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Deputy NSA John Brennan: It Is Now Officially Pro-Terrorist to Criticize Barack Hussein Obama

I never saw this one coming.

In an oped in USA Today, John Brennan -- Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism -- responds to critics of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies by saying "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

Really. Really. Really.

Yeah, I know, supposedly this is limited to "politically motivated criticism" and "unfounded fear-mongering," but I have this sneaky little hunch that that that includes all criticism of Dear Incompetent Leader.

Whoops: Slublog already covered this, much better.

The really sad thing here is that I read Slublog's piece.

I'm... uhhhh... a dummy.

See, I read it, and then promptly forgot who had written it and where I'd read it, and then this guy gave me a tip, so I thought... okay, I'll post it. Late, I guess, and without any commentary, but I'll have it up.

A lot of times I'll remember something having been covered but I'll think, "Oh, must have been on Hot Air or Gateway Pundit or something."

Thanks to Murph.

Posted by: Ace at 12:33 PM



Comments

1 We're all pro-terrorist dicks, you hear that?

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (4jZ56)

2 Ace,

Looks like we need this in Vegas to entertain the morons!

.http://tinyurl.com/ygz8572

Posted by: Kemp at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (2+9Yx)

3 Furthering the goals of which Al-Qaeda?

Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
The Affiliated Al-Qaeda Sub-Saharan Coalition
Al-Qaeda Lodge #312 in Detroit

... I mean, seriously, which one? 

Or is Al-Qaeda one monolithic enterprise?

Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (ruzrP)

4 Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

-The Left, November 2000-November 2008.

Posted by: brak at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (W5NBA)

5 So the FBI is investigating us all right now then?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (0q2P7)

6 Oh that is just precious.  Can these people really be so tone-deaf as to not see how hypocritical this sounds now? They of the "highest form of patriotism" arguments?

Posted by: /dev/null at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (7lAxC)

7 "Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

Oh, and opposition to Obamacare? Definitely serves Al Qaeda goals.

Posted by: Barack H Obama at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (7BU4a)

8 Is this really all over this one question....

Was Abdulmattab mirandized on the day he was handed over to FBI custody?

Posted by: wtfci at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (+zo63)

9 OT But I'm sure my fellow morons could use some cheering up

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (OlN4e)

10 Hey, now we can officially be added to the Homeland Security watch list.  Score!

Posted by: alexthechick at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (8WZWv)

11 I could've sworn I saw this one some blog already today.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (ySQoK)

12 What we need is some kind of vehicle to counter this message and inspire dissent. Maybe some sort of blimp, or maybe a Blimpe?

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (4jZ56)

13 Double-posting ROCKS!!!!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (I/MqP)

14 Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

-The Left, November 2000-November 2008.

Posted by: brak at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (W5NBA)

Uh...what? (Inhales). Like, uh, you expect me to remember, like, uh, when I was in, uh, middle school?

Posted by: Some Smarter Then You Liberal at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (7BU4a)

15 Luckily for us, the Obama Administration says assassination of US Citizens deemed to be a direct terrorist threat to the states is okeydokey

http://tinyurl.com/yzy8qmd

Speak up, get shot!

Posted by: Robb Allen at February 09, 2010 12:40 PM (MPhK9)

16 I suppose this could be fear mongering.....

But, it does explain everything.

Barack Obama Suffers From Brain Damage: Shocking New Scientific Study Confirms!

I just hope it's not furthering the goals of Al-Quesodilla.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 09, 2010 12:40 PM (+kzvp)

17 Perhaps a shoutout to Slublog, rather than Murph, is in order, seein' as he posted a much more detailed entry some few posts below.

Another day, another duplicate Ace posting.

Posted by: Pronoun Enforcement Division at February 09, 2010 12:41 PM (PMGbu)

18 ...or maybe a Blimpe?er, blimpie

Damn spelling gnomes have dedextrified me.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 12:41 PM (4jZ56)

19 There's no need to really devote much time to criticizing Clueless Leader; just skate back a few years when he was running for office, and you can find him slamming the same policies he's implementing today. The need for self-criticism was always a big part of socialist paradises!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 09, 2010 12:42 PM (2PTT7)

20 Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

-The Left, November 2000-November 2008.

Dissent is the same as treason against the United States

The Left, February 2010-

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:42 PM (0q2P7)

21 We can now officially accept the notion of leftist projection as a fact now.

So, when you look at the other things the Left was projecting Bush was doing, we should be very, very worried. 


Posted by: 18-1 at February 09, 2010 12:42 PM (7BU4a)

22 It's not dissent because it's racist.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 12:44 PM (4jZ56)

23 So the FBI is investigating us all right now then?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (0q2P7)

You didn't get the memo?

Posted by: janet napolitano at February 09, 2010 12:45 PM (7BU4a)

24 Glad to know I'm helping terrorists while I'm at a military school in ft Jackson. Hey I'm a giver, it's what I signed up for.
/

Posted by: Mr. Pink at February 09, 2010 12:46 PM (tQ6eh)

25 We can now officially accept the notion of leftist projection as a fact now.

So, when you look at the other things the Left was projecting Bush was doing, we should be very, very worried.

If projection works the way we think it does; If you stopped and thought seriously for a microsecond about the stuff they accused Bush of, you would run screaming with a roll of tinfoil straight to your basement.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:47 PM (0q2P7)

26 You didn't get the memo?

OK that had teh funny.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:48 PM (0q2P7)

27 So, when you look at the other things the Left was projecting Bush was doing, we should be very, very worried. 

Good point.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 09, 2010 12:48 PM (vVM8h)

28 Yes, but he had a post from the troll JEA!

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 12:48 PM (QrA9E)

29 So do I have to do my criticising publically to help al quada or does it count if it's just me yelling "Fuck you" at my TV when Obama comes on? How does this work exactly?

Posted by: Mr. Pink at February 09, 2010 12:48 PM (tQ6eh)

30

"Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering reading illegal enemy combatants their Miranda rights and treating them as criminals only serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

FIFY

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2010 12:49 PM (i3AsK)

31 A lot of times I'll remember something having been covered but I'll think, "Oh, must have been on Hot Air or Gateway Pundit or something."

Continuing a fine tradition of excellence in double postings here at AoSHQ

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:49 PM (0q2P7)

32

Whoops: Slublog already covered this, much better.

The really sad thing here is that I read Slublog's piece.

I'm... uhhhh... a dummy.


Dummy? I'm blinded by your c-cups sweetie so write whatever you want.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 09, 2010 12:49 PM (muUqs)

33 But.... But... MEEEEEEEEEEEE

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (rzJpR)

34 A lot of times I'll remember something having been covered but I'll think, "Oh, must have been on Hot Air or Gateway Pundit or something."

Admit it, Ace, you were still thinking about Sarah Palin's boobs after from  writing about them a few posts ago.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (4jZ56)

35 If you don't vote for Obama the terrorists win!!!!

Posted by: Left wing Starbucks employee at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (tQ6eh)

36

The "critics" who Brennan was specifically accusing of abetting al Qaeda are the left-wing trash at USA Today! Wow. Obama is burning bridges to his BASE: the Democrat-media complex.

Posted by: Alec Rawls at February 09, 2010 12:51 PM (57sG0)

37 so if we love obama we can be anti terrorist again?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 09, 2010 12:51 PM (ULEQE)

38 If you don't vote for Obama the terrorists win!!!!

Posted by: Left wing Starbucks employee at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (tQ6eh)

Ok, I'm confused now. Why is that a bad thing?

Posted by: Not in Our Name, ANSWER, Michael Moore, etc at February 09, 2010 12:51 PM (7BU4a)

39

Ace,

I would have asked you to read AoS sometimes, but even that doesn't seem to help.

What the hell, we still love you, goofiness and all.

Posted by: Tushar at February 09, 2010 12:52 PM (KXhmI)

40 Yesterday I didn't think I could hate this administration more. I was wrong. Go figure?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 09, 2010 12:52 PM (0GFWk)

41 So, suggesting that returning to the prosecutorial mind-set which helped create the perception of lack of seriousness that led AQ to partake in the actions of 9/11 is abject BS 'serves the goals of AQ'. My brain hurts from trying to wrap around that logic.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 09, 2010 12:53 PM (8i+fw)

42 so if we love obama we can be anti terrorist again?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 09, 2010 12:51 PM (ULEQE)

If? The H is for humble, by the way. Because my humility is UNPRECEDENTED.

Posted by: Barack H. Obama at February 09, 2010 12:53 PM (7BU4a)

43 So, suggesting that returning to the prosecutorial mind-set which helped create the perception of lack of seriousness that led AQ to partake in the actions of 9/11 is abject BS 'serves the goals of AQ'. My brain hurts from trying to wrap around that logic.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at February 09, 2010 12:53 PM (8i+fw)

Its called finesse you wingnut. Now, let's talk about how we can spend enough money to bring down the deficit.

Posted by: John F'n Kerry at February 09, 2010 12:54 PM (7BU4a)

44 "Slublog already covered this, much better."

haha..immitation is the greatest form of flattery. 

Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at February 09, 2010 12:55 PM (PrCl4)

45 40 Yesterday I didn't think I could hate this administration more. I was wrong. Go figure?

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 12:55 PM (cvvNY)

46

OT again...

After inspiration by new Audi commercial, the Zero administration proposes a new Climate agency based on the now debunked lie of Global Warming.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 12:56 PM (OlN4e)

47 Anyone still think we aren't at war with this administration on some level?

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 12:57 PM (erIg9)

48 Let me be clear.... MEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 12:58 PM (rzJpR)

49 So do I have to do my criticising publically to help al quada or does it count if it's just me yelling "Fuck you" at my TV when Obama comes on? How does this work exactly?


Depends. Do you have a regular television or a Orwellesque telescreen?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 12:59 PM (I/MqP)

50

So let me get this straight:

1. We think Al Queda are a bunch of terrorists who would like to kill us, destroy our economy, advance the cause of medieval islamic culture and put us all under Sharia law

2. We would like them not to be successful in these goals.

3. When we see our government not take their threat seriously, we speak up because we are concerned that not taking them seriously would help the islamofacist cause

4. Calling attention to the administration's lack of seriousness is helping the islamofacists because it makes the administration look not serious?

Posted by: dagny at February 09, 2010 01:00 PM (V8UV+)

51

O/T  How much you wanna bet this is the wave of the future?

"Colorado City Votes to Privatize Itself" and damn near fires everyone!

http://tinyurl.com/ygen9wq

From Libertarian Republican

 

Posted by: RushBabe at February 09, 2010 01:00 PM (LKkE8)

52 Meh. Meaningless political rhetoric is tossed around like confetti anymore. Sound and fury signifying nothing.

Posted by: rawmuse at February 09, 2010 01:00 PM (jM90O)

53 Ace:

Put down the valu-rite

Posted by: Evil-Bun-Bun at February 09, 2010 01:01 PM (n72ys)

54

We're All Terrorists Now

Posted by: Newsweek at February 09, 2010 01:01 PM (pZEar)

55 Some old bitch (I ferget her name) who worked on my campaign died of tit cancer and will be buried in a OZero tee shirt. I don't bring this up to use said old bitch as a prop to my ego, but to show how devoted to change Whatsername was.

Posted by: Comrade Zero at February 09, 2010 01:02 PM (OlN4e)

56 "Slublog already covered this, much better."

I'm just waiting for the post where ace quotes another AoSHQ post, rather than merely linking it.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 01:03 PM (Xsi7M)

57

May I assume that AoSHQ is aware that it was Brennan's people who broke into the State Department passport files?

Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser
updated 9:10 p.m. EDT, Sat March 22, 2008
cnn.com

They were trying to find [and, presumably, to destroy] any evidence that Obama [as Barry Soetoro] had travelled on an Indonesian passport on or after his 18th birthday.

Indonesia did not recognize dual citizenship at the time, so if it could be proved that Barack "Barry" Obama Soetoro Dunham ever considered himself to be an Indonesian citizen on or after his 18th birthday, then he would be constitutionally ineligible to assume the presidency.

And, of course, they were also looking for any evidence that Stanley Ann Dunham might have crossed over into British Columbia, to give birth, right before she started classes, in Seattle, at the University of Washington, in mid-August of 1961.

PS: Jack Cashill has some interesting new speculation about what might be BHOJr's true biological ancestry [Cashill wonders whether the Dunhams hired BHOSr to pretend to be the biological father, and Cashill also wonders whether the August 4 birthdate could be fraudulent]:

Another Look at Obama's Origins
By Jack Cashill
February 07, 2010
americanthinker.com

Posted by: at February 09, 2010 01:04 PM (l9HB0)

58 It's okay Ace. We know you were still thinking about Sarah Palin's tits.



Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 01:05 PM (Q1lie)

59 Ace, I ....... oh look, a rabbit!

Posted by: GarandFan at February 09, 2010 01:06 PM (ZQBnQ)

60 FUCKING RETARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Rahm at February 09, 2010 01:06 PM (ngD76)

61 It's okay Ace. We know you were still thinking about Sarah Palin's tits.



Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 01:05 PM (Q1lie)

I think about Palin every G-D damn day!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 09, 2010 01:07 PM (0GFWk)

62 If projection works the way we think it does; If you stopped and thought seriously for a microsecond about the stuff they accused Bush of, you would run screaming with a roll of tinfoil straight to your basement.

It's a hell of a wishlist.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 01:07 PM (mR7mk)

63 dagny, you're being too practical-you need to think like a liberal.  The terrorists' goal is to terrorize, the murder and mayhem is a means to that end.  So if we don't admit an emotional response to the murder and mayhem, they don't get what they want (ergo 'we' "win").  Criticizing Obummer is like an emotional response.  Moreover liberals are afraid of the Novemvber election, so any mention of their failings is a similar emotional attack, thus in line with the terrorists goals.

Or something.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 01:07 PM (Xsi7M)

64 It's been a while since I double posted, at least.

In fact, the cobloggers were double-posting me for a while.

In one case we got a triple post.

Posted by: ace at February 09, 2010 01:08 PM (jlvw3)

65

The elves are working overtime trying to put Humpty Dumpty together again.

DJIA  10,097.63 +189.24  (+1.91%)

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 01:10 PM (PD1tk)

66 Its your blog. I think technically its the co-blogger who double posts by default.

Posted by: Big Daddy at February 09, 2010 01:10 PM (pOcKt)

67 Isn’t it amazing the Obama is prosecuting our US citizen Navy Seals in a military court for possible war crimes yet prosecuting foreign terrorists for war crimes in civilian court?

Posted by: Huh, Say what... at February 09, 2010 01:11 PM (1Ogps)

68 He said unfounded fear mongering.
The only unfounded fear mongering I've seen is the whole global warming con game.  Go pull AlGore out of his fur lined bunker and hand him over to the firing squad!

Posted by: Dastardly Dan at February 09, 2010 01:11 PM (+SZAJ)

69
Okay, let me get this straight. I'm a birther if I want a president to produce an original birth certificate and I'm an Al Qaeda operative if I criticize the president's response to terrorism?

Posted by: This is Kissel at February 09, 2010 01:12 PM (z37MR)

70 @6
Can these people really be so tone-deaf as to not see how hypocritical this sounds now?

Why yes, YES WE CAN!

@46
I read the linked USA Today article.  As cynical as I am on this topic and on the MSM, I was still flabbergasted to see that they use phrases such as "our changing climate",  and have not even the most oblique reference to any dissenting opinion or contrary evidence.  Goebbels would be proud of his descendants. 

Posted by: pep at February 09, 2010 01:13 PM (0K3p3)

71

Dummy? I'm blinded by your c-cups sweetie so write whatever you want.

LOL, I guess he can't see down past them to older posts.

Now everything makes sense...

 

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 01:14 PM (Be4xl)

72 Its your blog. I think technically its the co-blogger who double posts by default.

Posted by: Big Daddy at February 09, 2010 01:10 PM (pOcKt)



This is true Ace, it's your blog. Can you ever really be at fault?

I think you should have a talk with the co-bloggers about all this Pre Posting.

They really shouldn't be posting your posts before you do.

And stop thinking about Sarah Palin's tits. Look whats it's done to poor Andi Sullivan.

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 01:15 PM (Q1lie)

73

I'm... uhhhh... a dummy.

No, dummy, you're a moron.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 09, 2010 01:15 PM (i3AsK)

74 And stop thinking about Sarah Palin's tits. Look whats it's done to poor Andi Sullivan.

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 01:15 PM (Q1lie)

No, Sullivan has been thinking about SP's plumbing more than a red blooded heterosexual male like myself have.

Posted by: Holger at February 09, 2010 01:16 PM (8NGHm)

75 What a maroon....

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at February 09, 2010 01:16 PM (Q1lie)

76 Rush is playing a video of MO talking on Good morning America.  Why does she always call him "Barack Obama" and not "my husband"?

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 01:17 PM (p302b)

77

"The really sad thing here is that I read Slublog's piece."

Will I get ban't if I call you a puddin'-head?

Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 01:17 PM (5npD/)

78 And the perpetual campaign rolls on.
No substance, no leadership.
Just " The other guys have cooties and are so stupid and they wear funny clothes".

We have an "administration" with a maturity level of about 4th grade.

These worthless decrees make the pinko Obama cheerleaders as happy as Andi  parachuting naked into a corn field.

Posted by: sifty at February 09, 2010 01:18 PM (d3PgX)

79 You don't have to apologize, ace. We still love ya!

Posted by: SaTx at February 09, 2010 01:19 PM (mdBef)

80

Who is this Al guy you keep talking about.  Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 09, 2010 01:19 PM (GkYyh)

Wes Anderson Directs the Spider-Man Reboot

They're rebooting, or at least thinking about rebooting, the franchise, re-telling the origin story and setting it all back in high school again. (After three movies? After seven years?)

Wes Anderson, the clever but increasingly precious director of Rushmore, The Royal Tannenbaums, and The Life Aquatic, was rumored to be on the short list for directors of the reboot. (So this clip claims, at least.)

Here's a damned funny look at what Wes Anderson's Spider-Man would look like.

I loves me some Owen Wilson impressions.

Thanks to EdwardR.

By the way, I updated and added a big long piece to the Sullivan post. It's about Sullivan's continuing spiral into madness... and Sarah Palin's breasts. So don't make a maniac out of me. Read it.

Posted by: Ace at 12:22 PM



Comments

1 This is Unexpected.

Posted by: Houdini's Cadaver at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (nz654)

2

They are going to reboot a franchise dating from 2002?

Hollywood is officially out of ideas.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 12:27 PM (B+qrE)

3 Wes Anderson, the clever

PPOR.

Man, I f*cking hate his films.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:27 PM (ySQoK)

4 Increasingly precious

I guess I need to go back to school, I never heard "precious" used as a flaming insult before.

Posted by: jimmythenotable at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (atV5h)

5 Isn't he one of the guys who thinks Roman Polanski did nothing wrong?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (mR7mk)

6 Spider man?  You smoking some medical Mary Jane?

OT, Murdha dies of botched surgery in The Bethesda NAVAL Hospital.

I seem to remember the Marines are part of the Navy, just saying, so sorry we cut your intestines, we're government workers.

Oh, and I understand a ruptured intestine is REAL painful.  Not as bad as sitting in jail waiting for your trial, but close.

Posted by: Kemp at February 09, 2010 12:29 PM (2+9Yx)

7

I think is long past time for a reboot of the Spiderman reboot.  After all, I've heard about this for about two minutes now.  Time for a reimagining already!

Posted by: Bender at February 09, 2010 12:29 PM (pLTLS)

8 There's some things a director shouldn't experiment with..

And for Wes that one thing would be a comic book movie.

He needs to stay in his niche..

And keep advocating for the release of that pedophile, Roman Polanski. 

Posted by: Dave C at February 09, 2010 12:30 PM (qmecx)

9 Isn't he one of the guys who thinks Roman Polanski did nothing wrong?

Yep. Wes Anderson is an apologist for child rapists.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:30 PM (ySQoK)

10 I took my daughter to see "Fantastic Mr Fox" by Anderson. She loved it, and I enjoyed it. I kinda want to see if he can make Spidey a gangly guy in 70s retro clothes

Posted by: eddiebear at February 09, 2010 12:31 PM (wnU1W)

11 There's some things a director shouldn't experiment with..

For Wes, that one thing would be film.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:31 PM (ySQoK)

12 Anderson did sign the Polanski petition, right before releasing a children's movie - The Fantastic Mr. Fox (which I enjoyed after downloading the torrent).

Posted by: Xander Crews at February 09, 2010 12:32 PM (ZYX5j)

13 That youtube was better than every Wes Anderson film ever made, put together. And it only took two minutes.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:34 PM (AZGON)

14 He'd dead, Jim.

Posted by: Dr. McCoy, standing over Spidey's corpse at February 09, 2010 12:34 PM (I/MqP)

15 Wes Anderson may be directing the next Spider-Man movie.  In other words, I now have another reason to not go see it.

Posted by: Crusty at February 09, 2010 12:35 PM (GvSpB)

16 Rushmore is good. Bottle Rocket was okay.

Royal Tenenbaums is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and probably the worst movie ever nominated for best picture.

Posted by: King Friday at February 09, 2010 12:35 PM (QGr07)

17 The Royal Tannenbaums, and The Life Aquatic

I turned both of those off about 20 minutes in.  Now I know what the common denominator between them is.  Sheesh.

Posted by: Russtovich at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (ZXGQD)

18 Reboots, knockoffs, and sequels. I read someth9ing a few weekas ago that say out of the top 20 grossing films of the last decade NONE of them was an original film.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (QrA9E)

19 In Hollywood, everything new is old.

Watch out for the digital 3-D version of My Dinner With Andre, coming to theaters soon.

And I expect to see an Avatar reboot by 2015....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (I/MqP)

20 That was dead on perfect.  Particularly the beret.

Posted by: alexthechick at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (8WZWv)

21 I've seen some of his movies in the past,  I've enjoyed them in a one and done fashion, no need for repeat viewings..

I don't get his cult like following though..

His style is obviously easy to imitate. 

Posted by: Dave C at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (qmecx)

22 And I expect to see an Avatar reboot by 2015....

Are you kidding? 2011 at the outside.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (AZGON)

23 Wes Anderson directs a new Spiderman = Do Not Want.

Posted by: DelD at February 09, 2010 12:48 PM (eWtdM)

24 I'm dreading the reboot of Disco music. That is gonna suck!

Posted by: Mike H at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (cvvNY)

25 I thought the Royal Tenenbaums was brilliant, his other movies
were merely ok. The Life Aquatic was horrible.

Give him a shot, it's kind of an inspired choice.

Imagine how a spiderman would have been if oliver stone directed it.

Posted by: McLovin at February 09, 2010 12:57 PM (RwvN1)

26 OT, Murdha dies of botched surgery in The Bethesda NAVAL Hospital.

He never should have been allowed to be operated on in the enemy's hospital.  I guess there wasn't the time to helicopter him into Tora Bora.  Too bad, too, because it's just a quick hop skip and a jump from our bases in Japan.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 09, 2010 01:11 PM (T0NGe)

27 I actually liked Life Aquatic and Royal Tenenbaums a lot, probably more than most people.  But, like a lot of folks around here, I refuse to underwrite the Roman Polanski Defense Fund by seeing anything else by Anderson.

Posted by: Crusty at February 09, 2010 01:12 PM (GvSpB)

28

I'm dreading the reboot of Disco music. That is gonna suck!

Wasn't Techno the reboot of Disco?

Posted by: eleven at February 09, 2010 01:13 PM (7DB+a)

29 I'm beginning to think that "reboot" is synonymous with "Beat a dead horse"

Posted by: Hellfire at February 09, 2010 01:13 PM (iV6L6)

30 28 I'm dreading the reboot of Disco music. That is gonna suck!

Wasn't Techno the reboot of Disco?

Shows you what an old fart I am. I only know about Techno from watching  the Venture Brothers.

I meant the platform shoes, the ghey bell bottoms and prodigious cocaine usage.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 01:16 PM (cvvNY)

31 Man, I f*cking hate his films.

Same here. Rushmore and the royal Tennenbaums were annoying  in their obvious attempts at quirkyness, but i could at least make it the entire way through them, but Life Aquatic? Damn was that bad.

Posted by: koopy at February 09, 2010 01:17 PM (XllG0)

32 People I know whose opinions on movies I generally respect really like Wes Anderson films and go on at length about how great they are. But every time I sit down to watch one of them (for example, The Darjeeling Limited), I mostly find them tediously annoying and ultimately, boring. So I don't see what the big attraction is.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 01:19 PM (hoowK)

That scorching GNP? It hit a brick wall in December

Wholesale inventories were down in December after going up the previous months.

Businesses slashed wholesale inventories sharply in December, a much weaker showing than expected and a troubling sign that companies are still too pessimistic about the economy to begin restocking shelves on a sustained basis...
It was a big slowdown in the pace of inventory reductions that contributed nearly two-thirds of the growth in the overall economy in the fourth quarter as measured by the gross domestic product.

The GDP shot up at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the October-December period, the strongest showing in six years but the concern is that this boost from inventories will be temporary and GDP will slow significantly in coming quarters.

The good news is that your regularly scheduled recession/slowdowns will be back to normal by the end of this quarter, with a chance of depression by the new fall series pilots. Until then, continue your funemployment and dancing with the stars as usual. The sage wisdom and steady hand of Obama and Congress have everything under control.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 12:01 PM



Comments

1 Unexpectedly!

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (AZGON)

2 1 Unexpectedly!

and Unprecedented.

Posted by: Houdini's Cadaver at February 09, 2010 12:05 PM (nz654)

3 I still can't get over the fact that the useful idiots consider this "Keynesian." Setting a freshly printed pile of cash on fire isn't "infrastructure spending," it's just morons-on-parade.

Posted by: Al at February 09, 2010 12:06 PM (0lyUI)

4 ARE YOU NOT STIMULATED!?

Posted by: Joe Klein, Registered Time Magazine Dickbag and Obama Bootlicker at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (ySQoK)

5 oh-joy!

Posted by: Paladin at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (WGbtD)

6

Wholesale inventories were down in December after going up the previous months.

2009 was just like 1977. Stagflation, here we come. Combine this with teh ghey issues, and Let's Do The Time Warp Again.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 12:08 PM (ujg0T)

7

Is it really a double dip if it's one smooth downward slope?

 

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (B+qrE)

8 2009 was just like 1977.

We've even got an ice age on the way.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (mR7mk)

9 troubling sign that companies are still too pessimistic about the economy

Maybe if Barry threatens even more taxes and Govt spending their pessimism will go away and the recession will end.

 /sarc

Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (tf9Ne)

10 From now on I'm going to expect the unexpected.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (xxgag)

11 2009 was just like 1977

Does that mean I get to take my senior year in High School again?

Posted by: CUS at February 09, 2010 12:10 PM (wOGfT)

12 From now on I'm going to expect the unexpected.

Shit.

Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at February 09, 2010 12:10 PM (ySQoK)

13

Completely off topic.

Several months ago a commenter on Atlas Shrugged reported that he had picked up a White House cookie (www.whitehouse.gov) from Atlas’s site, and from Politico. I did a search of my drive and found it as well. I removed it, but the sneakiness of our CinC’s administration was obvious.

I have checked periodically since then and found the same cookie, apparently from some other site, since I no longer pick it up from either of the original sites, quietly stashed on my computer in my flash player files. I found another one (two, actually) today.

I am picking it up from somewhere, and it is probably on someone’s conservative blog, since I don’t go to the liberal ones. I advise people to do a search of your C drive for http://www.whitehouse.gov . Apparently someone in the White House wants to keep track of those who visit these sites.

Posted by: Nancy at February 09, 2010 12:12 PM (3TdgB)

14 there is a recession???

Posted by: charles gibson at February 09, 2010 12:12 PM (gjUaP)

15

BTW--Germans agree to help Greece "in principle."

I'm certain that means the Greeks will have to cut up their credit cards and go on an austerity budget...which they will not actually do.

Demise of the Euro by June 2011?  Probably....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 12:13 PM (B+qrE)

16 The beatings taxing and spending will continue until moral the economy improves!

Posted by: Obamamoto at February 09, 2010 12:14 PM (/rb2j)

17 I'm Baaaaaack!!

Posted by: The Misery Index at February 09, 2010 12:14 PM (YMZjg)

18 We need better expectors.

Posted by: Techie at February 09, 2010 12:15 PM (zbH+i)

19 This kind of double dip is not good for the ball-and-pudding cup market.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:15 PM (AZGON)

20 ARE YOU NOT STIMULATED!?

I AM!!!!

Posted by: Chris Matthews watching old Obama speeches at February 09, 2010 12:15 PM (7BU4a)

21 I'm Baaaaaack!!

Posted by: The Misery Index at February 09, 2010 12:14 PM (YMZjg)

Thanks Barry. I thought I'd be the worst president forever. But you really came through.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at February 09, 2010 12:17 PM (7BU4a)

22 We're going to need some more czars.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at February 09, 2010 12:17 PM (Q41Zh)

23 I'm so totally shocked. After all, communists have such an admirable economic record over the past century.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (OlN4e)

24

hahahahaha

Just wait for the inevitable recalculation of the unemployment numbers and GDP. But Piss Wallace says Obama deserves "credit" for the 4th quarter GDP!

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (QrA9E)

25 We need better expectors.

Posted by: Techie at February 09, 2010 12:15 PM (zbH+i)

Hey, you find someone that can read the White House's memos better then us. I DARE you!

Posted by: The State Media at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (7BU4a)

26

Thanks Barry. I thought I'd be the worst president forever. But you really came through.

You know, Jimmuh Carturd, while marinated in the failed New Deal / Great Society policies, at least did not have the arrogance the Obamunist does.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 12:19 PM (ujg0T)

27 This is mostly due to Tea Baggers, fucking retards, and M&M's - not necessarily in that order.

Posted by: Komrade Zero at February 09, 2010 12:19 PM (U0oFg)

28

But Piss Wallace says Obama deserves "credit" for the 4th quarter GDP!

And this quarter falling off a cliff will be Bush's fault ;->

Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 09, 2010 12:19 PM (I6+BT)

29

Just wait for the inevitable recalculation of the unemployment numbers and GDP. But Piss Wallace says Obama deserves "credit" for the 4th quarter GDP!

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (QrA9E)

But verily, all that is good comes from Obama, and all that is bad comes from Bush, and that is all ye need know.

