I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
First!
AHAHHAHAHAHA
I suppose it's not much of an accomplishment being first when no one else is here.
But what about 3 in a row?
Or, gadzooks, even 4?
As much fun as you can have while also saving democracy:
http://freewayblogger.blogspot.c...around-
bay.html
C'mon people now...
Home run! Five?
Ok, out again....
raining here
Bush is a pretty creepy comforter in chief - I think I prefer Edwards on that count
Here too - finally drying out a bit.
Too late! Grassley's on.
Liars for Bush,
I remember the revelation in Richard Clarke's book about how Clinton comforted the boy at the Pan Am Air memorial. And at Columbine he was also very private and respectful.
Contrast with Ashley's story.
well the sun has gone down here, its evening 
I'll give you some of ours, too. It's heating back up here.
So why aren't you out enjoying the sun, instead of hanging out with a bunch of loosers on the internets?
People can make fun of the phrase "I feel your pain" all they want but I agree with Smarty --I think Clinton did.
Refugees create new 'Baghdad'
Millions of Iraqis have been forced to leave their homes because of the continuing violence in the country. Many of them have fled to Damascus where the Syrian government is asking why the Americans and the British are not doing more to ease the refugee problem.
Just back from a couple of hours on a bike in the sun, wearing a T-shirt. Such a nice day I found myself giggling every once in a while for no other reason at all...
Cloudy and windy as a sumbitch here...and not supposed to let up evening
still, i have organized a tail-gater for the baseball game tonight, and must seriously away to procure the tickets...
http://thumbsnap.com/v/SvgQw93G.jpg
Impeach!
but it has been another glorious sunny day at my hometown and here in Swansea.
yep am back at my uni town.
Doing needlepoint and watching the Gonzales hearing. Sheer pleasure.
.
Or, gadzooks, even 4?
Jennifer | 04.21.07 - 2:42 pm
jennifer hit a homer!!!
.
The Next Big Miscarriage of Justice
People can make fun of the phrase "I feel your pain" all they want but I agree with Smarty --I think Clinton did.
Liars for Bush
Big Dog had empathy - Chimpy can't even spell empathy.
Where's Gonzalez at?
I'll give you some of ours, too. It's heating back up here.
Yep. But take heart, last year at this time the kids were splashing around in the pool. Not sure what the temp of the pool is today, but we have'nt even considered turning on the solar heater yet.
No! It burnssss usssss!
People can make fun of the phrase "I feel your pain" all they want but I agree with Smarty --I think Clinton did.
Liars for Bush
So do I and did when he was saying it as president. I never thought he was shining us when he said that.
Clinton is an empathetic guy - up to the point where his problem takes over - then it's all about him and the real big dawg.
ashley's story?
smarty.
I am late to the punch bowl this morning.
as to MODO--she is an equal oppty destroyer; but that doesnt explain why she has no soul other than screed.
I wonder if we will get the full run down on the twins and the Romney wealth--not just slam-bam on Edwards.
the Syrian government is asking why the Americans and the British are not doing more to ease the refugee problem.
Moonbootica, Jog On!
Because then Chimpy and teh Poodle would have to admit their splendid war of liberation was only liberating Iraqis from their homes and lives....
Punkz have been enjoying the weather...
yep am back at my uni town.
Moonbootica, Jog On! | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 2:51 pm
moonboo...
before you leave swansea U, please go visit Prof. Phil Melling and tell him you are acquainted, via the internet, with his former neighbor on Garcia St. when he lived in baton rouge...
as a favor to me???
/
A mother and her three daughters who forced two toddlers to take part in a "dog fight" and filmed it walked free from court yesterday.
The women, including the children's mother, goaded the tearful brother and sister to punch each other and even use a magazine and hairbrush as weapons. When the boy, who was in a nappy, stopped fighting they called him a "wimp" and "bloody faggot".
Passing sentence at Plymouth crown court, Judge Francis Gilbert said the video taken of the fight was "shocking".
He said: "You laughed at them, you mocked them, you swore at them. You compelled them to hit each other even though they clearly did not want to. You were cruel, callous, clearly causing the children to hurt each other for your own pleasure."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/
...2062486,00.html
Jesus chocolate Christ!
Doing needlepoint and watching the Gonzales hearing. Sheer pleasure.
.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
What are you needlepointing?
Doing needlepoint and watching the Gonzales hearing. Sheer pleasure.
.
GWPDA
Not showing on any one of the CSPAN channels here.
WG'sGuitar, tokin' librul | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 2:54 pm | #
I'll see what I can do 
Where's Gonzalez at?
ProfWombat
From the front page of c-span.org, towards the centre, you can call up either morning or afternoon session.
"Solar heater".... tee-hee. Here in Phoenix, we don't have a lot of control over turning on the Sol....
I love it when cats forget their tongues are still out after a grooming session.
That is one of my favorite things, too.
The punkz still have "indoor feet" from those pics. My boy's feet look like, well, a cat who spends time outside and doesn't clean himself up like he should.
NTodd: was your senior thesis influenced by your study of Russian?
I just read the Mo-Do thread.
She needs a kick in the ass.
Where's Gonzalez at?
ProfWombat
By the way, I think Ruth posted it, but the Dallas paper called for Abu to resign on Friday.
NTodd: was your senior thesis influenced by your study of Russian?
Yes, and German. It was my philo project, but I drew on my other major.
