I must beg to disagree
Gromit | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:11 pm | #

...2...
Gromit | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:11 pm | #

...3...
Gromit | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:12 pm | #

Hola
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:12 pm | #

...home...
Gromit | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:12 pm | #

To borrow a phrase from the Rude One, 'proudly lowering the level of political discourse.'
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.20.07 - 9:13 pm | #

Almost... it's a game of inches you know.
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:13 pm | #

Shoot 'em in the face!
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:13 pm | #

No mystery, once you realize that American Idol is the top-rated show in this country...
Shirk | 01.20.07 - 9:13 pm | #

Ooh, more bleedage!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.20.07 - 9:14 pm | #

shoot em all!
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:14 pm | #

Atrios should be shot for this post.
rorschach | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:14 pm | #

I didn't just see Ben Kingsley, did I?
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:14 pm | #

This blog gets suckier and suckier, but the comments section seems to get increasingly popular.

We're compensating for the suckiness.
JeffCO | 01.20.07 - 9:14 pm | #

All comments posters, including me, should be shot for crowding up the place.
Buzz Bomb | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?
General Zod | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

I'm watching the Island of Dr. Moreau, you cannot talk about something else being sucky right now.
attaturk | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

No mystery, once you realize that American Idol is the top-rated show in this country...
Shirk

It's the talent, man!

Or is it the posibility that Paula might be so drunk that she pulls off her top and flashes everyone.

. . .

Naw, it's the talent!
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

This blog is just a reflection of the awful times in which it lives, uh, blogs. Awful times demand an awful blog.

Ump.
Umpteenth | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

Popular, but still sucky.
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

This movie should be called BloodSprayin'!
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

Because up = down.

That was easy.

Next question.*









* No, I don't know where the WMDs are.
Ahmad Chalabi | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

This is the Seinfeld of blogs. A show about nothing.
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?
General Zod | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

Indeed. Enjoy the tofu!
rorschach | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

Atrios should be shot for this post.
rorschach |

In every crisis there is some nitwit pushing pinyin over traditional characters.
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

woooooooooohoooooooo!!!!
UNE_ItaryExecuTard™ | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

More birdie pic whoreage:

http://thumbsnap.com/v/ImqOpQiS.jpg

http://thumbsnap.com/v/s37eKTNp.jpg
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

See, I understand how a blog can suck and still be popular.
George W. Bush | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

"This blog gets suckier and suckier, but the comments section seems to get increasingly popular."

just seems that way when there's only 3 threads a day..


jdw | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

I didn't just see Ben Kingsley, did I?
Eli

Someone's watching "BloodRayne", aren't they?

The most dangerous night of TV: Sci Fi Suckity Night.
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:16 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?

I hope not, or someone will be shot.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

I remember back before YouTube, when Atrios didn't suck.
Jennifer | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

See, I understand how a blog can suck and still be popular.
George W. Bush
Think sorority girls, heh heh
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

Someone's watching "BloodRayne", aren't they?

Was that a yes?
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?
General Zod | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:15 pm | #

Indeed. Enjoy the tofu!
rorschach |

I could have sworn it needed soup.
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?

I don't know: did you give away all your shit, or steal someone else's?
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

How come the link on the main page says "Comments(4)", but clearly there are thousands and thousands of comments already? I stopped reading Eschaton comments back in 1992, shortly after I stopped reading Yahoo! message boards.
Lefty | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

8 Oclock here.

I'm heading for bed.
Most comfy place.

.
Agave bin Laden | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

I'm not gonna stop sucking just to be popular.
George W. Bush | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:17 pm | #

Atrios being sucky yet popular just demonstrates that this is an all-American phenomenon. Did not P.T. Barnum say there's a sucker born every minute? Or someone did.
sister of ye | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

BloodSprayin' FlapJackTasticity.

VentureBro's are teh rock BTB.
.
UNE_ItaryExecuTard™ | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

Someone's watching "BloodRayne", aren't they?

Was that a yes?
Eli

And it's "Sir Ben", or he'll put a fucking foot up your fucking ass.
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

Is this a libertarian thread?

Give me libertarians, or give me... something else.
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

I remember back before YouTube, when Atrios didn't suck.

