Yeah! This same worm has been buying chocolate chocolate muffins at Costco and making me eat them.

Death to worms!

I see what they did thar. Heh.

I think this worm may have been running riot on LGF user’s computers recently as well ;-)

LMAO!

heh

Unfortunately not satire:Fox News Contributor Running For Congress

re: #3 Jimmah

I think this worm may have been running riot on LGF user’s computers recently as well ;-)

Yours’ and mine especially.

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!

re: #6 Killgore Trout

Unfortunately not satire:Fox News Contributor Running For Congress

From where I live, that’s not surprising. We actually have a former news anchor as our vice president.

re: #8 Mad Al-Jaffee

Why did the Archaeopteryx catch the worm?

Because it was an early bird!

re: #6 Killgore Trout

Unfortunately not satire:Fox News Contributor Running For Congress

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?

re: #8 Mad Al-Jaffee

My mom used to sing that to me lol

I always liked Ooey Gooey. He was a worm. A mighty worm was he. He sat upon the railroad track. The train he did not see.

Ooeyyyy Gooeyyy

re: #12 marjoriemoon

Ha! Haven’t thought of that in years!

Yeah, I’ve been hit by that worm SEVERAL TIMES.

What becomes of the broken hearted?

Youtube Video

I had a festival gig a couple of years ago where Ms. Osborne was also playing. Didn’t get to meet her, but maybe next time/

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

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.

re: #16 Killgore Trout

I just can’t take anything or anyone from Fox seriously. I don’t know how those people live with themselves.

Besides being on Fox, what do we know of her?

I’ve been infected. It seizes control of my computer and posts favorable things about Sarah Palin.

re: #15 Mad Al-Jaffee

That woman can wail! I had her album (cd, but I still call ‘em albums)…

re: #16 Killgore Trout

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.

Yea, no one from Fox should dare fun for office- how can they be taken seriously?

Next we’ll have dumb ideas like movie stars running for President…..

Oh, wait.

I’m gonna do a shot of Nyquil and lay my ass out!

G’night knuckleheads.

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

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?

How did that work out for you?

re: #23 jamesfirecat

Wasn’t that the plan behind making Micheal Steele head of the RNC?

How did that work out for you?

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

re: #24 TampaKnight

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

no he is just shooing in the bushes… sad actually.

re: #19 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That woman can wail! I had her album (cd, but I still call ‘em albums)…

She can sing well, but she’s not a Supreme:

Youtube Video

So, THAT’S where those Japanese music CD’s came from!
I’ve been hit by a worm!

re: #24 TampaKnight

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

No, I’m saying that just because someone is black and conservative doesn’t mean they can serve as a “counter Obama”.

I would like to suggests that idiots with all levels of melanomen in all parties should sit down and shut up.

re: #23 jamesfirecat

Wasn’t that the plan behind making Micheal Steele head of the RNC?

How did that work out for you?

Steele has his own explanation for why so many are criticial of him. Naturally, it doesn’t involve admitting that he’s often a fool:

Michael Steele Suggests Criticism Of His Tenure Motivated By Racism

Much more at link.

re: #16 Killgore Trout

I just can’t take anything or anyone from Fox seriously. I don’t know how those people live with themselves.

And those assholes at CNN too.

Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge: ‘Just Another Lie Told for Political Expediency’

Youtube Video

OT

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…

re: #24 TampaKnight

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

I think that is it.

re: #34 Rightwingconspirator

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

I think that is it.

Or at least that seems to be the sentiment of many critics of the Republicans.

re: #34 Rightwingconspirator

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

I think that is it.

Well, Steele should probably shut up. It’s not as if all the criticism of him is coming from the other party, for one.

re: #36 iceweasel

Well, Steele should probably shut up. It’s not as if all the criticism of him is coming from the other party, for one.

I think Steele should get his own radio show, but that may just be me.

re: #29 jamesfirecat

No, I’m saying that just because someone is black and conservative doesn’t mean they can serve as a “counter Obama”.

I would like to suggests that idiots with all levels of melanomen in all parties should sit down and shut up.

The good news is that Angela McGlowan is not an idiot. She’s smart and aggressive and I think she’ll knock the Donk she faces back on his heels.

re: #37 SanFranciscoZionist

I think Steele should get his own radio show, but that may just be me.

