
Good evening, firedogs! I'm here in New Haven in front of Sullivan's again, piggybacking on the hotel wireless from across the street. I know I said I was going to try to do a big post about the New Haven Gospel Festival tonight, but unfortunately, it's been non-stop since I woke up today and I haven't had the time to organize the necessary photos and videos to bring you an accurate impression of how amazing that event was. Maybe I can get to it tomorrow (?), but then again, things are happening so fast that it's hard to keep up.
Very quickly, some of you have written to ask about Juan Carlos the Wonder-Kitty and I am happy to report that he's bright-eyed and alert and purring for his TWO cat-sitters (one in-house, one popping by to give him his medicine and snuggle and spoil him). His appetite has returned and he's his normal sleek, happy, lovable self. I feel certain that your prayers were a big part of his speedy recovery. Thank you all so much.
Yesterday's first big adventure happened as the plane was leaving the ground in Atlanta. I was nervous about flying. It's been since before 9/11 since I took a jet anywhere. That wasn't really so much a conscious decision, but more a matter of not really needing to fly anywhere and always having a better option to get where I was going.
But anyway, the plane taxied to the end of the runway, then lunged forward as we hit that burst of acceleration necessary to leave the ground. My knuckles whitened as I gripped the arm-rests, silently praying.
"BANG!!" went something behind me. I heard a woman say, "OH, JESUS CHRIST!!" followed by a great deal of clatter and crashing.
"Well, this is it," I thought, "My excellent adventure (not to mention my life) are going to be over before we even get off the runway at Hartsfield. The plane is disintegrating!"
I looked around and the people behind me had disappeared in a tangle of wires, panels, tubes, and those yellow plastic oxygen masks. A section of the cabin ceiling had fallen in. The flight attendents came rushing up as the plane levelled out. They managed to stuff a good deal of the debris back into the ceiling. The captain came back from the cockpit and examined what was happening and patiently informed us that our lives were not in danger. There was no depressurization, and we continued on to Philadelphia, where I was supposed to change planes.
The poor woman in the next seat sat quietly sobbing for the rest of the flight. I leaned over and squeezed her hand. The rest of the flight was uneventful.
(Man, it's loud out here. The people around me are getting liquored up and their discussions are increasing in volume and intensity accordingly. Forgive me if this is a little disjointed and rambling.)
Uh, so today I spent at Lamont Headquarters in Meriden. Phones ringing, people running in and out, much buzz and activity. There's such a sense of excitement.
The great moment of the day came when the Greenwich police called to tell us that they had arrested a group of LieberYouth stealing campaign signs from yards and intersections. We were unable to ascertain whether any of them were college republicans from Boston or lobbyists for Big Pharma. Apparently they've moved on from brawling in cheeseburger joints to outright vandalism. Yaaaay, LieberYouth! The Lamont campaign should send you all thank you notes for how much you're helping our side.
Okay!
WordPress and my crappy connection just ate half of this post. F*&K!!!!
But, this is what I've got and it's getting late. Gotta run.
More tomorrow!
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TRex is in da House! Love ya!
TRex - at Sullivan’s again? You are truly becoming a jazz-head!
YAY FOR HIS TREXINESS!!!
And WOO-HOO for Juan Carlos the Wonder-Kitty!!
glad to have you in connecticut, trex. you’re doing the lord’s work.
meantime, it’s pretty bad when your best friends won’t vote for you.
seriously!
the chitrib is running an article about a connecticut couple who’s known joe all their lives, had him over for dinner, even got him his first job…and they’re voting for lamont next tuesday.
that’s joe-nertia!
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The great moment of the day came when the Greenwich police called to tell us that they had arrested a group of LieberYouth stealing campaign signs from yards and intersections.
I loved Stoller’s description:
TRex in the HOUSE!
Ned in the SENATE!
Thanks for the update, TRex, and keep up the amazing effort y’all have going on!!
‘Trexiness’ - grin. That’s why I love Late Nite FDL. It’s totally trexy. Take Conn. by storm Trex, and know that you and Juan Carlos and Jane are being surrounded by Quakerly light. Keep speaking truth to power.
TRex you roxtar!
See, that’s what happens when you let a dinosaur weighing 6-8 tons (you can narrow that down for us, T Rex, we’re all friends here) onto a passenger jet.
skippy @ 4
How come this report differs so dramatically from the
truthfulreport over at your I.D. blog? hmmmmm.You wouldn’t be cleaning up the story for the b-mistresses?
stealing signs! that’s so… I dunno! that’s the kinda cr*p that happens around here for town council… small time!