That was 3 or 4 Freidmans ago.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

Well, back to me, then.

I just googled to see if a fella I used to live with is still JeffCO's mayor. And according to google, he is.

But I also learned he has a son who shares the name of the fella I wish I were on a date with right now...
Lady Whiskey the Idle | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:18 pm | #

"I was to experience my first...my first, Great God...

BOKO-MARU."

I know, people who hark back to the beginning of the previous thread - teh part about old people rubbing each other feet to feet with various things - should be shot.
cecrops | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

there's a sucker born every minute?
That is what makes America a great place. Swollen with opportunity.
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

Wow, bad SPFX and sucky dialogue!

Is this great or what?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

Bye now. I love you all


One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his/her mind and senses, is dear to everyone, is never entangled.
Live Free or Die | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

Lady Whiskey! I never heard back from you! Did I scare you off?
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

If this blog sucks it's cause you people are not grateful.
George W. Bush | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

And it's "Sir Ben", or he'll put a fucking foot up your fucking ass.

And he will NOT take "no" for an answer.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

Nice birdie pics, Msr. Scene 24.

Your feeder/yard?
Snugglebunny | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

It may be factual, it may be cruel, but I ain't lyin' - everybody plays the fool, sometime.
JeffCO | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

Billy Zane!


Swee-eet.
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

suckers should be shot.
HenryFlowerLovesMinaPurefoy | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

the comments section seems to get increasingly popular

It's the free Vienna sausages with every tenth post.
watertiger | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

The snacks have gone downhill, too.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11 | 01.20.07 - 9:20 pm | #

One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his/her mind and senses, is dear to everyone, is never entangled.
Live Free or Die

And here is truth. =)

I have a brother.
tau | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

I just googled to see if a fella I used to live with is still JeffCO's mayor. And according to google, he is.

He's not the boss of me.
JeffCO | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

Billy Zane!

This was a real movie, right?
watertiger | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

It's the free Vienna sausages with every tenth post.

It's a weenie-weenie proposition.
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his/her mind and senses, is dear to everyone, is never entangled.

...and is BOOOOORRRRRRRINNNNNGGGG!!!
Shirk | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

And he will NOT take "no" for an answer.
The Old Man From Scene 24

Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Fat cunt!
Gal: No, No, No!
Don: Yes, Yes, Yes!
Supreme Commander Thor | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

There's no exception to the rule

I ain't lyin'...
billy b; wes bound | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

I like snausages.
George W. Bush | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:21 pm | #

Suckiness is an Eschatonian sacrament. Who amongst us sucketh not, save for trolls?
bo | 01.20.07 - 9:22 pm | #

This was a real movie, right?

As real as an Uwe "Master Of The Bad Videogame Movie" Boll can make it!
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:22 pm | #

Your feeder/yard?

My yard. The squirrels ate everything in the feeder.
The Old Man From Scene 24 | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:22 pm | #

and is BOOOOORRRRRRRINNNNNGGGG!!!
Shirk |

then you will be owned
tau | 01.20.07 - 9:22 pm | #

This ship is unsinkable!
Billy Zane | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:23 pm | #

the comments section seems to get increasingly popular

Engorgement demands release, and comments are the turnkey.
masculine_monica_nyc | 01.20.07 - 9:23 pm | #

Engorgement demands release, and comments are the turnkey.

Atrios giv me turnkee.
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

You'll get a lot more kicks with a little bit o' soul. Just sayin'.
JeffCO | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

Lady Whiskey! I never heard back from you! Did I scare you off?
Eli | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:19 pm | #

Well, not scare exactly.

It's just that I can't really afford to buy right now and unless I can convince you that some of my nude self-portraits (and/or New York abstracts) are worth a trade, I have to wait...
Lady Whiskey the Idle | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

Engorgement demands release, and comments are the turnkey.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!!
billy b; wes bound | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

sheets. yes, new sheets already!
TheOtherWA | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

Suckiness is an Eschatonian sacrament. Who amongst us sucketh not, save for trolls?
bo

one must create a vacuum to survive
tau | 01.20.07 - 9:24 pm | #

Engorgement demands release, and comments are the turnkey.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!!
billy b; wes bound
NO FLIRTING
Deacon Blues | 01.20.07 - 9:25 pm | #

then you will be owned

Ah. Is that what pure, unentangled souls do?
Shirk | 01.20.07 - 9:25 pm | #

"My yard. The squirrels ate everything in the feeder."

