I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Huh - first?
voluntary taxes are next!
i can understand hiding palin.
but why in the middle of the most democratic city in america.
in a shitty bar.
I'm all in favor of voluntary regulation. If I feel like driving 100 mph on the interstate, I'll stop for a cop only if I want to. If I'm smoking a joint (not that I know anyone to get some from), I'll admit to possession only if I want to.
Hey, I like this system.
(I'll call sheets - but only because I want to.)
Fucking duh.
Off for rest of day.
Go rent Cool Hand Luke.
Sarah likes shitty bars, Wasilla has one.
sheets were called
In case this hasn't been linked: http://www.slate.com/id/2201116/
Wonderful remembrance of Paul Newman.
but there are shitty republican bars like 10 miles away in delaware county.
huh. i just dont ge tit.
Yeah, they kind of made compliance with the antitrust laws voluntary, too.
Who could have known the honor system wouldn't work with a bunch of thieves?
The FBI will be rounding up some criminal motherfuckers before this is over.
I would support a voluntary system for MY income tax collection.
Voluntary regulating of a critical economic sector is a "moral hazard".
am I to understand that some Negro beat up an elderly gentleman in MS last evening?
/driveby due to teensy keyboard
Damn. They got Paul Newman.
What will they think of next?
Yeah,no one could have anticipated that thieves stole all the fucking money.
And now they want us to save their free market thieving machine.
Crap!! Paul Newman dead. That really sucks. He was such a role model for Hollywood or what Hollywood could be. I mean, how long was he with Joanne. Just shows you that all celebs don't have to be jackasses. I'm truly saddened.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street’s largest investment banks had contributed to the global financial crisis, and he abruptly shut the program down.
That would be one Chris Cox, of the SEC, who my wife correctly noted McCain incorrectly noted was from the "FEC." We chuckled over this one last night before jumping aboard the Crack Van.
Good time was had by all.
This is nicely done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x....jedreport.com/
Obama is Right: McCain was Wrong.
From jedreport.com
i wish i had a crack van.
*pouts*
Regulated by greed.
That "voluntary regulation"
That's like asking a male rabbit and a female rabbit not to fuck each other.
If she humiliates herself with Katie Couric, she'll be roadkill once Biden gets through with her.
Biden needs to be very careful how he handles this. Her total ineptitude could end up being a tar baby for him.
I hope none of you are placing any faith in the FBI doing anything worth waiting for. Have you forgotten the anthrax/Ivins shit?
If you do not voluntarily give up and voluntarily pay a very modest fine I will ask you to voluntarily consult with your attorney about by request to voluntarily consider harsher measures.
And I mean it !!!
I just received my lovely copy of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against The West" put out by "The Clarion Fund" out of NYC.
Anyone else getting copies of these in your mail?
http://
www.editorandpublisher.co...t_id=1003849746
That would be one Chris Cox, of the SEC, who my wife correctly noted McCain incorrectly noted was from the "FEC." We chuckled over this one last night before jumping aboard the Crack Van.
NcCain also stated that he "asked" Cox "to resign", which was also blatantly untrue but allowed to pass.
imagine if Obama was allowed to constantly lie about mccain.
/driveby due to teensy keyboard
virginia, camping
The size isn't important if you know what to do with it.
a search of google news for the term "mcain deregulation" shows many stories and quotes of how mcloser talks about deregulation good and regulation bad.
yet now the flip-flop and pretty much outright bullshit artist mclame gets a pass from his base: teh fear press.
I would settle for some crack.
Knees okay, Sinf?
On my screen, McCain is looking at Atrios' post and holding his lips like he's about to swallow his own poop.
im afraid that obamas point that tax loopholes are the same as earmarks will not be widely appreciated.
Hey, at least NBC gave us Rudy instead of Palin.
Not even "high-functioning morons"?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/...gala-
moron.html
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Wasn't that a lot like "letting the students grade themselves"?
And while we're celebrating the acting prowess and duration of Paul Newman, let us also celebrate the prolific drumming prowess of Earl Palmer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/2...ies&
oref=slogin
Saw him in-performance at the Ponderosa Stomp a few years back - with Scotty Moore on guitar. Two of the most important session musicians ever.
imagine if Obama was allowed to constantly lie about mccain.
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 11:00 am | #
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he does, but only in Spanish ... and Arabic ...
I just received my lovely copy of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against The West" put out by "The Clarion Fund" out of NYC.
Anyone else getting copies of these in your mail?
http:// www.editorandpublisher.co...t_id=1003849746
GuyInMilwaukee
I've received three copies, actually -- one handed to me in Denver during the DNC, one in my mail, and one in my newspaper.
Interesting the papers they're targeting: all in swing states. No one could have predicted ...
A Jehovah's Witness with a Watchtower approached me as I waited for a bus yesterday. "I do not wish to be proselytized by you", I said. She blabbed about weird weather and I said, "I have my own thoughts about that, and they don't involve Christianity."
She walked away. Mission Accomplished.
This bailout marks the historic birth of a new bigger government that only seeks to protect corporate interests, rather than individual interests. I do not know when the corporate entity became so superior in all respects to the individual.
The health of the fraud that is the stock market is far more important to the president and Congress than our Constitutuion, the social contract that holds us together and distinguishes us from others.
Just think of it as trickle down government. Your tax dollars go directly to the government. Then when government hands out the goddies it first goes to corporate interests and then it may trickle down to taxpayers. Such efficiency. Americans taxpayers are slaves.
If someone were to nuke DC I might flinch but it would be hard to cry.
I hope none of you are placing any faith in the FBI doing anything worth waiting for. Have you forgotten the anthrax/Ivins shit?
Bush is past caring about obstructing justice any more. Even Gonzales is singing like a bird now.
Strangely, Chimpy is starting to look like the adult in the Wall Street bailout deal, in contrast with McCain and the House Republicans.
Knees okay, Sinf?
noblejoanie
Bandage came off of the right knee this morning and it's healing well, thanks. I'm starting to walk without a cane or crutch.
Left knee still sucks, but it hasn't had surgery yet. I'll do that in late October or November.
I would settle for some crack.
OK!
This bailout marks the historic birth of a new bigger government that only seeks to protect corporate interests, rather than individual interests. I
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er . . . thats called fascism. its been around.
High functioning moron - I hope that goes down in history
Then when government hands out the goddies
There's a call for you from a Dr. Freud ... 
The concept of the 'honor system' for regulation of the banks boggles the mind.
The republics that enacted all this knew what would happen when all regulation was removed.
Se la vie.
I just received my lovely copy of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against The West" put out by "The Clarion Fund" out of NYC.
Anyone else getting copies of these in your mail?
http:// www.editorandpublisher.co...t_id=1003849746
GuyInMilwaukee | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:00 am | #
Not to worry -- I'm employing my superior deductive abilities and forensic skills on the case even now!
"I do not wish to be proselytized by you"
I hope she understood what you meant.
c'est la vie
I'm not alone--Bob Herbert joins the chorus calling for Dingbat/Palin to drop out. Just say another family member is pregnant or something...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/2...&hp&
oref=slogin
She walked away. Mission Accomplished.
Impressive. I probably would have said something on the order of "Get out of my face, bitch."
Heckuvajob, Chris.
George "High Functioning Moron" Bush
Krugman:
Tricky bailout politics
Nouriel Roubini has a characteristically scathing takedown of the Paulson plan, and here’s the thing: language aside, his economic analysis is similar to mine. The fundamental problem in the financial system is too little capital; bizarrely, the Treasury chose not to address that problem directly, by (say) purchasing preferred shares in financial institutions. Instead, the plan is premised on the belief that toxic mortgage-related waste is underpriced, and that the Treasury can recapitalize banks on the cheap by fixing the markets’ error.
The Dodd-Frank changes make the plan less awful, mainly by creating an equity stake. Essentially, this makes it possible for the plan to do the right thing through the back door: use toxic-waste purchases to acquire equity, and hence inject capital after all. Also, the oversight means that Treasury can be prevented from making the plan a pure gift to financial evildoers. But it’s still not a good plan.
On the other hand, there’s no prospect of enacting an actually good plan any time soon. Bush is still sitting in the White House; and anyway, selling voters on large-scale stock purchases would be tough, especially given the cynical attacks sure to come from the right. And the financial crisis is all too real.
So is it better to have no plan than a deeply flawed plan? If it was the original Paulson plan, no plan is better. Dodd-Frank-Paulson may just cross the line — let’s see what details we have if and when agreement is reached.
If the plan looks not-awful enough, I’ll be pro. But I won’t be cheering — I’ll be holding my nose.
This bailout marks the historic birth of a new bigger government that only seeks to protect corporate interests, rather than individual interests. I do not know when the corporate entity became so superior in all respects to the individual.
im in the middle of the Peoples History of the US by Zinn...it makes me realize, that we the sheeple are here to serve our masters, always have been always will be.
She understood EXACTLY what I meant.
So is Palin sleeping it off somewhere in Philly this morning?
Now I know why she wasn't available for post-debate interviews ... 
Barack the Bomb Throwers Pal got spanked.....go to your room......no!! you cannot go out to play with Billy Ayers today.......McCain bitch slapped him..............bwhahahahhaha
c'est la vie
I should have known better...
The concept of the 'honor system' for regulation of the banks boggles the mind.
It's honor among thieves in the repuke era.
Put them all on Work-Release. But make them wear bells on their neck-ties.
but why in the middle of the most democratic city in america.
San Francisco begs to differ.
The concept of the 'honor system' for regulation of the banks boggles the mind.
The republics that enacted all this knew what would happen when all regulation was removed.
Se la vie.
billy b | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:05 am | #
They also promised not to cheat on their wives.
This is going to weird you folks out, but two nights ago I had a dream where myself, my wife and my musician friend Mark Kemezys, were hanging out with Atrios at his pad in Philadelphia and Atrios informed me that the best "netting season" for shad in the Delaware River was coming up in "a couple weeks."
BTW: his place was really nice, tho' we sort of trashed it.
Now I know why she wasn't available for post-debate interviews ...
She was exactly where they wanted her to be- elsewhere.
Just say another family member is pregnant or something...
Why not Sarah herself?
"in a shitty bar."
it's not that bad, actually.
it's not kellyannes's or the cherry street tavern, but it's not shitty
Something smells rancid ... like potato salad left out of the fridge too long.
Barack the Bomb Throwers Pal got spanked.....go to your room......no!! you cannot go out to play with Billy Ayers today.......McCain bitch slapped him..............bwhahahahhaha
Potato Salad !!!! | 09.27.08 - 11:07 am | #
Apparently, Gooey Side Dish isn't reading the polls.
The more I think about McCain's performance last night, the worse it seems. He was like one of those little dolls where you pull the string and it spouts a canned phrase. He pretty much just spouted pre-canned talking points and scowled a lot, where Obama thought through the questions and engaged his opponent and the audience.
McCain did a decent job of getting his talking points out, but his lack of connecting to the audience and addressing the questions hurt him. And lets not even talk about the dishonesty, because that was nonstop and shameless.
I'm seriously at a loss to understand how distributing these hate DVDs somehow helps McCain.
That's gotta be a lotta money mailing out 28 million copies.
I think I'll nail mine to the mailbox post.
Maybe Sarah was posing for another cornfield maze.
Tater, read the polls about the debate. Your guy LOST.
I see potato buttle is back.
It ate about 10 lbs of psilocybin before composing that nonsense.
Newman
Hombre, Elmore Leonard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hom...i/Hombre_(film)
RIP, Hombre
... how long was he with Joanne?
50 years.
My wife is at the Obama rally in Greensboro,nc. They have facilities for 15K people. It ain't gonna be big enough. She had to walk 7/8 blocks to get to the end of the line.