Somewhere in America, David Gergen and Bobo Brooks are peeing their pants.
Eli, love Stoller’s update:
Teddy, you noticed that difference too? I thought it was just me (laughing)
The reason the LieberThugs are getting so wild and stealing signs and stuff is that they just realized they are an endangered species–soon to be extinct.
TRex should collect one and send it to the Smithsonian to be stuffed and mounted next to The Kiss Float. For posterity.
Update: And then I just got this email. Apparently Lieberman always resorts to sign-stealing when his campaign’s not going so well.
What a pathetic loser.
Shez @ 14
I sure hope this makes the morning papers. Nothing like funny to cement a victory.
We paid good money to have those signs stolen!
skippy @
4
I’m just glad TRex wasn’t on the No Fly list hehe…what with liberals all being terrorists and all.
I imagine we’ll have a few more spates of Libertruppen trollen und whinen here in Blogistan too…then hopefully things will calm down :)
TRex….did ya get that pic of Malkin having a snack… I sent ya?
Larry
I’m thinking Joe’s gotta be in the fetal position right now. Could their next tactic involve bubble gum?
Trex, love the picture of you and CTBob!
I’m thinking Joe’s gotta be in the fetal position right now. Could their next tactic involve bubble gum?
I’m amazed they haven’t used the old banana-in-the-tailpipe trick on the Kiss Float.
Oh my, stealing signs. That won’t play too well in the local presses now will it. Joe is definately getting a bit crazy at the end here… kinda sad and pathetic really…
Kelven @ 25
And remember, he’s supposed to be Captain Pious Morality and all.
TRex! Patrick! Juan Carlos! Litterbox-wranglers everywhere! Stand by for heavy duty on 8/8 — heh!
Ahhh, I love this place — loveitloveitloveit.
But.
If I don’t crash this very minute, I’ll never make it up in time for sunrise service, and that scamp medaka’ll give somebody else my
kimonochoir-robe. Can’t have that, so niters, y’all.(bops off to bed scattin’ Have you had enough? Da doot doot doot …)
stealing campaign signs and handing out unnamed flyers accusing Lammont of racism is politics. Believers going to Ct to talk to voters and usisng creativity to point out ihs relationship with Bushh is democracy.
there is a huge difference.
Boy these next few days are going to be something else…
*grinz* @ Teddy and Suzanne, I’m feeling Shexxy now.
What’s really funny about the sign stealing is that the LieberThugs have been stapling and taping them to telephone poles which is illegal, they might have to now pay them to remove them all. Awwww what a waste of campaign money.
Ha! That post reminded me of this song:
They Might Be Giants - Man It’s So Loud In Here
meta @
13
And Cokie Roberts is wetting her bed.
Go over to driftglass
and laugh. “We know where the voters are…”
TRex, I’m so glad you made it safely. Have such fun!
Meriden. Meriden. Meriden.
Meriden.
dearest lotus! I’ll be at sunrise service on Wednesday!
“And Cokie Roberts is wetting her bed.”
heeee.
Goody, meta — but Tuesday Vespers and Wednesday Matins may just be the same service (depends on how long the de Crement lasts, no?) . . .
Eli @ 5
At least this proves that they aren’t getting any campaign help from the RNC. This is so low tech. Everyone knows that if you want to make a difference, you have to jam phonebanks. Stealing signs? Pathetic.
And Cokie Roberts is wetting her bed.
She really sucks, doesn’t she? That woman is a complete ass.
Oscar’s got a good post up at Howard-Empowered People about the problem with Lieberman…
http://howardempowered.blogspot.com
Leiberthugs have been planting signs that just say “VOTE JOE.” on public grounds all over New Haven this weekend. Someone should make a bunch of stickers that just say “OUT!” and do some embellishing.
I did see a series of them along one street that someone had put Lamont bumper stickers over, though….
This is a test. This is only a test . . .
Had this been an actual emergency . . .
And Trex, after an entrance like that, I can’t wait to see what you’ll do for an encore. And would love to hear about the New Haven Gospel Festival. No, strike that: would love to have been at the New Haven Gospel Festival. (Battle of the bands is sooo minor league. Get the gospel choirs together, and we’re talking real music!)
Leiberthugs have been planting signs that just say “VOTE JOE.” on public grounds all over New Haven this weekend. Someone should make a bunch of stickers that just say “OUT!” and do some embellishing.
