HULK SMASH!!!
Beneath Hecate!
Cruella de Villa and the Wicked Witch of the West all rolled into one.
the worst, full of a passionate intensity.
When Gregory asked her if Hackett has more credibility about Iraq because he was a veteran and had served there. Jean replied that she went to a soldier's funeral.
Well, going to a soldier's funeral may not make Jean more credible than Hackett on Eye-Rack, but it makes her more credible than Little Boots as His Pussilanimousness ain't been to no funerals as it upsets him.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Not terribly bright, but then, neither is the current resident of the White House.
Cruella de Villa and the Wicked Witch of the West all rolled into one.
You need to toss in Frau Blucher and Ilse Koch.
I say, let's all go look at nekkid art, nekkid!
I saw that interview on Hardball ~ twice. I watched the repeat, too.
She is not impressive.
I have to differ with Atrios on the title of this post. The worst candidate ever was George W. Bush.
Not terribly bright, but then, neither is the current resident of the White House.
Vicki, Who Loves Al Gore
Oy. And did anyone else find this rather ironic?
A federal judge has ruled that some provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act dealing with foreign terrorist organizations remain too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence and are therefore unconstitutional.
How can we base law on "average intelligence" when we've put a moron in the highest office?
When David pressed her on Hackett's experience, she replied that he sounds like Nancy Pelosi.
That's got to be right up there with "John Kerry looks French!" in the Top Ten Stupidest Repug Arguements Against A Political Opponent.
We are led by the morons of our own choosing.
Gawd help us.
We are led by the morons of our own choosing.
The words of an optimist.
She isn't horrible. She's like so many people out there, sticking up for her side. I sure hope she loses, but that clip doesn't make her seem a demon--even though she demonizes others "liberals...like Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi".
It's the ideas--I wish people would debate the ideas, not demonize the people.
The ideas she's for--tax breaks for the weealthy, the recently dead and wealthy...those are horrible ideas.
I saw that interview, the woman is just a bossy, nauseating bee-yotch in a craven old school marm sort of way.
Very patronizing, too. The whole interview was spent insulting the intelligence of Republican voters in her district. Wonder if they'll be smart enough to pick that up?
Is Schmidt Marge Schott's zombie?
I'll have to try again later to watch the video. I think we've broken another internet toy.
"Expousing" ??? "Nookular"??
Does Ms. Schmidt speak our language?
We are led by the morons of our own choosing.
Revise that to say that we are led by the morons of Diebold's choosing and it would be a true statement.
And the thing is, the district is so conservative if she does not get elected, it will be tantamount to a miracle. America the . . . .
Stinky--now, let's be nice to craven old schoolmarms...Schmidt is more like Return of the Vampire.
How can we base law on "average intelligence" when we've put a moron in the highest office?
rorschach
He's gonna use this at the Hague....I can feel it in my bones.
Beneath Hecate!
rorschach
Dreamer.
I saw the performance yesterday. As a political candidate, she is totally awful.
As an obnoxious Republican, she excells.
Hecate--wasn't the ruling on the Patriot Act from a CA judge? You know how the Repigs are about CA.
Hecate, I left a sort of message for you earlier: I have been selected by the Eisenhower Foundation to come to DC and work as a teacher for G & T kids for three or four days sometime (remains to be seen when the district will let me leave.) Maybe we could meet for lunch or something. We can see.
Jean Schmidt at 4:15 of the clip:
"9-11 was a huge wake-up call and it showed America that we are no longer innocent -- and that the enemies of freedom can come to us in a heartbeat."
Dumb bitch got one thing RIGHT -- letting fly a Freudian slip on national TV.
I never put it together before, but it's just occurred to me that, just as the rethugs have convinced people to support tax breaks for the rich because it identifies them with the wealthy, so also has having an intellectual middleweight in the WH made them feel powerful by association. Someday I could be rich; someday I could be preznit.
Shyeah. Right.
Chris Matthews interviewed Hackett several days ago, and what an impressive individual. If people there aren't paying attention to this man, they are losing out. His views on training the Iraq Army was just outstanding. I haven't heard a White House talking head with half the knowledge this man has. He would be a tremendous asset.
Occasionally, Gregory doesn't roll over and pant. She was probably amazed that her whining points were challenged.
DWD--congratulations on being selected! A most deserved honor!
Hey, DWD! You rawk!
She isn't horrible. She's like so many people out there, sticking up for her side.
Why, yes, yes she is horrible. The interview on Hardball did her no favors in the "showing off my brains" department, and the fact that she regurgitates GOP talking points and criticizes an Iraq vet means, to me, that she's highlighting pages from the Rovian playbook.
And frankly, anyone, and I mean anyone, who supported George Bush in the last election is an idiot and gets zero respect from me.
Normally, I wouldn't take such a hardcore approach in my ideology. But Bush has fucked up this country to damn near unrecognizable, and anyone who voted for him is not paying attention to reality.
9/11 showed Jean Schmidt that America is not innocent.
In a heartbeat, the tragedy unleashed the enemies of freedom -- John Ashcroft, John Bolton, Alberto Gonzalez, Karl Rove, Judith Miller, George W. Bush be just some of their names.
Assistez le poll.
I watched that last night, and compared to Hackett, she is an idiot.
For the umpteenth time, we probably won't win this one, but boy oh boy, it feels good to be fighting. And we are really highlighting the differences between the two parties. Of course, they have it worked that if you don't follow their agenda 100%, you are a liberal. I think there are a whole lotta liberals being borne.
I donated to Hackett even though I have never been to Ohio, and only have some very distant relatives living there. Felt good.
"Expousing" ??? "Nookular"??
Does Ms. Schmidt speak our language?
mark - I'm pretty sure that's an Ahio regional dialect. She don't get out much.
Vicki--
What would you say if I told you that I supported Bush against Gore?
Wow, this just in from Wingnut-land: Saddam didn't allow weapons inspectors in! All those images in my memory of inspectors going into Iraq and even destroying some missiles are false, implanted by Nancy Pelosi and Ted Kennedy. We have always been at war with Eurasia!
Rorschach--we'd say you were lying.
But Ohio grows corn! Corn is empowering!
What a fucking nutcase...
What would you say if I told you that I supported Bush against Gore?
Though I have no particular love of Al Gore, I would still hope you are putting us on.
DWD, Congratulations!
You'll have fun!
My nephews will be in first grade next year at one of the elementary schools in Mona Shores...do you teach in Muskegon or in one of the surrounding areas?
Well, you have to admit that if Jean Schmidt has been to a soldier's funeral, she has done more than W
I can't imagine a Republican not winning that district -- it would be so sweet!
Well, you have to admit that if Jean Schmidt has been to a soldier's funeral, she has done more than W
I can't imagine a Republican not winning that district -- it would be so sweet!
DWD,
Congrats on this honor! That's fantastic. Let me know when you're coming.
I never put it together before, but it's just occurred to me that, just as the rethugs have convinced people to support tax breaks for the rich because it identifies them with the wealthy, so also has having an intellectual middleweight in the WH made them feel powerful by association. Someday I could be rich; someday I could be preznit.
Shyeah. Right.
Virginia
That's it, or part of it, in a nutshell.
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Oh, and I like that bit about our only mistake in the hunt for WMD was - listening to Saddam!
Hey, he said he had 'em, and we believed him! It's all his fault!!!
How much fucking corn likker did this moran soak up before she went on the air?
QL,
Gorgeous quilt!!
Rorschach--we'd say you were lying.
Sallyh
Guilty as charged!
In penitence, I offer kittens.
Yeah, Saddam was so unreliable and bereft of credibility, that America invaded Iraq because Saddam said he had WMD. Who'da thunk America would stake their credibility and HUNDREDS-OF-BILLIONS of dollars on a stupid war because they believed Saddam said he had WMD (when all the rest of the world was hearing were his denials)??
QL -- that was really great of you. I don't have a red cent to my name, but I did forward an appeal to every progressive I know with some background and the donation link. (Because as much as i love them, some people just don't obsess on politics. What do they do with themselves?)
Vicki,
Muskegon Heights has the "joy" of having me.
How much fucking corn likker did this moran soak up
Corn likker. Heh heh. That's what Strom used to call me.
-Liddy Dole
ow. that interview hurt!
forgetting all the stuff about iraq having nothing to do with 9/11 and killing innocent iraqi civilians to protect our innocent civilians ...
the people of her district are up in arms about the "death tax"? ohio has a big immigration problem? what kind of shit is she expousing?
QL--
Your art is inspiring.
Typical Rethuglican, very WH/RNC talking-points oriented, with a heaping glop of Southeast Ohio/OH-2 talking points.
But the interviewer, now his behavior (actually asking tough-ish questions) was quite striking by today's standards on a so-called news channel.
shbinga--you're not Dirk Gently today?
saddam wouldn't let the inspectors in - what choice did we have but to order the inspectors out so we could attack?
But Ohio grows corn! Corn is empowering!
What a fucking nutcase...
dave™©®
Yeah it does
And I loved walking thru those corn fields at nite with Moe (a male Siamese, more like a dog than a cat).
.
shbinga--you're not Dirk Gently today?
Sallyh | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 12:32 pm | #
oops - working at home, forgot to chang it on this pc. thanks, sallyh!
"expouse"? I thought that was what you had after a divorce?
This lady is crazy!
shoot. can't even spell my own name.
hey, maybe i could run on the GOP ticket in 08?
He was in violation of UN SC directives; what choice did we have but to declare the UN irrelevant?
I can't see QL's quilt gravatar, for some reason.
Is Schmidt Marge Schott's zombie?
I think SallyH has got it.
rorschach ~
I'd be disappointed in knowing that you supported Bush over Gore. However, I can understand that decision more so than I can understand why anyone would have voted for Bush over Kerry. In the 2000 election, Bush didn't have much of a national track record, although anyone who studied his biography could see that he fucked up everything he touched. I didn't like his Rovian campaign tactics against Richards (rumoring that she was a lesbian) or McCain, and I had intuition that he would be a terrible president. He actually turned out to be worse than I expected.
Bush had almost four years of fucking over this country at the time of the '04 election, and anyone who voted for him clearly wasn't paying attention, or was blinded by either jingoistic or religious bullshit. I can't respect the decision by anyone to vote Bush over Kerry in '04, with the possible exception of the richest of the rich, who were clearly voting in their own best interest (and those folks are few and far between).
If she wins it was rigged - in a related note I read yesterday that Ohio's 120,000 evangelical christians were targeted by the GOP for the '04 vote - bush picked up 500,000 new votes between 2000 and 2004 - Is anybody ever going to find a way to prove the election was stolen in '04 - I read something at Harper's but it doesn't seem to have legs
Swift boating lies get legs and cred all day long but the truth not so much
she'd make a good companion to that falafel sex freak guy.
ohio has a big immigration problem? what kind of shit is she expousing?
shbinga
Those damn Kentuckians sneaking across the river! Pay attention!
