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linda |
12.30.06 - 7:01 pm | #
I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
12.30.06 - 7:02 pm | #
What is blogwars?
EkCenTriK | 12.30.06 - 7:00 pm | #
U.S., Iran Praise Execution of Saddam
Dec 30 6:09 PM US/Eastern
By JENNIFER QUINN
Associated Press Writer
LONDON
Saddam Hussein's execution found the United States and Iran sharing rare common ground on Saturday, with both countries saying the hanging of the former dictator was in the best interest of Iraq, its people and the region.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:02 pm | #
My butt itches
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:02 pm | #
Apprentice to Darth Holden
I think a correction is needed. Saddam is still dead.
EkCenTriK |
12.30.06 - 7:03 pm | #
Blogwars, feh, not as much fun as YouTube wars.
Buckeye, Blue State
"Or encounters with male whores."
-Pastor Ted
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:03 pm | #
Here's that K2 clip that Wankrios can't be bothered with, proggers.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:04 pm | #
without wakeman?
you call this a party?
Rmj, Street Credentialed |
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12.30.06 - 7:04 pm | #
Uh, Shrub. They ain't honoring a member of Congress for being a member of Congress. They're honoring a president of the United States! Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 7:04 pm | #
pie, I think it's a virus. I'm going to go to the clinic if it doesn't break by tomorrow.
From below: take some Advil for the fever.
It will help. Promise.
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
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12.30.06 - 7:04 pm | #
Was it James Brown or James Baker who headed up that Iraq Study Group? I am a little behind on the news.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 7:04 pm | #
So, Chimpy McFlightsuit arranges for the death of a 69 year old man.
Quel Heroisme!
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:05 pm | #
you call this a party?
Rmj
Not since Daddy took the Smileys away.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:05 pm | #
I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
He can put it with Saddam's pistol and his "Mission Accomplished" flightsuit.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:05 pm | #
It's ecstasy when you lie down next to me.
Barry White |
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12.30.06 - 7:05 pm | #
"Was it James Brown or James Baker who headed up that Iraq Study Group? I am a little behind on the news."
Well, it's hard to tell, but the ISG report was a real toe tapper.
EkCenTriK |
12.30.06 - 7:05 pm | #
I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
He's too busy being a sniveling, petty little wanker.
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
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12.30.06 - 7:06 pm | #
Uh, Shrub. They ain't honoring a member of Congress for being a member of Congress. They're honoring a president of the United States! Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
Snow
He insulted mah war! He gave aid 'n' comforts to the emeny. I ain't goin'. Send Dick. He's old, he's gotta get use t'funerals, And let my Dad go, since he don't 'preshiate that I killed that guy that tried to kill him after'n he was too much ofa pussy t'do it. I'm on vacation.
Li'l Georgie |
12.30.06 - 7:06 pm | #
I ain't lyin' down next to Barry White, Not noway, not know how
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:07 pm | #
the ISG report was a real toe tapper.
I dunno: somehow "Say it loud, we fucked up in Iraq!" doesn't have the same oooomph to me.
CowAnotherCow |
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12.30.06 - 7:07 pm | #
He's too busy being a sniveling, petty little wanker.
Worst. President. Ever.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:07 pm | #
Bush wants Laura to drive over Saddam corpse to prove her love for him.
"One more time Laura! C'mon, just one more time!"
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 7:07 pm | #
Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
Like the fucking brat is going to pay any respect to someone who dared to point out what a fucking loser he is.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
12.30.06 - 7:07 pm | #
Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
I think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:08 pm | #
Worst. President. Ever.
pie
Pie, if that obscenity of a "library" ends up here, I swear I will pay a tagger $100 a week for the rest of my life and put it in my will until the money runs out - to tag that building every week with just those words.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:08 pm | #
I think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 0
wouldn't surprise me. Are Carter and Clinton there?
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:09 pm | #
I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Chimpy and Saddam have a lot in common - they both had two, useless spoiled kids, and then, well, there's the Rummy thing...
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:09 pm | #
And for a big, fat, dead black guy, this Barry White seems to have a way with the chicks ...
Saddam Hussein |
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12.30.06 - 7:09 pm | #
Devoured.
EkCenTriK
Beef stew. I made it yesterday and I added a whole bottle of red wine.
I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
"Sir, wait. No. Now sir, you can't do that, sir, we have to preserve that for the Smithsonian. Sir, please don't, oh never mind."
CowAnotherCow |
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12.30.06 - 7:09 pm | #
I know Saddam's been dead for close to 24 hours now and that we should move on to other things, but I couldn't help make an observation that gave me pause.
One of my commenters just said that "it wasn't an execution; it was a performance", which just about perfectly says it all.
jurassicpork |
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12.30.06 - 7:10 pm | #
I'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 7:10 pm | #
How about the noose winds up in Sen. Feliz Macacawitz's office?
jurassicpork |
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12.30.06 - 7:10 pm | #
George: If you love me you'll do it.
Laura: But its so icky!
George: C'mon, you know you want to
Laura: Well, OK
George: Uhhnh, Uhhhnh, Uhhnh!
Laura: Can I let this Arab down off the rope now or should I run over him with the car?
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:11 pm | #
I think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 0
It's past Chimpy's 7 p.m. bedtime, anyway. And the Ford family probably isn't serving booze.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:11 pm | #
Where's the bar?
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:11 pm | #
I'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.
Diane C.
Oh, there's one I'd go to. Just to make sure the lid was well nailed shut.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:11 pm | #
I think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
I'm sure you're correct. As I said, Chimpy disrupts the proceedings with his ridiculous security crap, and it has to always be about him anyway. He has no respect for anyone, so it's quite fitting that much of the world feels the same about him.
I'm sure you're correct. As I said, Chimpy disrupts the proceedings with his ridiculous security crap, and it has to always be about him anyway.
Slumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at. I sure the Kings wish they had thought up security excesses as a reason to leave him off the guest list for Coretta's services.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:15 pm | #
Vinnie Vincent Invasion !!
seemed like the right time to say it ...
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:15 pm | #
Am I an awful person to see all those steps and think a stumble here, a trip there
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:16 pm | #
Slumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at. I sure the Kings wish they had thought up security excesses as a reason to leave him off the guest list for Coretta's services.
Jim
Getting booed and hissed at...while Bill Clinton is cheered and treated like a rock star.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:16 pm | #
Slumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at.
What a perfect description.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:16 pm | #
Michelle Pfeiffer? Mmmmm...Age of Innocence. And a double Mmmmm Mmmmm for Daniel Day Lewis.
I think it's the best Scorsese film ever. Gangsters, boxers, and taxi drivers be damned.
san antone rose |
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12.30.06 - 7:16 pm | #
how did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
gary in fl |
12.30.06 - 7:16 pm | #
Because he's dead and hasn't begun to stink yet
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:17 pm | #
how did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
He's a member of an elite group.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:18 pm | #
politics+death+cable teevee= apotheosis
Even Sonny Bono and some third string Kennedy got helicopter coverage of their funerals
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:18 pm | #
how did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
gary in f
He was a Republican.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:18 pm | #
how did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
In the Age of Jingo, all Presidents are gods.
Nur al-cubicle |
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12.30.06 - 7:19 pm | #
how did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
When you got nothin' to celebrate, you'll celebrate anything.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:19 pm | #
How old is Betty Ford?
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:19 pm | #
He was a Republican.
That too. But he got the last word re Chimpy and his stupid war. Not too shabby.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:19 pm | #
In the Age of Jingo, all Presidents are gods.
Not even. Wait till Carter dies.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 7:19 pm | #
How old is Betty Ford?
About 12 years older than dirt.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:20 pm | #
Ford was kindof okay, and a welcome relief after Nixon and Agnew. At least he appointed John-Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court.
Nur al-cubicle |
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12.30.06 - 7:20 pm | #
Ugh there's Dick and Dole
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:20 pm | #
Betty Ford: Born, April 18, 1918 Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:21 pm | #
Ugh there's Dick and Dole
You mean Dick and Dickless, right?
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:21 pm | #
Not even. Wait till Carter dies.
Not to worry. Al Gore will be in the White House, and he'll make sure he gets a proper send-off.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:21 pm | #
And since when are presidential funerals on party night (Saturday). What's wrong with Tuesday?
Nur al-cubicle |
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12.30.06 - 7:21 pm | #
About 12 years older than dirt.
Barndog,
For some reason I thought she was quite a bit younger than he was. Was I wrong?
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
I would imagine that Betty Ford is in her late eighties, early nineties as well.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
When Carter dies, the MSM will do a separated at birth montage with Hitler and Neville Chamberlain. They can't stand that pious, hard-working fucker because he represents everything they are not.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
So the pathetic little petulant wimp in chief is going to be a no-show for this Ford thing?
The Old Man From Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
Thank You Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers
All this has to be such a strain for someone her age
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
Oops - Dr. B. posted the answer to my question and I must owe her something for that.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
blogwars is actually pretty good. it's fun to see the faces behind the blogs. the guy behind dumpjoe and 'the kiss' is a retired truck driver and had never worked with a computer before. he said he didn't know you could push f5 to refresh -- he was shutting his computer off each time. lol.
kos, john amato, john avarosis, chris bowers, malkin, the ol' perfessor are all in it
linda |
12.30.06 - 7:22 pm | #
damn, wish I knew where that stray dog is, pouring rain. Haven't seen him since morning. Fed him a big breakfast.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 7:23 pm | #
It's awfully odd -- as I watch the shrunken figure of Betty Ford, attempting with great dignity at 88 to be stoic and alert, and watch the young military pall-bearers in their prime, I can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:23 pm | #
kos, john amato, john avarosis, chris bowers, malkin, the ol' perfessor are all in it
lind
If I was feeling particularly snarky, I might say something about how nice it is of the A List to let us peasants enjoy their little game.
Oh Christ Rummy delayed by snow storm...what a wanker
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:25 pm | #
plantsman, have a case of Sprite Zero - on me.
I'm certain you may have nailed it right there.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:25 pm | #
that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman
A lot of truth to that, isn't there. We (not us, but the country) are nostalgic for non-crazy mediocrity. If only we (not us) would get it through our collective marble noggin that we really can change these things.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:25 pm | #
But dang, a NOCTURAL presidential funeral...and on a weekend? That's whack. Given him a proper sendoff on a Tuesday!
Nur al-cubicle |
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12.30.06 - 7:25 pm | #
I just updated the live cam page on my bloggie to give you Nashville weather conditions, so you'll know whether or not to 'spect me at lunch.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:26 pm | #
I can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase
Possibly we make heroes because we feel we need them, that this era has lost the honorableness of former glories (but were they really former glories?). Ford was merely the latest iteration.
I like the "comments since you started typing" counter.
TheaLogie |
12.30.06 - 7:26 pm | #
Did Nixon lie in state?
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:26 pm | #
About 12 years older than dirt.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy
I actually admire her, she had the courage to talk about things that were taboo at the time - her own struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, removing the stigma associated with them.
And she didn't kill a kid, like Pickles.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:26 pm | #
If only we (not us) would get it through our collective marble noggin that we really can change these things
First thing we need to do is, convince that 50+% of the electorate that doesn't vote - that their vote in fact would make a difference.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:26 pm | #
we are watching obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency".
gary in fl |
12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
I have a great deal of respect for Betty also
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
I can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase
I think you've hit the nail on the head.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
Did Nixon lie in state?
Nixon lied in state, out his ass and throughout his career.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
A lot of truth to that, isn't there
Yes. We've been largely leaderless for the last 6 years, and that is finally getting through to people and it makes everyone want to look for leaders everywhere.
It's really sad, this state of affairs.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
plantsman, you're right. the MSM would like to have a monarchical form of govt. in the U.S. look how they used to drool over news about the Brit royal family, as if to say .... if only we could have a royal family here to endlessly cover
having a king means never having to think. but you get to dress up in funny clothes and go to lots and lots of posh parties. that's all the MSM losers want from life. they crave it like a crack addict.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
I believe Mr. Ford will be lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda until Tuesday.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
Did Nixon lie in state?
scout prim
I was thinking about that too. Wasn't his funeral held at his library? Clinton and the ex-prezzes showed up, and most of the cong leadership, etc, but I don't think it was an official State funeral.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:27 pm | #
scoutprime - O I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:28 pm | #
of the A List to let us peasants enjoy their little game.
tena,
yeah, it covers all the recognizable names. i think it's a very good primer for people who don't understand 'em.
but, believe me, if you get a look at the guy behind dumpjoe, he's one of us -- sitting in his lounger with his laptop on the other side of his rather considerable belly.
linda |
12.30.06 - 7:28 pm | #
There was nothing glorious about Ford. He was monkey that flew out of Nixon's ass. He was a moron.
And a criminal.
His biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.
A pussy to the end.
James Jesus Rimbau |
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12.30.06 - 7:28 pm | #
Seeing Curly and LE spat-fightin' warmed my heart so, I'm glad the little feller is fitting in, and glad that most of the moonbats' animals are in their proper places.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:29 pm | #
Did you guys miss me? I was offline for several days visiting friends in Canada, just south of Detroit.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:29 pm | #
It just occurred to me that something is conspicuously missing from this thread ...
we are watching obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency".
gary in fl
Fucking brilliant comment, there, gary. That's exactly what it's about.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:30 pm | #
obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency"
... of men with R's after their name. Wanna know the real meaning of civility, decency, and respect for the presidency? When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow |
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12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #
I can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase
perfectly stated. i was thinking something similar earlier today when i heard that tweety and keith olbermann were co-hosting the ford funeral. and you just know that tomorrow's programs are going to be back to the hagiography.
linda |
12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #
His biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.
In all fairness, I think failure to speak up is more an issue for which the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
O I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.
Tena
More class than Nancy, Bar and Laura combined.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #
I remarked to Mr. Tena the night Ford died: "Just wait til Clinton dies - it will be wall to wall Monica."
scoutprime - O I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.
Yes, she was. What a life. I'm surprised she outlived him. At least he was a decent husband.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
Did Nixon lie in state?
scout prime
I don't think he could ever stop lying.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
plantsman: Seeing Curly and LE spat-fightin' warmed my heart so, I'm glad the little feller is fitting in, and glad that most of the moonbats' animals are in their proper places.
