I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
YES!
i thought that was what you meant!
Got out of the religion flame up just in time...
HEY!!
Maybe we should start our own religion right here. 
))
oh, but you brought the dirty footprints up here!
ixnay in the eligion-ray!
Leadville Colorado, the next New Orleans?
Will this be another deep thread that requires a refreshing pause before entering?
Oh, they're happy polytheists, so I reckon it'll be okay.
rorschach
Mine's a monotheist... he's sure that *he* is god.
ixnay in the eligion-ray!
whiskey
*grins evilly, showing fangs*
Don't forget that Hitler and Mussolini are still alive.
Atheists for Neo '08!
I like Peter Frampton.
Let's go after Assata Shakur!!
With only a few exceptions, they're all the same crowd.
Ya gotta catapult the propaganda.
Bush=Lincoln.
Operation Rewrite Bush's Legacy now under way.
-GSD
P.S. Bob Geldoff sucks.
JR, only Dragons of Eden? Yet you speak Saganese like a native. You mean there's another strain of logical pseudo-erudition in neo-atheism?
Anthony McCarthy
yeah, because not agreeing with you shows insufficient humility on our part.
Twit.
bell-bottom’ed tit warble
worst ornithology outing ever ...
ixnay in the eligion-ray!
whiskey
*grins evilly, showing fangs*
JR, kerosene and a match
DOWN BOY! DOWN!!
Who is Louis Farrakhan? He succeeded Malcolm X as leader of the Nation of Islam?*
I'm gonna be in the 10's "Obama's awesome ears hear all people" crowd.
I hope.
But maybe it'll be the 10's GOP dictatorship caused me to use heroin crowd.
DOWN BOY! DOWN!!
Elias
Go get the snack tray, pukka-walla.
Welp, we're gonna continue to have this crap at least until The Boomers continue to act as though they're the only generation that has been born since the 1940's.
ixnay in the eligion-ray!
We weren't discussing religion. I was discussing evidence.
Right. Some people's math is wrong. Some people's memories are wrong.
Snow
Most of the time, most people's memories are incomplete, sometimes shaped, etc.
I think "wrong" is a less than useful way to think about he tricks your mind can play on you.
Go get the snack tray, pukka-walla.
JR, kerosene and a match
Hey! I threw you enough bones in the last thread!
Welp, we're gonna continue to have this crap at least until The Boomers continue to act as though they're the only generation that has been born since the 1940's.
Ummm, yeah.
Hey! I threw you enough bones in the last thread!
Elias
yes, but now we need snacks.
I made some of those little spring rolls, strictly vegetarian.
Has Sen. Obama denounced Chaka Khan?
-GSD
do you feel like i do?
I used to imagine there would be some generational shift in the media, leaving behind the previous baggage, and things might improve. But from what I can tell you have the perpetually lost in the 60s crowd, the 70s anti-partisan crowd, the 80s Reagan is The Aweseome crowd, the 90s Republican Revolution and Bill Clinton's Penis is a WMD Crowd, and then the 00s George Bush's crotch looks awesome in that flight suit crowd.
It's never gonna end.
I don't understand this at all. Atrios says he thought there would be generational shift, and then he documents (briefly)... generational shift.
What's the point?
Forget the snacks. Someone tell the ferrets to start mixing drinks.
That'll come as a surprise to your cats.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:00 pm | #
Oh, they're happy polytheists, so I reckon it'll be okay.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:01 pm |
As long as they don't know about the other 'gods'.
Welp, we're gonna continue to have this crap at least until The Boomers continue to act as though they're the only generation that has been born since the 1940's.
Where did that come fom?
We weren't discussing religion. I was discussing evidence.
Snow (D-SC)
Oh, for Christs' sake!!!
Ooops.
I mean, "for 'majority promoting, neo-atheistic defying' sake!!!"
Atrios,
I'm concerned about your posture - you should sit up while you're cat blogging.
I am an Obama supporter, But I just watch live video from Fort Worth of a outside rally that Clinton was having and the crowd was absolutely huge.
...and I don't presume that the Village's approach to reporting would change by proxy of generation.
Their mindset and naval-gazing transcend generation.
It was a talkbox, not a vocoder.
Has Sen. Obama denounced Chaka Khan?
-GSD
GSD
he needs a Sister Christian moment ...
And when we die, we become the grass and the antelope eats us
It's the circle of life...
As long as they don't know about the other 'gods'.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:12 pm | #
That's one benefit of having three cats. They have to confront the other gods daily, whether they like it or not. Sometimes they like it (cold nights especially)... other times... not so much.
What's the point?
Maybe the point is that the media narrative didn't shift ideologically. It's a palimpsest of undead propaganda? Or maybe his generation hasn't found a voice that is distinct from previous wankery?
"I used to imagine there would be some generational shift in the media, leaving behind the previous baggage, and things might improve. But from what I can tell you have the perpetually lost in the 60s crowd, the 70s anti-partisan crowd, the 80s Reagan is The Aweseome crowd, the 90s Republican Revolution and Bill Clinton's Penis is a WMD Crowd, and then the 00s George Bush's crotch looks awesome in that flight suit crowd.
"
And now I am left trying to figure out what crowd I am aligned with.
And when we die, we become the grass and the antelope eats us
It's the circle of life...
Akuna Matada.
yes, but now we need snacks.
I made some of those little spring rolls, strictly vegetarian.
JR, kerosene and a match
You know what that makes you, don't you?
And when we die, we become the grass and the antelope eats us
It's the circle of life...
Newton Minnow | 03.01.08 - 2:13 pm | #
We ain't got no antelope up here.
I'm screwed.
Has Sen. Obama denounced Chaka Khan?
Has he denounced Shaka Zulu?
he needs a Sister Christian moment ...
I'll denounce Sister Christian.
It's the circle of life...
Newton Minnow
That should be a song..
From below:
Why are we discussing religion when the most important thing that happens on Sunday is NFL football?
Gomez | 03.01.08 - 1:55 pm | #
Have you noticed what time of year it is?
rorschach, meh
In Steeler country football is never out of season.
I am an Obama supporter, But I just watch live video from Fort Worth of a outside rally that Clinton was having and the crowd was absolutely huge.
FYI | 03.01.08 - 2:12 pm | #
The Democratic primary voters still have the ability to give Mark Penn the chance of making John McCain president.
It fucking does end. Right here.
"I'm screwed.
rorschach,"
...and then you die and become Moose Droppings.
Maybe the point is that the media narrative didn't shift ideologically. It's a palimpsest of undead propaganda?
Politics is a smile on a frog.
What the Atrios is trying to say is Codpiece Day! May 1st, is almost upon us!
I believe in Mr. Grieves.
Has Sen. Obama denounced Chaka Khan?
He'd be dead to me, then.
It's never gonna end.
What do you expect?
Assholes get hired, they move up in the chain of command, and then they hire more assholes to fill the positions left behind. It's a vertical conveyor belt of assholery.
Politics is a smile on a frog.
JeffCO
And here comes Georgie with a firecracker..
It fucking does end. Right here.
shrimplate
Praise the Lord!!!
Now if we could all get in a circle and hold hands...
"But I just watch live video from Fort Worth of a outside rally that Clinton was having and the crowd was absolutely huge."
no sweat. nursing home field trips.
"I'm screwed.
rorschach,"
...and then you die and become Moose Droppings.
EkCenTriK | 03.01.08 - 2:15 pm | #
I foresee that I'll wind up "sleeping with the sturgeons."
I'm feeling good about America,
I'm feeling good about me.
I'm screwed.
rorschach
No one here gets out alive
There's a storage room in the Washington Post's offices where they keep all the baggage. As with the Roach Motel and the Hotel California, the suitcases check in, but they never check out.
Praise the Lord and pass the ricin.
-GSD
I made some of those little spring rolls, strictly vegetarian.
You know what that makes you, don't you?
A neo-vegetarian.
I think there's also a 00's are-you-kidding-me-with-this-shit? blogger crowd now. Which is nice. We'll see where it goes.
If GW's crotch was so good, why was Laura fucking Gen. Tommy Franks?
"00's are-you-kidding-me-with-this-shit? blogger crowd now."
Do they have an application?
no sweat. nursing home field trips.
So, you're happy Obama brings out lots of people to vote Democratic, but you don't care for those Clinton brings out to vote Democratic?
Praise the Lord and pass the ricin.
-GSD
GSD
But it's NOT terrorism! Obviously! Because the DHS cannot make a mistake! And what happens in Las Vegas stays in ... uh...
Welp, we're gonna continue to have this crap at least until The Boomers continue to act as though they're the only generation that has been born since the 1940's.
-----------------------
Obama's a boomer.
And they didn't invent this shit. Joe McCarthy, Nixon, Fr. Coughlin, the America firsters, the fucking mugwumps and no-nothings, etc., etc., etc.
And now you.
Everybody loves someone to hate except for me and my monkey.
I worked at a company where one of the principals was what I like to call a "Child of Reagan"; materialistic, greedy, and totally without any sense of ethics at all.
The guy had found a soulmate in the President of the Company, who was a member of my generation; a late boomer.
The two of them escaped jail after plundering the company only because the majority stockholders did not want the bad publicity that would flow from pressing charges.
So, the generations are not locked in certain patterns based on generation.
