ZED! T-Rex! YKos!

Zed!

…And well he should.

;>)

segundo?

Zed?

…or not Zed.

But now, to bed.

I love me some Otis :-)

Mutant Poodle @ 6

…or not Zed.

But now, to bed.

I’ll reiterate: “Nite, MP!!!”

MP — go to bed!

Hi. What did I miss?

Mitch, somewhere fairly recently downstairs I said that you would probably be all over the Stevens story.

BigMitch @ 10

Hi. What did I miss?

A Mets pep rally!!! :P

L.L. Yes, I saw that, and yes I am. The Mets are definitely my favorite NL team. (It sounds like something Hillary would say, I know.)

I wanted to get in on the conversation about homonyms. And introduce a new term, “homonographs.” Which are words that are spelled exactly the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things.

LoudounLib @ 11

Mitch, somewhere fairly recently downstairs I said that you would probably be all over the Stevens story.

He live blogged Alaskan radio reports this afternoon from Sen Toobz front yard as G-men pulled boxes out of the house and they all kept sunglasses on even though it was raining. Was a hoot.

Thanks Mitch..)

Folks have asked that I post updates about my Gizmo research.

I’m about to start testing the Neural feedback interface, called The Bliss Tuner.

Have a look.

Glad to oblige, Eureka Springs. The whole attitude on the radio was like it was a big party happening.

ESAR, thanks, sadly I missed that — but glad that it got coverage right here at the Lake :-)

BigMitch @ 13

L.L. Yes, I saw that, and yes I am. The Mets are definitely my favorite NL team. (It sounds like something Hillary would say, I know.)

I wanted to get in on the conversation about homonyms. And introduce a new term, “homonographs.” Which are words that are spelled exactly the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things.

Can we engage in ad homonograph attacks?

The only insight I have is one that doesn’t require proximity to the scene, namely, they used a search warrant, even though they had told him to keep all his records, and a subpoena would have done the trick. In other words, “no professional courtesy.”

BigMitch @ 16

Glad to oblige, Eureka Springs. The whole attitude on the radio was like it was a big party happening.

Mitch, the whole congressional delegation to your state is in the lurch.

Is this going to be the catalyst that derails the GOP train finally?

-GSD

P.S.

Orincus takes on The Falafel Kid.

homona homona homona…

I believe I am about to hurl.

In Tuesday’s NYT, David Brooks does a compare-and-contrast on the Edwards and Obama anti-poverty plans. The condescension is so thick, one needs a chain saw to cut through it.

*puts hand over mouth*

*runs to bathroom*

Homonyms are fine, in their place.

Is that place FDL?

;>)

darkblack @ 23

Homonyms are fine, in their place.

Is that place FDL?

;>)

If we pray hard enough, maybe you’ll change.

-GSD

Time for me to call it a night. Good night my friends.

BigMitch @ 13

L.L. Yes, I saw that, and yes I am. The Mets are definitely my favorite NL team. (It sounds like something Hillary would say, I know.)

I wanted to get in on the conversation about homonyms. And introduce a new term, “homonographs.” Which are words that are spelled exactly the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things.

My favorite NL team is the SF Giants, and, of course, we’re diametrically opposed to one another since you’ve prostrated yourself to the ‘Evil Empire’!!! ;-)

That’s it for me, pups…gotta be up and at ‘em early tomorrow to take the ol’ Saturn to the shop for an oil change (and hopefully nothing more than that, as it’s nearing 97K mileage)

Press on!

Thanks for the cookies TexB.

-GSD

GSD @ 24

If we pray hard enough, maybe you’ll change.

-GSD

I mean, they look the same, but their meaning is different.

Two-faced hussies.

;>)

TexB @ 25

Time for me to call it a night. Good night my friends.

Ah, sweet dreams, Ma’am!!!

LoudounLib @ 27

That’s it for me, pups…gotta be up and at ‘em early tomorrow to take the ol’ Saturn to the shop for an oil change (and hopefully nothing more than that, as it’s nearing 97K mileage)

Press on!

Nite, LL!!!

Love one another as Love has Loved you.

Good night all.

thanks y’all.
night

CTuttle @ 12

BigMitch @ 10

Hi. What did I miss?