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Jeannie wasn't wearing quite enough flair. She'll not get that promotion to head cashier at Applebee's with that renegade attitude of hers.
DWD ~
My mom grew up in the Heights! Mason Boulevard. She graduated from Muskegon Catholic, Class of 1955.
And did I mention (he asks disingenuously, knowing that he did) that I may have just lost 50 fucking pages of my dissertation?
I agree with Vicki, Who Loves Al Gore, Schmidt is comes off as extremely horrible in this video-the whole thing-unbelievable! She supports permanant tax cuts for the rich, blah, blah, talking point, blah, blah-Yikes! everyone who continues to vote against their own interests-good luck! She also has no idea how badly Bush adm. policies have been for farmers and how much was promised but not delivered to farmers-or maybe she just doesn't care.
Agave--isn't Covington, KY where Cincinnati gets its porn?
If Hackett gets over 40% of the vote I'd consider I'd say it supports the premise we should fight it out in every district, however less than 40% and I'd say maybe those that want to target winnable races have something to peg their argument on.
Don't mediocre people deserve representation in Congress, just like the rest of us?
Gregory started out ok but then just gave up and let her run out the clock. She was talking a mile and minute and saying the same three things over and over and over again, trying to prevent him from getting a word in edgewise and it worked. Do they teach ANYTHING in journalism school? Anything? No first-year lawywer would let a deponent do that to them; why do journalists????
[rubs head]
I hate insomnia.
Hullo, all.
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ohio has a big immigration problem? what kind of shit is she expousing?
Oh, you know, all of those foreigners who are parting the waters of Lake Erie...
-isn't Covington, KY where Cincinnati gets its porn?
Sallyh | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 12:38 pm | #
maybe you missed it - didn't schmidt talk about how much porn was produced in south ohio? yes indeed, south ohio is a major producer of porn.
rorsach,
You had a disk, right? A print-out? You emailed it to someone a few pages back, right?
I hope you find it!!!!!!!!!
Dirk--and here I thought the SFV was a major producer of porn!
And did I mention (he asks disingenuously, knowing that he did) that I may have just lost 50 fucking pages of my dissertation?
rorschach
Damn! I'm so sorry for you!
That's a lot of writing.
But I feel better now knowing that you were being disingenuous about voting for Bush!
Oh, by the way, I stumbled on your wife's blog! Really like it. Love the color, too.
Afternoon, all!
Did I miss anything untowad since
last night?
If the people in that district elect this woman, they deserve the worst.
Good gief. She is horrible.
M -
Whatever the result of the election, I think it's worth it to get the kind of coverage this race is getting on a national level. Schmidt may have a lot of local support who don't care what kind of asinine statements she makes, but it can only help if people who don't know her hear what the wingnut party is expousing.
I have to agree with C & L on this one. THat bitch never met a talking point she did'nt like.
It wa also especially telling when she answered the question, "what would you advise the president on Iraq". Her answer was a dry and empty as the Mojave, "I would advise him to listent to those that know whats going on over there",or some such shit.INO, Dont question the king, DAMMIT!
Agave--isn't Covington, KY where Cincinnati gets its porn?
Sallyh
You know this, how?
A beautiful city, but one of the most conservative.
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I think Ms. Schmidt's platform of eliminating any form of taxing the citizenry is a bold, risky political stance, yet if successful, will lead to the streets in southern Ohio being paved with gold and a national fiscal surplus as far as the eye can see.
Don't mediocre people deserve representation in Congress, just like the rest of us?
NTodd, Cookie Monster
==
Tryin to wake up, but that sounds exactly backwards.
rorcshach!!!!
Ack!
rorschach,
All is not lost. Odds are it can be recovered. Let me know what happened, and maybe I or someone reading can help you out.
Oh, you know, all of those foreigners who are parting the waters of Lake Erie...
Vicki, Who Loves Al Gore | Email | 07.30.05 - 12:40 pm | #
can you imagine the disappointment - fighting to survive the cold cruel waters of lake erie, arriving at the land of the free, and then seeing this moron is going to be your representative?
i think i'd throw myself back into the lake.
"I would advise him to listent to those that know whats going on over there",or some such shit.
Like Hackett, for example?
Heh all you retards, have you ever killed a man with your bare hands?
No, I didn't think so.
Uzbekistan sez "Get out!"
How long before Islam Karimov is "worse than Hitler"?
rorschach
the third picture of the kitten hiding behine the covers, getting ready to pounce on the grownups is priceless.
Thanks all, the sad thing is that that is last creative quilt I made. Since 11/2, all my quilts have been pretty utilitarian. It's like the ooomph left. But it is creeping back.
I think Ms. Schmidt's platform of eliminating any form of taxing the citizenry is a bold, risky political stance, yet if successful, will lead to the streets in southern Ohio being paved with gold and a national fiscal surplus as far as the eye can see.
Max Planck
If she wins it was rigged - in a related note I read yesterday that Ohio's 120,000 evangelical christians were targeted by the GOP for the '04 vote - bush picked up 500,000 new votes between 2000 and 2004 - Is anybody ever going to find a way to prove the election was stolen in '04 - I read something at Harper's but it doesn't seem to have legs
Archibald Tuttle | Email | 07.30.05 - 12:35 pm | #
Y'know, this whole meme we went through last election about the Republicans galvanizing evangelicals who hadn't thought to vote in 2000. Am I the only one who finds that incredibly fishy? These are white conservatives...when have they ever NOT turned out to vote in huge numbers?
(Because as much as i love them, some people just don't obsess on politics. What do they do with themselves?)
Got me.
g'day bats
I'm not sure I'm ready to call her worst candidate ever. There have been so many, including dems.
Some days I think Kerry was on the list for not being able to beat such a bad pres.
Yeah, he was close, but it should have been a landslide in the Dems. favor
she answered the question, "what would you advise the president on Iraq". Her answer was a dry and empty as the Mojave, "I would advise him to listent to those that know whats going on over there",or some such shit.
like maybe, i don't know, a marine major who served in fallujah.
hey, how about this hackett guy>
maybe you missed it - didn't schmidt talk about how much porn was produced in south ohio? yes indeed, south ohio is a major producer of porn.
dirk gently
so many porn experts here.
hmmmmm
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No matter who wins on Tuesday, this is win-win for Hackett & progressives. He now has the recognition to run for state wide office in Ohio, where the Repub to Demo ratio is much better the the 2nd district.
After watching the video, I have to ask this question: what exactly is expousing? SHIT! AND SHE SAID NU-CU-LAR!
Horrible, ill-spoken, and quite possibly functionally illiterate.
Looks like the good folks of Ohio have a choice between a congressman and a Bushco-controlled hand puppet.
Late to the thread, but having seen Ms. Schmidt perform over the last couple of days, she is sounding desperate and strident and edgy.
Desperate strident and edgy, is the factor that will push the undecideds over to Hackett.
Look at it this way--the undecideds are undecideds because they are waiting for someone to make some sort of decision, or look decisive, in essence, decide for them. Jean Schmidt does not look that way. She looks pissed and worried, like someone told her this would be easy, and she getting screwed.
If she continues to play that way, looky sweaty and over wrought, she will lose, Paul Hackett will win, and we will have one member of Congress who can speak about Iraq with authority. Big improvement over the what's there now.
"I had no idea there were protesters outside," said Ohio Republican Party spokesman Jason Mauk, who dismissed the 12-person protest as being staged for reporters.
Reminds me of all the hippie burnouts in Traverse City last fall. We had to stroll through a gauntlet of them on our way in to hear Dubya. They were really pretty pitiful.
What I meant to say to Max Planck was:
Huh? Explain yourself, please. How the fuck can will the streets in Southern Ohion be paved in gold if the government has no money to spend on them due to the elimination of taxes? Same for the fiscal surpluses?
The very wealthy do give their money to charity, but not to the tune of what the government draws in in taxes.
You had a disk, right? A print-out? You emailed it to someone a few pages back, right?
I've been known to email pleadings to myself at several email addresses the night before they're due to be filed. Some filing deadlines are statutory and the courts don't care that the computer ate it.
Matthew--Kerry did win.
Vicki,
I think Mr. Plank was being sarcastic.
Jesus -- untowad?
First damn post of the day and
I fuck up the spelling.....
Hecate--
Working on it. I think I e-mailed it somewhere yesterday... I wrote about 20 fucking pages yesterday (while working!), and so what is lost is what is new... And the deadline is tomorrow...
Vicki--
My wife's blog? Whatever do you mean? It's not like people would want to see kitty pictures. Or pictures of New Zealand. Or of our wedding, the most perfect in the history of humanity...
Ugh, what's that smell?
rorschach -- computer completely not working? Were you in Word?
Ignorance is bliss. Yes, there are still a lot of Dubya supporters here in the 2nd Congressional District of Ohio. I believe it was Mark Twain who said "When the end of time comes, I want to be in Cincinnati. People there have always been about 20 years behind the times". I personally like to think of Cincinnati more as the city where free-thought goes to die.
Anyway, many of my neighbors believe this is the same GOP as during the Reagan years, and you cannot convince them otherwise. Hell they still believe Sadamm was responsible for 9/11, and any mention of lies and deceipt within this administration is all the result of the liberal media.
And take it easy on the rest of us hillbillies - most of us are just trying to be patriotic Americans.
the streets in southern Ohio being paved with gold ...
or with corn. or with monuments to the troops she supports by burying them.
or with that fine Kentucky porn.
Sallyh, I sent a recipe out to GWPDA the other day, and cc-ed it to you for the collection. Did you get it?
I think Mr. Plank was being sarcastic.
Yeah, it was that paved in gold remark that tipped it.
Vicki, sweetheart, it was dripping sarcasm.
I'm watching this clip and am reminded of a recent article I read in Time about young Iranians being fed happy pills to keep them away from politics. Schmitt is saying most of the voters in her district are happy go lucky cos of bush fighting "OVER THERE". They only care about what personally affects them and dead Iraqis, much less 1700 more than the local 4-Her they're currently honoring, don't matter!!
Am I the only one who finds that incredibly fishy?
No, I find it fishy, too.
Y'know, this whole meme we went through last election about the Republicans galvanizing evangelicals who hadn't thought to vote in 2000. Am I the only one who finds that incredibly fishy? These are white conservatives...when have they ever NOT turned out to vote in huge numbers?
Yeah, but it was good cover for Diebold. "Well, gee, guess it must have been those evangelicals."
Agave--very conservative cities have thriving porn trade. Just saying.
Vicki...I agree with Hecate. Mr. Planck was being sarcastic.
If she continues to play that way, looky sweaty and over wrought, she will lose, Paul Hackett will win, and we will have one member of Congress who can speak about Iraq with authority. Big improvement over the what's there now.
genoasail
I hope you are right, but I Know Ohio folks, and, well.....
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If you were in Word, and your computer is working now, have you looked for ~*.tmp docs of the right time and size?
Matthew--Kerry did win.