It's never gonna end.
(Don't go all Goeglein on me here, bro)
*But it's NOT terrorism! Obviously! Because the DHS cannot make a mistake! And what happens in Las Vegas stays in ... uh...
Myabe Carrot Top is working on a new closing bit?
-GSD
Hey?
What about us???
If GW's crotch was so good, why was Laura fucking Gen. Tommy Franks?
Gomez
Lil' Boots stuffed a cucumber down his drawers.
no sweat. nursing home field trips.
The votes of elderly people don't count.
A neo-vegetarian.
Elias
Heh.
And they didn't invent this shit.
"O tempora! O mores!"
Lil' Boots stuffed a cucumber down his drawers.
billy b
I thought it was his gerbil.
put me down for the George Bush's crotch looks awesome in chains in the Hauge crowd ...
Don't we need a daily requirement of ricin?
If GW's crotch was so good, why was Laura fucking Gen. Tommy Franks?
Zoomies have small dicks, especially now that they're infested by fundie asshats.
As long as they don't know about the other 'gods'.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:12 pm | #
That's one benefit of having three cats. They have to confront the other gods daily, whether they like it or not. Sometimes they like it (cold nights especially)... other times... not so much.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:14 pm |
My three and half cats don't cuddle too much, even when it's cold.
This is the first group of cats that I've had that don't cuddle. I think they'd be happier being the only 'god'.
DON'T MOCK PETER FRAMPTON MOTHERFUCKER!
What bugs me is that using the "Boomer" handle covers such a broad range.
I am considered a Boomer, so is my Wife. She is 11 years my senior. And there are major differences in views, expectations and influences. Yet we are tossed into the same category.
"So, you're happy Obama brings out lots of people to vote Democratic, but you don't care for those Clinton brings out to vote Democratic?"
joke dude. figured it might keep the religion argument at bay so we can argue obama/clinton instead.
it isn't like that has happened much here and we need a new topic.
Links from the presidential crotch truss are for sale on eBay?
Everything gets blamed on me.
Word is Tommy Franks is hung like Robert Reich.
-GSD
So, the generations are not locked in certain patterns based on generation.
No, they inherit patterns from the prvious generation and then redecorate.
Has anyone raised recently the superiority of their own high fructose corn syrup infused carbonated cola flavored beverage over those of all others?
I thought it was his gerbil.
Could have been. Or a Guinea pig.
If I really truly believed it was never going to end then I'd just mix up a martini and check out the ferrets.
Oh wait...
Everything gets blamed on me.
Get over it.
But it's NOT terrorism!
if (rightwing == true) then
ricin + anarchist's_handbook_for_mass _murder != evidence_of_terrorism;
Don't we need a daily requirement of ricin?
I had Ricin Krispies for breakfast.
Judging by the recent Geico commercials in which Frampton appears bald, I'd say too many people have denounced his hair already.
FOR SHAME, PEOPLE!
figured it might keep the religion argument at bay
Have I shown you tht video of the seal on the ice floe, with the orcas?
I'm spy-hopping you!
"Get over it.
Godfrey Harold Hardy "
Yes, it is time to move on past it.
"DON'T MOCK PETER FRAMPTON MOTHERFUCKER!"
yes. he showed me the way...
It's Gen. Betrayus' fault.
My three and half cats don't cuddle too much, even when it's cold.
This is the first group of cats that I've had that don't cuddle. I think they'd be happier being the only 'god'.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:21 pm | #
That is rather odd. Our three do. Zora and Gramsci are cuddle-buddies. And they usually do so on top of the covers underneath which Tista is sleeping.
every day.
Naveen Andrews it haught.
I think I can say that without getting into an argument.
30 years from now, they'll still be asking Democratic candidates if they renounce & deject Ward Churchill and the MoveOn ad.
No, they inherit patterns from the prvious generation and then redecorate.
Some garishly, some tastefully, some in pure kitsch.
Hey guys. What's up?
Depending on whose cut off dates you use, my mother and I are both boomers. But our life experience and outlook on tons of issues are very different. This generation stuff is just another way to divide and conquer.
joke dude. figured it might keep the religion argument at bay so we can argue obama/clinton instead.
Ensure vs. Red Bull.
Most cats will put aside their most cherished beliefs for warmth.
Did you know that one Percheron can accomodate 5 cats in comfort?
My cat doesn't cuddle either, but he delivers a wicked headbutt.
Our four kitties only snuggle together just long enough to start shivving one another.
That Vegas ricin may have been prepped for Justice Steven's creme brule.
Which would make it an act of Coulteresque patriotism.
-GSD
Has anyone raised recently the superiority of their own high fructose corn syrup infused carbonated cola flavored beverage over those of all others?
------------------------
No one's had the moxie.
I feel so rejected. *sob*
Time to go listen to some Chaka
Message in the bottom
30 years from now, they'll still be asking Democratic candidates if they renounce & deject Ward Churchill and the MoveOn ad.
Or denounce John Kerry for serving in Vietnam honorably, while simultaneously celebrating the desertion of George W. Bush.
No, they inherit patterns from the prvious generation and then redecorate.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:22 pm | #
They fuck you up,
your mum and dad.
They might not mean to
But they do.
The give you all
The faults they had,
And add some extra,
Just for you.
Best Catwoman ever? Eartha Kitt.
Anyone want a latte?
never meant a single thing when you tried it
You know it, I felt it, I liked it, I did it
I never meant to put it there but somewhere In dispair
It got moved into view, then I liked it
Our four kitties only snuggle together just long enough to start shivving one another.
shrimplate
Mine even tried cuddling up to the dog.
The dog rolled over on him, so hat was the end of that.
when are the republicans going to be asked to denounce Benedict Arnold, Ted Bundy, and Robert Hansen?
The best catwoman I ever knew was this kid named Harold who I knew in 5th grade.
It's a long story.
The give you all
The faults they had,
And add some extra,
Just for you.
rorschach
And then I made up some new ones all on my own!
Yeah, but John Kerry shot a boy in a loincloth. Makes him a war criminal.
Unlike the US soldier caught on NBC putting a bullet into the head of a wounded and dying Iraqi.
He's just doing his patriotic duty.
This country really does suck these days.
-GSD
when are the republicans going to be asked to denounce Benedict Arnold, Ted Bundy, and Robert Hansen?
You left out Nazi collaborator traitor Prescott Bush.
Comedian trolls should post twenty times more of the lame stuff than they normally do. Because repetition gets you a following, right?
Unfunny "irony" is the same in meatspace as it is on the intertubes.
We are forgetting Halle Berry. Rowr.
"Ensure vs. Red Bull."
paper vs plastic.
*pulls tie* I get no respect.
Listening to McCain call me his "friend" makes me long for when LBJ called me his "fellow merkin".
We are forgetting Halle Berry. Rowr.
Halle Berry wishes you'd forget that entire project.
My three and half cats don't cuddle too much, even when it's cold.
This is the first group of cats that I've had that don't cuddle. I think they'd be happier being the only 'god'.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:21 pm | #
That is rather odd. Our three do. Zora and Gramsci are cuddle-buddies. And they usually do so on top of the covers underneath which Tista is sleeping.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:23 pm | #
On very rare occasions Topaz will let Gomez sleep next to her. And she let Shadow sleep next to her. And Gomez and Brego will snuggle for a few minutes, until Brego starts being Brego and annoys Gomez and Gomez leaves.
They're not much for lap sitting, either. I'd love to have Topaz be a lap cat, but it is not to be.
Best Catwoman ever? Eartha Kitt.
Julie Newmar was my favorite.
We are forgetting Halle Berry. Rowr.
I am objectively pro-Halle Berry, but the movie sucked.
You left out Nazi collaborator traitor Prescott Bush.
I mentioned something about the Bush family ties to the Nazis to someone last week and was met with a blank stare of disbelief.
Clemens vs Piazza
I am objectively pro-Halle Berry, but the movie sucked.
Toonscribe
It was in need of being put down before it was ever put out.
I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks.
the 80s Reagan is The Aweseome crowd, the 90s Republican Revolution and Bill Clinton's Penis is a WMD Crowd, and then the 00s George Bush's crotch looks awesome in that flight suit crowd.
Timmeh Russert: a man for all seasons.
Clemens vs Piazza
I just listened to Belle and Sebastian's "Piazza, New York Catcher".
Hmmmm.
I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks.
JeffCO
We have no access to objective knowing, so we must take that on faith.
They're not much for lap sitting, either. I'd love to have Topaz be a lap cat, but it is not to be.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:29 pm | #
Zora is a lap cat, but only for M. Gramsci is a lap cat, mostly for me. Tista, rarely for either of us.
We are also forgetting that Sean Young was teh hot in a catwoman suit.
I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks.
No caffine? Hell, that's the point, man!
I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks.
I honestly had no idea that it was still made.
i'm a limousine liberal
all the girls gotta sigh
as I cruise with my latte
got that fair-trade high
Got the keene's sandals on
the prius is humming
wasabi up my sushi
the wingers are bumming
Clemens vs Piazza
Wings vs. Pizza
Julie Newmar was my favorite.
Yup.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0L3UrW_jCDY
I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks.
JeffCO
We have no access to objective knowing, so we must take that on faith.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:31 pm | #
It's called "consensus reality," you neo-atheist asshole!