I'm just glad that Maxx got home, and that LarryElvis feels up to being feisty with Fat Man.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
A million times worse than Rick Wakeman on Ice -- at least they were talented, professional musicians acting horribly:
Genesis' 22 minute apocalyptic tale "Supper's Ready," here re-done and re-created by a fan (who plays the music and, well, sort of sings) and made into "an original motion picture" using really, really chintzy computer graphics.
I see the Vatican denunciating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
I see the Anlicans denuncating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
I don't see Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson denunciating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
I don't see any US Protestant leader of note at all denunciating the murder of Saddam Hussein.
Can anyone still make the claim that Amerika has 'Christian' values?
What a sick venal nation.
James Jesus Rimbau |
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12.30.06 - 7:33 pm | #
obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency"
... of men with R's after their name. Wanna know the real meaning of civility, decency, and respect for the presidency? When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
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I disagree, Cow. I think it more than likely that Jimmy Carter will be the next to die, and he will be the first Democratic president since Johnson to do so.
I think we'll see the same pomp and circumstance, even if not the same coverage. I hope I'm wrong about the coverage, however.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 7:33 pm | #
Indeed I think Betty is a helluva woman. Don't know what you folks think of drug treatment centers, but one helped me save my own cocaine addicted ass.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:34 pm | #
I can't fault Betty Ford. I only wish my own mom had had the succesful treatment Mrs. Ford got for breast cancer. Betty was cured!
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:34 pm | #
I think GHWB will be dying any day, now, to be honest.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:35 pm | #
the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.
Stinky
Yes but.... he's getting all this attention and hoopla, and his remarks would have gotten some attention and provoked discussion, because he wasn't just a private citizen. I think he owed it to the country to speak up.
Then again, as I think of it, if he had said that loudly and publicly, it would've been a more clear and forceful denunciation of this was than Clinton has made thus far.
Jim |
12.30.06 - 7:35 pm | #
Oh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
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12.30.06 - 7:35 pm | #
Diane C. - I think you're right. I know when Ann Richards died, she lay in state in the Rotunda here and god, the people came from everywhere and stood in line forever to see her.
I think no matter who it is, the same protocol will be followed. The media is something else again.
I will bet you anything that Monica is the chief topic with the Big Dawg dies.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:36 pm | #
His biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.
In all fairness, I think failure to speak up is more an issue for which the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.
Stinky | 12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
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Everyone wants to cut slack to everyone. And then bitch about fucking rotten the world is. Gerald Rudolph Ford was one of the reasons. He pardoned a war criminal who killed more than a million people and started two secret wars against two neutral, innocent nations: Cambodia and Laos.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:36 pm | #
Shitty how that worked out the same way for my Mom, plantsman.
I hope that Denny's doesn't eat the general dude who is helping Mrs. Ford.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:37 pm | #
When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #
I remarked to Mr. Tena the night Ford died: "Just wait til Clinton dies - it will be wall to wall Monica."
Yep.
Tena | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:32 pm
Let's make sure when that happens that we have taken back a great deal of the media, so they can actually talk about the good things that Clinton actually did.
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 7:37 pm | #
I'm just glad that Maxx got home, and that LarryElvis feels up to being feisty with Fat Man.
Me too.
LarryElvis is a cute little fucker. Wait until he's 100%.
Siamese are busy littlel kittens. That might be why he ended up in the shelter.
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
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12.30.06 - 7:37 pm | #
Unless they're Democrats. Then they want to cut their throats.
David Ehrenstein |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
Don't former prez's plan their funerals in advance?
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
Yep.
The real river of puke will begin, of course, when Pantypee and Orally start up that whole "now he was the president and we owe him respect and he did some fairly good things--mostly because Newt Gingrich and [toesucking scumbag] Dick Morris forced him too--
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT"
and the Drano stream of purulent hate commences.
CowAnotherCow |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
I'm recommending to everyone, the most proper way to honor Jerry Ford.
On the national day of mourning? Go to a football game. Play a round of golf. Enjoy it. Not a damned thing wrong with that, not at all.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
Everyone wants to cut slack to everyone. And then bitch about fucking rotten the world is. Gerald Rudolph Ford was one of the reasons. He pardoned a war criminal who killed more than a million people and started two secret wars against two neutral, innocent nations: Cambodia and Laos.
I have said nothing good about Ford and I've said repeatedly that we wouldn't be in the mess we're in if he hadn't pardoned Nixon. If Nixon had gone to jail, Reagan and Bush I might have thought twice about Iran/Contra. If they hadn't gotten away with that, we wouldn't be where we are right now.
Presidents who break the law have so far avoided paying any real price. And we're paying the price for that.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
Oh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?
Gravity.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
Barndog, it's often like that; cancer for a lot of folks is hideously relentless. Mom popped on her wig and decided to live in the time she had, I admired that. Your pain bearable?
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
I've been over in the Right Wing of Blogistan asking if they got off on the neat snuff movie Dubbya made for them.
David Ehrenstein |
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12.30.06 - 7:39 pm | #
And there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:39 pm | #
fourlegsgood: Siamese are busy littlel kittens. That might be why he ended up in the shelter.
He was a "second-chancer" -- that is, he was originally adopted from NHA, and returned, when the landlord hit the fan.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:39 pm | #
Oh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?
Gravity.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace
He's developed a leak?
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 7:39 pm | #
I've been over in the Right Wing of Blogistan asking if they got off on the neat snuff movie Dubbya made for them.
And their answers were no doubt predictable.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:40 pm | #
Extremely doubtful.
pie
Yes, it is. Until he died, he was just Gerald Ford, for heaven's sake. No one gave a shit. Really. He went into retirement and disappeared.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:40 pm | #
Getting drunk is a great way to honor the Fords. That's what Dubbya's doin' right now.
David Ehrenstein |
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12.30.06 - 7:40 pm | #
"Oranges and Lemons" is such a good album!
Even "The Loving."
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:40 pm | #
God, that Jon Anderson video is fucking terrible. He sings like a natural Alvin and the Chipmunks, but he's a pussy too. And the hands waving in the foreground look like store windo mannequins with their arms up and some stage hands are waving the torsos back and forth beneath the camera view.
1982 was a horrible horrible horrible year. Just because of this alone.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:41 pm | #
"And their answers were no doubt predictable."
Oh yes. Lots about how much they "pitied" me.
"Pity" is the Neo-Fascist version of compassion.
David Ehrenstein |
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12.30.06 - 7:41 pm | #
And there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.
Dr. Barmp
Dr. B. I still am very fond of her and wouldn't mind seeing her in the WH one damn bit.
She's rather practical, and that's rather nice after a fucking visionary who has no grasp of reality whatsoever.
3 David Ehrenstein: Getting drunk is a great way to honor the Fords. That's what Dubbya's doin' right now.
Beer, the lack of cable, and the hope of payday in less than a week are all that're keeping ME alive...!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:42 pm | #
Bet it urks blonde bimbo Katie to have to cover Ford instead of creaming her panties over Saddam's hanging.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 7:42 pm | #
Tena's right, criminal Presidents must pay, otherwise there is no healing or forward movement.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:42 pm | #
I'm watching Blog Wars and now hate Lieberwhore more than ever.
What the fuckity fuck was Connecticut thinking?
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 7:43 pm | #
He went into retirement and disappeared.
There would have been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about criticizing a president in *time of war*.
You're either with us or against us.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:43 pm | #
Your pain bearable?
Not really, more tolerable than anything. The Dilaudid I was taking has become almost non-effective. Same for the Neurontin - it was knocking me out at bedtime, but not anymore. The narcotics are overruling my body's ability to sleep and be calm.
I was in bed asleep a whopping 2 hours last night, before I woke like I'd slept 10. A wonderful time I'm having. Although, I am using the awake time to work on my Appeal Review.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 7:43 pm | #
She's so cute, and she's exceprted my bloggie twice in December.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:43 pm | #
And there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.
Is she crying yet?
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:44 pm | #
Presidents who break the law have so far avoided paying any real price. And we're paying the price for that.
Tena | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
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Despite being from Texas, Tena is 100 percent right.
Betty and Jerry Ford were married for 58 years. I don't believe I would have the strength to even stand up, if my partner of 58 years were suddenly gone.
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:44 pm | #
How does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:44 pm | #
Oh yes. Lots about how much they "pitied" me.
Little minds.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:44 pm | #
Ford is dead. What shall we honor him for? Pardoning Nixon? Being the first U.S. President to lose a war? Holding his tongue about the Iraq invasion?
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
:ha ha: :ha ha:
Someone's cruisin' for a bruisin'.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
Aw, Barndog, I'm sorry to hear that. Somebody around hear should be getting decent sleep -- we're worthy.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
How does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?
By being obviously guilty.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
What the fuckity fuck was Connecticut thinking?
HoneyBearKelly
did you catch the first comment in the opening minutes:
'someone had the audacity to think they could do a better job than a sitting democratic senator'
linda |
12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
If my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
Betty and Jerry Ford were married for 58 years. I don't believe I would have the strength to even stand up, if my partner of 58 years were suddenly gone.
I've seen more than one woman do it, Dr. B. Many more than one.
I don't know either, but they do.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:46 pm | #
And, oh, look! Mrs. Ford is going to strike Mr. Cheney.
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:46 pm | #
And, oh, look! Mrs. Ford is going to strike Mr. Cheney.
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers
Go for his crotch, Betty!
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 7:47 pm | #
See you guys later.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 7:47 pm | #
How does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?
The Pardon power doesn't specify, so it's been interpreted as a pretty blanket authority to immunize people against, you know, Justice.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:47 pm | #
BTW, I really like the refresh feature haloscan has added.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:47 pm | #
If my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?
It does help, and if you wield it well, there's no telling what could happen!
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:47 pm | #
DO NOT LEAVE. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
Betty should knee Big Time in the groin.
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
Later, pie!
Have a great evening.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
If my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?
The Jester
No, but you can use it to scratch your ass.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
And where is the President of the United States?
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
nbc, abc, cbs, cnn, foxnews, cspan. All have live tributes to former President Gerald R. Ford.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
Denny Hastert looks to equal 4 Bettys
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
Dick Cheney at the side of Ford's widow.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:48 pm | #
If my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?
What does "large" mean? I've noticed that guys sometimes are a tad unclear about that.
Betty Ford, proof that truly beautiful people age gracefully.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
And this fucking bitch Malagangang needs to DIE.
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
It is rather stunning that Bush is not present.
Is his father there?
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
Denny Hastert looks to equal 4 Bettys
She's better not get too close to the buffet table, or he might mistake her for an appetizer.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
Someone's cruisin' for a bruisin'.
pie | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
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truth be known, i have to take the blame for Herr Dumbass and his homicidal family. GHWB was born in Milton, Mass. a few miles from where I'm from and they've got the goddamned striper snagging peninsula down in Kennebunkport, not too far where i live today. texas is off the hook as far as this Earthly scab is concerned. they're solid yankee, blue blood, robber baron, New England. uggh ....
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
Betty Ford looking good for a 90 year old woman.
willow
Indeed. I bet she's rather have her kids next to her
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
I hope Betty makes it through this difficult time.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:50 pm | #
The lady who became curlytech's second official customer has dyed her hair purple. I admire this, as I admire the fact that she shaved her head in solidarity with a friend who's undergoing chemotherapy.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
Betty Ford looking good for a 90 year old woman.
willow
Well, that's what a clean conscience and not killing a kid will do for ya.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
And where is the President of the United States?
Which one? Al Gore who presumably would have won re-election in 2004 or John Kerry who refused to fight Ohio vote fraud?
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
jesus god, can't even go, make and eat some dinner without 3 or 400 new comments. Atrios' comment threads are so lame.
mer |
12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
Betty and Gerry really loved each other.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
I'm getting ready to watch season 2.b of Galactica.
Ahem. It's "BSG2.5" in the parlance of our times...
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:51 pm | #
Does not sound like he will be a "stray" dog much longer.
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jus cause I made him pancakes & bacon?
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
I just turned on CNN. That's a pretty nice funeral for Saddam. But why is Betty Ford there?
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
Most of my penile largeness is in the 4th dimension, but it is still large
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
Holding his tongue about the Iraq invasion?
He did not hold his tongue: the interview giving Ford's candid opinion against the war was embargoed by dubya.
Nur al-cubicle |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
local pbs has bluegrass.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
Atrios' comment threads are so lame.
He has the worst, least popular comment threads on the intertubes.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
It is rather stunning that Bush is not present.
I do too. The whole disruption factor notwithstanding, he's attended other similar functions.
I think it's crass and shows very poor breeding, which follows. And it's a break of protocol, I'd think.
Sulky little motherfucker that he is.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
That Shrub is not in attendance is evidence of his vile puerility. As if we needed any more. I'm beginning to think that he's nothing more than a sock puppet himself - and incapable.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
Is his father there?
I don't think so, I didn't see any former Preznit there. They were all there when St. Ronny Raygun died I think.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:52 pm | #
oh man, there's a segment on the fdl lieberman blackface blow-up that is disgusting. lieberman's sanctimonious denunciations of it are sickening. ugh, i despise him. how the hell, indeed, did the citizens of connecticut re-elect him.
linda |
12.30.06 - 7:53 pm | #
gerry ford, a giant of a man, almost a god.
gary in fl |
12.30.06 - 7:53 pm | #
NTodd, did you get to leave VT? Stupid question probably.
mer |
12.30.06 - 7:53 pm | #
WTF is happening????
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:53 pm | #
When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow
May Big Dog live a looooooooong time -and continue to vex and confound his detractors on the right.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:53 pm | #
Ahem. It's "BSG2.5" in the parlance of our times...
NTodd,
Dick Cheney is getting fat.
willow |
12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Something just happened....
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Did someone faint????
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Who fell? I hope it wasn't Mrs. Ford.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
It is rather stunning that Bush is not present.
He's probably got his nose in a snit, with ole Ford giving him a verbal hickory stick with those "I wouldn't go to war with Iraq" comments.
All for the best, the Fords don't want Chimpy's drunken lame-ass there, anyway.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Ford was un zero a la izquierda.
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
He did not hold his tongue: the interview giving Ford's candid opinion against the war was embargoed by dubya.
What I read was Ford gave permission to publish his comments only after his death. Either way it is a sad commentary that a former President, especially one who has experience with quagmires, couldn't or wouldn't put in his two cents.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Hey, did I tell you poinkies that my daughter got a 4.00 at university last semester?