He’d probably be pretty good at that, honestly.

re: #34 Rightwingconspirator

So you advocate anyone of color within the Republican party to sit down and shut up?

I think that is it.

no, no not sit down and shut up the new phrase is “be bi-partisan” same difference but sounds so much better.

re: #36 iceweasel

Hey Dean takes plenty of hits from within and without. As does Pelosi and Reid.

re: #28 Floral Giraffe

So, THAT’S where those Japanese music CD’s came from!
I’ve been hit by a worm!

And I’m suddenly finding all this strange music in my youtube favourites folder!

Youtube Video

re: #35 Rightwingconspirator

Or at least that seems to be the sentiment of many critics of the Republicans.

Yes. I cannot recall ever hearing so many complaints about having a supermajority.

It was too short! R’s were mean and we didn’t get anything done!

blah blah blah.

R’s should just die off already.

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.

re: #41 Rightwingconspirator

Hey Dean takes plenty of hits from within and without. As does Pelosi and Reid.

Sure. And lots of that is justified too. Esp Reid imo.

Anyway, even other Republicans think Steele hasn’t been a great leader. I think he was a bad pick, personally.

re: #40 brookly red

Ever wonder what the difference between bi partisan and bi sexual is?

A bi sexual actually likes both genders.

re: #43 Racer X

Down with both political parties.

Pffiibbittth.™

Try the Modern Whig Party instead.

BBL

re: #25 MandyManners

I’d vote for her. She’s smart and assertive.

Fox News… Scary music… oooohhh fox news!

re: #36 iceweasel

Well, Steele should probably shut up. It’s not as if all the criticism of him is coming from the other party, for one.

Steele should resign or be fired…he’s a primary enabler…of course his bosses are the very people that are ruining the GOP!

re: #45 iceweasel

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.

re: #38 Dark_Falcon

The good news is that Angela McGlowan is not an idiot. She’s smart and aggressive and I think she’ll knock the Donk she faces back on his heels.

Good for her, both parties need more smart people in congress.

re: #49 albusteve

Steele should resign or be fired…he’s a primary enabler…of course his bosses are the very people that are ruining the GOP!

Hey Steve— how’s it going?
I don’t know who else the GOP could have picked, but I think Steele has caused more harm to the GOP than good.

re: #42 Jimmah

And I’m suddenly finding all this strange music in my youtube favourites folder!

[Video]

I though you mostly created the strange videos:

Youtube Video

;)

re: #44 TampaKnight

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’m a white liberal woman, and what some conservatives have said to me borders on the ludicrous, let alone the offensive.

re: #30 iceweasel

Steele has his own explanation for why so many are criticial of him. Naturally, it doesn’t involve admitting that he’s often a fool:

Michael Steele Suggests Criticism Of His Tenure Motivated By Racism

Much more at link.

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.

re: #46 Rightwingconspirator

Ever wonder what the difference between bi partisan and bi sexual is?

A bi sexual actually likes both genders.

ain’t that the truth…

oh well I gotta split now, I was told I am not allowed to gaze upon the queen of the left…

re: #50 Rightwingconspirator

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.

re: #57 iceweasel

Yes and he deserves it. I only meant to add a dimension to the point.

re: #50 Rightwingconspirator

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.

The Dixiecrats have legitimacy?

re: #59 SanFranciscoZionist

The Dixiecrats have legitimacy?

Because I thought they were a disgraceful splinter group that peeled off and set up their own party.

re: #50 Rightwingconspirator

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.

re: #55 palomino

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.

re: #56 brookly red

Don’t leave. Please stay and apologize for that Ayers crack you made about her. You’d get some respect from me if you did.

re: #52 iceweasel

Hey Steve— how’s it going?
I don’t know who else the GOP could have picked, but I think Steele has caused more harm to the GOP than good.

I suggested he be fired last year when he turned a blind eye to the lunacy on the right…he’s good for a paycheck, that’s all…and I’m doing okay

re: #59 SanFranciscoZionist

The Dixiecrats have legitimacy?

There are Dixiecrats left?

re: #50 Rightwingconspirator

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.

re: #56 brookly red

Huh?

re: #68 Rightwingconspirator

Drama.

re: #44 TampaKnight

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.

re: #31 Racer X

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.

More Supremes:

Youtube Video

I want to invent a time machine and marry Diana Ross.

re: #59 SanFranciscoZionist

The Dixiecrats have legitimacy?