Either that or cross out the TE and add an extra vertical line to the left of the V…
lotus @
37
i want the ritual that she’s having…
Vandalizing political signs is as bad as stealing them, and I would feel better if nobody here would say anything that could be taken as encouragement to do it.
The whole world is watching.
kirk, I have a feeling there will be aplenty for all. Hee.
Eli @ 43
Naw. If you know html, you’re already voting for Lamont.
Good one Eli, took me a minute to visualize…:)
meta @ 46
an abundance of - er - piety :)
we are blessed!
Hey BarbaraB — snaggged us another Floridian (maybe two?) for our par-tay today! Tellya more tomorrow (when maybe my eyelids will stay up again) . . .
Goo’ night now, rilly.
neurophius @ 45
You’re right of course, we must stick to the high road, like NED!!!
‘Night, Lotus. Bedtime for me too, so see you all tomorrow.
Kelven @ 51
we’ll take the high road and
joe’ll take the low road -
or at least the signs to it…
If I sound like a grouch, it is because one of my cats got outside (which he is not supposed to do) and I am waiting up for him do decide to come back in. Grrr.
eli? you still here?
to decide
eli? you still here?
Yep, for a little while yet.
or not to decide
Kirk M @ 53,
Joe fell in with a bad crowd on the low road a ways back. Now this poor decision is finally catching up to him. And the rest of the miscreants are shaking in their boots, as they should.
Short Ride Joe aka Low Road Joe
Low Road Joe = a bad cup of coffee
Can I shoot you an email?
that is the cat’s question…
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neurophius - sure hope your kitty is home safe soon and you can hug it and praise it for coming home safely and then you can be huffy.
(and - sadly - if we do get huffy, they pee on the kitchen floor while we sleep…)
Can I shoot you an email?
Sure, fire away.
Ode to shilly Joe.
-GSD
So what are they thinking? “If I steal enough signs, maybe everyone who supports Lamont will forget…?”
So what are they thinking? “If I steal enough signs, maybe everyone who supports Lamont will forget…?”
It does seem as ineffective as it is petty.
percy -
hee! Just what I was thinking. Pathetic, ain’t it? :)
percy says,
“So what are they thinking? “If I steal enough signs, maybe everyone who supports Lamont will forget…?”
I think the actual purpose is so the College Republicans can hang the signs up in their dorm rooms or frat houses as trophies. Which will make a lot of sense after Joe loses.
Didn’t George W. Bush once get arrested for stealing a Christmas wreath for his frat house?
How ’bout creepy, desperate…
Joe has been shoring up his support by dumping Oceans of Cash ™ into Connecticut. While I am certainly the biggest of Lamont fans, I think the outcome on Tuesday is very questionable, 10-13 point leads in last weeks’ polls not withstanding.
There has been so much Joe-Buzz generated in the past few days by this vast outflow of cash that we can expect Joementum to have shaved of most, if not all of the lead.
I wish it weren’t true, but that’s what I’m afraid of tonight. Please pray for the people of Connecticut, and the United States of America. We need Ned Lamont, and we need him now.
I’m too tired to do anything but laugh at everyone else’s clever-osities tonight.
Hey, Eli!
Hey, Jenny!
Bush’s grandpappy Prescott stole the bones of Native American warrior Geronimo from his grave and they are used as sick fraternity props inside the ‘Skull & Bones’ headquarters at Yale.
Prescott then went on to make money from Adolph Hitler.
The Bush family is loaded with polluted and degenerate blue blood.
-GSD
Eli -
I wonder if Jane and ronjazz ever hooked up. She would love him, I think.
Barbara Bush went on to channel the soul of the Quaker Oats guy, who she mysteriously began to like in the late sixties.
-GSD
I think eli has two heads and six arms. I cannot believe he can be here and there—->
at the same time.
Dunno if anyone reported on this previously, but I checked out our pal Goodstein’s appearance on the local DC TV station’s politics show, and he actually wasn’t bad. Of course, from what he said, you would never guess he was a Lieberman supporter. He talked mostly about how Iraq will be the major issue in the fall elections.
However, the opposing side was represented by a guy who’s written about the history of the Republican Party (but who doesn’t seem to know that the Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights act mostly became Republicans.) So it was kind of a reverse Hannity-and-Colmes situation.
Anyway, he was kind of smarmy and annoying, but wasn’t playing Fox News Democrat or Joe Lieberman Democrat, which is what I was expecting.