Under "Recent Programs" Audio/Video. "Senate Judiciary Hearing on Attorney Firings: Afternoon Session (4/19/12007)
www.c-span.org
The Ethics of Labor Struggle: A Free Market Perspective
I just read the Mo-Do thread.
She needs a kick in the ass.
I was thinking of punching her in the ovaries.
No sun where I'm at.
Just rain.
Bush is a pretty creepy comforter in chief - I think I prefer Edwards on that count
Liars for Bush
Most definetly! Did you read this?
Craig Crawford's 1600: Consoler in Chief
By Craig Crawford
What's with Craig Crawford lately? He's been so disappointing.
Punkz have been enjoying the weather...
NTodd Kaczynski
Lola was sticking his tongue out at you.
And Mexico should win an award for most tolerant canine, evah.
I love it when cats forget their tongues are still out after a grooming session.
==
Halloo again, They meant to do that.
Individualism and the left-right split
What's with Craig Crawford lately? He's been so disappointing
lately?
from below:
They can suck my cock, then read my senior thesis about idiom, metaphor and linguistic evolution.
NTodd Kaczynski | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 2:51 pm | #
i think forcing them to read the thesis is a bit harsh.
I love it when cats forget their tongues are still out after a grooming session.
==
even cuter is when cats sit in a pose mid washing, like they forgot what they were originally doing.
Yes, and German. It was my philo project, but I drew on my other major.
NTodd Kaczynski | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 2:57 pm
as an undergrad, i had a double major, english and philosophy. i found that it was not terribly difficult to blend the two subjects. one paper could serve two courses, if i planned my schedule properly...my sr. paper was an examination of the eastern intellectual (hindu/buddhist) themes in whitman's leaves of grass...
70's and sunny here, but I'm hiding inside because of all the yard work that has built up over a long, crappy winter.
my sr. paper was an examination of the eastern intellectual (hindu/buddhist) themes in whitman's leaves of grass...
That's pretty fucking cool.
i'm in the middle of my dissertation, can't wait for the end.
i'm in the middle of my dissertation, can't wait for the end.
Moonbootica, Jog On!
How's it coming along?
That's pretty fucking cool.
NTodd Kaczynski | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:01 pm
thanks, yeah it was...though i've since forgotten most of it, and long since lost the paper...got me into grad school, too...
/
my sr. paper was an examination of the eastern intellectual (hindu/buddhist) themes in whitman's leaves of grass...
That's pretty fucking cool.
NTodd Kaczynski
Yeah it is - way cooler than anything I ever did.
71 and 27% humidity.
Perfect weather.
Now if I could only do something about the neighbors...
How's it coming along?
flory | 04.21.07 - 3:03 pm | #
its coming along pretty well
Today is Adolf Hitler's birthday.
What's with Craig Crawford lately? He's been so disappointing
lately?
Liars for Bush
When he first started out as a guest on Countdown, it looked, at first, that he "got it" about the chimp.
Lately, not so much.
Via Bob Geiger, This Week in Cartoons!
Moon, when will you be all finished?
No shortage of opportunity to look at 19th century Germans exposed to eastern themes, either. Did you get into Whitman among the German Romantics?
Never really understood grammar until I was exposed to a declined language...
Today is Adolf Hitler's birthday.
No, it was yesterday.
What is this "sun" you speak of? Sounds familiar, but hasn't been seen here recently.
If it ever shows up and it stops raining I'll have to mow the lawn. It would be good if this happened before my back yard turns into a jungle.
Moon, when will you be all finished?
mena | 04.21.07 - 3:04 pm | #
the final deadline is the 2nd May, so as soon as I can.
Today is Adolf Hitler's birthday.
wag | 04.21.07 - 3:04 pm
no, i believe that was yesterday...
along with the anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition...
and b'day of leftrev, me, and the little trifecta...
not so bad after all..
/
Oh lord, when my isn't "enterntaining" she's moving furniture.
Last week she came home around 3:00 a.m. and after walking around, back and forth, back and forth, she kicked off one shoe...
I never got back to sleep.
My neighbor that is.
Never really understood grammar until I was exposed to a declined language...
Indeed. I started with French in 4th grade, German in 6th, and tinkered with Russian on my own until college. All that prep really helped whilst many other students struggled with not only Cyrillic, but the odd grammar you just don't find in English. What the hell are all these endings? And genders?
and b'day of leftrev, me, and the little trifecta...
not so bad after all..
/
WG'sGuitar,
belated happy birthday!!
That little trifecta is adorable!!!
Today is the birthday of the philosopher and roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Tomorrow is the birthday of the greatest philosopher since Aristotle, Immanuel Kant.
The day after tomorrow is the birthday of the greatest artist of all time, William Shakespeare.
Yesterday was the birthday of the greatest criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler.
It was sunny here this morning, but it's clouded over again and we'll probably get rain. Probably. One of the first things I noticed about this area was that when the weather guy says 30% chance of rain, it's gonna rain. In Cal, they had to get up around 70% or so before anyone took it seriously.
Never really understood grammar until I was exposed to a declined language...
ProfWombat | 04.21.07 - 3:05 pm
one--mebbe the only--advantage of growing up RC when i did--the '50s--was that i per force studied latin, a (obviously) declined and conjugated language...made German much easier later...
i barely remember any of the Spanish lessons I took at school, but I did get a C in my GCSE.
I think some people have a natural flair for languages, like my friend Gav, he picks them up just like that.
my cousin Katie graduated from St Andrews with a 2.1 in Spanish and Geography, she is just about to finish her Masters and is mulling doing a PhD.
whatever she does, she'll be brilliant in it she and her two sisters are so talented and successful.
its coming along pretty well
Moonbootica, Jog On!