Posted by: The State Media at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (7BU4a)

30 Anyone expect large victories for the Communist Party in Greece after the next elections over there?

Anyone want to bet the news over there is much worse than actually being reported?

In related news, wholesale inventories of miniature Acropolises, toy bouzouki and porcelain Greek dancers were sharply slashed last December, in Athens.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (AZGON)

31 Here I come to save the day!

Posted by: Mighty VAT at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (Q41Zh)

32 I noticed that the front page of the NYT actually mentioned today that THE REPULBICANS DO HAVE HEALTHCARE IDEAS. The article referred to the GOP offering "a modest extension of the safety net."

(I don't buy the NYC, but will read it if left in the cafe where I get coffee when lazy).

If the GOP sells out to any extent on healthcare, I am changing my registration to independent.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (bN5ZU)

33 When's Obammy's promised "hard pivot on jobs" supposed to come anyway? I thought it was the end of January, but maybe that kind of tight schedule was interfering with his golf game.

Not that I think he knows the first thing about how to help an economy get moving anyway.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:21 PM (ySQoK)

34

You know, Jimmuh Carturd, while marinated in the failed New Deal / Great Society policies, at least did not have the arrogance the Obamunist does.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 12:19 PM (ujg0T)

I guess you never heard me talk about how my initials are J.C. for a reason, huh? But yeah, even I don't have an ego as big as the Won.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at February 09, 2010 12:21 PM (7BU4a)

35 But Piss Wallace says Obama deserves "credit" for the 4th quarter GDP!

That means that from now on, Obambi OWNS this.  (can't stop laughing)

Posted by: CUS at February 09, 2010 12:21 PM (wOGfT)

36 Piss Wallace is really turning into his father. As the saying goes, from the Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms, "Shit don't fall far from the ass."

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:22 PM (AZGON)

37 When's Obammy's promised "hard pivot on jobs" supposed to come anyway? I thought it was the end of January, but maybe that kind of tight schedule was interfering with his golf game.

Not that I think he knows the first thing about how to help an economy get moving anyway.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:21 PM (ySQoK)

I'm hiring people in DC as fast as I can, what more do you want?

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 12:22 PM (7BU4a)

38 Uh, something tells me it will take a meltdown of Italy to kill the Euro; Greece is too small.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:23 PM (bN5ZU)

39 I just noticed the "recent comments" sidebar is all spam.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at February 09, 2010 12:24 PM (IoUF1)

40 Uh, something tells me it will take a meltdown of Italy to kill the Euro; Greece is too small.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:23 PM (bN5ZU)

Hey, are we chopped liver?

Posted by: Spain and Portugal at February 09, 2010 12:25 PM (7BU4a)

41 In what universe did Bob Marley write "Don't Worry Be Happy"?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:25 PM (ySQoK)

42

This just reaffirms my faith in business sense of which this administration has none.

"Capitalism is evil and greedy," libs will cry. No, capitalism just isn't suicidal.

Posted by: agnostica at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (gbCNS)

43 Some of us remember when Italy was chopping three zeros off their Lira on a fairly regular basis.

Posted by: rawmuse at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (jM90O)

44

Never fear! Of the charts sales of new fuel efficient Government Motors (look for the union label) scrap incredacars will fuel the economy to new, never before seen, heights!

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (OlN4e)

45 13

Several months ago a commenter on Atlas Shrugged reported that he had picked up a White House cookie . . .

Posted by: Nancy

I checked my harddrive and all I found were some leftover scraps of grizzle off a Wagyu steak and A-1 sauce droppings.  But mostly A-1 sauce droppings.

Posted by: Gravity Dick at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (U0oFg)

46 Yeah, Greece could collapse, and even Portugal but until one of the big boys like Italy or the Dutch bail on the Euro, it's here to stay.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:27 PM (AZGON)

47 In what universe did Bob Marley write "Don't Worry Be Happy"?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 12:25 PM (ySQoK)

Uh, just light one up, and uh, mello, and you'll, uh, get it.

Not that, uh, I would know anything, uh, about that.

Posted by: Barack Clean and Sober Obama at February 09, 2010 12:27 PM (7BU4a)

48 It will be interesting to listen to the Greek Communists rail against the fiscally conservative Germans.

Posted by: wtfci at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (+zo63)

49 Here I come to save the day!

Posted by: Mighty VAT at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (Q41Zh)

Step1: Tax Everything

Step2: ???

Step3: Profit!

Posted by: Government Gnomes at February 09, 2010 12:29 PM (7BU4a)

50 Some of us remember when Italy was chopping three zeros off their Lira on a fairly regular basis.

Absolutely. But look, we're printing money like it's parking lot flyers for liposuction, and we can keep it up for some time. Until serious inflation hits, it's no sleep for the printing presses.

In related news, last December Italy sharply slashed inventories of mint green Vespas, espresso machines, and loud hectoring Italian relatives.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:30 PM (AZGON)

51 Now I remember why I hate literary journalists.

Bernard Henri-Levy quotes fake philosopher who described Kant better than Kant.

http://is.gd/81tl0

Posted by: wtfci at February 09, 2010 12:31 PM (+zo63)

52 last December Italy sharply slashed inventories of mint green Vespas

Hipsters hardest hit.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:32 PM (mR7mk)

53 I just noticed the "recent comments" sidebar is all spam.
Posted by: ol_dirty

Any post older than 6 months has spam on it. All of them. I've never figured why Pixy just doesn't close threads older than a month.

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 12:33 PM (/o58C)

54 Maybe if AP started reading various blogs of non-kissing Barry's ass economists  they would have seen this coming.

I'm no economist so I don't really understand this -- It was a big slowdown in the pace of inventory reductions that contributed nearly two-thirds of the growth in the overall economy in the fourth quarter as measured by the gross domestic product.

But I did see it coming because of my various time wasting, errr, every day internet reading endeavors.  Good to know I'm more informed than the AP.

Posted by: rockhead at February 09, 2010 12:34 PM (RykTt)

55

StratFor has also sat up and taken heed. (Link on name.) Congratulations, Greeks; you're a German protectorate again.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 09, 2010 12:34 PM (9Sbz+)

56 The mess in Greece is exactly why Sweden and the UK decided to keep their own currency, not just adopt the Euro. 

Posted by: Opus at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (IebeI)

57 I'm no economist so I don't really understand this -- It was a big slowdown in the pace of inventory reductions that contributed nearly two-thirds of the growth

I presume it is on account of businesses keeping inventories higher that quarter... in other words, they bought more inventory to replenish stocks. Yes?

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (AZGON)

58 #50, hey, since they don't use it anymore, maybe we can rename our currency the Lira, or maybe the Lirar or maybe LIAR.

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:43 PM (bN5ZU)

59 Hey ParisP, what was your favorite place in Paris while you were there?

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:47 PM (AZGON)

60

It was a big slowdown in the pace of inventory reductions that contributed nearly two-thirds of the growth

Really, the economists who calculate the GDP are just making it up now. In the third quarter companies reduced their inventories by $150 billion and in the fourth quarter they reduced their inventories by $39 billion. Somehow, even though companies reduced their inventories it is still scored as "growth".

There is some correlation between restocking and recovery as shown on the Calculated Risk website. But I haven't seen any data that shows if this restock is net positive or a slowdown in reduction. Also it is typical for companies to increase inventories in October and November for Christmas (4th qtr. 2008 saw restocking too, but nobody says that was indicating recovery) so is this data seasonally adjusted?

Posted by: Ken at February 09, 2010 12:55 PM (Bs34i)

61 Maybe if Barry threatens even more taxes and Govt spending their pessimism will go away and the recession will end.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Posted by: can't let go of old memes at February 09, 2010 12:57 PM (PD1tk)

62
@60
Well, this just testifies to the poor quality of journalism, even financial journalism. The only thing we know for certain is that the news is "unexpected!"

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:57 PM (AZGON)

63

So when wholesale inventories stopped going down, our government geniuses didn't stop to think that it might be because people stopped buying retail?

Posted by: Alec Rawls at February 09, 2010 12:59 PM (57sG0)

64 Nancy--

If you use a Mac, you should get Cookie Manager. You can set it to delete cookies you don't want when you close the browser. You can select permanent cookies for sites with forms, etc. that you use frequently and blast all the unwanted ones at the end of the session.

Posted by: Fresh Air at February 09, 2010 01:02 PM (1yI48)

65 I was listening to the Diane Reems show on NPR last night (I know, I MUST be a sadist..)  and everyone kept blaming the companies for not hiring.  what?  hello?  Do they really think things are better now?  Do they?  REALLY?

NPR  "Hey asshole!  Why aren't you hiring?!"

Business owner  "I haven't the money to PAY for more employees!"

NPR - "NAZI!"

Posted by: MelodicMetal in MA at February 09, 2010 01:05 PM (x4S2a)

66 Wow!  Another UNEXPECTED result!  Hey, let's talk about 'green shoots'.

Posted by: GarandFan at February 09, 2010 01:08 PM (ZQBnQ)

67
"We need better expectors."

Or people better at expectoration.

Posted by: Brown Line at February 09, 2010 01:18 PM (VrNoa)

Something Wicked This Way Emotes: Andrew Sullivan Bashed as Anti-Semite By... Magazine He Formerly Edited, TNR
Bonus: Sullivan Gives Up Vagina-Blogging to Start... Breast-Blogging!

If you read, you can safely skip the overly-padded part I, which is a long bit that attempts to establish Sullivan intended to bait Jewish readers by asserting that the Trinity was unexplainable... at least to Them.

Past that, the writer (Leon Weiseltier) gets on to less metaphysical ground.

Consider some squibs that Sullivan recently posted on his blog. “Most American Jews, of course, retain a respect for learning, compassion for the other, and support for minorities (Jews, for example, are the ethnic group most sympathetic to gay rights),” he declared on January 13. “But the Goldfarb-Krauthammer wing–that celebrates and believes in government torture, endorses the pulverization of Gazans with glee, and wants to attack Iran–is something else. Something much darker.” Michael Goldfarb is the former online editor of The Weekly Standard, about whom the less said, the better. Charles Krauthammer is Charles Krauthammer. I was not aware that they comprise a “wing” of American Jewry, or that American Jewry has “wings.” What sets them apart from their more enlightened brethren is the unacceptability of their politics to Sullivan. That is his criterion for dividing the American Jewish community into good Jews and bad Jews–a practice with a sordid history.

As far as I can tell, Krauthammer’s position on torture is owed to a deep and sometimes frantic concern for American security, and his position on the war in Gaza to a deep and sometimes frantic concern for Israeli security, and his position on Iran to a deep and sometime frantic concern for American and Israeli security. Whatever the merits of his views, I do not see that his motives are despicable. Moreover, Krauthammer argues for his views; the premises of his analysis are coldly clear, and may be engaged analytically, and when necessary refuted. Unlike Sullivan, he does not present feelings as ideas. Most important, the grounds of Krauthammer’s opinions are no more to be found in, or reduced to, his Jewishness than the grounds of the contrary opinions–the contentions of dovish Jews who denounce torture, and oppose Israeli abuses in the Gaza war, and insist upon a diplomatic solution to the threat of an Iranian nuclear capability–are to be found in, or reduced to, their Jewishness. All these “wings” are fervent Jews and friends of Israel. There are many “Jewish” answers to these questions. We all want the Torah on our side. And the truth is that the Torah has almost nothing to do with it.

Sullivan is hunting for motives, not reasons; for conspiracies, which is the surest sign of a mind’s bankruptcy. These days the self-congratulatory motto above his blog is “Of No Party or Clique,” but in fact Sullivan belongs to the party of Mearsheimer and the clique of Walt (whom he cites frequently and deferentially), to the herd of fearless dissidents who proclaim in all seriousness, without in any way being haunted by the history of such an idea, that Jews control Washington.

Discussing Sullivan's daily cri de coeurs about "Jewish fundamentalism" in Israel...

Obama may have been right about Netanyahu–the skepticism about the latter’s willingness to surrender land for a peace that will bring Palestine into being is not exactly fanciful–but Obama failed miserably, and set everything back. Sullivan’s characterization of the recent history is dishonest. On the other hand, there is no suggestion that Netanyahu is Trig’s dad.

Heh.

Oh: The other day Sullivan crept out of Palin's womb to study another part of her anatomy. Safe link to Commentary. Rubin quotes Sullivan, first, who watched her Tea Party address, and gleaned from it that... she has big tits.

It was the most electrifying speech I have heard from a leader of the GOP since Reagan.

She can electrify a crowd. She has the kind of charisma that appeals to the sub-rational. and she has crafted a Peronist identity – utterly fraudulent, of course – that is political dynamite in a recession with populism roiling everyone and everything. She is Coughlin with boobs – except with a foreign policy agenda to expand Israel and unite with it in a war against Islam.

Do not under-estimate the appeal of a beautiful, big breasted, divinely chosen warrior-mother as a military leader in a global religious war.

Clearly he is a man obsessed with Palin and her physique and who cannot resist the urge to degrade and reduce her to a sexual object. For those who portend to offer serious criticism of Palin, and there is legitimate criticism to be had, this should serve as a blinking red light: Go Back! Don’t do it! Don’t humilate yourself in the process, nor reveal yourself to be in the grip of some misogynistic thrall. Stick to what she says and how she says it, not the size of her breasts. For the sane and serious commentator, that should be easy enough advice to follow. But then not all bloggers fit that description.

Some time ago a lefty observed, incorrectly, that America didn't know how to handle a powerful woman with sex appeal.

That's incorrect because it's too broad a statement. It's that the American left doesn't know how to handle a powerful woman with sex appeal.

There is no doubt that Sarah Palin benefits from her attractiveness. There is no doubt, I say, because every other attractive person on the planet similarly benefits. An attractive person is perceived to be, studies tell us, smarter, more competent, more authoritative, more charming, funnier, and... taller, too.

Every good-looking person on the planet has this advantage. Scott Brown had it too, of course. So, too, did Barack Hussein Obama, at least before people began suspecting he was a Mimbo.

Did the right freak out like this over the fact that Barack Obama is a good-looking guy? No. We made fun of the left for praising him as a male model, of course. Who wouldn't? How many time can the left write about Obama's pecs (moobs, really) and how much he curls before it becomes risible? (Two times is the answer, buy the way.)

The left continues freaking out over this -- over Brown's attractiveness, but particularly Palin's -- for several reasons. First of all, they are more superficial than most people, so they have a strong natural inclination to support whoever seems best-looking and coolest and etc., and so they find themselves with a bit of psychic discomfort as their (very shallow) political leanings take them in the opposite direction of their (even more shallow) personal inclination, and react violently to that disconnect.

Related to this -- call this Reason 1 Sub A -- is that liberals believe that simply being liberal makes them more intelligent, and more attractive, and cooler, and hipper, and generally just better people, and they get very resentful indeed to have an attractive person on the other side of things, undermining their belief that being liberal makes them, by simple political affirmation, more desirable people.

The second reason is that left enjoys the unfair advantages it has and gets very angry indeed when the right seems to be cutting into their unfair advantage allotment. By "unfair advantage" I mean all that stuff that shouldn't be part of political decisionmaking -- a politician's charisma, affability, articulateness, "the common touch," "coolness," etc.

You saw the same violent reaction -- though much less of it -- with Scott Brown, again. It wasn't fair! that we had this good-looking squeaky-clean family man with gorgeous daughters out pressing flesh at Fenway and they had the stick in the mud prig they had.

And you see it, much more pronounced, with FoxNews, and Limbaugh, and Drudge, and Breitbart, and alternate media generally. The left is used to controlling the media. They enjoy the unfair advantage of having their message endlessly regurgitated by a monolithically liberal media, and being able to bury any story they found too difficult to spin. They freak out on a daily basis over the temerity of we conservatives thinking we ought to have a voice in the national discourse.

Finally, their is brutal condescension. Sullivan's lament, after all, is that a sizable fraction of this nation is bewitched by this woman's juggs. And that's all that's going on here. Because we're too stupid to evaluate ideas and weigh policies on the merits, so all we conservatives do is say, as Steve Martin did, "Wow! Look at the tits!"

He's angry at Sarah Palin's tits because he thinks those tits have been pressed into service for Pure Evil. Conservatives are so ineffably stupid, and we are so incapable of "thinking" with anything except our "lizard brains" (google conservatives and "limbic system" to see how often it is claimed we react out of literally nothing but the 20 million year old primitive semi-brain inherited from crocodiles), that we are simply like Sarah Palin's policies because we see her breasts and only know "Breasts good. She good. Drill baby drill good, then, I think."

Why, if only Dr. Andrew Sullivan, Freelance Gynecologist, could take that rack away from her, and then, our bewitchment ended, we'd suddenly all see her for the fool she is....!

What was the Washington Post's charming statement on the religious right, reported as straight, objective, factual news? Ah yes: That they are "weak, uneducated, and easily led." And sometimes easily led just by a really kickin' rack.

It seems to escape Sullivan's attention that Palin came to prominence because the entire right was agitating for domestic exploration and then this attractive governor from Alaska spoke the magic words, which even our more conservative leaders shied away from: "Drill, baby, drill." Yes, including in the pristine wonders of the desolate wasteland known as ANWR.

Sullivan would posit that things happened in the opposite order. Here we all were celebrating the untainted and quite godforsaken barren tundra known as ANWR, but suddenly a woman who could rock a D cup came on the scene, and then we were sold.

And finally -- this applies not to the whole left, but to a bizarre, twisted homosexual like Sullivan -- Sullivan really, really hates women, and really, really resents their power and really, really resents that they might possess a degree of sexual attractiveness for the majority of the male population that he can't compete with, no matter how much he squat-thrusts.

What can I say? It is true that attractive people are, what's the word?, attractive. They attract.

This doesn't seem to be a reason for a freak-out by liberals when they are benefiting from this rather well-known phenomenon. It surely hasn't escaped liberals' notice that Mary Landrieu is, or rather was, sort of dishy. And I don't think Norah O'Donnell managed to become a fixture on MSNBC purely on the strength of her reportage.

So, you know, Deal with it. Grow the hell up, and stop whining about it all the time.

And seriously, Sullivan? Please stop talking about Girl Parts. It's really ridiculous.

Thanks to DanF.

Posted by: Ace at 11:09 AM



Comments

1 Watching a man's decent into madness can be both entertaining and infuriating.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (4jZ56)

2 Andy sees all things as through a crotch, darkly...

Posted by: Ray Bradberry at February 09, 2010 11:16 AM (1kwr2)

3

TNR exhibits the schizophrenia of sadly too many American Jews. They understand the reality of a agressive defensive and an agressive defense posture (at least where Israel is concerned), but otherwise they are mindlessly leftist.

Oh BTW, am I first?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 11:17 AM (ujg0T)

4 The more I read of him, the more I'm convinced he's going to pull a David Carradine in the near future. 

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:17 AM (4jZ56)

5 Nope, and typos too. Lesson: don't try to be first.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 11:17 AM (ujg0T)

6 I'm my own grandpa.

Posted by: Houdini's Cadaver at February 09, 2010 11:18 AM (nz654)

7 OH SNAP NO HE DI-INT

Posted by: G$ at February 09, 2010 11:19 AM (nEatY)

8
Decent/descent, desert/dessert, it's all loose/lose on AoSHQ.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (fx8sm)

9 Unlike Sullivan, (Teh Hammer) does not present feelings as ideas.

Game over

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (Sghlv)

10 I was gonna ask if the 'Trig's Dad' bit was just AOSHQ snark, but, sure as shit, it's there in the original.

Sully's become unsatirizable.

Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (MMC8r)

11 Lately he's been foaming at the mouth (oops, sorry for that image...) about Palin, blogging several times a day, "Know Fear," which I guess has replaced "Levi, you muscled stud, write that book..."

Yeesh. And yet... months and months ago, Andi promised to give us the real deal behind his marijuana arrest in Massachusetts, which was broomed so neatly by the U.S. Dept. of Justice so his immigration status wouldn't be threatened.... now there's a tale worth telling... but has remained oh so silent.

Posted by: GuyfromNH at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (GWXuo)

12 Thanks for the citaiton spelling cop.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:22 AM (4jZ56)

13 It's too bad Sullivan doesn't allow comments.  It would show us just exactly who travels in his pack.

Posted by: wtfci at February 09, 2010 11:24 AM (+zo63)

14 nontroversy

slurp slurp

Posted by: Chuck Johnson at February 09, 2010 11:25 AM (vez2r)

15

It's too bad Sullivan doesn't allow comments.  It would show us just exactly who travels in his pack.

He channels me....

Posted by: Ghost of Ernst Roehm at February 09, 2010 11:25 AM (ujg0T)

16

12. Thanks for the citaiton spelling cop.

A comma is needed after "citaiton" (citation?).

Posted by: thepunctuationcop at February 09, 2010 11:27 AM (PZLW0)

17 Wait. So the guy that claimed Zionism contributes to "continual wars" might have some anti-Semitic tendencies? Who woulda thunk it? Man they're sharp over at the TNR.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2010 11:28 AM (jHk+M)

18 1 Watching a man's decent into madness can be both entertaining and infuriating.
Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (4jZ56)

Well mostly it's kinda sad except that Andrew can still do a lot of damage as he spirals down. Given the speed of his recent decline I fully expect to find him ranting about the jews on shortwave radio in 15 to 20 years. That's if he's still alive.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 09, 2010 11:28 AM (ops/N)

19

Hey, remember when Egypt and Jordan set up a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza sometime between 1948 and 1967?

Or when Arafat signed that deal for a Palestinian state at Wye River?

Or when Hamas declared a Palestinian state last week?

At this point I would consider even the possibility that Sullivan had actually read some history as refreshing.  Maybe one of his stooge underbloggers could undertake that duty.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 11:29 AM (B+qrE)

20 You are on thin ice, sport.

Posted by: Grammar Policeman at February 09, 2010 11:29 AM (4Kl5M)

21 I remember reading TNR in college (circa 1982) and thinking it was the greatest thing ever.  I know I've moved to the right since then, but to what extent has TNR moved to the left?  Didn't Charles Kraut.... used to write for TNR?  I know Kondrake did, and Barnes did, n'est pas?

Why is this important?  Because I want tallking points when the good but stupid people I know and run into accuse me of having become "so conservative."


Posted by: CNN-Paramus at February 09, 2010 11:30 AM (bN5ZU)

22 I get a still hungover from Sunday exemption.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:31 AM (4jZ56)

23 At least TNR had the sense to squeeze dear Andrew out, unlike The Atlantic, which, the last I heard, still tolerates his ravings.

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at February 09, 2010 11:31 AM (PZLW0)

24 Who the fuck reads the atlantic annways/>

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:33 AM (4jZ56)

25

Well mostly it's kinda sad except that Andrew can still do a lot of damage as he spirals down. Given the speed of his recent decline I fully expect to find him ranting about the jews on shortwave radio in 15 to 20 years. That's if he's still alive.

Perhaps it is ghoulish, but perhaps we should have an "AIDS Dementia Death Pool" for Andrew Sullivan here on AOSHQ.

I give Andy three years.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 11:33 AM (ujg0T)

26 I get a still hungover from Sunday exemption.

Freeze! Drop the keyboard and put your hands on the hood of the car. Now!

Posted by: Strunk & White go undercover! at February 09, 2010 11:34 AM (4Kl5M)

27 He has a preference for the uncircumcized.   

Posted by: polynikes at February 09, 2010 11:35 AM (m2CN7)

28 At least TNR had the sense to squeeze dear Andrew out, unlike The Atlantic, which, the last I heard, still tolerates his ravings.

Tolerate? They publish that crap. They pay for a staff to help Sullivan crank out that crap.

The Atlantic supports that crap, and must be assumed to agree with it.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 09, 2010 11:35 AM (ZJ/un)

29

Perhaps it is ghoulish, but perhaps we should have an "AIDS Dementia Death Pool" for Andrew Sullivan here on AOSHQ.

I give Andy three years.

Naw. I predict he'll set fire to himself as a protest against the horrificness of Americans after The Won is turned out of office in 2012.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 09, 2010 11:37 AM (ZJ/un)

30 Oh and ace left off Weisthalter's coup de grace:

About the Jews, is Sullivan a bigot, or is he just moronically insensitive? To me, he looks increasingly like the Buchanan of the left.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 09, 2010 11:37 AM (ops/N)

31

Who was it who described TNR as a pro-Israel version of The Nation?

I mean, their stance on Israel is the only thing there that isn't hard left, these days.

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (PZLW0)

32 The Atlantic supports that crap, and must be assumed to agree with it.

I wouldn't go that far. The Boston Globe publishes Jeff Jacoby at least once a week.

Posted by: fluffy at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (4Kl5M)

33

The difference betwen Sylvia Plath and Andy Sullivan?

..the former never trolled the intertubes looking for groups of fat, hairy men with diseased cocks to gang-rape him in the ass.

...oh...and she never got busted for drugs and used her contacts in the gay, fat, hairy men with diseased cocks on the law enforcement community to cover it up for her

.

Posted by: beedubya at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (AnTyA)

34 Sullivan's decent into madness stems from his self-induced isolationism. The fact that his web page doesn't allow comments is telling - he only reads what he writes and therefore he believes he's "mainstream."

If he allowed comments then many of our helpful resident therapist here at AoSHQ could offer him the care and guidance he so desperately needs.

Desperate for attention and affirmation, Andi screams invective like a spoiled three-year-old. Krauthammer is a particular sore spot because he's earned our respect the old fashioned way - unlike Andi who's simply earned our scorn.

Posted by: Murph at February 09, 2010 11:40 AM (Cxwf3)

35

Any article like this in a public venue gives The Atlantic the cover to boot Sullivan out the door. Coming from The New Republic, the magazine which Sullivan edited, The Atlantic can't ignore this. I just wish TNR had printed it last year.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 09, 2010 11:41 AM (9Sbz+)

36 all yers spelling and gammer errers belongs to me now.

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:42 AM (4jZ56)

37 Circumcised cocks are icky.

Posted by: Andy Sullivan at February 09, 2010 11:42 AM (Z+qzA)

38
I wouldn't go that far. The Boston Globe publishes Jeff Jacoby at least once a week.

They don't provide him with a staff. They don't give him carte blanche to write whatever lunacy he wants. When they thought he had plagiarized, they put him on a four month suspension, not a weekend "time out".

The Atlantic continues to not only publish Sullivan, but to let him cut loose with lunacy incomparable in any mainstream publication.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 09, 2010 11:43 AM (ZJ/un)

39 pass the popcorn

Posted by: mrfixit at February 09, 2010 11:43 AM (Bsm1s)

40

36.  all yers spelling and grammer errers belongs to me now.

Well, if you insist. 

Posted by: Minnie Rodent at February 09, 2010 11:46 AM (PZLW0)

41 I know I've moved to the right since then, but to what extent has TNR moved to the left?

Well considering it was started by that commie fuck Henry Wallace, it's been all over the place.  Marty Peretz, who I keep saying is a smart guy even as he infuriates me continually by making dumbfuck statements, endured kind of a "Lord of the Flies" type revolt as the idiot catamites took control.  They've had some very good writers in the past.  Leon is pretty smart although he can come up with some daft shit too.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 11:46 AM (Sghlv)

42

To me, he looks increasingly like the Buchanan of the left.

That is an apt analogy. I used to really appreciate what Buchanan had to say about immigration madness (I am not a romantic fool or a greedhead) and about trade policy (I am not a goo goo globalist, indeed to me that is the Multiculturalism Of The Right).

But I can no longer respect anyone so willfully obtuse about Israel and its bloodthirsty savage enemies. Seig Heil, Pat.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 11:47 AM (ujg0T)

43 to what extent has TNR moved to the left?

You're not mad at me, are you?

Posted by: Stephen Glass at February 09, 2010 11:49 AM (4Kl5M)

44 They understand the reality of a agressive defensive and an agressive defense posture (at least where Israel is concerned)

Some won't even go that far, allowing their liberalism to override their being Jewish.  Invariably, these are part of the reformed crowd and not orthodox

Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 09, 2010 11:49 AM (I6+BT)

45 On the other hand, there is no suggestion that Netanyahu is Trig’s dad.

That's gonna leave a mark. 

Posted by: alexthechick at February 09, 2010 11:50 AM (8WZWv)

46 which are the ones with the bigger noses?

Posted by: taylork at February 09, 2010 11:50 AM (4jZ56)

47

Ehem, to the poster some comments above:

that's "Shrunk & White", not "Strunk & White"  -- since editorial, grammatical, punctuational, rhetorical, and syntaxial is at a high premium here.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 11:52 AM (5/yRG)

48 TNR's best years were in the early 1990s under Kinsley. Sullivan left behind a time-bomb named "Stephen Glass". A judge of character Sullivan is not. (I admit his successor Kelly deserves a share of blame for ignoring the problem.)

Posted by: Zimriel at February 09, 2010 11:52 AM (9Sbz+)

49
That's a shame, The Atlantic used to be a pretty descent mag to read at the doctors' office.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 11:52 AM (fx8sm)

50

Some won't even go that far, allowing their liberalism to override their being Jewish.  Invariably, these are part of the reformed crowd and not orthodox

Indeed, I know so many of these people, who I otherwise respect and call good friends, act so utterly mindlessly leftist. It is to me the Greatest Enigma of American Politics, given how the Left has adopted the fashionable anti-Semitism of "multiculturalism" and "Black Power" ever since the late 1960's.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 11:53 AM (ujg0T)

51 47 "syntaxial <correctness>" lol

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 11:54 AM (5/yRG)

52 Part I's pretty good, Ace. LW treats Christian apologetics responsibly, and thereby condemns Sullivan's smug amatuerishness.  Like a lot of charlatans, Sullivan falls back on religion- in his case a wildly, laughably idiosyncratic Catholicism- when all else fails. The worst sentence in the piece (which should be titled "The Pulverization Of Sullivan") is "(t)he respect one must have for believers one need not have for beliefs." Much better, I think, to turn that around. Respect beliefs for the power they have over weak minds, give no ground to weak-minded believers.

Posted by: seamus at February 09, 2010 11:54 AM (5HhWZ)

53

The Atlantic continues to not only publish Sullivan, but to let him cut loose with lunacy incomparable in any mainstream publication.

Good thing no one high up in government reads him, huh?

Wait--WHAT??!!

