I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
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yep. New thread. Though I haven't mastered the old ones yet.
Frickin' SUV illegally parked...new shoes costing how much?
Must be nice to be so important
As much as I hate to admit it, that dumbwit is my senator. FUCK, fuck, fuck.
hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!
would've been great if he stepped in dogshit on his way to the curb,
I hope no sweaty-footed HIV+ man had tried them shoes on first.
Mer,
It's clearly not YOUR fault, but you need to have some choice conversations with your neighbors.
(I'm grinning)
Mr. Frist, Um. do you mind?
I read somewhere shoes cost him $500. And I need a new stove.
would've been great if he stepped in dogshit on his way to the curb,
watertiger
Particle Man, Particle Man...
When he's underwater, does he get wet
Or does the water get him instead
Particle Man, Particle Man...
I would wish these kinds of *annoyances* on every single Bush Republican. I want their road to be very, very bumpy.
I want them to throw public tantrums, film at 11.
From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed. --Bill Frist
And would the true meaning of our creed be greed, Billy Boy?
Not only is this asshat my Senator, but his family started the hospital that treated my cancer. So now I have to be thankful for the Frist family. Know what, phk him, anyway.
Ahhhhhh, I just opened a beer a few minutes ago and now I am grinning after reading this link. Nice change of pace from the below.
Let's all sing the Schadenfreude Song.
I love watching the Repugs get more and more unpopular. It's fun.
Five hundred bucks for shoes? Good gravy....were I to drop half a grand on a pair of shoes, them fuckers better do all the walking for me. Don't y'all have Payless stores in Pennsylvania? Can't properly fund the VA or provide troops with body armor, Social Security is apparently on its last legs (according to Frist)...but, by God, our sainted elected represenatives can afford shoes that cost more than my rent.
500 dollar shoes? What kind of cat are they made from?
Frist has dead eyes.
Let's all sing the Schadenfreude Song.
I love watching the Repugs get more and more unpopular. It's fun.
Tena | Email | Homepage | 05.14.05 - 6:26 pm | #
And then the sang the song they always sang whilst watching Republicans encounter people who actually work for a living.
2 - 4 - 6 - 8
strangle/mangle/mutilate
blood makes the grass grow!
blood makes the grass grow!
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I wnat thm to have all poptop tabs to come off in their hand without opening the can.
I want them to accidently drop their toothbrushes in the toilet bowl tomorrow morning.
And I want them to unknowingly step in dog shit just before they walk into their morning church service tomorrow.
(Please someone hold me back before I go completely ape-shit on them.)
McAllyn,
I'm glad there was a hospital that treated your cancer. Presumably (and hopefully)that treatment was successful.
If this man and his comrades get their way, those hospitals might not be affordable by the rest of us, especially those of us who can't drive our big SUV up to a shoe store to buy a $500 pair of shoes.
Know what I mean?
$500 shoes? What, were they made from imported kitten-skin?
HA-HA!
Please, Reputed-to-be-there-all-seeing-all-knowing-diety-
type-being-that-lives-in-the-clouds, please, let Bill Frist be chosen as the Rethug candidate in '08.
Please someone hold me back before I go completely ape-shit on them
I just did, on my own blog. Yes, this is blogwhoring. It's one of the perks.
He is also my senator as well. I look forward to watching his run for the presidency and his overall political career go down in flames!
And would the true meaning of our creed be greed, Billy Boy?
Shaw Kenawe
That and keeping them brown-skinned folks down on the plantation, either in chains or as sharecroppin' serfs.
It might not live up to the American ideal, but it sure is the true meaning behind their creed. Isn't that right, Sen. Lott?
Who said plutocrats can't be entertaining?
Please someone hold me back before I go completely ape-shit on them
I just did, on my own blog. Yes, this is blogwhoring. It's one of the perks.
Echidne of the snakes
Consider yourself the recipient of a one person standing ovation, especially since you've been so busy here.
I think your own blog post says it right.
Well, since I'm not the first,
allow me to Attaturk, too.