We have no access to objective knowing, so we must take that on faith.
Just use Occam's Razor to shave the beard of Error away and reveal the smooth cheeks of Truth. And then apply Aqua Velva.
It's as if the media doesn't want to make money...the way they ignore almost every demographic. Shut out for the white male bobbleheads.
All the apple cheecked kiddies are looking forward to Codpiece day.How can you let them down? Proudly Unfurl your Boldly Mission Accomplished indeed.hoorah
I have said it before, and I will say it again, nothing is going to change until the Dems are prepared go to war with the media.
Personally I would wage war with humour. Embarrass the fuck out of them.
lieberman as we know is a special kind of evil - doubt it? go see this vid about hagee - mccanus has jumped the shark for sure embracing theend of times insane freak - why are peopleso stupid gullibleandweak minded? - lieberman's putridness in embracing this whack-job is a bonus of sorts -
http://www.dailykos.com/story/20...92083/28/
466793 click the 2nd video
I wonder where the Mission Accomplished Banner is these days?
We have no access to objective knowing, so we must take that on faith. JR
I knew you were an RC guy. Probably still drink 'Cherokee Red' too.
charge-a-plate vs paypal.
"I think we can all agree that RC cola sucks."
not as bad as vernors...it's aged on old barrels!
What about Michelle Pfeiffer?
I honestly had no idea that it was still made.
I went to a restaurant last week that served it.
They're not much for lap sitting, either. I'd love to have Topaz be a lap cat, but it is not to be.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:29 pm | #
Zora is a lap cat, but only for M. Gramsci is a lap cat, mostly for me. Tista, rarely for either of us.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:32 pm |
Spike is currently sitting on the computer chair (I'm at the edge of the chair). If I were to pick him up and put in my lap, so I could sit down, he'd hiss and leave. All previous cats: Leo, Smudge and Shadow, would have been very happy to sit on my lap. Now Brego likes to sit on my lap, but he's so squirmy it's not a fun and calming experience.
We have no way of knowing whether Dolly Partons tits are real unless presented with indisputable evidence.
It's called "consensus reality," you neo-atheist asshole!
rorschach
Hah! we all percieve things differently, and each perception is a valid way of knowing, so there is no consensus, just all these different realities floating around like marshmallows in the soup.
Waging war on the media with humor:
The Killer Joke Sketch.
Lucille Ball liked RC, perhaps a bit too much.
Hah! we all percieve things differently, and each perception is a valid way of knowing, so there is no consensus, just all these different realities floating around like marshmallows in the soup.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:37 pm | #
You put marshmallows in soup?
Objectively disgusting.
Activists Bare Teeth Over Foreclosures
CLEVELAND (AP) - Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town. They rounded the suburban traffic circle in a pair of rented school buses after a half-hour ride from far more modest neighborhoods, rumbling to a stop at the Garmone family's driveway. Forty-two caffeinated Clevelanders piled out, their leaders carrying bullhorns.
Their quarry, Mike Garmone - a regional vice president at Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender - didn't answer his door. So they deployed, ringing bells at the big homes with three-car garages, handing out accusatory fliers and lambasting Garmone and his company's loans. Before departing, they left their calling card - thousands of 2 1/2-inch plastic sharks - flung across Garmone's frozen flower beds, up into the gutters, littering the doorstep.
I knew you were an RC guy. Probably still drink 'Cherokee Red' too.
JeffCO
What's Cherokee Red? Is that like Taihitian Treat?
Marshmallows are usually made with gelatin, which I would expect a true neo-vegetarian to know.
Obama should denounce the Reverend Al Green for being soulful and cool beyond belief -
Objectively disgusting.
rorschach
I thought that would get your attention.
Lucille Ball liked RC, perhaps a bit too much.
Egads!
I am pro-ice cream.
I went to a restaurant last week that served it. Richard
Burger King may *call* itself a restaurant....
Try again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8...h?
v=8I3zCQzZx68
Marshmallows used to be made from the plant, oddly enough, called marsh mallow.
I am pro-believing whatever the fuck you want to believe.
If you imagine it, you own it.
Who cares if it does or doesn't come true when you're dead? When you're dead, you'll either know you were right about your belief system, or you won't know anything because you're dead, and you don't care.
It's simple, really.
Who will be my 221,000th hit?
It could be you!
Burger King may *call* itself a restaurant....
They don't serve RC, so your point is moot.
So what you're saying is marshmallows are native to wetlands?
It could be you!
It is!
/Sly Stallone in "Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot!"
I am pro-believing whatever the fuck you want to believe.
If what you believe leads you to fly planes into buildings or invade random countries, then I have a bit of a problem.
rory - mememememememe!
Cats wil no longer sit in laps and purr as the once did. They have all psychicly decided.
More on marsh mallows.
You can clean carpets with them, too, I just learned. And use as a gargle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt...Althaea_(genus)
If you clicked through from here and live in Minneapolis, you win!
Prize: Eternal fame.
If what you believe leads you to fly planes into buildings or invade random countries, then I have a bit of a problem.
Sorry, I'm not going that deep here. All I was trying to do was inject a little bit of goofball humor into the conversation.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town. They rounded the suburban traffic circle in a pair of rented school buses after a half-hour ride from far more modest neighborhoods, rumbling to a stop at the Garmone family's driveway. Forty-two caffeinated Clevelanders piled out, their leaders carrying bullhorns.
Their quarry, Mike Garmone - a regional vice president at Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC), the nation's largest mortgage lender - didn't answer his door. So they deployed, ringing bells at the big homes with three-car garages, handing out accusatory fliers and lambasting Garmone and his company's loans. Before departing, they left their calling card - thousands of 2 1/2-inch plastic sharks - flung across Garmone's frozen flower beds, up into the gutters, littering the doorstep.
A new model for activism. Direct confrontation of the rich at their homes and country clubs.
It's simple, really.
Vicki
That statement is true only for beliefs that involve only the purported afterlife, though. Plenty of belief systems affect the pre-purported afterlife behaviour of believers, and often these beliefs negatively impact other people.
So, some beliefs are "harmless", but many aren't.
And even if a belief is "harmless", it can still be silly. Should it matter if a silly belief is "liberal" or "conservative"?
Marshmallows used to be made from the plant, oddly enough, called marsh mallow.
JFC don't get JR started on people who prefer natural plants to pharmaceutical grade confections!
If you clicked through from here and live in Minneapolis, you win!
YES!!!!
Wait...I live in St. Paul. But I'd bet my ISP is via the Minneapple.
Qwest, right?
So what you're saying is marshmallows are native to wetlands?
hemp
mallows. That grow in marshes.
And even if a belief is "harmless", it can still be silly. Should it matter if a silly belief is "liberal" or "conservative"?
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:45 pm | #
As an independent, I believe you are silly and harmful.
I renounce kid rock and all of his works ... but the guy does have an hell of an agent 'cuz his no-talent ugly mug is everywhere
Confession--my epileptic, drug-addled kitty (see gravatar) wants nothing more than to sit on my lap. However, the phenobarb seems to make her want to stand more than sit, and she is able to deliver about 4,000lbs/sq inch with her feet.
I reject her more than I should. Given her age, I should just suck it up, I guess.
Zap is the winner!
A new model for activism. Direct confrontation of the rich at their homes and country clubs.
bill | 03.01.08 - 2:45 pm
Michael Moore did something like that on TV Nation, they surrounded the house of the guy who owned the company that made car alarms. And set of their car alarms.
I'm sure the neighbors were thrilled.
I've been to probably a thousand marshes and I've never once seen a marshmallow in one.
JFC don't get JR started on people who prefer natural plants to pharmaceutical grade confections!
JeffCO
Where did you get the idea that I have a problem with that?
I don't.
Attention pet owners:
Get Dr. Frank's homeopathic Pain Spray for your or your pet's fibromyalgia or autoimmune problems.
Don't spend another day in agony.
Who will be my 221,000th hit?
I tried to do my part, but I guess no cigar.
/runs victorious laps around the high school gym...arms raised
They don't serve RC, so your point is moot. Richard
pfft- they serve anyone with $3.
That Mission Accomplished banner has be revised:
http://editorialcartoonists.com/...splay.cfm/
49711
I've been to probably a thousand marshes and I've never once seen a marshmallow in one.
shrimplate
My family used to own two acres of sort of marsh. Lots of marshmallows.
Think "oversized buttercup"
And even if a belief is "harmless", it can still be silly. Should it matter if a silly belief is "liberal" or "conservative"?
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:45 pm |
I believe that the Cubs will some day win the World Series. Is this harmful?
I am pro-believing whatever the fuck you want to believe.
If you imagine it, you own it.
Who cares if it does or doesn't come true when you're dead?
What if those beliefs entail allowing people to die instead of getting blood transfusions? Ritual human sacrifice to a fertility god? Burning of nonbelievers at the stake?
Ever since we've seen Regan usher in the return of the monopolies, we've seen the dumbing down of our media, hey it's better for them if we just don't know anything.
Bill O'Liely can yell his lynching comment, and the media barely notices, unlike Imus and Janet Jackson. I guess some pigs are more equal than others.
