Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:42 pm | #
The problem with the Fred Thompson campaign is that Fred Thompson, not Arthur Branch, is the candidate.
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10.20.07 - 1:42 pm | #
The problem with the Fred Thompson campaign is that Fred Thompson, not Arthur Branch, is the candidate.
And Arthur Branch was an asshole
spinoza Neque lugare, neque in |
10.20.07 - 1:42 pm | #
Atrios done messed up my scam whereby I was getting modern American literature ideas from the people!
I'd have succumbed to a heart attack by now from sheer outrage.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:44 pm | #
Rush calling our troops "phoney soldiers" remark, cost him and his dittohead friend 2.1 million apiece. I love it!
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10.20.07 - 1:44 pm | #
I am truly impressed by the Right's ability to "launder" attacks. Plant them in the media, then refer to that media as a source and Voila! It's legit.
NTodd, Cupcake-American |
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10.20.07 - 1:45 pm | #
CARLSON: I think this is a longer-term trend that has been unnoticed by a lot of people. I'll never forget that in 2000, exit polls showed that Al Gore won the over-$100,000 income bracket. Rich people are liberal. Rich people vote Democratic. There's this hangover from the 1930s that the Democratic Party is the working man's party. No, it's the party of Silicon Valley. It's the party of rich people. It's the party of the poor and of the rich.
In fact, 2000 exit polls show that only 43 percent of "the over-$100,000 income bracket" voted for Al Gore; 54 percent voted for George W. Bush. That was the income range Gore lost by the largest margin -- but Carlson will "never forget" that Gore won it!
Carlson recently wondered why he should listen to Media Matters. The answer is simple: because he doesn't have any idea what he is talking about and would be well-advised to listen to people who do, even if he doesn't share their ideology.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:46 pm | #
well Rors, I got deadthreaded too. Not nice to do to a person on her birthday.
therealhellkitty |
10.20.07 - 1:46 pm | #
The media are part of the Republican machine. We have to view journalism differently.
Liars For Bush |
10.20.07 - 1:47 pm | #
And I got Grandpa's 'good looks', too!
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:47 pm | #
Happy Birthday to You!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:47 pm | #
well Rors, I got deadthreaded too. Not nice to do to a person on her birthday.
therealhellkitty | 10.20.07 - 1:46 pm | #
True, that. But you got a breakfast made for you, and you are having it late in the day, so it's a damn good b-day so far, Eschaton notwithstanding!
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 1:48 pm | #
And I got Grandpa's 'good looks', too!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:48 pm | #
Carlson recently wondered why he should listen to Media Matters. The answer is simple: because he doesn't have any idea what he is talking about and would be well-advised to listen to people who do, even if he doesn't share their ideology.
Now, that's going to leave a mark.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 1:48 pm | #
Carlson's show is a festival of libertarian imbecility every time it's on!
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:49 pm | #
Rush calling our troops "phoney soldiers" remark, cost him and his dittohead friend 2.1 million apiece. I love it!
Bugs | 10.20.07 - 1:44 pm
And lots of free PR column inches from folks like the ones at the AP who are willing to do the one-sided catapult his propaganda and label that as fair and balanced.
Tom - Daai Tou Laam |
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10.20.07 - 1:49 pm | #
realhellkitty,
Many, many happy returns of the day!
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 1:49 pm | #
Thank you for the wishes...yup, it is a good day and I always enjoy my time here youse guys are the best.
therealhellkitty |
10.20.07 - 1:49 pm | #
I took the "Leopard" plunge; I'm a sucker for free shipping.
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:50 pm | #
Let me know when Tucker Carlson lives on his income
Liars For Bush |
10.20.07 - 1:50 pm | #
schlurp lep
56 visitors | 10.20.07 - 1:39 pm | #
And who can argue with that!
steve simels |
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10.20.07 - 1:51 pm | #
I took the "Leopard" plunge; I'm a sucker for free shipping.
Tucker and Margaret Carlson are a disgrace to the memory of Arthur "The Big Guy" Carlson.
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10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
Since Tucker assumes Hillary wants to castrate him, I think she should oblige him.