I linked Echidne's CPB post and then posted my view on it.
$500 for a pair of shoes -- he must be one of them thar me-tro-sex-u-als.
Only domestic kitten-skin runs $500. Imported kitten-skin is far more reasonable.
Tena - Good rant on "First Draft"
I linked Echidne's CPB post and then posted my view on it.
Tena
WHOA!
You women are on fire!
To you both: thanks, I needed that. I was getting the old 'hopeless' feeling.
It's so good to see those sparks again.
$500 for a pair of shoes -- he must be one of them thar me-tro-sex-u-als.
He's got very delicate feet.
Tena, someone said that Bill 'Olie's rateing were headed down fast.
Do you think that PBS is henting that they would sign him on?
Thanks, Diane. I'm going crazy today, because I've been posting on three blogs. The American Street as well as this and my own.
From Tena's post:
Stupid is one thing; stupid and proud of it is pretty much the pinnacle of stupid.
Fuckin' A. That describes the frist-fuckers to a T.
Oh by the way, nobody has ever accused me of knowing how to spell.
Who said plutocrats can't be entertaining?
jdancingkid
They'd be a hell of a lot more entertaining if they'd all move to fucking Pluto...
I took a break and turned on CSPAN II, where Tariq Ali was pushing his latest book. I had never heard of him. But his main premise is that there is very little difference between Islamic fundies and Christian fundies. And a lot more.
With two entire bookshelves devoted to anti-bush/fundy books, how did I miss this guy. He was really interesting, and kinda hot too, in a rumpled professorial way. Just like I like em.
Here's something I don't get: why would somebody pay $500 for a pair of shoes?
I mean, I could've afforded to do that, but why would I?
I'll admit I'm getting long in the tooth and dumpy, but still...$500 for a pair of shoes?
What does that say about a person and that person's values?
QL- Thanks for the info on bookspan. Got it on now.
QL in NY
The documentary "The power of Nightmares" makes pretty much the same observation...great documentary if you get a chance to see it. It was aired here a few weeks ago
Echidne: I bow to your rant. You are on fire today. Thanks for filling in.
Little did Frist know that with his acts of hubris, he unleashed the Mummy's curse. Beware the television, doc!
I would like to repeat what mr muntz said upthread.
HA HA.
By the way since no one has said it, but Billy is a very ugly person.
Blue Dragon - I don't know if he has any intention of hiring O'Lielly - it's the fact that the guy loves the O'Reilly Factor. O'Lielly is a lying idiot and it depresses the shit out of me that this is a standard this guy uses.
William F. Buckley (odious as he was) O'Lielly ain't.
I'm just surprised that Kitty Kevorkian doesn't skin and tan his own hides for footwear, in the name of medical science.
I read somewhere shoes cost him $500. And I need a new stove.
mer - We're obviously looking at a guy who hasn't any idea of how to shop. I mean, honestly, $500? American made? C'mon. If we were talking Italian, in Italy - or, with a bow to our ur-host, Spanish kidskin maybe, purchased in Seville, made on individually formed lasts.... well, okay. But a pair of black brogans from Allen Edmonds in DC? No wonder the damned country's bankrupt. No shopping sense a-tall.
When you get a chance to protest the Frister, remember to make spooky "ghost kitty" noises at him.
mmmeeeeeeeooooooooooowww... mmiaaaaoooooooooowww
Diane, I belive it was 2 pair of shoes and you know he would not wear a pair made in China.
I have not seen a pair that was NOT made in China in years.
You know, we are finally in a place where, yeah, we could buy $500 shoes if we wanted. But would we do it. No way. We spent a lifetime saving, owing, putting kids through college, mortgage, credit cards, and all that shit. We are, by now, hard wired to scrimp and save. I think only people who never really had to work can spend money like that. Real people just wouldn't do it. Not even as a bday present.
I am sure that if Frisky is on timmah's show tomorrow that Tim will act as if the incident had never occured.
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I think only people who never really had to work can spend money like that. Real people just wouldn't do it. Not even as a bday present.