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 11:56 AM (Be4xl)

54

Insofar as there is an intellect behind modern antiSemitism, it's Kevin MacDonald. Buchanan, Walt, and nowadays Sullivan are there to package it up for rural white conservatives, people concerned about national-security, and liberal yuppies respectively.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 09, 2010 11:56 AM (9Sbz+)

55 unknown jane at February 09, 2010 11:52 AM

Nice use of parallelism, poster. Too bad you had to break rules to make it line up.

You want to go for a ride in the back of the Warriner's Wagon?

Posted by: Strunk & White at February 09, 2010 11:57 AM (4Kl5M)

56

American Jewry has “wings.”

That was even more fun than the Trig's dad part.

Posted by: agnostica at February 09, 2010 11:57 AM (gbCNS)

57 50  My take on it?  The Jewish version of WASP guilt; the Jews do an even better job of it though. 

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 11:58 AM (5/yRG)

58

Well mostly it's kinda sad except that Andrew can still do a lot of damage as he spirals down. Given the speed of his recent decline I fully expect to find him ranting about the jews on shortwave radio in 15 to 20 years. That's if he's still alive.

No, he will be a once every 3 week guest on Bill Mahr's nearly unwatchable HBO show where, right on cue, they will rant about 1) why Bush sucked 2) why Palin sucks 3) why religion is a bunch of crap and 4) why pot should be legal. Did I miss anything else Bill Mahr talks about?

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 11:59 AM (V9SYy)

59

Jewry doesn't have wings, Andrew; it has tentacles.

Posted by: Der Sturmer at February 09, 2010 11:59 AM (9Sbz+)

60 55 Only if I get to be wonderfully naughty and break any rule I desire to.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 12:00 PM (5/yRG)

61 @Curmudgeon and Purple Avenger,

I think you are being overly generous. Most secular Jews are so reflexively liberal that when they hear clear, unequivocal evidence of anti-Semitism from their leftist brethren, they pretend to hear nuance and subtlety that simply does not exist. And don't get me started on their hatred of the religious right! You know, those Americans who are Israel's best friends.

Posted by: NJConservative at February 09, 2010 12:01 PM (/Ywwg)

62 -- so as to assuage my puritanical fervor for the utmost decadence.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (5/yRG)

63 Jews? Never heard of them.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (V9SYy)

64 Like a lot of charlatans, Sullivan falls back on religion- in his case a wildly, laughably idiosyncratic Catholicism- when all else fails.

Sully makes the Jesuits appear lucid and almost sober by comparison.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (Sghlv)

65 54

Not to mention the Nation of Islam and Rev.Wright-types who handle the inner cities.
Odd how anti-semitism.is the one thing that everyone gets access to enough of.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 09, 2010 12:03 PM (vVM8h)

66 Before you all continue to point out the stupidity and insanity that is Andy Sullivan, could we have a moment of silence for the beagle. I understand his pain perhaphs greater than any of you here.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 09, 2010 12:04 PM (V9SYy)

67 De-cloakingsockpuppeting

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:04 PM (bN5ZU)

68

Not to mention the Nation of Islam and Rev.Wright-types who handle the inner cities.
Odd how anti-semitism.is the one thing that everyone gets access to enough of.

Don't like our attitude about Jews....maybe you should move to Hymietown, o.k.

Posted by: Rev. Jesse Jackson at February 09, 2010 12:05 PM (V9SYy)

69 You're all on thin ice.  Using a computer isn't green.

Posted by: green police at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (Vqruj)

70 Who wants to bet Sully has Stormfront rss feed on his desktop?

Fantasies about stern skinheads in leather clothing alone must drive him to extasy.

Posted by: Juicer at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (aPo8x)

71

 And I don't think Norah O'Donnell managed to become a fixture on MSNBC purely on the strength of her reportage.

Nope. It was her strength in fighting back the gag reflext that got her where she is today....IYKWIMAYPD.

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 12:08 PM (V9SYy)

72 The sad thing is that his animus towards Jews is based on their practice of circumcisizing their boys, or what Andrew refers to as "genital mutilation."

Posted by: pmc at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (q+Mgh)

73 Palin has the boobiez?

Posted by: lorien1973 at February 09, 2010 12:10 PM (IhQuA)

74

Sullivan referring to anyone as "sub-rational"?

Is he the only gay dude on the planet who doesn't own a mirror?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 09, 2010 12:10 PM (plsiE)

75

And Andy says, "She is Coughlin with boobs – except with a foreign policy agenda to expand Israel and unite with it in a war against Islam." 

The AIDS dementia has affected the man's sense of history.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 09, 2010 12:11 PM (ujg0T)

76 OT: #69, originally, the ad had people being arrested for breathing and drinking seltzer...

Posted by: ParisParamus at February 09, 2010 12:12 PM (bN5ZU)

77 When can we eliminate large-breasted women from public life?

Anybody up for bareback sex?

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan Of The SA at February 09, 2010 12:14 PM (QJzQi)

78 Yeah, this fascination with lady bits is bizarre. 

Is there a gay equivalent to a man card that he can have revoked?

Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 12:16 PM (sey23)

79

@64..."sober Jesuit" is, in my experience, an oxymoron. Good point though. In another time and place Sullivan would have been a Jesuit: a soldier for Christ condescending to the rest of humanity. That he's not a Jesuit in this time and place is simply more evidence of what the world already knows about him: he's a moral coward. 

Also, I quoted LW's worst sentence above. To be fair, here'shis best: "Sullivan writes about the “middle” and the “core” in the Muslim world as if they were the independents and the base in Massachusetts."

Posted by: seamus at February 09, 2010 12:17 PM (5HhWZ)

80 First, a uterus.  Then breasts.

Andi's late to the circle-jerker's hand-blogging.

Posted by: Greg Toombs at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (qlz7t)

81 Sullivan's batshit crazy. Coughlin was pissed at Roosevelt for not being socialist enough.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 09, 2010 12:21 PM (ZJ/un)

82

What cracks me up is that one of the reasons she didn't look very pregnant is because her belly stuck out less than her chest.

He just...how can he...ah, forget it.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 12:23 PM (Be4xl)

83 Did the right freak out like this over the fact that Barack Obama is a good-looking guy?

I wouldn't call that a "fact." 

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:23 PM (mR7mk)

84 The fact that people think that either Sullie or CJ are worth noticing, let alone fisking, says something about political and social discourse in America that really bothers me.

We've got more to deal with than worrying about who thinks he's the coolest kid in school.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at February 09, 2010 12:26 PM (oeESr)

85

Speaking of breasts, here is the new 2010 SI Swimsuit Edition Cover:

http://tinypic.com/r/2u436u8/6

Bless you Sports Illustrated.

Posted by: conscious and admiring beautiful breasts at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (Vu6sl)

86 Have to second HeatherRadish.  Sorry, but those ears are a dealbreaker for me. 

He's ok, but definitely no Denzel or Billy Dee Williams.

Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (KWhJd)

87 He's angry at Sarah Palin's tits because he thinks those tits have been pressed into service.

Sarah Palin's tits...pressed into service!

Bunk!

Posted by: DelD at February 09, 2010 12:30 PM (eWtdM)

88

Jaysus, what's his beef?

Is he pissed that her tits are real and he could only achieve moobs via 'roid juice?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2010 12:33 PM (jHk+M)

89 Great addition to the original post, Ace.  btw the correct spelling is Wieseltier

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 12:33 PM (Sghlv)

90 @41 as the idiot catamites took control

First, kudos for using this word.  Second, I am disturbed that you know it.  Third, there is a problem in your usage.  The catamite is usually the recipient,  the catcher to the pitcher, if you will.  This is not usually the case with those who take control, or so I assume. 

Posted by: anal vocabulist at February 09, 2010 12:35 PM (0K3p3)

91 Can we now officially have "boobers" and "boobgate" ?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (0q2P7)

92

"...no matter how much he squat-thrusts."

Killer!

Posted by: ATaLien at February 09, 2010 12:36 PM (SkRi5)

93 I'm always amazed at the number of hits my blog gets from searches like "republican lizard brain" or "conservative lizard brain." What are these people looking for? Affirmation of their prejudice that only liberals have higher functioning parts to their brains?

The stupid on the left knows no bounds.

Posted by: lizardbrain lizardbrainsfadersson at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (fWdId)

94 If Andy had bigger tits I'd support gay marriage, an ineffectual security policy and free butt plugs for the masses.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (muUqs)

95

Ditto to Heather, he's never been particularly attractive in my opinion -- not ugly, but not notably attractive.  Definitely not Denzel-esque by any means.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 12:38 PM (5/yRG)

96 You are on thin ice, sport.

Who is?

Posted by: Pronoun Enforcement Division at February 09, 2010 12:39 PM (PMGbu)

97 there is a problem in your usage.  The catamite is usually the recipient,  the catcher to the pitcher, if you will.  This is not usually the case with those who take control, or so I assume. 

Posted by: anal vocabulist at February 09, 2010 12:35 PM (0K3p3)

Yes but they were acting en masse against one pitcher, hence the earlier Lord of the Flies reference where one of those feral kids would've been smacked down by an adult not named Sully.  I appreciate your concern and diligence though.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 12:41 PM (Sghlv)

98 And sometimes easily led just by a really kickin' rack.

Yeah but only sometimes.

Other times it's the legs.

Posted by: alexthechick at February 09, 2010 12:43 PM (8WZWv)

99 The guy seriously should go ahead and get the sex change. Once he has his own vajay jay and hooters he can stop obsessing about Palin's, and possibly spend more time locked in his room and less time blogging stupid crap.

Posted by: joe at February 09, 2010 12:43 PM (YwBI6)

100

... they are more superficial than most people, so they have a strong natural inclination to support whoever seems best-looking and coolest...

I'm sure they are taken in by bright shiny baubles, as many of us are. What I think they find frightening about pretty people is that the rubes might buy what the pretty people are selling. Like we are all too dim to look beyond the boobies and see the evil within. They, of course, are not burdened with this gullibility. Unless of course the bauble is a tawny brown and curls ten reps at 70 lbs..

I, for one, always saw right through Alexis Carrington and reject their baseless fear-mongering.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 09, 2010 12:44 PM (rplL3)

101 Old Onion about a homophobe who's tired of being hit on by gays. So he keeps saying things like, "maybe they'll shut up if I stuff my cock in their mouths."

This is the inverse of that. Sullivan hates Palin because he feels guilty about the hetero- impulses she brings out in him.

Posted by: Amos at February 09, 2010 12:46 PM (gDWoG)

102 Sullivan really, really hates women, and really, really resents their power and really, really resents that they might possess a degree of sexual attractiveness for the majority of the male population that he can't compete with, no matter how much he squat-thrusts.

Apt words, golden apples on silver settings, etc.  Funny, funny stuff, Ace.

Posted by: Thinking Things Over at February 09, 2010 12:49 PM (dMcIn)

103 I had to google Mimbo.

FML.

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 12:49 PM (PD1tk)

104 The catamite is usually the recipient,  the catcher to the pitcher

What's the word for the pitcher?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (mR7mk)

105

104 What's the word for the pitcher?

"Dick Cheney"

Posted by: Zimriel at February 09, 2010 12:52 PM (9Sbz+)

106 Wow Ace.  Awesome post.  You should write a book.  Your writing style is superb.  I often find myself chuckling at every paragraph, and sometimes sentence.  You have a command of the English language I could only hope of achieving.

Ok I'll stop being gay now.


Posted by: MelodicMetal in MA at February 09, 2010 12:54 PM (x4S2a)

107 I, for one, always saw right through Alexis Carrington

Nice.  Back then, I would have hit Joan Collins like the Rangers hitting Point du Hoc.  

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 12:55 PM (PD1tk)

108 "Sullivan writes about the “middle” and the “core” in the Muslim world as if they were the independents and the base in Massachusetts."

Posted by: seamus at February 09, 2010 12:17 PM (5HhWZ)

LOL.  Leon's a very gifted writer but his politics are all over the damn place.  I'd certainly rather have him on my side than against me...

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 09, 2010 12:55 PM (Sghlv)

109

What's the word for the pitcher?

Catamites are boys so that would be a Pederast

Posted by: Mikki at February 09, 2010 12:57 PM (wxSIC)

110 @97....Lord of the Flies

Ah, I see it now.  Thanks for clarifying it.  Nice reference.

Posted by: anal vocabulist at February 09, 2010 01:02 PM (0K3p3)

111 Jeebus. I guess Palin's so hot she makes a gay dude have the hots for her. Indeed this women IS powerful.

Posted by: TexMex at February 09, 2010 01:11 PM (HPPyU)

112 Sullivan wants to be Palin. 

Posted by: iowavette at February 09, 2010 01:11 PM (0JTac)

113 @ 81 Coughlin was pissed at Roosevelt for not being socialist enough.
  Exactly. Coughlin was no Righty (contrary to the assertions of the uninformed) -- he was a demented Lefty who pushed for Socialism.

Posted by: Vile Roman at February 09, 2010 01:14 PM (iBzKc)

114

Sarah never dresses in a way that shows off her boobs.  Those legs, however.  With the boots and the walking and the ....  sorry, didn't make it to the bunk.

 

Cleanup on aisle 5!!!

Posted by: Mr Teabag at February 09, 2010 01:15 PM (xq7pr)

115

He's angry at Sarah Palin's tits because he thinks those tits have been pressed into service for Pure Evil. 

I think the one that looms large in his mind is the one that shall remain nameless, Todd. Todd is privy to, and prefers the breasts, and all he gets is pretty boy catchers from P town.

 

Posted by: madamex at February 09, 2010 01:16 PM (CT1Mw)

116

Do not under-estimate the appeal of a beautiful, big breasted, divinely chosen warrior-mother as a military leader in a global religious war.

Now that's what I'm talking about!  Needed Wanted Lusted-after: Slu-shop of Palin as a Warrior-Goddess with curvacious breastplate (including convex nipple reliefs of course), Statue of Liberty crown, 30.06 in one hand, and the other arm drawn back... hurling a Predator like a fucking model airplane!

This must be done.

Posted by: sherlock at February 09, 2010 01:18 PM (h6sl7)

117 ... they are more superficial than most people, so they have a strong natural inclination to support whoever seems best-looking and coolest...

Spot on.

I can't count the number of young women I saw swoon over Bill Clinton and Al Gore. One (historically ignorant) chick even said to me, "Al Gore is our first hunk presidential candidate. God, I fucking love it. Look at him! He looks like a super hero!"

I also remember how the media used to heap praise upon Clinton for his "coolness." Those idiots went freaking bananas every time the guy busted out that stupid saxophone and sunglasses.

So young! So hip! So cool!

Today, they've decided that attractive candidates are shallow. Go figure.

Posted by: Warden at February 09, 2010 01:19 PM (TIGTh)

Brennan's Op-Ed: An AOSHQ Response

John Brennan, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, recently said the following:

Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda. Terrorists are not 100-feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill. They will, however, be dismantled and destroyed, by our military, our intelligence services and our law enforcement community. And the notion that America's counterterrorism professionals and America's system of justice are unable to handle these murderous miscreants is absurd.
Now, there are some who say that our president has managed to create the atmosphere of political civility he promised during the campaign, and that he is working diligently to change the tone in Washington. Let me be clear: I reject that view. Today I say to you that there is no meaningful difference between a president who directly attacks his critics and a president who unleashes his attack dogs upon the same. We must reject as false the distinction our president is trying to make, and hold him to the promises he once made.

Mr President, if you are now against politically motivated criticism, does this mean that you recant or regret the words you spoke in 2002?

What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.

It is gratifying to see your administration realize that we should not allow reflexive partisanship to threaten national unity in the face of a common enemy, and it is unfortunate that you did not always speak with that goal in mind:
In other words -- What kind of debate are we willing to have?

Last week, the White House showed exactly what kind of debate it wants on future of Iraq - none.

We watched the shameful attempt to paint John Murtha - a Marine Corp recipient of two-purple hearts and a Bronze Star - into a coward of questionable patriotism. We saw the Administration tell people of both parties - people who asked legitimate questions about the intelligence that led us to war and the Administration's plan for Iraq - that they should keep quiet, end the complaining, and stop rewriting history.

This political war - a war of talking points and Sunday news shows and spin - is not one I'm interested in joining. It's a divisive approach that only pushes us further from what the American people actually want - a pragmatic solution to the real war we're facing in Iraq.

On August 28, 2008 you stood before a crowd in Mile High Stadium in Denver and made a number of promises to the American people. Among those promises was this:
But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism.

The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party.

That is a promise you reiterated after taking the oath of office. In your first remarks as our newest president, you promised "an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics." The question we ask ourselves today is whether you have forgotten those promises, or if you ever believed them at all. Let me be clear, Mr. President. We agree that national security should not be a partisan issue, and that the most important function of government is to keep its people safe. But make no mistake - a party that spent eight years sowing the wind should not be surprised when the whirlwind of recriminations and partisanship overtakes them. The current political atmosphere is regrettable, but it was also preventable.

With very few exceptions, Republicans have refrained from engaging in the small-minded politics of reflexive partisanship when it comes to national security. We have criticized your policies, but we have not, and will not, engage in the shrill auto-contrarian hatred that the left marinated in during the previous administration. We applaud your willingness to maintain Bush-era policies that keep America safe, but in doing so, will you now recognize that your previous opposition seems now to be little more than the knee-jerk response of a partisan?

Now, I don't mean to suggest that the divisions between us are too vast to bridge. To paraphrase the words of the prophet Isaiah, I believe it's still possible for us to reason together. If we are to have that conversation, this administration must be willing to acknowledge that it has not lived up to the promises of the past and find a new way forward. A way that rejects the disingenuous and bad-faith arguments your advisers are currently making. If you believe the words you once spoke, now is the time to put them into action.

In the end, Mr. President, it comes down to a single question. Is dissent still patriotic?

Posted by: Slublog at 09:14 AM



Comments

1 I really hate this administration.

Posted by: Holger at February 09, 2010 10:35 AM (8NGHm)

2 Blech.  Another snow day.  I'd rather be at work. 

Posted by: pep at February 09, 2010 10:38 AM (0K3p3)

3 Very nicely done, Slublog.

Posted by: apotheosis at February 09, 2010 10:38 AM (xWk3U)

4

I like this post more than I hate this administration.

Well said, Slublog.

Posted by: FireHorse at February 09, 2010 10:39 AM (cQyWA)

5 All I have to say to Brennan is ... pfttt!!!  (this administration has sooo much credibility.)

Posted by: Close outer doors - Down scope at February 09, 2010 10:40 AM (ITzbJ)

6

I noticed that Brennan referenced terrorism a few times in the article.

Is that term back on the table? Can they update their meme? I'm confused as to what we're permitted to call it these days.

This op-ed is just an extension of Obama's snit-fit last week. Shut off the blogs! Turn on Fox!!1!!! Oh and let me throw in CNN and MSNBC for good measure.

The desperation at this point is palpable.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2010 10:42 AM (jHk+M)

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 10:43 AM (RkRxq)

8 Obama is what he is. The mold has been cast and destroyed. Don't waste your time trying to reason with an idiot, it's impossible.

Posted by: Leatherneck at February 09, 2010 10:43 AM (40yOy)

9 The desperation at this point is palpable.


No lie.  I predict that it will be only six months or so before the rats begin to leave the sinking ship.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:44 AM (BFqyO)

10 And the notion that America's counterterrorism professionals and America's system of justice are unable to handle these murderous miscreants is absurd.

No, no, it isn't.

Trying to wage war with lawyers and judges and legal briefs is absurd.

Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 10:45 AM (MMC8r)

11

Very well said.

Unfortunately, this administration is going to kick and scream about any effort to solve our nation's problems in a post-partisan way.  For self preservation, perhaps we should start believing the opposite of everything they tell us.

Posted by: President Obumbles at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (DH/cp)

12 @9  Too late, they're already leaving.  Bye, Hillary. 

A competent administration would reboot and reorganize, but Obama's isn't flexible enough to do that.  That's what happens when you never had any core competence to begin with.

Posted by: pep at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (0K3p3)

13 I disagree Slublog, I think we are really close to a fatal, unreconciliable, schism in the opposing parties worldviews.  There is no reasoning with some of these people.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (1UMF+)

14 In the end, Mr. President, it comes down to a single question. Is dissent still patriotic?

No. (sheesh I was told there were "no stupid questions", I guess I was wrong)

Posted by: Barry Sotero at February 09, 2010 10:48 AM (RykTt)

15

I'm long past the point where I just assume that anything Obama, or his minions, say is a lie, or at the very least, self-serving spin. 

Watch what they do, not what they say.

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 10:49 AM (PD1tk)

16

"Let me be clear, Mr. President. We agree that national security should not be a partisan issue, and that the most important function of government is to keep its people safe. But make no mistake - a party that spent eight years sowing the wind should not be surprised when the whirlwind of recriminations and partisanship overtakes them. The current political atmosphere is regrettable, but it was also preventable."

I see what you did there.  And my nether-regions yearn to envelop themselves with its silky embrace.

Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 10:49 AM (5npD/)

17 The age of Zero. Smart is dumb and dumb is smart. He must be the smartest guy in the country.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:49 AM (OlN4e)

18

 I believe it's still possible for us to reason together...as long as the progressives regressives invite gets lost in the mail.

/fixed

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2010 10:50 AM (jHk+M)

19

If you oppose this Manchurian-Candidate Muslim President, then you're just helping Al-Queda.

Right. Got it.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 09, 2010 10:50 AM (GHq7I)

20 I love how these idiots claim that everything Bush did was evil,wrong,un-American,etc,etc.
But in this case their best defense is Bush did it too.

Posted by: Mal at February 09, 2010 10:51 AM (Z+qzA)

21

 but you see, excessive partisanship and hoping for failures when a Republican was in charge was "truth to power". Now, it's Teh Devil!

Posted by: eddiebear at February 09, 2010 10:52 AM (wnU1W)

22 Sarah Palin just farted.  We now go live to David Shuster being a douche.

Posted by: MSNBC at February 09, 2010 10:52 AM (+zo63)

23

I have two words for this fucking traitor:

Nigerian underpants.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 09, 2010 10:52 AM (GHq7I)

24

19  If you oppose this Manchurian-Candidate Muslim President, then you're just helping Al-Queda.

Right. Got it.

You!  Yes, You!  Just for that you get no New York trial!

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (RkRxq)

25 I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say, "We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!"

Oh wait. Evil Rethuglicans are helping al-Qaeda.

Posted by: Holger at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (8NGHm)

26

To paraphrase the words of the prophet Isaiah, I believe it's still possible for us to reason together.

Good post but I disagree with that line there.  It takes two to "reason together".  When one side only wants to spew bullshit and take down the country it is not possible to "reason".

As a once famous conservative said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue".

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (QrA9E)

27

Zero and his merry band of idiots are the best opportunity Al Qaeda is ever gonna have to hit us hard. They would be fools to miss this chance. And I don't think they are the kind of fool to miss out on their best opportunity to kill as many of us as they can. They won't get such a chance in the future.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:54 AM (OlN4e)

28 Lets keep one thing in mind.  During the cold war our enemy were masters of disguise, fake credential, diplomatic immunity, license to kill, and all that rot.  These clods are incapable of dressing incognito, are using their real names and identification, getting entry visas despite "no fly lists", and they are hitting their targets.  Granted not always successfully, but that's on their own incompetence, not out brilliant counter terrorism.  Our intelligence community along with their political master are not giving me a warm fuzzy feeling.

Posted by: Paladin at February 09, 2010 10:54 AM (XZu3c)

29 It's not incivility if it's true. Bush, Cheney and Rove are war criminals

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 09, 2010 10:56 AM (bN5ZU)

30 Fuck you, I WON!

Posted by: The One at February 09, 2010 10:56 AM (qvT/A)

31 Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (QrA9E)

I don't believe it's possible, either.  I was writing in O-style, which meant I had to include a random Bible verse somewhere.

Posted by: Slublog at February 09, 2010 10:56 AM (qjKko)

32

Isn't this the same genius who accused Republican Senators and congressmen of lying last week, pissing them off royally?

If Congress goes Republican, this POS will have to escape to Pakistan and live in the cave with Bin Laden.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 09, 2010 10:57 AM (GHq7I)

33

President The Won does not want dissent, patriotic or otherwise.  He wants the kind of forced obedience given by the peasants in Cuba, or the old USSR, or China, or any other dictatorship.  It must be driving him to distraction that his own party members in the House & Senate won't do his bidding and pass his commie agenda. 

The only reason he has such huge majorities in both houses is because Rahm Emmanuel is too clever by half, and Rahm went out and recruited moderate democrats to run for office in moderate districts.  The press was simultaneously waging its own war against the Bush administration, so the elections of 2006 and 2008 were more a popularity contest featuring a battered Bush as the face of the republican party.  The democrats won a lot of seats.  But those people know perfectly well that their voters at home are not moonbats and are not happy about the direction the country is taking.  Hence their reluctance to vote for their own political destruction. 

I used to think that term limits for the US House and US Senate would be a good idea, clean out the deadwood every so often.  The events of the last year have changed my mind.  Clearly the only thing that has stopped the commie agenda has been the desire of those moderate democrats to continue holding their cushy jobs in Congress.  If all of them knew they would be lame ducks someday anyway, many of them would have voted for anything Obama threw at them.  Why not, if they might be able to secure some favors to be used in the future when they were term-limited out of office?

Posted by: Boots at February 09, 2010 10:57 AM (06JTY)

34 If they got their panties in a twist over this type of criticism then it's no wonder the WH dogs, the media, are going after Palin for what she delivered in Nashville. She shoved aknife in the Admin and was smiling gorgeously the whole time.

"We need a commander in chief, not a constitutional professor of law!"

Game over. You lose, Professor.

Posted by: TexMex at February 09, 2010 10:58 AM (HPPyU)

35

"Trying to wage war with lawyers,  judges and legal briefs is absurd." - nickless

Badda-Bing!!!!!

That's telling it like it is. Those officious, arrogant, pompous asses do more harm than good.

 

Posted by: Give that man a Kewpie Doll at February 09, 2010 10:58 AM (ITzbJ)

36 All this is, along with Michelle's interview, a direct response to Sarah Palin. The woman is giving these people fits.


Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 10:59 AM (Q1lie)

37 "So, my fellow Americans, I am the one you've been waiting for.  I know what your core values should be.  I know what's good for you and this country.  Therefore, let's unite in a bipartisan effort to advance my cause.  I will sit down with everyone, from every party and - in the end - rest assured that I will still do it my way, because I won.  You will like total Socialism or you'll learn to, because I said so."

Mr. President, kiss the sunny side of my ass.

Posted by: Dell at February 09, 2010 11:00 AM (o0L0L)

38 Boots-

I agree, but I'd also have to note that Bush did himself no favors by stepping on his d*ck with "immigration reform."

Also, there was some serious hanky panky in the Republican primary process, and the selection of "Obama-Lite" as the R candidate.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 11:01 AM (BFqyO)

39 Hey BHO....FU.....

Posted by: FU52 at February 09, 2010 11:02 AM (gSCDY)

40 Why it seems that only a little while ago, that dissent was patriotic.

Treating terrorism like a crime problem and handing out summons and tickets, is a lot of the reason we're at where we are now in this war. Clinton anyone?

Hey brennan, blow me you hack.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 11:03 AM (erIg9)

41
From NRO's "Campaign Spot"

He Knows Who His Real Enemy Is, I Guess

"Looking again at the John Brennan op-ed in USA Today, I see he refers to Abdulmutallab as a "suspect" but asserts that administration critics, ipso facto, "serve the goals of al-Qaeda."

In other words, in the eyes of one the administration's top men on counterterrorism, Abdulmutallab gets a presumption of innocence that you and I don't."





Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 09, 2010 11:03 AM (0fzsA)

42 This is just another case of liberal projection. After eight years of playing politics with national security the Dems automatically assume the other side would do the same. It really is quite disgusting.

Posted by: Mal at February 09, 2010 11:04 AM (Z+qzA)

43

Is dissent still patriotic?

I'm working on a documentary: From Patriotic to Racist Overnight; Dissent's Journey into the Abyss.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 11:05 AM (Be4xl)

44

Slublog, this is a fine piece of writing.

However I think your tactic of using comparative logic is lost on the average liberal voter.

They got their guy and they're going to ride that dude into the abyss.

Posted by: solitary knight at February 09, 2010 11:07 AM (czuym)

45 27

Zero and his merry band of idiots are the best opportunity Al Qaeda is ever gonna have to hit us hard. They would be fools to miss this chance. And I don't think they are the kind of fool to miss out on their best opportunity to kill as many of us as they can. They won't get such a chance in the future.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:54 AM (OlN4e)

+100 right on the money maddogg!

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 09, 2010 11:07 AM (Vu6sl)

46
Then: dissent = patriotic
Now: dissent = treason

Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 09, 2010 11:07 AM (I6+BT)

47 I think they need to do a full body search and scan every time BHO boards Air Force One.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 09, 2010 11:08 AM (GHq7I)

48

Slublog can work on bridging gaps.

I will continue to mock.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2010 11:09 AM (jHk+M)

49

GOP  response in same line as Slublogs response to bipartisanship offer with  regards to health care http://tiny.cc/fsf6N

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 11:10 AM (7FgWm)

50
For self preservation, perhaps we should start believing the opposite of everything they tell us.

Yes, this political environment is going to decay into something ugly, because to the True Believers, they really ARE at war with the Teabaggers/conservatives/whathaveyou.   Things are going to get ugly, but the more the mask is removed from the 'progressives', the more the average American recoils in disgust.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 11:11 AM (fx8sm)

51

To paraphrase the words of the prophet Isaiah, I believe it's still possible for us to reason together.

You'll get dismissed as a flat-earther if you reference something religious. And the part after the comma is just not true.

Just rework that sentence.

 

Posted by: agnostica at February 09, 2010 11:12 AM (gbCNS)

52

I was writing in O-style, which meant I had to include a random Bible verse somewhere.

O-style; LOL good one, is that the same as O-logic?

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 11:13 AM (QrA9E)

53

"Trying to wage war with lawyers,  judges and legal briefs is absurd." - nickless

 

I hate those guys!!!

Posted by: Dean Wormer, Faber College at February 09, 2010 11:13 AM (ITzbJ)

54 I'm seriously wondering who's more of a danger to this country, this administration and it's cronies, or the terrorists around the world.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 11:14 AM (erIg9)

55

Winston Smith -

Agreed, the immigration reform issue was an unforced error of unbelievable proportions.  Why would the republican party try and import as many new democrat voters as possible??? 