Best t-shirt so far "half honkey, all donkey"
Good morning, fellow patriots.
Checked out the replay of the debate.
McCain came off like a nasty bitter old man.
Coke through the nose to sinf
mr potatohead is back
Part of McCain's extensive regulatory effort, that. Same way he wants to regulate Health Care. Hey - it didn't work in finance, but let's think positive and give it a shot.
The Greensboro rally is shaping up to be hyoooooge
i belive philly is more democratic than even SF
A bit late with the barn door, I'd say.
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i love mccains economic plan: believeing in the power of the american worker.
hell of a plan.
Dear John McCain:
If you believe in Clean Coal, I gotta bridge I'd like to sell ya.
RIP, Paul Newman.
Nobody Could Have Predicated
Typo, or intentional?
I've been meaning to comment about this:
It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state.”
So when Putin does it, he's rearing his head, and when we do it, it's protecting our country? Cognitive dissonance, anyone? ('course, that requires cognition in the first place...)
mr potatohead is back
buttle spun off potato fuckknob into lubeyankit and eliass T.
Newman's dead?
Shit...
That's sad
Anybody know where I can place a LARGE bet on Palin dropping out of the VP debate?
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 11:05 am | #
It has never really taken hold in America until the Bush administrastion. It will soon be backed by the US Treasury to the tune of $1,800,000,000,000 of taxpayer dollars and their toils in years ahead.
"I gotta bridge I'd like to sell ya."
does it go somewhere?
This is going to weird you folks out, but two nights ago I had a dream where myself, my wife and my musician friend Mark Kemezys, were hanging out with Atrios at his pad in Philadelphia and Atrios informed me that the best "netting season" for shad in the Delaware River was coming up in "a couple weeks."
BTW: his place was really nice, tho' we sort of trashed it.
Are you sure it was a dream? Were tha faceless people there?
am i missing something??? there is no US russia border, right?
i love mccains economic plan: believeing in the power of the american worker.
The lettuce picking refuseniks.
A bit late with the barn door, I'd say.
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Sparkle Plenty
Speaking of barn doors, had a film professor once who, like McCain, never made eye contact, never looked up during his lectures. That was unfortunate as one class his fly was wide open, not just ajar, and there was no way to let him know.
Anytime I have a public speaking gig, I always check everything is buttoned down properly.
i love mccains economic plan: believeing in the power of the american worker.
Let's follow that idea to it's natural conclusion/ Unionize, your workplace and use that power!
No, there is no US/Russia common border.
Palin's gonna call in sick the day of the big test.
No, better -- Trig will be sick.
ty plantsman. i thought i was going crazy.
mr potatohead is back
buttle spun off potato fuckknob into lubeyankit and eliass T.
billy b
Butler is a sad, strange little man, and he has my pity.
Face it, you've missed me....."polls"??? .....echo chamber.......big square Moose skinning State people rule.......you're living in a fringe echo chamber........
i bet you mccain has voted to regulate unions.
Palin's gonna call in sick the day of the big test.
No, better -- Trig will be sick.
My husband and I predicted EXACTLY that -- the baby will be conveniently ill-- last night.
....."polls"??? .....echo chamber
The United States is a big echo chamber, numbie.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
No, a FOX poll, conducted by Republican Frank Luntz. See it here:
http://www.jedreport.com/
Anybody know where I can place a LARGE bet on Palin dropping out of the VP debate?
I'd take that bet. She's going to show up. She's going to do poorly, but she won't completely collapse. She'll filibuster and spout talking points. She'll be slightly better than in the Couric interview, since she's had an additional week, and the press will deem it a brilliant performance. Then she'll go back into her spider hole and no one will see her again until after the election except at events packed with supporters where she can read off a teleprompter.
"The Greensboro rally is shaping up to be hyoooooge"
link???????????/
....."polls"??? .....echo chamber
The United States is a big echo chamber, numbie.
billy b
Ever notice that the polls don't mean anything to the rightards unless the numbers favor THEM?
Funny how that works.
Shorter Potatohead......Blabity,blabity blah blah yadda yadda yadda wawawawawa.....totally incoherant.
I mean, you wouldn't expect Todd to give up his bowling night to stay home with a sick kid...
Frank Luntz
One of the most obnoxious men on Earth.
No, there is no US/Russia common border.
plantsman
Don't we split the Bering Straight down the middle?
I think Palin is only going to get worse.
She is one of these people who thinks she is never wrong and she will persist in her stupidity.
Speaking of barn doors, had a film professor once who, like McCain, never made eye contact, never looked up during his lectures. That was unfortunate as one class his fly was wide open, not just ajar, and there was no way to let him know.
Anytime I have a public speaking gig, I always check everything is buttoned down properly.
noblejoanie
My solution is to leave my shirt untucked. Keeps the barn door covered, open or closed.
In nonmedical biological science, you almost never have to dress well.
And every bit of media coverage speculating on Palin twisting in the wind is coverage NOT going to the Obama campaign.
Sideshow over substance. Running down the clock.
C'mon, Sarah dumps Trig every chance she gets.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
Insufficient. She could take the kids and drop them at a hospital in Omaha.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
noblejoanie | 09.27.08 - 11:17 am | #
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Yeah ... but let Hillary ever try that and see how far that goes ...
Repub Mom = wholesome Earth Mother
Dem. Mom = baby killing man hating whore
never changes
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of
parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately,
might sympathize...
Oh, I'm sure Biden would understand.
No, a FOX poll, conducted by Republican Frank Luntz. See it here:
That's going to leave a mark on the buttle.
This batch of potato salad is made from taters that sat in the air too long after said spuds were peeled. They turned.
potato salad has the IQ of a potato salad.
Good nym, like mine, fits perfect.
So is Palin sleeping it off somewhere in Philly this morning?
You know that if she were a dem, we'd be hearing nothing but what a horrible mother she was for visiting a bar, and where or where is her baby?
from the hidden files of "Masters Of The Universe"
Ha ha,we stole your money and now we want more 'cause without us things will get alot worse.Go back to work you jerk and pay your taxes,our yachts are out of gasoline.
C'mon, Sarah dumps Trig every chance she gets.
plantsman
She uses the child as a prop.
Or a shield.
I find that offensive.
Frank Luntz
One of the most obnoxious men on Earth.
Lime Rickey
Even with his "framing", his own poll showed Obama to be the winner.
The thing is, cancer can be very painful; I hope Paul Newman did not suffer much.
Totally OT but did anyone besides me think McCain looked like he was taking steroids? His face looked awfully puffy...
And they gave my kitty steroids for her cancer...
jdw
no known link to rally.
My wife is there. Still 7 blocks from entrance. Orderly, happy crowd. When she called a few minuites ago, sounded like a party.
A Chinese astronaut has become the first in his country's history to take a walk in space.
In an operation broadcast live on national TV, fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang emerged from the capsule orbiting the Earth to wave a Chinese flag.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scien...ure/
7637818.stm
If Mr. Biden frames the debate as a job interview, he can be as rude and nasty as he likes.
But all he has to do is take a page from Dave Letterman and into the camera and raise his eyebrows.
"C'mon, Sarah dumps Trig every chance she gets."
well it is a difficult subject.
she probably didn't study for the quiz
Okay, Aurora Erratic and noblejoanie, et al., here's a prediction for Thursday.
Book it.
Even with his "framing", his own poll showed Obama to be the winner.
JT
Yeah but American hates an effete, elitist debate-winner.
quiz palin - probably her next kid
Shorter Potatohead......Blabity,blabity blah blah yadda yadda yadda wawawawawa.....totally incoherant.
LI Liberal
I thought Obama had done very well last night.
I was convinced when Butler showed up here (in his various guises), along with the Dog Burner, and posted all sort of moronic crap.
Hey, even that asshole, Avestus showed up and posted racist tripe.
You could smell the flop sweat.
Sad way to go for Paul considering his dedication to the Hole in the Wall kids.
she probably didn't study for the quiz
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
I get the distinct impression that for Ms Palin, school was more of a social thing.
quiz palin - probably her next kid
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
"Sounds tough and manly."
I find that offensive.
Terry C - Obama/Biden 2008 | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:21 am | #
I heard they had her scheduled at some bar in Philly last night.
Could that possibly be true? Why would the campaign have a mother of a new baby do something like that?
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But all he has to do is take a page from Dave Letterman and into the camera and raise his eyebrows.
shawk
Some Johnny Carson type expressions are called for here.
In an operation broadcast live on national TV, fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang emerged from the capsule orbiting the Earth to wave a Chinese flag.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scien...ure/ 7637818.stm
Doug
Of course, he was hungry again an hour later.
[runs from room]
There's a link to video of the Greensboro rally (streaming starts at 12:15 EDT) on an earlier thread.
"Book it. "
Too funny!! Plus, if it becomes commonnly expected that she'll use that excuse, then she really can't. Unless of course, she has no shame. Oh, wait...
"My wife is there. Still 7 blocks from entrance. Orderly, happy crowd. When she called a few minuites ago, sounded like a party."
thanks! that's the same atmosphere i've experienced at each of his rallies.
i'm hoping they stream live on the web or have it on teevee.
I heard they had her scheduled at some bar in Philly last night.
Could that possibly be true? Why would the campaign have a mother of a new baby do something like that?
.
Sparkle Plenty
Why she bothered coming to Philly, I will never now.
They don't like her kind there.
Hasn't he heard? The cause of our current distress is loans for minorities. Duh.
Paul Newman was a man who honored all the things the Republican's claim to honor--family values and private charity.
And he was a staunch, lifelong, Democrat.
Go figure.
He will be missed. RIP. You never did get your mind right, Luke, and we love you for it.
Oops.........know, not now.
Obama's holding a rally in Greensboro? Yoix. I hope he has good security.
I'm really happy that I was wrong about the debate -- I thought Obama let too many opportunities pass. But others, smarter than I I'll easily admit, give the debate to our candidate. I'll take being wrong all day long if we can just win back the White House and straighten out the nation.
And I'm saddened, as I know many are, by the loss of Paul Newman. So many good movies and a strong, steady, sensitive person to boot.
Here's someone I'd like to debate.
"My baby's sick" won't work with anybody outside of the brain dead 20%. She's a joke and McCain effectively conceded the day he picked her.
I heard they had her scheduled at some bar in Philly last night.
Could that possibly be true? Why would the campaign have a mother of a new baby do something like that?
.
Sparkle Plenty
Think "Caribou Ugly."
"Could that possibly be true? Why would the campaign have a mother of a new baby do something like that?"
it is true
I guess they figure a bar's a good place for her cause everyone's too drunk to ask a tough question
Paul Newman was a man who honored all the things the Republican's claim to honor--family values and private charity.
And he was a staunch, lifelong, Democrat.
Plus he was SMOKIN' HOT!
you're living in a fringe echo chamber........
Potato Salad !!!! | 09.27.08 - 11:16 am
Do us a favor, spudsy. Drop by on election night. I figure your head will have exploded by roughly 9:30, and it will be fun for us to watch.
"My baby's sick" won't work with anybody outside of the brain dead 20%.
And that's precisely why I think it's even odds that they try it.
According to repuke "strategist" on MSNBC, it was bad for Democrats to insist that taxpayers get something out of the bailout in the form of a return for investment "because that doesn't sound like socialism, that is socialism."
Yeah, that'll work with the public. Moron.
My dear departed Mom had a real thing for Paul Newman.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of
parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately,
might sympathize...
I doubt it.
I sure as hell don't.
According to repuke "strategist" on MSNBC, it was bad for Democrats to insist that taxpayers get something out of the bailout in the form of a return for investment "because that doesn't sound like socialism, that is socialism."
As opposed to, say, handing $700B to private corporations.