I'm still amazed that we can't call the Republicans and their cronies elitists...
Oh, if only the tow truck was a little faster....
I am sure that if Frisky is on timmah's show tomorrow that Tim will act as if the incident had never occured.
Or that it's another example of the shrill unfair hysteria of The Evil Hippie Left.
I have not seen a pair that was NOT made in China in years.
Brazil, baby, Brazil! Brazil shoemakers still use the good old American last too, the one that all the US shoemakers used, and the one that actually tends to fit US customers. There's a little matter of actual leather too, as opposed to pre-printed vinyl-ite. And since there are at most maybe one or two US shoemakers still in business (men's only of course) I recommend you look for the Brazillian manufacturers - they got lots and lots of cows and their shoes fit US good.
(*Signed, serious and hardcore value shopper of Scottish extraction. Yes, that was a penney you heard screaming.)
That said, it was $500 for two pairs of shoes, and they're made by Allen-Edmonds in Wisconsin, where the management has kept the US staff ($15/hr plus benefits) while others ship the work off to China.
That's the American economy writ large.
So, good choice in shoes, Sen. Frist; bad choice in political bedfellows. And animal care. And AIDS diagnosis. And every fucking thing else.
Diane, I belive it was 2 pair of shoes and you know he would not wear a pair made in China.
Blue Dragon
Oh, well...$250 a pair ...that makes all the difference in the world.
[/sarcasm]
Or that it's another example of the shrill unfair hysteria of The Evil Hippie Left.
Hey! Senator Frist buys shoes and gets tickets, just like a regular person. Whatta guy!
frank rich kicks some fundie ass in his column -- an excerpt:
Just How Gay Is the Right?
...Today's judge-bashing firebrands often say that it isn't homosexuality per se that riles them, only the potential legalization of same-sex marriage by the courts. That's a sham. These people have been attacking gay people since well before Massachusetts judges took up the issue of marriage, Vermont legalized civil unions or Gavin Newsom was in grade school. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, characterizes the religious right's anti-gay campaign as a 30-year war, dating back to the late 1970's, when the Miss America runner-up Anita Bryant championed the overturning of an anti-discrimination law protecting gay men and lesbians in Dade County, Fla., and the Rev. Jerry Falwell's newly formed Moral Majority issued a "Declaration of War" against homosexuality. A quarter-century later these views remained so unreconstructed that Mr. Falwell and the Rev. Pat Robertson would go so far as to pin the 9/11 attacks in part on gay men and lesbians - a charge they later withdrew but that Mr. Robertson repositioned just two weeks ago. In response to a question from George Stephanopoulos, he said he now believes that activist judges are a more serious threat than Al Qaeda.
Their cronies are no different. As The Washington Post reported, Rick Scarborough, the Texas preacher and Tom DeLay acolyte whose "Patriot Pastor" network is a leading player in the judiciary battle, first became active in politics in 1992, when he helped oust a local high-school principal for the crime of presiding over an AIDS-awareness assembly. The American Family Association, whose leader, the Rev. Donald Wildmon, is a Scarborough ally, had been whipping up homophobia long before anyone suspected SpongeBob SquarePants of being a stalking horse (or at least a stalking sea sponge) for same-sex marriage. So-called research available on the Wildmon Web site for years - and still there as of last week - asserts that 17 percent of gay men "report eating and/or rubbing themselves with the feces of their partners" and 15 percent "report sex with animals." ...
Just How Gay Is the Right?
"I want them to throw public tantrums, film at 11."
Sarah Deere
Yeah, equal time with the guys holding the signs.
You guys have all been the only ones throwing tantrums for the past 5 years now. Must be exhausting.
Actually, all snarkiness aside, I do have to say that I am pleased that those folks did hound him.
Our Congress Critters vote the way they do because they are so insulated inside the Beltway.
It's nice that at least one of them had to face being held accountable by the citizenry.
Remember - this is the guy who went to "survey" the wreckage that was Aceh after the tsunami and said "get a shot of me in front of the debris."
or something like that.