GSD @ 76
I read somewhere that Barbara’s mom used to hang out with Aleister Crowley…and gave birth to Babs roughly 9 months after spending some time with him. I don’t normally pay any attention to way out speculation like that, and never bothered trying to confirm it personally, but given the state of the country, really makes you think hehe.
GSD
began to look like?
I wonder if Jane and ronjazz ever hooked up. She would love him, I think.
Alas, my impression is no.
I think eli has two heads and six arms. I cannot believe he can be here and there—->
at the same time.
I am a wicked fast typist.
neurophius @
54
Good evening firepups and rabid lambs.
Neuro, my oldest cat Phreak escaped out a week ago and has not returned, so I know those butterflies fluttering in your gut. I am convinced my guy is dead at this point, he had been very ill and the vet did not think he was long for this world a few weeks ago. I’ll send some positive energy your kitty’s way to convince him to come in for you.
Oh, crap, Fini. I am so sorry.
Thanks, Fini. My cat is back inside now.
I am very sorry to hear about yours.
Yep GSD, and I signed an official petition of the Tribe suing to get Geronimo’s skull, other remains, and artifacts back. Sick bastards all.
Fini -
That’s awful, not knowing. I feel very sad for you… so sorry.
Fini, I am so sorry about your friend Phreak - I hope that he returns, despite the odds…
Thanks guys, one of the reasons I’ve been stressed lately is this thing with my cat. It’s also just not a good time in general, there are deep undisclosable family issues going on right now. I sure could use some good news on Tuesday to help with stress relief, the Lamont thing is on my mind too, it is so key to the future.
August always sucks, ever notice that? On top of everything I am moving at the end of the month. Please excuse the outburst, I don’t usually vent like this.
Just came across this Matt Stoller MYDD post from May 2, ‘06. It’s a good read. A whole lot of water has gone over the dam since then.
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Tagaris Joins the Lamont Campaign
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/5/2/161155/1407
Some good stuff out of Connecticut today. Tim Tagaris, netroots wizard and ex-Marine, is joining the Lamont campaign. Tim is a brilliant organizer, a dedicated progressive and a fantastic blogger and visionary. To give you a little history, Tim’s a netroots pioneer. He managed the first netroots candidate, Jeff Seeman, to a surprisingly good showing. In Pennsylvania, he caught young Republicans outside of a Santorum event on video chanting ‘Hey hey, ho ho, Social Security’s got to go’, a major blow to the privatization scam. Then in Ohio he built GrowOhio.org for Sherrod Brown before providing the crucial link between the Ohio blogs and the national blogosphere that led to Hackett’s fantastic rise during the Ohio 2nd race against Jean Schmidt. And since then, he has been instrumental at the DNC as their blogger.
Now Tim’s going to Connecticut to participate in the first truly post-broadcast campaign, to join Lamont. This is a tough race. The primary takes place in mid-August, when the voting population is less likely to turn out. There’s a white hot anger in the state at Lieberman, and new blogging communities working overtime to get rid of him. But Lieberman has $5 million in the bank, and high name recognition. It’s Tim’s job to bring the energy online and among activists and to crystallize that into turnout and messaging. He’s done it before.
The key to a great campaign isn’t poll numbers or a willingness to try new things, it’s the ability to attract great people through shared values. Tim is someone that people want to be around. He’s a natural leader, a natural organizer. And he’s going to Connecticut to put his values on the line, to topple a giant of corrupted insider politics. I’m very excited about this. Everything I’ve seen from the Lamont campaign is dead-on; Lamont keeps making the right moves. With this one, Connecticut just got a whole lot more interesting.
Neuro,
Exhibit A:
http://www2.flickr.com/photos/jish/103693/
Exhibit B:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/hist...../bb41.html
You decide.
-GSD
I have to admit that actually turns me on. Have I said too much?
Fini, sorry to hear about your cat. Life is a precious gift but difficult to understand sometimes.
If I am hearing people correctly, we don’t have to understand everything. Thx for the love. Off to work in a few minutes.
Hi percy! Glad to see you again.
Hi Fini, so sorry to hear about your cat. I’ll send a little light and Universal Energy your way to help you feel better yourself. How do you like the new song Have You Had Enough? Did you see Tommy Yum put up the lyrics for us in the last thread?
I have to admit that actually turns me on. Have I said too much?
Not enough, actually…
Fini
I just started to cry. I’m sorry. My guy (20 years old) passed 2 months ago. But hang in there it ain’t over til the fat kitty sings…
I just started to cry. I’m sorry. My guy (20 years old) passed 2 months ago.