Good. Couple more weeks and you'll be all done.
All that prep really helped whilst many other students struggled with not only Cyrillic, but the odd grammar you just don't find in English.
==
One of the best reasons to learn a language. Seeing the slight but meaningful differences in the way people think.
Moon, what's in the cards for you after graduation? Grad school, or a job?
one--mebbe the only--advantage of growing up RC when i did--the '50s--was that i per force studied latin, a (obviously) declined and conjugated language...made German much easier later...
WG'sGuitar, tokin' librul | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:09 pm |
My parents took Latin when they were in HS, back in the 40's. It's a regret of mine that they didn't 'force' me to take Latin in HS, since my school was one of the who offered it back then (1980's).
hi guys. I thought I was good at languages until I met this Danish guy who speaks 7 of them, fluently, including French, which he speaks very well, except for a little Danish accent, after living in France for only 1 year.
On the other hand, he thinks camping is dangerous and that thousands of Canadians are killed by them every year. He thinks I am brave for going camping alone.
Moon, what's in the cards for you after graduation? Grad school, or a job?
ql in ny | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:11 pm | #
hopefully a job.
i've had enough of academia for now, need a break.
Moon -- any idea what kind of job you want?
Mr. QL can read and write 7 languages (or at least he could) including Japanes (so he could read Go magazines) and Russian (so he could read chess books).
I eventually learned Italian, even gave birth in Italian.
You poepel are making fun of the president just because he is a stupid, self-centered frat boy, whereas . . . OK, I got nothin'
Yesterday was Hitler's birthday.
Tomorrow is mine.
Whaddya get me?
my cousin Katie graduated from St Andrews with a 2.1 in Spanish and Geography
Middleton?
every language NECESSARILY constructs reality differently--Sapir/Whorf hypothesis
their example (my favorite):in hopi, 'lightning' is a verb a 'state of being' not a 'thing' nominated...
.
mimi: I have friends who thought me courageous for touring Europe with only the airline flights scheduled/planned in advance. Baffled me; I mean, you can buy toothpaste all over the bloody continent if you need to...
Whaddya get me?
Prior Aelred | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:13 pm
fond, fond wishes, padre...
hope it suffices...
Whaddya get me?
Prior Aelred
If you closer I'd happily buy ya beer.
I had a lovely Latin teacher when I was in the 9th and 10th grade (around 1963). It was a public school in a tiny town in east TN. She was also the English teacher. Amazing to me now that my kids were never ever offered Latin. We also have required Civics classes.
mimi: I have friends who thought me courageous for touring Europe with only the airline flights scheduled/planned in advance. Baffled me; I mean, you can buy toothpaste all over the bloody continent if you need to...
they were probably worried about the bears
Whorf can be argued with, but I'm not smart enough to do it...
Moon -- any idea what kind of job you want?
flory | 04.21.07 - 3:13 pm | #
haven't decided throughly yet, i'm putting all my energy towards my dissertation, so have not given what sort of job i want much a lot of thought.
I have friends who thought me courageous for touring Europe with only the airline flights scheduled/planned in advance.
What where those little kiosh places called that helped you find cheap lodging? CCC? Do they still have those?
Lightning doesn't care whether a human being thinks it is or it's doing. It's still what it is...
Kant shares my birthday? I thought it was Henry Fielding -- are you doing Julian or Gregorian?
I did not know the Mr ql in ny was a polyglot -- I knew he had a great beard -- WGG as well -- there are ZZTop pics of us from the EschaCon!
What was this thread about again?
(I've been away -- the daughter of my host was supposed to be doing her homework here - I assume she was good -- HEH!)
Whorf can be argued with, but I'm not smart enough to do it...
Only in English.
ql in ny --
Right now I'm in Jersey -- I prefer Belgian ales, thank you very much
Middleton?
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:13 pm | #
LOL nah
this is my cousin Katie (in the pinkish/purple bridesmaid dres)
The only language offered in my kids high school by the time my younger girl graduated was Spanish. The older girl got to take French and was quite good. Helped her when she joined the Peace Corps.
Prior A - I got you a very nice gift. It's hidden in Brother Cuthbert's room.
PS If he says he never heard of me he's lying.
this is my cousin Katie (in the pinkish/purple bridesmaid dres)
STILL looks like Kate Middleton to me!
Never a natural with languages, but found myself, after a few weeks in Kazakstan, remembering more h.s. and college Russian than I'd thought possible...
Lightning doesn't care whether a human being thinks it is or it's doing. It's still what it is...
ProfWombat | 04.21.07 - 3:16 pm
same can be said of lions, nicht?
have you ever read the introduction to Foucault's The Order of Things?
Most of us lose our language learning abilities when we pass from toddler-hood -- we should really teach kids different languages BEFORE they start school -- not easy, I know.
Happy Day early Prior! What do you want?
Pluto's another example. Doesn't care what we call it; there it is, nevertheless...
A lengthy dispute between Britain and Greece may move a step closer to a resolution when sides meet to discuss returning the Elgin Marbles to Athens.
Talks in two weeks' time will be the first serious negotiations after years of resistance by the British Museum.
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant said the director of the museum - holders of the sculptures for nearly 200 years - had hinted of a possible six-month loan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...ews/
6578661.stm
Shhh. Everyone be very quiet.
Vicki is taking a nap.
Whaddya get me?