Sallyh
I know what you mean...but no, he didn't. He should have been able to smack the bitch down. Obviously, this has been covered plenty, but I feel that it took a pretty bad candidate to loose to BushCo.
did you all notice how i pulled a fast one? i said that saddam didn't let inspectors in and dick gregory didn't say anything!
Blak--what does Dudley say the smell is?
on our way in to hear Dubya.
Who's pitiful, little man?
Poll moving back in Hackett's direction. Yes, it's silly and meaningless, but fun to imagine Schmidt's crew trying to keep up. Allez! Allez! If you delay between visits, you can vote beaucoups times.
Like Hackett, for example?
pie | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 12:46 pm | #
great minds and all that, wot?
Max Planck,
Figured as much. Just had to be sure.
I just returned from the farmers market a little while ago, so my brain is still focused on the lush produce that Summer brings.
yes indeed, south ohio is a major producer of porn.
dirk gently
And, do you know how much energy it takes to make ethanol from porn....a lot...it's hard work I tells ya!
I'm late to this party, but this is the difference between Howard Dean's DNC and Terry McDipshit's. The Republicans are used to being able to run any mouthbreathing live body they can find in these districts because the Democrats never fought there before. The Democrats surrendered places like this and all the voters in them to craven gasbags like Schmidt, and there was no blogosphere to support people like Hackett.
Now we fight the fights that need fighting, not just the fights we can win, and it's got them completely bumfuzzled.
I look forward to 2006. Let no Republican run unopposed. Anywhere.
Not.
One.
Inch.
A.
Thanks all, the sad thing is that that is last creative quilt I made. Since 11/2, all my quilts have been pretty utilitarian. It's like the ooomph left. But it is creeping back.
QL in NY
The mark of the true artist:
Even when "inspiration" fails, you keep on working, and making.
The word "poet" from the Greek just means "maker."
You, QL, are a poet.
And thanks to all for the computer consolation...
News as it breaks.
Max Planck--it was more like oozing sarcasm
He's fast asleep on the couch. Since it isn't 3AM, it must be time for bed.
stay the course
fight the enemies on their shores
the president made no mistakes
Ish. Does she have functioning brain? Or is she a bot hardwired to the Pentagon Press Office?
Obviously, this has been covered plenty, but I feel that it took a pretty bad candidate to loose to BushCo.
matthew
in a rational world yes, but life in the united states of america since 2000 has been most irrational.
jesus christ himself could have run for the dems and he'd still lose all of the south.
And did I mention (he asks disingenuously, knowing that he did) that I may have just lost 50 fucking pages of my dissertation?
rorschach
Oh. Ouch.
You have my sympathies.
Agave--very conservative cities have thriving porn trade. Just saying.
Sallyh
But is OK 'cause they're xtian.
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Allez! Allez! If you delay between visits, you can vote beaucoups times.
That website is busier than O'Hare on a Labor Day weekend. WHere is the poll?
Later, Moonbats
"expousing"?
rorschach,
You can make up the twenty pages in a couple of hours. Trust me. I'd spend about another hour searching and then I'd get to work recreating them. Been there.
who dismissed the 12-person protest as being staged for reporters.
Who woulda thunk it? A protest set up for the press?
I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tells ya.
Vicki, sweetheart, it was dripping sarcasm.
Max Planck | 07.30.05 - 12:51 pm | #
and it's all over the rug. will club soda get that out?
Lafcadio Hearn:
Don't make me earn money from
George Soros, okay?
If you take my meaning.....
Mena--indeed I did get said lovely recipe! Thank you!
I just returned from the farmers market a little while ago
A friend and I went into the market in A2 this morning. Everything looked beautiful, but holly hanna, have prices gone up! Garlic was a dollar a head. They can keep it at that price.
I hate insomnia.
Hullo, all.
spork:
Are you sayin' my lullaby didn't help?
Pooh.
Yes, she said "expousing" in place of the correct word "espousing" not once but twice.
Dirk--no one's going to notice the stains. We're still working on the ones from when Atrios was in LA earlier this year. Word on the street is that RMJ is still trying to settle up the liquor bill with him.
agave,
xian porn is the BEST.
when they scream "oh GOD! oh JESUS! O SWEET FUCKING MARY MOTHER OF GOD!"
they really sound like they mean it.
I'm still waiting for my tasty Soros money.
rorschach,
Having lost work due to crashes and my own stupidity, ect
All I can say is, It's twice as fast the 2nd time.
.
Anyway, many of my neighbors believe this is the same GOP as during the Reagan years, and you cannot convince them otherwise. Hell they still believe Sadamm was responsible for 9/11, and any mention of lies and deceipt within this administration is all the result of the liberal media.
But that's what I'm saying...they're ignorant. I don't wish to offend you, but anyone who supports Bush is fucking ignorant, and there is no excuse ~ except if, perhaps, they are extremely wealthy and own, oh, let's say, Halliburton or any one of the thousand or so companies that are running and ruining this (once fine) country.
There is no excuse for blatant ignorance in this day and age.
jesus christ himself could have run for the dems and he'd still lose all of the south.
Jean Schmidt, If I came back today, you'd lead the charge to crucify me (again). I can see you. When the Romans asked for a volunteer to betray me, you'd foam at the mouth for the opportunity. You Republicans love blood, after all.
in a rational world yes, but life in the united states of america since 2000 has been most irrational.
jesus christ himself could have run for the dems and he'd still lose all of the south.
I live in the south and I can tell you, he didn't try hard enough.
Ok, the dead horse needs a break
they really sound like they mean it.
Do God's ears turn red?
BlakNo1--you said I could have the Soros money.
Jean Schimit is nasty.
Dim as well.
where do Republicans get these candiates?
Thanks all, the sad thing is that that is last creative quilt I made. Since 11/2, all my quilts have been pretty utilitarian. It's like the ooomph left. But it is creeping back.
QL in NY
I can understand that feeling. But don't give up. Perhaps the first flicker of hope will be Tuesday.
Joy *will* return to the land.
(pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease)
I look forward to 2006. Let no Republican run unopposed. Anywhere.
Not.
One.
Inch.
Your keyboard directly to the Goddess' ears, Athenae. Girl, you can write!
ror,
The cyber nerds on this thread, myself included, can prolly get your work product back for you.
Wha' happen?
Rorschach--jump drives. The answer to all life's ills.
rorschach - what does your computer say to you when you try to access your document? And what programme are you running? Just those two things, don't punch any more buttons. Just those two things.
There is no excuse for blatant ignorance in this day and age.
Vicki, Who Loves Al Gore | Email | 07.30.05 - 12:59 pm | #
amen, sister. if it was really Hardball, schmidt would have been challenged on how permanently repealing the estate tax would help her constituents. or WTF Iraq had to do with 9/11. or why we had to evacuate the inspectors who weren't allowed into iraq OUT of iraq before we bombed it.
How are we ever, ever going to break through this haze. Everything that this woman describes is absolutely repugnant. On the one hand, we have the end of the "Death Tax," the end of "Capital Gains Taxes," and a "small government." On the other hand, she supports big wars "on their shores," an energy bill with a big subsidy for corn farmers in her district and beefier border patrols to stop "illegal immigrants." In other words, she wants it both ways.
Why can't we call people like this out for the bullshit they say rather than focusing on her foul personality. The other side has already given up the war of ideas. It is ours for the taking.
Who do you like in this race for Congress?
Paul Hackett: 60.6%
Jean Schmidt: 35.1%
Neither: 4.2%
Too bad internet polls are unreliable.
xian porn is the BEST.
Jean Schmidt is in xian porn?
Talk about "culture of life."
I really need to keep up.
.
Afternoon, all...
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
It's fun!
For all you fine folk saying that she's terrible, you're right, she's terrible and her policy ideas (such as they are) are terrible.
BUT, you and I are not who she's trying to appeal to. She came across as someone who is passionate about "her" planks and about the leader of her party, and sadly, this country. And she yelled at a reporter. Believe me when I tell you that this content and delivery is red meat (pun intended) to the nitwits. This is a winning strategergy for her.
Fortunately, Hackett has perfected a delivery that is similar to Loofa-boy. Don't stone me, but really, Hackett's delivery is right out of O'Liely's playbook.
And that is a good thing, 'cause it's a proven straterjimy with his intended audience.
But don't kid yourselves. Everything Schmidt said and every annoying stylistic oddity is time-tested with the nitwits.
is money going to Hackett from an Atrios sponsored site? If so, I'd like to send him some turkee through there.
link anyone?
I most certainly did not! That bling is mine, all mine!
Reminds me of all the hippie burnouts in Traverse City last fall. We had to stroll through a gauntlet of them on our way in to hear Dubya. They were really pretty pitiful.
Lafcadio Hearn | 07.30.05 - 12:49 pm | #
As you went in to your tightly-controlled, anally-screened, Stepford-citizens-only event. I'd rather be a burnout than someone whose President is scared shitless of being singed by the questions of ordinary American citizens trying to hold him to account for his holding office in a democracy.
does Jean Schimit actually believe what she says?
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
It's fun!
Thersites - Thanks - but as I said before, I absolutely promised that I wouldn't go out in the heat this whole week. Maybe you can get Eli to do it whilst the rest of you go to the wineries?
Ish. Does she have functioning brain? Or is she a bot hardwired to the Pentagon Press Office?
flory, Contributing Editorix
Uh, is it "B"?
I gave up when she was talking about how much the people love the energy bill. If the people knew anything much about the energy bill they'd be outside Rep. Bugjuice's office with torches and pitchforks. Or at least i think they would. At this point, who the hell knows what it would take to irk a republical voter?
Jesus Christ--are you bored with all these redneck flunkies claiming to be blessed in your name? Are they interfering with the golf games you and your dad play at the country club? I understand that's sacrosanct.
Do God's ears turn red?
pie | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 1:00 pm | #
they would, but all of His blood is engaged elsewhere.
ok, sorry, i went too far. thunderclouds are forming in my livingroom.
jesus christ himself could have run for the dems and he'd still lose all of the south.
I guess you haven't heard, both God and Jesus Christ are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. They wouldn't have any truck with Democrats and their Bolshevik ilk.
Schimit cannot even aswer a simple question.
its all blah blah blah blah.
flory -
your lullaby did help.
That's why I'm so logy!
.
Nope, sorry, I don't buy that Kerry was a bad candidate, or that he shouldn't of highlighted his service, or any of the other bullshit out there. Rove & Company were willing to play really dirty, and the locals accommodated them by putting up all the hate amendments in close jurisdictions. Add into the mix Mr. Blackwell and you have a bush win. The good thing is, if people weren't paying close enough attention then, they are beginning to pay attention now, hence w's low poll numbers. The repuke in this district won by 70% last go round, and yet Hackett is turning this into a competition. An almost win here will translate into definite wins in close jurisdictions.
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
Can I keep all the Ocelots I find?
Auntie GWPDA--I think Eli's in South Carolina. Check with Pere Ubu.
gosh her voice is so grating as well.