And I also couldn't figure out how the despised McCain won the republican primary.  I admire the man's service and the courage he clearly possesses, and the sacrifices he made while in uniform.  But his political career has been one gigantic thumb in the eye to his fellow republicans.  He has enjoyed his role as the republican who hates other republicans and gets stroked by the press for being so "reasonable".  There can't be that many Navy vets in the republican electorate to put him over the top.

Posted by: Boots at February 09, 2010 11:14 AM (06JTY)

56

54 I'm seriously wondering who's more of a danger to this country, this administration and it's cronies, or the terrorists around the world.

Does it matter? One hand washes the other.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (OlN4e)

57 Boots, McCain won because the Republican party hasn't figured out yet that close primaries are a good thing for the party.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (erIg9)

58

Leave It to Beaver Episode 158, in which the Beaver discovers that being fourth grade class president is hard.  Especially all the math and letters and stuff.  John Edwards guest stars as Eddie Haskell.

 

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (B+qrE)

59 I'm actually amazed (not really) at how similar to a particularly demented Kostard Odipshit sounded in 2002.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 09, 2010 11:15 AM (ySQoK)

60

As a once famous conservative said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue". Posted by: Vic

It was Harry Jaffa's phrase written for B. Goldwater. Jaffa's said recently he wasn't proud of that line.

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 11:16 AM (/o58C)

61

Boots, McCain won because the Republican party hasn't figured out yet that close primaries are a good thing for the party.

That and teh Fred! and teh Rudy! ran two of the worst campaigns ever.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 11:16 AM (B+qrE)

62

31 See, that's what I get for commenting before I read the other comments.

Posted by: agnostica at February 09, 2010 11:19 AM (gbCNS)

63 So if political criticism of Obama serves the interests of Al-Qaeda, does that mean that organizations like the Chamber of Commerce or Veterans groups are gonna be on some "supporters of terrorism" list while orgs like CAIR and Code Pink merrily go about publicly working for an Islamist victory over the West?

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 09, 2010 11:19 AM (vVM8h)

64

That and teh Fred! and teh Rudy! ran two of the worst campaigns ever.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2010 11:16 AM (B+qrE)


Yeah Fred. dammit. guy has some good ideas, and some shitty campaign practices.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (erIg9)

65 Why would the republican party try and import as many new democrat voters as possible?

If you think of them as very traditional Catholic voters, who would ultimately hit a "hard stop" of faith regarding much of the democrat agenda, maybe it makes more sense?

I don't think that scenario was a slam dunk by any means, but making long term bets on demographic trends is a viable approach.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (I6+BT)

66 "In the end, Mr. President, it comes down to a single question. Is dissent still patriotic?"

Sure, as long as your dissenting against Republicans.  Then have at it.  Nuance, my dear Slublong, NUANCE!

Posted by: GarandFan at February 09, 2010 11:20 AM (ZQBnQ)

67

Jaffa's said recently he wasn't proud of that line.

What did he do, become a damn liberal squish?

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 11:21 AM (QrA9E)

68

What no posts yet on Obama's naked political ploy of a "Health Care Summit"? Come on Ace of Spades HQ, man up, that is some juicy stuff.

 

 

Posted by: Ken at February 09, 2010 11:21 AM (Bs34i)

69 Actually, i think teh Fred! was just a bit ahead of the curve....his campaigning style was more suited to the Tea Party types than the general electorate.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 11:21 AM (1UMF+)

70

Fred hemmed and hawed, would he run, maybe he wouldn't run, maybe he'll make a decision, maybe he won't...........enough already. 

I wanted to vote for Rudy, even tho he's squishy on social issues he's strong on defense and his work in NYC speaks for itself - lower crime rate after his years as a prosecutor, and a more liveable city after his years as mayor.  He does have all the issues with the wives, the ex-wife, what have you.  But it's all out there.  As opposed to Obama, where everything was and still is a big secret.

Posted by: Boots at February 09, 2010 11:22 AM (06JTY)

71 Oh Lord. Not again, Brennan

Posted by: The Chicken at February 09, 2010 11:23 AM (I/MqP)

72 we should all join hands and sing a hymn in honor of Ear Leader:

"Hymn, Hymn, Fuck Hymn."


Posted by: redc1c4 at February 09, 2010 11:23 AM (d1FhN)

73 I think Fred's campaign was fucking pathetic. He looked like he could barely stay awake most of the time and showed the energy of a sick squid.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 11:24 AM (OlN4e)

74

Thing is, I agree with Brennan that we do tend to act as if these terrorists are infallible, as if their idiotic plans and failed attempts are actual attacks. They're not attacks, really--they're thwarted attacks. That distinction is everything and we should all act like it. That is, to laugh at AQ and their exploding Hanes.

What I don't get is why Brennan would try to make that case in what is a thinly-veiled attack piece. Does he hope the logic of "They're not ten-feet tall" carries him over the weakness of his "Try them here!" case because he spits it all out one one glob?

You get the feeling he's dissemintaing talking points to the Times rather than engaging opponents. Business as usual for the Zero Administration.

 

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 09, 2010 11:25 AM (rplL3)

75 What i meant was that Fred was looking to tap into the grass roots discontent and hopefully ride that wave in, but he was too early and not decisive enough.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 11:25 AM (1UMF+)

76

What did he do, become a damn liberal squish?

Posted by: Vic

No. Not in the slightest. He was asked about it in an interview. He shies away from the question so it seems like he just doesn't like the phrase anymore.

Uncommon Knowledge: Part 4 of 5

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 11:26 AM (/o58C)

77 In other words, in the eyes of one the administration's top men on counterterrorism, Abdulmutallab gets a presumption of innocence that you and I don't.

Well said, and chilling to contemplate.

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 11:26 AM (PD1tk)

78 I do believe I just had my patriotism questioned.

Summon the pitchfork brigade.

Posted by: Techie at February 09, 2010 11:26 AM (zbH+i)

79

I don't give a fuck what this cock sucking hack says.  I care about what he does.

How did this useless piece of shit handle Richard Burns the Panty bomber.

He handled him the same way he'd handle a house burlgar. 

EPIC FAIL.

Why is anyone surprised.  This IS OBAMA.

Posted by: gus at February 09, 2010 11:26 AM (Vqruj)

80

The left's dissent is based on the premise that the United States is in the wrong and the cause of the world's ills.

The right's dissent is based on the premise that the United State's security and interests should be the primary focus and damn those that try to undermine that.

We wave the flag.  They mock those that wave.

Posted by: polynikes at February 09, 2010 11:27 AM (m2CN7)

81

We wave the flag.  They mock those that wave.

Posted by: polynikes at February 09, 2010 11:27 AM (m2CN7)


they also burn it.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 09, 2010 11:28 AM (erIg9)

82 George W Bush would never have announced intelligence gains and the methods to acquire them for the purpose of boosting his poll numbers.  He was focused on security and is a man of high character.

Obama did, is not, and has none.

Posted by: alppuccino at February 09, 2010 11:34 AM (za5cN)

83 Posted by: spongeworthy at February 09, 2010 11:25 AM (rplL3)



Granted, yet there's a very real danger in that viewpoint. Underestimating your opponent is a good way to get your ass kicked. In fact, I'll bet that lots of these lame-brain AQ schemes are designed to be underestimated.

Historically, one of AQ's signature moves is multiple, simultaneous and coordinated attacks. Yet the undiebomber and the shoebomber among others are single, isolated attacks. Part of that is because of the damage that we've done to AQ over the past 9 years, making coordinated attacks more difficult.  But I can't help wondering if some of this is by design.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 09, 2010 11:35 AM (I/MqP)

84

Another reason the electorate had better think long and hard before believing anything a Democrat seeking national office says about national security.

Great post!

Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2010 11:36 AM (gJL6J)

85

Historically, one of AQ's signature moves is multiple, simultaneous and coordinated attacks.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 09, 2010 11:35 AM (I/MqP)

 

I love this blog.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 11:36 AM (Be4xl)

86 Damn, that's one smart chicken.

SockFail©

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 11:37 AM (I/MqP)

87 And the blog loves you mama!!

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (c459z)

88

If they were 100 feet tall we'd be able to recognize them.  Then Naplitano would send larger jets for them so as not to discrminate against 100 foot tall Muslims.

Speaking of 100 feet tall, the WORLD TRADE CENTER was over one thousand feet tall.  What happened to it?  Did some "SUSPECTS" crash jets into them or soemthing??

You know what folks.  These mother fuckers seriously don't get it.  Brennan tells us we shouldn't have fear?  Just a little over a month ago a Muzztard attempted to detonate a BOMB on board a flight over Detroit.

And we're supposed to have confidence in these fools??

Posted by: gus at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (Vqruj)

89 Mama AJ.....the Lord moves in mysterious ways. And he definitely has a sense of humor.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 11:39 AM (I/MqP)

90 Slu: "...We agree that national security should not be a partisan issue, and that the most important function of government is to keep its people safe..."

Speak for yourself, you effin' retard. I don't agree with that except to the extent I can wring a crisis out of it to foment change. Because He won.

Posted by: Rahm Emanuel, Crises Management at February 09, 2010 11:40 AM (swuwV)

91

It's a smart military chicken blog.

 

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 09, 2010 11:40 AM (Be4xl)

92 This is just the "official" version of a libtard letter to the editor in the Sunday Boston Globe(-Democrat) - stating that he'd "been around to see 11 Presidential administrations and had *never* seen partisan rancor as bad as it is now."

Seriously.

My letter in response asking how the weather was near the rock under which he must have been living during the regime of Bush 43 was not deemed worthy of publication, however.

Posted by: docj at February 09, 2010 11:40 AM (pGuf6)

93

I wanted to vote for Rudy, even tho he's squishy on social issues he's strong on defense and his work in NYC speaks for itself

He looked like he could barely stay awake most of the time and showed the energy of a sick squid.

We got Mclame for a variety of reasons;  the biggest reason was the stupid "winner take all" way most the the States had in the Republican primaries. Before everyone started dropping out McLame only got about 30% of the vote.  That meant that 70% of the primary voters (e.g. the base) did not want him.  a large percentage of that "base" stayed at home on election day.

Open primaries was another reason, but only in States that allowed people to vote in both primaries.

The "fire in the belly" meme was a pure product of the liberal media, which included Fox.  IIANM that phrase was actually invented by liberal commie Piss Wallace.

As for RINO Rudy, yes his record speaks for itself. He is like most NE RINOs, he is liberal on everything bit defense, not just "social issues". The cutting spending credit in NYC actually belongs to his predicessor in NYC.

He is a gun grabber, he believes in open borders, and he was the one actually repsonsible for the SCOTUS decison that elliminated the line item veto. Fck him. And BTW, Fox was pushing him up until they found that he was teh stupid and wasn't going to campaign until FL.

After that Fox started pushing McLame. The Republican side of Fox is max RINO. Currently they favor Romney.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 11:47 AM (QrA9E)

94 Where's all the lefty slurs of Obama qua chickenhawk for lobbing Predator Hellfire ordnance on AQ in Pakistan? 

Posted by: slade at February 09, 2010 11:50 AM (XsHAM)

95 Mr President, if you are now against politically motivated criticism, does this mean that you recant or regret the words you spoke in 2002?Well, perhaps that's he read on the teleprompter in 2002?Words... just words...

Posted by: oldhardhead at February 09, 2010 11:50 AM (HOEF/)

96 Damn, that's one smart chicken.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Don't take too much stock in what he says, though. He's just looking out for his own rear.

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 11:52 AM (/o58C)

97 When there is no more room at the mental hospitals the insane and mentally retarded will govern the earth.

When I read the op-ed the only thing I got out of it was barry and company dreaming about dictatorships and how they could pull it off. There really are two americas.

Posted by: evil libertarian at February 09, 2010 11:53 AM (T/nSR)

98

 But I can't help wondering if some of this is by design.

Yeah, and the quality of sone of these volunteer martyrs is worrying. Richard Reed? Big friggin' doof. Pantybomber? Spills his guts when threatened with Kaffir-lunch. Not exactly prime recruits, either of them.

So it is worth questioning whether they send these losers to test us or to lull us into complacency or if they simply cannot find a better class of idiot to die for them. We should assume the worst case.

Myself I don't want to play into their hands, treat them like they are so scary that we cannot try them in a civilian area. We shouldn't because it's stupid and horrible precedent, but not because we're scared they might try to bomb us.

Posted by: spongeworthy at February 09, 2010 11:58 AM (rplL3)

99 In the end, Mr. President, it comes down to a single question. Is dissent still patriotic?

Of course dissent is still patriotic -- but just as only whites can be racist, only leftists can engage in dissent.

Check your premises.

Posted by: Ken at February 09, 2010 12:00 PM (e+x+O)

100 They aren't murderous miscreants anymore.  They are suspects and alleged criminals who have the full protection of our Constitution and the presumption of innocence.  The Administration is being a bit passive aggressive on the issue, don't you think.

Posted by: ed at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (Urhve)

101 So, if Brennan is correct and "politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serves the goals of al Qaeda," then Democrats should explain why they served the goals of AQ for eight plus years.

Posted by: JW at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (qwK3S)

102

The civility claim, by you of all people, staggers me.

 

I’ve consistently read people on this website refer to the president in derisive terms and name-calling (‘teh One’, ‘Messiah’), much more than on any other conservative website I browse.

 

Today I say to you that there is no meaningful difference between a president who directly attacks his critics and a president who unleashes his attack dogs upon the same.”

 

Does this include former president Bush’s attack dogs, Rove, Cheney, Wolfowitz, et al.? I guess you're condemning Bush too in this statement.

 

“…we should not allow reflexive partisanship to threaten national unity in the face of a common enemy…”

 

Yet this is exactly what AoS did in the immediate aftermath of the recruiting station shooting, the Fort Hood massacre and the Christmas Day bombing.

 

I'm no great fan of Obama--so far I judge him to be pretty much a failure, but this is hypocrisy in the extreme.

Posted by: JEA at February 09, 2010 12:03 PM (AfORa)

103 Nice work Slublog.  Turning Obama's rhetorical tics against him is something that more should emulate.  If only to drive them out of continued usage.   They are cheap, dishonest, and unworthy of a President.

JEA needs to learn the difference between a  blogger and a political appointee of the Executive.

Posted by: ThomasD at February 09, 2010 12:08 PM (21H5U)

104 I’ve consistently read people on this website refer to the president in derisive terms and name-calling (‘teh One’, ‘Messiah’), much more than on any other conservative website I browse.

We have learned at your knee, Monsieur Racecard.

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (PD1tk)

105 Eight years of "Chimperor for Life Hitler McHaliburton" is lecturing on "civility" because we're using words out of Barack Hussein "I Won" Obama's own mouth?

Yeah, we'll take that straight to heart.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 09, 2010 12:13 PM (mR7mk)

106 Republican promise of civility? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 09, 2010 12:16 PM (qwK3S)

107 They're not attacks, really--they're thwarted attacks.

I disagree. They failed only because of the incompetence of the terrorist, not because of anything the government did...by the grace of God, if you will.

Posted by: Enrico Palazzo at February 09, 2010 12:16 PM (YmPwQ)

108 President Obama calling himself and his minions the ONES we've been waiting for? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (qwK3S)

109 Messiah a derisive term? Sorry, I'll have to ask Diane.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 09, 2010 12:20 PM (qwK3S)

110

slulog,  that is very well written and articulates much of what I have been feeling in an intelligent, rational, dare I say-'non-partisan' way.

Obama should read this and cringe; but sadly, he won't read it and if he did, I think he is too shameless to cringe. But maybe, in his heart of hearts, he would know...

Nice job!

Posted by: RM at February 09, 2010 12:22 PM (GkYyh)

111 a Marine Corp recipient

I've never heard of the Marine Corporation.

Posted by: pinche migra at February 09, 2010 12:24 PM (E3SK8)

112

Great post, Slu! 

There's a good op-ed today in WSJ, "Cheney's Revenge"

"...the Administration has tried to break from its predecessors on serveral big anti-terror issues, and it is on those that it is suffering the humiliation of having to walk back from its righteous declarations.  This is Dick Cheney's revenge."

Here's the link to the whole thing:

http://tinyurl.com/ylqqdd5

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (CfmlF)

113

With very few exceptions, Republicans have refrained from engaging in the small-minded politics of reflexive partisanship when it comes to national security. We have criticized your policies, but we have not, and will not, engage in the shrill auto-contrarian hatred that the left marinated in during the previous administration. We applaud your willingness to maintain Bush-era policies that keep America safe, but in doing so, will you now recognize that your previous opposition seems now to be little more than the knee-jerk response of a partisan?

Yup!

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:30 PM (CfmlF)

114 a Marine Corp recipient

I've never heard of the Marine Corporation.


I guess the sooper-genius, hyper-educated JugEars and his minions have never heard of a silent "S".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2010 12:31 PM (I/MqP)

115

You guys missed the real "hooter" in John Brennan's attack speech.  He said it made no difference whether the Knickerbomber was handled by the military or by the US Attorneys.  He said "the rules of interrogation are the same in each instance".   Our blindingly brilliant counter terrorism chief failed to note that having an attorney representing the Knickerbomber might make this one little eensie wiensie tiny bit of difference. The lawyer can and did tell the Knickerbomber to STFU--which he did.  He didn't want to play anymore and talk anymore.  Sorry, you don't get to take a "time out" and say "I'm not talking because my lawyer told me not to talk" in military interrogations.  Now you may sit mute and not say much, but the military keep coming back.

You know if you can't blind the rubes with brilliance, you try to baffle them with bullshit.  I'm certain this crapola will do down well in Berkeley, San Francisco and Austin, but out in the real world, we can smell bullshit when it's flung in our face.

Posted by: Corncob Supporter at February 09, 2010 12:31 PM (ktYjH)

116 Posted by: JEA at February 09, 2010 12:03 PM (AfORa)

Thesis: President not living up to own promises of civility and new politics

Response: "But you mean blog commenters say mean stuff about the president, so you're like, hypocrites or something."

Question yet to be answered by president's apologists:  How the rhetoric by blog commenters (who are not elected officials) somehow removes Obama's obligation to govern in the manner he promised before the election.

Posted by: Slublog at February 09, 2010 12:37 PM (qjKko)

117

William McGurn also had a good column today:  "Bush Was Right, Says Obama". 

"This weekend, Americans were treated to something new:  Barak Obama defending his war policies by suggesting they merely continue his predecessor's practices.  The defense is illuminating, not least for its implicit recognition that George W. Bush has more credibility on fighting terrorists than does the sitting president....Leave aside, just for a moment, the substance.  Far more arresting is that Mr. Obama now defends himself by invoking a man he has spent the past year blaming for al Qaeda's growth.

Here's the bigger picture:  When Mr. Obama arrived in the Oval Office his first official act was to order the closing of Guantanamo in the manner of Christ cleansing the temple.  Attorney General Eric Holder soon followed by opening a criminal investigation of the CIA's interrogaters.  And everywhere he went, Mr. Obama told anyone who would listen that when it came to terror, he would be the anti-Bush.

Abdulmutallab's foiled attempt to blow up a Northwest flight has changed everything.  The administration's misstatements and mishandling are provoking questions about its competence...In other words, we have what Team Obama would define as a messaging problem.  So expect more presidential speeches sprinkled with tough-sounding words such as "war" and "terrorist."  Maybe Robert Gibbs promising a review of policies that were themselves supposed to be revisions.  And when they realize they cannot close it, perhaps a renaming of Guantanomo as our new "Carribean House of Constitutional Correction."

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:42 PM (CfmlF)

118

JEA,

After 8 solid years of foaming at the mouth hatred of George Bush - try "Bushitler" vs. "teh One" on the nastiness scale for starters - no one from the left - who lovingly proclaim themselves to be the very models of civil discourse and tolerance -  has any credibility to call someone on the right out for lack of civility or hypocrisy. A non-starter.

Posted by: RM at February 09, 2010 12:43 PM (GkYyh)

119 JEA--the chicken called. He's tired of your "plucking."

Posted by: nikkolai at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (i4ujc)

120 The Obama Administration had previously made statements that to ensure there was no harsh treatment that all interviews of “high value targets” would be done by the FBI, instead of the CIA.

So, even if Brennan had told GOP leaders that the FBI was interviewing Abdulmutallab, there was no reason for the GOP leaders to infer that this “high value target” had been or would be mirandized.

Posted by: Neo at February 09, 2010 12:50 PM (tE8FB)

121

May I assume that AoSHQ is aware that it was Brennan's people who broke into the State Department passport files?

Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser
updated 9:10 p.m. EDT, Sat March 22, 2008
cnn.com

They were trying to find [and, presumably, to destroy] any evidence that Obama [as Barry Soetoro] had travelled on an Indonesian passport on or after his 18th birthday.

Indonesia did not recognize dual citizenship at the time, so if it could be proved that Barack "Barry" Obama Soetoro Dunham ever considered himself to be an Indonesian citizen on or after his 18th birthday, then he would be constitutionally ineligible to assume the presidency.

And, of course, they were also looking for any evidence that Stanley Ann Dunham might have crossed over into British Columbia, to give birth, right before she started classes, in Seattle, at the University of Washington, in mid-August of 1961.

PS: Jack Cashill has some interesting new speculation about what might be BHOJr's true biological ancestry [Cashill wonders whether the Dunhams hired BHOSr to pretend to be the biological father, and Cashill also wonders whether the August 4 birthdate could be fraudulent]:

Another Look at Obama's Origins
By Jack Cashill
February 07, 2010
americanthinker.com

Posted by: at February 09, 2010 01:02 PM (l9HB0)

122 JEA is actually a nice change of pace, he's hung like a cricket.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 09, 2010 01:03 PM (I/MqP)

123

Slublog: "How the rhetoric by blog commenters (who are not elected officials) somehow removes Obama's obligation to govern in the manner he promised before the election."

Did you read where I said I consider Obama pretty much a failure, or just conveniently skip that part?

RM, when did I say anything about the left being correct in attacking Bush? In fact, the right suffers from the exact same derangement syndrome the left suffered from when Bush was president.

You folks assume an awful lot, and read things I didn't even write.

Posted by: JEA at February 09, 2010 01:07 PM (AfORa)

124

"I guess the sooper-genius, hyper-educated JugEars and his minions have never heard of a silent "S"."

Rotten to the corps.

Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 01:10 PM (5npD/)

125

Rotten to the corpse! corps.

 

FIFY!

Posted by: TOTUS at February 09, 2010 01:12 PM (CfmlF)

126 Two shea.

Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 01:14 PM (5npD/)

127 Did you read where I said I consider Obama pretty much a failure, or just conveniently skip that part?

No, I read it.  I simply found it less than convincing. 

Posted by: Slublog at February 09, 2010 01:17 PM (qjKko)

Top Headline Comments 2-9-10

[OregonMuse] More on the eeevil Tim Tebow ad from the Washington Post. The author has clearly strayed off the reservation and the thought police will be around shortly for a readjustment.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 09:03 AM



Comments

1 Got another 4 inches of global warming today. Schools are closed, kids are home. Might as well shut the home office down and just write the day off. Do we know where Al Gore is this morning?

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 09:05 AM (V9SYy)

2 Dennis Prager thinks the Superbowl Audi ad will help kill environmentalism. Hope so.

Posted by: CNN-Paramus at February 09, 2010 09:07 AM (oT1aA)

3

For the record:

Reins are what you lead a horse with.
Reigns is what a king does.
A sure thing is a shoo-in. No shoes.
To obey is to toe the line. I don't know what tow the line means, unless you're in a boat or something.

My mother was a proofreader. Genes and stuff.

P.S. THE FROG WILL JUMP OUT, goddammit!

Posted by: Bat "Uber Pedant" Chain Puller at February 09, 2010 09:07 AM (SCcgT)

4 Mornin Morons

Posted by: Dave in PB at February 09, 2010 09:07 AM (Y8qcp)

5 re: Drudge headline

If you recognize Obama's malignant incompetence in dealing with the Jihad and comment on it, you're unpatriotic.  Coming from this administration, is that as bad or worse than being racist?

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 09:08 AM (Xsi7M)

6 Guten Morgen, morons.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:09 AM (BFqyO)

7 Good News Time: According to Rasmussen, Rob Portman continues to lead both Democratic challengers in the open Ohio seat by 4. Neither Democrat breaks 40 percent. Both seems to be hampered by the new anchor in the race, the increasing unpopularity of Ohio governor Ted Strickland (D- incompentence).

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 09:09 AM (V9SYy)

8 I don't know what tow the line

That's a fish of a different feather

Posted by: Norm Crosby at February 09, 2010 09:09 AM (SwkdU)

9 I hope the Weather Channel can arrange some serious snowfall for NYC.  It sucks that DC gets snow, and we get 0.  DC already gives as an O.... enough already!

Posted by: CNN-Paramus at February 09, 2010 09:12 AM (oT1aA)

10 TV is reporting that a ship with road salt made it into Baltimore's harbor -- Virginia is dispatching trucks in advance of today's expected hammering.  Woo Hoo

Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2010 09:14 AM (CPefM)

11

Toyota Dealers 'Punish' ABC for 'Excessive Stories'

 

In an effort to "punish" ABC News for their coverage of Toyota's safety problems, dealers in five southeast states have pulled their commercials off local ABC TV affiliates, the network reported Monday on their Web site.

 

One wonders why ALL businesses haven’t pulled their ads from ALL the news stations because of excessive Obamma ball licking.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 09:15 AM (QrA9E)

12 From the WSJ:

Last week's apology by Rahm Emmanuel was not enough, so today he hosts retards at the White House.

No word on whether Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee will attend.

http://bit.ly/96kQSp

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:15 AM (BFqyO)

13 I feel sorry for Tebow if he gets drafted by a team in a deep Blue State city. Even if he's a lower-round draft choice due to his QB style, liberal activists and media people in that town who normally don't give a flip about football are suddenly going to find they have a major investment in trying to tear him down before he ever takes a snap in training camp.

Posted by: John at February 09, 2010 09:16 AM (/lWMb)

14 The White House just announced that the word "Tuesday" is Counter-Revolutionary and an Enemy of the People.





Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 09:17 AM (4tixt)

15 One wonders why ALL businesses haven’t pulled their ads from ALL the news stations because of excessive Obamma ball licking.

Because FNC only has so much ad time to sell?

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 09:17 AM (Xsi7M)

16 Hey Gregory, how are you feeling today?

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 09:17 AM (p302b)

17 Ooops sorry for #16, meant for my friend on the fashion/shopping blog.....

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 09:18 AM (p302b)

18 Salt Sock, all that needs to be said

Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2010 09:19 AM (CPefM)

19 For those who never tire of seeing Andi Sullivan smacked around: http://tinyurl.com/gnov2

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 09:19 AM (wgLRl)

20 But once I'm asking how people are.  Gregory broke his leg in a fall on the ice, how are you feeling Gabe, I know you are really sick with a bad cold?

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 09:19 AM (p302b)

21

Because FNC only has so much ad time to sell?

Well, that do have the 2 hours a day Shep. Smith is on. Really, 60 minutes of commercials or 42 minutes of Shep. I'd take the commercial. Besides, its not like anyone is going to flip over and watch a Chrissy Matthews rerun or whatever CNN is putting on at that time.

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 09:20 AM (V9SYy)

22

I hope the Weather Channel can arrange some serious snowfall for NYC. 

TWC is too busy liking commie watermellon balls to discuss snow.  This is strickly a local problem and only a temporary thing. 

Like all liberals, their history begins eachy day at 8 am.

Use Weather Underground or Accuweather, they are more accurate anyway.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 09:20 AM (QrA9E)

23 I don't know what tow the line

That's a fish of a different feather

Actually, 'tow the line' is correct. It's 'toe the line' that's the malapropism.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 09:21 AM (hoowK)

24 Good item from Andrew Young's book on John Edwards:

Before a SEIU candidate forum in Las Vegas, Young says Edwards made him cut out a “made in the USA” label from Young’s own suit to sew in place of Edwards’s “made in Italy” label.

I just can't get enough of this guy.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:21 AM (BFqyO)

25 I don't know what tow the line

Don't apologize. It's more fun when people are guessing ;-)

Posted by: Noah Cosby at February 09, 2010 09:22 AM (SwkdU)

26 Actually, 'tow the line' is correct. It's 'toe the line' that's the malapropism.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 09:21 AM (hoowK)

I don't know about that...seems "toe" would be more appropriate given the context, i.e. lining up in ranks.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 09:23 AM (wgLRl)

27
Good morning, maroons.  Is this the AoSHQ kvetch thread?  I gotta lotta PROBLEMS with you people!

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:23 AM (fx8sm)

28
TOE the line, everything else is fail.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:25 AM (fx8sm)

29 26,

Somebody call Yogi Berra.

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 09:25 AM (4tixt)

30

Good morning, maroons.  Is this the AoSHQ kvetch thread?  I gotta lotta PROBLEMS. with you people!

FIFY

Posted by: Mallamutt at February 09, 2010 09:26 AM (V9SYy)

31 Pronto Moronis,

I like that OpEd on the Tebow ad but:

the outcome of that choice is her beauteous Heisman Trophy winner son

It sounds like someone has a bit of a crush. If Tebow had a hump would she feel differently? Would Gabe?

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 09:26 AM (yguwr)

32 Hot Air has a link to an amusing NPR story.  Apparently someone put up a billboard in Minnesota with a variation on the  GWB "Miss Me Yet?" motivational poster HA has used from time to time.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 09:26 AM (Xsi7M)

33 I don't know about that...seems "toe" would be more appropriate given the context, i.e. lining up in ranks.

Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 09:26 AM (hoowK)

34

Can I have those last dozen donuts?