A Mets pep rally!!! :P

“f* the Dodgers.”

half-heartedly.

burnspbesq @ 22

I believe I am about to hurl.

In Tuesday’s NYT, David Brooks does a compare-and-contrast on the Edwards and Obama anti-poverty plans. The condescension is so thick, one needs a chain saw to cut through it.

*puts hand over mouth*

*runs to bathroom*

That man is so stupid that his face is blurry when you look at it. It’s like teh stupid actually manages to warp the air around him so that it refracts light differently.

Wow, Heads up! Etta James is on Tavis Smiley (PBS) and she is going to sing At Last tonight.

*waves*

Hey, darkblack!

darkblack @ 29

GSD @ 24

If we pray hard enough, maybe you’ll change.

-GSD

I mean, they look the same, but their meaning is different.

Two-faced hussies.

;>)

Damn, DB!!!

LA Times Goes Off on Chimpy

Eureka Springs @ 36

Wow, Heads up! Etta James is on Tavis Smiley (PBS) and she is going to sing At Last tonight.

Bonus Dude! Nice catch!

GSD @ 28

Thanks for the cookies TexB.

-GSD

Cookies? cookies? did I miss cookies? Say they weren’t chocolate chip!
whaaaa!!

BigMitch @ 13

I wanted to get in on the conversation about homonyms. And introduce a new term, “homonographs.” Which are words that are spelled exactly the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things.

saw your comment downstairs. found this:

A homograph is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations. A homograph is a specific type of homonym.

Example:

shift n. (a change)
shift n. (a period at work)
shift v. (slang for ‘move it’)

These are commonly described as different senses of the same word, but if a word is regarded as a unique idea separate from its orthography and pronunciation then they are two different words.

nice distinction in that last paragraph.

*waves back*

So, how goes everyone’s collapse of the existing social order?

;>)

Evening everyone,

Wandering in after a crazy monday at work. *yawns and looks at the leftover cookies and snatches a chocolate chip one or three*

homonograph.

Gladly the Cross Eyed Bear.

How’s that?

burnspbesq @ 39

LA Times Goes Off on Chimpy

***

Wow! What an intelligent editorial. Stylishly written, too, as in:

Bush repeated his tendentious trope…

SunnyNobility @ 41

GSD @ 28

Thanks for the cookies TexB.

-GSD

Cookies? cookies? did I miss cookies? Say they weren’t chocolate chip!
whaaaa!!

They were — ya snooze, ya lose! Well, we’re not actually that mean here; there are probably some left, but you may have to hunt around downstairs for them.

punaise @ 42

BigMitch @ 13

I wanted to get in on the conversation about homonyms. And introduce a new term, “homonographs.” Which are words that are spelled exactly the same, but pronounced differently and mean different things.

saw your comment downstairs. found this:

A homograph is one of a group of words that share the same spelling but have different meanings. When spoken, the meanings are sometimes, but not necessarily, distinguished by different pronunciations. A homograph is a specific type of homonym.

Example:

shift n. (a change)
shift n. (a period at work)
shift v. (slang for ‘move it’)

These are commonly described as different senses of the same word, but if a word is regarded as a unique idea separate from its orthography and pronunciation then they are two different words.

nice distinction in that last paragraph.

That’s the magic of language!!! *g*

Punaise, I knew you would rise to the bait, so here goes:

My Initiation into the Society of the Royal Archers
By Big Mitch

First, we were brought to the place you don’t know,
And made to bow down to the Chief Archer’s bow.
Then we hunted a porker – a great big fat sow.
My arrow flew towards her; I know not how.
She died so peacefully, with nary a peep
Well, as you sow you surely shall reap.
My name was inscribed in ink that was red
On the list of Archers from which it was read.
To hear him read my name aloud
Made me feel exceedingly proud.

Next he was directed to lead me away
To encounter the final test of the day.
I shot the heavy arrow – it was made of lead.
“A beautiful shot,” is what he said.
Hours of practice had not been for naught;
Archery surely had become my forte.
I beamed with pride on this special day,
As the piano music played forte.