On my new computer I am using this for the desktop. In looking at it, I thought maybe someone else might like it.
Mrs DWD took this last month on a hazy evening. Capturing the gull was pure happenstance but makes the picture more lovely.
http://smg.photobucket.com/
album...setaugust10.jpg
Could that possibly be true? Why would the campaign have a mother of a new baby do something like that?
Palin is irrelevant at this point. Everyone knows she's a ditz. The campaign now is about making Walnuts look better than the scary black man.
I'm really happy that I was wrong about the debate -- I thought Obama let too many opportunities pass. But others, smarter than I I'll easily admit, give the debate to our candidate. I'll take being wrong all day long if we can just win back the White House and straighten out the nation.
Glenn
FWIW, I agree with you; watching the debate half schmockered put me at the level of the average undecided voter; I thought McCain did well too. Offensive and on the offensive.
But the debates really don't matter, I don't think, unless the media can find some error to trumpet far and wide, e.g. Ford and Poland.
Remember that in '84 Reagan didn't even know where he was at the debate, and he still won.
sure seems like obama kicked ass with indies/undecideds and esp women.
it also seems like- as hard-core partisans- we have a hard time judging how obama did...most people seem to want him to continually kick the shit outta mcstunty, which is certainly understandable given that he's such a prick.
i think obama goes into every event with a clear plan and everything is very carefully targeted. if you've watched the speeches of late, they are very different in style, tone and substance depending on where he's speaking...you can tell his team is very, very aware of just who they want to reach and how they want to reach them.
Re: Palin ditching debate:
If she doesn't show, everyone will think she's an idiot. If she does show, everyone will KNOW it.
DWD, what a gorgeous picture!
it was bad for Democrats to insist that taxpayers get something out of the bailout in the form of a return for investment "because that doesn't sound like socialism, that is socialism."
One has to laugh at the house republics with their capital gains tax cuts and more deregulation in their proposal.
Talk about brain dead.
All homeowner releif has been eliminated from the Paulson's Pals Relief Fund...
the last Bush gotcha and the Dems are going to give it to him
i can understand hiding palin.
but why in the middle of the most democratic city in america.
in a shitty bar.
euphronius fail whale
It's a yuppie bar.
She wouldn't sully herself by mixing with (gasp!) blue collar folks.
am i missing something??? there is no US russia border, right?
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 11:14 am | #
Did you know that my 93 year old aunt Pearl can see Cuba from her condo in Key West?
That makes her a foreign policy expert, right? Maybe McCain can pick her when Palin bows out for family reasons....
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
Mr Biden:
Ms. Palin couldn't be here tonight due to a lack of health care for her sick child.
As opposed to, say, handing $700B to private corporations.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:30 am | #
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That's Mavericky!!!!
As long as you oppose it before you support before you oppose it before you support it.
That's beautiful, DWD; enjoy it.
>The campaign now is about making Walnuts look better than the scary black man.
Unfortunately for McCain, Barack is coming off more like Will Smith than OJ.
Paul Newman retrospective on TMC in 5....
DWD, what a gorgeous picture!
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky
I will pass along your compliment to her. Thanks.
The media is going to try to make this look like McCain won the debate.
Remember:
1. McCain not looking at Obama makes him look cowardly and mentally ill.
2. The polls overwhelmingly say Obama won.
3. Obama won the comfort test.
My dear departed Mom had a real thing for Paul Newman.
I don't know how you could be a heterosexual female and not have a thing for Paul Newman.
Nice photo, DWD!
you're living in a fringe echo chamber........
But, yet, it shows up here.
Lunch!
Shrimp Quesadillas with Tarragon Aioli
Make mini-quesadillas by cutting out small tortilla rounds, then serve as an hors d'oeuvre.
The aioli
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 to 2 teaspoons chopped tarragon
Kosher salt, to taste
1/2 cup prepared mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
The quesadillas
1 ear corn
5 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, grated
8 ounces bay shrimp
1/2 cup finely chopped jicama
2 green onions, green part finely chopped, about 1/4 cup --
Zest from 1 lemon
8 flour tortillas, 8-inch diameter
1/2 cup guacamole, mildly spiced
For the aioli: Place garlic and tarragon in a mortar with a little salt to taste and blend together with pestle. Stir in the mayonnaise and lemon juice then refrigerate until ready to use.
The aioli can be made ahead.
For the quesadillas: Shuck corn and remove silks. Rinse then loosely wrap in parchment or place in a microwave-safe container. Microwave 2-3 minutes until cooked but still slightly crisp.
When cool enough to handle, cut kernels off and set aside. Divide the corn, cheese, shrimp, jicama and green onion among four tortillas, layering the ingredients. Top with a sprinkle of lemon zest.
Spread the remaining tortillas with tarragon aioli and place, aioli-side down atop the filling. If you have some aioli left, refrigerate for another use.
Heat a dry skillet over medium-low heat. Place a quesadilla in the skillet and cook, flipping at least once, until the cheese has melted and the tortillas are lightly browned. Repeat with the remaining quesadillas.
Cut quesadillas into wedges and top with some of the guacamole, or offer it on the side. Serve immediately.
Per serving: 528 calories, 27 g protein, 40 g carbohydrate, 30 g fat (10 g saturated), 149 mg cholesterol, 735 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street’s largest investment banks had contributed to the global financial crisis, and he abruptly shut the program down.
The S.E.C.’s oversight responsibilities will largely shift to the Federal Reserve, though the commission will continue to oversee the brokerage units of investment banks....
No, no, no! This is all wrong! The Fed is an unconstitutional fraud controlled by international Jewish bankers and regulation is socialism!
Remember, the polls said Gore and Kerry won every debate. The media stole it off them on the following days.
1. McCain not looking at Obama makes him look cowardly and mentally ill.
Not to mention that weird creepy grin he kept showing. The split screen treatment (on NBC; don't know if other networks used it) really highlighted that.
"She wouldn't sully herself by mixing with (gasp!) blue collar folks."
would have been cool to have her visit nicks roast beef.
Mrs DWD took this last month on a hazy evening. Capturing the gull was pure happenstance but makes the picture more lovely.Beautifull!!!!
/relurk
Unfortunately for McCain, Barack is coming off more like Will Smith than OJ.
Left Behind
Right now, it's about the 18% of voters who are "persuadable". I shake my head over the idea of anyone, after the last eight years, being undecided, but if Will Smith is what it takes to persuade them, I'm all for it.
GWPDA, Cooking
You gonna have room for dinner after all that for lunch?
All kidding aside, it sounds delish!
i think obama goes into every event with a clear plan and everything is very carefully targeted. if you've watched the speeches of late, they are very different in style, tone and substance depending on where he's speaking...you can tell his team is very, very aware of just who they want to reach and how they want to reach them.
jdw
Agreed. I also didn't give as much stock as I should have to the outright contempt McCain showed to Sen. Obama. To be honest, I didn't pay a lot of attention to style; both my wife and I were concentrating -- too much, it seems -- on what the candidates were saying and Jim Lehrer's clumbsy attempts to moderate.
Watching it again early this morning (gee I love Tivo) McCain's unease and refusal to even glance at Obama came through as obnoxious. In other words, it was pretty accurate.
As opposed to, say, handing $700B to private corporations.
They'll never get the GOP to vote for this bull as long as it's seen as something like a bailout. I think what's likely happening in the Capitol is that they're finding a way to take the plan they had a deal on on Thursday and call it "insurance". The sheeple like insurance, it's capitalist.
Remember, the polls said Gore and Kerry won every debate. The media stole it off them on the following days.
Gomez | 09.27.08 - 11:33 am | #
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Diffrent this time, tho.
Think about it.
it also seems like- as hard-core partisans- we have a hard time judging how obama did...most people seem to want him to continually kick the shit outta mcstunty, which is certainly understandable given that he's such a prick.
you can tell his team is very, very aware of just who they want to reach and how they want to reach them.
jdw | 09.27.08 - 11:30 am | #
It has become overwhelmingly clear to me over the last month or so that Team Obama not only knows exactly what it is doing, but that what they are doing is working big time.
As a hardcore partisan, I find this frustrating for exactly the reasons you cite, but who am I to argue with success?
I think Obama is brilliant, and he did nothing last night to change my opinion one iota.
Then there was the "hunched over" thing.
Nixonian.
"am i missing something??? there is no US russia border, right?"
On land, no.
You know that if she were a dem, we'd be hearing nothing but what a horrible mother she was for visiting a bar, and where or where is her baby?
Gromit
Originally we were told she wouldn't be available to the press the week after the convention cause she had to go home to be with her son before he deployed and to arrange the marriage of Bristol. Instead, she was out campaigning that entire week has been campaigning non-stop. I wonder if she ever, and I mean ever, touches base with any of her kids. I know Obama took a day off to walk his girls to the first day of school.
Watching it again early this morning (gee I love Tivo) McCain's unease and refusal
Tivo McCain: Walnuts' secret bastard child.
"She wouldn't sully herself by mixing with (gasp!) blue collar folks."
would have been cool to have her visit nicks roast beef.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
She'd end up wearing the stuff.
The real reason Obama won?
I know its a cliche but its also true: Obama looked PRESIDENTIAL.
The media is going to try to make this look like McCain won the debate.
Newsweek already saying as much.
Then there was the "hunched over" thing.
Nixonian.
Gomez
And the puffy face, dammit. The man is on steroids to suppress the effects of the cancer.
They've been catching Piper on video lately -- looks like the attention is going to that child's head.
I wonder if she ever, and I mean ever, touches base with any of her kids. I know Obama took a day off to walk his girls to the first day of school.
qlª - Obama/Biden
Todd works part time and spends all his spare time snow-mobiling.
Why have kids if you're not going to bother with them?
McCain's unease and refusal to even glance at Obama came through as obnoxious.
McSpain's a spoiled brat. He's going to crack. Again and again.
"McCain's unease and refusal to even glance at Obama came through as obnoxious."
how about when he said something obama said was "horseshit"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L...h?
v=L1rZBmk0DYU
They've been catching Piper on video lately -- looks like the attention is going to that child's head.
plantsman
From what I've heard about, she is her mother's daughter.
Personally, I wouldn't object to a bunch of people throwing some roast beef at me. End cut, if you please.
Why have kids if you're not going to bother with them?
Terry C - Obama/Biden 2008
A very, very good question.
Good morning.
Great photo, DWD.
We live in one of the prettiest states in the union.
McCain has no class.
"She'd end up wearing the stuff."
not the buffalo fries
they're too good to waste
Todd works part time and spends all his spare time snow-mobiling.
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In Maine that is called a "bum whose wife has a job."
We live in one of the prettiest states in the union.
Vicki, Pottery Freak
Only because of our
Newsweek already saying as much.
Glenn
Newsweek's guy on MSNBC last night said Obama clearly had the upper hand.
Oh well.
"A Jehovah's Witness with a Watchtower approached me"
I used to chat with them for the hell of it if they caught me sitting on the front porch but I gave that up after they started to come around looking for me by name.
Oh, and according to the founder of the JW's, the world was supposed to have ended in 1914. That was apparently a central organizing point of theirs.
Oh well, it wasn't funny anyway.
And the puffy face, dammit. The man is on steroids to suppress the effects of the cancer.
Adam Hominem
Funny. Even with the steroids, he wasn't able to hit it out of the park last night.
"Why have kids if you're not going to bother with them?"
they really dress up the platform during photo ops
I was disappointed that McCain did not spontaneously combust during the debate.
"My friends, I believe in the American working *WHOOSH*"
His overall appearance has for some time now reminded me of Fire Marshal Bill from In Living Color.
Okay friends. Off to cut the grass on a 66-degree late summer day. Great photo DWD; hope you're feeling better.