It’s like Zombie Tu Quoque. It tastes sort of like 7up Gold. Anyone else remember 7up Gold?

re: #70 Killgore Trout

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”)

re: #64 Dark_Falcon

Don’t leave. Please stay and apologize for that Ayers crack you made about her. You’d get some respect from me if you did.

what bullshit…keep your respect to yourself

re: #75 albusteve

How is that bullshit?

re: #44 TampaKnight

Good point. Just look at all the black tea partiers.

re: #66 jamesfirecat

There are Dixiecrats left?

democrats that is…call them what you will

re: #1 EmmmieG

Death to worms!

Funny…damn funny.

re: #76 Dark_Falcon

How is that bullshit?

it’s not your concern

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.

re: #66 jamesfirecat

There are Dixiecrats left?

Sure…they all have signs on their walls that say “Robert E. Lee May Have Give Up, But I Ain’t”.

But as a party, they are buried six feet under, with a stake through their bigoted heart.

re: #67 WindUpBird

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.

re: #70 Killgore Trout

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.

Love ‘em!

re: #67 WindUpBird

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.

Did you notice what was on the screen at the end of the Onion video?

“Overwhelmed Obama gets in Air Force One and just starts flying.”

re: #78 albusteve

democrats that is…call them what you will

No I think modern day Dixiecrats are called “Republicans” look at Strom Thurmond or Trent Lott….

re: #42 Jimmah

And I’m suddenly finding all this strange music in my youtube favourites folder!

[Video]

LOL!
That was a flashback!

re: #73 WindUpBird

It’s like Zombie Tu Quoque. It tastes sort of like 7up Gold. Anyone else remember 7up Gold?

No. Sorry. I don’t remember the Dixiecrats, either. Their best year was the one my mother was born in.

Before you start to feel sorry for her, that was also the year Israel declared statehood.

re: #74 jamesfirecat

Damn if if you get much whiter you’ll be invisible!

(Paraphrasing the Nostalgia Critic while watching the movie “Cool as Ice”)

No, that’s my husband. His Cherokee blood is fighting a losing battle against the extreme whiteness of everyone else in the gene pool.

re: #84 Rightwingconspirator

I think there’s a lot of potential for the Republicans to attract more Jews, blacks and Hispanics. Unfortunately the Republicans aren’t interested.

re: #75 albusteve

what bullshit…keep your respect to yourself

Play nice, Steve.

re: #77 palomino

Good point. Just look at all the black tea partiers.

There was that guy with the M-4. He was crazy enough for at least ten men.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

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.

re: #80 albusteve

it’s not your concern

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.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

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.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

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.

re: #87 jamesfirecat

No I think modern day Dixiecrats are called “Republicans” look at Strom Thurmond or Trent Lott…

We kept Byrd, for reasons that are not entirely clear to me.

re: #83 Obdicut

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

re: #97 Obdicut

Agreed.

re: #95 Killgore Trout

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.

You said “Rebranding” that’s today’s magic word!

You’ve won a free Daily Show Clip!

Comedy Central Video

re: #93 MandyManners

haid splodin agin

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.

re: #99 SanFranciscoZionist

We kept Byrd, for reasons that are not entirely clear to me.

Well he seems to vote with us reliably, that’s more than I can say for some other Democratic Senators…

OT - I’ve gotten this from 2 female family members and a female friend, with a message (paraphrasing): can you find this site for me?

George Hill nude photos

maybe I could but ain’t gonna

re: #96 Dark_Falcon

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

re: #92 SanFranciscoZionist

Play nice, Steve.

right…I just post, thanks for the reminder

re: #97 Obdicut

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.

Breakdown here:
Operation Gringo: Can the Republicans Sacrifice the Hispanic Vote and Win the White House?

re: #97 Obdicut

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.

re: #91 Killgore Trout

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”?

re: #106 albusteve

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.

re: #103 SanFranciscoZionist

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.

re: #44 TampaKnight

One name for ya. Larry Elder

re: #100 albusteve

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

Why? You’re not a Democrat, so why should you care?

re: #112 recusancy

Not threatening, just pining for a lost opportunity.

re: #104 jamesfirecat

Well he seems to vote with us reliably, that’s more than I can say for some other Democratic Senators…

Yeah. I won’t say where he should stick his vote. He’s an elderly man, which in some circles washes away many sins.

re: #6 Killgore Trout
Let me guess: she’s one of those racist, white-nationalist-supporting tea-baggers. //

re: #97 Obdicut

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?