Posted by: Meghan McCain at February 09, 2010 09:26 AM (czuym)

35
Wow, that WaPo writer is going to be assaulted and her house firebombed for disagreeing with the radical lefties.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:27 AM (fx8sm)

36 Toe the line
The space between each pair of deck planks in a wooden ship was filled with a packing material called "oakum" and then sealed with a mixture of pitch and tar. The result, from afar, was a series of parallel lines a half-foot or so apart, running the length of the deck. Once a week, as a rule, usually on Sunday, a warship's crew was ordered to fall in at quarters -- that is, each group of men into which the crew was divided would line up in formation in a given area of the deck. To insure a neat alignment of each row, the Sailors were directed to stand with their toes just touching a particular seam. Another use for these seams was punitive. The youngsters in a ship, be they ship's boys or student officers, might be required to stand with their toes just touching a designated seam for a length of time as punishment for some minor infraction of discipline, such as talking or fidgeting at the wrong time. A tough captain might require the miscreant to stand there, not talking to anyone, in fair weather or foul, for hours at a time. Hopefully, he would learn it was easier and more pleasant to conduct himself in the required manner rather than suffer the punishment. From these two uses of deck seams comes our cautionary word to obstreperous youngsters to "toe the line."

http://tinyurl.com/dzw7c2

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 09:27 AM (wgLRl)

37

Listen - you'll thank me for this if you were thinking about sending your child to college.  Bob's school of ballet and transmission repair is suddenly looking pretty attractive.

http://tinyurl.com/yfnszum

Mere Rhetoric

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 09:27 AM (RkRxq)

38

Because FNC only has so much ad time to sell?

My MIL just bought a Toyota and it has a CD player that will take CDRs with MP3.  I just cut her a disk and stuck my head in the car to look at the player (to see if it had an aux in).

But while looking I was interrupted by that evil NEW CAR SMELL!

Ah, my truck is 14 years old and I can't justify a new one because I am only driving about 2K miles a year now.

BTW, no aux in on the player but I didn't have time to check all the little console areas. She and my wife were leaving to go "shopping" out of town and it is raining.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 09:28 AM (QrA9E)

39 Sorry about the wall-of-text.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 09:28 AM (wgLRl)

40 Just to be helpful -- it is worth an old sock - http://preview.tinyurl.com/yk7nrcv

Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2010 09:29 AM (CPefM)

41
Rooskies say we're aiming our missile shield at them
- they don't seem to grasp the concept very well.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:29 AM (fx8sm)

42

Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.

I love this site. You learn something new every day.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 09:30 AM (QrA9E)

43 It looks like a Continental Glacier is starting on the East Coast of the United States.

Unprecedented.

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 09:32 AM (4tixt)

44 This article isn't talking about the ad that *actually* aired, just thought I'd point that out.

It's old too, didn't we already have a post on it?

The ad that aired was incoherent, made no point other than "hi! aren't my son and I cute!" and changed no minds whatsoever.

Kind of pointless use of funds by Focus on the Family. It would have been better for them if CBS had pulled it, same effect really. They just wanted the buzz.

btw I'm pro-life and I *liked* the ad I saw online (that did not air, and that Sally Jenkins is most likely talking about here).

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2010 09:32 AM (SB0V2)

45 The grammers they are a changin'

Tow that line, Tip that Bail.

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 09:32 AM (yguwr)

46 Curses.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 09:32 AM (hoowK)

47

Twenty two personnel secretaries?

Two million dollars a year?

Are you shitting me?

http://tinyurl.com/yf8znow

No! Not for the president.  For the first effing lady, for crying out loud!

Via Carl in Jerusalem

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 09:33 AM (RkRxq)

48 Heh, I always heard it as 'toe the line' also, but I had heard it came from early boxing matches where it was required to come out to the center of the ring before the start of rounds.....if you failed to 'toe the line' in the center it was considered a KO.
Then again, perhaps I just made that shit up in my head, you never know.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:33 AM (1UMF+)

49

#39 A Balrog of Morgoth

Sorry about the wall-of-text

Sorry won't cut the mustard young man!

Posted by: Balrog's Mom at February 09, 2010 09:33 AM (czuym)

50
As we become more vulgar as we are taken over by barbarians, their inability to speak the language will result in more and more nonsensical terms.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:34 AM (fx8sm)

51 On the ONT "toe the line" would be about foot sex.

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 09:35 AM (4tixt)

52
On the ONT "toe the line" would be about foot sex.

With furries.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:36 AM (fx8sm)

53 In South Carolina, if you advocate the overthrow of the US gubmint, you have to register with the state. http://tinyurl.com/yglxpdt

What could go wrong?


Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 09:36 AM (UBQGM)

54 With midget furries.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 09:37 AM (hoowK)

55 BTW, no aux in on the player but I didn't have time to check all the little console areas. She and my wife were leaving to go "shopping" out of town and it is raining.

I know this is totally O/T, but you may be interested to know that sometimes the addition of an aux jack is a dealer installed option.  That was the deal on my M-B, and I got directions to install myself on an online forum, plus the part for $10.  It was a 60 second install.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:37 AM (BFqyO)

56

Sorry won't cut the mustard young man!

Posted by: Balrog's Mom

Please don't.

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 09:37 AM (/o58C)

57

Waiting to get hammered by the "temporary" cooling here later today.

I don't have time today to get my time waster (Dante's Inferno) until GoW3 comes out.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 09, 2010 09:37 AM (9hSKh)

58

foot sex

Is that the same as toe jam?

Posted by: Confused Moron at February 09, 2010 09:38 AM (czuym)

59 I want to say I read that in this book, back when I was but a wee lad.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:39 AM (1UMF+)

60

I always thought it was blow the line.

Posted by: Young Obama at February 09, 2010 09:40 AM (m2CN7)

61 More Edwards:

Young says he and Edwards made plans to use Bunny Mellon’s money to set up an antipoverty foundation which Young would work for and Edwards would use to circle the globe campaigning.

Was I really the only one who objected to him building a 12,000 s/f house in Chapel Hill so that he could run the UNC Center for Poverty Studies?

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:41 AM (BFqyO)

62
Waiting to get hammered by the "temporary" cooling here several good beers and a few bourbon shots later today.

ftfy


Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:41 AM (fx8sm)

63

The thing about the Erie Canal sounds like an after-the-fact explanation; i.e., someone spelled it "tow the line" and then came up with a backstory to fit their spelling.

Since the expression almost always indicates falling in and going along with orders, rather than working together with equals, I stand by "toe the line."

 

My own contribution: "Lose" = verb form of "lost". "Loose" = "not tight." Confuse the two at your peril.

Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 09:41 AM (7+WuG)

64 Wow, Never heard of Sally, but she sure reams NOW a new asshole.  You had to know the feminazis were in trouble when even the NY Times called them out.

One ad, one voice.  You can make a difference, thanks Tim!

Posted by: Kemp at February 09, 2010 09:41 AM (2+9Yx)

65
I always thought it was blow the line.

Ohhh, me too!

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at February 09, 2010 09:42 AM (fx8sm)

66

59 I want to say I read that in this book, back when I was but a wee lad.

Anything published in a believe-it-or-not book gets a healthy grain of salt and two independent sources before I accept it as fact.

Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 09:43 AM (7+WuG)

67
Toe the line.


Can anyone invent a derivation where "tow" the line would make any sense at all? Or even find a web link that makes an argument for tow versus tow?

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 09:43 AM (a5ljo)

68

Is it just me or does the number of just plain bat shit crazy sons-a-bitches in this administration seem just a tad excessive?

http://tinyurl.com/ygof5ws

HotAir

Did anyone happen to catch Gates shredding the last minute vestiges of self respect on Greta last night?  Those jolly red cheeks are gonna get a lot redder is my guess.  That little night cap before turning in is prolly already at least a fifth.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 09:44 AM (RkRxq)

69 #12

Rahm Emmanuel giving a new meaning to suck up jooo.

Posted by: Kemp at February 09, 2010 09:44 AM (2+9Yx)

70 Ooh! Ooh! What about "would of" instead of "would've"? I love grammar fights.

Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 09:44 AM (7+WuG)

71 Anyone see the Drudge headline about the USA Today op-ed by Brennan?

"...Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda...."   (my emphasis).

Criticizing Obama is akin to serving Al Qaeda.

I guess I should go do that tiny url thing and link it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 09, 2010 09:45 AM (vVM8h)

72 True enough, but as I said, I was an impressionable young lad then, and I'm fairly certain my understanding of the idiom (which has in fact served me well over the years as regards proper divining of intent) came from that source.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:45 AM (1UMF+)

73 Lie vs. Lay

Lie applies to an animate object, as in "I lie down on the sofa."

Lay applies to an inanimate object, as in "I lay down the check I was going to send to John Edwards, once I read about his various peccadilloes."

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:46 AM (BFqyO)

74 60

I always thought it was blow the line.

No you retard, it's "line of blow".  You blow the delegate.

Posted by: The One at February 09, 2010 09:46 AM (2+9Yx)

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 09:46 AM (fx8sm)

76 Can anyone invent a derivation where "tow" the line would make any sense at all?

Tug-of-War metaphor.

Or Barack Obama Bill Ayers Barack Obama books use tow as a negro dialect word for nose.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 09:47 AM (UBQGM)

77

Captain America targets evil Tea Party:

http://tinyurl.com/yzvqr3v

 

Posted by: katya at February 09, 2010 09:47 AM (lgPhN)

78

70 Ooh! Ooh! What about "would of" instead of "would've"? I love grammar fights.

I would have (done something).  Not, I would of done something. 

Glad I could clear that up. 

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 09:48 AM (RkRxq)

79 Thats right, for 7 years ripping Bushilter and the US miltary was the most patriotic activity possible.  Now, ANY dissent, in fact any action other that unquestioning and complete obedience is akin to serving al-Qaeda.  The Left's logic is a wonder to behold.

Posted by: kefka at February 09, 2010 09:48 AM (n1uMU)

80 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:48 AM (1UMF+)

81 Captain America targets evil Tea Party:

Complete.  Moral.  Authority.

Posted by: palin-steele (watching wistfully from grandma's basement) at February 09, 2010 09:49 AM (UBQGM)

82

80 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.

How about effect and affect?

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 09:50 AM (RkRxq)

83 23 I don't know what tow the line

That's a fish of a different feather

Actually, 'tow the line' is correct. It's 'toe the line' that's the malapropism.

"Toe the line. The "line" or "mark" is simply the line drawn at the start of a race. All contestants must toe the line. [snip] The expression is of American origin and apparently first appeared in print in a book called The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, published in 1813." -- Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins.

Posted by: Mr Malaprop at February 09, 2010 09:50 AM (CKW49)

84 Toe the line or there will be the devil to pay and no pitch hot!!

Posted by: Lucifer at February 09, 2010 09:50 AM (C39a6)

85 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.

Mine are "You're not a cop, are you?" and "Turn around and place your hands behind your back."

Posted by: palin-steele (watching wistfully from grandma's basement) at February 09, 2010 09:50 AM (UBQGM)

86 whoops

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 09:51 AM (UBQGM)

87 We need Goldstein on this case!
Someone bait some armadillo traps with klonopin stat!

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:51 AM (1UMF+)

88 And then there is the ever present "loose" in place of "lose".

Posted by: Zombie Lucifer at February 09, 2010 09:52 AM (C39a6)

89 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.

My list is nearly infinite these days.  Know what's practically a epidemic (or, in the current parlance, a 'Pandemic')?   It's the improper use of apostrophes to indicate a plural, as in "I have two watermelon's for the President."

I tell ya, it's fucking retarded!

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 09:54 AM (BFqyO)

90 And for those Aubrey/Maturin buffs: From where does the term "cuts no ice with me" come? 

Posted by: Yellow Admiral at February 09, 2010 09:54 AM (C39a6)

91

Twenty two personnel secretaries?

I checked my copy of the Constitution and I could not find any line in it that authorized even one secretary for the "wife of the president". 

Excuse me; did Martha have a secretary? 

Did George even have a secretary?

As Hub MacCann says, my copy "must be defective".

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 09:55 AM (QrA9E)

92 Kids are not taught to write anymore. And if they do write, it's rambling incoherent junk.
And also, 'GET OFF MY LAWN!'

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:56 AM (1UMF+)

93 For the wordsmiths out there, any thoughts on where giving something the whole nine yards came from?  I've heard that it referred to the ammo in ww2 fighters, where a full load for a cannon measured 9 yards in length before being packed in storage.  I've also heard it's a football reference, as well as that the reference has been lost and no one knows where it came from anymore.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 09:56 AM (pZEar)

94 We don't learn no grammer or spellin, but we shore doo sing a mean Obama hymn!

Posted by: Public School Students at February 09, 2010 09:56 AM (BFqyO)

95 I would of gotten better grades in English, but I was to busy toe-tapping, and it affected my scores.

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 09:57 AM (1kwr2)

96 I thought it came from the amount of cloth needed to make a dress for Rosie O'Donuts.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 09:58 AM (1UMF+)

97 God, what a jerk. I ment to right "Inglish".

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 09:58 AM (1kwr2)

98

93

Ask the WW2 Japs what they thought of the whole nine yards!!!!

Posted by: B-52 Tail Gunner at February 09, 2010 09:58 AM (C39a6)

99

In South Carolina, if you advocate the overthrow of the US gubmint, you have to register with the state.

What could go wrong?
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 09:36 AM (UBQGM)

I'd be willing to bet this law was originally enacted after the Civil War. If not then, then after WWII, as the definition of "subversive organization" includes the term "bund", which were front groups for the Nazis before the war. It also appears to me that this statute was intended to apply to groups subject to foreign control, namely, communists. It's obviously not enforced; if it were, 3/4ths of the faculty at the universities would be required to enroll.

South Carolina law has a lot of old laws dating back to English common law. For example, fornication is still a crime under the SC statutes, as well as adultery and seduction under promise of marriage.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 09:58 AM (sXLx/)

100

In Wired magazine, George Lucas mentions Farenheit 911 in a favorable way.  He's so cryptic about it, you have to read it twice to know for sure.

How did a man, who never had a clue in his life, create a billion dollar empire?  It's as if Forest Gump was an asshole.

 

Posted by: Cincinnatus at February 09, 2010 09:59 AM (euuyg)

101 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.

How about effect and affect?


Mine are is and is.

Posted by: WJC at February 09, 2010 09:59 AM (Xsi7M)

102 Points in space.

Moments in time.

No such thing as a point in time.

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 09:59 AM (4tixt)

103 Is that a whole nine yards of jelly donuts I see? Dibs!!!

Posted by: Meghan McCain at February 09, 2010 09:59 AM (C39a6)

104

Captain America targets evil Tea Party:

The Left's positions always come out so good in fictional settings they control, don't they?

Fuck Marvel and it's lefty propagandists.

But I guarantee they won't be pulling that shit if they make a Cap movie.

Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 10:00 AM (MMC8r)

105 23 I don't know what tow the line

That's a fish of a different feather
__________________

That's a horse's ass of another color

Posted by: Mr Malaprop at February 09, 2010 10:00 AM (CKW49)

106

101

Depends on what the definition of "is" is!!!

Posted by: Billy Clinton's Cock at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (C39a6)

107

Well!  Thanks to Glenn, the pieces are finally falling into place.  Follow me for a second:

If Obama continues to do what Bush did, he will never have to stop blaming Bush for his failures!

The libs were right!  Barry is a genius!

instapundit

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (RkRxq)

108 For the wordsmiths out there, any thoughts on where giving something the whole nine yards came from?

I have an idea.

Posted by: 27 feet of manhood at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (UBQGM)

109

 In South Carolina, if you advocate the overthrow of the US gubmint, you have to register with the state. http://tinyurl.com/yglxpdt

25K fine, woe is me. I guess I'll have to shutup since I live in SC.

But seriously, the Supremes long ago declared these kinds of laws unconstitutional. You have to have an "overt" act to go with the "speech".

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (QrA9E)

110

70 Ooh! Ooh! What about "would of" instead of "would've"? I love grammar fights. -

Hi Joanna, I hate grammer.  Prefer the style (Mark Twain?) where you write and punctuate to make it sound like you're actually talking.  I guess it seems like the writers personality comes through better that way.  Know what I mean kid?

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 10:02 AM (c459z)

111 Up a tree without a paddle.

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 10:02 AM (4tixt)

112

And then there is the ever present "loose" in place of "lose".

My personal biggest grammar pet peeve. 

Or how about "these one's"?

Posted by: katya at February 09, 2010 10:02 AM (lgPhN)

113 You have to have an "overt" act to go with the "speech".

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (QrA9E)

*hides minigun*

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:02 AM (UBQGM)

114 The ad that aired was incoherent, made no point other than "hi! aren't my son and I cute!" and changed no minds whatsoever.

I don't think there was supposed to be a point, other than to click over to the 'tubes to check out FotF.

Posted by: CUS at February 09, 2010 10:03 AM (wOGfT)

115 The discussion over at "The Washington Note" on Steve Clemons post pumping the Financial Times piece by Edward Luce is hilarious.

Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency

Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 10:03 AM (+zo63)

116

I'd be willing to bet this law was originally enacted after the Civil War.

The confederacy NEVER advocated "overthrowing" the U.S. government.

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:03 AM (QrA9E)

117 'Orientate.'

I fucking hate that.

It's 'orient.'

You 'orient' yourself.  You do not 'orientate' yourself.

You become disoriented, not disorientated.

Get it right or I'll kill you all.

Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 10:04 AM (MMC8r)

118
What's the difference between fornication and adultery?  'cuz I've never noticed any.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 10:04 AM (fx8sm)

119 Beck just had a caller.  She insists that BO whistles in some of his words and she thinks that he thinks he is being cool.  She says he was probably jealous of a lisping classmate.  Was a funny segment.  Ah, live radio, never know who is on the other side of the phone.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:04 AM (p302b)

120 Steve Clemons actually compares Obama's inner circle to Nixon's in terms of how close they are and how wicked their cut offs can be if you cross them.

Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (+zo63)

121 Twenty two personnel secretaries?

Merging two topics of conversation, it's really "Personal Secretaries."  There's a difference between Personal and Personnel.

Posted by: Public School Students at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (BFqyO)

122 Dang, so you only go after the married ones?

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (p302b)

123 /sock

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (BFqyO)

124 Oh, any Morons doing the Warrior Dash ,definitely looks AOSHQ Lifestyle approved.  I'm in the first day in Texas.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (1UMF+)

125

@89 I tell ya, it's fucking retarded!

Yup, kind of like using 'a' instead of 'an' immediately before a word that starts with a vowell.

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 10:05 AM (c459z)

126

I know this is totally O/T, but you may be interested to know that sometimes the addition of an aux jack is a dealer installed option. 

No "O/T" stuff on an open thread.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:06 AM (QrA9E)

127

117 'Orientate.'

Get it right or I'll kill you all.

Seems like you've orientated yourself towards that ghey crazy shit, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 10:06 AM (RkRxq)

128 Just talked Satan into naming the new demon barracks on Level Three after Yours Truly.

Sucker.

Posted by: Jack Murtha at February 09, 2010 10:06 AM (4tixt)

129 And yes, grammar nazis, I put the space in the wrong place. SORRY!

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:07 AM (1UMF+)

130 I think you have to be married to commit adultery while fornication covers the single folk.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:07 AM (Xsi7M)

131 How about "literally".  People screw that one up constantly.  Infuriates me.

Posted by: katya at February 09, 2010 10:07 AM (lgPhN)

132 I don't give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way

Posted by: Mark Twain at February 09, 2010 10:08 AM (CKW49)

133 What's the difference between fornication and adultery?

Adultery is fucking around on your wife.
Fornication is buying renting a hooker.

The word is derived from the Latin fornicum, meaning archway.  Hookers in ancient Rome peddled their wares around public buildings, and the deed was generally done right there against the wall, under the archway.

As a moron in good standing, my knowledge of the history of prostitution is impeccable.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:08 AM (UBQGM)

134 Beck discussing M. McCain.   "I'm a progressive republican".   Oh boy, here he goes.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:08 AM (p302b)

135

The confederacy NEVER advocated "overthrowing" the U.S. government.

Correct, but remember who ran the state governments after the Civil War.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (sXLx/)

136 Yup, kind of like using 'a' instead of 'an' immediately before a word that starts with a vowell.

lol

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (Xsi7M)

137 I kinda like 'woulda' myself...

Posted by: CanaDave at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (RJ6NO)

138

Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.

LOL, the only thing I remember about the Erie Canal is that it was in NY and we sang a song about it in grammer school 50 years ago.  

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (QrA9E)

139

they're , their and there ,bin dere dunn dat.

what screwed up any grammar skills i might have once had was grading 1-4 graders papers.

soon everything they wrote looked correct.

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (7FgWm)

140 Hate me yet?

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (SCcgT)

141 sock off

Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 10:09 AM (4tixt)

142 I'd always heard "We'll burn that bridge when we get to it."  I've also heard "cross that bridge", but what kind of sense does that make?  Of course you cross bridges.  But you don't burn your bridges until you get to them, because you don't burn bridges you don't have to. 

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:10 AM (pZEar)

143 Shit.  It's fornix, not fornicum.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:11 AM (UBQGM)

144
Oh, any Morons doing the Warrior Dash ,definitely looks AOSHQ Lifestyle approved.  I'm in the first day in Texas.

If I can run myself into comp shape, I'm there.   How full up is registration, any idea?

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 10:11 AM (fx8sm)

145 Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:10 AM (pZEar)

No matter how bad things get you never burn your bridges.  (Although, if you are being followed by an enemy army, it might be a good idea not to listen to that and burn the damn bridge, so they can't cross it and follow you)

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:11 AM (p302b)

146 I think the 'burn that bridge' is an ironic twist on the original 'cross that bridge', at least, that is how I use it.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:11 AM (1UMF+)

147 Adultery is fucking around on your wife.
Fornication is buying renting a hooker.

So neither is a catch-all for singles?  Awesome!

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:12 AM (Xsi7M)

148 Hi methos-yup.  But did you see what I did there?  Mountains, molehills.  Some assembly required. 

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 10:12 AM (QdUKm)

149

Get it right or I'll kill you all y'all.

FIFY

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:12 AM (pZEar)

150 First day in Texas is sold out, but they opened up a full day on Sunday, still some slots open.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:12 AM (1UMF+)

151 Where was meghan mccain raised?  She sound like the quintessential valley girl.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:12 AM (p302b)

152 90 And for those Aubrey/Maturin buffs: From where does the term "cuts no ice with me" come?

Posted by: Yellow Admiral at February 09, 2010 09:54 AM (C39a6)

 

My guess would be that it relates to when ice was cut and delivered in blocks to be used in ice boxes, in the days before modern refrigeration. 

Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2010 10:13 AM (DrWcr)

153 Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 10:03 AM (+zo63)

Good one!  I just wish I could get to the original article in the FT.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:13 AM (BFqyO)

154 Morning coconut (formerly called morning wisdom)

China, facing an unsustainable bubble in deficit spending and out of control corruption, will need to find a new way to distract their populace. They will resort to war. Maybe cold,  probably a proxy war with the US.

"This time China must punish the US,” said Major-General Yang Yi, a naval officer. “We must make them hurt.” A major-general in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA),

http://tinyurl.com/yhq9goc    (UK Times)

They have a tiger by the tail (perpetual 10% GDP growth) , and are going to distract that tiger by grabbing the old reliable tiger (China must stand up to foreign oppressors) that the Chicoms have used ever since Mao outlawed heroin to keep the people from asking why the source of all technology and wisdom is so poor and corrupt.

Posted by: nine coconuts at February 09, 2010 10:13 AM (DHNp4)

155 Almost fall of my chair when I read this on the Elliot Wave site last night:

/QUOTE
 The incumbent party seems to be floundering badly and wave 3 has yet to begin. What will it look like for Dems later this year if your forecast for continued deflation comes true?
      
EWI's president Bob Prechter did make this socionomic forecast in the October 2008 Elliott Wave Theorist: "The next president will ride the bulk of wave c to the downside and, if he survives his term, will exit more despised than Bush..."

/END QUOTE

Bold highlight is me

Posted by: Mike H at February 09, 2010 10:13 AM (cvvNY)

156 What's that about burning bridges?

Posted by: I Won! at February 09, 2010 10:13 AM (Xsi7M)

157

Where was meghan mccain raised? 

You emply that she has been "raised".

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:14 AM (QrA9E)

158 nine coconuts.. Taiwan or Iran as the Proxy?

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 10:14 AM (7FgWm)

159 Beck is making me wonder why John McCain just didn't become a democrat.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:15 AM (p302b)

160 "This time China must punish the US,” said Major-General Yang Yi, a naval officer. “We must make them hurt.

That's encouraging.

But every time I defeat a Chinese Army, I'm bloodthirsty again an hour later.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:16 AM (UBQGM)

161

So neither is a catch-all for singles?  Awesome!

The definition here is that it's adultery if one of the people involved is married, but it's fornication if both are unmarried. And prostitution is a completely different law. But here's my favorite, seduction under the promise of marriage:

A male over the age of sixteen years who by means of deception and promise of marriage seduces an unmarried woman in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined at the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year. There must not be a conviction under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged, and no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste. If the defendant in any action brought under this section contracts marriage with the woman, either before or after the conviction, further proceedings of this section are stayed.  

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 10:16 AM (sXLx/)

162 OMG, she is trying to manufacture a non existent generation gap.  Generation gap is a very old fashioned concept.  Everyone's mom and dad are on facebook and twitter and email you constantly with funny stuff.  Her generation talks more to their parents than any previous generation.  She is so out of touch with the reality of her generation.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (p302b)

163 What's that gawdawful smell? Is Murtha still dead?

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (OlN4e)

164

Got to watch a little Beck last week while off after shoulder surgery.  Enjoyed the heck out of it.  Some of it should be required watching for jr. high civics classes.

Grammer police, you can slam away now.

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (QdUKm)

165 Jed Eckert: ...Well, who *is* on our side?
Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.
Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.
Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (1UMF+)

166

I remember about the Erie Canal is that it was in NY and we sang a song about it in grammer school 50 years ago.  

Would that be "15 miles on the Erie Canal"? Hell, Bruce Springsteen performed that song a couple of yrs ago in a live concert in N. Ireland.

Having been born in the Mohawk Vally, I know a little something of the Canal. And I know the song too.

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (1kwr2)

167 no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste.

The so-called "Moronette Defense".

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (UBQGM)

168

O/T:  I just asked the head of the International Astronomical Union if we could rename Uranus' moon Miranda "Chunky Monkey," since it's made of large, chunky bits of ice, fudge, walnuts and banana.  He replied.  He said "NO!"  Heheh. 

So I replied back:  "How about 'Palooka Joe'?" 

Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (6FkEy)

169

Beck is making me wonder why John McCain just didn't become a democrat.

The same reason his butt boy Graham didn't, he would never be elected in his home State as a Democrat. 

This is why we should NEVER vote for RINOs.  They will ruin the label.  

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (QrA9E)

170 Their and there.  See folks mess that one up all the time. 

Posted by: Sweetsrender at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (rVDlM)

171 distract their its populace


Please consider me a candidate for the role of Edwin Newman.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:18 AM (BFqyO)

172

159 Beck is making me wonder why John McCain just didn't become a democrat.

There was too much competition for the top spot.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:19 AM (pZEar)

173 What's that gawdawful smell? Is Murtha still dead?

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (OlN4e)

That's all the shit that oozed out as they squeezed his fat ass into the casket.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:19 AM (UBQGM)

174 Paramus-

I just started a job down here in Brooklyn. I just began the site prep. The snow is going to really cramp our style. It's looking like a sure thing.

As far as malpropisms go, my peeve is the ubiquitious "hoisted upon his own petard". Petard is French for "little fire" and referred to the oil torch that naval cannoneers used to light the fuse of their weapons. Occaisionally, the petard would overturn into the powder keg, thus "hoisting" the sailor. So the correct usage is "hoisted BY his own petard."

Damn I'm worse than Miss Spellcheck.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at February 09, 2010 10:19 AM (wmyHK)

175 Oh Meghan McCain was on the view yesterday.  So the callers to Beck were infuriated by the visit there.  She apparently really made fun of the tea parties?  She said "revolutions begin with the young and not 50 year old parents"  or something of that sort, am quoting the caller.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:19 AM (p302b)

176

You emply that she has been "raised".

Posted by: Vic



You're baiting the grammar/spelling Nazis, aren't you, Vic?

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (BFqyO)

177 Dana Loesch was ripping Megghie Mac on twitter yesterday.

Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (+zo63)

178 @154

That's the kind of miscalculation that starts world wars.  It probably deserves its own post.

Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (Xsi7M)

179 reared?

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (p302b)

180

@146 and from a Brooks & Dunn song from 1993. Legend formation!

@93, it is a mystery. Although "nine yodds" sound like Damon Runyon, it never appeared in print until 1964, making a Depression or WWII origin unlikely. I've heard the length of a bolt of cloth, or a standard bobbin of thread, the ammo belt for a machine gun, the amount of sloth wound around a corpse, or the contents of a large concrete truck, suggested, but none have checked out. As it turns out, very few things actually measure nine yards.

 

Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (/VEEI)

181 Leftist revolutions begin with the young perhaps....

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (1UMF+)

182 Notice that the comment are closed for this article. The Post can't have the amen chorus questioned now. can they.

Posted by: Che Pizza at February 09, 2010 10:22 AM (SPSOE)

183 As it turns out, very few things actually measure nine yards.

 

Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (/VEEI)

Excellent.  Now I know how tall to make the monument to myself. 

Posted by: Barry Hussein Soetero Dunham Obama at February 09, 2010 10:24 AM (v+QvA)

184
Betty White getting plowed down =  Funny ha ha;   Hypocrites on the left reveal standard empty-headed response.

Tebow and mom in a tussle = Domestic violence!


Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 09, 2010 10:24 AM (0fzsA)

185 anyone want to explain why drudge has that headline and what the article he links to says.  Can't access it but I'm curious..

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:25 AM (p302b)

186

I like that a number of our most common sayings come from the bible and people don't realize it. 

Two off the top of my head are doubting thomas and kiss of death.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 09, 2010 10:26 AM (m2CN7)

187
Tim's mom choosing life = horrible horrible horrible!

Aborted fetuses as far as the eye can see = sweet tender liberal luv. 


Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 09, 2010 10:26 AM (0fzsA)

188

That's the kind of miscalculation that starts world wars.  It probably deserves its own post.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (Xsi7M)

Made more likely by the weakness or perceived weakness of one side, namely, ours. They would not go down this road if they respected or feared the American president.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 10:26 AM (sXLx/)

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 10:27 AM (fx8sm)

190

I'm iritated by the improper use of Youse for Y'all!

And Cousin for Bride.

Posted by: A Redneck Not A Ginger at February 09, 2010 10:27 AM (czuym)

191

This was the best commentary on the Tebow ad I think I have read.