Last week I made the O'liely issue and Fox news ( and others ) airing an edited Michelle Obama comment my topic. It's up on my website now, below my latest on the Oil Monopolies giving us 4.00 a gallon gas.
www.whatnowtoons.com
Cartoons for the coming progressive age.
As an independent, I believe you are silly and harmful.
rorschach
Independently silly ideas are worse than Hitler.
I believe that the Cubs will some day win the World Series. Is this harmful?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:48 pm | #
Nah, just silly.
Waiting for "Marsha" jokes...
/crickets>
I believe that the Cubs will some day win the World Series. Is this harmful?
Buckeye
Yes, it will drive you to drink and drugs.
Since I've had no sleep in 36 hours due to the birth of a baby, do I really need to get all deep and shit today? I can barely see straight.
But I am gonna go for a walk and get some exercise.
More on marsh mallows. You can clean carpets with them, too, I just learned. And use as a gargle.
If you've got straight pants it will give you flairs.
Independently silly ideas are worse than Hitler.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:49 pm | #
You are the Pol Pot of the intertubes.
What? The return of "Hollywood Liberal"?
Lame.
Think "oversized buttercup"
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:48 pm |
Now I have 'build me up, buttercup' going through my head.
Thanks.
You are the Pol Pot of the intertubes.
rorschach
Is that like Hot Pot? Because it's nearly lunchtime.
And even if a belief is "harmless", it can still be silly. Should it matter if a silly belief is "liberal" or "conservative"?
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:45 pm | #
Dude, if you are going to war with silliness, you need to belong to another species.
Think "oversized buttercup"
A Gilbert and Sullivan opera with Ki-Lo and Bill Bennett?
I believe that the Cubs will some day win the World Series. Is this harmful?
Buckeye
Yes, it will drive you to drink and drugs.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:50 pm
What about just eating a lot of chocolate?
Dude, if you are going to war with silliness, you need to belong to another species.
rootless-e
Who says I don't?
What about just eating a lot of chocolate?
Buckeye
Only if it's fair trade chocolate.
Now I have 'build me up, buttercup' going through my head.
Thanks.
Buckeye
NOOOO
/glares hard at Buckeye
I believe that the Cubs will some day win the World Series. Is this harmful?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 03.01.08 - 2:48 pm | #
Nah, just silly.
rorschach, meh | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:49 pm |
Only if it's fair trade chocolate.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:52 pm | #
Fucking neo-communist.
Tip for the day: do *not* google "oversized buttercup" with safesearch off.
Vicki, wouldn't you be better off taking a nap? Or are you still to auntsy?
Fucking neo-communist.
rorschach
Nah, I'm pretty oldskool.
Most of the time, most people's memories are incomplete, sometimes shaped, etc.
Wouldn't it be a trip to wake up one day filled with somebody else's memory?
Dood! Ain't no one has less talent than Kid Rock!
Boomers love the attention too much.
They're too self-important to ever give it up, no matter how obsolete the arguments might be in the 21st Century. They still speak of the "Communist Threat" even though the only Communist countries left are either isolated (Cuba, North Korea) or our biggest trading partner in the case of China. We've normalized with Vietnam, and they are a rising trade partner.
They were discussing Chappaquiddick this morning on NPR-- as if it actually means anything, today. The Boomers are still own the Voice of the Media, and so we'll be forced to keep on re-living their past for the next twenty years.
There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past.
--mf
Mike Huckabee on Cspan wearing a 'Bassmasters' sportcoat.
Who says I don't?
Photo of JR...
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/
...e_Providers.jpg
Buckeye
Anyone ever told you you look just like The Kenosha Kid?
Tip for the day: do *not* google "oversized buttercup" with safesearch off.
Damn. Now you've made me curious.
We've got some buttercups in a glass on our kitchen table, and more blooming out in the yard. One of my favorite flowers. Means spring is coming soon.
Wouldn't it be a trip to wake up one day filled with somebody else's memory?
MP
In a way, that has already happened.
Implanted memories. Works qute well with (at least somme) young children, they will continue to believe the created memories into adulthood.
Unemployed men in their thirties should not be doing laps around high school gyms
Wouldn't it be a trip to wake up one day filled with somebody else's memory?
How would you know?
Now I have 'build me up, buttercup' going through my head.
Thanks.
Buckeye
NOOOO
/glares hard at Buckeye
noblejoanie | 03.01.08 - 2:53 pm | #
It's not my fault! It's just the way my brain is wired!
Here, This will make you feel better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d...h?v=d2Q_89EL-
js
There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past.
Well, excuse me for not dieing ten years ago so you could be happy and empowered.
All right.
I'm off to my neighborhood bar (the one whose people inveigled me to jump into the frozen lake last week) to read some Thorstein Veblen.
Later, all.
"There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past."
--mf
Monkeyfister
I guess I'm an early boomer, but I am not of that stereotype. Maybe a lot are, but don't include me in that group.
Who says I don't?
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:52 pm | #
A Voice from Above.
Might be we shut the insulation guy up there by mistake, though. I'll check.
Buckeye
Anyone ever told you you look just like The Kenosha Kid?
JeffCO | 03.01.08 - 2:54 pm
No.
I wonder if he spends as much on bras as I do.
Photo of JR...
Richard
heh.
I prefer this one
Unfortunately, some blogger has already taken that nym, and I'm not one to muddy the waters.
Implanted memories.
Ronald Reagan embarassingly let that cat out of the bag, with his recollections of personal WWII comabt assignments.
http://www.cnn.com/video/live/li...?
stream=stream1
live rally in Rhode Island
Wow. I was trolling through the haloscan archives, and I found this link to a post from Obama on Kos' site from Sept. '05.
Very interesting.
I wonder if he spends as much on bras as I do. Buckeye
I would not be surprised either way.
Reagan also made the mistake, which was easy enough for him, of keeping jellybeans in his head but putting his brain in a jar.
What about just eating a lot of chocolate?
Buckeye
Only if it's fair trade chocolate.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 03.01.08 - 2:52 pm
What about these:
http://www.candinas.com/chocvar.html
Dood! Ain't no one has less talent than Kid Rock!
Dood! Two words:
Pauly Shore
Batting Over .500
Turns out that White House aide who resigned over plagiarism plagiarized 20 of his 38 columns in The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
Even by Bushie standards this guy was a ...um, something.
Ronald Reagan embarassingly let that cat out of the bag, with his recollections of personal WWII comabt assignments.
Reagan had an extensive history of confusing stuff he saw in movies with real life.
Unemployed men in their thirties should not be doing laps around high school gyms
I can't understand why you want to take away the only joy i have left in life.
Ronald Reagan embarassingly let that cat out of the bag, with his recollections of personal WWII comabt assignments.
MP
That was self-inflicted.
I'm talking about other people creating memories (and traumatic ones) that people will believe are real for the rest of their lives.
Plagiarism reminds me of shoplifting or robbing a bank. I guess you feel invisible until you get caught.
Wow. I was trolling through the haloscan archives, and I found this link to a post from Obama on Kos' site from Sept. '05. Very interesting.
I fail to see now, as I failed to see then, how declining to fight the Roberts nomination on the grounds they would probably lose is ion any way consistent with sticking to core Democratic values.
Unless you include rolling over and playing dead as a core Democratic value I guess.
Rors, may I take your seat here at the bar?
The irony is just thick, that the War Rethugs praise John Wayne and Ronald Reagan, who never got closer to the WWII flying steel than Kansas City, yet reviled George McGovern, who flew into the German flak fairly regularly.
Rors, may I take your seat here at the bar?
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office | 03.01.08 - 3:02 pm | #
All yours, buddy.
I fail to see now, as I failed to see then, how declining to fight the Roberts nomination on the grounds they would probably lose is ion any way consistent with sticking to core Democratic values.
Well, he pointed out in that post that some of our other "progressive" Senators voted to confirm him (Feingold).
But he was correct in saying that their would be a worse nominee. But, I guess the point it moot now. We'll never have a 'pure' candidate for any office.
Unless you include rolling over and playing dead as a core Democratic value I guess.
JeffCO | 03.01.08 - 3:02 pm | #
That's what the data indicates.
But he was correct in saying that their would be a worse nominee.
Who could have been rejected even more strongly. This would have been called "showing leadership."
AP:
"Nobelist Albert Gore, Jr., Pulled From Wisconsin Snowbank, Treated For Hypothermia, Tells Followers, 'Remember, Weather Is NOT Climate!'"
people want the dems to fight, not roll over
Oh look the Tom of Finland troll is here.
Looking for some manly abuse from us big, strong liberals?
Who could have been rejected even more strongly. This would have been called "showing leadership."
Dems didn't have the majority when Alito was nominated. Though, to their credit, a few did stand up to his nomination.
"Leadership" when you're not a "leader" is kinda tough to do in politics.
Who could have been rejected even more strongly. This would have been called "showing leadership."
JeffCO
and it would have put the real issues out into the public eye...force the thing to on and on
sunlight
"Nobelist Albert Gore, Jr., Pulled From Wisconsin Snowbank, Treated For Hypothermia, Tells Followers, 'Remember, Weather Is NOT Climate!'"
pudwanka here is dumber than dog shit.
You aren't a scientist, so wht are you yapping?
I'm referring to the Boomers in the Congress/Senate, and the ones in control of the Village and the Media.
I believe that crowd is what The Editors was referring to, and to whom Atrios is referring.
sigh.