Now my pride within me thrives
One lives so many different lives.
A disagreement, you might say a row—
I know not why it began nor how.
But this is what for sure I know:
The archers assembled in a single row.
In a minute it seemed as if the dispute
Had grown to the point no longer minute.
And as if they gave themselves over to whim,
They wrestled with meanings of “ad homonym.”

Now as I wind down, my opponent is pinned.
My poem is just nonsense, a wasting of wind.
It’s wound down now, and none too soon.
I hope that I did not inflict too great a wound.
I’ll go to the desert. I’ll sit in the sand.
For now, I’ll desert the task at my hand.
I’ll practice my putting, putting my golf game in order.
My project will be to projct competence, sorta.
I’ll absent myself and I’ll go far away.
And when I am absent, you may say, “Oy vey!”

Perhaps, I’ll write a poem or two, too.
To you will I send them with all that is new.
Read them all, and hit the bass notes.
Bass fishing and sleeping in little row boats.
If you are fishing in some backwater slough,
Slough off your cares: that’s what you must do

Do what you must, and sing do re mi,
Give not a thought to the passing of me.
Don’t shed a tear, and don’t tear your clothes.
One does what he must – as with hunting those does,
Once you dive in, you find anything goes.
A dove flies by, and just after you dove –
You feel the feeling of agape love.
Your mouth is agape, your heart in your throat.
You close your mouth. My God, that was close.
You conduct yourself in a manner becoming,
Your conduct itself is becoming quite numbing.
So as you become number and number,
The number of puns becomes quite a bummer.
It may entrance you, you may beg me to go.
But the entrance is the only exit I know.
This poem is my present, I present it to you.
But if I were present, who knows what you’d do.
You can refuse to accept it, if it comes in the mail,
Or maybe it goes to the old refuse pail.
If it’s “lost in the mail,” even after resent
I’ll know you resent humor that’s twisted and bent.
I’ll resign this poem when I see you in person,
Or resign myself to your endless aversion.

I dreamed this up standing at the buffet,
While winds did buffet our home by the quay.
I’ve aged a lot and now I am bored..
An aged old man, with no lines left to record.
A record for puns, homographs and discord.
Still blessed am I, and I have blessed you.
For giving me something distracting to do.

My oh my.

Rudy Giuliani is growing on me.

Like a boil, that is.

-GSD

darkblack, I am loving your blog!

CD @ 46

burnspbesq @ 39

LA Times Goes Off on Chimpy

***

Wow! What an intelligent editorial. Stylishly written, too, as in:

Bush repeated his tendentious trope…

Would ya expect anything else from him???

CD @ 46

burnspbesq @ 39

LA Times Goes Off on Chimpy

***

Wow! What an intelligent editorial. Stylishly written, too, as in:

Bush repeated his tendentious trope…

I especially liked when they called last week’s speech “vacuous.”

It feels like we SoCals are getting our paper back, after it was nearly run into the ground by Tribune.

CD @ 46

burnspbesq @ 39

LA Times Goes Off on Chimpy

***

Wow! What an intelligent editorial. Stylishly written, too, as in:

Bush repeated his tendentious trope…

tripes a la mode de (neo-)Con

hey darkblack

Look at the poll question at Dame Rudy’s site.

What a viper.

-GSD

Brooks is not stupid. It’s his gig, and he knows his profession very well. I think he practices looking thoughtful in the mirror each morning and saying “My informed gut feeling, instinctually, my analytical gestalt, is that what the Ameican people think is… [sly indirection to effect that liberals are evil loser shit who will wreck their happy littler person lives, send them Hell and take their stuff]”

A reporter fact checked his ethnological US culture articles and found that he made most of it up. When the reporter confronted him with it, Brooks was outraged and said what the reporter was doing was very unethical. I think he knew what he was doing there too.

I guess that is not a compliment, that he knows what he is doing.

I wonder how these people are paid. Are they on retainer, or is it piece work? Do they have to put up a performance bond? Is it cash, perks or in kind (them sweet land deals we hear about).

BigMitch @ 49

Punaise, I knew you would rise to the bait, so here goes:

My Initiation into the Society of the Royal Archers
By Big Mitch

First, we were brought to the place you don’t know,
And made to bow down to the Chief Archer’s bow.
Then we hunted a porker – a great big fat sow.
My arrow flew towards her; I know not how.
She died so peacefully, with nary a peep
Well, as you sow you surely shall reap.
My name was inscribed in ink that was red
On the list of Archers from which it was read.
To hear him read my name aloud
Made me feel exceedingly proud.