I'll pay $125 for a really good pair of Timberlands, but that's about it.
Oh, and I enjoyed the Who ep that I just watched. Last weeks, not this weeks.
Night all. Dinner has arrived.
But a pair of black brogans from Allen Edmonds in DC? No wonder the damned country's bankrupt. No shopping sense a-tall.
Can we have a bit of consistency here, people? A pair of well-made $250 dress shoes will last 20 years with resoling. It's just a fucking shame that most Americans can't afford them.
You can't say 'Wal-Mart sells Chinese crap' then attack Frist for buying American-made shoes from a factory that pays its workers decent wages. You can, of course, point out that Frist enjoys being fucked in his sleep by fundies, killing cats, subverting democracy and generally being a tool.
(That said, I'm more a Red Wing man than Allen Edmonds. Though my real love is for John Lobb brogues, and Alt-Berg walking boots. And Fleuvogs, baby.)
Or that it's another example of the shrill unfair hysteria of The Evil Hippie Left.
Well that is also a possibility, especially if Timmeh has a hankerin' for some new shoes hisself.
The rich, being persecuted as they are, need to look out for each other.
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From slavery to segregation, we remember that America did not always live up to its ideals. In fact, we often fell far short of them. But we also learned that fundamental to our national character is the drive to live out the true meaning of our creed. --Bill Frist
"And would the true meaning of our creed be greed, Billy Boy?"
Shaw Kenawe
Yeah, screw all those greedy heart surgeons. Good riddance, right?
Point is, they're all just "regular people." Clinton is just "regular people." I have met him many times. I guess growing up has made me realize (more and more alarmingly) that there are so *few* wise, more capable people in our government. Sheesh! We ARE the grown-ups now and I'm still not adjusted to the idea.
BTW,
it looks like a really bad movie called "the bonesnatcher" is starting of the 'Fi channel.
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(*Signed, serious and hardcore value shopper of Scottish extraction. Yes, that was a penney you heard screaming.)
The sporran was designed solely to make it difficult for Scots to open their wallets. This is a fact.
Yeah, I actually do know about this - my Pop (who had perfectly beautiful feet and was very careful of them, what with having been in the g-d US Army and all) let me know that good men's shoes always did cost an arm and a leg, but mostly because they lasted forever and were made properly and didn't exactly get into style or anything.
But look here, Senator. See this? You can get a darn good discount if you don't insist on retail. Retail is for Republicans. Oh, that's right.
Idiot.
I don't give a flying fuck what anyone pays for his or her shoes, goddamn it.
I do care that Frist is getting hassled by people who are pissed off about social security. That rocks.
OT but can someone give me a list of the Democratic Senators/House members that voted to squash Senator Bill Nelson's amendment to the bankruptcy bill to exempt from means testing individuals whose debts were incurred as a result of identity fraud?
I just learned about this amendment from Matt Taibbi's newest column and, honestly, I'm sickened that I'm a registered Democrat.
Now I feel I have to make a list of reasons why I will no longer blindly shill the Democratic Party and it starts with the folks that voted for to crush Nelson's amendment.
"A scientist finds a monster that devours its prey in the deserts of South Africa"
I am thinking that somebody wanted to see the Namib Desert and decided to use a movie as an excuse.
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it looks like a really bad movie called "the bonesnatcher" is starting of the 'Fi channel.
damn. ain't touchin' that one.
GWPDA: that applies to all men's clothing past a certain age. My dad had a hand-tailored suit and Bally shoes in his twenties (during the swinging 60s) and it cost him about three month's wages. But damn, he looked good.
I'd pay $500 for a pair of shoes, but only if they were hand-lasted, thank you. I'll save that for my later years, to piss off any kids wanting an inheritance.
OT but can someone give me a list of the Democratic Senators/House members that voted to squash Senator Bill Nelson's amendment to the bankruptcy bill to exempt from means testing individuals whose debts were incurred as a result of identity fraud?
Jesse,
Try searching here
You guys have all been the only ones throwing tantrums for the past 5 years now. Must be exhausting.