Guess that means she will lose her job or get sent to Antartica to write stories dealing with Penguin illegitamacy .

Posted by: Gerry Owen at February 09, 2010 10:28 AM (4Hy88)

192 There was a guest on Scarborough and sidekick this morning who said that he thinks that people who are accusing the prez of being a c u m m i e and a marks man are way off base and hurting the country.  

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:29 AM (p302b)

193

Would that be "15 miles on the Erie Canal"?

That's the one; and BTW, I lived in Saratoga Springs for a while. Not in the Mohawk Valley but "close".

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:29 AM (QrA9E)

194 The worst: "try and do" versus "try to do."

"I'm going to try and fix it" is two separate actions. It includes "I'm going to fix it." "Going to try" is implicit and therefore redundant.

"I'm going to try to fix it" makes one simple promise to try. I may or may not succeed.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 10:30 AM (a5ljo)

195 Regarding which proxy, there are too many to chose from.

North Korea is and has been a proxy for China for years. Don't let anyone fool you, - KJL doesn't do anything that is not approved by Beijing. This probably wont get any worse though.

I also don't think they will go to war over Taiwan, although they will continue to harass the shipping lanes and cause great grief to anyone in their half of the Pacific (this is especially bad news for Japan)

Iran is a good bet and China has been busy building pipelines to the East so that they can screw up the Gulf without losing their energy supply. Also they have been investing heavily in nuclear, solar, and wind -- Do you really think they are worried about CO2?

But I think they are throwing so many rocks up in the air that one day something will get out of control and we will have a war. Like the Bush Hainan island incident.

Posted by: nine coconuts at February 09, 2010 10:30 AM (DHNp4)

196

You're baiting the grammar/spelling Nazis, aren't you, Vic?

Emply/imply morons don't care!

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:30 AM (QrA9E)

197

an idea  that might be fun for ONT are songs we have sung along with , using the wrong words for years before we knew it.

the girl with colitis goes by

the girl with kaelidiscope eyes and so on

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 10:31 AM (7FgWm)

198 Not for anything but who chose Meghan McCain as the spokesperson for the young republicans.  So many people dislike her that they are becoming independents or even democrats saying "if she is the best they can do, i'm out"

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:32 AM (p302b)

199  Has" rear its ugly head "been explained yet?ar it ugly head.

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 10:32 AM (7FgWm)

200

@174, "petard" is derived from the Latin for "fart." Now that adds meaning...

The more you know about US canals, the less likely "tow the line" becomes. Canal boats were drawn by horses or mules. On the Volga, perhaps, but here, even slaves (especially slaves) were too valuable to waste that way. 

A standard day's pull on the New York State Barge Canal is 16 miles, not 15. Slacker.

Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:32 AM (/VEEI)

201 194 The worst: "try and do" versus "try to do."

"I'm going to try and fix it" is two separate actions. It includes "I'm going to fix it." "Going to try" is implicit and therefore redundant.

"I'm going to try to fix it" makes one simple promise to try. I may or may not succeed.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 10:30 AM (a5ljo)

And what are your thoughts on fixing to?  As in, I'm fixing to get my ass chewed for using 'fixing to' in cold blood. 

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:33 AM (pZEar)

202 I wonder why Megan McCain thinks anyone would give a fuck about anything a fat assed little vacuum skull like her would pass off as a thought? She doesn't know a damn thing, hasn't done a damn thing, can't do a damn thing 10 million other little fat assed airheads can't or haven't done.  Duh.

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:33 AM (OlN4e)

203

There was a guest on Scarborough and sidekick this morning who said that he thinks that people who are accusing the prez of being a c u m m i e and a marks man are way off base and hurting the country.  

That was the line from Arriana Puffington on CNN Sunday so that must be the official line now. Look for it from all the trolls now.

I questioned why HH (who was the other "panelist") didn't ask her if she actaully new what a "communist" was.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:34 AM (QrA9E)

204

Oh, any Morons doing the Warrior Dash ,definitely looks AOSHQ Lifestyle approved.  I'm in the first day in Texas.

I'm doing the one in May in GA.  It's going to be a lot of fun.

Posted by: ATaLien at February 09, 2010 10:34 AM (SkRi5)

205 Nine Coconuts, nice  explanation, thank you.

Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 10:34 AM (7FgWm)

206 202 Exactly why the media has attempted to make her a Young Republican spokesperson.

Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 10:34 AM (1UMF+)

207 Why does chicken neck have to speak right after the market opens.  All the other presidents waited till after it closed or before it opened.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:35 AM (p302b)

208 Get Off My Daughter!

Posted by: Juan McCain at February 09, 2010 10:36 AM (czuym)

209 My pet peeves? Ensure, Insure, and Assure.  Also Effect and Affect.

And women who overcook bacon.  While wearing clothes.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (UBQGM)

210 new = knew

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (QrA9E)

211 "208 Get Off My Daughter!

Posted by: Juan McCain at February 09, 2010 10:36 AM (czuym)"

You don't have to worry....men don't find her attractive at all, even the ones who like butterballs.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (p302b)

212

Meghan McCain is the politics version of Paris Hilton, although Paris had the good sense to refrain from involvement in serious matters. I think Meghan might be dumber.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (sXLx/)

213
36: nice find Balrog. Digging down, I found this linky 
Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? Good stuff!

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (1hM1d)

214 Emply/imply morons don't care!

I blame my strict grammatical upbringing.

Posted by: Winston Smith, a Moron who Cares at February 09, 2010 10:38 AM (BFqyO)

215 Get Off My Daughter!

Posted by: Juan McCain at February 09, 2010 10:36 AM (czuym)

Yes sir!

On belay!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:38 AM (UBQGM)

216

You don't have to worry....men don't find her attractive at all, even the ones who like butterballs.

I have a friend (Richard) who thinks she has a purty mouth.....

Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:39 AM (OlN4e)

217

Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:32 AM (/VEEI)

I agree about the towing. It wasn't the line you were towing, it was the barge. Using animals of course. I've been to the Erie Canal Village and can attest to that first hand.

About the 15 miles, well, that's the song, apparently written by some slacker, perhaps with a lame mule.

 

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:39 AM (1kwr2)

218

Saved or Created

Before I matriculated at Harvard I couldn't even spell Precedent; now I are one.

Pay me them blog points for the semi-colon Whitey.

Posted by: Barack The First at February 09, 2010 10:40 AM (czuym)

219 For the wordsmiths out there, any thoughts on where giving something the whole nine yards came from?  I've heard that it referred to the ammo in ww2 fighters, where a full load for a cannon measured 9 yards in length before being packed in storage.  I've also heard it's a football reference, as well as that the reference has been lost and no one knows where it came from anymore.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 09:56 AM (pZEar)

 

I've been told it comes from London suit makers. apearently a bolt of cloth used to make a proper english suit was nine yards long.  Therefore, if one wanted a full suit, they would ask for the whole nine yards.

But i could be mistaken.

Posted by: todler at February 09, 2010 10:40 AM (fPOY0)

220 So how big is a ball of wax?

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:43 AM (1kwr2)

221

#215 Herr Morgenholz

On Belay!

Now I don't care who you are, that shit there is funneh.

Posted by: solitary knight at February 09, 2010 10:44 AM (czuym)

222 36: nice find Balrog. Digging down, I found this linky 
Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? Good stuff!

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (1hM1d)

Thanks.  That is the Naval Historical Center for those of you who did not clink the link. 

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 10:44 AM (wgLRl)

223 So how big is a ball of wax?

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:43 AM (1kwr2)

The nice thing about balls of wax is that they can be trimmed to fit the available pudding.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:46 AM (UBQGM)

224

We've got a mule, his name is Bama,
15 years on the Erie Canal
He's an asshole commie and a good an aching trama ,
15 years on the Erie Canal

We've had some progressives in our day
filled with lies, bullshit and clay
And we know every one of them all way from
Albany to Buffalo.

Low bastard, everybody down
Low bastard for we're protecting our town
And you'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal
If you've ever sunk the SOB in the Erie Canal

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:46 AM (QrA9E)

225 via HotAir, the definition of class.

http://russellbrigade.com/

Posted by: Jay in Ames at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (UEEex)

226 Wow, after listening to Beck, I'm thinking that there really is no difference between Meghan McCain and HBO.   So it makes sense that dad would step aside and grease the skids for HBO.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (p302b)

227 Not for anything but who chose Meghan McCain as the spokesperson for the young republicans.

The McCain checkbook.  How do you think she lands a gig at the Daily Beast?  Flies coast to coast to speak?

She haz teh agents now.  All she has to do is show up and open her mouth.

Pretty sweet gig for a trustafarian.

Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (+zo63)

228 Oh, and Herr Morgenholz, take a bough.

Posted by: solitary knight at February 09, 2010 10:47 AM (czuym)

229 Oh, and Herr Morgenholz, take a bough.

Spruce, please.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 10:48 AM (UBQGM)

230 How come clinton is getting away scott free....he bought us NAFTA and look what it has done.

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:48 AM (p302b)

231
"@174, "petard" is derived from the Latin for "fart." Now that adds meaning..."

The Romans lit their farts?

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at February 09, 2010 10:50 AM (wyl+S)

232

Vic waxing poetic? My, that IS unusual...

Hell, I'll take it. Just have to set it to music, as it were.

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (1kwr2)

233
Spruce, please.

Birch!

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 10:53 AM (fx8sm)

234 The... larch.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 10:55 AM (pZEar)

235 The... larch.


One of the best movies Evah.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 10:57 AM (BFqyO)

236

I rage at the tv (yes, I don't have a life) every time I hear some supposably (yes, that is another one) educated person say, "At that point in time."  It is either at that point or at that time. To say both is redundant and stupid.  I blame that asshole, John Dean, for coining that little slice of grammar hell during the Watergate hearings.

Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 10:59 AM (lLqRQ)

237 That's a fish of a different feather
__________________

That's a horse's ass of another color

----------------------------

Don't put all your eggs in one pudding cup

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 11:00 AM (AZGON)

238 Good lord, Vic.  What grammar school did you go to?  We learned a completely different version.

Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 11:03 AM (lLqRQ)

239 236

One wishes that Sean Hannity would take note.

Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 11:03 AM (BFqyO)

240

Vic waxing poetic?

OK I'll bite while we're on this origin kick;

King Alfred, in the translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care, which he commissioned in AD 897, used the Old English version of the word - 'weaxan'.

 

There are numerous examples of the use of 'wax', meaning 'grow', in mediaeval texts. For example, The Geneva Bible, 1560, in Deuteronomy 32:15:

"But he that shulde haue bene vpright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his hele."
[the 1611 version has it in more modern English as "Jesurun waxed fat, and kicked."]

 

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 11:04 AM (QrA9E)

241 @230 -

Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:48 AM (p302b)

Can't blame just him for that and GATT unfortunately.  Seems to me they both had to be approved by the senate and maybe the house?  By two thirds majority?  Had to be plenty from "both sides" voted for it.

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 11:04 AM (c459z)

242  I've heard Rush say that sportswriters are the most wacko left wing of any category of journalist, and I'd have to say that is demonstrably true.  Why that is the case I have no idea.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at February 09, 2010 11:06 AM (b68Df)

243

What grammar school did you go to? 

Johnson Street Elementary School

hahahahaha Google that one.

And yes, that IS the common version of the song.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 11:10 AM (QrA9E)

244 "...but she exercised her freedom of choice and now, 20-some years later, the outcome of that choice is her beauteous Heisman Trophy winner son, a chaste, proselytizing evangelical."


Which is exactly the type of baby liberals want aborted.

Posted by: mpur at February 09, 2010 11:11 AM (946fl)

245 Thanks for posting the WaPo op-ed, Oregonmuse!

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:24 AM (CfmlF)

246
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's corns."

"It's raining cats and blogs."

"We're going to hell in a ham sandwich."

"A stitch in time equals three squared."

"It's colder than my breeches, split."

"Don't count your chickens before you've shat."

"Penny wise, pound on the table."


--from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 11:30 AM (LSqh5)

247

from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished

Another one...

"A doller saved, is a tax collected".

Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 11:34 AM (1kwr2)

248 Hi ya running nurse lady!!

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 11:36 AM (c459z)

249
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man slice like a fucking hammer."

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 11:37 AM (LSqh5)

250 Yeah, thanks Oregonmuse for posting the story -- it pretty much summed up my beliefs.  The feminist movement is completely off its rocker and does not represent real women or their real life concerns and issues, so is the pro-choice camp if they don't uphold the ideal of "choice".  The way they are acting they should be renamed "pro-abortion" and be done with it.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (5/yRG)

251 Meg Whitman has started running ads on local TV.  The first one is pretty good.  It's a little somber, but she comes off as serious and focused. 

RCP has Jerry Brown up by 5 against Whitman, but that poll was a couple of weeks ago.  I gotta believe she has a good chance against Brown if we can close the enthusiasm gap and get good turnout. 

Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 11:38 AM (sey23)

252
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished

"An apple a day means your doctor is gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 11:43 AM (AZGON)

253

A couple of headlines caught my attention today in the WSJ:

"First Lady Girds to Fight Fat:  Michelle Obama Makes Childhood Obesity Prime Target with New Campaign"

"No Exit In Sight For U.S. As Fannie, Freddie Flail"--just great, the leftards in charge have been screaming for an exit strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet they perpetuate this fraud that has been foisted on us taxpayers.

"Debt Ills, Rate Plan Hammer Markets"

But the best one:

"Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Bank From Home State"--Sen. Robert Menendez, NJ (didn't mention there he's a Dem) "urged the Federal Reserve to approve an acquisition to save a failing bank in his state.  He didn't mention that the bank's chairman and vice chairman were big contributors to his political campaign....While lawmakers routinely forward requests from constituents to government agencies, it is rare to make requests along the lines of this letter asking specific actions, bank attorneys and congressional aides said.  One reason is to avoid any appearance of trying to influence the regulatory process for political ends".  Gee, you don't say!

It goes on to say that "he chairman of First BankAmericano at the time of the letter, Joseph Ginarte is a high-profile attorney with offices in NY and NJ.  He has given a total of about $30,000 to Mr. Menendez and his PAC since 1999, according to federal records."

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:46 AM (CfmlF)

254

A couple of headlines caught my attention today in the WSJ:

"First Lady Girds to Fight Fat:  Michelle Obama Makes Childhood Obesity Prime Target with New Campaign"

Yeah, right.  Pfft.  Mr. Y-not and I have lost a combined 55 lbs in less than three months.  We didn't need M'chelle lecturing us or Big Government taking away vending machines.  

Meanwhile my "progressive" Dem friends who live and work in the beltway want to place burdens on small business owners (restauranteurs) by requiring nutrition labels for all their meals and want to ban/regulate sugar.  They literally refer to "Big Sugar" like it was Big Pharma.  A-friggi-mazing.  The best part is that the one leading the charge is fat.  

Ok, I'm a little grumpy this morning waiting for the next batch of rain to hit our area. 

Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 11:51 AM (sey23)

255

Oh, and great op-ed in WSJ:  "How The Plantiffs Bar Bought The Senate" by James R. Copland.

"Since 1990, the sums donated to federal political candidates by lawyers--excluding lobbyists exceed $1 billion, according to the Center For Responsive Politics.  Lawyers as a group have given more to federal candidates than any other industry or profession.  Their ability to keep tort reform out of healt-care reform bills is unsurprising.  Congressional campaign contributions by lawyers in the last election cycle were about $25 million dollars morethan the combined total of political contributions from doctors, pharmaceutical companies, HMO's, hospitals and nursing homes."

Here's the link to the whole thing: 

http://tinyurl.com/yf6unkq

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:53 AM (CfmlF)

256

Yeah, right.  Pfft.  Mr. Y-not and I have lost a combined 55 lbs in less than three months.  We didn't need M'chelle lecturing us or Big Government taking away vending machines.  

 

Wow!  That's impressive!  The thing with Michelle, I don't see her as particularly fit.  I think that basically all she does is work out her arms and then parade around in sleeveless tops.  I think the rest of her isn't that fit or toned.  (She hides her butt and thighs in voluminous skirts).  I bet her BMI isn't that great.

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:56 AM (CfmlF)

257

Whew!  Penn Jillete rips Teh Bamster a new one for his stupid comments about Vegas.  From CNN:

What's the main thing that drives stupid gambling? Hope. I'm not sure how I feel about hope. I don't gamble in the casinos. That kind of regimented hope seems less fun to me. I'm a skeptic. I'm pro-science.

I like to say I don't believe in hope, but I had the hope to move to Vegas to do a magic show. And I do hope that Vegas pulls through this bad economic time and people come and visit us and we do our stupid shows for all the stupid, hopeful people.

Obama, please remember, it was those stupid, very hopeful people who took the over on a stupid point spread on Obama with a stupid hope to help our country, which includes stupid Vegas.

The gamble Obama took with his run for president and the gamble that the American people took on him sure weren't taken at good odds. It wasn't putting everything we had on red in roulette, or "don't pass" in craps,

What's the main thing that drives stupid gambling? Hope. I'm not sure how I feel about hope. I don't gamble in the casinos. That kind of regimented hope seems less fun to me. I'm a skeptic. I'm pro-science.

I like to say I don't believe in hope, but I had the hope to move to Vegas to do a magic show. And I do hope that Vegas pulls through this bad economic time and people come and visit us and we do our stupid shows for all the stupid, hopeful people.

Obama, please remember, it was those stupid, very hopeful people who took the over on a stupid point spread on Obama with a stupid hope to help our country, which includes stupid Vegas.

The gamble Obama took with his run for president and the gamble that the American people took on him sure weren't taken at good odds. It wasn't putting everything we had on red in roulette, or "don't passor carefully counting cards in blackjack.

Obama's presidency is more than all of us putting our whole future on 00 in roulette. It was more like putting everything we had on one slot pull at the stupid Elvis impersonator slot machine in the stupid Elvis casino for the stupid hillbillies who are filled with hope.

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (CfmlF)

258

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:56 AM (CfmlF) -

Gee, not even a 'hi back at ya teej'?

Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 12:02 PM (c459z)

259 I got it from no less a word-man than Bill Safire, directly, in a letter, that "the whole nine yards" refers to the capacity of cement-mixing truck. He might have been wrong, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Sloppy at February 09, 2010 12:03 PM (1kwr2)

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 12:04 PM (/o58C)

261 TOE the line, everything else is fail.

I agree.  I don't know all the contexts where it can be used, but Toe the line is a boxing term describing the start  of a round in the bare knuckle boxing days.  Each round ended with a fall and the combatants were expected to toe the scratched line in the dirt after one minute if the bout was to continue.  If they could not, the fight was over.

Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 12:04 PM (PD1tk)

262 Obama's presidency is... like putting everything we had on one slot pull at the stupid Elvis impersonator slot machine in the stupid Elvis casino for the stupid hillbillies who are filled with hope.

What he said.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:05 PM (AZGON)

263

Bwhahaha!  Also from WSJ:

NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and decision-makers through a new NOAA Climate Service office. “More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about virtually all aspects of their lives,” the release says.

Earlier snowmelt? That would be nice.

Turns out the release was planned prepared ahead of the snowstorm, which shut federal agencies today and forced its senders to hold a press conference by telephone instead of at the National Press Club.

It’s not the first time inclement weather has put a chill on official efforts to tackle climate change. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to leave the Copenhagen summit early in December to get back to D.C. before the blizzard known as Snowpocalypse grounded all flights.

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:05 PM (CfmlF)

264

Posted by: Iskandar at February 09, 2010 12:04 PM (/o58C)

 

Truthfully, I'm not surprised.

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:06 PM (CfmlF)

265 @256

It's a miracle is what it is. 

Seriously, though, we're foodies and not athletic so changing our diets (and exercising) was a huge deal to us.  Despite that fact, we've still managed to enjoy most of our old favorites --- in moderation. 

I hate the food police who try to tell people what they can eat.  You know, the ones who try to ban foie gras or this latest attack on sugar.  On the days that I decide to cheat on my diet if I want a piece of foie gras or a Ho-Ho, I am damn well going to get what I want. 

And, although I certainly appreciate the labels on packaged foods (which I am sure are required by the govt), I cannot imagine what sense it makes to ask a restauranteur to provide the same info for his/her menu items.  Let the market drive that.  If a restaurant provides that info and it's important to you, give them your business.  Or eat at home. 

Otherwise, if you go out to eat, you gotta' use your loaf and choose wisely.  A little common sense will tell you what foods to avoid. 

Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (sey23)

266

from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, but socially dead.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 12:08 PM (pZEar)

267 including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters

Blind and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

It was only last summer (methinks) that the greentards howled about the Shrinking Vanishing Arctic Ice Cap Eleventy... and later in the year the ice cap returned larger and thicker than it had been since the 1970s.

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:08 PM (AZGON)

268

Gee, not even a 'hi back at ya teej'?

 

Hey big boy, how are you doing?  I've tried to write you messages since you've had your surgery (I saw some of your comments where you said everything went well and you didn't even need your pain pills).  I'm so glad that you are progressing along!  I didn't know you were here now.  It's good to see ya!  (And it looks like you never needed a nurse, so that was good!)

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (CfmlF)

269 260 Government Sachs at the heart of the Greece fire?

Paging Captain Renault, Captain Renault...

Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 12:09 PM (AZGON)

270

More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters.

At least they are consistent. Every item in there is a lie. There has been no perceptable sea level rise in the last 100 years, the "growing season" has decreased during the past 3 years, and even NOAA has previously said severe weather evcents have not changed.

Every item that has been examined in the open has been shown to be fraudulent. When will they wake up?

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 12:14 PM (QrA9E)

271

Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (sey23)

 

I so agree with you.  I can't stand the whole nanny state thing, and to have teh gubamint sticking its nose in my piehole is ridiculous.  I hope you are actually enjoying exercising.  You do get those endorphins with cardiovascular activity.  The nice thing about running, is that I basically eat whatever I want when I want.  When I slacked off over the Holidays, I didn't adjust my food intake (plus it was a lot of rich, buttery, fatty stuff!), and I put on some lbs.  I started back up in January, and my clothes fit fine again (they got a little tight!) 

Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 12:18 PM (CfmlF)

272

The thing with Michelle, I don't see her as particularly fit.  I think that basically all she does is work out her arms and then parade around in sleeveless tops.

That's from wielding the bat'leth.

Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 12:28 PM (lLqRQ)

273 For the wordsmiths out there, any thoughts on where giving something the whole nine yards came from?  I've heard that it referred to the ammo in ww2 fighters, where a full load for a cannon measured 9 yards in length before being packed in storage.  I've also heard it's a football reference, as well as that the reference has been lost and no one knows where it came from anymore.

I've heard this one, and also the one about the length of the ammo belts in certain of our automatic weapons carried on aircraft. Also, it's supposedly the yardage when you open up certain sails to the maximum. I would like all of these to be true, they're all fun.

Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 12:33 PM (hoowK)

274

There are several different opinions on where "the whole nine yards" came from/original meaning.

One is that it came from sailing ship parlance -- to fully let out the sails.  Others suggest that the aphorism came into being during the Vietnamese War, referring to the Montegnard (spelling is incorrect, but I'm too lazy to look it up) tribes -- all nine of them: the whole (of the) nine "yards".  Then there is the unit of measurement theory on the original coinage of the term.

I suppose any of them could be correct.

Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 12:54 PM (5/yRG)

Overnight Open Thread

Tonight is the first night of the rest of your week so let's get the ONT rolling.

FYI today is National PC Cleanup Day so maybe it's time to cleanup your system or at least organize your pron.

The Crying Wife
The Crying Wife is a husband's attempt to record his wife's crying sessions after nearly any movie they watch whether happy or sad. Here you can see her crying after watching Star Wars Ep. VI. Of course when I first saw it I just wanted to go kick things. And here she is after watching AI.

Anyway according to the FAQ his wife, Hollie, is a good sport about the whole thing and thinks the crying videos are funny too. And he says that other than crying over movies she's a happy, well-adjusted person. So I guess that's fine if it's her only quirk. Also if you're into crying women, then check out this DVD of nothing but crying women from - where else - Japan.

The Toyota Safety Troubles: A crisis made in Japan?
Well I have to admit I was somewhat skeptical of the Toyota accelerator/brake issue when I heard about it since the US government has a vested interest in protecting GM and Chrysler (yet another reason for the government not to own shares in companies). But based on this article and things coming out of Japan, it seems seems to be a legitimate issue that's been hushed up in Japan in the usual Japanese way. And politicized in the US in the new government-as-investment-partner way.
More here suggesting that the sudden urgency is political.

AoSHQ Flashback: The Effing PONCHO!

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Chinese Zoo feeds live cows to tigers as visitor attraction
The Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, China lets visitors choose from a menu what they’d like to see the tigers eat. Chickens cost just $5.50 while a live cow costs $205 and the visitors get to watch from a nearby bus and take pictures. Now I'm against using animal suffering for entertainment, but this seems pretty close to how the food chain normally works anyway. And frankly I'm glad to see the Chinese doing anything to keep tigers alive rather than killing them for their penises so they can get one more erection. With all the spam spewed haven't the Chinese ever heard of viagra?

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Another collision between Sea Shepherd and a Japanese whaling ship
It's hard to tell who's at fault from the video. And given that the anti-whaling activists were dazzling with lasers and throwing acid bombs at the Japanese crew, I don't care if it was a deliberate ramming - seems like self-defense to me. Meanwhile the Dutch government is considering a new law that would de-flag the activists' ships for harassing other ships.

Everything You Never Knew About Girl Scout Cookies
Well my favorites have always been thin mints and the peanut butter Tagalongs.

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California Legislator Wants to get Rid of Free Parking
CA State Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) thinks there is too much free parking and it encourages people to drive instead of taking the bus, walking or riding a bike and that ultimately this contributes to global warming. So he got the CA Senate to approve a measure that will financially reward cities that reduce their amount of free parking. Thanks asshole. Everyone will appreciate you making their lives marginally more difficult for exactly zero benefit.

The group thingy. You can figure out the rest.

Tonight's post brought to you by differences:

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Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 09:35 PM



Comments

1

Just wanted mention New Orleans won and it's a big story because of a Hurricane several years ago.

.

Posted by: gus at February 08, 2010 09:38 PM (MaqIC)

2 PC Clean up?  Shot all the college professors?

Posted by: Kemp at February 08, 2010 09:40 PM (2+9Yx)

3 Not many posts today.  Hangover monday, I presume.  It affected myself as well.

Posted by: yambles at February 08, 2010 09:41 PM (rxaXW)

4 [shoe spam]

Posted by: Christian Louboutin Pumps at February 08, 2010 09:43 PM (VZ1q2)

5

I blame Anne Rice for wimpy vampires.  Lestat rocked but Louis sucked.

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 09:43 PM (lLqRQ)

6 Hey, are those cookies Kosher?

Posted by: The Joos at February 08, 2010 09:43 PM (2+9Yx)

7 Holy shit, Kirsten Powers on Hannity in a black dress.

Bunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunkbunk!!!!!!

Posted by: schizuki at February 08, 2010 09:44 PM (8dnmm)

8 Aw.  That's kind of sweet, in a weird sort of way.

Posted by: Amused Observer at February 08, 2010 09:44 PM (EioPx)

9
Sometimes I cry after taking a very large poop.

Posted by: Dang at February 08, 2010 09:45 PM (UA4gE)

10 How much would the Chinese want to put Nancy Pelosi in with the tigers? Or how much would they be willing to forgive on the debt? Anyone? Obama are you listening?

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 09:45 PM (RFxJN)

11 Monday! Monday! Monday!

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 09:45 PM (ApeBT)

12 1 Just wanted mention New Orleans won and it's a big story because of a Hurricane that evil BushHitler caused just so he could kill lots of black people in New Orleans several years ago.

FIFY.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 09:45 PM (otlXg)

13 oh look a new ONT.

I've had such a good day I'm tempted to leave so you morons cant' ruin it.

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 09:47 PM (cMo6P)

14 Yeah, PC cleanup day:
# portsclean -CDL && cd /usr/src/ && yes | make delete-old && yes | make delete-old-libs

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 09:47 PM (ApeBT)

15
Yeah,  Vampires who cheat Uncle Sam kick ass.  The skinny wimp on the right probably donates to that election fund bullcrap on the tax return.

Posted by: Dang at February 08, 2010 09:47 PM (UA4gE)

16 Lestat rocked but Louis sucked.

Louis was so sappy and maudlin, which iirc Lestat picked on him for. Love Lestat. Lestat was bad ass. Edward wishes he was as cool as Lestat.

I want to put that vamp poster over every Twilight poster I see.

And I hate California and its anti-car legislature. Ironic, considering this state, especially SoCal was built with being the car mecca in mind. I hate lefties. Can't they just do us all a favor and kill themselves?

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 09:48 PM (gofDd)

17 New vampires. Is nothing not stakred?

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 09:48 PM (8NGHm)

18 That's some fast fucking spam .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 08, 2010 09:48 PM (a9UO0)

19 9
Sometimes I cry after taking a very large poop.

Posted by: Dang at February 08, 2010 09:45 PM (UA4gE)

Only when the Buffalo sauce kicks in

Posted by: todler at February 08, 2010 09:48 PM (UYe83)

20 So there's a fetish out there for watching crying women?

What a DVD of nothing but women complaining that you don't do enough housework without her asking?

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:49 PM (QECjC)

21 G.S. cookies  Yea thin mints... Do they sell them any more?  I could eat a box at one sitting!

Posted by: mystry at February 08, 2010 09:49 PM (kmgIE)

22 United 93 had me sobbing like a baby. I've never cried so hard in a movie.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 09:49 PM (gofDd)

23 Wait until the crying wife hears that John Murtha died. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (DPM1U)

24 What makes it funny is that the spammer doesn't know his audience. Morons wouldn't know a CL pump if it bit them in the ass.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (RFxJN)

25 I hate lefties. Can't they just do us all a favor and kill themselves?
Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 09:48 PM (gofDd)


Not really; they're Undead. Haven't you ever noticed Michelle Obama casts no shadow?

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (QECjC)

26 A faggot can't deflect a truck...Maybe dent a fender...Not speaking from experience or anything...

Posted by: If I can't eat it or fuck it, I piss on it... at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (lxg2b)

27 New where? Won what?

Bush killed Black folks? Even I know that.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (qO6T2)

28 And my favorite Girl Scout cookies are Samoas. Do they still make those?

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (gofDd)

29 United 93 had me sobbing like a baby. I've never cried so hard in a movie.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 09:49 PM (gofDd)

Thelma and Louise. They destroyed a perfectly good classic car!