Next he was directed to lead me away
To encounter the final test of the day.
I shot the heavy arrow – it was made of lead.
“A beautiful shot,” is what he said.
Hours of practice had not been for naught;
Archery surely had become my forte.
I beamed with pride on this special day,
As the piano music played forte.

Now my pride within me thrives
One lives so many different lives.
A disagreement, you might say a row—
I know not why it began nor how.
But this is what for sure I know:
The archers assembled in a single row.
In a minute it seemed as if the dispute
Had grown to the point no longer minute.
And as if they gave themselves over to whim,
They wrestled with meanings of “ad homonym.”

Now as I wind down, my opponent is pinned.
My poem is just nonsense, a wasting of wind.
It’s wound down now, and none too soon.
I hope that I did not inflict too great a wound.
I’ll go to the desert. I’ll sit in the sand.
For now, I’ll desert the task at my hand.
I’ll practice my putting, putting my golf game in order.
My project will be to projct competence, sorta.
I’ll absent myself and I’ll go far away.
And when I am absent, you may say, “Oy vey!”

Perhaps, I’ll write a poem or two, too.
To you will I send them with all that is new.
Read them all, and hit the bass notes.
Bass fishing and sleeping in little row boats.
If you are fishing in some backwater slough,
Slough off your cares: that’s what you must do

Do what you must, and sing do re mi,
Give not a thought to the passing of me.
Don’t shed a tear, and don’t tear your clothes.
One does what he must – as with hunting those does,
Once you dive in, you find anything goes.
A dove flies by, and just after you dove –
You feel the feeling of agape love.
Your mouth is agape, your heart in your throat.
You close your mouth. My God, that was close.
You conduct yourself in a manner becoming,
Your conduct itself is becoming quite numbing.
So as you become number and number,
The number of puns becomes quite a bummer.
It may entrance you, you may beg me to go.
But the entrance is the only exit I know.
This poem is my present, I present it to you.
But if I were present, who knows what you’d do.
You can refuse to accept it, if it comes in the mail,
Or maybe it goes to the old refuse pail.
If it’s “lost in the mail,” even after resent
I’ll know you resent humor that’s twisted and bent.
I’ll resign this poem when I see you in person,
Or resign myself to your endless aversion.

I dreamed this up standing at the buffet,
While winds did buffet our home by the quay.
I’ve aged a lot and now I am bored..
An aged old man, with no lines left to record.
A record for puns, homographs and discord.
Still blessed am I, and I have blessed you.
For giving me something distracting to do.

Oy Vey, certainly distracting!!! 8-)

darkblack @ 43

*waves back*

So, how goes everyone’s collapse of the existing social order?

;>)

It would all be fine if the faceplate for my phone would just come.

Eureka Springs @ 51

darkblack, I am loving your blog!

Thank you, ES…I try to fill it with jocular japery so as to counter the tendentious trope.

;>)

GSD @ 50

My oh my.

Rudy Giuliani is growing on me.

Like a boil, that is.

-GSD

***

GSD: Speaking of Rudy, check out this informative new piece from Vanity Fair on Mrs. Rudy, “The Princess Bride”…

db, we have to get back in the habit of working together. We’re like beans and cornbread. Like chitterlings and potato salad. Like red beans and rice.

Hmmmm.

Guess who hasn’t had any dinner yet.

Wow. Some serious piano chops here.

Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara

wesgpc @ 57

Brooks is not stupid. It’s his gig, and he knows his profession very well. I think he practices looking thoughtful in the mirror each morning and saying “My informed gut feeling, instinctually, my analytical gestalt, is that what the Ameican people think is… [sly indirection to effect that liberals are evil loser shit who will wreck their happy littler person lives, send them Hell and take their stuff]”

A reporter fact checked his ethnological US culture articles and found that he made most of it up. When the reporter confronted him with it, Brooks was outraged and said what the reporter was doing was very unethical. I think he knew what he was doing there too.

I guess that is not a compliment, that he knows what he is doing.