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
No Tom Wolfe?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 10.20.07 - 1:51 pm | #
I'd sooner scoop my eyeballs out with a melon baller.
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
Why is it, just when I'm ready to take my cats' photograph, they move?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
Carlson's show is a festival of libertarian imbecility every time it's on!
plantsman, areligious | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 1:49 pm
Fucker isn't a libertarian. He's just another "Heritage Foundation Socialist" advocating government intervention to boost profits of his buddies.
Tom - Daai Tou Laam |
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10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
Well, I think I'll get in my mean, green driving machine and head out to show my mom some love.
Jen's coming down this afternoon, too.
Perhaps there'll be a Scrabble game in my future.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:54 pm | #
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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10.20.07 - 1:54 pm | #
Tucker and Margaret are unrelated. She usta could think.
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:54 pm | #
Why is it, just when I'm ready to take my cats' photograph, they move?
I never did quite get the memo on those two.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:55 pm | #
No Tom Wolfe?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 10.20.07 - 1:51 pm | #
I'd sooner scoop my eyeballs out with a melon baller.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 1:53 pm
I tried Bonfire, but gave up after about 70 pages, lest I get violent.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
10.20.07 - 1:55 pm | #
Is Margaret Carlson related to Tucker?
No, and is she glad!
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
I tried Bonfire, but gave up after about 70 pages, lest I get violent.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 10.20.07 - 1:55 pm | #
The gods be praised! If you'd tried for eighty, we'd be reading about your victims in the papers.
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
I tried Bonfire, but gave up after about 70 pages, lest I get
I did, too. At least twice. I couldn't get past the part where he's walking his dog...
I don't know why. It just seemed to go on and on....
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
Ded Thredded:
Neil Gaiman's sandman run. Classic. Anybody here see the movie adaptation of Stardust?
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10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
FReeper sez Ronnie's rebirth can't be duplicated:
However, I think Fred can bring America back together, if that’s even possible. America needs a rebirth of patriotism and honor. Republicans also need a rebirth. President Reagan was our last rebirth and he can never be duplicated. Fred Thompson will bring his own down-to-earth common sense to this country. If a conservative runs as a conservative, he will win! Think of it this way: Eight years of another Clinton White House? Now if that is not a sufficient enough reason to pull together as a nation, and fight this socialist liberal takeover of our government, what is? Folks, we are in for the fight of our lives, just as our young men and women are fighting for our freedoms in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must fight for our nation right here and now! I truly believe Fred Thompson is the one man who can pull this nation back together! Rudy Giuliani will just tear us apart.
Fred pulls on something, but I don't thinks it's a nation.
Lime Rickey |
10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
I miss JftB.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 1:57 pm | #
Republicans need rebirth like I need a vagina.
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 1:57 pm | #
Ded Thredded:
Neil Gaiman's sandman run. Classic. Anybody here see the movie adaptation of Stardust?
Duane V | 10.20.07 - 1:56 pm | #
I own all of The Sandman and have read it more times than I can count. I could and would love to teach an entire class on that series.
Have not seen Stardust, however.
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 1:57 pm | #
we are in for the fight of our lives, just as our young men and women are fighting for our freedoms in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must fight for our nation right here and now!
This shit drives me absolutely batshit insane.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 1:58 pm | #
THING IS...everything about Tucker Carlson is "laughable" and not in a kind way...he's the totally misfit kid in your elementary class...whose mother still dresses him and continues sending him off to class well into Junior High with a huggy...His "deer in the headlight" expression and the fact that if you say BLACK, he'll say WHITE behavior makes anything coming out of his mouth unworthy of consideration!
Dancer |
10.20.07 - 1:58 pm | #
Think of it this way: Eight years of another Clinton White House?