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
It's fun!
Okay, Tom Sawyer.
jesus christ himself could have run for the dems and he'd still lose all of the south.
no kidding. long haired sandle wearing commie hippie peacenick.
Uh-oh, looks like Steve will have to earn some Soros bucks! Get to it!
pie - Garlic is about .39/lb. Want me to mail you some?
"I guess you haven't heard, both God and Jesus Christ are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans. They wouldn't have any truck with Democrats and their Bolshevik ilk."
i guess you haven't been reading the thread, seeing as he's posting this morning.
I guess you haven't heard, both God and Jesus Christ are dyed-in-the-wool Republicans.
I had'nt heard that. But I have heard that they are myths and they were created to tame the masses.
An evil among lessers
and last night Rita Cosby and Tucker Carlson argued in favor of junk food
Food declared Carlson is morally neutral...and the well upholstored Cosby twittered her agreement.
There is ample evidence that certain foods are bad for you and we are having a public health crisis in part because of disease caseded by poor eatig habits. The food pyramid is still the captive interest of food companies. Tucker Faye remains shallow and stupid.
Your keyboard directly to the Goddess' ears, Athenae. Girl, you can write!
Word, Hecate. Athenae rocks. But so do you ~ for some reason, I was thinking about your writing style this morning. It occurred to me that you are most likely a brilliant lawyer if you argue cases as well as you write. I was in the shower when I was thinking about this ~ no rhyme nor reason to why it was at that time. I think too much, I guess.
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
Can I do it over the internet?
If Schmidt loses it will be a disaster for Bush. A referendum on "Iraq: Stay the course" in a red district, won by a vet who called Bush a chickenhawk. National visibility.
Good lord, the Bushies gotta be scared shitless.
A teacher of mine once said that "after 40, you start to get the kind of face you deserve." Truer words were never spoken in Schmidt's case. That woman is Flat. Out. UGLY.
But that's not the kind of ugly that she couldn't have helped. That's not the kind of ugly that comes from unfortunate genes or bad bone structure. That's the kind of ugly that's molded and carved into your face by years of meanness, vindictiveness and bad temper.
That is the face of the modern Republican party.
Moon-- I think the answer to your question about whether she believes her own bullshit is, "doesn't matter." It's not about values, and it sure as shit has nothing to do with truth; it's about winning, and consolidating power.
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
It's fun!
i haven't been able to mow my lawn since hearing about kent's rich lawn-mowing brother. aren't knee-high weeds xenographic or something?
plus its raining today.
Rors!!
I can't believe you've been holding out all this time.
Pages of Grammikins pics and you didn't share with your friends.
No cookies for you.
Want me to mail you some?
You could, and it still wouldn't be a dollar a head. Thanks anyway. It's cheaper at the grocery store and just as nice as the market. These weren't even big heads!
dirk gently
OK I read the book, but 'old timers' is setting in and I can't rember the name of it or who wrote it!
He was a detective that solved cases by not trying to, or something.
Taoist PI.
Wait, Dirk Gently Detective Agency?
.
Reminds me of all the hippie burnouts in Traverse City last fall...
blah blah blah clinton got a blow job blah blah liberals are hippies blah something about negroes blah blah blah liberals are communists blah blah 100 people are ruining america blah blah blah liberals are marxists blah blah blah they hate us for our freedom blah blah blah hey, what's the difference between communism and marxism, anyway? blah blah blah michael moore is fat blah blah blah "soros" is a jewish name, just sayin' blah blah blah richard clarke is a crazy hippie blah blah blah paul o'neill is a crazy communist blah blah blah paul hacket is a crazy liberal hippie communist blah blah blah if you find 100 real communists in the state of ohio and force them to recite the pledge of allegiance backwards in swahili one thousand times in 1,776 seconds the second place finisher will, after being transferred to gitmo and tortured, reveal to you the point at which we will turn the corner in iraq...
This is a special election, right? If so, when is it?
I gave up when she was talking about how much the people love the energy bill.
The energy bill is over 1,700 pages long. It's my job, and I have only worked me way through a small portion of it. Parts of it simply amend certain portions of other statutes and you have to have the original statute in front of you to see what the result of the amendment is. Other amendments are unclear as to whether they provide the feds with new powers, limit powers the feds always had, or simply make explicit powers that the feds always had.
The average voter in Ohio doesn't love this energy bill because they don't know it. As I said, it's my job to know it and I don't know it yet.
What she'd doing is telling the voters that they "vill luv zis bill" or else.
she comes across as the cheerleader running for class president saying she supports everything the principal is doing. No sense of humor. Could well win.
So did we get any more info on the lost 50 pages? I'll just add that if you were doing that in Word and it somehow crashed (!), the program should offer a "recovered" file on restart. This will be the document from either your last manual save or your last automatic save.
And remember, kids - save early and save often!
Good lord, the Bushies gotta be scared shitless.
What kinda voting machines do they have there?
Hooray for blah blah blah!!
does Jean Schimit actually believe what she says?
SHe most certainly does not.I don't believe there is a politician who believes any of the bullshit they throw down. It's all about the win baby.
Power and authority are the opiate for the politician.
A teacher of mine once said that "after 40, you start to get the kind of face you deserve."
aaack! what did i do to deserve THIS?
And remember, kids - save early and save often!
dave™©®
Exactly. Aussi, access denied is merely access delayed.
save early and save often!
Backups, gotta love 'em.
To Vicki - I'm with you girl. After 20 years in the Air Force, I came back to Cincinnati and found a lot of these people stuck in a time warp. Traded my Republican registration in '03, and I also voted for Gore in '00. So not everyone from OH 02 is ignorant. Cheers
I was in the shower when I was thinking about this
Vicki
Oh, god. I just want to remember who drove us into this ditch.
(insert smiley face here -- i don't know how, dammit! there, i've admitted it and i'm not ashamed.)
Yep, she's an idiot but one thing I've learned these past few years is that much of the electorate are idiots too so don't be surprised if she wins, especially in Ohio. Same thing with all these people who predict an easy defeat of Santorum. I thought the same thing in '00 and I would NEVER have expected W to win in '04 but son of a bitch if the stupid electorate didn't put 'em both back in office. This is never going to be easy and nothing is ever sure, especially when it comes to morons and elections. I don't have a lot of faith in Americans doing the right thing, they've proven too many times over the past decade or so that they're as stupid as the shitheads they put in office.
God help us all. Democracy does not work, or so it seems.
Virginia, click on the ? next to "comment" and all should become clear.
Virginia, click on that little blue question mark...
Wait, Dirk Gently Detective Agency?
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Douglas Adams (of Hitchhiker's Guide fame)...
A truly wonderous book. Read it again, learn of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.
It helps if you have recently read the Ryhme of the Ancient Mariner as well.
Albatross! Albatross!
she comes across as the cheerleader running for class president
She comes across as a very *very* stupid candidate.
Max Planck -- Second column from right margin in a News Poll box.
(insert smiley face here -- i don't know how, dammit! there, i've admitted it and i'm not ashamed.)
Virginia | Email | 07.30.05 - 1:11 pm | #
its : ) with no space in between.
ALBATROSS!
ok, sorry, i went too far. thunderclouds are forming in my livingroom.
dirk gently
Hee hee. No need to apologize to this lot (myself included).
Rime, darlin'.
It's a sunny day here, so I must tear myself away from the computer and experience some of that "great outdoor" thingy I keep hearing about.
Happy Saturday, Moonbats. See ya later!
And did I mention (he asks disingenuously, knowing that he did) that I may have just lost 50 fucking pages of my dissertation?
rorschach
DO NOT GIVE UP. IT IS PROBABLY STILL THERE.
Do NOTHING else on your computer except actions to try to recover it. It is almost certainly somewhere out there on the hard drive, but everytime you or Windoze does anything there is more of a chance that it will get overwritten. Until it get overwritten it can almost certainly be recovered. Do you have one of the utility packages that can recover files. If you do not have a recovery program on the hard drive the safest thing would be to boot the computer from a floppy (if possible) and then search for the data.
Wait, Dirk Gently Detective Agency?
Thare *is* a refridgerator lurking.
.
It would help if that floppy were an actual startup disk as well.
Bye, TOW. I'm off to make zucchini parmesan.
Later, batsies.
Rime, darlin'.
pie | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 1:14 pm | #
thanks pie!
so if yo ask an OH-02 voter about the Iraq war; they respond by endorsing permanent tax cuts...WTF?
Lafcadio Hearn:
Okay, I didn't want to do this,
but I found out last week that
George Soros will pay me the
big bucks if I do (and also,
your name annoys me -- it
insults the memory of an interesting
writer) ---
So, anyway ---
Will you please just blow me already,
okay?
By which, as everybody here knows,
I mean again?
Thank you for your diligence
in this matter.
dirk -- you're pushing several of my buttons, there. Douglas Adams Worship Society, etc. Why, just this morning I was trying to find a mac version of Starship Titanic online, because I think it's hie-larious, and my old version won't run on our newer WinDoze version.
Albatross, indeed! We have often wondered when and how, among our small circle of misfit toys, "Albatross" came to be an epithet for "blowjob."
Anyone want to mow my lawn?
Can I do it over the internet?
dave™©®
Look, many hands make for light work. If we all pull together, virtually of course, Thers' lawn will be mowed in no time flat.
Ready, set, go...
The average voter in Ohio doesn't love this energy bill because they don't know it.
I know WHO wrote it, and that's quite enough for me...
she comes across as the cheerleader running for class president saying she supports everything the principal is doing. No sense of humor.
She is the ugliest cheerleader I've ever seen. Most of 'em are young and cute and buoyantly peppy.
And look, aren't any of you going to mow my lawn? I'm watching Rosie.
And remember, kids - save early and save often!
dave™©®
The network went down at work, but that was cool 'cause I have my autosave set to my C: drive, I worked on that for days and forgot about it.
THEN, when installing Adobe PDF Pro I ran out of room on the C: drive and decided to delete all those autosave and backup files that were taking up some much disk space.
Well there went days of work.
Damn the feeling in the pit of your stomach, when you realize what you've done!
.
Thare *is* a refridgerator lurking.
how do i get this sofa out of my stairwell?
but the best parts were the search for the missing cat that took dirk to the bermuda triangle (according to his expense report) and the mac program to generate music from the movement of seegull wings.
oops, in the words of karl rove, i've said too much.
I'm willing to mow the lawn of anyone in a more temperate clime, East of the Mississippi, in September, if room and board are provided.
And look, aren't any of you going to mow my lawn? I'm watching Rosie.
I'll watch Rosie. You mow your own damn lawn!
For those who care--I've got it back!
Huzzah!
Thersites--it's called multitasking. Mary could renovate a room, cook dinner, watch the kids, grade papers AND mow the lawn with one hand tied behind her back.
And look, aren't any of you going to mow my lawn? I'm watching Rosie.