Boy, someone hasn't been paying attention lately. The Schiavo nonsense, the whole "activist judges" caterwauling...that came from which end of the bench again?
Retail is for Republicans. Oh, that's right.
He's using the Halliburton billing method. And you know the fucker will expense the shoes and his parking ticket.
damn. ain't touchin' that one.
What if it was called "the Equine Bone Snatcher"?
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You can't say 'Wal-Mart sells Chinese crap' then attack Frist for buying American-made shoes from a factory that pays its workers decent wages. You can, of course, point out that Frist enjoys being fucked in his sleep by fundies, killing cats, subverting democracy and generally being a tool.
pseudonymous in nc
Nicely said, though I understand the "populist appeal" of ranting about expensive shoes. It fits in with expensive hair cuts and bo-tox talk as a reference that our Representatives are not very representative of the average American.
Though I'm still a sucker for the HK$100 pair of shoes from China (roughly US$12). At that price it's still thriftier than resoling old shoes, though more wasteful.
I am thinking that somebody wanted to see the Namib Desert and decided to use a movie as an excuse.
Dust Devil would be my recommendation...
pseud - And you know the fucker will expense the shoes and his parking ticket.
Empire of Terror. Proprietor: Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Partners, LLC.
Dust Devil
Why take a vacuum cleaner to an African desert?
/snark
Why take a vacuum cleaner to an African desert?
Because of the sand which is there.
Oh goddamn it:
pseud - And you know the fucker will expense the shoes and his parking ticket.
He isn't paying that parking ticket - are you fucking kidding me?!
A US senator and a surgeon paying a parking ticket - right.
(I don't even remember the actual riddle anymore, just the punchline...)
pseud - And you know the fucker will expense the shoes and his parking ticket.
He'll probably tell the Chief of DC Police to either forget the ticket or the Chief's pussy's gonna be sorry the fuzz ever messed with Da Kat Killa!
Boy, someone hasn't been paying attention lately. The Schiavo nonsense, the whole "activist judges" caterwauling...that came from which end of the bench again?
Ya Know BS, that could have come from me. I have this unusal case of ambulatory Narcolepsy, combined with screaming fits, Apparently it is the source of trouble in the neighborhood.
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By the way, I found a picture of the shoes -- not very surprising, really.
Jesse,
Try searching here
Diane
Actually, Jesse, don't. Either I've got a bad url or the site is down.
The site is called something like "Thomas"
it looks like a really bad movie called "the bonesnatcher" is starting of the 'Fi channel.
If it's the one I think it is, this mother really, really sucks.
Hard to believe it's on Sci Fi, huh?
I just learned about this amendment from Matt Taibbi's newest column
Gotta link?
Sheesh! We ARE the grown-ups now and I'm still not adjusted to the idea.
mag
True. As Jimmy Buffett noted...
Seems everybody’s joggin’ or heavy into health shit
Don’t tell me that I ought to get rolfed
’cause I love cajun martinis and playin’ afternoon golf
Chorus:
We are the people there isn’t any doubt
We are the people they still can’t figure out
We are the people who love to sing twist and shout
Shake it up baby
We are the people our parents warned us about
Hard to believe it's on Sci Fi, huh?
Harder still to believe that it is sponsored by the US Postal Service.
OK to be honest, not so suprising about the Sci-Fi channel or USPS.
Oh and it does have all the earmarks of a stinker.
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Actually, Jesse, don't. Either I've got a bad url or the site is down.
The site is called something like "Thomas"
Diane
The site is down. It says for hardware upgrades.
And if you use a Mac, might I suggest Jefferson a lightweight program that searches Thomas for you. Hasn't been updated in a while, so there are some issues with queries that have changed at Thomas since the last update.
Thers - bad linkee.
Seems that this thread has gone missing from the front page.
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Seems that this thread has gone missing from the front page.
Up next on Sci-Fi, sponsored by DHL: The Threadsnatcher!
Seems that this thread has gone missing from the front page.
It's there.