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (8NGHm)

30 oh, and I'm happy to be back with my fellow morons. I got moved into my new place, I have heat again, AND finally got my internets hooked up today. no more stealing shitty bandwidth.yeah me.

Posted by: todler at February 08, 2010 09:50 PM (UYe83)

31 Sometimes I cry after taking a very large poop.

You and me both !

Posted by: Jaba the Hut at February 08, 2010 09:51 PM (JZa9d)

32 Louis was the original emo vampire.

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 09:51 PM (lLqRQ)

33
So there's a fetish out there for watching crying women?


Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:49 PM (QECjC)




Rule # 34

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 09:51 PM (t72+4)

34 I like it when women are crying my name out in a passion of ecstasy!

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 09:52 PM (Vu6sl)

35 Good evening all.  Short visit for me, as I have to be at work at 0430.  Enjoy.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at February 08, 2010 09:52 PM (3EqY8)

36 I liked marius as well. in the book. and i have to say, aliah (or how ever the hell you spell it) was hot in the queen of the damned.

Posted by: todler at February 08, 2010 09:52 PM (UYe83)

37

Where did the ONT come from? Phantom post.

Hi sexy bitches!

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 09:53 PM (UKRZt)

38 Rule # 34

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 09:51 PM (t72+4)


Me, I'm proactive: Rule #35, all the way.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 09:53 PM (ApeBT)

39

I used to like Kirsten Powers, but I've seen her on shows where she looks downright skanky.   She is not very bright either.  She does not exude any sort of class.

But that's ok. She is a lib.

Posted by: gus at February 08, 2010 09:53 PM (MaqIC)

40 They still have samoas but there are 10 in a box for like $7.99

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (RFxJN)

41 She cries like Bill Dauterive. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (DPM1U)

42 #13  I've had such a good day I'm tempted to leave so you morons cant' ruin it.

You successfully dodged your vampire stalker chick?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (otlXg)

43 Playboy once - way back in the Dark 80's Ages - ran an intriguing article entitled,

California Wives Tasting Contest.

I don't know why that comes to mind, exactly, but let's roll with it...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (QECjC)

44

I have to be at work at 0430. 

I had a job where I had to be there at 5am and, oddly, I never minded it.  I miss that job.

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (lLqRQ)

45

Where to start? OK, Edward is the stupidest vampire ever and I'd like to see Buffy the Vampire Slayer stake him.

Girl Scout cookies are awesome, despite the fact that you are now paying $4 a box for less cookies and they eliminated the trans fats so they don't taste the same anymore (especially the Trefoils).

If anybody videos me crying it will be the last thing they ever do. Ever. I'm still horrified my ex-husband set up a video camera in the delivery room and am grateful the doctor and the nurse blocked most of the view.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (RZ8pf)

46 I saw this a few days ago, and I have to say, she's cute.  I wouldn't hold the crying against her.

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (cMo6P)

47 So, there has been a lot of thought going into the 2010 election, but one thing I haven't seen discussed - in 2008 most Obama voters thought the Republicans were running congress and therefore tried to kick the bums out by voting D.

Well, it is pretty hard to not notice the Dems are controlling all the branches of government - and making the issues with the old Republican congress in 2004-6 with corruption and spending look pretty minor.

So, while many of the mushy middle that voted for Obama in 2008 won't vote, could there be an even stronger then expected showing of people who wanted to throw the bums out in 2008 before things got so much worse voting for Rs?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (bgcml)

48 She cries like Bill Dauterive. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (DPM1U)

Or Boomhauer.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (8NGHm)

49

The only movie I ever cried in was Field of Dreams. Oh, and Casa Blanca but I was drunk.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (RFxJN)

50
Just imagine if Tim Tebow and that crying chick hooked up. The NOAA would have a permanent flash flood warning over their neighborhood.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (t72+4)

51 RE: Girl Scout cookies.. SAMOAS! if you don't like them, then you're a commie. It's that simple

Posted by: UGRev at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (862vz)

52 A nice, crisp Chardonnay-flavored Blonde with a hint of nutty aroma...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (QECjC)

53 California Wives Tasting Contest.

I don't know why that comes to mind, exactly, but let's roll with it...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:54 PM (QECjC)

I like the idea! I love it when a woman gives her heart to me!

Posted by: Some Aztec Priest at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (bgcml)

54 You successfully dodged your vampire stalker chick?
Posted by: Kratos

Ever since Miss80sBaby became my good and faithful servant, I have no worries over vampire stalker chicks.

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (cMo6P)

55 Hey, PGiS, long time, no see... and what flavor would you be?

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (QECjC)

56 The cute little scouts can't call them Samoans anymore because of political correctness.

They are now called Paul Pelosi Sr Starkist Tuna minimum-wage exceptionals,

Or slaves, for short. I'm eating a few right now. Bwwa-aa-a-a-ahh bitches

Posted by: Paul Pelosi Jr at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (qO6T2)

57 I think that those who normally don't vote but came out for the "historic" election won't show up agaain.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (RFxJN)

58 RE: Girl Scout cookies.. SAMOAS! if you don't like them, then you're a commie. It's that simple

Posted by: UGRev at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (862vz)

So...are they made out of real girl scouts?

Posted by: Some Aztec Priest at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (bgcml)

59

Also to follow up on last night, my son never barfed, thankfully, but he was sick as a dog and had to stay home from school today, which meant I had to rearrange a bunch of stuff.

Kids are the original chaos demons.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (RZ8pf)

60 How does one know when a woman is crying for joy, or when she wants to rip your heart out? It sounds all the same! And they will never answer your question!

Posted by: mystry at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (kmgIE)

61 good evening all
ugh what a day

Posted by: chemjeff at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (Gk/wA)

62 I'd like to enroll my wife's cats into that Chinese tiger program.  Is there an application online?

Posted by: Cicero at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (QKKT0)

63 I cried at the end of Alien when Sigourney Weaver's knickers didn't fall all the way down. Does that count?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (ApeBT)

64
Or slaves, for short. I'm eating a few right now. Bwwa-aa-a-a-ahh bitches

Posted by: Paul Pelosi Jr at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (qO6T2)

Could I get a few? Oh, and some cookies.

Posted by: Jefferson Davis at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (bgcml)

65 I've only ever cried over one movie, and I was 4 years old.

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 09:58 PM (cMo6P)

66 Speaking of historic erections... Prom Night, 1981... one for the record books, folks...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 09:58 PM (QECjC)

67

So...are they made out of real girl scouts?

Posted by: Some Aztec Priest at February 08, 2010 09:56 PM (bgcml) 


Hi Wednesday.

Posted by: todler at February 08, 2010 09:58 PM (UYe83)

68 CoolCzech, any flavor you want me to be baby.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (RZ8pf)

69 The Balrog thing?

Yes, (Phlegyas, actually).  Or the re imagining of Cerberus. 

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (otlXg)

70
I cried at the end of
Alien when Sigourney Weaver's knickers didn't fall all the way down. Does that count?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 09:57 PM (ApeBT)





No, I for one really did not want to see Ripley's tuna wookie and bony ass.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (t72+4)

71 Anyone know where a good downloadable alarm clock website is?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (Yq+qN)

72 2 PC Clean up?  Shot all the college professors?

hey now, we're not all marxists

Posted by: chemjeff at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (Gk/wA)

73

Where to start? OK, Edward is the stupidest vampire ever and I'd like to see Buffy the Vampire Slayer stake him.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (RZ8pf)

Not so much into 'staking' vampires any more...They turn all mopey and evil.

Posted by: Buffy Summers at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (bgcml)

74 68 CoolCzech, any flavor you want me to be baby.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (RZ8pf)


Strawberry with whipped cream would be grand...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:00 PM (QECjC)

75 Not really; they're Undead. Haven't you ever noticed Michelle Obama casts no shadow?

I thought it was because her ass eclipses the sun?

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (gofDd)

76 I must say, From Dusk Till Dawn made me sniffle when Clooney ditched Juliette Lewis. The cad.

Posted by: Christopher Buckley at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (qO6T2)

77 Anyone know where a good downloadable alarm clock website is?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 09:59 PM (Yq+qN)


at(1) maybe?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (ApeBT)

78 66

TMI

Posted by: Dr. Ruth at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (JZa9d)

79  Hi, M&Ms! I have nothing to say except that I have a big pot of pinto beans with a whole slew of bacon and onions, plus assorted spices. Mmm, bacon

Posted by: Peter at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (eCbq1)

80
Helloooooo, morons.

Man Win7 Ultimate full release just is NOT getting along with my broadband modem.  PITA.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (bqMS7)

81 I cried during Titanic when Jack mounted rose doggy style and yelled out, "I'm Kind of the World!"

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:02 PM (QECjC)

82 #54  Ever since Miss80sBaby became my good and faithful servant, I have no worries over vampire stalker chicks.

Lord Hades, is that you? 

Well, then, I guess I have to let you live.  Being around Miss80'sbaby is punishment enough.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:02 PM (otlXg)

83 My daughter is selling GS cookies right now...never thought I would be so sick of them.

Posted by: beerologist at February 08, 2010 10:02 PM (tgXx6)

84

Work is doubtful for me tomorrow...yet again. My sleep schedule is all f'd up. I'm going to take a nap, and not to bed. Is that weird?

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:02 PM (UKRZt)

85 Achtung! In the Brave Green Future, your sweet, sweet tears will be collected for processing into the erasable ink used in the history record books at Minitrue.

Posted by: Unterfuhrer Steiner, GPF at February 08, 2010 10:03 PM (ci50A)

86 I'm still horrified my ex-husband set up a video camera in the delivery room and am grateful the doctor and the nurse blocked most of the view.

One of my high school teachers did that when his first kid was born and showed it to anyone who wanted to see it at school. Needless to say, I declined.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:03 PM (gofDd)

87 But, seriously, '80s, even windows has some kind of "do something at this time" function. I have no clue what it is, though.

Tried searching Master Bill's nollij base?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:03 PM (ApeBT)

88 75 Not really; they're Undead. Haven't you ever noticed Michelle Obama casts no shadow?

I thought it was because her ass eclipses the sun?

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:01 PM (gofDd)

+100

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:03 PM (Vu6sl)

89
Secretary Gates: 

"Every president has reached out to Iran, but none with the sincerity of President Obama."

Gates has now moved from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of Clown Acts.


Posted by: Fish at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (M5t+h)

90

Most women taste very very good.

With fava beans and  a nice CHIANTI.

Posted by: gus at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (MaqIC)

91 I cried over several Skinemax flicks because Shannon Tweed wasn't naked enough in them.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (otlXg)

92

My sleep schedule is all f'd up.

What's up?  I have that problem alot too. 

Posted by: jewells at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (lv7H+)

93 Vampires are not emo high school kids.  Vampires are not angsty romance-novel cover models in poufy shirts.  Vampires are not hunky guys who just happen to nibble your neck now and then. 

Let me be clear:  Vampires are walking corpses who feed on the living.  When you watch Night of the Living Dead or any other "zombie" movie, you're really watching vampires.  Those dudes are vampires but we call them zombies because George Romero is a fucking illiterate.

Now and then you get a super-genius vampire who studied sorcery at the Devil's school in Transylvania (it's like Hogwarts, except that one out of every ten students gets dragged off to Hell instead of graduating -- so long, Ron!) and by sheer superhuman force of will has retained his intelligence and cunning even in death.  That's how you get Dracula.  He's scary because he's a shambling undead bloodsucker who isn't a mindless killing machine.  Oh, and Dracula didn't spend his time wearing a God-damned white tie and tails.  He dressed in regular clothes because he wanted to blend in, not look like some drunk in a vampire costume.

The whole idea of a "good" or sympathetic vampire is asinine.  It's like writing fiction about a nice SS officer or a sympathetic psychopath.  If vampires were good, they'd go ahead and fucking die already, because their very existence is a sin against God and nature.  They are cursed walking corpses who fucking kill people.  That's why we call them monsters.

If I ever meet Stephanie Meyers or Anne Rice I'm going to lock them in a room with a hunger-crazed animated corpse and see how long they think the blasphemous monstrosity is sexy.


Posted by: Trimegistus at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (OW3Eh)

94 59 Kids are the original chaos demons.

Followed by cats. I'd like to thank mine for breaking my phone.
/

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (Yq+qN)

95 I keep my thin mints in the freezer. They are very yummy that way. I still have boxes from last year, my emergency girl scout cookie supply for the apocalypse.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (RZ8pf)

96
OT, but well worth reading: Boehner and Cantor reply to Obama's call for bi-partisan health-care talk, and basically kick him in the nuts:

http://tinyurl.com/ycyvlv8

It's a thing of beauty.

Posted by: Brown Line at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (BTocB)

97 "I'm Kind of the World!"


Boo's your Daddy !!!!

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (a9UO0)

98 Would someone please get Gore the fuck out of DC?!?! We just got 30" of snow and are buttoning down for another 10" to 20". Seriously... someone needs to take a turn here folks.

Posted by: UofC Conservative at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (c1Dgi)

99

No he's right.  Obama is reaching out to a rabid dog.  He is dumb enough to get bit.  Iran is not going to reach back. 

Obama's sincerity toward Republicans is not so strong.

 

Posted by: gus at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (MaqIC)

100 Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (Yq+qN)

At least he/she didn't hack up a hairball in your shoes once.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:05 PM (8NGHm)

101 How does one know when a woman is crying for joy, or when she wants to rip your heart out? It sounds all the same! And they will never answer your question!

The butcher knife coming at your head is a good clue.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:06 PM (gofDd)

102
Secretary Gates: 


"Every president has reached out to Iran, but none with the sincerity of President Obama."

Gates has now moved from Secretary of Defense to Secretary of Clown Acts.


Posted by: Fish at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (M5t+h)





At this rate he should just reach out and start handing them plutonium and ICBM schematics. Since everything he touches to turns to shit that may slow them down some.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:06 PM (t72+4)

103

What's up?  I have that problem alot too. 

Yeah, but you and I for very different reasons see prior thread

But I'm not jealous or anything.....

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:06 PM (UKRZt)

104 OMG! They feed live cows to the Tigers..

"Sob..Sob...Blubber...Blubber.."

Those poor cows. They are so scared and they just want to see their father...

"Blubber...Blubber..Sniff...Sob"

And those poor Tigers. What if they get Mad Cow Disease?

"Blubber...Sniff...Sob....Sob.

Posted by: Crying Bit*h at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (0GLoV)

105 Oh, here you go, '80s: cron jobs in windows .

I'll stop being helpful now, sorry.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (ApeBT)

106

Somebody pass this along to Maetenloch, please:

 

http://tinyurl.com/ygnr57q

 

Bacon paradise

Posted by: Truman North at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (FjC5u)

107 So is anyone else the slightest bit worried about what Iran has up their sleeve for the 11th, or am I just being too paranoid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (RZ8pf)

108 So is anyone else the slightest bit worried about what Iran has up their sleeve for the 11th, or am I just being too paranoid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (RZ8pf)

No, everyone should be worried.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (8NGHm)

109 #94  Followed by cats. I'd like to thank mine for breaking my phone.
/

Your cat knew you were trying a new way to extract souls via telephone.  Good cat!

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (otlXg)

110

All that snow is surely a sign of CLIMATE CHANGE.

Not even  RIGHT WING NUT can deny Climate changer.  I mean, you FREAKS even believe in NOAH and some GREAT FLOOD!!

Climate Change is real and President Obama is going to stop it.

One 100 watt light bulb at a time.

Posted by: gus at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (MaqIC)

111 The whole idea of a "good" or sympathetic vampire is asinine.  It's like writing fiction about a nice SS officer or a sympathetic psychopath.  If vampires were good, they'd go ahead and fucking die already, because their very existence is a sin against God and nature.  They are cursed walking corpses who fucking kill people.  That's why we call them monsters.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 08, 2010 10:04 PM (OW3Eh)

So, uh, I should the villain the NAZIs, and not some ancestor of Bush? Huh. Well, sorry, I've got my own take on it.

Posted by: Oliver Stone at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (bgcml)

112

Somebody pass this along to Maetenloch, please:

http://tinyurl.com/ygnr57q

Bacon paradise

Posted by: Truman North


I'll pass it along.



YO, MAET!

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (cMo6P)

113 Also, speaking of feeding live animals to things, my favorite was the scene in Jurassic Park with the goat.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (RZ8pf)

114 In other news, John Murtha has been sober for almost 24 hours. Teddy Kennedy is now clean for 5 months. Congratulations Ted.

Posted by: dr kill at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (qO6T2)

115

107 Right there with you!!

Okay off for the nap. If it turns into sleep, see you in the am.

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (UKRZt)

116 77 at(1) maybe?

Thanks, I think. Have no idea what that stuff means.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (Yq+qN)

117 What man person wouldnt eventually slap the shit out of that crying heifer? Geez. A wife isnt worth all of that nonsense.

Posted by: di butler, fucking poncho wearer at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (S3xX1)

118 How much would the Chinese want to put Nancy Pelosi in with the tigers?


Fuck you, I'll turn vegan first.

Posted by: Chinese Zoo Tiger at February 08, 2010 10:10 PM (I/MqP)

119 Speaking of Iran...wouldn't be surprised if Israel opens it's can of whupass very soon

Posted by: beerologist at February 08, 2010 10:10 PM (tgXx6)

120 Toyotas are probably the safest cars on the road now that the problem is known and is being remedied

Obama Motors or Chrysterfuck? I'd imagine some issues but they're being hushed up, that accelerator pedal maker is in the USA.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (sYxEE)

121 We're equal opportunity offenders here at Ace's place. "Sleep Talkin' Man."

  "Too many legs! Far too many legs. Can't play football. Trip myself up."

  "Chicken soup. Get down with that funky stuff. Mmmmmm."

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (LJSfA)

122 116 77 at(1) maybe?

Thanks, I think. Have no idea what that stuff means.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:09 PM (Yq+qN)


Ha, I was being mean since you didn't specify a platform. But actually, you can use at(1) just like that if you have a Mac, since osX uses a whole bunch of FreeBSD tools underneath. It's kinda awesome for us nerds.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (ApeBT)

123
The Obama Administration is so adverse to Israeli defense, it is my belief that if Iran attacks, the United States will not respond, even though a defense pact is in place.

When you have a Marxist in the White House who is against armed action as a measure of defense, our dancing partners are in serious trouble.  This includes Taiwan and South Korea.

Posted by: Fish at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (M5t+h)

124 Also, speaking of feeding live animals to things, my favorite was the scene in Jurassic Park with the goat.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle


My favorite is when they feed the lawyer to the T-Rex.

Posted by: Z Ryan at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (cMo6P)

125 Whaling ship runs into moonbats again. Awesome.

Posted by: di butler, fucking poncho wearer at February 08, 2010 10:11 PM (S3xX1)

126 The Crying Wife annoys me so!!!

Posted by: Wikus van de Merwe at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (9wFH4)

127
So is anyone else the slightest bit worried about what Iran has up their sleeve for the 11th, or am I just being too paranoid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (RZ8pf)






Its bullshit, a country of that stature isnt going to broadcast any major strikes or attacks. The opposition over there has major protests and demonstrations planned against the regime on November 11th and this is just empty saber rattling designed to draw attention away from it.

Or maybe they plan on unveiling their latest guided missile cruiser. A jon-boat with a 5hp motor and some guy holding an RPG.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (t72+4)

128

Japanese whaling vessels should arm themselves and blow holes below the Greenpeace vessels' water line before they get rammed!

What's the fucking issue here?

Posted by: ErikW at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (tmTpz)

129 I'll give her something to really cry about.

Posted by: John Edwards at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (otlXg)

130

107 I think they have a giant Laaaaazuuur...And, the ransom is one million dollars..........................................

Posted by: If I can't eat it or fuck it, I piss on it... at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (lxg2b)

131

Old farts know the toughest movie not to cry watching was "Old Yeller." I won't be a spoiler.  If you have kids or want to watch a movie from when movies had good messages and honorable role models pick it up. You might get lucky and find it in the dollar bin.

 

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (rurh0)

132 So is anyone else the slightest bit worried about what Iran has up their sleeve for the 11th, or am I just being too paranoid?

I'm kinda worried, but what can I do? Nothing. I'm not worried they'll take out the West Coast, but NY or DC are probably the most likely targets. I don't think the jihadis are aware of the rest of the country.

Also, speaking of feeding live animals to things, my favorite was the scene in Jurassic Park with the goat.

My favorite was when the Rex ate the lawyer. Heh.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:13 PM (gofDd)

133 I have a serious ... nougat ... deficiency.

Posted by: Ross' only funny line in what, 10 years of that f*cking show? at February 08, 2010 10:13 PM (vIvux)

134 108 So is anyone else the slightest bit worried about what Iran has up their sleeve for the 11th, or am I just being too paranoid?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:07 PM (RZ8pf)

No, everyone should be worried.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:08 PM (8NGHm)

I hope it's something radical enough that it scares the shit out of Obama and shows once and for all, what a complete failure his foreign poliicy with Iran has been.

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:13 PM (Vu6sl)

135 By the way if you don't get a large lump in your throat waqtching "Old Yeller", you're probably a psychopath.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:14 PM (rurh0)

136 Fuckayou whaaaaaaallllllle !

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 08, 2010 10:14 PM (a9UO0)

137 Oh my. The lady in the video needs a therapist and a kick in the ass. It's only a movie, sister. That means it's all fake.

Posted by: Vivi at February 08, 2010 10:14 PM (qVz/y)

138 Someone could put a cow in my cage and see how long it'd last. I like beef. And chiken. and especially pork. Ooh, I bought a big ol pork loin because it was on sale and it's in my freezer waiting for me to decide what to do with it. Pulled pork? roast pork? Medallions of pork? How can I make snarky comments with this on my mind?

Posted by: Peter at February 08, 2010 10:14 PM (eCbq1)

139 Old farts know the toughest movie not to cry watching was "Old Yeller." I won't be a spoiler. If you have kids or want to watch a movie from when movies had good messages and honorable role models pick it up. You might get lucky and find it in the dollar bin.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:12 PM (rurh0)

Well "Bang the Drum Slowly" often causes me to develop spontaneous ocular congestion for some reason.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 08, 2010 10:15 PM (8C0wS)

140 My guess about the whole Iran thing is that it's smoke and mirrors.  Ahmedinejad is an attention whore, and lately hasn't been getting as much as he wants.  So now he's announced "something big" for the 11th -- probably another damned speech by him, or some bogus event like the Iranian "domestic fighter" rollout which made everybody snicker at their stupid jet trainers tricked out with extra tail fins.

When (not if) they do finally develop a nuclear weapon, there won't be any build-up like this.  We'll find out when they test it -- or when Tel Aviv goes up in a fireball.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 08, 2010 10:15 PM (OW3Eh)

141

If the Iranians bomb St. Louis or Milwaukee its on. I'm getting the shotgun, the beagle and the bass boat ready.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:15 PM (t72+4)

142 I didn't cry watching Bambi and I'm apparently the only one.

Also, unrelated, I heard some stupid ho on the radio today say Conrad Murray "murdered" Michael Jackson who was, and this is a, exact quote, "the most beautiful person in the world."

Wow. Just. Wow.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:15 PM (gofDd)

143 * makes a dumb "Bang Your Mom Slowly" crack and then passes out *

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:15 PM (ApeBT)

144
I hope it's something radical enough that it scares the shit out of Obama and shows once and for all, what a complete failure his foreign poliicy with Iran has been.

You are still assuming he has the U.S.'s best interests at heart.  It should be clear by now that he does not.  Quit being naive.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:16 PM (bqMS7)

145 Why worry about Iran? Our Spock-like president is all over it!

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Gov. Paterson at February 08, 2010 10:16 PM (QECjC)

146 100 At least he/she didn't hack up a hairball in your shoes once.

No, but he chewed my shoes. Also tried eating my computer cord. Likes to fall into the toilet--uses the clean water to take a bath. I guess he figures the water bowl is too small?

Trying to figure out why I have a dog trapped in a cat's body, or something.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:17 PM (Yq+qN)

147 I almost cried after seeing Episode 1, but I was too confused (and too young) at the time to fully contemplate how badly the movie sucked.  

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:17 PM (otlXg)

148 Also tried eating my computer cord.

My ex's cat did that. I know she had to have shocked herself at some point, but all his cords had teeth marks. Pissed him off.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (gofDd)

149 105 Oh, here you go, '80s: cron jobs in windows .

Cool. Did it. How do you add noises?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (Yq+qN)

150 For all you M&M's who like tagalongs you can make something that tastes almost the same,all you do is take 2 ritz crackers put peanut butter between them then dip it in melted choc. they are very yummy and easy to do,I make them every year for Christmas trays.

Posted by: TEE866 at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (74lR/)

151 #146  No, but he chewed my shoes. Also tried eating my computer cord. Likes to fall into the toilet--uses the clean water to take a bath. I guess he figures the water bowl is too small?

*Must resist an evil environment comment.  Animals can sense evil, you know.*

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (otlXg)

152 Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:17 PM (Yq+qN)

What breed?

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:20 PM (8NGHm)

153 Thin Mints and Samoas. Anything less would be uncivilized.

Posted by: Hulk Hogan at February 08, 2010 10:20 PM (5I0Yr)

Posted by: -------??????????------------ at February 08, 2010 10:20 PM (p302b)

155

The only thing I need to know about Girl Scout cookies is, "Exactly how much heroin are you putting in the Thin Mints?"

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:20 PM (WuvMD)

156

Hey all.  Just checking in briefly before setting to work and turning in early --was up waaaaayyyyy too late last night.

BTW I love that New Orleans is calling it "Lombardi Gras."

Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2010 10:21 PM (gJL6J)

157

If anybody videos me crying it will be the last thing they ever do. Ever. I'm still horrified my ex-husband set up a video camera in the delivery room and am grateful the doctor and the nurse blocked most of the view.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 09:55 PM (RZ8pf)

I'm still out there... somewhere... and I'm just itchin' to make it outside.

Posted by: THE tape. You know which one. at February 08, 2010 10:21 PM (YX6i/)

158 I have to admit, I almost cried during Episode I when JarJar Binks was made a General.

Was I wrong?

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:21 PM (QECjC)

159 Yeah, thin mints are weird, it is virtually impossible to eat just one.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:21 PM (RZ8pf)

160

P.S. I love Tagalongs (notw time to catch up).

Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2010 10:22 PM (gJL6J)

161
Earlier it was revealed that investors had placed the biggest ever short bet in the history of the euro."

Soros strikes again.  That guy needs to be ventilated for the good of Mankind.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:22 PM (bqMS7)

162 Hoo Boy: ONT, at 3AM, Tops CNN's Primetime Lineup

Posted by: Aced at February 08, 2010 10:22 PM (d7Px0)

163 #154  My plan is working perfectly.

Posted by: Nicolae Carpathia at February 08, 2010 10:22 PM (otlXg)

164 I'm tired of Thin Mints. When I was a Girl Scout, my mom used to buy a whole carton of them and freeze them. Can't eat them anymore. And the Keebler's Grasshopper cookies are about the same.

Samoas is where it's at. I just don't want to pay $4/box.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (gofDd)

165 80's:
Your cell phone should have an alarm mode.  Check it out.

Posted by: Wikus van de Merwe at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (9wFH4)

166 Also tried eating my computer cord.


Yeah, I once did that. I thought it was licorice. Ok, no I didn't. I just didn't want to get up.

Posted by: Meggy Mac at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (5I0Yr)

167 Yeah, thin mints are weird, it is virtually impossible to eat just one.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:21 PM (RZ8pf)

Yeah, since when did Girl Scouts sell crack.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (8NGHm)

168

I enjoy torturing my sons by singing: "'Ol Yeller, come back Yeller..." It amuses me so.

Seriously, I bet Algore is in his house on Arlington Ridge Road, the bastard. Really Al, do you know what all this snow cleanup around here is doing to the environment? Get the hell out, go somewhere else. I don't even know where they are going to put this shit. Idiots in Mercedes are stuck on my street and I can't get out.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (RFxJN)

169 158 I have to admit, I almost cried during Episode I when JarJar Binks was made a General.

Was I wrong?

Not at all.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (otlXg)

170

These kids are not very happy about Congress passing a record-high debt limit: tinyurl.com/yk8o992

And Kermit the Frog's not too happy about recent global warming scam news: YouTube

Posted by: Melvin Winter at February 08, 2010 10:23 PM (SvmVa)

171

My folks watched the old Disney flicks about the same time we went west and enjoyed Yellowstone, Badlands, Black Hills, The Rockies and The Grand Canyon.

That was a great time!

Posted by: ErikW at February 08, 2010 10:24 PM (tmTpz)

172
Earlier it was revealed that investors had placed the biggest ever short bet in the history of the euro."

Soros strikes again.  That guy needs to be ventilated for the good of Mankind.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:22 PM (bqMS7)





The article I read on Drudge said most countries over there now will move away from the Euro and start issuing their own notes again. Will this be the end of the European Union ?

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:24 PM (t72+4)

173 #164  Samoas is where it's at. I just don't want to pay $4/box.

Yeah, but you'd pay several times that for shoes and handbags.  Women are nuts.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:25 PM (otlXg)

174 I almost cried after seeing Episode 1, but I was too confused (and too young) at the time to fully contemplate how badly the movie sucked.  

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:17 PM (otlXg)

I almost cried after seeing Jar Jar Binks.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 08, 2010 10:25 PM (bgcml)

175 I love the old Disney nature flicks. Now they're all greenie and crap (although the Oceans one coming out looks cool) but I love watching Walt Disney. They should rerun the World of Disney, complete with Walt hosting.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:25 PM (gofDd)

176 To this day, I can recite Jar Jar's inspiring words to his troops, a speech recalling Pericles's eulogy for the Athenian war dead.

To wit:

"Easy... Easy..."

Truer words have never been spoken in modern cinema.

*Sniff*

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:25 PM (QECjC)

177

I cried at the end of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...

Oh, and also at the end of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but that was because I was so happy it was over.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at February 08, 2010 10:26 PM (xIqkW)

178

The only thing I need to know about Girl Scout cookies is, "Exactly how much heroin are you putting in the Thin Mints?"