I have the same problem. Little piggies eat up all the nice, shell-less stuff I buy in winter so the birds don't have to expend *any* extra energy, PLUS all my suet... and THEN they eat the corn I leave out just for them.

I'm trying shelled peanuts under the feeder this week. The squirrels do like to bury things, so might distract them enough to let the poor birdies in...
Snugglebunny | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:26 pm | #

"Find your own meal!"
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.20.07 - 9:26 pm | #

Eli--I'm certainly watching it.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 01.20.07 - 9:27 pm | #

Ah. Is that what pure, unentangled souls do?
Shirk

Pure unentangled souls do not own, nor wish too.
tau | 01.20.07 - 9:29 pm | #

It's quite obvious why this blog sucks.

There's not enough dope dealin' going on.
smalfish | 01.20.07 - 9:29 pm | #

This blog sucks and blows. In fact this guy could post in aramaic and it would still be popular. It's the commenters.
hadenough | 01.20.07 - 9:36 pm | #

okay, that was hilarious.
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:39 pm | #

lol, i like your blog.

i check it out a few times a day.

as for the comments, well... lol
Chris from Maine | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 9:54 pm | #

Pure unentangled souls do not own, nor wish too.

Ah, then I won't be "owned". Make up your pure, unentangled mind.
Shirk | 01.20.07 - 9:55 pm | #

duncan... don't be so hard on yourself... this blog has always sucked..
fokowi | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 10:08 pm | #

Fokowi is right. The sucking has certainly plateaued and for that you should be proud.
eRobin | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 10:20 pm | #

You know Eschaton is still good, it's Crooks and Liars that is getting sucky.
Dan | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 10:27 pm | #

The questions posed by the Powell Doctrine, which should be answered affirmatively before military action, are:

Is a vital national security interest threatened?

Do we have a clear attainable objective?

Have the risks and costs been fully and frankly analyzed?

Have all other non-violent policy means been fully exhausted?

Is there a plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement?

Have the consequences of our action been fully considered?

Is the action supported by the American people?

Do we have genuine broad international support?
04.23.71 - 5:39 pm | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 10:39 pm | #

The only sucky thing here is the completely new Firefox window that pops open when I click to read the comments.....can't Atrios steal MMFA's modus operandi? And add a "Skip to Page" Button? And notify you when someone replies to your comments? And offer points for witty posters to be given by really prolific posters? And start his own IRC channel? And a "Games" page? And something to stop this rash on my foot from constantly returning when I wear my oh-so-comfy boots? And could I get a soda at this table? And some bread? You know, the kind that has sourdough and pumpernickel baked together?
....



You know? Fuck this site...I'm taking the laptop to Durango's and rating Submissions on Plastic. If anyone sees MAYORBOB, tell him I'm looking for some "TreeandThings" without so many trees, and with more flowers, and he can join me there, if he pays his share this time....that rat!
Hitlers spleen in a jar | 01.20.07 - 10:43 pm | #

I love this blog.
vox clamantis in red state | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 10:46 pm | #

Hm, the comments are starting to suck too!


Steve J. | Homepage | 01.20.07 - 11:09 pm | #

Been a while since I checked, but doesn't the comments thread for this blog consist of six guys yelling "FRIST!" at one another?
Brian | 01.21.07 - 12:20 am | #

People are irrational.

This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
st33ve | 01.21.07 - 1:44 am | #

The only problem with this site is that the comments are too popular. If you have something trenchant to say, why do you want to add it to a comments section that has 700 people trying to be "Frist".
bob h | 01.21.07 - 6:24 am | #

It's your winning personality, of course, and your constant attention to our wants and needs, man. Or maybe it's still the best blog on the net.
EZSmirkzz | 01.21.07 - 8:19 am | #

i was being facetious, i hope you know...
fokowi | Homepage | 01.21.07 - 10:25 am | #

Invert it. Your links go on Haloscan, your comments get front-paged on the blog.
MNPundit | 01.21.07 - 11:38 am | #