Not only is Hillary going to win. She's going to have two terms!
pie |
10.20.07 - 1:59 pm | #
Meanwhile, I've been having a blast putting together a reading list for my spring Modern American Literature course--
How's about a survey: What novels should I teach?
rorschach,
drive by: "harlot's ghost," by mailer. blow their little heads clean off, for the fun of it. (assuming 'modern' means now-ww1)
chicago dyke |
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10.20.07 - 1:59 pm | #
Fred Thompson will bring a level of stupidity reminiscent of Reagan to this country
The young teacher hung his head, avoiding eye contact. Yes, he had touched a fifth-grader's breast during recess. "I guess it was just lust of the flesh," he told his boss.
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That got Gary C. Lindsey fired from his first teaching job in Oelwein, Iowa. But it didn't end his career. He taught for decades in Illinois and Iowa, fending off at least a half-dozen more abuse accusations.
When he finally surrendered his teaching license in 2004 — 40 years after that first little girl came forward — it wasn't a principal or a state agency that ended his career. It was one persistent victim and her parents.
Well, I suppose the important thing is that this guy was groping a little girl's breast, not groping a little boy's crotch.
so, have you found the camera cable?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 10.20.07 - 1:57 pm | #
There was this one blissful day on which we found the cable, and took some pictures. That evening, Miriam unfortunately utilized her uncanny superpowers and now the camera is missing.
But, at least we had a day...
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 1:59 pm | #
This shit drives me absolutely batshit insane.
It makes me wanna punch somebody right in the kisser.
pie |
10.20.07 - 2:00 pm | #
Think of it this way: Eight years of another Clinton White House?
You know: peace, prosperity, no raiding of the government treasury for Haliburton and Blackwater. Think of that.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 2:00 pm | #
woman on the edge of time
ErinPDX, L & R-brained |
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10.20.07 - 2:00 pm | #
I tried Bonfire, but gave up after about 70 pages, lest I get
I think it's a terrific book, but only if you can get past the fact that Wolfe truly believes that ethnic identity is the driving motivation of just about everybody on every issue.
A fucked up assumption, IMHO, but it's the underlying theme of the book.
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10.20.07 - 2:00 pm | #
drive by: "harlot's ghost," by mailer. blow their little heads clean off, for the fun of it. (assuming 'modern' means now-ww1)
chicago dyke | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 1:59 pm | #
I've got "An American Dream" on there, hadn't thought of "Harlot's Ghost."
Adrianna Huffington did a BRILLIANT turn on Limpballs by explaining he is the textbook example of PROJECTION (but then aren't most Repugs?)...that's the RNC ...Projection dressed in Hyprocisy....or vice versa!
Dancer |
10.20.07 - 2:01 pm | #
woman on the edge of time
ErinPDX, L & R-brained | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 2:00 pm | #
we are in for the fight of our lives, just as our young men and women are fighting for our freedoms in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must fight for our nation right here and now!
From the comfort of our mom's basement.
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10.20.07 - 2:01 pm | #
Did you hear about the Pastor in Portland who raped and made unwanted advances to several female members of his congregation - and got called out on it while he was in the pulpit?
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 2:02 pm | #
This shit drives me absolutely batshit insane.
It makes me wanna punch somebody right in the kisser.
It makes me want to break into their mom's basement and take away the cheetoes from them.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
10.20.07 - 2:03 pm | #
Pastor in Portland who raped
Speaking of the whole problem w/ shadow issues and projection . . . .
Xians have got to get their sexual issues worked out.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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10.20.07 - 2:03 pm | #
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Arthur Carlson
I'd sooner scoop my eyeballs out with a melon baller.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 10.20.07 - 1:53 pm | #
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test or whatever, was our BIBLE in the 10th grade.
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10.20.07 - 2:04 pm | #
Did you hear about the Pastor in Portland who raped and made unwanted advances to several female members of his congregation - and got called out on it while he was in the pulpit?
Define "pulpit"
spinoza Neque lugare, neque in |
10.20.07 - 2:04 pm | #
The great Jimmy Breslin famously observed that Reagan's popularity was proof positive of the fact that senility is contagious.