Prior Aelred
The happiest of birfday wishes?
Bravo, Michael Kamen, for the music to Band of Brothers.
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wgg: no, haven't. To the Googlemobile...
Kenosha Kid --
Br Cuthbert will probably drink it before I get back to Michigan (the wretch)!
I am not a Kuiper belt object!
I am a planet, god damn it!
Chomsky: the language acquisition device
every child usually learns to flawlessly repeat the language/s in which s/he is immersed from birth...
I am a planet, god damn it!
Pluto
OK Fredo.
Lightning doesn't care whether a human being thinks it is or it's doing. It's still what it is...
Just like the sun!!
It does not care if we shoot wingnuts into it.
MENA! (oops, sorry -- Vicki's napping) --
How about coming for a visit?
flory -- what airport you in now?
qy in ny -- thanks!
Prior Aelred is history's greatest monster!!!
Foucault's up on the Bryn Mawr website in full. See you in a while...
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/
sci...derFoucault.pdf
mena, feeling better?
CNN's Kyra Phillips sucks Bush's dick on camera...
CNN's Kyra Phillips: Reid's "War Is Lost" Comment Is "Discouraging" To Troops
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...007/04/
kyra.php
we always try and make sure Seity joins in with our conversations at Chez Moonbootica, and telling her what we're doing and letting her help.
my niece has started helping her gran (my mum) taking out the dishes after dinner is finish.
and she is out of the high chair just about.
Rule of thumb for the expats living in Italy was that the kids would be late talking, but when they did, they would be fluent in both Italian and their parents tongue. My daughter was there for the first year, maybe that's why she was able to pick up French so easily.
Shhh. Everyone be very quiet.
Vicki is taking a nap.
Gomez
HEY VICKI...HOW'S THINGS?
It does not care if we shoot wingnuts into it.
==
Which works out really well for us.
CNN's Kyra Phillips sucks Bush's dick on camera...
I would watch that.
Wombat, in it he cites a passage from borges about a (fictive) taxonomy of beings as constituted by a certain chinese emperor which, to me, wonderfully illustrates the ways in which language constitutes and reciprocates reality...
Hey Gomez, earlier Vicki said you were the "suit" to her "hippie."
Cracked me up. Vicki and you have to be some of the wittiest commenters on this blog. Guess it doesn't matter what you wear.
Have a good weekend.
Oh lord, when my isn't "enterntaining" she's moving furniture.
Last week she came home around 3:00 a.m. and after walking around, back and forth, back and forth, she kicked off one shoe...
I never got back to sleep.
ql in ny
The woman who owns the place adjoining mine in Colorado drives me crazy. She rearranges the furniture inside and outside almost daily the whole time she's there. She's half deaf and won't admit it, so she' also exceedingly loud.
*sigh*
And she's the only person I ever met who could make flowers look like shit.
HEY VICKI...HOW'S THINGS?
flory
She's taking a nap before meeting the Fokkers.
And the sun out there is glorious!
Been watching "Firefly" DVDs -- what a fantastic show! Fox are idiots (but you knew that).
Did you know that on 7 April 2007 they released a limited edition of 750 blueprints of Serenity -- $99.00 each -- they are sold out (don't know how soon that happened)?
Franco's courts to be declared illegitimate, says leftist coalition
flory -- what airport you in now?
I is home. And I is staying home til next thursday.
CNN's Kyra Phillips sucks Bush's dick on camera...
I would watch that.
Gomez
Skips for me.
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It's been so nice here I went ahead & planted some garden. Even corn & hot chili peppers.
The Crown Prosecution Service is to assess evidence of "serious wrongdoing" in the cash-for-honours affair, the BBC has learned.
A 216-page file was handed over by detectives from the Metropolitan Police to the CPS on Friday.
Prosecutors will decide whether anyone should be charged over claims that honours were given in return for money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_po...ics/
6578551.stm
'Wash Post' Gets Scathing Military Report on Haditha Massacre
By E&P Staff
Published: April 21, 2007 9:15 AM ET
NEW YORK In a front-page report by Josh White today, The Washington Post reveals today that a probe of the 2005 incident in Haditha, Iraq, finds that the The Marine Corps chain of command ignored "obvious" signs of "serious misconduct" in the slayings of two dozen civilians.
Further, it charges that commanders, in the Post's summary, "fostered a climate that devalued the life of innocent Iraqis to the point that their deaths were considered an insignificant part of the war, according to an Army general's investigation.
http://
www.editorandpublisher.co...t_id=1003574664
She's taking a nap before meeting the Fokkers.
Gomez
Oohh. Fun times ahead.
*whispering so as not to wake the sleepin Vicki*
Prior - I wish I could. We may have to do this damn Kos thing in Chicago just so we can all see each other again.
mimi - yes, thanks. It's just bronchitis and i'm picking up some prescriptions this afternoon. My ears have been badly stopped up, so I've been listing a little to port all week, very dizzy. Thaqt's made it seem worse than it really is.
I lent my Firefly DVD's to some Swiss Germans and Belgians I worked with and nobody liked them, or else they wouldn't admit it. I find Europeans very critical about everything, including the weather, and I don't mean in a good way.
I have friends who thought me courageous for touring Europe with only the airline flights scheduled/planned in advance.
_______
Is there any other way?
Stopping at the local outdoor cafe in Italy, or getting a referral from the current cheap lodging for the next town is the best way to get exactly what you want for less$.
I even did this in Japan, although I had to have pages of pat phrases written out in advance and translated.