As did my girlfriend’s - one of the coolest cats ever, even if she was diabolically evil and threw up on the priest who tried to baptize her…
Fini,
Yeah, August. Tough in history too. Guns of August. Saddam invaded Kuwait in August. Chimpy placed that “Bin Laden determined to attack US” memo under his copy of My Pet Goat in August.
Hope this year breaks the pattern.
But now Israel has stepped up bombing nearer to Syria…..August is not looking good.
-GSD
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 88
I am soo sorry.. I am moving too and can’t find a place that will take my little guy (sonoma) too. I can’t imagine how I am gonna get through the days without feeling his purr.
((((((Fini))))))
Sounds like the rethugs are trying to sabotage HoJo’s campaign.
I can see the resemblance, GSD. My comment was just aimed at the fact that your comment said “like like” when I think you meant “look like,” and it confused me the first time I read it.
I couldn’t figure out what there was about a Quaker that Barbara Bush would like.
Sounds like the rethugs are trying to sabotage HoJo’s campaign.
Why would they?
Thank you all for your kindness…its tough, but he has been ill for a while (heart murmur) and it was semi expected. Phreak was 9 yrs old and a tough kitty. He is already missed, and his little brother and sister Jesse Owens and Oatmeal miss him.
Fini-
FWIW I read somewhere that cats, particularly if ill, will go someplace safe and warm to hide but not far from home. I’ll bet he is not far away. Look in hard to access places like the crawl space under the house, places like that. Even if he did not make it, finding his remains will allow closure.
Good luck.
I wonder what spiderpaws says the stars hold for August.
UptownNYChick @ 98
uptownny - hope you and sonoma get to stay together, and that all our missing loved ones come home safe - very soon.
i’m off to hug my beloved purring friends on the way to bed.
i’m sure they also want sonoma to have a place with you….
Beats me. I don’t understand the criminal mind. It just sounds like it.
Fini, so sorry about your cat. Hugs to you.
Beats me. It just sounds like it.
They probably think they’re helping him, just like they think they’re helping the Iraqis…
Yeah, that’s the scary part.
petedownunder @ 104
Thanks for the advice but I am way ahead of you. I have had 3 different friends search the neighborhood and surrounding houses.
I am not very mobile in my current health condition so they helped me out by being my legs, to no avail. He’s gone, I knew he was going, I’ve made my peace with it and cried my eyes out over it already.
Poverty really truly sucks, if I had been able to raise $1500 all at once extra to me beyond survival expenses in a given month I could have paid for his surgery to fix the heart murmur. I couldn’t, so now this is the result. When you struggle to pay for your own food and feed your cats, medical expenses for the cats always loses to medical expenses for the human that owns the cats.
Just wait. The Lieberthugs will be switching door hangers, hanging out at the polls to intimidate or trick people into going away on election day. Ned’s going to need lots of poll watchers.
TRex - welcome to CT!
Catch Joe’s speech today? Here is what he should have said. Joe 2.0 - now with accuracy!
Fini… email me. I have resources that may be of assistance to you. You can get my email from my site.
Hey all - checking in actually late night for me this time. Down on the Florida coast with my family. Finally met my new niece -
Howdy folks! I am on dialup, so I have to type really, really slowly.
We’re closing my grandparents’ house this weekend. TRex would have been too sad to be here to do it, so I am happy that he’s in Connecticut…
Just wanted to pop in and say Hi to everyone. I am putting all of my grandmother’s old Ball and Mason jars into boxes to take home. The home canning torch has been passed to me and the missus.
I am also taking the agricultural tools, the tractor attachments, irrigation tools… it’s sad, but it’s also kind of enlightening, as I realize that this is what I was supposed to do- learn from my grandfather, and inherit his tools.
It really IS sad, though.
TRex, if you’re reading this- hope you’re having fun. Been trying to explain to papa what you’re doing in Connecticut. I don’t think it helped to describe you as “The Thunderlizard of Snark…”
Couple of things I have been reminded of- dialup kind of sucks, and I just don’t get TV. Thank God for Crooks and Liars, so I can see Colbert every now and then…
welcome her to the fdl family astral…have a great trip.
Go Ned !!!
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Patrick…I’ll…talk…really…s-l-o-w-l-y.
Thank you HSAT - she is wonderful, the first baby in the next generation. I don’t expect to have children (the right decision for me), but am feeling so happy and excited about my sister’s child. And I got to have baby nap on me today - then we spent a while having her clutch my fingers while we made grunting and hooting sounds at each other. It was awesome. She is a pretty good kicker for 3mos old, too.