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:20 PM (WuvMD)

Hmm, time to put in an order...

Posted by: Barack Sniff Sniff Obama at February 08, 2010 10:26 PM (bgcml)

179 Oh shit, Anthony Bourdain's driving down the road somewhere on the East Coast and just called his car the "Kennedy Death Car". 

Posted by: Editor at February 08, 2010 10:26 PM (YX6i/)

180

These kids are not very happy about Congress passing a record-high debt limit: 

Ironic, isn't it?  They finally do something that's ACTUALLY unprecedented, and they don't even mention it.

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:26 PM (WuvMD)

181 samoas last a minute, Choos are forever!

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:26 PM (RZ8pf)

182 Yeah, but you'd pay several times that for shoes and handbags.  Women are nuts.

Shoes and handbags won't add fat to my thighs and tummy. In fact, the shoes will help me lose fat. Especially with the effort it takes to walk fast in heels.

Btw, opinions, ladies, on the Skechers Shape Ups? Even though their SB commercial was lame, I'm intrigued.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:27 PM (gofDd)

183 The morning host on KABC cracked today that if the Prius brake problems are really that bad, it could turn California into a red state

Posted by: kbdabear at February 08, 2010 10:27 PM (sYxEE)

184
most countries over there now will move away from the Euro and start issuing their own notes again. Will this be the end of the European Union ?

Ha!  Remember the eurotrash comiing to fuckfrance.com and gloating about how the EU would be an unstoppable economic juggernaut?  Suck it, frenchies, you bastards.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:27 PM (bqMS7)

185 I cried when that old whore in Titanic tossed that multi-million-dollar necklace into the ocean.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 08, 2010 10:28 PM (vIvux)

186 I almost cried after seeing Episode 1, but I was too confused (and too young) at the time to fully contemplate how badly the movie sucked.  


I almost cried after seeing Jar Jar Binks.


I cried out "kill it, kill it now!!" after seeing Jar Jar Binks.

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at February 08, 2010 10:28 PM (JZa9d)

187
"Easy... Easy..."

Truer words have never been spoken in modern cinema.

*Sniff*

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:25 PM (QECjC)

HEY! I sah no sah have sah teleprompter sah!

Posted by: Jar Jar Binks at February 08, 2010 10:28 PM (bgcml)

188 Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking, bitches, dick, ass-raping, shit, fucker, shit, shit, bitch, fucking, faggot.

Oh, and could you commenters please keep the bad language and general offensiveness to a minimum? Thanks.

Posted by: Ace the Inscrutable at February 08, 2010 10:28 PM (8dnmm)

189 PGiS, I know you'll appreciate this article.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:28 PM (gofDd)

190 #182  Btw, opinions, ladies, on the Skechers Shape Ups? Even though their SB commercial was lame, I'm intrigued.

My mom loves them.  She says they are very comfortable on her feet.

/They'd better be, after shelling out a C-note for them.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:29 PM (otlXg)

191 My mom loves them.  She says they are very comfortable on her feet.

That's what Internet reviews have been saying. I just can't imagine actually walking around in public in them.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (gofDd)

192 Yeah, thin mints are weird, it is virtually impossible to eat just one.

Thin mints are the crack of GS cookies.  Samoans are the heroin.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (YeWTI)

193

#188

You forgot "Fucking ass raping dog shit."

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (WuvMD)

194 Uh, have you seen the Sketcher's shape ups?

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (RFxJN)

195 I cried when the guy in Vanishing Point ran into the bulldozers.

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (Vu6sl)

196 Cool. Did it. How do you add noises?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (Yq+qN)


Haha, wow, I'm drunk & I'm giving computer advice about an operating system I haven't used in a decade.

Umm, I'd guess that you'd start a sound playing application via the cron service and hand it a sound file. But my windows-fu is very very weak, so I'm not sure exactly how you'd do that.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (ApeBT)

197 185 I cried when that old whore in Titanic tossed that multi-million-dollar necklace into the ocean.

I almost cried when that door-hogging 'ho didn't fall into the ocean.

But Leo dying slowly before this negated the crying.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (otlXg)

198

breaking news!!!!!!!!!!

its 80 degrees with a nice cooling wind here, went to the beach and went snorkeling today

hi all (and don't hate)

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 08, 2010 10:31 PM (nhukm)

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:32 PM (t72+4)

200

Disney wasn't green back then, more Naturist.  Predators hunt, prey runs like hell, lemings get thrown off cliffs. 

Why do prey always look cute?  Does it make them more tasty?

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:32 PM (rurh0)

201 The only thing that keeps me from eating an entire box of Thin Mints at once is the fact that they're packaged in two separate sleeves. That gives me just enough time to pause, think and back away.

Posted by: schizuki at February 08, 2010 10:33 PM (8dnmm)

202 I cried when the guy in Vanishing Point ran into the bulldozers.

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:30 PM (Vu6sl)

That's not funny.

Posted by: Rachael Corrie at February 08, 2010 10:33 PM (bgcml)

203 #198  its 80 degrees with a nice cooling wind here, went to the beach and went snorkeling today

I hate you even more now.  My neck of the Northeast US is going to get 10 to 15 more inches of global warming by the end of Wednesday.

hi all (and don't hate)

I'm full of hate.  Sue me.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:33 PM (otlXg)

204 152 What breed?

He's an orange tabby. Olliver's always been a bit "off", but I think the weather really does something to him. I also think he wants to be free to roam around as he chooses. Strange think is that he acts like a lap cat when he isn't wreaking havoc. He also likes getting punished.

Is there a Cat Whisperer? b/c I need one.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:33 PM (Yq+qN)

205 203 #198 I'm full of hate.  Sue me.

We know. I would if I could.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:34 PM (Yq+qN)

206

Rum, thanks that was a good article. The thing I don’t understand is they always show all these high end closets where the women display their shoes out on shelves, but really, that’s not the best way to store them. You’d think a woman in the shoe business would know that.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:35 PM (RZ8pf)

207

So let's start the "Iranian WTF?" Pool for 2/11.

I'd say that Ahmenidjad comes out wearing a green Mohammed Buttplug.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:35 PM (GHq7I)

208 I cried when Leo died in Titanic.

They were tears of joy.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:35 PM (gofDd)

209 Sometimes I cry after sex.... but that's usually because I forgot the safe word.

Posted by: Sam at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (Cxsey)

210 Is there a Cat Whisperer? b/c I need one.
I think thy're called German Shepards

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (RFxJN)

211
My shithead cats have decided that they are poltergeists.  They compulsively open every cabinet in the house, kitchen and bathroom, every night.  It's freaky.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (bqMS7)

212 #205  We know. I would if I could.

Go to Hell. (and find your art).

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (otlXg)

213

I cried when 'Wash' Washburn was killed off at the end of Serenity.

Fuck You Whedon .

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (t72+4)

214

203  i'll tell you what kratos, to show how nice i trully am, when the ice cream truck shows up in like 10-15 minutes, i'll get a large chocate sundae and dedicate it to you before i eat it.....i'm a giver!

tomorrow, BIOSHOCK 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (nhukm)

215

Is there a Cat Whisperer

If there is, he probably holds the world record for Largest Amount of Scar Tissue on a Human Forearm

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (WuvMD)

216

My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (RZ8pf)

217  I wonder if I should get out more. I have never seen a Jar Jar Binks. Nah, I'll stay here and still not see a Jar Jar. Although moonshine used to come in a jar. and if I drank just the right amount I'd see a jar Jar. Is that the same?

Posted by: Peter at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (eCbq1)

218

The old Disney nature shows really were the epitome of nature conservation.

The "hands off" approach was widely recognized as the best way to let nature reclaim itself.

Posted by: ErikW at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (tmTpz)

219 165 80's: Your cell phone should have an alarm mode.  Check it out.

Yes, well, I use that every morning, except the cat damaged the charger socket & the phone, she is almost dead. Strange thing is that I have 3 alarm clocks & I don't know how to work any of them. Went to Walmart, & they're the same ones I have. *head desk*

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (Yq+qN)

220 #93 Trimegistus

That was an epic rant and an accurate description of the problems with these writers pansifying vampires.

Posted by: GMan at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (zQiqq)

221 I cried watching the end of the season 8 finale of Scrubs. Seriously.

And yet, I didn't cry watching the series finale of Dollhouse.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (gofDd)

222

I cried when 'Wash' Washburn was killed off at the end of Serenity.

Hey but he reincarnated as Alpha in Dollhouse, so it's good. 

Ever notice Wash and the head ewok look kind of alike? 

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:38 PM (bqMS7)

223 Did anyone ever notice that not ALL the European countries jumped on the bandwagon in favor of the EURO. The Swiss still have their Franc, the Brits still have the Pound, and several Scandi countries still have their money(Krona). Seems like all the losers signed up for the Euros, and look what happened! Surprise- Surprise.

Posted by: mystry at February 08, 2010 10:38 PM (kmgIE)

224 "It's hard to tell who's at fault from the video."

Really?  Seriously?  These terrorists have already deliberately rammed a Japanese whaling ship, have tried to destroy the propellers with chains and they constantly lob acid at the ships while aiming lasers at the crew's eyes.  I'm guessing it's the terrorists fault.

"Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research is flatly denying it rammed any ships in the Antarctic.

The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says one of its vessels, the Bob Barker, has been damaged in a collision in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary leaving a metre-long gash in its hull. Sea Shepherd claims the Japanese rammed it deliberately, but Institute spokesman Glenn Inwood says the impact was far from deliberate.

"Japan is doing a legal operation there. It has no need to ram anyone. This is all the work of the Sea Shepherd group."

Mr Inwood says the Yushin Maru was trying to avoid acid bombs being lobbed by crew on the Bob Barker and in doing so, the vessel made a dramatic turn, clipping the Bob Barker. He also claims the protesters had been repeatedly firing a high-power green laser device at the Nisshin Maru crew.

Sea Shepherd admits to actively blocking the slipway of the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship when the collision occurred. It was trying to prevent slaughtered whales being loaded onto the vessel."


http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=170444

Posted by: Asher at February 08, 2010 10:39 PM (pGKlQ)

225 I'd say that Ahmenidjad comes out wearing a green Mohammed Buttplug.

And a fucking poncho!

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 08, 2010 10:39 PM (vIvux)

226 I think thy're called German Shepards

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:36 PM (RFxJN)

No, American Pit Bull Terrier.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:39 PM (8NGHm)

227

the cat whisperer would be the easiest job in the world.  same solution to every problem

"its a cat, it hates you and it is evil."

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 08, 2010 10:39 PM (nhukm)

228 I cry every time the little screen tells me to.

Posted by: Barry at February 08, 2010 10:39 PM (5I0Yr)

229 212 #205 Go to Hell. (and find your art).

          

Looked @ the linky 3 times now. The Balrog thing was copied straight from WETA.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:40 PM (Yq+qN)

230

My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (RZ8pf)

Mecca?

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:40 PM (8NGHm)

231 216

My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (RZ8pf)

Knott's Berry Farm?

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:40 PM (GHq7I)

232 I cried during American Pie 2 when Jim went to the lighthouse with Nadia and left before doing the deed with her. 

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (Vu6sl)

233

Knott's Berry Farm?

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:40 PM (GHq7I)

No one would notice.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (gofDd)

234

I'm back. Anyone have a good cure for insomnia? I feel like I haven't slept well in a month.

Do I need to catch up or are we still talking cookies and Jar Jarb Binks?

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (i+wjB)

235 Belgium.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (RZ8pf)

236 My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.


Costa Rica had better batten down the hatches.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (I/MqP)

237 I cried during Titanic because Rose was such a selfish bitch she wouldn't share the door with Jack after the ship sank.

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (QECjC)

238

Is there a Cat Whisperer

Yes, lots of them they whisper, "Fuckin cat."

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (rurh0)

239 Belgium.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (RZ8pf)

No one would notice.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (gofDd)

240


My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:37 PM (RZ8pf)




A country with the military stature of Iran wouldnt telegraph their punches like that. We probably have fifty spy satellites over top of Iran at this moment with one focused on Mahmoud's bathroom window right now watching him jerk off on the toilet.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (t72+4)

241 A little Sarah Palin news:

  LINK

Excerpt from the blog post:

She endeared herself to the logging conference crowd by holding her hand up to show what was written on the palm of her hand: “Loggers rock!” - an apparent dig at “lame-stream media” who recently ridiculed her for writing memory prompts on her hand. And toward the end of her talk she complimented logging industry folks when she referred to an administration that talks about green jobs.

“You guys were doing green jobs before green jobs were even cool!”


Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2010 10:42 PM (HjPtV)

242 216

My money is on Iran bombing some completely unexpected place.


And doing it with photo-shopped missiles.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:42 PM (otlXg)

243 Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:41 PM (i+wjB)

An orgasm always worked for me.

Posted by: The Hef at February 08, 2010 10:42 PM (8NGHm)

244 I'm back. Anyone have a good cure for insomnia?


Yes. Let me be clear...

Posted by: Barry at February 08, 2010 10:42 PM (5I0Yr)

245

Ha !

Check this out.

Good lord, did you read those comments?  Does NPR know conservatives listen to their crap?

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 10:43 PM (lLqRQ)

246 @234: A "Big O" makes most people sleepy, lacey.

As we all learned during the SOTU...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:43 PM (QECjC)

247

 Anyone have a good cure for insomnia? 

Immanuel Kant.  "Therefore, we can say these conclusions are an a priorizzzzzZZZZZZZZ...."

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:43 PM (WuvMD)

248 98 Would someone please get Gore the fuck out of DC?!?! We just got 30" of snow and are buttoning down for another 10" to 20". Seriously... someone needs to take a turn here folks.

Send him to Vail, or Whislter CA. They need snow But I'm not sure the Gore affect works in areas that want more snow.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 08, 2010 10:43 PM (dkExz)

249 I cried when Pee-Wee Herman finally found his beloved bike at the end of "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:44 PM (GHq7I)

250 I cried at the end of American Psycho.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:44 PM (8NGHm)

251

Who says that Iran hasn’t already planted whatever they are going to do? We’re assuming they are going to shoot something off from their country, but it could be anything.

 

Or, they could have dug up Michael Jackson’s body and re-animated it.

 

Who knows.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:44 PM (RZ8pf)

252

Would someone please get Gore the fuck out of DC?!?! We just got 30" of snow and are buttoning down for another 10" to 20".

would it be wrong to laugh?

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 08, 2010 10:45 PM (nhukm)

253 234  I'm back. Anyone have a good cure for insomnia? I feel like I haven't slept well in a month.

Auto-erotic asphyxiation?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:45 PM (otlXg)

254 Greta just said that Murtha died because of malpractice. It seems doctors accidently sliced his intestine and he got infected.

Posted by: Bill R. at February 08, 2010 10:46 PM (EhlQq)

255 Ha !

Check this out.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:32 PM (t72+4)


I am going to look up Mark Memmott's address, phone number, blood type, sexual preferences, vacation timeshares, and hold him personally responsible if even one leftard sends the tiniest threat to whoever ran that ad.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:46 PM (ApeBT)

256
Anyone have a good cure for insomnia? 




Charlie Rose comes on in 15 minutes.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:46 PM (t72+4)

257 199: That's great! I missed him the day he left.  He is back in Texas though and that is comforting. I think something is up at Crawford.  When "W" was prez, the jets would circle 24 hours a day when he was there.  I heard a jet this am for the first time in a long time.  PS: I live about 30 miles from Crawford.

219: I have three alarm clocks as well.  Sad thing is, I have been unemployed since August so I don't need them any longer.

Posted by: Wikus van de Merwe at February 08, 2010 10:46 PM (9wFH4)

258 WETA.

What's WETA?  Womens Eating Tasty Animals?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (otlXg)

259

I cried at the end of American Psycho.

You watched it to the end?

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (lLqRQ)

260

Actually guys, orgasms energize women, that’s why we’re always trying to chat you up and do stuff after sex while you just want to shove a pillow in our mouths and go to sleep.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (RZ8pf)

261 Is there a Cat Whisperer?

Yup. Right here.

Just like a whisper.

Posted by: Unterfuhrer Steiner, GPF at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (ci50A)

262 Anyone have a good cure for insomnia? 

Single malt. Lots of single malt.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (vIvux)

263 I cried during Deliverance, when Bobby squealed like a pig.

No, wait, that's not funny...

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (QECjC)

264 208 I cried when Leo died in Titanic. They were tears of joy.

Oh thank god i;m not the only one that thinks he's an effeminate blob.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (7GyM+)

265 Well Lacey.. I would say to shovel some more snow, but that's not due for another 8 hours!  (Ducks as a red pump comes close to his head)

Posted by: mystry at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (kmgIE)

266 254 He was in a Navy hospital. I don't know why since he has congressional health care and medicare but he was using Bethesda. He can't sue, I don't think, and the surgeon will go down---Major Jihad did not but this one will. He then went to Arlington hospital (va hospital center) and I guess it was too late.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (RFxJN)

267 I cried at the end of 'Dazed & Confused' because I wasn't able to get Aerosmith tickets.

Posted by: The Original Mikey, not the troll one at February 08, 2010 10:48 PM (TJoID)

268 Greta just said that Murtha died because of malpractice. It seems doctors accidently sliced his intestine and he got infected.

He got sliced at Bethesda Naval Hospital.  Odds of it being accidental are nil.

Posted by: Hippocrates at February 08, 2010 10:49 PM (9Wv2j)

269 Actually guys, orgasms energize women, that’s why we’re always trying to chat you up and do stuff after sex while you just want to shove a pillow in our mouths and go to sleep.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (RZ8pf)


Honestly, I prefer to get my sex0rz on in the morning and then go for coffee with semen still in my beard.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:49 PM (ApeBT)

270 On the Iran thing, most likely it's one of their sooper-dooper advanced weapons.....like those re-painted Chinese high speed torpedos that they touted a few years ago.

Worst case scenario, the Norks managed to send one of their crude nukes to DinnerJacket so he can do an underground test.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2010 10:49 PM (I/MqP)

271 260

Actually guys, orgasms energize women, that’s why we’re always trying to chat you up and do stuff after sex while you just want to shove a pillow in our mouths and go to sleep.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (RZ8pf)

Maybe after just 1, but after 3, they're ready to go to sleep too...

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at February 08, 2010 10:49 PM (Vu6sl)

272 260

Actually guys, orgasms energize women, that’s why we’re always trying to chat you up and do stuff after sex while you just want to shove a pillow in our mouths and go to sleep.


Women orgasm?  I thought that was just a myth, like the "nice girl" and the "G-spot"?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:49 PM (otlXg)

273

Actually guys, orgasms energize women,

Agreed. That's why sex is better in the am imho.

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (i+wjB)

274 A bath in as hot water as you csn tolerate will relax your muscles and make you sleepy. Add sex, and you should go out like a light.

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (QECjC)

275 I got a lump and misty-eyed when Posey the kilt wearing Canuck died in the Devil's Brigade.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (rurh0)

276 Wait, just informed that that is the congressional health care here--they can use the military hospitals. No paperwork. If they can't do it they refer you and pay the bill.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (RFxJN)

277 Primer was one confusing movie.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (vIvux)

278

I cried at the end of The Road Warrior when the last of the V-8 Interceptors got destroyed

*sniff*

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (t72+4)

279 Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 08, 2010 10:47 PM (RZ8pf)

Well there's a reason to get done before she does...

j/k

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (8NGHm)

280 Strange thing is that I have 3 alarm clocks & I don't know how to work any of them.

Get one of the really cheap ones, around $5-10, you don't even need instructions to figure those out. If you want to splurge, you can spend an extra $5 and get a radio one, that's why i have and it's esay peasy.

Posted by: koopy at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (XllG0)

281

Murtha was killed by Government-supported health care.

Much Irony, there...

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:51 PM (GHq7I)

282 @272: with you, that's true.

Posted by: Mrs. Kratos at February 08, 2010 10:51 PM (QECjC)

283 258 What's WETA?  Womens Eating Tasty Animals?

Heretic! They did the designs for LOTR.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:51 PM (Yq+qN)

284

Primer was one confusing movie.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 08, 2010 10:50 PM (vIvux)





I watched that movie twice trying to get it and wound up with a throbbing migraine each time.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 10:51 PM (t72+4)

285

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2010 10:48

What--you didn't buy him as a hard-bitten Rhodesian mercenary in 'Blood Diamond?'  Yeah, me neither.   In all fairness, though, whoever taught him to handle firearms for that flick knew what he was doing.

And speaking of getting teary, I defy anyone to watch 'Kolya.'  If you don't mist up when the kid's trying to call his dead grandmother, you're not human.

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 10:52 PM (WuvMD)

286

#1 Tear jerker movie for me was The Champ with Wallace Berry and lil Jackie Cooper.

Whatever the GS call those butter cookies I can't recall but a box of those and a large glass of cold milk would make my night.

My name is Poncho

I work on a rancho

I make 5 pesos a day

I go see Miss Lucy

She give me some pussy

She take my 5 pesos away

Someting wrong with that Know the difference poster

The faggot part makes no sense ?

Ace ain't gonna like that anyway.

Posted by: sonnyspats at February 08, 2010 10:52 PM (68tQb)

287 I creid at the end of "Robot Monster" when the bubble machine blew up.

Posted by: TexasJew at February 08, 2010 10:52 PM (GHq7I)

288 What's WETA? Womens Eating Tasty Animals?

Heretic! They did the designs for LOTR.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:51 PM (Yq+qN)


Wot? They worked with JRR? That's awesome!

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:52 PM (ApeBT)

289

Actually guys, orgasms energize women, that’s why we’re always trying to chat you up and do stuff after sex while you...


Stopped reading right there.  ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


Posted by: Dang Straights at February 08, 2010 10:52 PM (bqMS7)

290 280 Get one of the really cheap ones, around $5-10, you don't even need instructions to figure those out. If you want to splurge, you can spend an extra $5 and get a radio one, that's why i have and it's esay peasy.

Ja, they're all cheap. How do you work the radio one? I lost the instructions.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:53 PM (Yq+qN)

291 282 with you, that's true.

Well, if you thought that of me all this time, I'm glad you were in that temple.  Glad, I tell you.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:53 PM (otlXg)

292 Warm milk is recommended for insomnia. I used to heat up plain water in the microwave. Just cool enough to drink.

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 08, 2010 10:53 PM (LJSfA)

293

Field of dreams is a tear jerker. Too bad it has Costner in it

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:53 PM (RFxJN)

294 Ja, they're all cheap. How do you work the radio one? I lost the instructions.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:53 PM (Yq+qN)

Press time so you can press the hour and minute button to set the correct time. Press alarm and then press the hour and minute buttons until you get the correct wake-up time. Set the switch to alarm. Make sure you get AM/PM right.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:54 PM (8NGHm)

295 Actually, sex with a climax makes my hawt chick sleep like a log. Of course, I have to spend the next 30 minutes unknotting my tongue...

Posted by: Mrs. Kratos at February 08, 2010 10:54 PM (QECjC)

296 Posted by: mrp at February 08, 2010 10:42 PM (HjPtV)

LOLOLOLOL! She's really turning that into her own little campaign meme in a hurry. The "Hi Mom" one at the Perry rally was even funnier though. She's playing the media idiots like a fiddle.

Also, we have another DumDum sighting on this thread at H/A, in which he beclowns himself to a degree that rivals his "Captain America treatise" moment.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at February 08, 2010 10:54 PM (IoUF1)

297

Damn, it's hard to keep up with the posts

Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2010 10:55 PM (gJL6J)

298 Oh thank god i;m not the only one that thinks he's an effeminate blob.

He's a talentless effeminate blob.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:55 PM (gofDd)

299 Out, sock puppet!

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 10:55 PM (QECjC)

300 Insomnia? Try saying a rosary. Knocks me out like anesthesia. Can't even say one in church, I'd go over like a ton of bricks.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:55 PM (RFxJN)

301 Cool. Did it. How do you add noises?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at February 08, 2010 10:18 PM (Yq+qN)


I cry every time I see Costner. Nick Cage too. Ugh, painful like a bad case of Chipotle fire ass.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:55 PM (ApeBT)

302 I cried in the new Star Trek when Kirk let that beautiful Vette go over the cliff.

Posted by: wherestherum at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (gofDd)

303 Never saw blood diamond. I avoid anything with dicaprio like the plague. he annoys me almost as much as tom cruise does.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (7GyM+)

304

  "…in other news, the MSM is still mystified that their ratings are dropping like stones while FNC ratings are skyrocketing…" by Rebar on February 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (LJSfA)

305 Primer was supposed to be very confusing and hard to follow.  The writer/director/producer/actor Shane Carruth purposefully made the dialogue realistic and used words that engineers would use.  There are some graphs that you can find on the wiki site for the movie that help understanding the movie.

Posted by: Wikus van de Merwe at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (9wFH4)

306 Another near tear-jerker:  The Edge.

It was when Bart the Bear didn't maul Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins to death.

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (otlXg)

307 Warm liquor after a hot shower, enough to get me pleasantly buzzed, would put me to sleep like a hit to the head.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 10:56 PM (8NGHm)

308 I cried when my sandwich got interrupted.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at February 08, 2010 10:57 PM (5I0Yr)

309 double you tee eff did that get back into my cut n paste buffer?

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:57 PM (ApeBT)

310 Primer was one confusing movie.


Pretty sure that was the point.

I liked Primer, but whenever they crawled into the time machine, I kept thinking of Calvin & Hobbes, and the cardboard box transmogrifier.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2010 10:57 PM (I/MqP)

311 I cried when my sandwich got interrupted.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at February 08, 2010 10:57 PM (5I0Yr)


Me too!

Posted by: Mama Cass at February 08, 2010 10:58 PM (ApeBT)

312 Night morons. Going to watch an old star trek I dvred and go to sleep. We have to get up and buy fire wood so that if our power goes out again we have something to burn other than duro-logs.

Posted by: dagny at February 08, 2010 10:58 PM (RFxJN)

313

Husband:  Why don"t I hear you make any sounds when you have an orgasm?

Wife:  Your never there.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 10:58 PM (rurh0)

314 Insomnia: strangely enough, doing those "magic eye" illusions tend to make me very sleepy after a while.

Posted by: Wikus van de Merwe at February 08, 2010 10:58 PM (9wFH4)

315 I'll say it. Alan Lowenthal should be hung up by his tiny scrotum.

Posted by: rawmuse at February 08, 2010 10:59 PM (HJCv0)

316 I have a stack of old engineering and chemistry books. 5 minutes and I'm drooling face down in it.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 10:59 PM (ApeBT)

317 More from HotAir

  "Imagine if she runs in 12….they will wet themselves daily trying to find stuff like this…it would be fun to watch!

  'Meanwhile, our lead story today is Sarah Palin had socks on that did not match her shoes…we go to a live report followed later by the live shots of the mushroom cloud over Israel tonight….but first, back to those socks and shoes…Andrea, take it from here!'"

by SDarchitect on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 PM

Posted by: Looking Glass at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (LJSfA)

318

Hot showers raise my heart rate though, so that's out.

Warm milk doesn't play nice with the gag reflex. Out

Pills >>> not a fan. Out.

 

Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (i+wjB)

319 315  Maybe I missed something, but...Who?

Posted by: Secundus at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (WuvMD)

320

BREAKING NEWS:

MURTHA IS STILL DEAD -- DRINK!

Posted by: Aced at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (d7Px0)

321 Also, we have another DumDum sighting on this thread at H/A, in which he beclowns himself to a degree that rivals his "Captain America treatise" moment.

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b+/tard at February 08, 2010 10:54 PM (IoUF1)

--Got a quick synopsis?

Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (gJL6J)

322 Insomnia?   Two pages of "Atlas Shrugged" and I'm out.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at February 08, 2010 11:01 PM (rurh0)

323 #318 I'm sorry.  My knowledge of vampire anatomy is insufficient to help you with your insomnia.  Perhaps the consort of Hades, Miss'80sbaby, can help?

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 08, 2010 11:01 PM (otlXg)

324 sniff sniff bawl....

Posted by: Old Yeller at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (d7Px0)

325 Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (i+wjB)

Got any pot? That worked in my college days.

Posted by: Holger at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (8NGHm)

326 Having seen the Pam Anderson/Tommy Lee sex tape, I can honestly say the thought of sex with her would be an orgasm killer. Can you just imagine, her yelling the whole time, "Fuck! Fuck! This is SO hot! Fuck me!"

Yuck.

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (QECjC)

327 More proof that God has a sense of humor.

Posted by: huerfano at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (lLqRQ)

328 Just read on WIKI that Walter Reed and Bethesda Navel hospitals are going to merge in 2011. The old Walter Reed is100 years old and will most likely be torn down. I also read somewhere that the Air Force also wants to abandon Lackland Hospital and join Betherda and Walter Reed.

Posted by: mystry at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (kmgIE)

329 How do you work the radio one? I lost the instructions.

Well, on mine there's a switch marked TIME with three settings, lock/time/wake. Lock is the regular setting that you keep it on normally, time is the one that allows you to set the time and wake is the one that allows you to set the alarm. So just put the switch on wake and use the up/down buttons to set the alarm for whatever time you want to wake up and then put the switch back to lock and put it on whatever station you want it and you're done.


Posted by: koopy at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (XllG0)

330

wtf!!! my little one just ran in, farted, ran out closing the door.

i think she may lose the fart game when i wake her up late today and crap on her

Posted by: navycopjoe at February 08, 2010 11:03 PM (nhukm)

331

The last movie that managed to get me a little misty eyed is when Will Smith had to kill his dog in I Am Legend.

Posted by: Blazer at February 08, 2010 11:03 PM (t72+4)

332 Movies that make me cry?

The launch sequence in Apollo 13.
The St. Crispin's Day speech.
The beginning of Up.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 08, 2010 11:03 PM (OW3Eh)

333 Having seen the Pam Anders

Posted by: CoolCzech at February 08, 2010 11:02 PM (QECjC)


ZZZZzzzzzzzz....

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at February 08, 2010 11:03 PM (ApeBT)

334 Posted by: laceyunderalls wants S.E. Cupp's glasses at February 08, 2010 11:00 PM (i+wjB)


Have you tried laying in bed in the dark, looking at the clock every fifteen minutes or so?

Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 08, 2010 11:04 PM (5I0Yr)

335 @318: why don't you try listening to