--mf
jr:
you twats are parodies, no?
Lubyanka,
You are an idiot. Accept it, and move on.
That's what the data indicates.
Faith is the evidence of spine unseen.
There were 22 votes against roberts - not even close to enough to sustain a filibuster.
---------
Akaka (D-HI) Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA) Clinton (D-NY)
Corzine (D-NJ) Dayton (D-MN) Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)Reid (D-NV) Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)Stabenow (D-MI)
You are an idiot. Accept it, and move on.
Good one, m
pudwanka here is dumber than dog shit.
We're glad you said dumber and not as dumb as.
For this we are grateful.
mer,
I'd nap, but it's useless. I'll just wait until tonight, and when I'm v. v. tired, I'll crash.
Reagan had an extensive history of confusing stuff he saw in movies with real life.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
That's the key. That is the fucking key to the neocons.
"Leadership" when you're not a "leader" is kinda tough to do in politics.
I agree 100% but not I think in the way you mean.
I agree 100% but not I think in the way you mean.
I know what you're saying.
Hesiod's Worst Wanker Person in the World for the Day: Ann Althouse.
For claiming that Hillary's new "3am" ad contains a subliminal racist message in it because a kids's pajamas have the letters "NIG" on them.
I took a look at that?
Hillary, Kerry and MLK with Hitler and Mussolini?
There is something really wrong with the folks on the right.
Obama = Dukakis with preacher charisma
you go, reverend!
There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past."
-----------------------
It's your past, too.
Do you really think the Boomers invented the culture war or the left-right argument? Hell, they didn't even invent contempt for their parents, though you both seem to have that in common.
Seriously though, I would very much like to hear either Democratic Senator explain to me how one solitary Republican in Congress, regardless of who has the majority, can bring all Democratic efforts to a grinding halt, yet no Dem can manage to to jackshit regarding Republican ratfucking?
Batting Over .500
Turns out that White House aide who resigned over plagiarism plagiarized 20 of his 38 columns in The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
He was on 'roids and HGH.
There is something really wrong with the folks on the right.
Terry C
you noticed that when?
For claiming that Hillary's new "3am" ad contains a subliminal racist message in it because a kids's pajamas have the letters "NIG" on them.
See Whiskey Fire last night...
Zap,
Thanks for posting that link. Interesting, indeed.
"There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past."
Aw, bite me!
"live rally in Rhode Island"
thank you. i just about know this speech by heart.
going to see him tonight for the second time. it'll be live on cspan at 8 pm, so you might see me...i'll be the cute one.
Hesiod's Worst Wanker Person in the World for the Day: Ann Althouse.
For claiming that Hillary's new "3am" ad contains a subliminal racist message in it because a kids's pajamas have the letters "NIG" on them.
Whew. That's a stretch.
And a republic referring to any Democrat as a racist is fucking stupid, as has been mentioned before.
Seriously though, I would very much like to hear either Democratic Senator explain to me how one solitary Republican in Congress, regardless of who has the majority, can bring all Democratic efforts to a grinding halt, yet no Dem can manage to to jackshit regarding Republican ratfucking?
Having a Republican president usually helps.
But he was correct in saying that their would be a worse nominee. But, I guess the point it moot now. We'll never have a 'pure' candidate for any office.
Zap Rowsdower
What I read is that the Republicans had managed to engage the public well enough to pull the "center" to their side of the fence. He seemed to advocate the ground-up, 50-state strategy for re-engaging the electorate in core liberal principles - getting the center gently pulled back to our side.
He also criticized ongoing support of ideas and programs that weren't successful, just to maintain the support of a constituency. In a word, he advocated pragmatism - test new ideas and new solutions to ongoing problems - discard what isn't working, and be visionary enough to draw public support for trying new things.
Very good find, Zap - thanks!
Dimocrats about to nominate the most liberal pres. candidate ever--
you go, "progressive" twats!
The Democratic primary voters still have the ability to give Mark Penn the chance of making John McCain president.
rootless-e, email-listed!
Nothing is going to make McStain president.
And the Clinton hating is really tiresome.
"There's no such thing as a future for America, until the Boomers can get over their past."
Your obsession with boomers indicate that YOU are the one who can't get over the past.
There's no such thing as a future for America
Oh, it's coming. And from what I've seen, the Rethugs are scrambling for the hills.
Eight years before anybody noticed? I guess that proves that nobody reads the papers anymore:
"The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, announced that their internal investigation of Goeglein's columns had revealed that of the 38 columns Goeglein had published over the last eight years, plagiarized passages were discovered in 20."
Obama = Dukakis with preacher charisma
Actually, the only really apt Dukakis comparison is this one:
Cindy McCain = Kitty Dukakis with charity embezzler charisma.
.
--mf
Monkeyfister,
Because I really, really like you, I will forgive you.
Obama = Dukakis with preacher charisma
you go, reverend!
pimpanka - If Obama's the Dem candidate, he'll beat old McDoucheBag like a red-headed stepchild.
This is going to be so much fun, I can't wait.
There is something really wrong with the folks on the right.
Terry C
you noticed that when?
JR, kerosene and a match
I SHOULD have said that there is something truly pathetic about the folks on the right.
Seriously though, I would very much like to hear either Democratic Senator explain to me how one solitary Republican in Congress, regardless of who has the majority, can bring all Democratic efforts to a grinding halt, yet no Dem can manage to to jackshit regarding Republican ratfucking?
JeffCO | 03.01.08 - 3:12 pm | #
There are, as votes on Roberts and stopping funding for Iraq, indicate, between 20 and 30 actual Democrats in the Senate. The majority leader is not one of them.
Schumer is on the left edge of the existing Democratic group in the Senate.
The only possible change is some combination of primary challenges, new blood, and a Democratic president who knows how to twist necks when arm twisting is not enough.
A metaphor for the entire show.
McClatchy headline:
At new U.S. Embassy in Iraq, even kitchens are fire hazards
I SHOULD have said that there is something truly pathetic about the folks on the right.
Terry C
The trolls insist on proving that post after post...
That was an excellent post by Obama. I'm a bit more idealistic, but am also not in politics. Something he said bothers me:
And further, it will require us to innovate and experiment with whatever ideas hold promise (including market- or faith-based ideas that originate from Republicans).
Not to dredge up the religion thing again, here, but I hate faith-based ideas, as they generally spring from faith-based idealogues.
Otherwise, a most impressive piece, one that captures what is revolutionary about his campaign.
Dimocrats about to nominate the most liberal pres. candidate ever--
And that's a BAD thing WHY, you fascist jackass?
Dimocrats about to nominate the most liberal pres. candidate ever--
Wow. Really? Then that would be a double cock punch to rightwingers when he blows out McCain then, won't it?
It's never gonna end.
Stupidity, unlike oil, is infinite and renewable.
Must run out for cat food.
Be back in awhile.
Perhaps the fucktard trolls will have left by then.
If not, there is always killfile.
*sigh* Tom of Finland *sigh*, he reminds me of, Oh I dunno, Mission Accomplished, maybe in a bold way.
Schumer is on the left edge of the existing Democratic group in the Senate.
Wha?
Would that be the Citibank left edge?
.
For claiming that Hillary's new "3am" ad contains a subliminal racist message in it because a kids's pajamas have the letters "NIG" on them.
Hesiod
Silly Season on Steroids.
I was taking this test, see and there was this one question I got relly hung up on. It was a mutltiple choice exam and this was the question:
Tim Russert is a:
A. Dog-ball sucking sack of shit
B: Pus-filled pimple on the ass of humanity
HELP!
Have I missed anything stunning?
Having a Republican president usually helps.
That's no excuse for not trying, or going down fighting. I think had Hillary fought against letting Chimpy declare himself Li'l Caesar instead of collaborating on numerous occasions she'd not find herself about to become an almost.
While it's warm enough, I must expel the remaining snow and ice from my sidewalk.
Later.
HELP!
C) all of the above.
The problem with "market based" solutions is that usually they are put forward by people who have no fucking idea at all how the market actually works. Instead, they've got sets of mythologized notions that Adam Smith wouldn't recognize.
Wha?
Would that be the Citibank left edge?
.
William H. Rehnquist | 03.01.08 - 3:18 pm | #
Sorry, but that's how pathetic it is.
Obama = Dukakis with preacher charisma
you go, reverend!
Lubyanka
McCain: Dole with Cheney charisma.
Rock on, gunslinger!
Would you mind getting my sidewalk cleared while you're at it, Zap? Thnx
Dimocrats, drinking Jim Jones KoolAid, nominating the most left-wing, socialist pres. candidate in history--
you go, lemming twats!
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrubandYANKIT!
Hesiod's Worst Wanker Person in the World for the Day: Ann Althouse.
For claiming that Hillary's new "3am" ad contains a subliminal racist message in it because a kids's pajamas have the letters "NIG" on them.
------------------------
Tweety was insinuating the same thing. He kept asking his guests what the subtext was, because people aren't worried about global conflict at 3 AM, they're worried about burglars.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/stor...99-
94bc9d19be1a
The Audacity of Data
by Noam Scheiber
Barack Obama's surprisingly non-ideological policy shop.