I have a bad feeling about this thread

re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist

Bush tried, and I think he could have made real headway if there’d been more interest from the party.

it turned with his immigration reform sell out imo…sell out t the hard right that is

Gallup has their 2009 Global Perceptions of U.S. Leadership survey up here:
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):
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%.

re: #108 iceweasel

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.

re: #110 palomino

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.

re: #112 recusancy

Zell Miller was the last of ‘em and he went out threatening to duel a cable news pundit.

LOL.

re: #106 albusteve

An influence for calm here is not a bad thing. It’s a worthy effort even if unwelcome when emotions run hot.

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.

re: #111 Obdicut

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

re: #116 SanFranciscoZionist

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…..

re: #100 albusteve

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.”

re: #116 SanFranciscoZionist
If Republican, ’ Your experience may vary ‘.
A Lott.

re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist

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.

re: #122 Obdicut

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.

re: #119 cliffster

I have a bad feeling about this thread

I swear it’s going to end like last Week’s Jersey Shores…

re: #99 SanFranciscoZionist

We kept Byrd, for reasons that are not entirely clear to me.

Because WV, like SC with Strom Thurmond, just loves their traditions. No matter how old and feeble-minded.

re: #108 iceweasel

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.

re: #122 Obdicut

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.

re: #114 SanFranciscoZionist

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

re: #134 HoosierHoops

Oh man, I miss the Conan bits about Jersey Shore. Damn you NBC!

re: #127 Jimmah

Nobody should take a group for granted.

re: #126 Rightwingconspirator

An influence for calm here is not a bad thing. It’s a worthy effort even if unwelcome when emotions run hot.

DF called out an example of ongoing bad behaviour, as he is wont to do regardless of who engages in it.

If we all did that sort of thing more often this place would probably have fewer flame wars.

re: #131 tradewind

If Republican, ’ Your experience may vary ‘.
A Lott.

Yes. That’s what I was referring to.

re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist

Wow. Hey you just nailed it there! Seriously true.

re: #136 cliffster

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.

re: #126 Rightwingconspirator

An influence for calm here is not a bad thing. It’s a worthy effort even if unwelcome when emotions run hot.

okay…it’s just another sort of oblique authority I reject out of hand

re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist

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.

re: #139 MandyManners

Who’s Liberman?

Sorry, I left out an “e” as in “Lie”

re: #147 Kruk

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.

re: #100 albusteve

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.

re: #135 palomino

Because WV, like SC with Strom Thurmond, just loves their traditions. No matter how old and feeble-minded.

Hey our coot can out coot their coot!

Youtube Video

re: #123 SanFranciscoZionist

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.

re: #130 palomino

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

re: #152 palomino

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.

Don’t forget supporting the “Minutemen”…..

re: #153 albusteve

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

Not me.

re: #145 iceweasel

IDub…
There is this thing called snow and it keeps falling out the sky.. I keep looking out the window…It keeps snowing…
/Send Beer!
*wink*

re: #125 MandyManners

A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.

SNIP

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.

re: #157 Dark_Falcon

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.

A nice Jewish boy.

re: #156 HoosierHoops

IDub…
There is this thing called snow and it keeps falling out the sky.. I keep looking out the window…It keeps snowing…
/Send Beer!
*wink*

How much snow do you have, Hoops?
I hope Winston wears his little coat when you go out!

re: #153 albusteve

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

Well he’s trying to repeal DADT and it’s not like he ever claimed he was for anything more than civili unions.

Besides, (SARCSAM) since they’re gay, maybe they see him “turning his back on them as a good thing. (CHEAP TASTELESS JOKE! I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!)

re: #142 iceweasel
re: #146 albusteve

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.

re: #126 Rightwingconspirator

An influence for calm here is not a bad thing. It’s a worthy effort even if unwelcome when emotions run hot.

Thank you, RWC.

re: #142 iceweasel

DF called out an example of ongoing bad behaviour, as he is wont to do regardless of who engages in it.

If we all did that sort of thing more often this place would probably have fewer flame wars.

And I thank you too, ice.

re: #162 jamesfirecat

Besides, (SARCSAM) since they’re gay, maybe they see him “turning his back on them as a good thing. (CHEAP TASTELESS JOKE! I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!)