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:54 pm | #
Not Mrs. Ford, sadly not Cheney
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 7:55 pm | #
scout prime: Did someone faint????
The question is, did someone fart?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 7:55 pm | #
Cheney must have blinked his inner eyelids and let some of the death ray out.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 7:55 pm | #
I think it's crass and shows very poor breeding, which follows. And it's a break of protocol, I'd think.
Sulky little motherfucker that he is.
Tena |
Like mother, like son.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 7:55 pm | #
Atrios' comment threads are so lame.
He has the worst, least popular comment threads on the intertubes.
NTodd
And he never links to NTodd...
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 7:56 pm | #
mer - nah, leaving tomorrow early AM. Decided not to deal with the snow since tomorrow's weather is crystal clear.
And somebody please remind me to finally get my tires swapped. I've held off on buying new snows because, well, we haven't had any snow to speak of.
D'oh.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace |
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12.30.06 - 7:56 pm | #
x Either way it is a sad commentary that a former President, especially one who has experience with quagmires, couldn't or wouldn't put in his two cents.
It wouldn't have made one little bit of difference.
And isn't there a kind of gentlemen's agreement between expresidents and sitting presidents that exes don't criticize sittings?
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 7:56 pm | #
Is Our Bill there? Or Our Al? Mr. Carter?
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 7:57 pm | #
I hope that person, unless it's Kissinger, is okay. Nothing quite like getting ill on national television.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 7:57 pm | #
What I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 7:57 pm | #
Don't forget that sordid, blow-job giving Monica
has recently graduated from The London School of Economics, her stock will only rise over time.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 7:57 pm | #
I am not watching tv. What is happening? Some pre-event to the Ford funeral?
mer |
12.30.06 - 7:58 pm | #
"It's a closed room" - Wolf
Yeah, it's a bit more voluminous than most Wolfy.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 7:59 pm | #
DEAD PRESIDENT PRON!
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
The Giant game starts at 8.
They better wrap this shit up.
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
Ted Haggard is coming up next.
willow |
12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
What I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.
The Jester
The usual reason given for that unwritten rule about ex presidents not criticising the current president is that the exes don't have access to all the security/intelligence reports and therefore don't have all the data upon which decisions are made.
In this case, however, and as we all well know, said reports were obtained directly from the vice president's anus, so I guess that isn't a valid excuse this time.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
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12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
I'm gettin' my hungry on...
Finally!
I had the B&G around noon.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
I, for one, do not mind seeing the vagaries of life intrude on this scripted moment. We've had far too much phony choreography of late, and too lite reality. Chuck Schumer standing next to Frist was a bit jarring, tho. I hope the old gent is okay, too.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
If the Giants win, are they in, or does something else have to happen too?
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
Laura is keeping Bush at home in his crib because he's having one of those "cranky baby" days ... probly a bit colicky.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
NFL Fooball tonight? Woo-Hoo!
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:01 pm | #
What I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.
The Jester
At the beginning of the Iraq War? Are you kidding? It would not have done anything but cause the media to screech about Carter and Ford as traitors. And they would have.
Look, Ford deserves a lot of coals heaped on his head for pardoning Nixon. I don't care if you kick him around on the basis of the hold he put on the statement, which I agree was pretty chickenshit. But I can't get too excited about the possibility it might have made a difference. Sorry, I just don't think anything would have.
But certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.
Tena |
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12.30.06 - 8:01 pm | #
Ted Stevens, a voice to nowhere.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 8:02 pm | #
If the JETS win tomorrow they are in the playoffs.
When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.
The Kenosha Kid |
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12.30.06 - 8:02 pm | #
If the Giants win, are they in, or does something else have to happen too?
I think something else has to happen too.
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 8:02 pm | #
The usual reason given for that unwritten rule about ex presidents not criticising the current president is that the exes don't have access to all the security/intelligence reports and therefore don't have all the data upon which decisions are made.
It turns out that isn't entirely true. George "Give Iranians Arms To Hold Americans Hostage Longer" Bush apparently reads the PDB more often than his son.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 8:02 pm | #
Ted Stevens is a wanker.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 8:02 pm | #
Gerald Ford did not support the war.
willow |
12.30.06 - 8:03 pm | #
Ok, I'm off to watch the DVD I'm not cool enough to name correctly.
Diane C. Barking-Mad | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
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Diane, as our Emoticon-Hating Host most aptly illustrated in a post yesterday, Ronald Wilson Reagan had no problem ripping Bill Clinton apart when Clinton was president. same old same old. do as i say, not as i do. fucking liars, all of them.
Doug Watts |
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12.30.06 - 8:04 pm | #
Christ, for the Titans to get in, they have to beat the Pats, AND SF has to beat Denver (haaa!), Steelers have to beat Cincy (I can see that), and KCMO has to beat Jax (I can see that, too).
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 8:04 pm | #
And isn't there a kind of gentlemen's agreement between expresidents and sitting presidents that exes don't criticize sittings?
Tena
Unless the sitting president is Bill Clinton.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:04 pm | #
Ted stevens says Ford woke us from outr long national nightmare.
donny |
12.30.06 - 8:04 pm | #
G'night all. My stinky fingers and ass are very tired and have to go to bed. I apologize for my Bushian bed time but I'm exhausted after a very tough week.
The Jester |
12.30.06 - 8:05 pm | #
Ted Stevens is a wanker
Not quite.
Ted Stevens is a senile blot on the nation.
He needs to die too.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:05 pm | #
Apparently Ford gave several interviews under the condition that the information would remain private while he was alive so he could be completely candid. Iraq was no the only thing he talked about.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:05 pm | #
Ted stevens says Ford woke us from outr long national nightmare.
donny
Er, jack?
The folks here who ARE watching it don't need you to translate for them.
And I'm not watching it because I'm not interested.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:05 pm | #
I'm just mean that way.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
But certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.
Tena
Colin Powell and Gerald Ford's statements may have been able to make a difference before the invasion. Perhaps not. American bloodlust for Arab blood even if they had nothing to do with 9/11 was overpowering at that time.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Here come the Jets,
Yeah! And we're gonna beat
Ev'ry last buggin' gang
On the whole buggin' street!
On the whole!
Ever!
Mother!
Lovin'!
Street!
Yeah!
The Kenosha Kid |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Ted Stevens is quite the rousing orator.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Did Gerry ford vote for Roosevelt?
donny |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Do you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?
Ted Stevens says she is.
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Apparently Ford gave several interviews under the condition that the information would remain private while he was alive so he could be completely candid. Iraq was no the only thing he talked about.
Oh no, his giving a blow job to Nixon got out?
spinoza |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Only Democratic Presidents have to behave themselves because they are weak and feeble and lie. Republican Presidents can be rude and negative about everybody because they speak the truth all the time.
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Ronald Wilson Reagan had no problem ripping Bill Clinton apart when Clinton was president. same old same old. do as i say, not as i do. fucking liars, all of them.
Doug Watts |
And I STILL Nooners wrote that Op-Ed piece FOR her god.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:06 pm | #
Did Gerry ford vote for Roosevelt?
donny
well he had 4 chances
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
Ted Stevens, really an outstanding public speaker [/snark]
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
But certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.
Tena
Exactly. The reality is that no one would have given a damn what Ford thought when he was alive. And the GOP wingnut faction would have thought nothing of denigrating him, like they did with Goldwater, who was the very father of modern conservatism.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
Sorry, still SAY
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
Dogs bark, horses neigh, and politicians lie. (two of the last three clauses are my own)
it is our business as citizens to catch them at it, and embarrass them for it...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
Aieeeeeeeee!
Denny's the Hutt!
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:07 pm | #
Dennis Hastert now up. Pork belly futures on the rise.
spinoza |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
why do i have to come home from a perfectly good date/party/night to really, really bad news? dammit. i was just feeling high on life. i hate this shit: capitalism. /end bitching/
chicago dyke |
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12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
Oh God, Hastert's theory about the "right man for the right time" sure has been blown all to shit at the present hasn't it?
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
TKK you said "if".
Your lack of faith is disturbing.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
Ted Stevens, really an outstanding public speaker [/snark]
I'll have a beer, please.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
Why on earth would they have Hastert talk?
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
Do you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?
I'll drink to that!
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:08 pm | #
Denny needs a cake, a pie, and a doughnut.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:09 pm | #
Wouldn't it be nice if nobody showed up for Bush's funeral?
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:09 pm | #
Here come the Jets,
Yeah! And we're gonna beat
Ev'ry last buggin' gang
On the whole buggin' street!
On the whole!
Ever!
Mother!
Lovin'!
Street!
Yeah!
The Kenosha Kid
Russ Tamblyn
WEst Side Story was on the teevee the other night. Couldn't stay up past 1 am to see the whole thing.
One of my favorite flicks.
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:09 pm | #
Denny's speaking because it's the House
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:09 pm | #
And I STILL Nooners wrote that Op-Ed piece FOR her god.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:06 pm
if it weren't for raygun, peggy nooner'd be covering agricultural events of the East Jesus (NE) Argus-Light
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:09 pm | #
I think the only thing that would have happened if Ford had spoken out would have been the constant questioning of his mental health 'til his death.
Lumpenprolitariot |
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12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
Do you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?
I'll drink to that!
George Johnston
A thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
it is our business as citizens to catch them at it, and hang them up by their heels over a slow fire for it...
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Woody
fixed yer typo, pardner.
chicago dyke |
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12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
Denny needs a cake, a pie, and a doughnut.
Attaturk | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:09 pm
All at once.
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
Momma come here quick
And bring me my lickin' stick ...
Godfather of Soul, deciding it's the right time to whack the fuck out of Ronald Reagan's empty, racist, lying ass, pompadoured head.
Doug Watts |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
Why on earth would they have Hastert talk?
ellroon, hair afire
He makes Cheney look thin?
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:10 pm | #
Well, I believe it's time for me to head on off as well.
A thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
She is human; the others are Cylons.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:13 pm | #
Cheney's eulogy will be a tour de force.
lanny
Of arrogance, meanness, stupidity and plain assholery.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:13 pm | #
Let us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:13 pm | #
i hate this shit: capitalism. /end bitching/
chicago dyke |
damn woman, chill, you'll give yourself a heart attack.
1watt Annoying person |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:14 pm | #
I think jack is having a psychotic personality break.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:14 pm | #
Let us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew
scout prime
Don't get me started on THAT SOB!
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:14 pm | #
Cheney will now talk about how much Ford supported the war in Iraq...
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:14 pm | #
Are any Republiscum good public speakers or do they just simply buy support?
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
I think the only thing that would have happened if Ford had spoken out would have been the constant questioning of his mental health 'til his death.
yeah, i think ford's opinion if made public at the time would have been utterly ignored. he was never looked at as an influential foreign policy master; and besides he'd had no record as making any notable statements since his presidency. his time was spent golfing. all this cable talk about the booby interview, giving it some weight is due to ford's death and the chatterbox desire to build him up.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
A thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
......................................
She is human; the others are Cylons.
George Johnston - 8:13 pm
she's a fucking junkie, and owned it...she deserves some props for it
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
The Ford Kids look like they REALLY like Dick [/sarcasm]
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
Let us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew
scout prime
Imagine if he hadn't been indicted? It would have been President Agnew!!!??? !@#$%^%&
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
James Brown ain't in hell.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:12 pm | #
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one of the percs of heaven is you get a season's pass to go down to hell whenever you want and whack the fuck out of all the evil, rotten bastards slothering around down there in their own lying guts.
that's what i meant to say. my bad.
Doug Watts |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:15 pm | #
I think Bush was afraid to come, because there would be mention of RESIGNING, of a FAILED PRESIDENCY, and of IMPEACHMENT ... and all heads would turn and look at him...
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:16 pm | #
Are any Republiscum good public speakers or do they just simply buy support?
The Old Man from Scene 24
Their base isn't very bright.
Don't need to be a great speaker - just need to tell the wingtards what they want to hear.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:16 pm | #
And where is the President of the United States?
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
He's not going 'cause he's pissed at
Gerry for dissing him on the war.
Chimpy to self:"That'll show him!"
Flint |
12.30.06 - 8:16 pm | #
one of the percs of heaven is you get a season's pass to go down to hell whenever you want and whack the fuck out of all the evil, rotten bastards slothering around down there in their own lying guts.
that's what i meant to say. my bad.
Doug Watts
I LIKE that!
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:16 pm | #
Wouldn't it be nice if nobody showed up for Bush's funeral?
ellroon, hair afire
Nah, make a kegger and let everybody take turns pissing on him.
Lumpenprolitariot |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:16 pm | #
And where is the President of the United States?
The Old Man from Scene 24
Yes, is Gore there?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:17 pm | #
I think Bush was afraid to come, because there would be mention of RESIGNING, of a FAILED PRESIDENCY, and of IMPEACHMENT ... and all heads would turn and look at him...
ellroon, hair afire
ROTFLMAO!
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:17 pm | #
When they return to Washington from their Texas vacation on Monday, Bush and first lady Laura Bush plan to pay their respects to Ford while he lies in state at the Capitol.
Yet Chimpy McFuckwit flew back to DC from one his numerous vacations early to sign that ridiculous Schiavo bill.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:17 pm | #
I will shake a tower, now.
Not on the live webcam.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:18 pm | #
Cheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.
lanny |
12.30.06 - 8:18 pm | #
I wanna know who fainted
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:18 pm | #
Cheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.
lanny
Go fuck yourself, jack.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:19 pm | #
Yet Chimpy McFuckwit flew back to DC from one his numerous vacations early to sign that ridiculous Schiavo bill.
The Old Man from Scene 24 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:17 pm
Oh, that's rich.
Attaturk
Hitting someone in the face with a golfball is far more gentlemanly than hitting them in the face with a load of buckshot.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:20 pm | #
Cheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.
lanny | 12.30.06 - 8:18 pm
yeah, cheney wouldn't be anywhere close to where he stands today if it weren't for doofus jerry ford...
/
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:20 pm | #
Gee... I guess I'm full of malice then.
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:20 pm | #
I hope this ends soon. It's just too much for Mrs. Ford to listen to these fools.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
It wasn't up to Gerry to do the forgiving...Dick
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
The faintee is described as an "elderly man" by the AP.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
Cheney preemptively requesting that people in the future not hang him.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
Cheney, 'It is far from the worst fate that a man should be remembered for his capacity to forgive.'
lanny |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
Evening, all.