Franco's courts to be declared illegitimate, says leftist coalition
Moonbootica, Jog On!
I wish we could do that with Coocoo's courts, especially his SCOTUS appointments.
Yeah, mena -- how you feelin'?
NTodd, the pantless & blogless -- I thought that was Carter (the first guy I ever voted for for president who won)
I is home. And I is staying home til next thursday.
flory
So all this jet setting aint what's its cracked up to be?
BTW, I warned Mr. QL that sometime next winter we are heading out to AZ to finally meet GWPDA.
It would have been better if Cho had tatooed Rosebud on himself.
Goddam weedwhacker!
I just got through trimming and edging the front and had decided to venture to do the center strip of the neighbors' driveway when Oops! Halfway through the damn thing stops working. I spend a good hour figuring how to take the thing apart, discover that the drivebelt has slipped its pulley, and put it back on. I was so proud of myself. It worked for about one minute before the damn thing slipped off again. After I finish sweeping up the nighbors' driveway, I'm going down to OSH and getting myself a German or Japanese-made one. I am through with Black&Decker.
"Pluto's another example. Doesn't care what we call it; there it is, nevertheless...
ProfWombat | 04.21.07 - 3:21 pm | #
Pluto the planetoid or Pluto the cartoon dog?
"fostered a climate that devalued the life of innocent Iraqis to the point that their deaths were considered an insignificant part of the war, according to an Army general's investigation.
Yep. Those Iraqis are soooo much better off with Saddam gone.
who lost the civil war against Franco's rightwing rebels.
and their Nazi allies...
fixed their typo, moon...
/
mimi | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:28 pm | #
I'm a fan of Firefly, but then I love Joss Whedon's other creations (Buffy and Angel), so it was a natural progression heh
I have Serenity in my DVD collection
Trivia Question: How many White Russians did the Dude drink in the Big Lebowski?
A lengthy dispute between Britain and Greece may move a step closer to a resolution when sides meet to discuss returning the Elgin Marbles to Athens.
I thought Tony Blair had already lost his marbles.
mena, I gather that is a doctor's opinion, not NTodd's. I hope you feel better soon.
happy beearlied birfday, prior
3117
The ninth consecutive month where the number of soldiers killed has equaled or exceeded the number of fatalities in the first month of the invasion. (March '03, 65).
bronchitis is a bitch, but easily treatable (& curable)
Cheez, flory -- I thought you lived in airports! Where is home, anyway?
Yep. Those Iraqis are soooo much better off with Saddam gone.
flory | 04.21.07 - 3:30 pm | #
I'm thinking they would settle for being alive and having saddam around right about now.
"fostered a climate that devalued the life of innocent Iraqis to the point that their deaths were considered an insignificant part of the war, according to an Army general's investigation.
Of course they did! There's absolutely no causus belli here and that is the number one demoralizing factor for our troops. Without any moral props to keep them within civilized life by having some justification for what they do, they have no choice but to just throw their consciences away - get numb to them. These kinds of wars are nothing but atrocities!!!!!
well, i've done two loads of laundry, finished installing the program changes scheduled for the weekend, and memorized one of the sides for tonight's audition.
i've earned some time in the crack den.
I am through with Black&Decker.
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But you rock.
So all this jet setting aint what's its cracked up to be?
The glamorous life of the consultant.....NOT!
BTW, I warned Mr. QL that sometime next winter we are heading out to AZ to finally meet GWPDA.
ql in ny
You will enjoy that hugely.
I'm gonna finally get to meet Arthur J next week.
http:// www.editorandpublisher.co...t_id=1003574664
pigboy | 04.21.07 - 3:28 pm
no USer troop will EVER face murder or any other potentially capital charge with respect to any deed done to any Iraqi in Iraq...
.
Yesterday the land phone went out, but my high speed DSL is on, confirming our suspicion that it's drafting off of the neighbor, 40' away.
Now we have high hopes of cutting loose from the land phone. Email is courtesy of earthlink for $3.00.
Thinking of getting another phone on the family plan to keep our land number.
Any words of wisdom?
"Lee Iacocca blasts Bush & Cheney as "clueless bozos"
by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/21/2007 12:33:00 PM ET
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An excerpt from Iacocca's new book - read the entire excerpt:
Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course."
Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic. I'll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?...'
http://americablog.blogspot.com/...-cheney-
as.html
I love it when I get wound up and post a rant and all around me are little comments about people's dogs and their trips and they just ignore the rant and go on.
It's pretty funny when read from dispassionate distance- I feel like a loony ranting on a street corner.
Cheez, flory -- I thought you lived in airports! Where is home, anyway?
Prior Aelred
Northern California....Oakland to be precise.
I only live in airports when it can't be avoided.
Moonbootica --
Brits do not count as Yurpeens -- remember the famous Victorian Times headline, "Fog Over Channel -- Continent Isolated!"
The Wild West outter space thing might confuse them -- or maybe the Chinese -- do foreigners know what humor is?
Any words of wisdom?
el | 04.21.07 - 3:34 pm | #
no one pays for email anymore.
if you are "borrowing" dsl from the neighbor, offer them the $3/mo instead to offset their cost. the right thing to do, plus that way they won't happen to see you connected one day and block you.
Cheez, flory -- I thought you lived in airports! Where is home, anyway?
Prior Aelred'
Don't feel too badly for her - she's not doing too badly for herself with this traveling.
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Iacocca calls Bush and Cheney "bozos" and more.