Post Date Wednesday, March 12, 2008
New TNR article looks at how Obama's advisers are strongly influenced by Richard Thaler (any comments on him, Atrios):
Behaviorists like Thaler believed that the perfectly rational, utterly selfinterested maximizers of economists' imaginations had little in common with actual human beings, who frequently err when making simple calculations, who have trouble with self-control, who often act out of altruism or spite.
But what's really interesting is how Thaler and his fellow behaviorists responded to this fairly critical insight. Though rational self-interest was the central tenet of neoclassical (i.e., modern) economics, they didn't take a wrecking ball to the field and replace it with some equally sweeping theory of human behavior. Instead, they labored to bring economics closer in line with how the world actually works, one small adjustment at a time. "'Discovery commences with the awareness of anomaly,'" Thaler wrote in the introduction to The Winner's Curse, quoting the philosopher Thomas Kuhn. "I hope to accomplish that first step--awareness of anomaly. Perhaps at that point we can start to see the development of the new, improved version of economic theory."
As it happens, Thaler is revered by the leading wonks on Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Though he has no formal role, Thaler presides as a kind of in-house intellectual guru, consulting regularly with Obama's top economic adviser, a fellow University of Chicago professor named Austan Goolsbee. "My main role has been to harass Austan, who has an office down the hall from mine, " Thaler recently told me. "I give him as much grief as possible." You can find subtle evidence of this influence across numerous Obama proposals. For example, one key behavioral finding is that people often fail to set aside money for retirement even when their employers offer generous 401(k) plans. If, on the other hand, you automatically enroll workers in 401(k)s but allow them to opt out, most stick with it. Obama's savings plan exploits this so-called "status quo" bias.
Interesting. Read and discuss, thankew. ((No, this is not an assigment, but a wee joke.)
Any new babies????
Damn, I apologize for the bold slanty attack.
Dimocrats about to nominate the most liberal pres. candidate ever
When we look back and think of the great things this Nation has accomplished, was it the William F. Buckley "fuck government, I want my money" forces, or was it the FDR "we're in this thing together" forces?
republics, drinking karl rove KoolAid, nominating the most liberal, socialist pres. candidate in history--
paulanka
There are, as votes on Roberts and stopping funding for Iraq, indicate, between 20 and 30 actual Democrats in the Senate. The majority leader is not one of them.
Sadly, I think that's dead-on.
I Denouce Peter Frampton's wah wah vocie effect
When we look back and think of the great things this Nation has accomplished, was it the William F. Buckley "fuck government, I want my money" forces, or was it the FDR "we're in this thing together" forces?
FDR: crush the fascist fucks
WFB: oh noes, we need to revitalize the fascist fucks!
people aren't worried about global conflict at 3 AM, they're worried about burglars.
I dunno. I've been waking at 3 AM pretty fucking worried about the state of the world.
MP:
move yourself to what's left of Cuba, free those political prisoners, do something useful...
When we look back and think of the great things this Nation has accomplished, was it the William F. Buckley "fuck government, I want my money" forces, or was it the FDR "we're in this thing together" forces?
MP
.. but certainly not the Lubyanka "I want to have demeaning, rough sex with a jackbooted fascist" forces.
Marcellina, apart from Adam Alexander, born this a.m.?
I wake up at 3:00 a.m. worrying about bloggers
Damn, I apologize for the bold slanty attack. jawbone
That in no way excuses the fact that you are worse than Hitler.
Jon Stewart to Brian Willaims on Russert:
"Is that a head, or a container for a head"?
move yourself to what's left of Cuba, free those political prisoners, do something useful...
Lubyanka
lke you and your anomyous racism and mysogyny?
move yourself to what's left of Cuba, free those political prisoners, do something useful...
Liberate those imprisoned on no charges at Gitmo.
Finally something I can agree with Lubwanker about.
TV chef loses job over resume claims
What sicko blew the whistle publicly on this guy?
How is this TV chef supposed to feed his family now?????!?!?!
paulanka
billy b |
Don't be dissin' on the Lil' Canadian kid like that!
While it's warm enough, I must expel the remaining snow and ice from my sidewalk.
Boulder forecast: 70 this afternoon, snow after midnight.
I wake up at 3 a.m. to eat a bowl of cereal
Watertiger, I'd had to leave before there was any news!
frampton's only friend was his talking fuzzbox
move yourself to what's left of Cuba, free those political prisoners, do something useful...
Methinks pumpstanka's gotten into the Liquid Plumber again as it's about as coherent as reegun was at the end.
I wake up at 3 a.m. to eat a bowl of cereal
olexicon
I wake up at 3am to kick the dog in the head.
I dunno. I've been waking at 3 AM pretty fucking worried about the state of the world.
watertiger
John McCainhas been waking up at 3 AM worried about the state of his prostate.
I also usually wake up at 3:00 a.m. to take a leak
Watertiger, I'd had to leave before there was any news!
Born around 10:30 this a.m. Big boy, everyone's doing fine.
Any new babies????
Not for me. I believe all my tiny swimmers were lost in the vastness that composes candy crowley's lady parts. They're as likely to find an egg as a kid is to find a penny lost in one of those giant water park wave pools
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60s crowd, the 70s anti-partisan crowd, the 80s Reagan is The Awesome crowd, the 90s Republican Revolution and Bill Clinton's Penis is a WMD Crowd, and then the 00s George Bush's crotch looks awesome in that flight suit crowd.
Next up: the 10s Obama Is a Not Ready for Prime Time Negro Crowd.
Watertiger, I'd had to leave before there was any news!
Born around 10:30 this a.m. Big boy, everyone's doing fine.
watertiger
Huzzah! Glad to read that!
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen. That's why those teevee mail-order houses can sell The Golden Hits Of The [Name Your Decade] forever and ever. That's why political crap gets recycled forever and ever down to the ends of time.
It's never gonna end until we do.
frampton's only friend was his talking fuzzbox
oiltanka's take on climate change proves it has no grasp of scientific principles and with the above shows it knows nothing of rock music.
Like the Backstreet Boys, do you?
hooray!
for Tiny ham hock's of liberty
You're feeling sprightly today, Your Late Honor.
Dimocrats about to nominate for pres. an ultra left-wing Chicago social worker named Barack Hussein Obama...
you go, sanctimonious twats!
Outta here.
Bash some trolls for me, flittermice.
"Carrie" is on A&E and the telekinesis-induced bloodbath is about to begin.
I imagine this is what the Republican National Convention is going to resemble this summer.
may i suggest Hoobastanka, as another alternaitive
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
That's when I learned the truth.
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
I RENOUNCE DURAN DURAN AND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!!
Decafsanka
You're feeling sprightly today, Your Late Honor.
I've had my fiber.
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Iran. Iran, so far away.
Dimocrats about to nominate for pres. an ultra left-wing Chicago social worker named Barack Hussein Obama...
you go, sanctimonious twats!
Lubyanka
actually they are nominating someone hwose politcis are close to nixons, but don't let facts get in teh wy of yoru cross burning at Obama's house
I RENOUNCE DURAN DURAN AND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!!
A part of you just died when you said that.
Shoot...it's not above freezing yet, so I could only get the stairs done.
At least Zapette won't crack her head when she gets home.
After a decent interval while they bury the sesquipedalian fucker, I would like to remind people of William F. Buckley's mission statement for the National Review: "It stands athwart history, yelling Stop".
Pretty much sums up the conservative movement. Boldly opposing every hope of social justice since Christ was crucified.
stupidwanka
I read somewhere that "Hussein" means "blessed" in Arabic but then read somewhere else that it means "beautiful". Does anyone know the straight dope?
I RENOUNCE DURAN DURAN AND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!!
I refuse to renounce Cheap Trick. Or The Cars. Or Elvis Costello.
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
I renounce virginity, and I've never been the same. (Well, maybe that was 19, but close enough.)
Lewdwanker, there's a NEW Soul Brother Number One comin' to town - and his gonna hit it and quit it on your bad self.
billy:
go back to squeezing your zits--might ease some of your, uh, anxiety
Re: Atrios's point:
Unfortunately, the young'uns make every effort, if they want to get ahead, to at least make the High Broders feel comfortable with them, young as they are. So they ape the Villagers of the Damned Idiots' elders behaviors, while working in some of their.
They dare not openly denounce, much less criticize lest they be theft off the potential hire list for the MCM big name publications or destroy their chances of being TV pundits.
Without strong competition, which the blogs provide in a very, very small meansure--and some top bloggers are right there with the MCM Young'uns, waiting to catch their Big Break, it will take a long, long, long time to make changes in the MCM...especially since the Corporatists own most of the MCM.
Upton Sinclair once said, "It's impossible to make a man understand something when his livelihood depends on him not understanding it.
ooh...it learned a new 'word'...twat.
Something it's never seen outside of a sticky magazine page, I'm sure.
"Hussein" means "I'm gonna beat your ass so hard, John McCain that you and the entire Republican party is gonna go into the wilderness for one hundred years."
I RENOUNCE DURAN DURAN AND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!!
The makers of hairspray, blue eyeshadow, and linen jackets with shoulder pads are weeping.
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go back to squeezing your zits--might ease some of your, uh, anxiety
Lubyanka
Nah, he's going to ask Janet to squeeze them for him. After all, she's got the experience.