I wonder how these people are paid. Are they on retainer, or is it piece work? Do they have to put up a performance bond? Is it cash, perks or in kind (them sweet land deals we hear about).

***

wesgpc: Do you happen to have a link to the reporter fact-checking Brooks? I’d love to find out more. Hope it’s a practice that catches on.

wesgpc @ 57

Brooks is not stupid. It’s his gig, and he knows his profession very well. I think he practices looking thoughtful in the mirror each morning and saying “My informed gut feeling, instinctually, my analytical gestalt, is that what the Ameican people think is… [sly indirection to effect that liberals are evil loser shit who will wreck their happy littler person lives, send them Hell and take their stuff]”

A reporter fact checked his ethnological US culture articles and found that he made most of it up. When the reporter confronted him with it, Brooks was outraged and said what the reporter was doing was very unethical. I think he knew what he was doing there too.

I guess that is not a compliment, that he knows what he is doing.

I wonder how these people are paid. Are they on retainer, or is it piece work? Do they have to put up a performance bond? Is it cash, perks or in kind (them sweet land deals we hear about).

I’m telling ya, Blitzkrieg’s ranch was bought and paid for by the same MSM teat!!!

1st sentence of the LA Times piece:

President bush’s speech last week arguing that the United States must stay in Iraq to defeat the Al Qaeda leadership reassembling there ranks as one of his most vacuous.

God, they may finally be starting to catch up to us.

TRex @ 59

It would all be fine if the faceplate for my phone would just come.

Still hasn’t arrived? That was weeks ago, wasn’t it?

Punaise!…The patron saint of paronomasia.

;>)

BigMitch @ 49

Punaise, I knew you would rise to the bait, so here goes:

My Initiation into the Society of the Royal Archers
By Big Mitch

snip

bravo! How fast can you read that out loud? Does your face get red if you read too fast? (ducks quickly, quacking softly)

TRex @ 59

darkblack @ 43

*waves back*

So, how goes everyone’s collapse of the existing social order?

;>)

Wow, still not resolved? Is it coming from Europe or Australia???

It would all be fine if the faceplate for my phone would just come.

TRex @ 62

db, we have to get back in the habit of working together. We’re like beans and cornbread. Like chitterlings and potato salad. Like red beans and rice.

Hmmmm.

Guess who hasn’t had any dinner yet.

Hominy and grits..

GSD says:

July 30th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Look at the poll question at Dame Rudy’s site.

What a viper.

-GSD
—–

I can’t tell whether that question was serious or Rudy attempting snarky internet poll humor. If it’s an attempt at humor it makes dub’s look normal and sweet by comparison. That cannot be good. Either way, it’s weird.

In light of the recent Ted Stevens tubes party, let us recall that Larry Flynt is supposedly up to his eyeballs in Republican scandals.

Next victim, a Gentleman from Ohio?

Nayyyah, could be.

-GSD

Brooksie knows just what he’s doing….

Still hasn’t arrived? That was weeks ago, wasn’t it?

*pouts*

Yes.

It’s coming from Germany.

In a rowboat, apparently.

And Viper? I think emaciated elderly poison attack toad(y) is more descriptive. But… we all perceive things in different ways.

TRex @ 73

Still hasn’t arrived? That was weeks ago, wasn’t it?

*pouts*

Yes.

It’s coming from Germany.

In a rowboat, apparently.

Apparently!!! *g*

TRex @ 73

*pouts*

Yes.

It’s coming from Germany.

In a rowboat, apparently.

Equipped solely with left-handed oars, no doubt.

;>)

Eureka Springs @ 70

Hominy and grits..

Green eggs and ham

;>)

darkblack @ 76

TRex @ 73

*pouts*

Yes.

It’s coming from Germany.

In a rowboat, apparently.

Equipped solely with left-handed oars, no doubt.

;>)

707! Touche, T!!!

Bloody hell.

I think I see a trip to Waffle House in my future.

I can’t keep living on junk food.

Hmm. Homograph. Sounds like something James Dobson would show on the radio.