And sure, I'll be watching some football but I'll also see what movies TCM is playing to honor Butch Cassidy.
it also seems like- as hard-core partisans- we have a hard time judging how obama did...most people seem to want him to continually kick the shit outta mcstunty, which is certainly understandable given that he's such a prick.
And Obama is never going to do this. He's made changing the culture of politics the bedrock of his campaign. And people have flocked to him because of it.
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"am i missing something??? there is no US russia border, right?" On land, no. Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
Very technically, there are several. The land under embassies and consulates are considered to belong to the foreign nation.
This makes the US Marine embassy guards qualified to be Secretary of State.
Gorgeous shot of the seascape DWD, hope your feeling better today. And I hope everyone's hangovers are mild and instructive rather than awful and punitive. Has anyone heard numbers on the audience yet?
"In Maine that is called a "bum whose wife has a job.""
there a problem with that?
"She'd end up wearing the stuff."
not the buffalo fries
they're too good to waste
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
Oh, I don't mean from people throwing anything at them.
I mean, she wouldn't know how to handle eating those sandwiches. They can get messy.
Not like eating mooseburgers.
We live in one of the prettiest states in the union.
Vicki, Pottery Freak
You won't get any argument from this erstwhile Michigander.
If you could just do something about those nasty winters ...
Funny. Even with the steroids, he wasn't able to hit it out of the park last night.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:40 am | #
BTW, I'm lighting a candle for you vis a vis the job. Unless I've missed something....
Sinfonian, check out this babe's wedding picture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ero...554796/sizes/o/
"she wouldn't know how to handle eating those sandwiches. They can get messy."
but they're GOOD!
and the buffalo fries...
my sons can clean out an order in about a minute and a half
We live in one of the prettiest states in the union.
Vicki, Pottery Freak
WAY off topic, but I happen to be a potter, so...See some pottery here:
http://finemesspottery.blogspot.com
BTW, I'm lighting a candle for you vis a vis the job. Unless I've missed something....
steve hüssein® simels
I saw you mentioned that the other day. Thank you most sincerely. I can use all the help I can get.
I haven't heard anything yet from last week's interviews, but the second one was just on Thursday, so no hurry just yet ....
And Obama is never going to do this. He's made changing the culture of politics the bedrock of his campaign. And people have flocked to him because of it.
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Sparkle Plenty | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:40 am | #
I don't think it's going to work in the long run, by which I mean after he wins the election.
The Republicans, in the fury of their impotence, are going to go after him starting November 5th in a manner that's going to make their treatment of Clinton look like the Muppet Show.
In the face of that, nice isn't going to cut it.
IMHO.
Vicki,
I have been to most of these United States and verily every damned one of them has their own wonderful and individual beauty - the mountains, the prairies, the sea, the highlands of New York and Pennsylvania and on and on. Michigan is blessed with the forests and lakes but everyone else is as well.
Sinfonian, check out this babe's wedding picture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ero...554796/sizes/o/
Doug
I'm guessing it's not a Southern Baptist wedding.
Pootie: "Sarah strong like Russian peasant girl. She can butcher hog and cook it for husband to eat."
whaaa? shut down the republicans' key bamboozlement? FIRE HIM!!!!!!
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I'm guessing it's not a Southern Baptist wedding
If it was, the preacher would be bonking someone, or some child behind the pulpit.
Having visited all fifty states, I agree with DWD that each one has its own peculiar beauty.
Except Oklahoma. They ruined it by electing Coburn and Inhofe.
That shot of Lake Michigan is so beautiful. I've never watched more beautiful sunsets anywhere then there . . .
"she wouldn't know how to handle eating those sandwiches. They can get messy."
but they're GOOD!
and the buffalo fries...
my sons can clean out an order in about a minute and a half
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
You don't have to convince me.
Not at all!
Except Oklahoma. They ruined it by electing Coburn and Inhofe.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky
Don't forget Kentucky.
Bunning and McConnell.....eccch!
DWD, I've been all over the country as well.
If it was, the preacher would be bonking someone, or some child behind the pulpit.
Doug
As Bruce Hornsby sang:
The congregation's waiting at the altar
But they can't find the preacher anywhere
They found him with the new girl from the choir
Where they store the boxes of the Book of Prayer
As opposed to, say, handing $700B to private corporations.
That's not socialism, it's textbook Italian Fascism.
Okay I got it, blinking thirty times a minute is a survival technique of Hanoi Hilton dudes, so McCain is in fact awesome.
Sinfonian, check out this babe's wedding picture
Either John McCain's next wife or Donald Trump's.
I don't think it's going to work in the long run, by which I mean after he wins the election.
The Republicans, in the fury of their impotence, are going to go after him starting November 5th in a manner that's going to make their treatment of Clinton look like the Muppet Show.
In the face of that, nice isn't going to cut it. IMHO. steve hüssein® simels
Mr. Obama seems to know what he is doing.
Occam's Razor here.
Perhaps he has thought of the likely Republican reactions.
Could his campaign and public persona be a variant of what made Ronald Reagan not criticizable?
Well, my kids are clamoring for me to get off the computer. So, like Sarah Palin, my duties as a parent come first.
Catch you patriotz laterz.
The high point of the debate:
John "Turgison" McCain on foreign policy
Socialism is when the State owns the means of production.
Fascism is when the State props up the oligarchy's ownership of the means of production, to better serve the State's interests.
As opposed to, say, handing $700B to private corporations.
Well ... we'd just waste it on food, water, air and shelter.
"than" there
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"It has become overwhelmingly clear to me over the last month or so that Team Obama not only knows exactly what it is doing, but that what they are doing is working big time.
As a hardcore partisan, I find this frustrating for exactly the reasons you cite, but who am I to argue with success?"
i always, always get these debate impressions wrong. i always want the dem to kick the shit out of the gooper.
today is gonna be an interesting example because i hope to catch the speeches both in Nc and VA...I think they'll be different and it'll be interesting to see how.
That shot of Lake Michigan is so beautiful. I've never watched more beautiful sunsets anywhere then there . . .
Sparkle Plenty
If DWD was campaigning, I'd suggest checking to see if the photo might actually be sunRISE from the WISCONSIN side.
Cafferty To Blitzer: Don't Make Excuses For Palin
Including a clip of palin spouting some genuine frontier gibberish.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?
i=4...=40f_1222465239
I have a feeling that once Obama gets in, no more Mr. Guy.
To certain people, that is.
yes ... we received our unsolicited "Obsession" film and discussed what it was and why it'd been sent to our home and how and what we could do about it.
I consider it illegal
everyone didn't agree but they did agee I shouldn't have to tell someone to NOT send it to MY HOME!
Oops
No more Mr. NICE GUY
if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms
Working moms are oppressed. They aren't stupid...
We received "Obsession" in the GR Press a few weeks ago.
Could his campaign and public persona be a variant of what made Ronald Reagan not criticizable?
shawk | 09.27.08 - 11:50 am | #
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I agree.
He is certainly trying for that.
well its a shitty yuppie bar, sure.
Working moms are oppressed. They aren't stupid...
lol
Thank you!
Particularly those of us who had to go it pretty much alone.
obama might be better at politics than we are.
"I have a feeling that once Obama gets in, no more Mr. Nice Guy.
To certain people, that is."
on one level
but I don't think he'll ever call the repugs in congress pigfuckers - much as that might be fun
his act (that is playing well) is that of a gentleman
and you know what? I don't think it is an act.
Someone bring me up to speed here.
What is this "Obsession" thing of which you fine people speak?
if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms
Working moms are oppressed. They aren't stupid...
lol | 09.27.08 - 11:51 am | #
Moose and moosettes have government paid for healthcare, unlike many working moms.
"And Obama is never going to do this. He's made changing the culture of politics the bedrock of his campaign. And people have flocked to him because of it."
i think part of that tho was a tactic. first, i think people are tired of the polarization, so he could tap into that whole thing.
second, this country will never, ever vote for an angry black man. ever.
what in the hell ever happened to the law following up and supporting common decency when it comes to constitutional rights and those who would walk all over them
I don't care to have NAZI propaganda mailed to my home
If fact I loathe it
>In the face of that, nice isn't going to cut it.
I think there is a core of ruthlessness there we will start to see as the Slime Machine gears up. The fact that he'll take office in the middle of a very real international economic crisis won't hurt either. Time to start calling the real bad guys traitors for once.
why is every one freaking about about iran? jesusfuck its annoying.
but I don't think he'll ever call the repugs in congress pigfuckers - much as that might be fun
his act (that is playing well) is that of a gentleman
and you know what? I don't think it is an act.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
Fine - I just want to him put some folks around him who WILL call the Repigs out.
"obama might be better at politics than we are."
i've always wondered what his iq is. dood is incredibly smart.
"You don't have to convince me.
Not at all!"
I'd propose a philadelphia atriot field trip to nicks roast beef - but I'm broke
So, did McCain really mutter "Horseshit" twice during the debate?
http://www.opednews.com/articles...080927-
121.html
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and you know what? I don't think it is an act.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:53 am | #
I don't think it is, either. He's a mensch.
i've always wondered what his iq is. dood is incredibly smart.
jdw
Brilliant man.
As well as classy, cultured, urbane...
What a president SHOULD be, in other words.
obama might be better at politics than we are.
euphronius fail whale
Ding ding ding.
Yeah, I thought that as well.
So, did McCain really mutter "Horseshit" twice during the debate?
No class piece of shit.
"So, did McCain really mutter "Horseshit" twice during the debate?"
based on the youtube I saw, yeah he did
The 244 member Mona Shores High School Marching Band is outside my front door playing right now. Should I go see what they want?
the titty porn (think big stars over the genitals) finally stopped coming addressed to my 9 year old when she was not even living here and had a family of her own (Haven't heard if any of her toddlers have received any)
I think there is a core of ruthlessness there we will start to see as the Slime Machine gears up.
I think Obama can give as good as he gets.
>As well as classy, cultured, urbane...
What a president SHOULD be, in other words.
Kinda like JFK without the dick problem?
Sorry charlie for the impositi
Fill me in. What are you being sent?
"The 244 member Mona Shores High School Marching Band is outside my front door playing right now. Should I go see what they want?"
I'll go out on a limb and say money
ine - I just want to him put some folks around him who WILL call the Repigs out.
Terry C - Obama/Biden 2008 | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:54 am | #
I'd like to see him favor some more liberal economists. Volker and U of Chicago guys don't thrill me.
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Kinda like JFK without the dick problem?
Left Behind | 09.27.08 - 11:57 am | #
What dick problem?
>As well as classy, cultured, urbane...
What a president SHOULD be, in other words.
Kinda like JFK without the dick problem?
Left Behind
I think Obama is even more intelligent than JFK.
And, hey, some of our best presidents had a "dick" problem.
Beats the shit out of starting wars and bankrupting the country.
probably the same distributors
You know Hitler didn't even drink cofee accoding to him but he loved his steroid booster shots and his sherry enemas
didn't stop him from agreeing with the people that propped him up artificially and made him the poster boy for their carnage
"The 244 member Mona Shores High School Marching Band is outside my front door playing right now. Should I go see what they want?"
I'll go out on a limb and say money
I'll go out on a limb and say porn, plus beer.
Moose and moosettes have government paid for healthcare, unlike many working moms.
Le Jackel
Lots of working mom's work with Lipstick Wearing Supermom Pitbulls assholes who got ahead of them wearing their fuck me heels, and don't like them very much.
jdw :
As a hardcore partisan, I find this frustrating for exactly the reasons you cite, but who am I to argue with success?"
i always, always get these debate impressions wrong. i always want the dem to kick the shit out of the gooper.
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Amen brother. I want Obama to take out the old man, but he would look bad doing that. But I'd love it if he got a few more surrogates to do his asskicking for him.