Thersites | Email | Homepage | 07.30.05 - 1:18 pm | #
it is now raining so hard a pech just swam by the window. sorry.
And look, aren't any of you going to mow my lawn? I'm watching Rosie.
Thersites
I've done it with Devon in the backpack before.
I've mowed the lawn that way too.
The BITCHFEST CONTEST still has room for contestant's complaints.
- No sign up fee
- No sales people will come to your door.
Sounds like OH-2, along with many other places, is ripe for a progressive awakening... the important thing is for these people to get a steady stream of good people like Hackett that show the way from the darkness:
"With the redistricting that occurred after the 2000 census, Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District changed considerably from the one that Rob Portman first won in 1993.
The district has shifted to the east and, in the process, has become lower-income and more rural than it was when it was dominated by the eastern suburbs of Cincinnati."
Good deal, Rorschach. Whew!
See, this Republican ownership of "family values" is bullshit. The only things they value are unborn fetuses and the sanctity of a Christian marriage between a man and a woman.
There are so many more values that I consider important that the Republicans just brush right over:
Telling the truth.
Treating everyone equally.
Making sure that the sick are cared for and the homeless are sheltered and fed.
Respecting others.
The keystone of Republican values is greed. They use "culture of life" issues like gay marriage and ant-choice to reel in voters who can't comprehend the all-encompassing picture of how progressive values can actually help make this country a better place.
Kitty's acting up; lost my rant.
For those who care--I've got it back!
WHOOOHOOO! Great feeling, ain't it?
She is the ugliest cheerleader I've ever seen. Most of 'em are young and cute and buoyantly peppy.
Yeah, and why didn't "Debbie Does Dallas" get an Academy Award? It's right up there with Seventh Seal and Yojimbo?
so if yo ask an OH-02 voter about the Iraq war; they respond by endorsing permanent tax cuts...WTF?
yeah cos that whopping tax cut allows them to watch a few more videos and buy a couple more cartons of cigarettes. anything to chill.
I am very disappointed that kent still hasn't come around to mow my lawn either.
I am still waiting the big benjis to start rolling in.
And remember, kids - save early and save often!
dave™©®
And save in really sexy, exotic locales that you can recount with pride to your friends who always save in the same dreary place.
rorschach, inkblominatrix :
Glad to hear it!
When "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" is making fun of GSAVE you're finished.
.
Excellent! Solving problems is always a good feeling!
This is nice to hear. Both Dems running for governor in Ohio -- Columbus Mayor Coleman and Ted Strickland -- were at the kick-off rally for Hackett today.
Thersites, I love the Kirsty MacColl gravatar. A great talent.
Mary could renovate a room, cook dinner, watch the kids, grade papers AND mow the lawn with one hand tied behind her back.
Whew! I'll ask her, then...
What kinda voting machines do they have there?
pie
Not Diebold if the guy who came here saying he was a local election officer there can be believed.
Votematic? Does that ring bells with anyone?
and remember, on Tuesday vote for Paul Hackett!
(now an i the worst candidate ever?)
Huzzah!
rorschach,
Phew, what a relief. I thought we were gonna have to virtually help you with your dissertation, as well as mow the lawn. Glad that is cleared up.
Thers,
Put Rosie in a carrier on your back and mow the lawn! Better than a trip to the gym!
Vicki,
You made my day! You know how Dorothy Parker said:
"Say I'm neither brave nor young
Say I woo and coddle care,
Say the devil touched my tongue--
Still you have my heart to wear.
But say my verses do not scan,
And I get me another man!"
I'm sure the opposite is true. I'm always certain that those who like my writing are witty, insightful, and possessed of above-average intelligence!
Remember everybody:
It's the Glorious Global Struggle
to Resubjugate Brown People.
BTW, speaking of assholes, has
Toby been around today?
Douglas Adams Worship Society, etc.
He tends to be a favorite among the intelligent, well-educated folk with a fine sense of humor. The wife just finished listening to Adams reading HHGG on audio book, so I keep getting refreshed on the more memorable quotes. Life, don't talk to me about life.
Pity they ruined HHGG in the latest movie.
oldwhitelady--yeah, but are you throwing in the free Ginsu knives? No Ginsu knives, no deal.
Now, to find that program that makes the fifty pages I've written not suck...
Where did I put that?
For those who care--I've got it back!
Good. Now, put it on a disk and email it to Mrs. Rorschach.
Thersites, I love the Kirsty MacColl gravatar.
That's Kirsty MacColl? Cool.
.
Gotta run.
Later batses.
Rors - happy news!!!
oldwhitelady--yeah, but are you throwing in the free Ginsu knives? No Ginsu knives, no deal.
I loves me some ginsu knives. They're great for cutting up aluminum cans and then tomatos
Phew, what a relief. I thought we were gonna have to virtually help you with your dissertation, as well as mow the lawn.
Don't get me wrong. Positions are still available!
Gimme 50 pages on the implications of militant consumerism from a Lukacsian standpoint in the pulp scifi of the 1950s! And give it a nice weed whacking!
dirk gently
I was gonna say that it was a Douglas Adams kinna book! Read it way before the HitchHiker books and didn't put two and two together.
D'uh!
.
I love the Kirsty MacColl gravatar. A great talent.
Withnail | Email | 07.30.05 - 1:25 pm | #
I'm still PO'd about the way she
died.
Now, to find that program that makes the fifty pages I've written not suck...
Where did I put that?
it's right here...
http://www.snowcrest.net/donnell...y/
piglatin.html
rorschach ... Another strategy ... In addition to saving a lot, I always emailed myself a copy of my outlines and papers and stuff. Just an extra ...
dirk -- I liked the movie, but I was willing to accept it for itself and not be offended by its departure from the pants-wetting hilarity of the books.
If your wife would like to try another listen, "Last Chance to See," read by the Great Man Himself, will make her both laugh and cry.
simels ... She's dead? How did she die?
Steve--you don't really want Toby around. Really, you don't.
Kirsty MacColl was hit by a jet ski.
force them to recite the pledge of allegiance backwards in swahili one thousand times in 1,776 seconds the second place finisher will, after being transferred to gitmo and tortured, reveal to you the point at which we will turn the corner in iraq...
res ipsa loquitur | 07.30.05 - 1:08 pm | #
You still got it, res!
Agreed. No one's been arrested in the Kirsty MacColl case, as I understand it.
I know that OH-2 is a super-conservative district, but still....if the Democrats can field a strong veteran candidate, against a woman as unappealing as this, who is involved in her own graft controversy, in a state where her party has been literally stealing from the treasury, during an unpopular Republican administration overseeing a disaster of a war and budget...and we STILL lose, then that's depressing.
How in the hell could Ohio voters see what the GOP is doing to the military, to the federal government, to their state and their pensions, and faced with a candidate as slimy, vicious and unaccomplished in any way except spewing vitriol, and still vote for her?!
dirk gently--if that is your real name--
Now, I plan to submit my entire dissertation after it'sbeen run through that translator.
res ipsa--That's where I found it. I e-mailed to two different accounts yesterday. Thank god.
res:
She was on vacation with her family
and some idiot ran her over in
the water.....
steve sez:
I'm still PO'd about the way she
died.
Yeah.
Dammit.
.
virginia - thanks, i'll suggest it. she subscribes to audible.com, downloads books to listen to while doing housework. can't get her to mow the lawn, tho.
rorschach,
Has Thersites yet told you about how I spilled beer on my diss disc when it was almost done?
Odd if he didn't. He told my dissertation committee.
oldwhitelady
I bitched twice. Kind of how my staffers think of me.
roschach -- i'm rilly rilly glad you found your pages, and point out that the reason I went for a PsyD* instead of a PhD is that i knew there was no way in hell i would ever, EVAR get a dissertation written. You PhD people are a different breed (and i'm pretty sure i mean that in a good way.) ( (: )
*another of the many things in my life that's Not Going to Happen, right away, at least.
And fuck haloscan for not fixing my tags.
Anyone know what cities are in OH-02?
I might wanna make some phone calls.
.
Sorry guys, one of you will have to mow the lawn. I asked.
can't get her to mow the lawn, tho.
dirk gently
In this deluge? What was that, a . . . tarpon?
NYMary:
Pretty funny, kiddo....
dirk gently--if that is your real name--
Actually, it's Svlad Cjelli. But I kept forgetting how to spell it.
Air America Steals Half Million Dollars From Bronx Kids Charity
And the kicker is they're not sorry...
Here's the short version of the story, covered first by Brian Maloney with followups from Michelle Malkin and Captain Ed.
The leader of the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Club, Charles Rosen, reportedly loaned $480,000 in the startup Air America radio network, at the request of Air America chairman (at the time) Evan Cohen. The Gloria Wise Club was to benefit from the interest that Air America would pay on its loan. At the time the alleged transfers of funds took place, Cohen was also board member of the Gloria Wise Club.
Evan Cohen was sacked at Air America, and the was company sold to new investors. No one knows where the money went (though it presumably went right into the kitty of the cash hemorrhaging radio network) , or if any of the money has been ever been repaid. Because the Gloria Wise Club depends heavily on federal and city funding for its operations, New York City's Department Of Investigation (DOI) is investigating the charity for financial mismanagement specifically related to the Air America debacle.
So what does the network of Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and Jerry Springer have to say about this "loan," which literally robbed seniors and kids of needed services? Brian Maloney received this response from Air America:
"On MAY 24, 2004 the newly formed PIQUANT LLC acquired the principal assets of AIR AMERICA RADIO from the prior ownership entities. PIQUANT has owned and operated AIR AMERICA RADIO since that time. The company that had run AIR AMERICA RADIO till then no longer had anything to do with the network.
"PIQUANT had no involvement whatsoever with funds from GLORIA WISE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB. PIQUANT neither received nor expended any of the sums that are the subject of the City's investigation of the CLUB.
"PIQUANT is not being investigated by the City, which is investigating a transaction that took place before PIQUANT existed."
Translation - We didn't exist as a corporate entity at the time of the swindle, so it can't be our fault. The Air America that stole that money doesn't exist anymore. Obviously this story is a diversionary tactic; plotted and orchestrated by Karl Rove to divert attention from his own troubles...
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Why does Air America hate inner-city kids?
Ror, when I sent in my final diss draft, UPS lost it in a warehouse somewhere for a month.
Eschaton should award Sallyh with an honorary doctorate based on her dessertation.
NYMary--he's been whining about mowing the lawn and says he can't do it because he's watching Rosie.
Monsieur used to pull this on me. On days when he watched her while I was working, I'd come home and say, "Do any laundry? Vacuum? Get something thawed for dinner?" The standard response was, "No, I was watching the baby!"
Asking him how he thought things got done on my shift drew blank stares.
Just for the record...it wasn't Kirsty's entirely...but "Fairytale of New York."
The best Christmas song ever.
.
Rorschach,
I double dog dare you to run your diss through the Fishizzilator (sp?)before submitting it.
Hecate ~
Good, I'm glad. I'm especially glad that you didn't take the part about thinking about you in the shower the wrong way. I do a lot of thinking in the shower is all.