Trivia Question: How many White Russians did the Dude drink in the Big Lebowski?
9.
Coke to pigboy.
no USer troop will EVER face murder or any other potentially capital charge with respect to any deed done to any Iraqi in Iraq...
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WG'sGuitar, tokin' librul | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:33 pm | #
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Didn't Viceroy L Paul Bremmer insure that would not happen with laws he put into affect barring that from happening?
Gomez own pigboy a coke. It's amazing when this happens out of the blue.
i was watching a programme about the Belgian's in the Congo and jeez I thought Britain's imperialism was awful, but King Leopold went to even lower depths.
the prog was done in the style of a trial
WHAT IACOCCA SAID
Gomez
Whoa!!!! Talk about a rant!!!!
Lee Iacocca blasts Bush & Cheney as "clueless bozos"
Being a GOPer these days means not only embracing incompetence, it means worshiping it.
These kinds of wars are nothing but atrocities!!!!!
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It's an ongoing war crime that the bastards have made us party to. If they're not repudiated they've just ste a new, more depraved standard for their successors to stoop to. It's not good to harbor hatred, but I confess I do for these vicious fuckers.
mim - I went to see the doctor, just like I promised.
but dirk, that wasn't the question.
Can (sob) one LET GO of the land phone, and exist on the cell??
Downsides? Besides calling Europe of course.
Yeah, what Iacocca said, indeed!
Letting the fabolously well to do buy the media & use it for right wing propaganda was just not that good an idea!
Prior Aelred
heh I considered myself British and European
9.
NTodd Kaczynski
And no visible means of support.
I'm impressed by the Dude.
It's pretty funny when read from dispassionate distance- I feel like a loony ranting on a street corner.
Tena
I love it, after a rant, when people at work start backing away from me, nodding their heads, saying well, okay gotta go now.
It's pretty funny when read from dispassionate distance- I feel like a loony ranting on a street corner. - Tena
HEY! GET OFF MY RANT CORNER!!
Feel better? ;^)
Coke to pigboy.
Gomez | 04.21.07 - 3:37 pm | #
Thank you sir.... 
That's not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?...'
Go Lee baby! Go!
Don't feel too badly for her - she's not doing too badly for herself with this traveling.
Hey! I like sympathy.
Don't be harshing my buzz.....
Can (sob) one LET GO of the land phone, and exist on the cell??
Downsides? Besides calling Europe of course.
el | 04.21.07 - 3:37 pm | #
well, some credit applications require a land-line as my daughter discovered when she dropped hers. other than that, she's been fine.
and you can call europe from your pc - skype or y.i.m. - headsets are cheap.
Wonder if Ol' George 'slam dunk''s interview tomorrow nite will get any rises outta the wing nuts?
yes prior, they had a very hard time with the outer space cowboy concept, and no, no sense of humour was detectable. in general, only the French and British seem to have one although they are quite different
NTodd Kaczynski is the unibummer.
I love it, after a rant, when people at work start backing away from me, nodding their heads, saying well, okay gotta go now.
ql in ny
Poor Mr. Tena is so tired of hearing me rant. Sometimes he takes it personally and gets quite upset that I'm yelling at him.
Really - I don't know how much more of this I can actually take, but I've been saying that for years now. *sigh*
I remind Mr. Tena that before the '04 election he said Bush had to lose cause he couldn't take me for the next 4 years if he won. Well - sorry.
I'm gonna finally get to meet Arthur J next week.
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I am so jealous. QL - she is a Presence.
Prior A - I think our flory just drinks in airports. They aren't good for much else.
Moonbootica --
Britain's colonialism was terrible -- just better than most anybody else's (except in Ireland) -- the Limey's could pull out all the stops when they felt their power threatened, of course. There were so damn smug ("toffee nosed Pomey bastards" was a concept with some basis in reality) that they frequently were nice because they didn't tihnk the lesser breeds could dislodge their control.
Well, I going to go peel and slice some potatoes for the dunking in cold water.
Don't be harshing my buzz.....
flory
You already have mine - I don't know how you do it. Flying sucks.
NTodd Kaczynski is the unibummer. - Richard
But what a fine bum it is, according to reports from those who have been behind the Tastee Freeze.
Prior A - I think our flory just drinks in airports. They aren't good for much else.
mena
Nuh, uh.
I had a reuben sammitch for dinner last night.
Plus -- I talk to you pibbles, too.....
Well, I going to go peel and slice some potatoes for the dunking in cold water. - mer
You cook in the nude?
Really - I don't know how much more of this I can actually take, but I've been saying that for years now. *sigh*
the funny is, they consider the most liberal person in the office, and really before the chimp's selection, I was quite moderate. (well maybe a little)
Prior Aelred thats very well put
And no visible means of support.
I'm impressed by the Dude.
Well, he has an accountant, so he must have some residuals from the Seattle Seven thingy...
Wonder if Ol' George 'slam dunk''s interview tomorrow nite will get any rises outta the wing nuts?
1Watt, Hermit
I didn't know he was being interviewed tomorrow night - who's going to be giving him head?
Gosh, Tena, I had no idea.
Rants are sacred, and to skip over one is a derilection of duty.
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Hersch's blockbuster story The Redirection in NY mag comes to mind. I'm half way through, taking notes. The gist - Bush's war is a holding tactic for the real objective, GET IRAN.
But the whole hidden strategy is laid out in the article, the new Iran/Contra. Ok, apropos your rant, no wonder military justice is asleep at the helm. Every now and then, military gets a shot in the arm, like Gates and that brash new 4-star.