I ONLY DENOUCE LATE PERIOD DURAN DURAN, NOT RIO
Cheap Trick- I want you to want me
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1sCOf6MsH0o
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
I have no problem with renouncing Gilbert O'Sullivan and Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
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I know what you mean
And the way she looked
Was way beyond compare
A part of you just died when you said that.
Stunt Woman
I will always retain the Violent Femmes.
Gimme back mah teef!!!
"Hussein" means "I'm gonna beat your ass so hard, John McCain that you and the entire Republican party is gonna go into the wilderness for one hundred years."
I thought it meant "handsome one" in Arabic. Shows what I know.
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minow:
long after all you nutroots are piles of worm castings, Buckley will be remembered and appreciated..
McCain: Dole with Cheney charisma.
Rock on, gunslinger!
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office
I disagree, with Cheney you know he's gonna get something done (something bad), with McCain sucking up to the status quo seems to about it.
"Hussein" means "I'm gonna beat your ass so hard, John McCain that you and the entire Republican party is gonna go into the wilderness for one hundred years."
--res ipsa loquitur
Yes!
Newton Minnow--shall we dance?
Sorry, that's "you and the entire Republican party are going to go into the wilderness for one hundred years."
Were he here, simels would regret my error.
Having a great time being tea-bagged by Satan & Milton Friedman, wish you were here!!
brk carries the meaning blessing. hsn pleasant, or goodly.
long after all you nutroots are piles of worm castings, Buckley will be remembered and appreciated..
Lubyanka | 03.01.08 - 3:34 pm | #
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Yeah, well Vlad the Impaler still has his following, too.
John Husnotsein McCain
There's a little hamhock!!!???!!!!???
Yay!!!!
*sigh* Another day, another paycheck that won't be enough to provide for the family.
So, what have i missed today?
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The makers of hairspray, blue eyeshadow, and linen jackets with shoulder pads are weeping.
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William H. Rehnquist
The blue eyeshadow folks lost their last good customer when the X-dressing federal judge got caught.
Here's the rule: everyone is always who they were when they were seventeen.
I RENOUNCE JIMMY CRACK CORN AND BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO
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hussein means handsome
barak means blessed
Baruch atta adoni melech ha'olam - the start of most jewish prayers
blessed is he whose children get advanced degrees, except not in joyce studies, like that poor guy down the street ...
I RENOUNCE DURAN DURAN AND A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!!!
But will you renounce Pseudo Echo???
I dunno. I've been waking at 3 AM pretty fucking worried about the state of the world.
watertiger
I woke up Thurs at 3AM, went to pee, and when I got back in bed the bananaphone song was running through my head and I couldn't sleep.
I guess that is better than worrying about terrists.
The blue eyeshadow folks lost their last good customer when the X-dressing federal judge got caught.
And when Tammy Faye kicked the bucket.
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Buckley who?
Newton Minnow--shall we dance?
noblejoanie | 03.01.08 - 3:34 pm | #
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How could I dance with another?
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Coffee break's over, back on my head!
And if Atrios is right, we boomers believe we're the only ones dancing in the room...
long after all you nutroots are piles of worm castings, Buckley will be remembered and appreciated..
Lubyanka |
like you guys appreceiated Susan Sontag?
"So, what have i missed today?"
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--Cynicus
Vicki's sister had a baby boy.
The only thing better than voting for Obama would be if I could get back at the white pant-suited bitches that run the office. Since I can't do that without becoming the latest 1 in 9 I guess Obama gonna have to do.
I RENOUCE ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
William F. Buckley died?
Well, i guess his sensitive soul just stopped being able to cope with the uppity-ness of his inferiors.
Truthfully, though, who does that leave who can put an intellectual spin on basic self-centeredness?
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I RENOUCE ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
Your dead to me.
Sontag's arrogance in the face of cancer was admirable
I refuse to renounce Cheap Trick. Or The Cars. Or Elvis Costello.
My best friend's girlfriend, she's been a bad girl, she's like a chemical, but she's alright - she just seems a little weird.
It's never gonna end.
Jane Hamsher got 10,000+ to send letters to newspapers over Nedra Picker. CNN's "So, Is B. Hussein Obama Unamerican Or What?" poll and Timmeh's attempts at swift-boating Obama over Farrakhan hardly went unnoticed or unresponded to. It may not ever be going to end, but the media seems to be getting worse at an accelerating pace, and a lot more folks seem to be noticing and objecting.
Just talked to my mom. Nurses are/were teaching Nim how to bathe the newborn. The little guy has taken well to sucking.
What a day!
"So, what have i missed today?"
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--Cynicus
Vicki's sister had a baby boy.
Woo-hoo!!! Saturday good news!
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I renounce The Archies
Cspan has Bush and the leader of Denmark on the need for troop increases in the war in Afghanistan.
I renounce REO Speedwagon
I renounce The Archies
The Jester
They weren't the same after Jughead died of an OD
My best friend's girlfriend, she's been a bad girl, she's like a chemical, but she's alright - she just seems a little weird.
big brain.
The little guy has taken well to sucking.
He's a member of the Bush family?
Or was your sister in Journey?
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Echo and the Bunnymen were kinda cool, iirc.
Doesn't matter.
I can't think straight today.
Congratulations, Aunt Vicki!
I renounce Herb Alpert, but not the Tijuana Brass.
They just dumped the pigs' blood on Carrie. This is going to be what happens after George W. Bush addresses the REpublicans at the convention. You think the last seven years was bad? Wait until Georgie takes his revenge on all the people who have ever laughed at him. Whoo boy!
Bush on the election, 'The issues will be who will keep taxes low and who will be tough.'
Your dead to me.
Zap Rowsdower
I RENOUNCE MY RENOUCING AND INSTEAD RENOUCE LOVERBOY
Has Gomez been around? I don't recall seeing him post all week.
Baruch atta adoni melech ha'olam - the start of most jewish prayers
rootless-e, email-listed!
Great, so now the Cracker Caucus can start hammering on Obama for being Jewish AND Muslim.
Congratulations, Aunt Vicki!
Cspan has Bush and the leader of Denmark on the need for troop increases in the war in Afghanistan.
Something is rotten in Denmark.
Seriously - what did Dubbyah pay over to get this one lone endorsement?
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You can't renounce me! I reject you!
Did CNN apologize for it's weird patriotism poll on Obama? Put it on their front page or anything really noticeable?
Or just take it down.
renounce Herb Alpert, but not the Tijuana Brass.
What about Herb Alpert, the Tijuana Brass Band, and Public Enemy?
Or was your sister in Journey?
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William H. Rehnquist
I renounced Journey, Rush, Styx, and Yes long before I turned 18.
They weren't the same after Jughead died of an OD
Whatta ya expect from a guy who hung out with a dude named Flutesnoot?
What a day!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | 03.01.08 - 3:42 pm | #
Congratulations.
Vicki, I think he was here earlier today talking football.
Whatta ya expect from a guy who hung out with a dude named Flutesnoot?
The Jester
And always had the munchies.
Hussein Obama doesn't need much oppo research, he's a Dimocrat disaster waiting to happen...
I renounce the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
17, huh?
I refuse to renounce the Beatles, the Doors, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix.
I RENOUNCE MY RENOUCING AND INSTEAD RENOUCE LOVERBOY
That's more like it.
And while you're at it, renounce Michael Damien's cover of "Rock On".
I RENOUCE ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
What?!?!!??!??
Fuck You.
I RENOUNCE MY RENOUCING AND INSTEAD RENOUCE LOVERBOY
The makers of red tennis sweatbands are weeping.
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Thanks to all, but the only thing I really did was bring Jen to Philly with me in '05.
Nim and Jen did the rest.
He's a great guy, btw. I could not be happier for my sister. He's a wonderful husband, and he'll be a fabulous daddy.
I renounce the capo.
The little guy has taken well to sucking.
He's ready to produce reality TV shows, then.
Speaking of Loverboy, Mike Reno has seriously gained weight since his heyday.
I renounce the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
watertiger
Don't let your trouuuubles maaaaake you cry...
Oh, and I also renounce all Lynyrd Skynyrd cover bands.
You can't renounce me! I reject you!
Dr. Wu
Isn't it Jewish custom that you have to say that three times before your account is deleted?
I renounce legwarmers and big hair!
Speaking of Loverboy, Mike Reno has seriously gained weight since his heyday.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Yeah, he'd be lucky to be able to cross his fingers, let alone fit into those red leather pants.
Vicki, I think he was here earlier today talking football.
Oh, good. All is well with him then. As long as he can share his love of the Steelers.
Oh, and I also renounce all Lynyrd Skynyrd cover bands.
/scratches "Sweet Home, Minnebama" off of bands to go see tonight
Why is everyone renouncing old rock-pop?
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I am so into you...
17, that's it? Not fun time. Except for starting college....
Hey Aunty Vicki give the baby a little chin tickle for me.
I also renounce and reject Alicia Bridges.
Anybody else having some spring today? A quarter of my lawn has been taken over by lavender crocuses.
The makers of red tennis sweatbands are weeping.
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William H. Rehnquist
I had an english prof who was a relative of Mike Reno's
Why is everyone renouncing old rock-pop?
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Cynicus | 03.01.08 - 3:49 pm | #
Since Tim Russert asked Obama to renounce, denounce, and rebound, Farakahn.
