrion  Aug 3, 2014 8:06:36am

re: #57 darthstar

This is just wrong…funny, but wrong.

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My first look I thought, John Oates.

59 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:06:59am

re: #56 Lidane

My surprise, etc. —

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Just fuckin’ do it already, Republicans. If you do it now, you may even have time to do it 20 or 30 more times before he leaves office. What else are you going to do for two years?

60 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:11:59am
61 Ryan King  Aug 3, 2014 8:18:43am

re: #60 darthstar

They say that if you’re taking flak, you must be over the target. Well, lo and behold, the old Motorcity guitarslayer is not only directly over the target, I am obviously sitting deadcenter in the enemies’ own foxhole, driving them batty with my unstoppable onslaught of self-evident truth, logic, common sense and a tsunami of irrefutable evidence that obliterates their America-hating agenda.

And I don’t even put forth any extra effort to do so.

When experienced under the proper conditions - driving the enemy batty - flak is indeed a beautiful thang

.

Can’t help but analogize he’s in a war for good against the liberal evil. This dude is no different than the rambling idiot on the street corner with a sign saying ‘The End Is Near, REPENT!’ Except he’s an NRA board member and is on TV and right wing radio.

62 Dr Lizardo  Aug 3, 2014 8:19:55am

re: #59 darthstar

Just fuckin’ do it already, Republicans. If you do it now, you may even have time to do it 20 or 30 more times before he leaves office. What else are you going to do for two years?

Indeed. I can think of nothing that would motivate an epic Democratic voter turnout this November* more than the pubbies beginning impeachment proceedings President Obama when they come back from their August recess.

Please proceed, GOP.

*=by “epic”, I mean for a typical mid-term election cycle, which is usually fairly low turnout.

63 Ryan King  Aug 3, 2014 8:27:07am

The irony of Nugent: he speaks as if he’s in war and ‘reporting for duty’ when he is well known for crapping his pants to get out of a draft.

Wingnuts seem to forget this inconvenient truth.

The title of his incoherent screed:

FLAKMASTER NUGE REPORTING FOR DUTY

The comments are a laugh, mostly mocking him. My Fav:

Jimijams • 3 days ago
When called to serve his country, Ted did his duty….in his pants!
15 • Reply•Share >

64 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:27:21am

Reason #237 to keep a land line.

Someone, somewhere, somehow cut a fiber optic cable in our general area. That cut off Comcast (no cable!, no internet!) and, as luck would have it, Verizon (no cell phone!) Now, at first I was only minimally inconvenienced, as I had a bunch of yard work I was planning on doing, but as the day progressed I found myself feeling more and more isolated - I couldn’t put the game on TV, I couldn’t check the score on my phone, it was all too much.

So I turned to my trusty land line, and the one phone (wireless) that I have that has a crappy battery, and I called Verizon to see what was up. Their automated system told me that I could easily check on the status of service in my area by going online. That annoyed me enough to the point where I just started hammering the 0 button until their IVR system sent me to a live operator…which didn’t take long.

I spent some time talking to Harley who had just started her shift and was unaware of any service disruption in my area, and to her credit, followed up on her promise to follow up via my land line when I tired of her ‘looking into it’ with her techs…indeed, she called me back about 20 minutes later.

During this period I called Comcast, to see if they had any updates on service returning. Their IVR system told me that they were aware of my outage and that service would be returned soon, and that I could get updates with their handy app that I should download to my phone. I didn’t bother with finding a live operator there.

65 A Mom Anon  Aug 3, 2014 8:28:58am

re: #38 Dr Lizardo

I wanna go to the detention center in Hawaii, can I put in my request early?

66 darthstar  Aug 3, 2014 8:31:42am

GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT! GOP REBRANDING ALERT!

67 Lidane  Aug 3, 2014 8:40:48am

And going back to an earlier thread:

If talking about torture bothers you more than the fact that we tortured people, you really need to rethink your life choices.

68 BongCrodny  Aug 3, 2014 8:44:39am

re: #63 Ryan King

The irony of Nugent: he speaks as if he’s in war and ‘reporting for duty’ when he is well known for crapping his pants to get out of a draft.