Anybody been irked since last night?
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
heart attack calling. brb, or l8r. be excellent 2 each other, bats.
chicago dyke |
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12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
cheney, not being a human, but being wholly composed of a primordial, elemental pre-luciferan void-like evil, has no problem showing up at some dead guy's funeral and lying his fucking ass off and then going back stage and sucking down a highball of human blood from a freshly killed U.S. soldier in Iraq.
Doug Watts |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
Cheney is putting them to sleep.
willow |
12.30.06 - 8:21 pm | #
Cheney preemptively requesting that people in the future not hang him.
Attaturk
I hear he prefers to be shot in the face.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:22 pm | #
Again, Cheney paints the Democrats as malevolent in going after Nixon.
God I hate that fucker.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:22 pm | #
For all who were never indicted.
willow |
12.30.06 - 8:22 pm | #
That li'l cam is pretty cool. I can see the rain between the liberry and The JFK Center.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 8:22 pm | #
Seriously couldn't they have found better speakers? this is embarrassing.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:22 pm | #
Betty Ford thinks to herself, "how I looooooooooathe Cheney"
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:23 pm | #
Jesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?
Fuckety fuck fuck fuck.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:23 pm | #
Jesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?
Fuckety fuck fuck fuck.
res ipsa loquitur
Well, this will be a semi-colon, not just a comma, but less than an exclamation point.
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:24 pm | #
god, look at that gluttonous buffoon hastert sitting next to that poor woman. how atrocious. fuck protocol, the family should have insisted on friends or family sitting next to mrs ford.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:24 pm | #
NP: "Country Colors," Steve Morse, High Tension Wires
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:24 pm | #
Denny's ate one of the flowers on that wreath.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:24 pm | #
Cheney is putting them to sleep.
willow
I wish someone would put HIM to sleep.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:24 pm | #
After thirty years in the rehabilitation business, I'm sure that Mrs. Ford is well familiar with the presentation of enablers, dependency and addiction. And I'm sure she knows who is who....
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
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12.30.06 - 8:25 pm | #
god, look at that gluttonous buffoon hastert sitting next to that poor woman. how atrocious. fuck protocol, the family should have insisted on friends or family sitting next to mrs ford.
linda
Jabba's last hurrah.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:25 pm | #
Yeah, Betty Between Hastert & Cheney, Jerry dies but it's his widow that suffers.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:25 pm | #
Jesus, you people are watching Ford's send off?
Ain't you got nothing better to do?
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 8:25 pm | #
I'm getting sick and tired of all this American shit.
lanny |
12.30.06 - 8:26 pm | #
i>Jesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?
I can't see from here, but can I assume Cheney his wearing his best Parka-Beer-Hat-and-Oven-Mitt Serious State Occassion Ensemble?
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:26 pm | #
And now a black man shows the three idiots how to speak in public.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:26 pm | #
damn, there are some old fucking people in that hall just refusing to go.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:26 pm | #
Jerry dies but it's his widow that suffers.
Attaturk |
I don't know if there is any role worse than wife of a politician
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:26 pm | #
damn, there are some old fucking people in that hall just refusing to go.
linda
Evil people linger...unless you hang them.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:27 pm | #
I do want to see Cheney empty a 40 of absinthe over Agnew's grave after this, intoning "For all the bruthas that didn't make it."
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:27 pm | #
I just switched over for a minute.
Dole looks like he was exhumed just for this occasion.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:28 pm | #
"For all the bruthas that didn't make it."
driftglass
Did they give an excuse?
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:30 pm | #
That was sad
scout prime |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:30 pm | #
Betty made Rehab fasionable.
David Ehrenstein |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:30 pm | #
Mrs. Ford now all alone.
lanny |
12.30.06 - 8:30 pm | #
Jesus, you people are watching Ford's send off?
Ain't you got nothing better to do?
angryspittle
I'm not watching it.
I'm not down with Republican canonization.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:30 pm | #
Thank the Lord that her son got her out of there.
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Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #
Did they give an excuse?
he's on vacation. I guess it's hard to arrange flights at the last minute this time of year, so... regrets.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #
Bush really didn't show up?
Did they give an excuse?
steve simels
Too busy trying to unFuck Eye-rack.
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #
You know, Betty Ford does not look in too bad shape for an eighty-eight-year-old broad.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #
I'm getting sick and tired of all this American shit.
lanny | 12.30.06 - 8:26 pm
you are entitled to your opinion...
most of us are merely weary of all the FASCIST shit...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #
I can't see from here, but can I assume Cheney his wearing his best Parka-Beer-Hat-and-Oven-Mitt Serious State Occassion Ensemble?
driftglass | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:26 pm
oh hell, bill frist got to play doctor to some 80something former congressman who collapsed at the service ... lol
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:33 pm | #
Bush really didn't show up?
Did they give an excuse?
steve simels
Past his 7 p.m. bedtime.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 8:33 pm | #
Bush had another hard 3 hour work day
scout prime | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:32 pm
Along with his naps, brush clearing, and biking... it's hard work trying to think of a strategy for creating a plan to show there can be a plan for getting unquagmired....
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:33 pm | #
What was your excuse on Thursday night, bub?
res ipsa loquitur | 12.30.06 - 8:32 pm | #
Familial duties, alas.
How was the food?
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:34 pm | #
most of us are merely weary of all the FASCIST shit...
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WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
You said it, my friend.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:34 pm | #
he's on vacation. I guess it's hard to arrange flights at the last minute this time of year, so... regrets.
They will fly him over on AF1 later.
He will look down and say "Wow. New Orleans looks a lot better that people say."
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:34 pm | #
Wow! Look at all the Republicans looking at the dead Republican!
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:34 pm | #
Oh dear God, they let Frist tend to the guy who passed out?
He must be dead now.
res ipsa loquitur | 12.30.06 - 8:33 pm
Nah, he's alive. His eyes are following the balloons...
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:34 pm | #
Wolcott: "What happens in Iraq stays in Iraq. A flag-draped coffin is acceptable viewing only if a dead president is inside."
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
The Bush's are known for being a small-minded, thin-skinned clan.
In addition to being a bunch of drunks, thieves, liars and skanks.
Stinky |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
There's Mrs. Greenspan
scout prime
Looking more embalmed than Jerry Ford.
AS usual.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
Well at least Betty didn't hump the casket.
spinoza |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
Wolf talks about what the 3 eulogys had in common.
Strangely doesn't mention the one trait they had is they all sucked and were delivered by awful human beings.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
What did Jerry do to earn our respect?
he was presimadent for what, a couple of weeks...
oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, i know i know: and he put our long national nightmare behind us...
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
Bush was too busy playing with his new bible action figures he got for Christmas.
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
Evil people linger...unless you hang them.
Attaturk
actually, now watching people exit, i realize many of them are sitting congressmen/senators.
oh, and jeff greenfield is a putz.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:35 pm | #
Dec. 29, 2006 - In a highly unusual move, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has rescinded an award to an Islamic activist in her home state because of the man’s connections to a major American Muslim organization that recently has been courted by leading political figures and even the FBI.
Boxer’s office confirmed to NEWSWEEK that she has withdrawn a “certificate of accomplishment” to Sacramento activist Basim Elkarra after learning that he serves as an official with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). After directing her staff to look into CAIR, Boxer “expressed concern” about some past statements and actions by the group, as well as assertions by some law enforcement officials that it “gives aid to international terrorist groups,” according to Natalie Ravitz, the senator’s press spokeswoman.
The Women's Channel has the movie Sybil with Joanne Woodward and Sallyh Field. They just showed joanne torturing the young Sybil in a barn.
keily |
12.30.06 - 8:38 pm | #
Any word from the 3000 troops that Gerald Ford's silence helped send to the afterlife ahead of him?
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 8:38 pm | #
Greenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.
Nah, they never touch, both sending gametes into the hot spa: Greenspawn.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 8:38 pm | #
Greenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.
Nah, they never touch, both sending gametes into the hot spa: Greenspawn.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 8:38 pm | #
Gerald Ford: Someone I hadn't thought about until 3 days ago.
Shaw Kenawe
You too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:38 pm | #
WGG..Jeeezazzzz
We don't have any.
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
Women love that movie Sybil.
keily |
12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
That's reserved for the times Andrea won't wear the Ayn Rand mask.
Oh Lordy, that is wrong on so many levels.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
oh, and jeff greenfield is a putz.
linda
No Shit
scout prime | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:36 pm | #
Said it before, but -- I don't know what happened to him. Back in the 70s, in his Nat Lampoon days, he was as smart and funny as all get out.
PJO'Rourke was always a putz, but not Greenfield.
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
Gerry Ford, The last modernist President.
lanny - 8:36 pm
that was Wilson, mebbe Coolidge...imho
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
Women love that movie Sybil.
keily
Please refrain from speaking for me, douchebag.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:40 pm | #
Wolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.
Fucking a' what a tool of the White House.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 8:40 pm | #
You too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
Terry C,
Howaya? Happy New Year, doll.
Shaw Kenawe
Fine, thanks.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:40 pm | #
how to turn a dim-witted buffoon into a national icon? we're watching.
gary in fl |
12.30.06 - 8:40 pm | #
Bush working hard on deciding...yeah right
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:41 pm | #
MSGOP just showed 1975 footage of Helen Thomas asking Ford about the end of the Nam and what have we learned from it?--- He sed that "we have already learned the lessons of VietNam..."
I mean, after all those times, he's bent over and spread 'em for the GOP?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:41 pm | #
The Women's Channel has the movie Sybil with Joanne Woodward and Sallyh Field. They just showed joanne torturing the young Sybil in a barn.
Somewhere in a Kennebunkport attic there's a mouldering toy chest with the words "Preznit Nuculer" written on the inside in angry purple crayon.
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 8:41 pm | #
blitzer saying 'it must have been a difficult decision' not to be in washington for the ford funeral to suzanne malveaux re bush's absence. why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:41 pm | #
Women love that movie Sybil.
keily | 12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #
Oh great, the black goat of the woods with a thousand young is back.
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:41 pm | #
"Evil people linger...unless you hang them."
I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Huh, we're a Nation In Mourning.
And here I am in khaki
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Bush working hard on deciding...yeah right
Yes, right: between the Wild Turkey and the Jack Daniels. Tough call, Scout. Tough call, indeedy.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
People waiting to view Ford...No equipment, no food, no water
Sounds like New Orleans
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Good evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Oh Lordy, that is wrong on so many levels.
I usually shoot for being wrong on at least three levels.
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Wolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.
I plan on attending the Bush funeral. You will recognize me. I will be wearing the party hat. Either that or Cheney's ski cap.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 8:42 pm | #
Wolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.
Bush always has had someone to make apologies for him. Speaking of which, was Poppy there?
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:43 pm | #
"Evil people linger...unless you hang them."
I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
So would Laura.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 8:43 pm | #
And here I am in khaki
Attaturk
I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:43 pm | #
I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 12.30.06 - 8:42 pm
that'd be somebody OTHER than whom you'd wanna see hanged?
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:43 pm | #
My BBJ's are quite flattering and slimming too
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.
Plus, Ford said something mean about the boyking, so the boyking wants to show how unimportant Ford was. He pretends that he went to bed while they executed Saddam and he pretends that there's no funeral going on in DC. Fine. I love it when the Republicans hate on each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
Good evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Ford is dead and Bush is busy.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
Yes, the Ninjaroos are comfortable.
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
PJO'Rourke was always a putz, but not Greenfield.
steve simels
he so typifies a stereotype of a smug, upper west side 'liberal'.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
Sallyh, would that be your significant other?
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 8:45 pm | #
i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.
He could have got back on AF1 as soon as the funeral was over and flown back to his bott... er... "ranch" if he wanted to.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:45 pm | #
I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
that'd be somebody OTHER than whom you'd wanna see hanged?
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar
You make it sound like a capital offense...
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 8:45 pm | #
Good evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?
hecate,
Saddam: still dead. Currently being shown around hell by recent arrivals Milton Friedman, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and Auguste Pinochet.
Fredo: still president, but curiously absent, owing to what is suspected to be a bender.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:45 pm | #
Is the Gerald Ford lovefest over yet?
I maintain that pardoning Nixon was the worst thing he could have done.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
12.30.06 - 8:45 pm | #
I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime
I'm in burgundy satin. It is the holidays, n'est pas?
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 8:46 pm | #
I plan on attending the Bush funeral.
Not I. But I do hope to visit his grave. And I'm a witch; you generally do not want me visiting your grave. Just sayin'
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 8:46 pm | #
And here I am in khaki
I'm in plaid myself. You guys should get some taste.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 8:46 pm | #
Wolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.
Did G. Gordon Liddy show up dragging a nuke saying "My life for yours!" yet?
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 8:46 pm | #
I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
a good number were sitting in the rotunda a few minutes ago.
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:46 pm | #
how to turn a dim-witted buffoon into a national icon? we're watching.
gary in fl
The same way they turned a dim-witted buffoon into a preznit.
The media should be so proud of themselves.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
Ford is dead and Bush is busy.
The only way that the boyking ever got busy was behind a Burger King bathroom.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
Oh dear God, they let Frist tend to the guy who passed out?
He must be dead now.
res ipsa loquitur |
Died while Frist was waiting for the videotape........
Flint |
12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
Not I. But I do hope to visit his grave.
I'll bring a 6-pack.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
Woody--cut a drunk girl some slack, wouldja?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
Not I. But I do hope to visit his grave
They'd better use astroturf. Can't kill that.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:47 pm | #
NP: "Prison of Love," Robben Ford and the Blue Line, not sure which album.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 8:48 pm | #
Died while Frist was waiting for the videotape........
Flint
damn, i really miss the emoticons ... lol
linda |
12.30.06 - 8:48 pm | #
Not I. But I do hope to visit his grave. And I'm a witch; you generally do not want me visiting your grave. Just sayin'
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Cool. We can get into a pissing match there.
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 8:48 pm | #
I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime
I'm wearing my tradiitinal pre-New Years outfit.
Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:48 pm | #
I'm wearing my tradiitinal pre-New Years outfit.
Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels
So that was YOU!