Oh, and I also renounce all Lynyrd Skynyrd cover bands
Well, so much for a couple thousand bar bands all across the cotton belt.
I RENOUCE GLASS TIGER
I RENOUCE GLASS TIGER
My heart will break!
I RENOUCE ANNE MURRAY
LIGHTFOOT OKAY
You guys have to read this - it's hilarious. Trust me.
Since Tim Russert asked Obama to renounce, denounce, and rebound, Farakahn.
I renounce Pumpkinhaid.
And Tweety too.
As if that was of any difficulty whatsoever.
Dr. Wu--What did CNN do in response to all the contacts about the egregious Obama patriotism poll?
Anything?
Anyone?
Anyone even thinks of renouncing Siouxsie Sue can kiss it for me.
I RENOUCE GLASS TIGER
How on EARTH could you do that?
I seem to remember the threads planning to introduce Nim to Jen - and now we all have a little niece!
May she grow up in a world where sanity is the highest goal of humanity.
Oh, and I also renounce all Lynyrd Skynyrd cover bands
The Asylum Street Spankers should get an exemption for Hick Hop.
I renounce the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight.
and now we all have a little niece!
nephew.
Hey Aunty Vicki give the baby a little chin tickle for me
If I get up there to see him this weekend, I will do!
It's kind of becoming a cluster...my mom wants all my control freak siblings to ride together up to Traverse City. I think I'll just end up marching to my own drum - I don't need to witness any fucked up family fights in the middle of what is supposed to be a celebration.
Sorry to say.
Why is everyone renouncing old rock-pop?
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Cynicus | 03.01.08 - 3:49 pm | #
Since Tim Russert asked Obama to renounce, denounce, and rebound, Farakahn.
shows how poor my memory is. i don't even remember the EXISTANCE of a rock band called "Farakahn". Chacka Kahn, sure, very renouncable. But not the other.
Apropos of nothing, my oldest daughter is 17, and just saw that all Beatles soundtracked "Across the Universe" movie. And now she has the soundtrack, and is buying White Albums, and singing along, and is amazed that i know the words. Even can explain some things to her.
She wants to freeze at that sort of 17, i'll support her decision.
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Hmm...I turned 17 in 1992. Here were the top 10 songs for that year:
1. End Of The Road, Boyz II Men
2. Baby Got Back, Sir Mix A-lot
3. Jump, Kris Kross
4. Save The Best For Last, Vanessa Williams
5. Baby-Baby-Baby, TLC
6. Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton
7. My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It), En Vogue
8. Under The Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. All 4 Love, Color Me Badd
10. Just Another Day, Jon Secada
Man...the next ten were even worse.
I renounce the entire lineup of the 1980s and 1990s Boston Celtics. That means you Danny Ainge, you whiner and cheap shot taker.
I renounce the Atlanta Rhythm Section.
I'm not gonna let it bother me tonight.
JeffCO
Celebrate with a peanut butter and champagne jam sandwich
I renounce the 1964 New York Yankees
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Cynicus | 03.01.08 - 3:54 pm | #
Don't dis Chaka Kahn.
I will NEVER renounce THIS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=s...feature=related
My favorite Beatles' song...
Dear Prudence
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q5b2tbIr1e8
An original video featuring footage from the Beatles trip to India, where John Lennon met Prudence, Mia Farrow's shy sister.
Vicki there's no expiration date on my chin tickle.
Don't feel bad about wanting to avoid fights.
Just enjoy your nephew whenever you can.
Dr. Wu--What did CNN do in response to all the contacts about the egregious Obama patriotism poll?
They took it down pretty quick. Beyond that probably nothing, other than piled another straw on the camel. And they may have promoted those responsible.
or 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968.........
2. Baby Got Back, Sir Mix A-lot
...best part of that list, sicne Zap and I are of the same age
3. Jump, Kris Kross
DADDY MAC'LL MAKE YOU
JUMP
JUMP
and now we all have a little niece! nephew. watertiger
No gender stereotyping him/her!
2. Baby Got Back, Sir Mix A-lot
MY ANACONDA
DON'T WANT NONE
UNLESS YOU
GOT BUNS HUN
(Pay me and I'll stop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=s...feature=related
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office
The weird thing is, I only learned of this song through Missy Elliot sampling it
The day I turned 17, the #1 hit on the Billboard chart was "Sailing", by Christopher Cross.
young, old, hip, square, black, white, democrat, republican...SMART PEOPLE BLAME BUSH.
She wants to freeze at that sort of 17, i'll support her decision.
Most excellent.
My 9 year old daughter is doing a report on the Beatles for school -- which reminds me that I promised to watch our "A hard Day's Night" DVD with her. I'll see if she wants to do it now.
Don't feel bad about wanting to avoid fights.
Trust me, HBK, I learned that long ago when I was in therapy. You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. However, you can choose to walk away from your family when things get to be too much.
Unfortunately, I have three sisters who drive me nuts. Nim understands - they scare him, too.
Plagiarists, I mean cheats -- SHEETS.
Thread.
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BABY GOT BACK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4...h?
v=41APzy5kqBU
...best part of that list, sicne Zap and I are of the same age
Sorry, but "All 4 Love" was the best song of that year.
Can't top Color Me Badd.
I renounce the 1962 New York Mets.
I suppose I could renounce Mashmakan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N...h?
v=NITxPy3kwKY
Man...the next ten were even worse.
Zap Rowsdower
Your generation will need intensive therapy for the remainder of your natural lives.
T/U, Dr. Wu--I was afraid that was all. Amazing, isn't it? What makes it into the MCM, gets, well, broadcast, and what doesn't.--and what gets ignored?
The weird thing is, I only learned of this song through Missy Elliot sampling it
olexicon, Burger King David
Olex, to show you how old I am -
That song was perhaps the last big AM Radio hit I can remember - from WCFL in Chicago, summer of '81...
And Fred Winston as deep-voiced DJ.
You guys have to read this - it's hilarious. Trust me.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I may have to change my handle to 'Tatue'.
OK, Zap, I'll play.
These are the top ten for the year I turned 17 according to teh google.
1. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
2. London Calling - The Clash
3. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
4. Good Times - Chic
5. Dont Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
6. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
7. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
8. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
9. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
10. Message in a Bottle - The Police
Crap - didn't read enough of the thread. Sorry kid!
Unfortunately, the young'uns make every effort, if they want to get ahead, to at least make the High Broders feel comfortable with them, young as they are. So they ape the Villagers of the Damned Idiots' elders behaviors, while working in some of their.
The Broderist MSM are like the Court of Versailles circa 1788, besotted with their own wonderfulness, playing foppish, silly etiquette games with each other and willfully ignorant of the mass of resentful unwashed bloggers starting to gather outside the palace gates.
Frampton rocked. once upon a time.
infotainment baby.
forget the facts, forget informing, forget the truth. whatever titillates is all the matters.
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I'm a Hillary supporter. Any spare change?
No, seriously. This is meant as no disrespect to Obama's candidacy, but I'm a little pissed off by some of his supporters who bring up a "generational" difference here. I protest against generational politics just like I did in the '60s. I thought "Never trust anyone over 30" was truly stupid then, and "never trust anyone over 46" is stupid now.
One example is Meghan Daum's op-ed Saturday in the LA Times. It's okay, I'll wait.
Now, isn't that stoopid? If you don't catch it, here's why: Barack is one of the hated boomers. The postwar generation generally is said to end in 1965. Then came the sons and daughters of the boomers. Barack was born in, like, 1961, man. Got a bong? Want to invest in the stock market?
The division line is chronological, when "the troops came home" from the Second World War. Did the Baby Boom start in 1945 or 46? Who knows? And when did it end? After the last female of the World War II stopped being fertile?
What a stupid category. Look, this is pure sociology, a very, very soft "science," the kind you sell soap with. The kind that somebody named Faith Popcorn used to write silly essays about "cocooning" about. It's nonsense as a political category. It makes sense to say, "He's wealthy, and look how that has influenced the bills he's proposed." "He's a white supremacist, so of course he want... etc." Or even, "He's a member of the Christian Zionists, so his policy towards Israel needs to be understood in that light." See? Makes sense. These are valid categories to understand a politician by.
But "he was born before 1964 (or is it 1965? Is Mrs. Obama a dreaded boomer, too???) This is more than worthless. This is ageism, just as dumb as racism and sexism. It's judging people by a category that people have no control of. Boomers tried to stay young as hard as they could, but now they're old anyway. And it will happen to you as surely as having a different color skin or a female set of organs will happen to you, and it will happen to your children too.
The crucial moment in Ms. Daum's silliness is when she says, "Obama's parents were of the Depression generation," and that makes them okay.
I resent any category used politically that groups me with GW Bush, as though we're "just the same," because we're about the same age. I'm also about the same age as Bill Clinton, though a little older. And there's the entire ideological, religious and scientific spectrum of human experience that are also my age. Oh, wait. I was born a year before Hitler married Eva in the bunker and then shot himself in the head. So maybe I'm morally part of the World War II generation???
This should be reminding you of something: astrology. That's not scientific either. A person's date of birth says, repeat after me, nothing about what kind of person he or she is. I know there are apparently a lot of Oedipal Gen-X'ers out there who don't like their parents. 'Twas ever thus. Just don't let it poison your mind.
the media controls the generation definition.
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