Still waiting to see that Taibbi link.
I'll be waiting a long time.
Still waiting to see that Taibbi link.
I'll be waiting a long time.
pie
Oops, did I get suckered by a troll?
Thers' link turned tiny to struggle against the link hegemony of haloscan:
http://tinyurl.com/9fdpa
Oops, did I get suckered by a troll?
Google is your friend.
I guess it is just me, I went to refresh with Frist on top and it reloaded with the Tomlinson piece in the lead.
I'll check on of the six other browsers I have. or try entering through the back door.
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Oops, did I get suckered by a troll?
IIRC, Jesse was the one who posted a long screed on his blog about how Atrios wasn't cool anymore, he used to be about the music, now he just phones it in with open threads and doesn't ever talk about biofuels...
Oops, did I get suckered by a troll?
Diane
Even if it was a troll, suggesting people go to Thomas is always the correct move. Primary sources that are on the record and transparent.
pie,
here's the link for taibbi.
read it and have your barf bag ready.
Eeeeewwwwww. Frist creeps me out. He has the deadest eyes in the Senate. Haha. I'm glad he ran head long into REAL America. That out of touch bastard. Wonder how the protesters knew where to show up.
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ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG!
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D James Kennedy, pastor/host of the Coral Ridge Hour and founder of ReKlaiming AmeriKa for Kraist, just wrapped up a sermon about Supply Side Jesus, and right now his show presents an especially long bonus segment by one of these evangelical economists.
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Shows up fine in firefox, the world is round again.
ahhhhhhh.
kent - that happened to me last time I refreshed the page. I was going to go through archives and decided to try refreshing the page one last time and that got this post back.
Haloscan is tricksy
WTF! haven't been here for weeks. where the hell is atrios? one thing i know for sure, Avedon is dead.
Bill Frist, what a putz. probably our next president. if only little george will let go.
fuck'n americans, they deserve it.
My dad had a hand-tailored suit and Bally shoes in his twenties (during the swinging 60s) and it cost him about three month's wages. But damn, he looked good.
And to boot (you must excuse) Pop had, after the war, a tremendous affection for cashmere socks - something not easy to come by in Alberta, even at the Bay. Mummy learnt how to darn on those socks - but darnit, pure self-indulgence is one thing (four years in the CBI Theatre, molting, okay, buy the cashmere socks, Pop, it's fine!) versus self-indulgence as a 'right' and unthinking and stupid. I encourage every man to buy himself nice shoes and good socks - even if they aren't a g-d Senator. I doubt, with all my heart, that the Senator feels the same way. That's the difference of course. Parvenu son of a bitch.
i'm not a friggen troll for having an opinion of atrios, by the way.
i'm just becoming increasingly frustrated with what i see coming from the so-called progressives on my side of the aisle.
someone needs to hold people's feet to the fire every now and again.
i can't tell you how much crap i took for that post but you know what, atrios has seemingly listened as i don't see the same amount of open threads here anymore. i've given atrios a lot of credit for that.
i've stated given credit to atrios several times on my blog since my post but i wouldn't expect any of you who are calling me a troll to know that.
maybe it was wrong to come here and ask about the list of senators but i figure that since it was big news at the time, you'd know more about it than i would.. i'm just coming into the story now because school is finally over.
Read the tabbi link. This was amusing:
But my absolute favorite is the amendment, proposed by Bill Nelson of Florida, to exempt from means testing individuals whose debts were incurred as a result of identity fraud. It would be hard to imagine any legitimate objection to this amendment. The only rational objection to this amendment would be that your tongue is so far up the ass of MBNA,
Jesse, suffice it to say, I have a major problem with this.
Who's this Matt?
This Matt who is googly invisible?
$500 for a pair of shoes? $250? Frist is wasting his money. As is the Bush Boy and his $4000 suits.
While I am not sure as to what Frist looks like in a pair of $250 kicks, the Bush Boy might as well buy his shit off the rack at Sears because that's what he looks like in them. What a coupla putzes.
i'm not a friggen troll for having an opinion of atrios, by the way.