Whew! The Brooks bust article is still on the innertubes! I held my breat while it loaded. I thought I had downloaded the text but I just had the URL, below. Thanks for asking, it reminded to make sure I had a copy. I will not be able to resist quoting a few of my favorite lines a few minutes, so apologies in advance.

http://www.phillymag.com/artic….._paradise/

TRex@35
“That man is so stupid that his face is blurry when you look at it. It’s like teh stupid actually manages to warp the air around him so that it refracts light differently.”

wow!

TRex @ 79

Bloody hell.

I think I see a trip to Waffle House in my future.

I can’t keep living on junk food.

Yer killin’ me — the nearest Waffle House is 1800 miles away.

Oh, and if you ever want to really feel uncomfortably out of place, walk into a Waffle House in North Carolina wearing a Duke sweatshirt and carrying the Sunday New York Times … and then make it worse by saying “no grits, please.”

Tony snow asks, “what has congress proven re: Gonzo? Bupkis!

For the yiddishly challenged:

Bupkis: Literally, ‘goatshit’ figuratively, “nothing.”

Oh, and if you ever want to really feel uncomfortably out of place, walk into a Waffle House in North Carolina wearing a Duke sweatshirt and carrying the Sunday New York Times … and then make it worse by saying “no grits, please.”

Oh, you know, they probably thought you were a whole lot less weird that you felt. Waffle House is like the watering hole in the jungle, a great equalizer. Sooner or later, everyone shows up.

The excerpt below is longer than I want to post, or than I remember it. But Brooks’ responses to the reporter, who was just fact checking in a pretty straightforward way, are revealing. And like a gooe reporter should, checked with Brooks while writing the story (unlike Very Serious national affairs reporters do). So I’ll post the whole thing. I think he’s is con man, whether he has come to believe his own con, I dunno. Anyway, I think of this passage whenever I come across Brooks’ work in any format.

http://www.phillymag.com/artic….._paradise/

…I told him about my trip to Franklin County, and the ease with which I was able to spend $20 on a meal. He laughed. “I didn’t see it when I was there, but it’s true, you can get a nice meal at the Mercersburg Inn,” he said. I said it was just as easy at Red Lobster. “That was partially to make a point that if Red Lobster is your upper end … ” he replied, his voice trailing away. “That was partially tongue-in-cheek, but I did have several mini-dinners there, and I never topped $20.”

I went through some of the other instances where he made declarations that appeared insupportable. He accused me of being “too pedantic,” of “taking all of this too literally,” of “taking a joke and distorting it.” “That’s totally unethical,” he said.

Satire has its purpose, but assuming it’s on the mark, Brooks should be able to adduce real-world examples that are true. I asked him how I was supposed to tell what was comedy and what was sociology. “Generally, I rely on intelligent readers to know—and I think that at the Atlantic Monthly, every intelligent reader can tell what the difference is,” he replied. “I tried to describe the mainstream of Montgomery County and the mainstream of Franklin County. They’re both diverse places, and any generalization is going to have exceptions. But I was trying to capture the difference between the two places,” he said. “You’ve obviously come at this from a perspective. I don’t think if you went to the two places you wouldn’t detect a cultural difference.”

I asked him about Blue America as a bastion of illegal immigrants. “This is dishonest research. You’re not approaching the piece in the spirit of an honest reporter,” he said. “Is this how you’re going to start your career? I mean, really, doing this sort of piece? I used to do ‘em, I know ‘em, how one starts, but it’s just something you’ll mature beyond.”

I shared with him some more of my research, and asked how he made his observations. On NASCAR name recognition: “My experience going around to people that I know in urban metro areas is a lot of them can’t name five NASCAR … but that’s a joke.” On Spa Lady locations: “I think that’s the type of place where people would get the joke and get the reference.” On whether Blue Americans read more books: “That would be interesting, but one goes by one’s life experiences.”

“What I try to do is describe the character of places, and hopefully things will ring true to people,” Brooks explained. “In most cases, I think the way I describe it does ring true, and in some places it doesn’t ring true. If you were describing a person, you would try to grasp the essential character and in some way capture them in a few words. And if you do it as a joke, there’s a pang of recognition.”

Tony Snow=warmed over goatshit.

-GSD

TRex @ 85

Oh, and if you ever want to really feel uncomfortably out of place, walk into a Waffle House in North Carolina wearing a Duke sweatshirt and carrying the Sunday New York Times … and then make it worse by saying “no grits, please.”