Max Planck--awww, you're so sweet to make it honorary! I had to work for the last one, which really sucked.
Gots to do go some work related program activities.
Later gators
Kirsty MacColl was hit by a jet ski.
I hate those damn things. Why do we need yet another fossil-fuled powered vehicle? Why, for that matter, are there any vehicles on the freaking water?
ICC,
You keep posting that crap, we keep debunking it, you keep posting it. One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. More to the point, you don't even believe what you're posting. Nor do you care about inner city children. You just don't like AA's message. Fine. But quit polluting the threads with this disingenous crap. You're not winning any converts; you're just embarassing yourself.
Why does Air America hate inner-city kids?
Maybe because fruitcakes like Ms. Mangalangadingdong thinks this non-story is more important that real stories--such as those about lying fucks in the White House. But that's juts me.
In this deluge? What was that, a . . . tarpon?
Virginia | Email | 07.30.05 - 1:36 pm | #
we're gonna need a bigger house.
Ror, when I sent in my final diss draft, UPS lost it in a warehouse somewhere for a month.
Retrograde Mercury, I bet. Just like now. Communications and travel tend to get bolluxed.
Why does Air America hate inner-city kids?
inner-city child
Story's old and has been debunked. Go run along now...time to play in the street.
inner-city child | 07.30.05 - 1:37 pm | #
since you seem to be such a fine investigate reporter, what can you tell us about Harkin Energy? Arbusto?
i'm dying to hear it.
Why does Air America hate inner-city kids?
inner-city child | 07.30.05 - 1:37 pm | #
Just blow me already, okay?
(Sing along with me,kids)
By which I mean again!
I double dog dare you to run your diss through the Fishizzilator (sp?)before submitting it.
the bassomatic does a better job. Better texture.
Sallyh,
I understand completely. That's all I'm gonna say.
Speaking of dessert, we have fresh coffee cake.
This story about Air America has made me realize how wrong I've been the last 15 years about politics, and especially recently, how I've thought the administration was full of corrupt, dishonest incompetent swine.
Thanks to the brave investigative work of Ms. Magalangaetc., I am going out to register Republican right now. Hearing this story about Air America has made me realize how right W is about the budget and the war, and stem cell research. I apologize my new freedom fighter friends of the right for being confused about conservatives. Ironic, isn't it, that a hatchet job on Air America had to make me see the light?
Wow, inner-city child. No wonder you don't have any time to get worked up about little things like public officials fucking up national security and putting out people in harm's way for no good reason. After all, there's a two-bit scandal about a Republican ripping off a privately-owned progressive business.
I don't get it. Half the trolls come on here and say, "Air America is failing" and cite falling ratings.
The other half come on and say Air America should fail, because it's terrible to inner city kids or old widows or quadripalegics or some such.
So I ask you, which is it? Is Air America a failure -- or a giant scary success? I am so confused.
Sallyh,
could you make me a half double decaffinated half calf? With a twist of lemon?
Actually, Matthew, I can. Why do you ask?
Virginia
you have a PsyD?
am i too old to attempt going back to school for a MSW? 46.
photography thing's not work'n out so well.
also, you're in fl.? did you have to take a GRE?
I'll have some please. Nothing says "hungry" like watching trolls flounder in desperation.
am i too old to attempt going back to school for a MSW? 46.
No. You are not. Go!
Mmm, the Bassomatic.
"Now that's real bass!"
I'm especially glad that you didn't take the part about thinking about you in the shower the wrong way
but i'm sure some of the other regulars here were treated to their own little thoughts.
so thanks!
BlakNo1--here's some cake for you, and some fresh tuna for Dudley.
I'm especially glad that you didn't take the part about thinking about you in the shower the wrong way
Well, there were no ferrets involved, so it sounded perfectly fine to me!
Someone please alert the Hackett campaign! We need to see an ad with her saying: " Saddam said he had WMDs and then he didn't let in the weapon's inspectors". Then a voice comes on: Is Jean Schmidt delusional or a liar.
I'll pass on cake. I just had a tomato sadwich, first of the season, with the tomato still hot from the sun.
The trolls are still going-off on the "Air-America" non-scandal?
Personally, I'm offended. Eschaton deserves better trolls.
.
Charley--never too old!
Dudley sez "meow".
I'm not sure if that means "thank you" or "gimme!".
Ironic, isn't it, that a hatchet job on Air America had to make me see the light?
Nim
I just hope that with your newfound insight you're able to detect the pulchritude of Michael Moore. Then your conversion will be complete.
Personally, I'm offended. Eschaton deserves better trolls.
i don't think it's even a real troll. just a poorly made imitation.
Dudley sez "meow".
I'm not sure if that means "thank you" or "gimme!".
in my experience, when kitty speaks it is usually in the imperative.
Maybe thr trolling has been outsourced to a bot or to Mumbai. If so, stay dry, little troll!
I'm with Spork!
I'd like to see at least one intelligent troll post here. Just one. A troll with excellent grammar and spelling skills. A troll who can convey its thoughts concisely and with meaning. A troll who challenges me to look beyond the scream for more Cheetos...
...the pulchritude of Michael Moore...
Is that what we're calling that now? Then why the hell am I on a diet? Hey, hand me that box of Twinkies...
I just had a tomato sadwich, first of the season, with the tomato still hot from the sun.
Shit. Now I'm hungry! I love 'mato sandwiches!
Okay, back to mucking out my flooded basement... if I find the person who left the hose on, there will be blood.
Unfortunately, I suspect it was me. But I'm bound to cut myself eventually.
Speaking of dessert, we have fresh coffee cake.
Sallyh
Only for Leos, right?
Okay, lovely people!
It's been a pleasure! I must head out to visit the parents and share Audrey's senior picture proofs with them!
Have a great afternoon!
dirk, I'm inclined to agree.
Back later.
"I just hope that with your newfound insight you're able to detect the pulchritude of Michael Moore. Then your conversion will be complete.
Virginia | Email | 07.30.05 - 1:48 pm | # " I've heard rumors that Michael MooreON (haha, get it?) may be overweight. Should this turn out to be true, there's no doubt left in my mind that conservatism is really the wiser political philosophy. How could I not have seen the obvious for so long? How could I not have supported tax cuts for the wealthy during a war, when Michael Moore is apparently walking around IN PUBLIC being overweight??
I may have to visit JC Christian's man with the spatula in Seattle to make amends. =(
Hecate,
The way our garden is growing, I may have bags of fresh tomatoes at EschaCon.
I love 'mato sandwiches!
mmmmmm - with blue cheese and onions!
Hi y'all.
Sorry to bother you, but my idiot
son has a couple whiney posts up at
his blog to the effect that
somebody here suggested the little
moron should be shot, and Mr.
Black should be held responsible
for you murderous thugs blah blah
blah.
For the record, though he is the
fruit of my loins (alas), I have
indeed occasionally contemplated shooting
him. Ultimately, however,
I've always rejected the
idea as too noisy.
Hanging, however, would be too
good for him, and if you see him
at Eschacon, feel free.
By the way, somebody asked
if the underage goat I caught
Toby fucking in the other day
was a boy or a girl.
The goat's lawyers are getting
back to me on that one. I'll
let you know.
charley -- i started, but didn't finish, a psy. d. I had a critical logistical problem (said program was too far away for me to live at home, and I can't go away to school for four years.)
You are SO not too old to get an MSW. My mom (dead 11 years) is popping into my head to ask, How old will you be in two years?/How old will you be in two years if you DON'T get an MSW?
I did have to take the GRE. It wasn't too bad. Study for the math part if you're not a math guy, though.
I graduated with my BS at 45. I'm about to start my third graduate program. (Clearly, I have no freaking idea what to do with myself.)
Why does Air A--
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z...
wow, what a rain. my cup runneth not over, but the front yard sure does.
wait, what's that floating by? looks like three men in a tub......
Just watched it, and I'm left with this burning question.
Is there some way we can clear a flight path to the southern district of Ohio for wayward overseas flights?
And who is this Donny Matrix everyone's talking about...
toby's mom -- have you considered a retroactive abortion? It's all the rage these days.
Four words:
Glenn Close. Bunny Rabbit.
thanx for responses, just trying to talk my self into another fruitless adventure. notice my optimism.
i just figure if there are many Jean Schmidts, known to me as Ms.Batshit Crazy, psyche might be a good way to go.
also the correct way to talk to trolls is simple and direct. i like Shut the Fuck Up best. not that it works. they do seem to get fixated on their talking points.
Vicki sez:
I'd like to see at least one intelligent troll post here.
Y'ever been over to Kevin Drum's place? The trolls there are truly robotic. "No-Kevin-you-are-wrong- our-Glorious-Leader-is-the-best-ever."
.
By the way, I meant to write
"the underage goat Toby was fucking
in the basement."
Scene setting is so important....
agave, transendental texan -- Here's a link to the Wikipedia description of O2 w/municipalities.
You keep posting that crap, we keep debunking it, you keep posting it. One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Not insane. Paid.
As in "whore."
As in "I'll fuck anyone who has the money."
in my experience, when kitty speaks it is usually in the imperative.
dirk gently
Yeh,
This morning I was awakened at 2AM by the two kittens playing loudly with their food bowls.
I threw some kibble into them, which the kittens immediately started wolfing down.
Then they went to sleep and I was wide awake.
i like Shut the Fuck Up best. not that it works.
What works is ignoring them. Just let res and steve post their responses and everyone else ignore them. I'm guilty (see above) of ignoring my own good advice, but ignoring them works every time.
Later, batsises. There's a 'mato sandwich in my near future.
also the correct way to talk to trolls is simple and direct.
i find that if you don't like their topic of conversation, just ask a question and they will jump to something else.
that, btw, is how to tell the difference b/t a troll and someone with a genuine difference of opinion. but it doesn't always work, sometimes they get confused and just repeat themselves.
And who is this Donny Matrix everyone's talking about...
Doozer
I hear he's very butch.
I think res does the absolute best troll response ever. Hits the nail right on the freakin' head everytime.
Holy mackeral!
It looks Like my sister and my Mom are in the 2nd district.
I thought Warren county rang a bell.
They're near Lebanon OH.
I'm gonna see what thier take on this is.
Should have called by now anyway.
BTW the 2nd district runs along the Ohio river from Portsmouth to almost Cinnci.
.
I am not saying all witches are bad. But the Wicked Witch of the West was very bad, and a card-carrying witch. Why don't people like Hecate publicly condemn her treatment of Dorothy, and her little dog too?
"in my experience, when kitty speaks it is usually in the imperative.
dirk gently "
Kinda wish mine was the same way. He just walks around chatting to himself or anyone else that might listen. I can only conclude that he'll get lockjaw or something if he doesn't let us know what's on his mind every 2 minutes.
I hear he's very butch.
rorschach
that's just what you see.
Doozer...thanksalot. Now I'm dealing with this mental image of the third generation of Osmonds as a techno band.