Well, I will grant that I am a helluva lot more sympathetic to those who are pissed off that the Democrats are being feckless wimps than I am with those who wring their hands over how Democratic shrillness and extremism is alienating 'Murka.
charley,
Hey! I sure as hell don't deserve Frist and neither does anyone else. Atrios is in Spain.
I am with those who wring their hands over how Democratic shrillness and extremism is alienating 'Murka.
Eli, if a Dem got up in one if the houses of Congress, yanked out his shit and pissed in a repuke's ear in protest, I'd send the mutherphucher a grand.
Eff that nicety-nice crap. These folks need to start swinging axes.
Tena,
nice to know I was not alone. For a second there I thought the history scrubbers may have been activated.
, I think.
Billy B, you did see the "than" in front of the "I am with", right?
Well, I will grant that I am a helluva lot more sympathetic to those who are pissed off that the Democrats are being feckless wimps than I am with those who wring their hands over how Democratic shrillness and extremism is alienating 'Murka.
Eli
And open threads are a sign of Democrats being "feckless wimps"?
I thought they were melting pots that allowed competing ideas to be attaturk'ed and discussed by Progressives {and trolled by people who don't like free form discussion}.
nice to know I was not alone. For a second there I thought the history scrubbers may have been activated.
No, that requires double time and notification to the History Union and that hasn't happened.
Say, kent - that was some fine Indiana soil you've sent.... Between the Foxy dollie and the dirt, Arthur has had a rare old time this afternoon, and we both thank you very much. Pictures eventually. Himself liked it very, very, very much. Thank you.
And Greed is the creed, heart-surgeon or senator. Only became a senator to pad the family bankroll by exempting the family medical practice from taxes and regulations. Got hisself delusions of adequacy, thinks he can preznit better than half-wit the Twit installed last time. Fuck 'em, bury them in their own shit. They have lost their souls, and won't be re-souled.
GWPDA, did you get all my recipes?
Nicely said, though I understand the "populist appeal" of ranting about expensive shoes.
Oh, god yes. I suspect that Frist's constituents in rural Tennessee would be pleased to know that he slaps down that kind of cash on a couple of pairs of penny loafers, while consipiring to take the shoes from their feet.
And open threads are a sign of Democrats being "feckless wimps"?
Nah, I still thought the "Death To Open Threads!" post was crap. Although I still think their primary purpose is simply to bridge the gap between how many content posts Atrios can make, and how many posts we need to keep comment threads from going stale.
I'm just more willing to grant some benefit of the doubt to someone who's frustrated with the Democrats' tendency to cave and capitulate when they think they can get away with it.
Jesse here's the roll call for that Nelson Amendment.
GWPDA,
Warms my heart to hear it. I am glad the Gatekeeper has enjoyed himself.
pie, I did. I've carefully preserved them too, particularly the roasted sweet onions with blue cheese. Right now, I've just made a nice light custard sauce for the blackberries - it's cooling on the stove. Very nice. Next up, sweet onion & peach salsa.
pie,
read this on Matt from Salon.
as far as why you can't google him, maybe i spelled his name wrong.
And kent, we'll put your note into Arthur's scrapbook. He likes to re-read his clippings in the evening, while I work.
I've carefully preserved them too, particularly the roasted sweet onions with blue cheese.
Somehow, soulmate, I knew you'd like that one.
But I've sent torta rustica recipes, too.
thanks honeybearkelly..
and thanks to the others that helped.
pie - Thirty-six pounds of Grand Canyon sweet onions! Ooooooooooohhhhh..... There are days when my basic farmwifery just takes over.
Billy B, you did see the "than" in front of the "I am with", right?
Eli -
Meaning that you want to kick some ass, eh?
If so, I am on the same page.
My teachers in school would scold me for using profanity and would say that, by using profanity, I was unable to express myself in proper English.
My retort was always that I could articulate in the King's English just fine, but when I start cussing, you really get my point and know I sure as fuck mean business. 
Meaning that you want to kick some ass, eh?