Stay Classy JFC.

re: #141 Rightwingconspirator

Nobody should take a group for granted.

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.

re: #163 Rightwingconspirator

re: #146 albusteve

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.)

re: #150 Mich-again

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.

re: #149 SanFranciscoZionist

Shame and a waste. But hey, my party will be grateful.

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 ;)

re: #160 SanFranciscoZionist

A nice Jewish boy.

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.

re: #158 tradewind

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?

re: #122 Obdicut

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”.

re: #89 SanFranciscoZionist

No. Sorry. I don’t remember the Dixiecrats, either. Their best year was the one my mother was born in.

Before you start to feel sorry for her, that was also the year Israel declared statehood.

Your mother is the same age as Zedushka!

re: #158 tradewind

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.

I assume there’s a reason this doesn’t count?

re: #161 iceweasel

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…

Hahahahahahahahaha!
*deep breath*
Hahahahahahahahaha!

re: #170 cliffster

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’s what they said about the Jews, isn’t it?

/

re: #165 Mich-again

Stay Classy JFC.

Sorry, albusteve talked about Obama turning his back on the gays and I couldn’t help myself but reach for the low hangign fruit, (THERE I GO AGAIN!)

I’m including these great big (JOKE) parrens so that its clear to people what I mean to avoid further misunderstandings.

re: #176 HoosierHoops

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…

Uh, cause it never snows in southern California?

/

Meanwhile, in Nigeria…

Good luck, Jonathan!

/at least his name isn’t Doudou.

re: #168 MandyManners
It’s a start.
Obama is now whining about holds on nominees, when he did the very same thing as a Senator.

re: #169 Kruk

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.

re: #176 HoosierHoops

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.

The last night time launch.

re: #172 jamesfirecat
I’m talking twenty-first century history , not ancient.
The PC Police have not always been as powerful.

re: #29 jamesfirecat

I would like to suggests that idiots with all levels of melanomen in all parties should sit down and shut up.

It looks like you’ve got one of those two skills mastered.

re: #186 tradewind

I’m talking twenty-first century history , not ancient.
The PC Police have not always been as powerful.

When did Robert Byrd recently use the N word on the senate floor?

re: #180 Alouette

Uh, cause it never snows in southern California?

/

It did once……

(In this collection of geeks, I can’t be the only Buffy fan here, can I?)

re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist

That’s what they said about the Jews, isn’t it?

/

It’s only a matter of time..

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

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.

Scientists Invent Rice That Doesn’t Need Cooking

Youtube Video

re: #188 jamesfirecat

When did Robert Byrd recently use the N word on the senate floor?

I think it was actually an interview. Google it. He actually is a moron.

re: #179 jamesfirecat
You forgot the obligatory ’ nutjob’ reference.
Speaking of low-hanging fruit….
Go for the spellcheck before Cato checks in.
Just saying.

re: #191 The Sanity Inspector

Well, look how much the left respected Condi Rice and Colin Powell, during the administration of President Satan Incarnate.

Hello. Every good Democrat knows those two weren’t black enough. /

re: #185 Racer X

The last night time launch.

;_;

re: #32 Ojoe

OT

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.

re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist

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,”

re: #179 jamesfirecat

Sorry, albusteve talked about Obama turning his back on the gays and I couldn’t help myself but reach for the low hangign fruit, (THERE I GO AGAIN!)

I’m including these great big (JOKE) parrens so that its clear to people what I mean to avoid further misunderstandings.

You know that LGF has a spellchecker?

How did you get into college?

re: #147 Kruk

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.

re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist
It happened more than once. You can’t make stuff like his up.

re: #198 keloyd

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.

re: #195 Mich-again

Hello. Every good Democrat knows those two weren’t black enough. /

I admire them both greatly, and so do many of the Democrats I know.

My mother believes that Condi ‘just fell in with bad companions’. That would be the Bush administration, BTW.

re: #176 HoosierHoops

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.

Youtube Video

re: #171 Dark_Falcon

There are so many great stories to be told about the captains and sergeants of the Red Army.

Have you read The Face of Battle, by the way?

re: #199 Alouette

You know that LGF has a spellchecker?

How did you get into college?

With an essay my parents helped edit.

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.