Pass the mental floss, please.
steve and res both do a good job with troll response, but i gotta say i really like'd nim's today.
three things that are always good:
garlic
nudity
sarcasm
ATTENTION: READING THIS POST MAY PROVE HARMFUL TO THE HEALTH OF ABE FOXMAN.
She isn't horrible. She's like so many people out there, sticking up for her side.
Goebbles isn't horrible, he's like so many people out there, sticking up for his side.
If your side is horrible sticking up for it is horrible, by definition.
My mom got her MSW at 55, BTW. It's never too late!
From editiorial in the Cinci Enquirer, about he family who's flags commemorating a relative who died in Iraq were vandalized.
It is difficult to know what to do in such cases, difficult for most people to feel anything but rage at this crime.
But Jim Wessel is not like most people. The rest of us should heed his example.
On Thursday, he stood outside the Police Department and urged his friends and neighbors to simmer down. He said there should be no ill will toward the boys or their families. He said his family believed this was a random act of juvenile violence. Thoughtless, yes. And certainly stupid and malicious. But also juvenile.
"We are confident that the juvenile justice system will handle this case in an appropriate manner," he said. "We ask the community to show no animosity toward the accused and their families."
In other places, among other people, there might have been calls for vengeance. But vengeance isn't the same thing as justice. It wasn't the ideal Tim Hines was in uniform to serve. We thank Jim Wessel for reminding us of that.
Diane -- our little formerly-wild kitty has a very heavy and rattly mouse toy. He's too shy to address us directly at 2 am, but he'll be glad to hurl his mousie around.
THUNK rattle rattle rattle
scurry
THUNK rattle rattle rattle
scurry . . .
I'd like to see at least one intelligent troll post here.
Smart trolls, like male "money cats" are a biological impossibility.
Never thought about that before, could be why John Ashcroft is afraid of them. He's got gynophobia like all get out.
our little manx lost her voice completly some years ago, and it never really came back. in place of the sweet little mew she used to make is now a low, monotonic roawr which obviously take a lot of effort for her to produce.
her favorite place to do so is outside the bedroom door.
her favorite time is between 3 and 4 am.
I'm afraid I have to plead guilty
to wasting too much
energy on Toby.
What can I say -- I just really
detest the little sociopathic prick.
Just wanna nominate Grand Moff Texan as #1 troll-squasher. Why Atrios hasn't linked to momentoftriumph yet, I'm still trying to figure out.
cs
Thanks for that.
I wondered what the outcome of that would be.
.
I just really
detest the little sociopathic prick.
steve simels
That's good enough for me!
Why is it that a president with one of the lowest popularities in history, practiacally gets everything that he wants (bankruptcy, energy, CAFTA, Roberts, Bolton, etc.)with teh exception of SS and dems, when they had a president that was at 60% was so uncooperative with him that he barely got anything he wanted. More importantly, If the dems ever get back both Congress and the WH, will they act as powerful and strategically as the repubs have, or will they continue to find ways to help repubs investigate dems?
bruce willis just considered the chains saw, but then saw the samurai sword hanging on the wall. on bravo.
LFoD
What do you think about any of these subjects?
OT, but back to the story of Ms. MacColl's untimely death, the story is that she was run over by a speedboat owned by one of Mexico's wealthiest businessmen while scuba diving with her two sons. The usual coverup ensued, and now her mother is still trying have someone held accountable. Have a look at justiceforkirsty dot com if any of you folks are interested. It's truly a heartwrenching story and reminiscent of an event in which one of the Bush boys would be involved.
In other places, among other people, there might have been calls for vengeance. But vengeance isn't the same thing as justice. It wasn't the ideal Tim Hines was in uniform to serve. We thank Jim Wessel for reminding us of that.
cs
Thank you, for bringing that here.
Precisely what needs to be said, again and again. And precisely my complaint against the Bush Administration: they adminster vengeance and violence, but not justice.
We need people like Jim Wessel reminding us what justice is, and why we honor it. And why we always need it.
My saintly departed cat Murray used
to play a little game with for
breakfast.
He would sit close to my face as
I lay in bed and as long as I
remained absolutely still he would
not bug me and I could try to sleep
late.
Once I moved, however, it was non-
stop meowing until I got up and
fed him.
(Clearly, I have no freaking idea what to do with myself.)
Virginia
i know the feeling. if i go back to Maryland i wouldn't have to take the freaking GRE, and yes math is the hangup. but i would be faced with the out of state tuition, even tho UofM is where i got my BA.
i hope everyone saw Ms. Batshit Crazy. she is on the brink of insanity, and she is most likely going to be a U.S. congresswoman. i'd like to think she's the worst of it, but i know better.
dirk -- a friend of ours in your neck of the woods (grant park) once ran toward his neighbor's burgular alarm waving a confederate sword. Of course, he's quite mad.
dirk g--my cats only use the imperative voice, early and often.
More importantly, If the dems ever get back both Congress and the WH, will they act as powerful and strategically as the repubs have, or will they continue to find ways to help repubs investigate dems?
LFoD
No, they'll take the 'high road' and share power and compromise. Let Bygones be Bygones
Ec fucking t...
.
.
Look, I know this might sound defeatist, but I watched the clip and came to the conclusion that Schmidt did a good job of reaching the voters she needs to win.
From our perspective we see her as less than believable and shallow in spouting talking points. I think we I am not sure how to explain it, but there is something about her responses that actually do garner voters; even if her actual stand on issues vital to her district do not improve anything in her disctrict for her constituents. What she did in this instance did not lose her any votes. It is possible that Hackett's image and character will sway him some votes. I just don't think Schmidt will lose voters by her own presense. Hackett has come across as more comfortable with who he is than any Democrtaic candidate I have seen since Robert Kennedy.
a friend of ours in your neck of the woods (grant park) once ran toward his neighbor's burgular alarm waving a confederate sword. Of course, he's quite mad.
zell miller is a friend of yours?
Jim Wessel--Wings of Justice Award.
If the dems ever get back both Congress and the
WH, will they act as powerful and strategically as the repubs have, or will they
continue to find ways to help repubs investigate dems?
LFoD | 07.30.05 - 2:08 pm | #
Sadly, the question sort of
answers itself.....
Schmidt did a good job of reaching the voters she needs to win.
the stupid and gullible ones who vote against their own interests?
Charley--if you want help brushing up for the math section, I'm willing to assist, free of charge.
A better question is why, when they have neither the house or the Senate, do dems get the blame for Republican atrocities?
Here is a simple truth. It makes a difference who gets elected both for who you elect and the leadership that they will support in the legislative.
The Republicans don't care if they bankrupt the country as long as the money all goes to their side. They're going to empty the treasury into the pockets of the wealthy.
That's why it's important to get Democrats elected and all Republicans defeated.
they adminster vengeance and violence, but not justice
Rmj, Wandering
I've been thinking a lot the last few days about the christian belief in redemption vs. the old testament vengeance and judgment advocated by the "christian" right.
WTF is going on, here?
open question:
if you had to choose between bush ad schmidt, what form of suicide would you prefer?
Look, I know this might sound defeatist, but I watched the clip and came to the conclusion that Schmidt did a good job of reaching the voters she needs to win.
Probably so. Which means the issue is two-fold: (1) Hackett has to motivate his base, and, trickier (2) people in Ohio have to decide something valuable is at stake, and they need to take a stand for or against it. Maybe looking at Schmidt will make them think twice about the choice simply being between Tweedledum and Tweedledumber.
The latter, of course, has been the vain hope of American politics; but once in a great while, it is also the salvation of American politics. Perhaps Hackett will tap into that vote. One can only hope.
Dirk, yes that is true and we are in agreement. I do wish and hope that Hackett's persona will ultimately win this. I believe what he is doing is what a Democratic candidate should be doing. He does not appear to be "playing to the Republicans". He knows instinctively that won't work.
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yes, virginia, there is a santa claus.
but there is no christian right.
theofascism != christianity.
dirk, the stupid and gullible voters are exactly who she's going after. Unfortunately, "stupid and gullible" seems to be a pretty large demographic in this country.
dirk, the stupid and gullible voters are exactly who she's going after. Unfortunately, "stupid and gullible" seems to be a pretty large demographic in this country.
Okay, I am being forced to go outside and enjoy a warm summers day. Ahh, the sacrifice we all must make.
Enjoy peeps.
Poncho & Lefty:
I disagree with you slightly about
Schmidt....I think she cemented
her appeal with the batshit crazy
voters, but to anyone else she
looks...well, unappealing.
Agree with you about Hackett, though.
I think the Bobby Kennedy comparison
is extremely apt....I think he's
gonna be a star in the way we all
hoped Obama would be before he sold
us out.
Here here.. to Steve Simels. I salute you with a cup of Java.
I've been thinking a lot the last few days about the christian belief in redemption vs. the old testament vengeance and judgment advocated by the "christian" right.
WTF is going on, here?
First, a gross distortion of the OT. The God of Abraham is not really a god of vengeance. But a Biblically illiterate crowd can always be convinced that what is in the Bible is what Dobson and Falwell say is there (why bother to read for yourself when someone else will do it for you?)
A swing of the pendulum, I think, which is swinging back. At the turn of the 20th century, mail-order lessons in NT (koine) Greek were all the rage in America, as people tried to learn Greek themselves, and so read the NT in the original tongues. How far from that we have come.
And yet, the Jesus Seminar and Marcus Borg and Dom Crossan sell a lot of books, as does Shelby Spong. Something is happening, and "right wing Christians" are just a very vocal minority.
Growing more vocal as their political clout begins to wane, IMHO.
Virginia:
I think that if the dems ever get back 2 branches of govt., that they will let repubs filibuster their court nominees, cut back voting in the house to 15 min. And investigate the president everytime the repubs/media says boo. I like Reid and Dean. I think they are fighters. But dems like Joementum, and Biden ruin it for everybody else. After what Joementum did with lecturing Clinton publicly, why is he so silent about Rovegate, Gannongate, Enrongate, Medicare billgate, Delaygate, etc.?
For example, if the dems ever got back the WH, the first thing that they should do is tell the media that they are going to have the exact same amount of press conferences that Bush had. And they will use anoymous sources as Bush did. And that they will deny access to anybody who prints negative stories about the WH as Bush did. If a reporter complains about it, ask why they have a double standard, and then promply cut off his/her acess.
the only thing the repugs have succeeded at is getting rid of that nasty budget surplus greenspan was so worried about.
That's why it's important to get Democrats elected and all Republicans defeated.
EPT | 07.30.05 - 2:14 pm | #
i agree, EPT. the majority status is very important. especially when we have senior dems like kennedy, byrd, levin, boxer, slaughter, conyers, etc who will head the committees.
but primaries are also very important; the incumbant dems in the house and senate who supported the bankruptcy bill, CAFTA, and passing the "emergency spending pork" need to be replaced. if that means biden and hillary are out, so be it. dinos should be extinct.
yes, virginia, there is a santa claus.
but there is no christian right.
theofascism != christianity.
dirk gently
So I should stop struggling and just embrace my inner theofascist?