The real front is clandestine, funded secretly to the nines, run by Cheney, Abrams, Khalilzad, and Bandar with cheerleader Rice.
Read it, its chilling.
Well, I going to go peel and slice some potatoes for the dunking in cold water
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Mmm. The best french fries I've ever had.
NTodd (pantless, etc.) -- no one should know that much about The Big Lebowski!
mena -- I'm afraid to drink in airports (unless I am at a place right by my gate) -- besides which, prices in airports are . . . pricey, yuh know?
Shit, I'm watching Branagh's Henry V, but now I feel like I need a dose of The Dude.
mena, can you eat fries, or are you still too sick? I'll make some extra for you if you want.
Another day of sax and violins.
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flory -- what airport you in now?
I is home. And I is staying home til next thursday.
The worst part about traveling all the damned time is that you can't get your own plush.
Flying sucks.
Tena
Ayup.
It gets considerably less intolerable if you can swing a first class upgrade tho. At least then sleeping thru the torture is possible.
will return later
gonna watch the TV
NTodd (pantless, etc.) -- no one should know that much about The Big Lebowski!
It's one of 120 movies I watch obsessively on my iPod. And I just started it again, thanks to that asshole Steelhead.
'nother trivia question: how many times do we see The Dude bowl?
bye Moonie
mer - I couldn't taste them, but I'll be thinking of you.
With the exploding scandals at the Justice Department and the World Bank enveloping his administration, President Bush voiced "full confidence" in Alberto Gonzales and Paul Wolfowitz this week. But as history has shown, there is no more certain confirmation of the criminality, ethical-wrong doing or imminent departure of a Bush team player than the President's expression of confidence in him.
For the background, see:
"President Bush, Confidence Man."
The worst part about traveling all the damned time is that you can't get your own plush.
NTodd's Pa's Wife always Packsat for me, so I could travel.
besides which, prices in airports are . . . pricey, yuh know?
Prior Aelred
Not when you've got a client picking up the tab....
The worst part about traveling all the damned time is that you can't get your own plush.
fourlegsgood kittenslave
This is absolutely true.
Now I have to go - friends are here. Back later.
NTodd's Pa's Wife always Packsat for me, so I could travel.
Not an option for me.
Speaking of plushy creatures, here's some Saturday Maddie.
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...day-
maddie.html
She's really starting to look like a cat now.
OK -- "Nobody fucks with the Jesus!" is a good line, but how many others -- OK, but do any make sense?
Meanwhile, the "Memorable Quotes" IMBD selection from Firefly/Serenity includes NO memorable "quotations"!
"Yes sir, Captain Tightpants!"
"We've not thieves -- well, OK, we are thieves."
NTodd's Pa's Wife always Packsat for me, so I could travel.
Not an option for me.
Not an option for me, either.
Gonzo update
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Nobody likes him anymore.
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Says it all, don't it?
all the people with names starting in m are leaving, so I guess I'm next. Going to go drink some Swiss beer outside. It's 20 deg Celsius here. Ciao!
It gets considerably less intolerable if you can swing a first class upgrade tho. At least then sleeping thru the torture is possible.
flory |
That depends on the flight. I was in first class coming back from Seattle. It didn't keep me from being tortured by the two 4 years olds sitting in the first seats in coach.
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OK -- off to watch the Firefly episode, "Ariel" -- SO GOOD!
OK -- "Nobody fucks with the Jesus!" is a good line, but how many others -- OK, but do any make sense?
That line really ties the movie together.
Re: ranting...
The other night, I'm down the basement, where the teebee resides, watching some wingnut expound. I shouted (to the tv and myself), "You fucking LIAR!!!" Must've been the last word was really, really loud; the old man bounds down from the third floor office, with the extinguisher. Apparently, he thought I shouted "FIRE!" Heh.
The ninth consecutive month where the number of soldiers killed has equaled or exceeded the number of fatalities in the first month of the invasion. (March '03, 65).
Even with the March count starting on the 20th, that's a lot of grief. And it's bound to contain a higher percentage of fratricide than is generally known.
http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDe...x?hndRef=3-
2003
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I was in first class coming back from Seattle. It didn't keep me from being tortured by the two 4 years olds sitting in the first seats in coach.
Free booze. Give it to the kids, and they shut right the fuck up.
NTodd, any word on when or if you're joining the ranks of the unemployed?
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Unemployed?
Free booze. Give it to the kids, and they shut right the fuck up.
Sounds like Ntodd is about to run for public office.
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She's really starting to look like a cat now.
fourlegsgood kittenslave
*sigh*
The baby is growing up so fast....
Free booze. Give it to the kids, and they shut right the fuck up.
NTodd Kaczynski
I would have, too, if I could have gotten past that ineffectual hippo of a mother of theirs.
And the attendants would have cheerfully thrown them out the exit doors if they could have gotten away with it.
NTodd, any word on when or if you're joining the ranks of the unemployed?
They're outsourcing the Tastee Freeze business?
NTodd, any word on when or if you're joining the ranks of the unemployed?
Well, the company looks to not survive beyond summer, so I'm most likely bailing. Got some possible gigs in the works at the college, and I'm also seriously considering selling the house and living off the equity as I pursue something in the anti-war activism vein. Dunno if I want to get a job when we're fucking ourselves and the Iraqis to death.
It didn't keep me from being tortured by the two 4 years olds sitting in the first seats in coach.
Tena
That's why the FSM invented the iPod for us.