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:49 pm | #
Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels
I suspect this will be my first ever 7000+ hit month... I'm already over 7000, so I guess this WILL be. Actually.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 8:50 pm | #
Conyers accepts responsibility for ethics violations
By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Jackie Kucinich
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has "accepted responsibility" for violating House rules by requiring his official staff to perform campaign-related work, according to a statement quietly released by the House ethics committee late Friday evening.
john |
12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels
which one's on your head?
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
To give credit where it's due
You're a big man, SteveLG.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
blitzer saying 'it must have been a difficult decision' not to be in washington for the ford funeral to suzanne malveaux re bush's absence. why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush.
Blitzer does that ALL the time. He has no friggin idea what's going on at that ranch. Wolfie, Bush wouldn't show up if Poppy bought the farm right now.
Neponset |
12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
I was thinking today about them hanging Saddam, what a cruel way that is to kill someone. I don't feel terribly sorry for him; even if half of what they say is true, he was a big shit. But I was thinking how there are so many important things that we haven't figured out how to do:
Control our population
Live with the other creatures of the Earth
Contact other planets
Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
Outta here, alas.
Hope to rejoin you all in an hour or two.
Keep it clean in my absence.
steve simels |
12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.
never heard of him.
This concludes our showing of "Brokeback Mountain II: The Golden Years."
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
To give credit where it's due, Cheney's quite a decent speech-reader.
he was terrible.
The Old Man from Scene 24 |
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12.30.06 - 8:51 pm | #
Here's what it says for Broomfield at Voter info services
Term started unknown
Term ended 31-Dec-1992
How do you not know when a term started???
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:52 pm | #
Ford signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.
jon |
12.30.06 - 8:52 pm | #
which one's on your head?
Hee hee!!!!!
I miss the damn emoticons!!!
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:52 pm | #
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.
never heard of him.
The Old Man from Scene 24 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:49 pm
That's why he collapsed. One way to get in the newspapers...
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 8:52 pm | #
john | 12.30.06 - 8:51 pm
Yeah...he accepted responsibility.
Something the Repugs won't do.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:53 pm | #
We can get into a pissing match there.
You piss. I have other plans.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:53 pm | #
Control our population
Live with the other creatures of the Earth
Contact other planets
Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Will you please run for president? Please? No one else grabs my heart.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 8:53 pm | #
he was terrible.
The Old Man from Scene 24
Fine. I'm not going to say two nice things about Cheney during this lifetime.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11 |
12.30.06 - 8:54 pm | #
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
Now there's an ugly thought for the end of another year.
True, but oh so ugly.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 8:54 pm | #
I was thinking today about them hanging Saddam, what a cruel way that is to kill someone. I don't feel terribly sorry for him; even if half of what they say is true, he was a big shit. But I was thinking how there are so many important things that we haven't figured out how to do:
Control our population
Live with the other creatures of the Earth
Contact other planets
Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Ain't no money in it.
Repuke |
12.30.06 - 8:54 pm | #
If everyone drinks a lot of beer before going to the Bush funeral....
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 8:54 pm | #
You piss. I have other plans.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
I hope to all that is holy that I live long enough to join George in pissing on W's grave. It'd be an honor to go to jail for that.
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 8:54 pm | #
The skier tribute is pretty cool
scout prime |
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12.30.06 - 8:55 pm | #
switched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his
aeon_flux |
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12.30.06 - 8:55 pm | #
Ford signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.
jon - 8:52 pm
you'll have noticed that nobody has since asked any candidate any 'geographical' questions?
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:55 pm | #
Ford signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.
jon
Well, the media has more than "made up" for it since then, haven't they?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 8:55 pm | #
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other. Which is why karate lessons are a waste of time.
walt |
12.30.06 - 8:55 pm | #
switched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his
aeon_flux
Well, the media has more than "made up" for it since then, haven't they?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
Damn. Terry nails it again.
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 8:56 pm | #
If everyone drinks a lot of beer before going to the Bush funeral....
ellroon, hair afire |
Really should be held at Busch Gardens.
Flint |
12.30.06 - 8:56 pm | #
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
as a species, that's our 'specialty'
/
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar |
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12.30.06 - 8:56 pm | #
I hope to all that is holy that I live long enough to join George in pissing on W's grave. It'd be an honor to go to jail for that.
Dr. Pedant |
Thus the building of mass internment camps. Chimpy knows there are a lot of people with that same mindset.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
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12.30.06 - 8:57 pm | #
switched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM--
aeon_flux
I'd love to watch that, but the kids are playing DDR with the TV.
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 8:57 pm | #
Wikipedia already has Broomfield passing out on his bio.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 8:58 pm | #
switched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his
aeon_flux
Rebecca!
Shaw Kenawe
All About Eve
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:58 pm | #
For Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 8:58 pm | #
EU Massively Behind US In Noncommercial Cancer Research Funding
A Plos Medicine article reviews the sources of cancer funding in the European Union and the United States and finds Europe is greatly lagging in per capita spending in cancer research from funding sources which are not for-profit businesses. The US federal government's National Cancer Institute alone (not the only source of cancer research funding at the federal level) spends more than two and a half times the total spent by all non-commercial sources for cancer research in Europe.
Anonymous |
12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
I don't like Dick Cheney -- but I honestly have to say, hie eulogy for Gerald Ford was the finest thing I have heard him publicly say.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime
I'm in burgundy satin. It is the holidays, n'est pas?
Shaw Kenawe
Fur coat over a merry widow here.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
Don't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.
Happens to be right over my house.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
Terry Schiavo to sit on Ford's face--Bush cuts short vacation. More at eleven.
spinoza |
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12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
I'd love to watch that, but the kids are playing DDR with the TV.
Great movie. Hitch saw the future in that one.
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 8:59 pm | #
Y'all are made of sterner stuff than I if you can watch that horrorshow. But I appreciate the chance to do so vicariously.
Where's the Unitard™? Why, no doubt busy crafting the Great Leap Forward-- whoops, I meant the "New Way Forward".
I never heard of this Broomfield dude either, but if he croaks, there'll probably be another boomlet of fawning hagiography and Special Coverage for his funeral.
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 9:00 pm | #
OT, but how many here have seen Saddam's hanging to the end? I've only seen stills, don't want to see the video, but was curious if it is out there already...
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 9:00 pm | #
For Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?
HoneyBearKelly
How about a Lying Sack of Shit?
Flint |
12.30.06 - 9:00 pm | #
"Big Lebowski" on TCM.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:01 pm | #
Rebecca!
Shaw Kenawe
All About Eve
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
...the way he sticks his hands in his jacket pockets and "tut tuts"
aeon_flux |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:01 pm | #
Don't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.
Too overcast, but I did see a double rainbow last week.
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:01 pm | #
For Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?
HoneyBearKelly
It's an old story, and possibly even one I've told here before, but Hunter S. Thompson always said when LBJ was president, he (Thompson) wanted to throw a bag of rats over the White House fence as a comment on the Johnson administration.
When Nixon was elected, Thompson decided against a similar gesture on the grounds that Nixon probably liked rats.
W probably likes poo.
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 9:01 pm | #
I don't like Dick Cheney -- but I honestly have to say, hie eulogy for Gerald Ford was the finest thing I have heard him publicly say.
plantsman, lowercase
I thought so too.
You have to wonder who wrote it... it was really quite decent.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11 |
12.30.06 - 9:02 pm | #
a crush on the 1940 George Saunders---
joel mcrae aint bad, either.
"i'd like you much better with you clothes on.
oh, you like those intellectual types ..."
linda |
12.30.06 - 9:02 pm | #
"Tomorrow we come back and cut off your chonson!"
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:02 pm | #
I've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.
Neponset |
12.30.06 - 9:02 pm | #
OT, but how many here have seen Saddam's hanging to the end? I've only seen stills, don't want to see the video, but was curious if it is out there already...
ellroon, hair afire
I refuse to watch that.
I will leave that to the wingnuts whose lives are so empty that they get off on someone being hanged.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 9:02 pm | #
Don't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.
I went out to look, damned near drown.
1watt Annoying person |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:03 pm | #
Fur coat over a merry widow here.
res ipsa loquitur
Stop it. There are fragile old men present.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11 |
12.30.06 - 9:03 pm | #
When Nixon was elected, Thompson decided against a similar gesture on the grounds that Nixon probably liked rats.
W probably likes poo.
Dr. Pedant
Nixon WAS a rat.
W IS poo.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:03 pm | #
All I am wishing for right now is that neither Poppy nor Bar pop off before Jan. 2009. Can you imagine the stage-managed monstrosity that would be, all the talking head wailing about the sitting president's parent and former president/first lady dying while he's in office? Five days of Dubya standing resolute and squinty, with everyone supposed to feel sorry for him. It makes me ill just to imagine it.
Miranda |
12.30.06 - 9:04 pm | #
I've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.
Neponset
That explains a lot.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers
Honorary pall bearer? Does that mean, like in the Viet Nam War, they got someone else to do the heavy lifting?
George Johnston |
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12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
Weird, isn't it? Asssigned to say bye to an old friend, and he aces it.
plantsman, lowercase |
12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
I go off on a two week World of WarCrack binge and when I come back, haloscan has new functionality. Next thing you know it will inform us of new Sturgid Owls.
nyclept |
12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
Stop it. There are fragile old men present.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11
Oh please. I bet I'm older than you and I'd be delighted to go out thinking of res and her fur coat. And everything else.
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
NP: "Down In The Cockpit," XTC, English Settlement
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 9:05 pm | #
All I am wishing for right now is that neither Poppy nor Bar pop off before Jan. 2009. Can you imagine the stage-managed monstrosity that would be, all the talking head wailing about the sitting president's parent and former president/first lady dying while he's in office? Five days of Dubya standing resolute and squinty, with everyone supposed to feel sorry for him. It makes me ill just to imagine it.
Miranda
Don't know about Poppy, but Bar's too nasty to die.
She sucks the life out of everyone else.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:06 pm | #
Damn.
Somebody put the Stephanie Miller song in my head.
You're a lying sack of shit
You're a lying sack of shit
You're a stinking, steaming, lying, scheming sack of liquid shit.
(plink, plink)
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:07 pm | #
"Tomorrow we come back and cut off your chonson!"/i>
Sarah Silverman, or no?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:08 pm | #
You're a stinking, steaming, lying, scheming sack of liquid shit.
(plink, plink)
HoneyBearKelly
I've always been a fan of Harry Nillson's
You broke my heart
You tore it apart
so fuck you
Just fuck you
Dr. Pedant |
12.30.06 - 9:08 pm | #
Sturgid Owls.
nyclept |
Less threatening than Turgid Owls.
Flint |
12.30.06 - 9:08 pm | #
Don't know about Poppy, but Bar's too nasty to die.
(AP) News coming in indicates that the Barbara Bush, the president of Bush 43 and wife of Bush 41 has died of a stroke while sitting on top of her illegal housemaid.
spinoza |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:09 pm | #
Honorary pall bearer? Does that mean, like in the Viet Nam War, they got someone else to do the heavy lifting?
Seriously, Cheney could not lift anything heavier than a forkful of filet.
Neponset |
12.30.06 - 9:10 pm | #
Yeah, What the fuck is with this NFL channel shit? How the hell do you get it?
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 9:11 pm | #
People who attend Barbara Bush's funeral will be using onion eye drops beforehand.
pie
What could one say at Barbara Bush's funeral? "This turned out rather nicely for them."?
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:11 pm | #
Tiki Barber, so far 10 carries 123 yards.
Let's see Brian Kilmeade do that!
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:11 pm | #
Just a quick fly by, have to depart for Anchorage in a few hours.
Anymore days like yesterday, and I'm gonna start feeling old.
Hope everyone is well, kits and cats too.
Barry from AK in Hong Kong |
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12.30.06 - 9:11 pm | #
Babs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:11 pm | #
That's all well and good, but Captain Jack Sparrow has my full attention at the moment.
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:12 pm | #
Would you stop talking about owls? I rush upstairs, hitting my shins on the bannister, and refresh, get bumped off into the tubes of mystery, refresh again and find no new thread, come back here and the yellow bar has disappeared.....
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:12 pm | #
Babs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.
Attaturk
As long as immediate family doesn't include Jenna and NotJenna...
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:13 pm | #
Who the fuck gets the NFL channel?
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 9:13 pm | #
Well at least they show Ford's flag-draped coffin. Which is more than our fallen soldiers get. Maybe Snarley Dick should go give a nice speech at one of their funerals.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 9:13 pm | #
I've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.
Neponset | 12.30.06 - 9:02 pm |
This isn't his funeral, that's on Tuesday. This is some other terribly long ceremony related to his body arriving to lie (lay?) in state.
So on Tuesday, there'll be even more of this crap.
And the drunken frat boy will be there.
Buckeye, Blue State |
12.30.06 - 9:14 pm | #
Barry!
Happy New Year!
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:14 pm | #
As long as immediate family doesn't include Jenna and NotJenna..
Depends on the terms of the trust fund. If they have to show up to get their $$$$$ they'll be there.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:15 pm | #
MSNBC is showing highlights from "Supersize Me."
In other news, Saddam and Gerald Ford are still dead.
Central Scrutinizer |
12.30.06 - 9:15 pm | #
So on Tuesday, there'll be even more of this crap.
And the drunken frat boy will be there.
That one's in Michigan?
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:15 pm | #
related to his body arriving to lie (lay?) in state.
Babs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.
Attaturk
yo, what are you implying there?
i've never heard anything about marvin, except for that very unfortunate driveway accident that resulted in the death of his maid....
linda |
12.30.06 - 9:15 pm | #
And the drunken frat boy will be there.
Buckeye, Blue State | 12.30.06 - 9:14 pm
They'll have to stuff him between Cheney and Hastert to keep him upright...
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:16 pm | #
Who the fuck gets the NFL channel?
angryspittle
I'm in NYC so they're showing the game on the local NBC.
Some cable providers are having a free preview.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:16 pm | #
yo, what are you implying there?
Was thinking the same thing.
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:16 pm | #
I really have the tunes cranked, since my neighbors do, too.
i've never heard anything about marvin, except for that very unfortunate driveway accident that resulted in the death of his maid....
linda
He's an owner of the company that handled security for the WTC and hired John O'Neill.
I find that somewhat interesting though I'm not sure why.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11 |
12.30.06 - 9:17 pm | #
I'm in Carson City and nobody offers it. Missed some damn good games so far.
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 9:18 pm | #
Some cable providers are having a free preview.