New Patty Griffin, “Little Fire”: Youtube Video

re: #193 SanFranciscoZionist

I think it was actually an interview. Google it. He actually is a moron.

“White N “

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?

re: #189 Kruk

It did once…

(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.

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

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re: #195 Mich-again

Hello. Every good Democrat knows those two weren’t black enough. /

Dave Chappelle’s famous “Race Draft” sketch.

Youtube Video

/sorry for the bad quality, it’s the only one I could find with the whole thing.

re: #153 albusteve

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.

re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist

That’s what they said about the Jews, isn’t it?

/

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

re: #199 Alouette
(LOL… I almost felt bad, but now, not so much) .

re: #208 jamesfirecat

“White N “

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?

I don’t think it’s a compliment to anyone. Let’s put it like that.

Good Evening LGF.

re: #183 Mich-again

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.

re: #180 Alouette

Uh, cause it never snows in southern California?

/

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..

re: #208 jamesfirecat
Senator Byrd could tell you.
Hint: It’d be the opposite of an Uncle Tom, in his mind.

re: #211 laZardo

one of my all time favorite Chapelle sketches

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

re: #215 SanFranciscoZionist

I don’t think it’s a compliment to anyone. Let’s put it like that.

I can’t even figure out how its suppose to be an insult… its like calling someone an Irish Kraut!

re: #213 The Sanity Inspector

Back when the Jews ran Hollywood the music was GREAT.

This new Scientology management has only been able to produce…Lady GaGa!?

re: #213 The Sanity Inspector

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

What an eloquent asshole.

re: #205 Obdicut

There are so many great stories to be told about the captains and sergeants of the Red Army.

Have you read The Face of Battle, by the way?

Not yet. But John Keegan is a masterful writer. I own his book on World War One and it is superb.

re: #221 albusteve

Now that’s a block of text! When someone says block, that’s what they’re talking about!

re: #62 jamesfirecat

Granted he was one of the sane small government fiscal republicans who would fit in hear, so he was easy to get along with.

Friendly advice to a college student, here and hear have different meanings.

WTH?

re: #211 laZardo

I just watched that the other day. A big fan here. Oh geeze the Charlie Murphy bit on Rick James is some of the funniest TV ever.

re: #216 Spare O’Lake

Good Evening LGF.

Hello, Spare.

re: #170 cliffster

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.

re: #222 jamesfirecat

I can’t even figure out how its suppose to be an insult… its like calling someone an Irish Kraut!

This guy seems to have given it a lot of thought.

re: #227 Bagua

Friendly advice to a college student, here and hear have different meanings.

Thanks like I may have said before I’m horrible with homonyms and I get worse with them as the night goes on….

NTTAWWT

re: #229 Mich-again

I just watched that the other day. A big fan here. Oh geeze the Charlie Murphy bit on Rick James is some of the funniest TV ever.

Cocaine is a helluvadrug.

re: #223 laZardo

Back when the Jews ran Hollywood the music was GREAT.

This new Scientology management has only been able to produce…Lady GaGa!?

Back when the Jews ran Hollywood this guy got top billing over Garbo.

re: #228 Racer X

Escher does photography!

re: #225 Dark_Falcon

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 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: #216 Spare O’Lake

Good Evening LGF.

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.

re: #221 albusteve

all of your posts are 1.5 lines long or less. where did this come from? Do you need a hug?

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.

re: #228 Racer X

WTH?

Potrzebie!

re: #238 Obdicut

Whoops, link broke.

amazon.com

re: #223 laZardo
Lady Gagme.

re: #224 Alouette

What an eloquent asshole.

A prosaic prick.

re: #240 cliffster

It was a good rant.

re: #240 cliffster
Too long on Twitter.
:)

re: #239 soap_man

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.

Blizzard brewing! Send Beer!
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re: #235 laZardo

Cocaine is a helluvadrug.

“I wish I had more hands so I could give those titties 4 thumbs down.” ROFL.

re: #209 Dark_Falcon

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.

NASA Launches David Bowie Concept Mission

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.

Good evening all!

re: #1 EmmmieG

Yeah! This same worm has been buying chocolate chocolate muffins at Costco and making me eat them.

Death to worms!

Usually hits me in the morning before I finish the first coffee or close the woot.com web page.

re: #249 Mich-again

“I wish I had more hands so I could give those titties 4 thumbs down.” ROFL.

What did five fingers say to the face??