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"Volker and U of Chicago guys don't thrill me."
the chicago school people really need to be cleaned out
of everywhere - even the university of chicago
burn out the nest - don't let em breed
the damage they have done is immense
"So, did McCain really mutter "Horseshit" twice during the debate?"
based on the youtube I saw, yeah he did
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
I'm surprised he hasn't said the "N" word yet.
Lots of working mom's work with Lipstick Wearing Supermom Pitbulls assholes who got ahead of them wearing their fuck me heels, and don't like them very much.
lol
Yep!
244 member Mona Shores High School Marching Band is outside my front door playing right now.
Request "The West Side Story Medley."
Nothing more moving than "There's a Place For Us" played on tuba and glockenspiel.
"I'll go out on a limb and say porn, plus beer."
well shit if he has some he should share!
"The 244 member Mona Shores High School Marching Band is outside my front door playing right now. Should I go see what they want?"
I'll go out on a limb and say money
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
Another winner.
so, was there a debate last night?
A little fact checking from earlier this year.
Remember
that McCain says he's against torture. Well he is except for when he's for it.
"Senate Passes Interrogation Ban
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 51 to 45 on Wednesday afternoon to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects.
Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, has consistently voiced opposition to waterboarding and other methods that critics say is a form torture. But the Republicans, confident of a White House veto, did not mount the challenge. Mr. McCain voted “no” on Wednesday afternoon."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/1...nd-cong.html?
hp
Aux Armes
Citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons
Marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons
Bring the guillotine to Wall Street
I'm lighting a candle for you vis a vis the job.
Waitaminnit - you're Catholic?
Oy!
"I'm surprised he hasn't said the "N" word yet."
in private I'm sure he has
and you know what? I don't think it is an act.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 11:53 am | #
I don't think it is, either. He's a mensch.
Sparkle Plenty
He sure is - if last night didn't make him go ethnic, I don't know what would.
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"Volker and U of Chicago guys don't thrill me."
the chicago school people really need to be cleaned out
of everywhere - even the university of chicago
burn out the nest - don't let em breed
the damage they have done is immense
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:00 pm | #
Hey!
(1974 UofC Grad)
DWD, My little nephews go to Mona Shores. Didn't know that was your district.
The SNL Skit & Focus Groups [Jonah Goldberg]
It's hard to guess what, exactly, the SNL skit will look like. I think the press is congealing around the (erroneous) idea that Obama won precisely because that's what the focus groups seem to be saying, or at least what the focus groups are saying allows the press to get away with claiming Obama won (for the record I think McCain won the parts I saw, but I've long argued that the press mostly cares what the polls say about these sorts of events). And SNL's instincts are, lamentably, to go with liberal conventional wisdom.
But, if I were writing the SNL skit, I would have the two candidates engage in a sympathy-for-veteran-families-and-other-noble-
causes "Jewelry-off" playing on the "I have a bracelet too" comment from Obama.
"Oh yeah? I have this earing and two bangles...."
"Well, my nipple ring proves I care more about ...."
The reason you don't write SNL skits, Pantload, is because you're smelly stoopid.
same people we know today that can't help themselves when it comes to a good demonic sigel to cling to
customize my Suburban I want the sun roof blitzer gun with the 700 Club insignia
I'll take that really shitty death before dihonor tat ... "I gotta leave Iraq tomorrow and want to get a kill in so can you hurry"!
"I'm surprised he hasn't said the "N" word yet". You KNOW he uses it all the time, you just haven't HEARD him use it is all.
i can understand hiding palin.
but why in the middle of the most democratic city in america.
in a shitty bar.
It's a new episode of "The Wire"?
jdw and Meander:
Patience, gentlemen.
Last night was only the first debate.
the chicago school people really need to be cleaned out
of everywhere - even the university of chicago
burn out the nest - don't let em breed
Derbes ain't gonna like that...
voluntary taxes are next!
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 10:51 am | #
paying them will be unpatriotic
Watching Pat Buchanan -- he and McCain look like guys who discuss the best brands of adult diapers and swollen prostate medications at the country club.
Man I've seen my future, and it's not pretty.
(1974 UofC Grad)
in economics?
we're talking milton friedman and his splooge here
I saw the last half or so of the debate in a coffeehouse last night. The "crowd" (such as it was) was surprisingly quiet and seemed to actually be listening.
Until the end, when Johnny Mav started in on the "POW POW POW!" Open derision and scorn was directed towards him, and the floodgates opened wide....
"I'm surprised he hasn't said the "N" word yet".
You KNOW he uses it all the time, you just haven't HEARD him use it is all.
LI Liberal
Oh, I'm SURE of it.
"doing nothing would be disasterous."
i can see that.
"we must do this particular thing."
that does not follow.
Shorter wingnut conventional wisdom:
"If you pay your taxes, the terrorists win."
Good morning.
I'm not anyone picked up on this. From the Palin bit Atrios linked to earlier:
"I expect her to be president of the United States one day," said Suzanne Haney, the Republican leader for the 2nd Ward in South Philadelphia, who gave Palin a $2 bill for luck.
Um...unless this is some sort of odd Philly thing like "wiz wit," getting a $2 bill is unlucky. Shhhh...don't tell her....
giving wall street 700 billion is a disaster.
in itself.
in economics?
Yes. (Nods yes, shakes head, cuts wrist.)
Noron after Alex. All GOP weekend at MSNBC.
Watching Pat Buchanan -- he and McCain look like guys who discuss the best brands of adult diapers and swollen prostate medications at the country club.
Man I've seen my future, and it's not pretty.
Philip Seyman Hoffmore
Pukecannon said that McCain came off as mean and bitter last night.
It's hard to guess what, exactly, the SNL skit will look like.
I don't watch SNL, and haven't for years, but if they're scaring the shit out of this motherfucker (and I mean that literally), I say "good for them"!
Time to start calling the real bad guys traitors for once.
Left Behind | 09.27.08 - 11:54 am | #
That would be nice...
"Um...unless this is some sort of odd Philly thing like "wiz wit,""
new to me
so this past week was not good for mccain.
"I expect her to be president of the United States one day," said Suzanne Haney, the Republican leader for the 2nd Ward in South Philadelphia, who gave Palin a $2 bill for luck.
Um...unless this is some sort of odd Philly thing like "wiz wit," getting a $2 bill is unlucky. Shhhh...don't tell her....
Uncle Smokes
I'd comment on that, but I'd get flamed for being sexist like ronjazz did the other night.
"Yes. (Nods yes, shakes head, cuts wrist.)"
turn away from the dark side, young jedi
Wesley Clark, Karl Rove debate issues in contentious faceoff at UB
Lecture series starts with bang
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityr...ory/
449268.html
Sadly, metaphorical.
-
euphronius fail whale : obama might be better at politics than we are.
Something so different, that we can't see it for what it is. Oh, yes.
I do wish, however, he would stop being stunned that McCain would lie, publicly, repeatedly, and egregiously.
~
Terry C : Patience, gentlemen.
Last night was only the first debate.
I live to serve, milady.
~
Hah, giving a $2 bill to a real $3 dollar bill.
the chicago school people really need to be cleane
The Society For The Promotion and Protection of Phlogiston Science.
The SNL Skit & Focus Groups [Jonah Goldberg]
It's all over YOUR head anyway, Pantload.
Rightards don't DO humor.
Unless it's mean-spirited.
i loved when nbc announced after biden, "we also invited sarah palin, but she declined her invitation. in her place, the mccain campaign gave us rudy giuliani."
i nearly died laughing.
even better was when blitzer said "of course, we would love to have sarah palin here as well, and hope she will join us at some other time" and anderson cooper replied "don't hold your breath for that one."
my 20 yo daughter nearly died laughing at that one.
"I'd comment on that, but I'd get flamed for being sexist like ronjazz did the other night."
missed that but thank you.
flame wars among the people are sucky.
thanks again for sparing me
Appropriate Phillyism: it's cheeses wit, not wiz wit.
saying cheese will, by default, get you Cheese Whiz unless you specify otherwise (American or provolone. You can ask for swiss if the place makes hoagies, and they'll make it with swiss, but they WON"T respect, viz John Kerry)
WIT means with fried onions
Wesley Clark, Karl Rove debate issues in contentious faceoff at UB
Someone needs to reach over and slap KKKarl upside his head.
HARD.
Appropriate Phillyism: it's cheeses wit, not wiz wit.
saying cheese will, by default, get you Cheese Whiz unless you specify otherwise (American or provolone. You can ask for swiss if the place makes hoagies, and they'll make it with swiss, but they WON"T respect, viz John Kerry)
WIT means with fried onions
No offense, but who gives a fuck?
How come my can of Progresso split pea soup is full of unsplit peas?
Aux Armes
Citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons
Marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons
Bring the guillotine to Wall Street.
No bailout
"I'd comment on that, but I'd get flamed for being sexist like ronjazz did the other night."
missed that but thank you.
The horny skirt, pair of tits McPalin wants moose cock? Am I even close, bitch?
in her place, the mccain campaign gave us rudy giuliani."
And Rudy is still the arrogant, know-nothing mo fo that he's always been.
Dude, the voters rejected your sorry ass. Piss off.
Um...unless this is some sort of odd Philly thing like "wiz wit," getting a $2 bill is unlucky.
She could have said "break a leg" but Palin would probably had the secret service arrest her.
Someone needs to reach over and slap KKKarl upside his head.
HARD.
With a blunt object.
Except Oklahoma.
I love Oklahoma, nuts and all. I step foot on that red clay and, near enough, I'm home.
The horny skirt, pair of tits McPalin wants moose cock? Am I even close, bitch?
Le Jackel
No, not even close.
And that's MS. Bitch to YOU.
"And Rudy is still the arrogant, know-nothing mo fo that he's always been."
gee
did he mention 9/11?
I thought McCain was reinvoking the Cold War when he said he looked into Putin's eyes and saw the K.G.B.
I can't believe that line hasn't gotten more negative play.
Yeah, I had to listen to the clip a couple of times, but McCain sure did say Horseshit. When Obama pointed out McCain said he would refuse to meet with the president of Spain. And the fact that McCain said that is a verifiable fact, since there's audio tape of McCain very clearly saying that. Now, McCain may have been confused about who he was talking about, but his campaign has denied that, and confirmed that he did, if fact, say he would not meet with the president of Spain. I don't know why McCain saying 'horseshit', unless he's referring to his original stupid statement about refusing to meet with Zapatero. That IS horseshit.
起来吧祖国英勇的孩子们
斗争的时候来到了
我们的面前凶恶的暴君
血腥的旗帜举起来了
血腥的旗帜举起来了
残暴的兵士发出了嚎叫
在田野里疯狂咆哮
他们来到你们的家
残杀你们的妻子和儿女
武装起来同胞们
快结成队伍
前进 前进
用他们的污血
灌溉我们田野.
post debate poll on who would do a better job in iraq favored obama over mccain, something like 52% to 48%.
cnn pointed out that might be a tie because more democrats watched the debate.
now, there are two possibilities.
one is that republicans are less likely to care about anything other than R vs D. they don't need no stinkin' debates.
the other is that THERE ARE MORE DEMOCRATS IN THE ELECTORATE.
i loved when nbc announced after biden, "we also invited sarah palin, but she declined her invitation. in her place, the mccain campaign gave us rudy giuliani."
i nearly died laughing.
Someone should have blogged on that.
Oklahoma used to be the home to serious progressives, like Fred Harris.
WTF happened to it? Looneyjuice in the water? Mass die off of people with IQs over 110? Someone put altered quadrotriticale in the storage bins?
Oh, great -- the Mandarin troll.