Yeah, I am getting everything: 10 different HBOs, Showtime, (a couple of) Cinemaxes, TCM, etc.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:18 pm | #
Jeff,
How's the new job going? How's Curly adjusting to the new kitty?
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:18 pm | #
Barry!
Happy New Year!
res ipsa loquitu
hell he's probably crossed the date line 3 times by now. Had a happy each time.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
That one's in Michigan?
National Cathedral then on to Grand Rapids.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
I find that somewhat interesting though I'm not sure why.
I find that unsettling, and I know why.
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
Was it me or did Betty look like she wanted to hurl as Dick Cheney was speaking?
Sweet Sue, Proud Buckeye |
12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
Hmmm... Barry is here and avoids me... I must be in one of those categories of Atrios'.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
Oh, and I suppose that Iraqis are doing just fine in Barbara's eyes.
You know, like the Katrina refugees?
angryspittle |
12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
National Cathedral then on to Grand Rapids.
So Bush won't be coming here.
pie |
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12.30.06 - 9:19 pm | #
I for one am shocked. SHOCKED! that Cheney is in favor of the pardoning of people who subvert democracy:
"It was this man, Gerald R. Ford, who led our republic safely though a crisis that could have turned to catastrophe," said Cheney, speaking in the Capitol Rotunda where Ford's body rested in a flag-draped casket. "Gerald Ford was almost alone in understanding that there can be no healing without pardon."
I have it on good account that he then muttered under his breath: "Take a lesson, presidential contenders in '08, lest I shoot you in the face."
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:20 pm | #
Who the fuck gets the NFL channel?
It's on my sat dish.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 9:20 pm | #
AND for those of you in the dallas area, i recommend switching over to KERA for the re-run of Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Summit (Joining Clapton are fellow axe legends Carlos Santana, Joe Walsh, and J.J. Cale; bluesmen Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmie Vaughan; James Taylor, country Vince Gill, Dan Tyminski and John Mayer.)
aeon_flux |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:20 pm | #
Happy New Year!
res ipsa loquitur |
Happy New Beer to all!
And Res, What are my chances on a Lawsuit involving Wrongful Termination? My Mouthpiece seems to think I've got a case..
And how's the Hedonistic Cavort going?
Flint |
12.30.06 - 9:20 pm | #
I'm implying that Marvin, isn't quite bad enough to be considered a full member of the family.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:21 pm | #
Ain't that the truth, sister!
Sweet Sue, Proud Buckeye |
12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
Oh, and I suppose that Iraqis are doing just fine in Barbara's eyes.
You know, like the Katrina refugees?
angryspittle
She doesn't think about Iraq.
Her beautiful mind and all that.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
So on Tuesday, there'll be even more of this crap.
And the drunken frat boy will be there.
That one's in Michigan?
pie | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:15 pm |
Actually, reading the CNN article, I can't tell. I think there's another one in DC on Tuesday, and the the cermony in Grand Rapids on Wednesday.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
So Bush won't be coming here.
He cannot be bothered to cut his vacation plans short so I doubt he can be bothered to go to Michigan for a president who is not St Ronnie of the Raygun or St Dicky of Watergate. Of course it is an excuse to fuck off for an entire day with no criticism. So y'all may not be that lucky.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
Flint,
Sorry, but employment isn't my thing. If you live in NY I can recommend a couple of good people, though.
It's sorta mine (don't tell anybody) but again, I'm only licensed to practice in Iowa.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
I'm implying that Marvin, isn't quite bad enough to be considered a full member of the family.
I had totally forgotten him until somebody mentioned him at the MiniEschacon on Thursday.
(Where a good time was had by all. Thanks for putting it together RIL.)
HoneyBearKelly |
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12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
The woman, whose identity has not been revealed by Sant Pau hospital, gave birth by caesarian section on Saturday having previously undergone in vitro fertilization in the United States, according to the national news agency EFE.
In the United States? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
pie |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:23 pm | #
Amen, Terry-- regarding the Saddam hanging video, specifically.
To make a slightly off-the-wall parallel-- from the ridiculous to the sublime, perhaps-- this evening's recycled "Seinfeld" episode was the one where Jerry is annoyed that a friend of Elaine's habitually kisses him whenever they meet and depart. (He also gets annoyed when Kramer induces affectionate greetings in their apartment bldg. because the same kind of kissing starts up among all of the tenants.)
When Elaine asks Jerry what's so bad about it, he replies (more or less) that it bothers him that it's obligatory-- every time a compulsive kisser turns up, he feels trapped or forced to submit.
And-- yes, that was a long way to go for very little-- I feel the same way about the social necessity to affirm that Saddam was irredeemably and eminently despicable. It makes me want to burst out with, "Hey, I actually liked him there towards the end!"
With the caveat that I'm really only referring to the abstract and artificial impression generated by a handful of TV clips, I must admit that I felt a pang of sympathy for him when they first broadcast those awful images of Saddam getting a dental exam. It was a classic brutal public humiliation in the tradition of the Spanish Inquisition. Oh, I expected it, all right, in spite of what they say.
I have that reflexive hostility for any authority manipulating and coercing me to feel one way or the other about things. Thus, I refuse to piously venerate Saint Gerald, and to properly loathe Saddam.
Curiously, I remember feeling the same way about, of all people, Fidel Castro when I was a kid. The nuns, and I guess my parents, made it clear that he was a super-villain, repugnant and hateful. I thought he seemed sort of cool, maybe even faintly beatnik-like. In any event, even then it bugged me that we were all supposed to hate the guy to prove that we were respectable. So, whatever the basis of my perversion, it has a long history.
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 9:24 pm | #
I wonder if it was the Ford family that asked Bush not to come....
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:24 pm | #
I'm only licensed to practice in Iowa.
Where in Iowa do you practice?
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:25 pm | #
Hedonistic Cavort?
driftglass
Where?
What time?
I'm already dressed.
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:25 pm | #
I remember feeling the same way about, of all people, Fidel Castro when I was a kid. The nuns, and I guess my parents, made it clear that he was a super-villain, repugnant and hateful. I thought he seemed sort of cool, maybe even faintly beatnik-like. In any event, even then it bugged me that we were all supposed to hate the guy to prove that we were respectable.
Little Brøther
You too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 9:25 pm | #
And Res, What are my chances on a Lawsuit involving Wrongful Termination? My Mouthpiece seems to think I've got a case..
If your mouthpiece is confident, you have all that you need. A lawyer who is confident in your case is a powerful ally.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:25 pm | #
I'm only licensed to practice in Iowa.
Where in Iowa do you practice?
driftglass
All over, as I live in Des Moines.
Attaturk |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:26 pm | #
So I have this nice contractor over today to give me a bid on some work on the yard and I mention that we've had storms this past year unlike anything I've ever seen. He looks at me like I'm an idiot, and says, "It's global warming."
Everyone in the entire world understands what's going on. When can we say that the emperor's not wearing any clothes?
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:26 pm | #
Whoa! Saddam is in "The Big Lebowski!"
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:27 pm | #
I wonder if it was the Ford family that asked Bush not to come....
ellroon, hair afire | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:24 pm |
Perhaps, but since the state funeral's on tuesday, he's not really 'needed' and can have a couple of more days to stay drunk.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
12.30.06 - 9:28 pm | #
The nuns, and I guess my parents, made it clear that he was a super-villain, repugnant and hateful. I thought he seemed sort of cool, maybe even faintly beatnik-like. In any event, even then it bugged me that we were all supposed to hate the guy to prove that we were respectable
The Catholic way! Why the hell do you think most of us recovered??
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 9:28 pm | #
I remember feeling the same way about, of all people, Fidel Castro when I was a kid. The nuns, and I guess my parents, made it clear that he was a super-villain, repugnant and hateful. I thought he seemed sort of cool, maybe even faintly beatnik-like. In any event, even then it bugged me that we were all supposed to hate the guy to prove that we were respectable.
Little Brøther
You too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:25 pm | #
I've been reading Slavoj Žižek today, on the "Christification" of Che Guevara, and how it should be answered with a "Che-ization" of Christ.
They found a use for them thar snowflake babies.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 9:29 pm | #
Would you stop talking about owls? I rush upstairs, hitting my shins on the bannister, and refresh, get bumped off into the tubes of mystery, refresh again and find no new thread, come back here and the yellow bar has disappeared..... | ellroon, hair afire - 9:12 pm
More than any other day I can think of-- maybe just because I finally spent a lot of time here for the first time in a while-- I've been coming across posts that I might have written myself, and in some cases actually started to.
I still can't believe that I randomly picked that castration story to share, only to find that linda got there first.
-- No Smileys, No Peace
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 9:29 pm | #
The Catholic way! Why the hell do you think most of us recovered??
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy
I think that's WHY we question authority so much.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
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12.30.06 - 9:30 pm | #
Caught my boss juggling dues checks from members. Went to our International, and now he's gonna fire me for it. He told one of my superiors I'm toast after Xmas.Sent him a pre-emptive strike letter offering to help him, he went to the NLRB and tried to cancell all my current cases.
Flint |
12.30.06 - 9:30 pm | #
a "Che-ization" of Christ.
In 8th grade, I carried around a little red book with Quotations from Chairman Jesus. It made the nuns so crazy you cannot imagine.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 9:30 pm | #
All over, as I live in Des Moines.>/i>
I've been toying with the idea of moving to Iowa for awhile. Maybe Burlington. Just have no idea what the local employment options are.
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:31 pm | #
NP: "A Lucky Guy," Rickie Lee Jones, Pirates
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 9:31 pm | #
In 8th grade, I carried around a little red book with Quotations from Chairman Jesus. It made the nuns so crazy you cannot imagine.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:30 pm | #
I've fallen in love with you all over again.
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:32 pm | #
Whoa! Saddam is in "The Big Lebowski!"
Run it side-by-side with "The Big Sleep" for a delightful surprise
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 9:32 pm | #
why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.
Plus, Ford said something mean about the boyking, so the boyking wants to show how unimportant Ford was. He pretends that he went to bed while they executed Saddam and he pretends that there's no funeral going on in DC. Fine. I love it when the Republicans hate on each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
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ya know i thought about it...he just proves himself IRRELEVANT ... over and over and over again...
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 9:32 pm | #
why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.
Plus, Ford said something mean about the boyking, so the boyking wants to show how unimportant Ford was. He pretends that he went to bed while they executed Saddam and he pretends that there's no funeral going on in DC. Fine. I love it when the Republicans hate on each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:44 pm | #
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ya know i thought about it...he just proves himself IRRELEVANT ... over and over and over again...
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 9:32 pm | #
It's ecstasy when you lie down next to me.
Barry White
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It's heaven when you find romance on your menu.
Maria Grever and Stanley Adams
"What A difference A Day Made"
Bobby St. Chomsky |
12.30.06 - 9:33 pm | #
Whoa! Saddam is in "The Big Lebowski!"
Has some scenes in the Southpark movie too, if I recall correctly.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:33 pm | #
I think that's WHY we question authority so much
It was St Ronald, the Most Baffled who led me out of the military's "republican thinking", the day he pulled out of Lebanon in 1984.
He let my Brothers die needlessly, and I shall never forgive him - even in death.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:33 pm | #
They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Dashboard Light
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:34 pm | #
I'm so fucking glad my parents never forced religion on me or my siblings.
Central Scrutinizer |
12.30.06 - 9:34 pm | #
Nice butt on your site, Hecate.
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:35 pm | #
Has some scenes in the Southpark movie too, if I recall correctly.
Snow
The European Union (EU) leaders and officials expressed on Saturday the EU's opposition to the death penalty against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
"The passing of Saddam Hussein closes a long, painful chapter in the history of Iraq. While the EU opposes capital punishment as a matter of principle, Saddam's trial and punishment mean that those who commit crimes against humanity cannot escape justice," EU commissioner on external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.
The commissioner made the comment in a written statement in response to the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was hanged earlier on Saturday.
яояšд& |
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12.30.06 - 9:36 pm | #
I don't care what anyone else thinks, Jon and Vangelis rule!
Certified Mutant Enemy |
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12.30.06 - 9:36 pm | #
Central Scrutinizer: I'm so fucking glad my parents never forced religion on me or my siblings.
I'm just glad that the questions Sunday Scool raised were too uncomfortable for my parents to insist I continue attending.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:36 pm | #
Run it side-by-side with "The Big Sleep" for a delightful surprise
driftglass
Good grief, what?
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:37 pm | #
Kenny is always the lead in what is almost an ensemble cast. Saddam was just a supporting actor in the role of Satan's lover. I originally typed Satan without the first a. That would have been bad when talking about Southpark.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 9:39 pm | #
I'm just glad that the questions Sunday Scool raised were too uncomfortable for my parents to insist I continue attending.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:36 pm
You were asking your parents questions or the Sunday School teacher?
ellroon, hair afire |
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12.30.06 - 9:39 pm | #
Well, how are you with bunson burners & sudafed?
Attaturk
Doesn't Iowa have lots of those giant industrial pig farms, too?
res ipsa loquitur |
12.30.06 - 9:39 pm | #
Your ass is huge and red. Who'm I going to pretend you are, Liza Minelli?
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:39 pm | #
In 8th grade, I carried around a little red book with Quotations from Chairman Jesus. It made the nuns so crazy you cannot imagine.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
You went to Catholic school, too?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:39 pm | #
ellroon: You were asking your parents questions or the Sunday School teacher?
Both. I was what they used to call "precocious."
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
My food is ready, so I'm out for a few. Not to get all sappy, but I was truly bummed this morning over the Saddam lynching, even though it was clear that is was going to happen sooner or later. Of course, I'm referring as much to the media coverage, reactions, etc.
And it will make me crazy whenever I come across the equally expectable endorsements of this tragedy, especially from Democratic leaders.
That said, running into points of agreement with Atriots all day have cheered me up considerably. ♥
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
Run it side-by-side with "The Big Sleep" for a delightful surprise
driftglass
Good grief, what?
It's the same movie.
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
Your ass is huge and red. Who'm I going to pretend you are, Liza Minelli?
яояšд&
NO FLIRTING.
Central Scrutinizer |
12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
Doesn't Iowa have lots of those giant industrial pig farms, too?
res ipsa loquitur
Oh yes.
As do all Midwestern states.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
Doesn't Iowa have lots of those giant industrial pig farms, too?
We do not permit giant industrial pig farms. Every year someone introduces a bill to change that, but thus far they are unsuccessful.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 9:42 pm | #
If you have cheap pig feed around, you have them.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 9:42 pm | #
Evening all.