If so, I am on the same page.
Correct. I am not down with appeasement; I am down with standing for something and not backing down. Sure worked well for the Republicans, even when people disagreed with what they stand for.
If you look at the campaign, it's not an interaction between the candidate and the voters. The media is selling the campaign to its audience. It's a top-down process. The only time the public even appears is through poll numbers. It really is a giant commercial, and I spent most of my time trying to figure out what it was a commercial for.
The only time the public even appears is through poll numbers.
So Matt did his darndest to effect change, but the poll numbers did him wrong.
Is that what you're saying?
I am not down with appeasement; I am down with standing for something and not backing down.
Right on. If the Dems only realized how fucking much mileage the Bush Boy gets from acting like a badass punk (altho you and I know the wuss would fold up like a tent if you busted his nose), then they would start acting like that instead of whimpering as they do.
Yep. Americans respect tough guys; doesn't matter if they're authentic or not.
He likes to re-read his clippings in the evening, while I work.
I am honored, and glad that it was legible. And to think that I once won a couple of penmanship awards.
then they would start acting like that instead of whimpering as they do.
They're not whimpering.
They seem to have the upper hand, actually.
Yep. Americans respect tough guys; doesn't matter if they're authentic or not.
Eli
Actually, one has to laugh at the idiots that believe the beady-eyed, AWOL, Chicken-shit Bush Boy is a badass.
Yep. Americans respect tough guys; doesn't matter if they're authentic or not.
John Wayne.
Coward.
Ronald Reagan.
Whatever.
georgie smoosh.
Loser and coward.
They're not whimpering.
They seem to have the upper hand, actually.
Sometimes they're tough & savvy, sometimes they're not.
I think they're a helluva lot better without Gephardt & Daschle, though.
All that matters is that you *act* like a tough guy. No-one looks past the surface.
I think they're a helluva lot better without Gephardt & Daschle, though.
Those guys didn't know what hit them.
Who would have believed that we'd we here now, because of this administration's *handling* of 9/11.
We didn't know what hit us.
But everyone has since gotten educated.
I am honored, and glad that it was legible. And to think that I once won a couple of penmanship awards.
Far superior to Arthur's own paw. Elegant. Of course, the length of Arthur's nails allows him to tweak his scrapbook off the shelf more easily, and when he turns the pages, he's able to do so with great delicacy.
Americans respect tough guys; doesn't matter if they're authentic or not.
I am currently at the intersection of "Sadness bvld", and "Truth is a bitch way".
But of course you are referring to the 'mericans among the citizenry. I saw lots of them today. Lots of flags and shirts with slogans that seemed tough, like, "We protect Freedom" or suchlike in giant letters on the back and other badges signaling the bearer to be a loyal member of Team 'merica.
/shivers
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All that matters is that you *act* like a tough guy.
We're one country in a big world.
A country that doesn't honor its military dead.
A country that doesn't take adequate care of wounded vets.
A country that tries to bully young men and women into joining up.
Abuse. Abuse. Abuse.
No freaking wonder recruitment is down.
I am so ashamed of this country that's led by this president.
I want my country back.
I must say that the image of Arthur in a comfy chair, deftly turning the pages of his scrapbook, possibly dappled in firelight, is a delightful one.
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The commenters here missed the other part of the story. While shopping for his shoes, Frist double parked his SUV and promptly got a ticket.
Will he pay his ticket? Members of Congress are notorious for not paying traffic tickets in DC.
Will he pay from his pocket or from his office funds?
I must say that the image of Arthur in a comfy chair, deftly turning the pages of his scrapbook, possibly dappled in firelight, is a delightful one.
Hearthrug. Otherwise, yes. I get the cozy chair, with a glass of sherry on the biscuit table. Arthur prefers a biscuit on the hearthrug as he reads his notices. Otherwise, you have it right.
I promise not to complain again about the vigorous enforcement of parking laws by the District.
Someone needs to go to the cop shop Monday and pay Fristf#ucks ticket.Then call his office and inquire about the ticket.
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