Someone should have blogged on that.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:14 pm | #
no one reads blogs.
Watching Pat Buchanan -- he and McCain look like guys who discuss the best brands of adult diapers and swollen prostate medications at the country club.
Man I've seen my future, and it's not pretty.
Philip Seyman Hoffmore | 09.27.08 - 12:04 pm | #
And I'm right there with them now.
I spent last evening gumming my kibble.
Someone should have blogged on that.
I ain't no sucky blog from someone who calls Florida a wang without also taking a cheap shot at the Chesapeake Bay.
cnn saying both candidates talked around any specific cuts.
but that isn't true.
mccain said he'd consider freezing spending on anything but the war machine.
obama said he'd get rid of the program of private insurers handling medicare.
起来！ 不愿做奴隶的人们！
把我们的血肉，筑成我们新的长城！
中华民族到了最危险的时候
毎个人被迫着发出最后的吼声
起来！ 起来！ 起来！
我们万众一心，
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！
冒着敌人的炮火，前进！
前进！ 前进！ 进！
Someone should have blogged on that.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:14 pm | #
no one reads blogs.
dirk gently, sociopathetic | 09.27.08 - 12:15 pm | #
The kids are all into Twittering these days, kids.
Mandarin troll.
Hm. Now I've seen it all.
tòngzhì
The hell you say.
It really is remarkable that the Republican vice-presidential candidate was completely MIA following the first presidential debate. Not even a statement, as far as I can tell.
As the French would say, "in-croy-ah-bluh"...
'i ain't reading no sucky"....
My fingers are no obeying things.
Last night, I heard:
1 "my friends"
2 "maverick"
2 "surge"
Did I miss anything, or was I too drunk by then?
The kids are all into Twittering these days, kids.
Le Jackel | 09.27.08 - 12:17 pm | #
i finally found an actual use for twitter.
finding gasoline in atlanta.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
People might sympathize, perhaps, but such an event would also raise a good question:
Can you just take a family leave day off from being Vice President?
She's the one who's always saying that she'd have no problem juggling family and work.
I spent last evening gumming my kibble.
"Wit" or not?
meander im loving th enew computer.
im thinking about playing Crysis just because i can.
tòngzhì | 09.27.08 - 12:13 pm
Well, thanks for clearing that up.
We can be fairly sure this is not a simels sockpuppet.
Did I miss anything, or was I too drunk by then?
You missed the Hollywood automatic fire sound effects staccato of POW POW POW at the end, I think.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
Oh, the fuck they would.
Most of them have to deal with it and go to fucking work.
People might sympathize, perhaps, but such an event would also raise a good question:
Can you just take a family leave day off from being Vice President?
That's pretty much what General Zod said in his comment.
I ain't no sucky blog from someone who calls Florida a wang without also taking a cheap shot at the Chesapeake Bay.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ | 09.27.08 - 12:16 pm | #
I once took a cheap shot in my Chesapeake Bay, man that stung. BTW, Paul Newman was a gay icon, I never knew.
Palin took a sick kid to a bar?
The hell you say.
Lime Rickey
I am laughing so hard I'm crying.
Hey, Steverino - you'll be happy to know yesterday in the mail, I got an offer to go have a "free" lunch at one of the local "assisted living" facilities. Just to check the place out 'cause I'm old enough for AARP now, I guess...
Just listening to a clip of that Couric/Palin interview again, and realized that Palin, although her regional accent is different, has the same quavery speaking voice as Condi.
Did I miss anything, or was I too drunk by then?
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:18 pm | #
"what senator obama doesn't seem to understand" was the smear of the night. the focus group HATED it.
i was yelling at obama "answer that!" what i had in mind was something like:
"it isn't that i don't understand george bush and john mccain's foreign policy. i understand it only too well, having seen it fail for the last seven years. what senator mccain doesn't seem to understand is that there are alternatives. we don't have to keep following the same failed policies of the bush administration."
that would have been good, and been the grand slam obama would have liked.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
Oh, the fuck they would.
Most of them have to deal with it and go to fucking work.
dave™© |
Scarah has a husband at home.
A lot of working moms don't!
Single working mothers are not going to buy her bullshit.
euphronius : meander im loving th enew computer.
im thinking about playing Crysis just because i can.
Awesome! Did you go with the dual monitor set up?
~
Just listening to a clip of that Couric/Palin interview again, and realized that Palin, although her regional accent is different, has the same quavery speaking voice as Condi.
The voice of someone completely over their head.
Ralph Yarbrough, LBJ and Lloyd Bentsen in Texas, too. It's more of a mixed bag than it's portrayed, on both right and left.
All power, therefore, to the 50 state strategy. And death, as soon as possible, to the Electoral College, which exaggerates the coutry's polarization, caricatures whole states, and requires campaigns not to present their cases with vigor in states they can't realistically contest. Not to mention that it occasionally allows the election of a president who received a minority of the popular vote.
Awesome! Did you go with the dual monitor set up?
~
Meander | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:21 pm | #
i could. Doesnt vista support dual monitors better than XP?
"what senator obama doesn't seem to understand" was the smear of the night. the focus group HATED it.
Pissed my daughter off.
Said McCain came off like a bitter, arrogant know it all.
Most people don't like that attitude.
Wall Street waits for Shrub to get them good deals and cheap money Democrats vow to help!
http://www.creditslips.org/credi...sis-
r.html#more
homeowners in trouble -fuck you
Did I miss anything, or was I too drunk by then?
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky
Obama sighed a lot.
Palin's voice and appearance always reminds me of the Gilda Radner character who always ended up saying "Never mind".
if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
well, it sure would beat down the argument that she can handle the vice presidency and a family.
People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who actually do.
Single working mothers are not going to buy her bullshit.
They sure haven't so far.
Playing the "sick kid" card also undercuts all their arguments about "sexism" as well as what a "pit bull" Little Miss Wingnut is.
Of course, they ARE completely, absolutely desperate at this point...
McCain's unease and refusal to even glance at Obama came through as obnoxious.
Worse than that. He oozed condescension and contempt, made with the adolescent facial expressions as Obama talked, and all but called him "boy".
Palin's voice and appearance always reminds me of the Gilda Radner character who always ended up saying "Never mind".
Anthony McCarthy
Rosanne Rosannadanna was funny.
Palin isn't funny. She's pathetic.
i could. Doesnt vista support dual monitors better than XP?
Pretty easy with Vista - I've got my laptop set up with a Hauppage TV adaptor, displaying the picture on a monitor to the side - works well.
Translation for the character impaired.
MARCH OF THE VOLUNTEERS
Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!
With our flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall!
The Chinese nation faces its greatest danger.
From each one the urgent call for action comes forth.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
Millions with but one heart,
Braving the enemy's fire.
March on!
Braving the enemy's fire.
March on! March on! March on!
People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who actually do.
Don't I know it!
meander im loving th enew computer.
so microcenter was helpful?
Frank Church of Idaho also.
Vista is just so "nice". i dont know how to explain it. they sp[ent 6 billion on it and it shows.
euphronius fail whale : i could. Doesnt vista support dual monitors better than XP?
A feature added to XP, but is standard in Vista. About even, I'd say.
~
And death, as soon as possible, to the Electoral College,
If most of the states adopted the law that their electors have to cast their votes in line with the national popular vote it would probably be dead in most elections. It's the only way you can kill the damned Horcrux of Oligarchy that the stupid founders saddled us with.
tòngzhì:
Whatever.
Hey, Steverino - you'll be happy to know yesterday in the mail, I got an offer to go have a "free" lunch at one of the local "assisted living" facilities. Just to check the place out 'cause I'm old enough for AARP now, I guess...
dave™© | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:21 pm | #
That's the equivalent of letting a really old dog see that you're feeding him Cycle 4.
Palin's voice and appearance always reminds me of the Gilda Radner character who always ended up saying "Never mind".
Anthony McCarthy
Rosanne Rosannadanna was funny.
Yeah. But that was Emily Litella.
Also, Vista blows donkeys.
Tennessee is the Volunteer State.
HICA!
.
so microcenter was helpful?
dirk gently, sociopathetic | 09.27.08 -
yes!!!!!!!!!
thank you so much!! they are so nice there!]
did you they have free walk in tech support?
Doesnt vista support dual monitors better than XP?
i use dual monitors with xp all the time. no problems as far as i know. easy to turn on and off.
video stream of Greensboro rally (when it starts)
LIVE: Barack and Joe in Greensboro
Vista is just so "nice". i dont know how to explain it. they sp[ent 6 billion on it and it shows.
euphronius fail whale
I just got a new Dell.
Vista is on it. I like it.
Thing is, if Palin did miss the debate because of a sick kid, alot of parents, especially working moms on whom this falls disproportionately, might sympathize...
That is just desperation piled on moose shit and served up on a warm ciabatta loaf.
Tennessee is the Volunteer State.
Isn't that the "Community Organizer State?"
BRODER -- WTF?
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
...I expect Broder to smell McCain's butt the next time he sees him.
ive been reading. i have 64 bit OS and 4 gigs of ram and it appears that no software can use that yet!! lol
so this computer will last a long time.
That's the equivalent of letting a really old dog see that you're feeding him Cycle 4.
Hey! That's Hills 'Senior', bubba!
vista is apparently pretty good an a new machine configured for it and all new software installed.
upgrading from xp is, i'm told, asking for trouble.
Rosanne Rosannadanna was funny.
Yeah. But that was Emily Litella.
Shit - got my characters confused.
i had major problems tryingto get 2 monitors to work on XP
Sinfonian: Isn't that the "Community Organizer State?"
No, that's Illinois.
.
dirk are they 2 of the same exact monitor?
Just to check the place out 'cause I'm old enough for AARP now, I guess...
dave™©
Prolly figger you might have parents who're ready... that's what I'm up to these days.
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
It's always about dick waving with the Repigs, isn't it?
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
...I expect Broder to smell McCain's butt the next time he sees him.
Attaturk
Broder's been reading too much Lou Aguilar, who declared McCain "the manly choice."
Mentioned this earlier, but if you have the Food Channel, check out the Paula Dean Show at 7pm EST.
My drummer's blues band is the guest, and they're pretty good. I think Paula's cooking corn-encrusted bass to boot.
Problem is, I have to get a new scanner.
My four year old Visioneer is not compatible with Vista.
Via FDL:
WTF was with (McCain's) blinking?!!... Was McCain:
* lying, full of shit, as my deposition taking attorney better half suggested?
* neurologically impaired due either to age, cancer, prescription drugs or something else? (How about finally bailing out those medical records for all to see, Senator? I mean, wtf?)
* trying to contain his famously seething rage, but it comes out in his eyes?
* flirting with Jim Lehrer?
I don't know what the hell it was about, but it made it really, really hard for me to look at him. He was going way too fast to count.
I'm going with a combo of 1 and 2...
i have 64 bit OS and 4 gigs of ram and it appears that no software can use that yet!! lol
correction: no vista software.
linux has a 64 bit os.
anyway, what happens if a 128 bit os leapfrogs you? it could happen
Emily Litella: "What's all this about a National Erection???"
The body of the piece from Broder isn't quite as bad as the title suggests and the commenters are almost unanimous so far in letting him know that they don't think so much of Alpha Males these days.
Karl Rove deserves nothing less than an prison cell ... if up to me ... eh
roommate
preferably Big Chas
BRODER -- WTF?
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
David "Fud" Broder? Shouldn't that be WAF?
David Broder is the Goebbles of the McCain Reich.
...I expect Broder to smell McCain's butt the next time he sees him.
He'd have to get his tongue out of the way...
BRODER -- WTF?