This is one of those days where I feel that even blogging is no longer worth the effort.
David (Austin Tx) |
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12.30.06 - 9:43 pm | #
Both. I was what they used to call "precocious."
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:40 pm | #
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hahahahahaha
ill just bet you were....got any little boy pics of yourself?...im thinking like spanky from our gang....
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 9:43 pm | #
Jeeez!
New Years Eve fireworks are going of.
It's freaking Eddy out. He is barking Like mad. LOUD!
The odd thing is he is not running towards the windows, like usual, when he hears something, but towards me. He sits or lies by me, looking around, Barking!!
I think he is scared but also trying to protect me. Or we protect each other?
Wiley? Just on the kitchen floor looking out the door.
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 9:44 pm | #
Doesn't Iowa have lots of those giant industrial pig farms, too?
We do not permit giant industrial pig farms. Every year someone introduces a bill to change that, but thus far they are unsuccessful.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Yeah, North Carolina is where the giant pig farms are, largely.
David (Austin Tx) |
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12.30.06 - 9:44 pm | #
How can you say Jon rules when once,
with that punk band "Yes" he certified you didn't exist?
One shouldn't take Yes lyrics literally. That way leads to madness...
Certified Mutant Enemy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:44 pm | #
Both. I was what they used to call "precocious."
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:40 pm
The most dangerous of all....
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:44 pm | #
sittenpretty: hahahahahaha
ill just bet you were....got any little boy pics of yourself?...im thinking like spanky from our gang....
Mom's got a GREAT one of me at the piano... dammit, she's a technophobe.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:44 pm | #
It took me 'til freshman year of high school to get Mao's Little Red Book and, yes, it drove my nuns to distraction too.
Bunter |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:47 pm | #
[insert common North Carolina joke here]
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
My only experience there was not funny.
Never before or since have I heard the word 'nigger' used so freely around a dinner table.
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agave, not me |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:48 pm | #
Hello moonbats!
End of Year Review
Moonbootica, Ubuntu User
Cool, Moon! Ancient History...what kind of job do you want with this degree? Archeology? Museum? Teaching?
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:48 pm | #
I be listening to Liquid Swords by Wu-Tang member GZA.
Moonbootica, Ubuntu User |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:49 pm | #
Well what I saw of Burlington -- port town, river views, great old bldgs, dirt cheap houses, beautiful parks -- I liked.
Only the faintest of whiff of manure; just enough to make me nostalgic for other days and places
driftglass |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:49 pm | #
Will Labor Organize For Food.
Flint |
12.30.06 - 9:49 pm | #
Cool, Moon! Ancient History...what kind of job do you want with this degree? Archeology? Museum? Teaching?
ellroon, hair afire | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:48 pm | #
currently I don't know what to do.
I know it'll just creep up on me!
Moonbootica, Ubuntu User |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:50 pm | #
Never before or since have I heard the word 'nigger' used so freely around a dinner table.
I lived in Raleigh for a number of years. I am still shocked by the commonality of that word among just about everyone.
David (Austin Tx) |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:50 pm | #
Moonbootica, the kids got Medieval II and just discovered it includes a DVD, sponsored by the History channel.
ErinPDX |
12.30.06 - 9:51 pm | #
yah doggies are good peeps like that!!!
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS
Yeah.
Haven't seen the cats lately.
Hmmmm.
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agave, not me |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:51 pm | #
[insert common North Carolina joke here]
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Let's see:
Liddy Dole or Jesse Helms?
I have a hard time choosing between the 2.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:52 pm | #
Jumping to the end of a long thread bats, to ask for help. I had bookmarked several billmon urls because they were so great but they are no more (like Rachel's children).
I have heard of "Google cache" but don't know anything about it. Is it possible for me to find the stuff I bookmarked?
AND (if so) -- can some computer savvy Atriot tell me how?
Prior Aelred |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:52 pm | #
Search for the most boring webcam! I must beat Bryan's Cheddarvision cam where you can actually see cheese drying... for days.
I have found a ghost watch cam where you get to stare at a basement door, and the Loch Ness monster watch cam...but the cheese is still more boring....
Moonbootica, the kids got Medieval II and just discovered it includes a DVD, sponsored by the History channel.
ErinPDX | 12.30.06 - 9:51 pm | #
cool, my brother downloaded a demo when he came down to visit.
the game looked amazing graphically, his laptop just about ran it (he got extra memory for Christmas, Half Life 2 runs like a dream now)
Moonbootica, Ubuntu User |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:53 pm | #
Driftglass,
Burlington is a pretty river town, old industrial, slowly coming back. I've only been there a couple times but liked it.
Davenport is also a city that has made a nice comeback in the last decade on the Mississippi.
Attaturk |
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12.30.06 - 9:54 pm | #
Half Life 2 runs like a dream now)
"oh god, that game is good," salivated the 15 yr old.
ErinPDX |
12.30.06 - 9:54 pm | #
Prior - Billmon had a mirror site, after he stopped comments. Don't know if it is still up.
Chris/tx |
12.30.06 - 9:54 pm | #
currently I don't know what to do.
Moon,
Email me if you'd like a Tarot reading.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.30.06 - 9:55 pm | #
Never before or since have I heard the word 'nigger' used so freely around a dinner table.
And that would have just been one of a great many conversations freely insulting every possible minority group until only a very small group of white anglo-saxon protestant descendants remained un-insulted. Most likely due to the dearth of insulting terminology by that point.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:55 pm | #
Thanks a lot, NTodd. It's going to be an hour before I can upgrade my solar power plant.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:56 pm | #
Thanks a lot, NTodd. It's going to be an hour before I can upgrade my solar power plant.
George Johnston
Is it fun? Is it an online game? Haven't explored it yet...
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:58 pm | #
Never before or since have I heard the word 'nigger' used so freely around a dinner table.
grew up in NW Arkansas, heard the term all the time, never saw a chocolate person until I was eleven or so y.o.
1watt Annoying person |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:59 pm | #
Hello batses.
Back from going to buy lion kitty Maxx a new name tag for his collar.
He's really annoyed that I haven't been letting him go outside.
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 9:59 pm | #
I didn't start the YouTube war, but I'm capable of ending it.
Phila |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:00 pm | #
grew up in NW Arkansas, heard the term all the time, never saw a chocolate person until I was eleven or so y.o.
1watt Annoying person | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:59 pm | #
An unprecedented alliance, including the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, Charter 88, Justice, Liberty and a host of constitutional reform organisations, is to be formed to campaign for a new bill of rights, amid growing concerns that laws protecting personal liberty are out of date.
The formation of the broadest coalition in history devoted to constitutional change comes at a time when public support for a new bill of rights is at a record level. An ICM poll for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust finds that 77 per cent of people now agree with the statement, 'Britain needs a new bill of rights to protect the liberty of the individual'. This compares with 71 per cent in a similar poll in 2000.
I didn't start the YouTube war, but I'm capable of ending it.
Phila
I only watched half of that.
Tell me, does the woman singing take her top off? If not, there isn't any reason to finish it.
Central Scrutinizer |
12.30.06 - 10:05 pm | #
Never before or since have I heard the word 'nigger' used so freely around a dinner table.
grew up in NW Arkansas, heard the term all the time, never saw a chocolate person until I was eleven or so y.o.
1watt Annoying person
Grew up in N.W.Arkansas. Didn't see or have a clue until I saw my First Black man at the Rexall Drug when I was 6.
"What's THAT mom?" I announced loudly enough to be heard throughout
the store.
Guy came over, showed me his hands.
Said "I'm just a person, like you.
see? on the insides of my hands, I'm even White, like you."
Flint |
12.30.06 - 10:06 pm | #
Sheesh. You don't get out much, do ya?
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed |
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12.30.06 - 10:06 pm | #
There is something meta about critic critics. A sample of fans of simels:
Steve Simels is one of the smartest, funniest, most perceptive critics on the planet. He writes with zing, precision and (above all) with real heart--he can do more in 50 words than some writers can do in 5000. I've been a fan since the early 70's, and I owe him a huge debt of thanks for all the good music and movies he's brought to my attention. May he live forever and write even longer. Viva Steve!
Now that is just over the top. How much did that review cost you, simels?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:06 pm | #
Is it fun? Is it an online game? Haven't explored it yet...
ellroon, hair afire
It's intriguing. It is an online game multi player game that is free. It has a sci-fi theme. It is a warfare game but not for twitch players. I haven't played it enough to say I am hooked but it has the potential.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:07 pm | #
Point taken. But I DID always want a jacket like that with such long fringe on the sleeves.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:08 pm | #
I'm gonna have a fried pie.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
What is a fried pie?
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:08 pm | #
It's intriguing. It is an online game multi player game that is free. It has a sci-fi theme. It is a warfare game but not for twitch players. I haven't played it enough to say I am hooked but it has the potential.
George Johnston | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:07 pm
Actually, I grabbed the wrong code for that post. I've fixed it now.
Phila |
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12.30.06 - 10:11 pm | #
Sweet dreams, Bats. May you have deep dreams tonight.
You know what the poet said: A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.
Well, you learned your racism well, up in the Ozarks.
яояšд& |
asshole, I'm one of the least racist people you'll ever meet.
I've worked with more 'chocolate people' than you'll ever know. From the Wichita Jazz Fest to art schools.
I beleive even the mayor of N.O. calls his people 'chocolate people'.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 10:11 pm | #
I'm watching Back to the Future (for the 10 thousandth time).
Doc Brown, "Look at me!! I'm an old man!! at least I still have my hair."
Of course he looks exactly the same. Hilarious.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:12 pm | #
DWD: Jeffraham, did you say you were missing SHADOWS AND LIGHT earlier? WHat is it?
Live Joni, from the 1980s, with the kickin'est band EVAR.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:12 pm | #
Kid Chocolate, the first Cuban world champ.
gary in fl |
12.30.06 - 10:12 pm | #
Off to eat Chinese...uh... let me reword that... going to have Chinese food for dinner... WhooHooo!
ellroon, hair afire |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:12 pm | #
evening bats
I wonder if there's any football games on?
::matthew |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:13 pm | #
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - There was no sign of a feared Sunni uprising in retaliation for the execution, and the bloodshed from civil warfare was not far off the daily average - 92 from bombings and death squads.
mark |
12.30.06 - 10:13 pm | #
He's really annoyed that I haven't been letting him go outside.
fourlegsgood, plushy-blessed | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:59 pm | #
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hell get over it...Harry was like that for a year...catnip on all the new toys...plus i used to leave the door wide open when it was pouring Rain...now he just loves bein a house kitty
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:14 pm | #
asshole, I'm one of the least racist people you'll ever meet.
I've worked with more 'chocolate people' than you'll ever know. From the Wichita Jazz Fest to art schools.
I beleive even the mayor of N.O. calls his people 'chocolate people'.
1watt Annoying person | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:11 pm | #
No, he called New Orleans a "chocolate city." And was roundly torn to bits for doing so. And apologized.
If you don't get that the term "chocolate people" is racist, then there's little hope for you, however non-racist you may style yourself.
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:14 pm | #
There was no sign of a feared Sunni uprising in retaliation for the execution, and the bloodshed from civil warfare was not far off the daily average - 92 from bombings and death squads.
Well, thank the beagle for that. It being . . . well, actually it is still within 24 hours . . . things still suck over there . . . what was your point?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:16 pm | #
The great civil rights activist Andrew Young said the word nigger was a term of affection among blacks.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:16 pm | #
I watched tex for you 4lg...thought your team was gonna get wooped, but they pulled it out
::matthew |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:16 pm | #
driftglass --
THANKS!
Well, we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Innocents two days ago, so the reference was fresh (but I have always found the image tremendously powerful -- especially in the Vulgate's Latin).
This thread is getting too long for it (& it is getting late) -- in case I don't make it back, good night!
Prior Aelred |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:16 pm | #
If you don't get that the term "chocolate people" is racist, then there's little hope for you, however non-racist you may style yourself.
яояšд&
Yeah all the white people jumped his ass, not the Blacks.
1watt Annoying person |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:17 pm | #
The word nigger among blacks is a substitute for brother or sister.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:17 pm | #
There was no sign of a feared Sunni uprising in retaliation for the execution, and the bloodshed from civil warfare was not far off the daily average - 92 from bombings and death squads.
Oh, gee. Isn't THAT just special. Only 92 dead.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:17 pm | #
The word nigger among blacks is a substitute for brother or sister.
hal
among blacks
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agave, not me |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:18 pm | #
He's really annoyed that I haven't been letting him go outside.
I feel really bad he is shut in, but this is just how it must be or . . . well, you do not need that stress.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:18 pm | #
There was no sign of a feared Sunni uprising in retaliation for the execution, and the bloodshed from civil warfare was not far off the daily average - 92 from bombings and death squads.
That's just wonderful news! If it were in Cleveland, we'd be dancin' in the streets. Right? Yep.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 10:19 pm | #
Yeah all the white people jumped his ass, not the Blacks.
1watt Annoying person | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:17 pm | #
That's a nice bit of revisionist history, there. Unfortunately for you, it is entirely untrue.
яояšд& |
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12.30.06 - 10:19 pm | #
It's time to put an end to this foolishness -- I'm dropping the big one.
Certified Mutant Enemy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:20 pm | #
I feel really bad he is shut in, but this is just how it must be or . . . well, you do not need that stress.
He certainly doesn't get to roam free anymore. But in case he escapes, at least he'll have a tag with his name and phone number.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:20 pm | #
'night Moon! Thanks again for Don Giovanni.
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 10:20 pm | #
That's a nice bit of revisionist history, there. Unfortunately for you, it is entirely untrue.
яояšд& |
Prove it white man
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 10:21 pm | #
If calling blacks chocolate is racist than calling them blacks is racist.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:21 pm | #
Anyhoo, it's not like he doesn't have plenty of toys to play with.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:21 pm | #
Today being the Sunni holy day remembering Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac . . . oh, fuck! . . . God spared Abraham and Isaac.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:21 pm | #
If calling blacks chocolate is racist than calling them blacks is racist.
hal
God but I hate this bitch on CNN. She's almost as bad as Kyra Phillips.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:23 pm | #
Mankind already spontaneously differentiated based on race. Only in the modern era did men realize nature had made a mistake.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:24 pm | #
The president of Colorado University said bitch was a term of endearment regarding women. But saying a thing does make that which said correct.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:24 pm | #
Anyhoo, it's not like he doesn't have plenty of toys to play with.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:21 pm | #
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father knows best...and baby doesnt need any new opportunistic infection
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:24 pm | #
Fuck it. Let's go bowling.