Wingnuts seem to forget this inconvenient truth.

The title of his incoherent screed:

FLAKMASTER NUGE REPORTING FOR DUTY

The comments are a laugh, mostly mocking him. My Fav:

Nugent claims that that story is a lie:

Snopes

Questioned about that account some thirty years later (by which time Nugent was known as a staunch political conservative, a supporter of the Republican Party, and and advocate of hunting and gun ownership rights) in an interview with the UK’s Independent newspaper, Nugent denied that previous account of his draft-evading activities, maintaining that he had made up the story and fed it to a gullible High Times reporter, and that he actually had avoided the draft through the legitimate means of a student deferment:

All things being equal, while I don’t know that I believe Nugent’s “revised” story (although the original seems a bit over-the-top), I sort of hope it’s true.

Because given the shit that’s come out of his mouth over the past few years, I can’t think of a better “backstory” for Nugent to be stuck with for the rest of his life.

Instead of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” it’s “The Boy Who Cried ‘I Shit Myself!’”

69 A Mom Anon  Aug 3, 2014 8:45:35am

re: #66 darthstar

You know, when I apply for a job at say, Target or PetSmart, I have to fill out a pretty extensive personality/psychological profile as part of the application process. THEN, after all that, if I am to be considered for the job seriously, there’s a training/info period, and if I’m going to be doing any kind of specialized work (like working with reptiles or small animals at the pet store for example) I have to show I actually know something about said department. For a retail job paying less than 10 bucks an hour.

Is it too much to fucking ask that the people who are supposedly representing us in government a)have to undergo at least a minimum psych test and 2) actually have KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS? And perhaps maybe a third requirement should not be a complete antisocial asshole, just to keep things interesting.

Just make them pass the same psych test I have to take for retail and pass a fucking high school level basic civics/history/government test FFS. Oh, and if you’re going to be put on a committee of some kind, know what the fuck the purpose of said committee is too. If they’re going to make in excess of 160K a year to do hardly anything, it’s the fucking least they should have to do.

70 Ryan King  Aug 3, 2014 8:47:09am

I’m not sure if it’s true or not either because so much outlandish crap has come from his mouth. I wouldn’t put it past him to lie.

But that won’t stop us from mocking him for it.

71 Kid A  Aug 3, 2014 8:54:28am
72 A Mom Anon  Aug 3, 2014 8:54:45am

re: #70 Ryan King

According to his wiki page, he says he enrolled in community college to get a deferment, but his actual Selective Service classification records show he was given a 1-Y and 4-F rather than a student deferment so either way he’s still a draft dodging asshat.

73 Skip Intro  Aug 3, 2014 8:55:08am

re: #68 BongCrodny

Well, what we know for sure is that Super Patriot Ted dodged the draft, just like Super Patriot Pills Limbaugh and Super Patriot Michael Medved and Super Patriot Dick Cheney and Super Patriot ……..

74 BongCrodny  Aug 3, 2014 8:58:20am

re: #73 Skip Intro

Well, what we know for sure is that Super Patriot Ted dodged the draft, just like Super Patriot Pills Limbaugh and Super Patriot Michael Medved and Super Patriot Dich Cheney and Super Patriot ……..

Well, that’s because patriotic talk is much, much more patriotic than patriotic deeds.

75 Romantic Heretic  Aug 3, 2014 9:00:06am

re: #74 BongCrodny

Well, that’s because patriotic talk is much, much more patriotic than patriotic deeds.

Yeah! A guy could get killed actually doing things.

Better the peasants do the dying. They’re expendable anyway. //

76 BeachDem  Aug 3, 2014 9:12:41am

re: #73 Skip Intro

Well, what we know for sure is that Super Patriot Ted dodged the draft, just like Super Patriot Pills Limbaugh and Super Patriot Michael Medved and Super Patriot Dick Cheney and Super Patriot ……..

Don’t forget Super Patriot Mitt Romney, who thought the whole war thing was “just swell” as long as he went to France instead.

77 Ryan King  Aug 3, 2014 9:13:02am

Shut up, LIEBERALS! You cant hNadle THe TRUTh!

78 Ryan King  Aug 3, 2014 9:16:52am

This thread has gotten crusty.