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10.20.07 - 2:04 pm | #
happy birthday therealhellkitty
and JFTB
ErinPDX, L & R-brained |
10.20.07 - 2:04 pm | #
The congregation went mad, 911 was called, and he ran to hide in his office, which 5 peeps tried to break into. His bail is $5.8 million.
plantsman, areligious |
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10.20.07 - 2:05 pm | #
Electric Kool Aid Acid Test or whatever, was our BIBLE in the 10th grade.
rootless-e | 10.20.07 - 2:04 pm | #
I must admit to have been all into that book way back when (though Storming Heaven was the one that really taught me about acid).
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 2:05 pm | #
The more detailed account alleges Richard Roberts’ wife, Lindsay, spent the night in the ORU guest house with an underage male “on nine separate occasions,” and was photographed 29 times with an underage male in her sports car, among other allegations.
Heh. You don't have to a genius to know what's going down here. Now the female fundies are getting some on the side.
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10.20.07 - 2:05 pm | #
Have not seen Stardust, however.
Speaking of a character named Stardust, here are some seriously fucked up comics...
Rorshach, have you compiled your list(s) ? I'd really like to have a final copy when you do. Thanks! therealhellkitty at gmail dot com
therealhellkitty |
10.20.07 - 2:07 pm | #
Heh. You don't have to a genius to know what's going down here. Now the female fundies are getting some on the side.
Lime Rickey | 10.20.07 - 2:05 pm | #
The nights get lonely when your man is in an airport toilet...
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 2:07 pm | #
thank you Erin. Is the weather lovely in Portland now or has it gotten cold?
therealhellkitty |
10.20.07 - 2:08 pm | #
they have a sixth sense for shutter flash.
therealhellkitty | 10.20.07 - 1:54 pm
That may be part of it. I think sometimes it's 'hey, the human is looking at me! I must go over and see her!'.
OTOH, my sister's german shepherd hates digital cameras, she runs when she hears one turn on.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
10.20.07 - 2:09 pm | #
Heh. You don't have to a genius to know what's going down here. Now the female fundies are getting some on the side.
You know, I really don't care if they're getting some on the side. If it brings them joy, it's great. The underage partner probably was enjoying it as well. I just hope they took birth control and STD precautions. Otherwise, have fun! Enjoy each other! Bring each other joy!
I just wish they wouldn't be so hypocritical about it. That's what pisses me off.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
10.20.07 - 2:09 pm | #
Jesus Christ, even the yeast for making bread is made in China.
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10.20.07 - 2:10 pm | #
"3 out 4 Republicans describe the media as 'too liberal.'"
Nothing less than a lede that begins, "Today, Dear Leader commanded..." will do.
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10.20.07 - 2:10 pm | #
thank you Erin. Is the weather lovely in Portland now or has it gotten cold?
therealhellkitty
raining like hell, thunderstorms expected,but lovely fall colors.
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10.20.07 - 2:11 pm | #
Rorshach, have you compiled your list(s) ? I'd really like to have a final copy when you do. Thanks! therealhellkitty at gmail dot com
therealhellkitty | 10.20.07 - 2:07 pm | #
Just sent it to ya, buddy!
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 2:12 pm | #
I hope people donate to Media Matters. I couldn't imagine having to watch and read all the right wing crap all week
jr |
10.20.07 - 2:14 pm | #
Just an amazing actor...comic timing up the wazoo...
steve simels
Tim Reid. Yeah, he was funny..
Duane V |
10.20.07 - 2:14 pm | #
I hope people donate to Media Matters. I couldn't imagine having to watch and read all the right wing crap all week
jr | 10.20.07 - 2:14 pm | #
"Having to" is one thing. These people CHOOSE to. Sure it's for the common good, but damn it is rather perverse!
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 2:15 pm | #
which portland? maine or oregon?
Duane V |
10.20.07 - 2:16 pm | #
Wonderful! many hours of happy reading ahead
therealhellkitty | 10.20.07 - 2:13 pm | #
Some of that shit is going to blow your mind. Some of it will likely bore you out of your mind. But it is all worthwhile stuff. IMHO, of course.
rorschach, meh |
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10.20.07 - 2:17 pm | #
"Some of it will likely bore you out of your mind."
Speaking of which...Giant undular bore waves over Iowa