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Alpha Males supposed to be unafraid to look the subordinates in the eye?
anyway, what happens if a 128 bit os leapfrogs you? it could happen
dirk gently, sociopathetic | 09.27.08 - 12:28 pm | #
*shakes fist*
McPalin ain't even a high functioning moron.
RIP Paul Newman -
"I'm the best you've ever seen, Fats..."
http://tinyurl.com/4utnyz
Anybody know where I can place a LARGE bet on Palin dropping out of the VP debate?
Left Behind
You find one, lemme know. She'll be sick, a kid'll be sick, Todd'll have a sno'bile accident, her plane'll be grounded for maintenance, the studio will catch fire, or...maybe something inventive. Who knows? That debate goes off, it's gonna be "dead elephant in the middle of the road, stinkin' to high Heaven"...
No problem with XP dual monitors, although doing it with a Mac is much simpler.
dirk are they 2 of the same exact monitor?
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 12:27 pm | #
nope.
one is my 17" laptop display. the other is a 20" flat screen, different resolution.
As we've discussed before, the reason Vista got a bad rap was that Microsoft refused to tell hardware manufacturers that it required a minimum of 2-4GB RAM and 1GB VRAM to run nicely.
The firstgen Vista machines were underpowered, running that verdammnt desktop search by default, and used a new networking protocol that no-one had heard of.
As a new product rollout - EPIC FAIL.
~
it is possible my video card was causing the problem.
so this computer will last a long time.
Until you spill coffee all over it.
Hmmmm...a follow up:
Looking about the web, I see that there are plenty who see the $2 bill as lucky.
Great! Now we have an opportunity for a rational observation about the $2 bill and its unluckiness or luckiness:
1) If Palin craters in the debate, we'll know that the $2 bill was unlucky;
2) If Palin wins the debate, we'll know that superstition is not all it's cracked up to be.
Talking out loud about 'alpha maleness' only makes explicit what's been obvious for some time: that, while lip service is paid to intelligence, respect, courage, knowledge, education, decency and so on, that isn't what it's really about for a lot of people. It's about power, and what power can do for them and their clients.
Hate that.
I habe kaffee on mein komputer gespillt!
Marcellina: Until you spill coffee all over it.
I did that recently to this very notebook.
Saved!
.
cnn talked about how obama disrespected mccain by calling him "john" while mccain always said "senator obama"
BUT.
obama said "senator mccain" every time he referred to him in third person - talking to lehrer or the audience. only said "john" when he was addressing mccain directly.
since mccain was too chickenshit to address obama directly, we don't know what he would have called him. but i suspect it would have begun with the letter "n"
Paul Newman, what a great actor and a good leftie. They're going too fast.
BRODER -- WTF?
"John McCain showed why he's the Alpha Male"
He's become Backwardsman! Everything he says now is precisely the opposite of reality.
That debate goes off, it's gonna be "dead elephant in the middle of the road, stinkin' to high Heaven"...
Meanie-meanie, tickle a person
It ain't gonna be pretty!
It's always about dick waving with the Repigs, isn't it?
I went to school with a Dick Waving. Big jerk.
Also, Vista blows donkeys.
As does Mojave.
As we've discussed before, the reason Vista got a bad rap was that Microsoft refused to tell hardware manufacturers that it required a minimum of 2-4GB RAM and 1GB VRAM to run nicely.
There's also a whole bunch of "security" bullshit that you had to turn off manually. And the drivers thing.
Supposedly, SP1 took care of a lot of things. I'm still on XP, though, and probably will be until this computer dies...
You find one, lemme know. She'll be sick, a kid'll be sick, Todd'll have a sno'bile accident, her plane'll be grounded for maintenance, the studio will catch fire, or...maybe something inventive. Who knows? That debate goes off, it's gonna be "dead elephant in the middle of the road, stinkin' to high Heaven"...
Meanie-meanie, tickle a person
I've laid down my bet already.
You know I better start planning to take friday off. Them drinking games thursday night is gonna leave me with a powerful hangover.
since mccain was too chickenshit to address obama directly, we don't know what he would have called him. but i suspect it would have begun with the letter "n"
dirk gently, sociopathetic
"Boy"
I agree that McCain should've made eye contact with Obamachrist, but it's probably just because he didn't want to get starstruck.
Paul Newman lived a complete life, was alive for every minute of it. Can't ask for much more than that.
cnn talked about how obama disrespected mccain by calling him "john" while mccain always said "senator obama"
But for CNN McCain is always a john.
I agree that McCain should've made eye contact with Obamachrist, but it's probably just because he didn't want to get starstruck.
One of the few times Dog Burner has ever told the truth.
Paul Newman lived a complete life, was alive for every minute of it. Can't ask for much more than that.
We'll always have his marinara sauce!
There's some nice research (Sapolsky) showing that one is better off not being the alpha male (king of the hill) in terms of stress, number of offspring, and challenges.
Debate Coach: You look like a deer in the headlights?
Palin: A deer? Where? I'll bag it!
If Palin becomes a REAL embarassment to the pukes, can anyone envision her being "Wellstoned".
it is possible my video card was causing the problem.
euphronius fail whale | 09.27.08 - 12:30 pm | #
two different video cards with different drivers? that might have been the problem, configuration can be tricky.
my laptop, of course, uses a single card with two outputs. and my desktop has identical cards.
If Huggy Bear is an Alpha Male, what does that make Sarah "Clown Car" Palin?
cnn talked about how obama disrespected mccain by calling him "john" while mccain always said "senator obama"
CNN sucks.
I can't believe how far downhill that network has gone in the last 10 years.
An oxymoron dreamt up by equally oxymoronic Compassionate Conservatives.
I can't believe how far downhill that network has gone in the last 10 years.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
"Also, Vista blows donkeys.
As does Mojave."
"Ουρέα" is very nice.
http://sidux.com/
We'll always have his marinara sauce!
I'll always have my DVD of "Slap Shot".
Here's a foto that shows tempus fugit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...hurch-
Sadat.jpg
If Palin becomes a REAL embarassment to the pukes, can anyone envision her being "Wellstoned".
LI Libera
It's more likely that if McCain wins that he'll be killed. Every single Republican-fascist will be praying for him to die as soon as they are sworn in as possible.
It's the ultimate cynicism of her choice that her supporters will be hoping for him to die.
Sarah Palin is the Alpha Corn Maze.
I was underwhelmed by Obama for the most part and also wished he would have responded directly to McLame's repeated "he doesn't understand" 5th grade bullshit, but since he already has my vote, if whatever strategy he's following gave him a win in the eyes of the people who might not vote for him, I'll gladly keep my cakehole shut.
Paul Newman lived a complete life, was alive for every minute of it. Can't ask for much more than that.
ProfWombat | 09.27.08 - 12:33 pm | #
well, his early life before he discovered acting was a troubled one. he credited acting with letting him escape that, and you can see how he used that in many of his films.
he was truly one of the greatest ever. and a damned fine human being to boot.
I can't believe how far downhill that network has gone in the last 10 years.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
Aside from rueing the day he sold to Time-Warner?
Also, Vista blows donkeys.
You say that like it was a bad thing.
Gail Collins has a fun paragraph or two today:
(McCain) raced (to the Senate) in answer to the crisis call, after a brief detour to New York to deliver a desperately needed speech on fossil fuels at the Clinton Global Initiative. He could not have sounded more filled with passion about service and country and the need for his leadership. Then he joined President Bush, Obama and members of Congress in a White House meeting that his campaign had orchestrated, where he sat in near-silence as a bipartisan consensus fell apart.
One thing we now know for sure. Electing John McCain would be God’s gift to the profession of journalism. A story a minute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/2...collins.html?
hp
dave™© : Supposedly, SP1 took care of a lot of things. I'm still on XP, though, and probably will be until this computer dies...
That was the other thing about Vista - there was no good reason to upgrade XP. None. On a new machine, fine, but upgrading was nowheresville.
~
There's also a whole bunch of "security" bullshit that you had to turn off manually. And the drivers thing.
There was a -lot- of manual tweaking that had to be done before the thing would run in any kind of an acceptable manner. I suppose a lot of folks were reluctant to do it, or didn't know how. One of the least useful out-of-the-box OSs I've been thru.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
dave™©
No idea, but I saw him coming out of Ted's Montana Grill in downtown Denver when I was at the DNC. He was with a woman I can only describe as a younger version of Jane Fonda.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
dave™©
If it's starting up another 24/7 "news" operation, I wish he wouldn't. The cabloids are one of the worst developments in journalism in the history of the news.
Peter Kirsanow (Cornholer):
Like Obama and millions of other Americans, my father also came to America from another country. Not after writing letters trying to come to a prestigious college here, but after escaping from the death squads of the Soviet empire. Once here, he saluted the American flag every single day. And although he has since passed, I'm certain he'd marvel at our ideals and values today. He'd hold Obama's statement in contempt.
Insulting the values and ideals of America may be fashionable in the salons occupied by William Ayers and Rev. Wright. It may be a matter of course at swanky fundraisers in San Francisco attended by pampered glitterati. But it's not something likely to fly with those who expect their president to have unwavering pride in America and the sacrifices of its best and bravest.
Your name sounds like a KGB spy name.
Are you married to that lady with the knife in her shoe?
anyone got a link for obama's nc speech?
thanks!
So is Obama winning the debate good news for John McCain?
"what senator obama doesn't seem to understand" was the smear of the night. the focus group HATED it.
It wasn't very credible, since Obama did such a good job of projecting his superior intellect and knowledge of the issues. It kind of boomeranged back on McCain, who seemed to have a hard time understanding anything.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
Masturbating to Klute and crying a lot.
RE: Blinking, linked from TPM
I think people really are missing the point about McCain's failure to look at Obama. McCain was afraid of Obama. It was really clear--look at how much McCain blinked in the first half hour. I study monkey behavior--low ranking monkeys don't look at high ranking monkeys. In a physical, instinctive sense, Obama owned McCain tonight and I think the instant polling reflects that.
So McCain may have given away his status as a low-ranking monkey. I'd never even considered monkey rank.
Late Monkey Science Update: In case anyone's wondering, I looked up TPM Reader TB's page at the University he teaches at. And no doubt about it, he appears to be a genuine monkey scientist, or to be more specific a researcher on social cognition and behavior in primates.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
I'll always have my DVD of "Slap Shot".
I'd forgotten how funny Newman could be. Reminded me of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys." Hysterical.
But Free Market Capitalism is self regulating isn't it?
I was underwhelmed by Obama for the most part
of course, obama didn't need to win (although polls show he did). he's ahead and trending up. mccain needed to change the momentum and he failed.
as cnn's sneider pointed out, the only thing obama needed to show in the foreign policy debate was that he was a serious alternative - that is, it is safe to elect him - because he wins on everything else anyway.
i'm still predicting 70%.
What's Ted Turner up to these days, anyway?
dave™©
Raising buffalo. I guess it is appropriate considering CNN became a bunch of bull...
Peter Kirsanow (Cornholer):
What an asshole.
So is Obama winning the debate good news for John McCain?
George Johnston
Close. Actually, it's good news for Rudy Giuliani.
"But Free Market Capitalism is self regulating isn't it?"
yes
by the invisible hand, no less
As far as I am concerned, saluting the flag shows a disrespect for the constitution, America and Betsy Ross.
Sarah Palin is the Alpha Corn Maze.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:36 pm | #
Now where did I put my corn cob vibrator device again. Oh right.
Masturbating to Klute and crying a lot.
JeffCO
He's got a woody for Sutherland?
Ted is raising buffalo and wish Jane wasn't a bornagain
Problem is, I have to get a new scanner.
My four year old Visioneer is not compatible with Vista.
Terry C - Obama/Biden 2008
See yours here?
I'll always have my DVD of "Slap Shot".
I love that film.
I also love "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" - he and Elizabeth Taylor were a treat for the eyes.