Sweet relief! The struggle is over!
Hackett has come across as more comfortable with who he is than any Democrtaic candidate I have seen since Robert Kennedy.
Poncho & Lefty
Not Dean? I thought he was outstanding in this department.
You're right about the talking points being effective, though. Chomsky, anyone?
Agave -- I struggle with this. Is it because (the explanation that appeals to me) dems/progressives are more motivated by actual beliefs than by spin for power control? So it's harder for us to just be asshole punks when it comes to winning? Or is there another explanation i can't see because of the blinders?
Simels? Obama sold us out? Hmmmmm.... how so my friend?
This woman should be on TV as much as possible.
Now I'm dealing with this mental image of the third generation of Osmonds as a techno band.
In serious leather.
"if you had to choose between bush ad schmidt, what form of suicide would you prefer?"
schmidt hands down. Bush's speeches are annoying. Her ball speeches make me laugh. He must attack the ball before it destoys America.
schmidt hands down. Bush's speeches are annoying. Her ball speeches make me laugh. He must attack the ball before it destoys America.
LFoD | 07.30.05 - 2:23 pm | #
i'd choose jumping out of a plane. it would be fun except for that last 1/2 second.
...I think she cemented
her appeal with the batshit crazy
voters, but to anyone else she
looks...well, unappealing.
Keeping in mind that Ohio probably has less than 20,000 people in the entire state who watch MSNBC...
...I think he's
gonna be a star in the way we all
hoped Obama would be before he sold
us out.
ZING!
jumping out of a plane!
Heh heh
Ooops, did I say "20,000 people" in Ohio watch MSNBC? I meant "2,000".
I regret the error...
Not Dean? I thought he was outstanding in this department.
You're right about the talking points being effective, though. Chomsky, anyone?
virginia,
my wife is going to be annoyed. i am falling in love again - Adams, Dean and Choksky? *swoon*
A poster at DKos has a good analysis of the AirAmerica story. A single unnamed source from a nebulous publicationand then a bunch of loopy linking to move the story up and out -- very much the same moebius stripping technique used for the WMD intel . . .
Choksky? I mean Chomsky, of course.
Today's must read:
The General's open letter to
Schmidt's campaign manager.
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/
Look out for the terrible spatula
of retribution!
Agave -- I struggle with this. Is it because (the explanation that appeals to me) dems/progressives are more motivated by actual beliefs than by spin for power control? So it's harder for us to just be asshole punks when it comes to winning? Or is there another explanation i can't see because of the blinders?
Virginia
Molly Ivins made a useful distinction: politicians of all stripes once came to Washington to govern, which necessarily involves exercising a lot of power, but for the "greater good," one way or another.
The GOP Delay crowd, she says, want to rule.
It makes all the difference in the world. Democrats have been slow to recognize the difference, but I think they are doing so now, as is the Ameican public.
Sallyh ,
thanx, i may take you up on that offer as i investigate these GRE materials.
yes, i think Ms. Batshit Crazy did an obsessively expert job at playing to her base. driftglass, sums it up well in this post.
of course he concludes, that eventually the stupids will see through the lies, i am not so sure.
So I should stop struggling and just embrace my inner theofascist?
What if you don't have an inner theofascist? What then?
Poncho & Lefty:
I believe Obama voted for the
bankruptcy bill, among other Bush
atrocities.
Look out for the terrible spatula
of retribution!
heh heh.
Come to Spatula City! For all your spatula needs.
My prayer is that I'll get up on Wednesday morning and discover that this bitch on wheels is NOT a member of the United States Congress.
If she is, it's another nail in democracy's coffin. I keep wondering when the tide is going to turn and the sleepwalk will end; hoping that it will not involve the same experiences as a certain European country in the 1930's and 40's.
LFoD
But, see, I would vote for them, and I would HATE THAT. I think it's wrong for the thugs to do it, and I would feel equally screwed if the people I elected did it. More. (I can't understand why good Republicans don't object more strenuously, but my dysfunctional family is another discussion.)
Rmj. -- you have to admit that there's a lot of really harsh punishment in the OT. Not kind at all to wearers of two kinds of cloth, or disrespectful sons, etc. I think these folks forgot all about the concept of redemption.
What got me thinking about this, oddly, was a birthday gift: Carl Hiaasen's latest novel. I was trying to describe him to someone on the bus, and I said that the criminals are always morons and end up badly. But later I was thinking that there's also always 1. justice (karmic) and 2. redemption. Both in a humanist vein.
Ach, I am trying to be an engaged participant, but it's been all about lost dissertation chapter, and men coming to haul off the remains of my deck, and on and on...
Anyway, kitties!
Virginia
I don't know.
I see the Roberts vs Rockefeller thing and just don't understand it.
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rain still coming down. think i'll go upstairs where it's dry (sheets!)
Carl Hiaasen's
and Hiaasen! i'd think you were the wife posting under a nom d'plume, except she is sitting right here.
I'd like to see at least one intelligent troll post here. Just one. A troll with excellent grammar and spelling skills. A troll who can convey its thoughts concisely and with meaning.
As EPT says 'intelligence' and ability to 'convey thoughts concisely and with meaning' are characteristics a troll could never have. Having those characteristics would lead an individual to discard the moronic spewings that define a troll.
my wife is going to be annoyed. i am falling in love again - Adams, Dean and Choksky? *swoon*
dirk gently
I'll send you a photo of myself, which is in the dictionary of idioms next to the definition of "Just friends."
hoping that it will not involve the same experiences as a certain European country in the 1930's and 40's
Toes, one of the reasons, and maybe the main reason, that Hitler was able to take over the German state was that he and his Nazis were unimaginably successful economically.
The current bunch in power is doing everything they can to destroy us economically, which if one of the other monumental fuckups perpetrated by these goons don't bring themsleves down, this will ultimately.
Hopefully the Murkin public will wake up before it's too late. It's beginning to look dim, tho.
Okay. I *may* wake up today.
Charley - the GRE is no big deal. And I (looking around for Sallyh) can't count.
Billy -- what if we've reached the point in propaganda dissemination where just SAYING "great economy" works?
(Sheets? I don't see no steenking sheets.)
Poncho & Lefty et Rmj, Wandering Aengus -- I think the point is that she is getting exposure so folks in her district, wider Ohio and the country are getting a closer look at what it is Republicans are nominating and voting for.
The woman endorsed Minutemen on the border in Texas just as one of the founders of the TX group resigned because of what he viewed as rampant racism and tendencies toward violence among the membership. Maybe not before Tuesday, but having a spotlight on her positions with encourage folks to think twice about some of this stuff.
Billy -- what if we've reached the point in propaganda dissemination where just SAYING "great economy" works?
Virginia, that has worked. It works for a while, and then the BS becomes obvious.
As the old saying goes, can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The problem with hte propaganda working is that is has allowed them tohave the run of the place for far too long causing way too much damage.
Much of the fault is with the Democrats, those lily-livered worms. How many Dems even mention the economic situation under Clinton vs what it is today? The runaway deficit? The jobs going overseas?
Etc.
. At the turn of the 20th century, mail-order lessons in NT (koine) Greek were all the rage in America, as people tried to learn Greek themselves, and so read the NT in the original tongues.
If a school district had the temerity to offer a NT Greek course, starting in, say, Junior High, and provided flat copies of the original scrolls (and other literature of the time) the kids could take home, what do you think the reaction of the RR would be?
As David Gregory pointed out, she repeats Republican talking points like a Borg, right down to "nukuler".
Talk about diarrhea of the mouth. Give that woman some Immodium!!
Late to the party here, but that whole Border Patrol weirdness of Schmidt's there in Canada-touching Ohio is perhaps racist code. It seems to harken back to a conservative Cincinnati thing wherein historically it was were just-over-the-river from the South/Confederacy and alot of people took refuge there cause it was the first patch of free soil you'd hit. So the Border Patrol thing perhaps gives bait to that longtime wellknown Cincinnati racial tension. Ugh.
corn = ethanol
How fucking stupid, hang her with the fact that it takes more energy to turn corn into ethanol than the ethanol produces. It's an energy sinkhole and pork, didn't they love to point to Daschle and his ethanol pork. Whose pork is it now?
Crack that whip, scare those voters, react in an emotionally disturbed way... just like her future constituents' reaction to 9/11.
One more freak piled on top of the rethuglican train wreck.
Let's see...a scold? check. Dumb? Check. God-fearin'? Check. How can she possibly lose here in the land of the lost?
Auurggh....
it's ESpousing, not EXpousing....
"You know, the fact of the matter is there are no weapons of mass destruction.
And, uh, we were listening to a thug, uh, Saddam Hussain, who said that there was.
He wasn't allowing people to go in and inspect. Uh, we called him on it.
And, you know, we are now standing with the government where
there won't be any weapons of mass distruction. And, uh, in the new country that is becoming democratic and where we won't have to face the nuclear threat. I think that is a
great thing and so the the people of this second district."
That's just not true. Bush lied about this and now it is a part of the new, revised history of the war. Saddam did indeed allow the inspectors in.
Schmidt is a liar and so is Bush.
Zeb
Is there a law that you must be stupid and/or bat shit insane to be a Repugnican?
Particularly a Repugnican political candidate?
And I've seen her photo.
The Repugs used to bust on Janet Reno all the time? Schmidt looks like Sic Rantorum in drag.
Hughes, Rice, Malkin, Coulter...that party has some of the FUGLIEST bitches on earth and they badmouthed Janet Reno?
What brass ones!
Reminds me of all the hippie burnouts in Traverse City last fall. We had to stroll through a gauntlet of them on our way in to hear Dubya. They were really pretty pitiful.
Lafcadio Hearn |
You and Dubya are even more so!
Why does Air America hate inner-city kids?
inner-city child
Oh, you mean AIR AMERICA has been sending them off to die in an illegal war?
And here I am thinking it was the braindead frat boy dickhead in the White House!
Silly me.
I just had a tomato sadwich, first of the season, with the tomato still hot from the sun.
Shit. Now I'm hungry! I love 'mato sandwiches!
Hecate
Oh, yeah - heaven!
I am traumatized.
I need a joint.
RMJ - "The God of Abraham is not really a god of vengeance."
Yeah, He's more into lying and deceit.
Back to the original subject, Schmidt punctuates her talking points by claming that it is ethanol that powers the citizens in Southern Ohio. Does she even know what she is saying? She just called her entire district a bunch of drunks! (to the chemically challenged: ethanol is the alcohol that is the major component of ALL consumable liquor; in particular, when we talk of 40% alcohol in vodka, for example, that means that it has 40% ethanol and 60% water)
If I'm not mistaken, she even says 'Nukular' in her responses.
Check it out at 6mins into the Hardball clip. Talk about loyalty to Bush talking points.
Whatta phony.
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