Sounds like Ntodd is about to run for public office.
Somehow, I don't think many people would vote for me.
NTodd, if you can, wait till they go bust, that way you'll be able to get unemployment insurance to keep you going awhile longer.
Somehow, I don't think many people would vote for me.
NTodd Kaczynski | Homepage | 04.21.07 - 3:56 pm | #
mebbe not, but some of us multiple times. early and often.
That's why the FSM invented the iPod for us.
flory |
Yes I don't know why I go places without it.
But first I have to work out the fuck up I have going on between the old iPod and new and get the new one to let me reset it.
I got frustrated and let both of them run down.
I'm also seriously considering selling the house and living off the equity as I pursue something in the anti-war activism vein.
NToddler -- what would happen to the Pack if you sell the house?
Somehow, I don't think many people would vote for me. - NTodd Kaczynski
Some nice slacks would help.
Since Greenwald refers to it, this is from The Paranoid Style in American Politics:
"As a member of the avant-garde who is capable of perceiving the conspiracy before it is fully obvious to an as yet unaroused public, the paranoid is a militant leader. He does not see social conflict as something to be mediated and compromised, in the manner of the working politician. Since what is at stake is always a conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, what is necessary is not compromise but the will to fight things out to a finish. Since the enemy is thought of as being totally evil and totally unappeasable, he must be totally eliminated—if not from the world, at least from the theatre of operations to which the paranoid directs his attention. This demand for total triumph leads to the formulation of hopelessly unrealistic goals, and since these goals are not even remotely attainable, failure constantly heightens the paranoid’s sense of frustration. Even partial success leaves him with the same feeling of powerlessness with which he began, and this in turn only strengthens his awareness of the vast and terrifying quality of the enemy he opposes."
Written in 1964.
Say - here's Kermit Roosevelt III talking about a book he's written about 'judicial activism'. He's a law professor at Univ. Penna - looks about 30. Amazing! Evidently that family does keep producing at quite a high level.
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NTodd, if you can, wait till they go bust, that way you'll be able to get unemployment insurance to keep you going awhile longer.
Well, I've been talking to my boss about laying me off.
NToddler -- what would happen to the Pack if you sell the house?
The Fortress is paid for, so we'll use that as a base of operations. The only issue with them will be if I go to jail, but I'll line stuff up beforehand.
Some nice slacks would help.
You can't keep me down with your rules, man.
Some nice slacks would help.
bo | 04.21.07 - 3:58 pm | #
But that would make the "No War, No Pants" campaign slogan a tougher sell.
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Who in the name of Chocolate Jesus would name their kid Kermit?
"As a member of the avant-garde who is capable of perceiving the conspiracy before it is fully obvious to an as yet unaroused public, the paranoid is a militant leader.
Infinite set of monkeys + Infinite set of typewriters. === > Works of Shakespeare
The only issue with them will be if I go to jail, but I'll line stuff up beforehand.
NTodd Kaczynski
Sam could prolly be talked into posting bail for you.
Well, I've been talking to my boss about laying me off.
If it makes you feel better, Wolcott linked to me again yesterday.
Who in the name of Chocolate Jesus would name their kid Kermit?
flory
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Hey!
Infinite set of monkeys + Infinite set of typewriters. === > Works of Shakespeare
bo | 04.21.07 - 4:02 pm | #
i want to see the version they come up with where all the 'r's are replaced with 'f's.
or where desdemona tells othello where to get off.
Court: Wisconsin Prosecution "Preposterous"
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/arch...ives/
003075.php
I was in first class coming back from Seattle. It didn't keep me from being tortured by the two 4 years olds sitting in the first seats in coach.
Our kids don't cause any trouble, thank goodness.
But grandma will babysit tonight! Yay!
Who in the name of Chocolate Jesus would name their kid Kermit?
flory | 04.21.07 - 4:01 pm | #
mrs thefrog
If it makes you feel better, Wolcott linked to me again yesterday.
If it makes you feel any better, I will be killing you and burying you in the cow manure pile.
Some nice slacks would help.
bo
there will be no cover up of ntoddler's weapon of mass amusement.
Say - here's Kermit Roosevelt III talking about a book he's written about 'judicial activism'. He's a law professor at Univ. Penna - looks about 30. Amazing! Evidently that family does keep producing at quite a high level.
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GWPDA,
That's nice to know.
Our kids don't cause any trouble, thank goodness.
How many laptops have you bought this year again?
If it makes you feel any better, I will be killing you and burying you in the cow manure pile.
Touch-y.
Kermit was iirc Teddy Roosevelt's youngest son. After Teddy spent a lot of time being bellicose about the US entering WWI, he lost Kermit in that war. He was fairly well crushed by Kermit's death. Didn't live much longer.
new shiites.
Our kids don't cause any trouble, thank goodness.
Neither does my granddaughter. [rolls eyes]
I expect kids to get restless, but this kid was bouncing off the ceiling and screaming and bitching and fighting and it was nonstop. For 4 hours. I just wanted him to shut up for about 5 minutes.
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How many laptops have you bought this year again?
Bought? None.
Needed repaired? Two. Only $600!
simels regrets the error. We shudda been bo.
I expect kids to get restless, but this kid was bouncing off the ceiling and screaming and bitching and fighting and it was nonstop. For 4 hours. I just wanted him to shut up for about 5 minutes.
They do that sometimes. The best thing to do is call Molly over and sneak out of the house and go boozing at a strip club. Or so I hear.
sheets.
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