79 Backwoods_Sleuth  Aug 3, 2014 9:21:30am

re: #78 Ryan King

This thread has gotten crusty.

It’s OK. I’m making even mohr pickles today.
They go great with crusty breads and threads.

80 Mattand  Aug 3, 2014 9:27:15am

re: #69 A Mom Anon

You know, when I apply for a job at say, Target or PetSmart, I have to fill out a pretty extensive personality/psychological profile as part of the application process. THEN, after all that, if I am to be considered for the job seriously, there’s a training/info period, and if I’m going to be doing any kind of specialized work (like working with reptiles or small animals at the pet store for example) I have to show I actually know something about said department. For a retail job paying less than 10 bucks an hour.

Is it too much to fucking ask that the people who are supposedly representing us in government a)have to undergo at least a minimum psych test and 2) actually have KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS? And perhaps maybe a third requirement should not be a complete antisocial asshole, just to keep things interesting.

Just make them pass the same psych test I have to take for retail and pass a fucking high school level basic civics/history/government test FFS. Oh, and if you’re going to be put on a committee of some kind, know what the fuck the purpose of said committee is too. If they’re going to make in excess of 160K a year to do hardly anything, it’s the fucking least they should have to do.

You’re so demanding.

81 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 3, 2014 9:43:29am

82 HappyWarrior  Aug 3, 2014 9:50:54am

re: #67 Lidane

And going back to an earlier thread:

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If talking about torture bothers you more than the fact that we tortured people, you really need to rethink your life choices.

What’s a disgrace is the torture that your father had no problem with Liz. If admitting that bothers you, maybe just maybe the torture wasn’t as good as it sounds. Unbelievable how chickenshits like Cheney and his daughter who couldn’t be bothered to actually serve their country in uniform think torture is all okie dokie. What Liz defends and what her father had no problem with did much harm to our image around the world.

83 Romantic Heretic  Aug 3, 2014 9:56:21am

re: #82 HappyWarrior

What’s a disgrace is the torture that your father had no problem with Liz. If admitting that bothers you, maybe just maybe the torture wasn’t as good as it sounds. Unbelievable how chickenshits like Cheney and his daughter who couldn’t be bothered to actually serve their country in uniform think torture is all okie dokie. What Liz defends and what her father had no problem with did much harm to our image around the world.

They don’t mind because they think America’s motto should be the Roman Empire’s.

Let them hate so long as they fear. (Oderint Dum Metuant)

84 Higgs Boson's Mate  Aug 3, 2014 10:06:18am

re: #82 HappyWarrior

What Liz defends and what her father had no problem with did much harm to our image around the world.

Bushco legitimatized torture as an interrogation technique. If one of our military people is captured and waterboarded we cannot legitimately protest. That’s perfectly okay if you’re a chickenshit chickenhawk who won’t even go to the same hemisphere as the pointy end of the stick. It is something else if you’re deployed.

Fortunately for him, Sgt. Bergdahl’s Taliban captors showed more restraint than we have.

85 Amory Blaine  Aug 3, 2014 10:08:07am

re: #56 Lidane

My surprise, etc. —

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God damn demoncrats like Steve King spewing Obamao talking points need to shut up about impeachment!!!11@!!TY

86 Pie-onist Overlord  Aug 3, 2014 10:23:54am

Remember, Hamas still sucks:

87 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Aug 3, 2014 10:25:22am

re: #84 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Bushco legitimatized torture as an interrogation technique. If one of our military people is captured and waterboarded we cannot legitimately protest. That’s perfectly okay if you’re a chickenshit chickenhawk who won’t even go to the same hemisphere as the pointy end of the stick. It is something else if you’re deployed.

Fortunately for him, Sgt. Bergdahl’s Taliban captors showed more restraint than we have.

Interestingly, I heard a Fresh Air on Thursday that apparently, Al Quiada (sp?) has switched to doing ransoms rather than killing hostages. European countries are willing to pay ransom. But not the U.S. nor U.K.

88 De Kolta Chair  Aug 3, 2014 1:05:24pm

Happy 88th birthday, Tony Bennett, you lucky so and so.
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