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:24 pm | #
Take The Skinheads Bowling By The Dashboard Light
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:25 pm | #
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - There was no sign of a feared Sunni uprising in retaliation for the execution, and the bloodshed from civil warfare was not far off the daily average - 92 from bombings and death squads.
mark
Give it time.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:25 pm | #
Fuck it. Let's go bowling.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:24 pm | #
Only if we can take the skinheads bowling!
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:25 pm | #
All the nordic countries are racist for having so many blondes with blue eyes.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:26 pm | #
Fuck it. Let's go bowling.
We went bowling for one of our holiday office parties.
It was actually fun, probably because we all suck.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:26 pm | #
Take The Skinheads Bowling By The Dashboard Light
By the Dead Kennedys featuring Meatloaf?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:26 pm | #
Africa is inherently racist for having so many blacks.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:26 pm | #
No, but describing them as nordic is racist.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:27 pm | #
hal is inherently stupid for having so few brain cells.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:27 pm | #
No, you are for noticing.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:28 pm | #
Mankind already spontaneously differentiated based on race. Only in the modern era did men realize nature had made a mistake.
hal
What's your point, jack?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:28 pm | #
China is an important remaining seat of nature's racism.
hal |
12.30.06 - 10:28 pm | #
Take The Skinheads Bowling By The Dashboard Light
The question, however, remains: Where, where the hell is Bill?
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:28 pm | #
perhaps bowling needs to be an event at eschacon
::matthew |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:29 pm | #
It was actually fun, probably because we all suck.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:26 pm | #
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its embarrassing when i usually bowl a 69 yeah thats right 6 ....9 lol
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:29 pm | #
I actually really like the melody of that song. If it only had words that were merely embarassing instead of pathetic, I could like the song.
But the words are so craptacular they simply defy description. (But I keep a copy of the damned song in case of an earworm attack)
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 10:30 pm | #
its embarrassing when i usually bowl a 69 yeah thats right 6 ....9 lol
One of our team bowled a 39 her first game. LOL. She went home and told her husband, he said, "that's impossible!!"
But she did. Hilarious.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
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12.30.06 - 10:31 pm | #
I watched the first few minutes of the local ten o'clock news-- with the sound off. I was eating, after all. They moved from Ford to Saddam to James Brown-- a trio united by death. I did listen long enough to hear a few seconds of "person on the street reaction". Naturally, the shallow jackasses were uniformly supportive of the lynching. "I'm fine with it," one twentyish white male imbecile purred.
I wondered if anybody, whether average citizen or pundit, would be idiotic enough to opine that the relatively muted reaction in Iraq and the ME proved something one way or the other. Oh, of course the news showed footage of some cafe in Baghdad in which customers were wildly cheering and applauding.
I expect that the absence of an immediate drastic reaction will comfort and reassure the nation, and even somehow be seen as a ratification of the righteousness of the lynching. There's something to be said for "living in the moment", but Amerika is notorious for its blindness to time and history-- and it shows.
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 10:31 pm | #
One of the announcer on the redskins giants games has now burped twice loud and directly into the mike. I hope someone manages to get it on youtube, we're rolling on the floor over here.
miguel |
12.30.06 - 10:31 pm | #
I doubt Eschacon attendees will be able to go bowling in NO. Probably can find an alley closer to DC.
Prizes will be the sexual position of your score. sittenpretty may receive simultaneous oral sex.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:32 pm | #
Who was it? Lenny Bruce who said Dija ever notice you never see Chinese people bowling?
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:32 pm | #
(Apologies to Harlan for my misquote, but...)
If any of you are still white, we have found a cure!
Shirk |
12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
Bowling: Yes!
Darts: Yes!
Billiards: Yes!
Even that weird shuffleboard type game: Yes!
Bowling is fun if you approach it with the right frame of mind. That it's an activity to accompany beer drinking.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
Does anyone still play billiards?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
Rock and Bowl in NO!
Shaw Kenawe |
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12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
inconsistant on bowling, usually 220-240 first couple of games, by the tenth beer down to 140 or so.
1watt Annoying person |
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12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
Bowling is fun if you approach it with the right frame of mind.
Regarding "chocolate" -- well, it was pretty funny to see the look on Alan Keyes' face in "Borat" but I do believe that the Lord Darcy novels are helpful here, "Black Magic is a matter of symbolism and intent."
Some redneck crackers just don't know any better (which doesn't mean it's right or acceptable or not offensive).
driftglass, I think I might be making progress on Gooogle Cache (these things take time on dialup).
Prior Aelred |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:34 pm | #
Bowling is fun if you approach it with the right frame of mind.
NO PUNNING!
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Oh Spare Me! But that Strikes me as being lame!
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:35 pm | #
Snow: Does anyone still play billiards?
I like 9-ball, rotation and 8-ball.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:35 pm | #
I can play Billiards, Have not done so in ages, but I rememer how.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:36 pm | #
I suck at darts.
We wish this was Babs remarking at why she let GHWB pounce on her in 1945.
spinoza |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:36 pm | #
There's also a billiards game that I think my South African pal calls "canny pool." It involves money, up to 15 players, and a "pill bottle."
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:36 pm | #
If y'all have the balls to turn this into a pun thread, I'm gonna split.
Little Brøther |
12.30.06 - 10:37 pm | #
Bowling is fun if you approach it with the right frame of mind.
NO PUNNING!
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Oh Spare Me! But that Strikes me as being lame!
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage
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sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:37 pm | #
Rock and Bowl in NO!
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:33 pm | #
That place kicks ass, as does the thrift store next door.
Some redneck crackers just don't know any better (which doesn't mean it's right or acceptable or not offensive).
This is my point. 1watt just seems not to know better than to call them "chocolate people." And that ain't good.
яояšд& |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:37 pm | #
Well, hell get your mind out of the gutter before the next inning.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:37 pm | #
There's also a billiards game that I think my South African pal
Why they gotta be 'South African?'
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
Homepage |
12.30.06 - 10:38 pm | #
::matthew: pool is just another name for billards, right...we're not talking about snooker here
I don't much care for the traditional snooker games, no. 9-ball and rotation both involve snookering opponents, though.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 10:39 pm | #
I can play Billiards, Have not done so in ages, but I rememer how.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy
Miss it much.
Learned some cool stuff.
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 10:39 pm | #
I'm better at darts when I've got 6-8 pints in me
Ditto here. I was in a league, and my team wouldn't let me play until I'd had a few.
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12.30.06 - 10:39 pm | #
pool is just another name for billards, right...we're not talking about snooker here
Oops. That may be my error.
See, this is the problem with creating labels to divide things: I get confused!
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
Snow: Why they gotta be 'South African?'
Um, because he was born in Jo'berg, and raised in Durban?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
pool is just another name for billards, right...we're not talking about snooker here
::matthew
No, billiards is played on a table without holes and with two red balls and one white one. To score you have to contact so many bumpers and so many balls. Interesting and fun to play.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
Well, hell get your mind out of the gutter before the next inning.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:37 pm | #
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stop keeping score
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
Well, hell get your mind out of the gutter before the next inning.
Spare the puns,or people are going to split.
General Zod |
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12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
maybe its a southern thing, but there are pool tables at nearly every bar here and three or four places with 1-20 tables
::matthew |
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12.30.06 - 10:40 pm | #
Now, I have bookmarked those Google Cache sites -- wil they go away too?
Why do games have to be physical like pool (surely this is what people mean -- "pocket billiards" not proper billiards) or bowling (I might be very good, after all, I've never tried it -- HA ha! -- if we stil had emoticons I use )
Why not play a real game like euchre?
Prior Aelred |
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12.30.06 - 10:41 pm | #
Sometime, I'll bore all of you with a video snippet of Virtual Pool II.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 10:41 pm | #
Eschacon is in NO?
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 10:42 pm | #
No, but there will be an Eschacon, Jr., in Nashville, in May-June.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 10:42 pm | #
Why do games have to be physical like pool
There is no pool...
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 10:42 pm | #
I doubt Eschacon attendees will be able to go bowling in NO. Probably can find an alley closer to DC.
driftglass |
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12.30.06 - 10:44 pm | #
Er, euchre is a card game, isn't it?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:44 pm | #
I would get really good after 6 or 8 beers.
The problem, of course, is that everyone else improved as well.
David (Austin Tx)
Yeah. But it's a fine line between getting loosened up and getting too loose.
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 10:45 pm | #
We used to get beer at work every friday.
A place I used to work at, we stopped at 3 or so and started drinking
The architectural hardware store I owned we did a happy hour thing every friday too for clients and friends
::matthew |
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12.30.06 - 10:45 pm | #
Er, euchre is a card game, isn't it?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Yeah!
Love that game
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 10:45 pm | #
my favorite card game is spades
::matthew |
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12.30.06 - 10:46 pm | #
I doubt Eschacon attendees will be able to go bowling in NO.
See, I meant Eschacon being in DC, it would be difficult to go bowling in NO. NO being quite distant from DC.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:46 pm | #
sorry you've never had a "chocolate" girlfriend.
she never seemed to mind being called that.
1watt Annoying person | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:44 pm | #
What an odd thing to say.
You have knowledge of the races of the people I've dated?
If so, it's inaccurate, just FYI.
яояšд& |
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12.30.06 - 10:46 pm | #
My favorite brew pub has a pool table & dart boards -- I've never stopped drinking long enough to try them out -- about pool, my theory has never been good, but it was always better than my performance -- I was better at table tennis (but not that good) -- mind you, I've not tried any of this since 1975 or earlier!
AND, if I am going to get up in less than 5 hours, I'd better retire -- g,nite bats (& many thanx, driftglass!)
Prior Aelred |
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12.30.06 - 10:46 pm | #
my favorite card game is spades
::matthew
Hearts.
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 10:47 pm | #
1 watt, sorry: you are simply wrong. It is not acceptable to point out differences in people in ways other than using the most respectful words.
May not be right in your estimation, but it is the way of the world.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 10:47 pm | #
So Eschacon is in DC?
David (Austin Tx) |
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12.30.06 - 10:48 pm | #
Oh hell, long philosphic DWD post.
Fuck it, you go calling black people chocolate you might find out what pain is. Trust me
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 10:49 pm | #
AND, if I am going to get up in less than 5 hours, I'd better retire -- g,nite bats (& many thanx, driftglass!)
Prior Aelred | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 10:46 pm | #
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nite dear
sittenpretty,MCI SUCKS |
12.30.06 - 10:49 pm | #
Spades! Hearts is just silly.
Or difficult to play. I can't remember. I usually think of the Ace of Spades as good. Unless I call blind nil, that is.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 10:49 pm | #
So Eschacon is in DC?
David (Austin Tx)
I'd like to see it happen there, but Chicago during YKos is in the lead, I believe
::matthew |
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12.30.06 - 10:49 pm | #
We head We head
Towards KEEEEELoTHREAD
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.30.06 - 10:49 pm | #
I am still here for a while though that pale yellow pill I swallowed a while ago might have something to say about it.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy |
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12.30.06 - 10:59 pm | #
MY HOUSE IS FULL OF TINY PEOPLE.
Thers |
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12.30.06 - 11:00 pm | #
Er, euchre is a card game, isn't it?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Or a retired 2nd rate catcher...
Elmer, PHD |
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12.30.06 - 11:00 pm | #
I've never before witnessed such a heinous early crapping-out of Atriot commenters!
яояšд&
Odd. It's Sat nite, right?
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
MY HOUSE IS FULL OF TINY PEOPLE.
Thers
Well, that is your fault.
David (Austin Tx) |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
As much as I'd like to see it happen in Austin, Chicago is good.
However, during YearlyKos, I might have to pass.
The theory is that we let them do all the organizing of hotels, etc, and then go off & do our own thing.
Thers |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
I am still here for a while though that pale yellow pill I swallowed a while ago might have something to say about it.
I thought the only choices were the red or blue pill.
Snow, Ordinary Thinker |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
Yah, well, here's hoping it does what it's s'posed ta, DWD. And in the meantime, glad you're here.
David, Tx--I'm no great fan of Yuengling, but I've been drinking lots of it since being here in Philly. And yet, meanwhile, was happy to find that Tito's vodka has made its way up here.
яояšд& |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
MY HOUSE IS FULL OF TINY PEOPLE.
Thers
Bragger!
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agave, not me |
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12.30.06 - 11:01 pm | #
David, Tx--I'm no great fan of Yuengling, but I've been drinking lots of it since being here in Philly. And yet, meanwhile, was happy to find that Tito's vodka has made its way up here.
яояšд&
Tito's is, IMHO, just about the best vodka around. It beats Stoli and Grey Goose hands down...
But, you know, de gustibus and all that.
I am happy to see it having wider distribution, regardless.
яояšд& |
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12.30.06 - 11:09 pm | #
Thousands of good american citizens streaming through the Rotunda to see Ford.
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12.30.06 - 11:09 pm | #
Does anyone still play billiards?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker
Here in the Pocket Pool Emporium? Surely you jest...
Elmer, PHD |
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12.30.06 - 11:11 pm | #
Is Saddam still dead?
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12.30.06 - 11:11 pm | #
It's interesting how they say that there is no apparent violent response to Saddam's execution; after all there were only 5 car bombings in Iraq today, killing 77 people.
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12.30.06 - 11:11 pm | #
Tito's is, IMHO, just about the best vodka around. It beats Stoli and Grey Goose hands down...
Watching this program "Last Days of Earth" as they describe the effects of a mega asteroid. Then they ask people what they would do if they knew the end was coming. Two indicated they wanted to have a child.
I think I need to get that wine I have chilling downstairs now.
EkCenTriK |
12.30.06 - 11:12 pm | #
luksusowa is pretty good vodka
General Zod |
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12.30.06 - 11:13 pm | #
I've never before witnessed such a heinous early crapping-out of Atriot commenters!
I'm still here. I was just emailing some thank yous to generous atriots.
fourlegsgood, plushynurse |
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12.30.06 - 11:14 pm | #
Does anyone still play billiards?
Snow, Ordinary Thinker