So is Obama winning the debate good news for John McCain?
George Johnston
Yes. Because Obama did not utterly destroy McCain in the debate, then McCain showed he still has a chance.
Now gimme some money...punditry don't come cheap.
best exchange of the night (which no cable news has aired as a clip on its own): obama directly taking mccain to task on iraq.
best line of the night (which no cable news has aired as a clip on its own): i have a bracelet, too.
But Free Market Capitalism is self regulating isn't it?
sj
That brings to mind Paul Newman's lines about rules in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"....
leibniz: I'm not surprised; it's a commonplace observation that it's a distinctly mixed blessing being an 'alpha male' sort, or 'alpha' anything, that most sane, well-balanced folk who have empathy, intelligence and open-mindedness have other priorities and aspirations than that.
He's got a woody for Sutherland?
Anthony McCarthy
who among us does not?
anyone got a link for obama's nc speech?
Every John McCain speech is nc - No class! /Russell
best line of the night (which no cable news has aired as a clip on its own): i have a bracelet, too.
dirk gently, sociopathetic
The wingnuts apparently are saying that part was silly and juvenile.
See yours here?
Meanie-meanie, tickle a person
I checked that site out the other day, thanks.
My scanner is a Visioneer 7100.
Now gimme some money...punditry don't come cheap.
Uncle Smokes
(Sends Uncle Smokes a letter of credit written on AIG stationery.)
In honor of the late Paul Newman, I shall eat fifty eggs.
My problem is that Vista's not compatible with my Commodore 64.
"My drummer's blues band is the guest, and they're pretty good. I think Paula's cooking corn-encrusted bass to boot."
i wanna see your drummer twirl his whisks, and then blow up his kit with baking soda.
Wombat, the single most interesting job I've ever held was as an admin for the Phoenix FD Arson squad. Every single investigator was an alpha male. 15 of 'em. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
As far as I am concerned, saluting the flag shows a disrespect for the constitution, America and Betsy Ross.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮
Time to care about people instead of symbols.
The right seems to have such a fetish for flags, lapel pins, pledges, anthems and shit like that.
Raising buffalo. I guess it is appropriate considering CNN became a bunch of bull...
George Johnston
interesting fact: ted's montana grill does not provide a FUCKING STEAK KNIFE.
it's very annoying.
Weekend Rooftop Blogging: Garden Edition
(Sends Uncle Smokes a letter of credit written on AIG stationery.)
George Johnston
Thanks! I'll take out a loan using it as collateral...what could go wrong?
who among us does not?
dirk gently, sociopathetic
I wish they'd release that movie he did about the Canadian communist doctor who worked with the Maoists before the revolution.
Hate his son with the heat of a billion suns, the promoter of torture.
The wingnuts apparently are saying that part was silly and juvenile.
Sinfonian, gimpy lucky ducky | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:42 pm | #
then why isn't faux news playing it over and over again to mock him?
Dr. Norman Bethune, just remembered his name. I think.
Now gimme some money...punditry don't come cheap.
Uncle Smokes
If you don't like the letter of credit we can offer you a black Corvette with a small ding on the hood.
GWPDA: yikes!
Was on some rotations in surgical training like that. The surgeon's coat of arms, it's said, is egos rampant on a field of crimson...
Well, I'd better take off for now. Catch you patriotz laterz.
Prof Wombat,
It was only with some good field studies and DNA sampling that researchers found that some primate beta males were sneaking off to have sex with the alpha males' harems. True with birds also. The classic case is with dunnocks in England. In fact, field biologists now use the term EPC (extra pair copulations). And in a number of studies, researchers have found that human children don't appear to have the right biological fathers.
Sad to say, but cannibal mooses are now devouring each other due to global warming and embarassment over being field dressed by Sarah Palin.
The wingnuts apparently are saying that part was silly and juvenile
They're silly and juvenile.
Hello all,
Watched part of the debate last night.
Watching the rest just now.
I hereby formally suggest that McCain be known henceforth as "Blinky McGee."
My review of WHALEDREAMERS, a new documentary about those huge mammals and the indigenous people who love 'em, is now up over at Box Office, for those who care.
http://boxoffice.com/reviews/
200...aledreamers.php
For the first three years of my life, my mommy field dressed me.
McCain just showed the people what a silly old ass he is. I think people have had enough of rude, don't you?
Well, my new computer is now officially up and running marvelously. The VISTA Operating System finally accepted my old keyboard and Microsoft Laser Mouse (and that is a relief as these new keyboards are simply not as nice) The LAN is operating now and faster than ever now that this machine is serving as the server. I have transferred all of my "stuff" to this computer but my son has taken over my old computer so everything except my really "private" stuff is still there. I will set up his old computer for Mrs DWD to surf the web in search of bargains and poodle porn.
All is right with the world. (as far as the internets go)
Oh jeebus, we getting the "Broder Bounce"
from the "foul-mouth liberal bloggers" man.
It's how you know for sure, that McCain lost the debate.
There were no knockout blows in the first presidential debate of the fall, but John McCain out-pointed Barack Obama often enough to encourage his followers that he can somehow overcome the odds and deny the Democrats the victory that has seemed to be in store for them.
Arm chair pundit loads his guns for a liberal snipe hunt, packing his buckshot of bullshit again.
Standard IBM business systems were 64-bit hardware, 64-bit software decades ago.
The more things change, the stupider they get.
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There were no knockout blows in the first presidential debate of the fall, but John McCain out-pointed Barack Obama often enough to encourage his followers that he can somehow overcome the odds and deny the Democrats the victory that has seemed to be in store for them.
What the fuck was Broder watching???
These people are bizarros!
Hate his son with the heat of a billion suns, the promoter of torture.
Anthony McCarthy | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:45 pm | #
i think you are judging him unfairly. his character uses torture, but he himself has pointed out that it is fiction and not meant as a model for foreign policy. also, if you watched the series (which, btw, had a terrific african american president in the first couple of seasons), once the torture proponents started using it, the plot shifted so that the president and his top croneys were the (incompetent) bad guys. and, plot lines showed that torture was counter productive. there were some very good arab-american characters, and one plotline was about a bunch of them that were arrested and sent to prison on the assumption that arab = terrorist and then turned out to be heros.
the problem wasn't with keifer, or even with the show (which was, after all, an action thriller). it was with morons who watched and could not distinguish reality from fantasy.
young guns 2, however, sucked big time.
I checked that site out the other day, thanks.
My scanner is a Visioneer 7100.
Terry C - Obama/Biden 2008
OK, how 'bout this?
Standard IBM business systems were 64-bit hardware, 64-bit software decades ago.
The more things change, the stupider they get.
Yeah but they were big and expensive and had to were white shirts only.
Obama live on MSNBC
Norman Bethune was a hell of an interesting character: surgeon, lefty and Communist, time in China and Spain. A Canuckistani, too. Wiki has a good article on him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor.../
Norman_Bethune
You're kidding, right? Broder (among others) had their opinions on paper long before the debate even started.
"Broder Bounce"
Otherwise known as a pile of shit in a diaper.
The people here were facing off the Soviet Union.
Palin has not.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/lMIU1wp8.jpg
cnn talked about how obama disrespected mccain by calling him "john" while mccain always said "senator obama"
I'm not sure John McCain could cause the name "Barack" to come out of his mouth.
BHO tearing up McCain's debate performance.
Plus there was very little decent porn back then.
BHO tearing up McCain's debate performance.
how can i see it?
You're kidding, right? Broder (among others) had their opinions on paper long before the debate even started.
LI Liberal | 09.27.08 - 12:51 pm | #
But how can you know the outcome before the debate?
Oh, wait.
McCain wins debate!
another good moment from the debate:
mccain: obama has the most liberal voting record in the senate.
obama: most of those votes were simply opposing the horrible policies of g w bush.
BHO to crowd:
"Through 90 minutes, McCain had a lot to say about me, but he didn't say a word about you."
McCain wins debate!
rorschach | Homepage | 09.27.08 - 12:53 pm | #
what did they run instead? please tell me they ran it again anyway!
Thanx,rorschach. That's what I was alluding to but didn't know where to make the link.
If you don't like the letter of credit we can offer you a black Corvette with a small ding on the hood.
George Johnston
Tell you what...in exchange for the Corvette, I'll sell you the loan I took out using the AIG stationery IOU you gave me. I'll throw in this bar napkin with a map to the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, which Washington Mutual took as a collateral on a loan to excavate Oak Island. Act fast! Bailouts for flying pigs don't happen every day!
i don't think they were morons, they were assholes. they know what they were doing. to call our elitist illionaire owner class ignorant is missing the point. the ones who are ignorant are those who keep propping up teh elitist owner class of illionaires.
You are more than welcome.
BHO brings up the "voluntary" regulations piece.
best line of the night (which no cable news has aired as a clip on its own): i have a bracelet, too.
It made me uncomfortable. But if McCain wants to play games with people's emotions using dead soldiers and their families, unfortunately, Obama has to play it too. I think he took the whole tactic away from McCain and it won't happen again. Thankfully.
My PhD advisor died last week. I call a fellow former graduate student about attending a memorial service. She said "I will dance on his grave". Now the advisors' wife is trying to round up as many as possible to attend. I hope she can't find my cell phone number.
leibniz: yup. Again, no surprise.
There's a vast amount of mythology, about race, ancestry, nationality, and about being human, generally, that genetics challenges fatally. It isn't a new observation that we live swimming in a sea of illusion, but it's startling to find, at seemingly every turn, such unambiguous confirmation of it.
Startling, too, even if unsurprising, that there are those who misuse and distort the same tools, winding up with all sorts of uncritical crap like evolutionary psychology, whatever reincarnation of scientific racism is in favor this year, you name it...
Where is the wrinkly old dude this fine morning, bitch slapping a comatose Sarah McPalin? Shouldn't he be out speechifying?
sheets.
I think he took the whole tactic away from McCain and it won't happen again. Thankfully.
Neponset | 09.27.08 - 12:57 pm | #
that's why it was good.
My PhD advisor died last week. I call a fellow former graduate student about attending a memorial service. She said "I will dance on his grave". Now the advisors' wife is trying to round up as many as possible to attend. I hope she can't find my cell phone number.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ | 09.27.08 - 12:57 pm | #
My dissertation chair is a very cool guy.
The prof who chaired my wife's, though... I would dance on that psycho woman's grave.
I hereby formally suggest that McCain be known henceforth as "Blinky McGee."
i noticed that too. Isn't it a "tell" of lying to blink repeatedly?
My fucking oral defense was an oral defense. I was mouth gang raped.
That would be yummy lunch sheets...
Death to the Alpha Male! Long live the council of Wisewomen!
My PhD advisor died last week. I call a fellow former graduate student about attending a memorial service. She said "I will dance on his grave". Now the advisors' wife is trying to round up as many as possible to attend. I hope she can't find my cell phone number.
leibniz leibkins
Why? Dance parties can be fun.
[Sorry...the juxtaposition was too good to pass up. I immediately pictured a group of people wearing suits and fine dresses in a graveyard, doing the Charleston with grim determination.]
"boys will be boys!"-Chris Cox
The world is getting ready to celebrate the end of the American facist beast.
Marx was right
The capitalists hung themselves with their own rope.
The bailout is not going to save the the American economy but the final nail in the imperialist hegemony.
Get ready to celbrate.
Long live China
Long live Chairman Mao
All the cops can go home. Voluntary regulation is now the vogue, so all the cops can go home.
And we can do away with all the traffic signals, too. Voluntary regulation, you know. Or at least get rid of all those anti-voluntary regulation Red Signals. Only Green Lights from now on, like those given banks and investment firms by the Bush SEC.
Hey, what could possibly go wrong?
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