Oh, you know, they probably thought you were a whole lot less weird that you felt. Waffle House is like the watering hole in the jungle, a great equalizer. Sooner or later, everyone shows up.

Whew, a devastating expose into Southern traditions!!! *g*

I don’t think Brooks is stupid, but I agree, TRex’s words were brilliant. So stupid his face is blurry. I’m going to use that. Where should I send the royalties?

montag @ 80

Hmm. Homograph. Sounds like something James Dobson would show on the radio.

And for the kids, Travel Homograph. Hours of fun in the back seat on the way to the book burning.

;>)

That’s a bad link there, wesgpc.

BigMitch @ 84

Tony snow asks, “what has congress proven re: Gonzo? Bupkis!

For the yiddishly challenged:

Bupkis: Literally, ‘goatshit’ figuratively, “nothing.”

That man makes my skin crawl so bad. There’s just something so SLEAZY about him. He seems to have an actual thin coat of slime on him. He’s always sort of shiny.

BLECH!!

He and Bush and Buttercheeks all have these voices that just drive me wild with irritation. It can make it very hard to work in radio.

Like Bush’s meandering, Xanax-ed to hell and back sounding speech with Gordon Brown today. There were these…huge…gaps…between…the…words. It was like he was too far away from the cell tower or something. He kept cutting out.

great YouTube TRex – the audience shots, and the speed-up at the end: can’t get no fastest action.

TRex, its not junk food if you think of the separate ingredients – like Bill Cosby did with the feeding the kids chocolate cake for breakfast – flour, eggs, milk, etc.

wesgpc @ 89

I don’t think Brooks is stupid, but I agree, TRex’s words were brilliant. So stupid his face is blurry. I’m going to use that. Where should I send the royalties?

I’m positive T has a pay-pal account!!! ;-)

TRex @ 85

Oh, and if you ever want to really feel uncomfortably out of place, walk into a Waffle House in North Carolina wearing a Duke sweatshirt and carrying the Sunday New York Times … and then make it worse by saying “no grits, please.”

Oh, you know, they probably thought you were a whole lot less weird that you felt. Waffle House is like the watering hole in the jungle, a great equalizer. Sooner or later, everyone shows up.

That may be true in general, but this was in Charlotte on Sunday morning of the 2000 ACC Tournament. When Carolina lost on Friday and it was Duke and Maryland playing for the championship on Sunday. The locals were decidedly surly about the whole deal.

I just clicked on it and it worked. Here it is again.

http://www.phillymag.com/artic….._paradise/

Does Bill O’Reilly ever mention ‘fisking’?

-GSD

wesgpc @ 97

I just clicked on it and it worked. Here it is again.

http://www.phillymag.com/artic….._paradise/

True, and a whole lot of prime quotes are packed within!!!

I LOVE Waffle House. Some one told me there is a Waffle House in my home town where I grew up. But Waffle House in California? No way. But she said yes, it was a real Waffle House. I find that hard to believe but will check it out next time I go home, hoping against hope.

I think it’s just a place with the same name that set up in an old McDonalds or something… an imposter. But even it is not a real Waffle House, there will be… waffles.

The Waffle House does have good hash browns

That’s it for me tonight, folks. I leave ya in the capable hands of the Lurking Mod (who did such a good job of letting ya’ll know of my tube troubles). See ya tomorrow nite, same bat time, same bat channel.

Ooh! Ooh!

New Levenger catalogue in today’s mail.

Office supply pr0n at its finest.

Okay, speaking of the South, I have a shout to all the people in love with Southern literature.

Jeff Fields’ A Cry of Angels has just been reprinted by the Univ. of Georgia’s Brown Thrasher Books, after a hiatus of thirty-three years. (Disclosure: my sister’s partner has the film rights and they really want to make a movie of this book.)

Buy it. Good stuff.

Also, don’t forget Joe Bageant’s Deer Hunting With Jesus. Long overdue and worth the wait. (Hint, hint, he’d make a great book salon guest.)

Suzanne @ 102

That’s it for me tonight, folks. I leave ya in the capable hands of the Lurking Mod (who did such a good job of letting ya’ll know of my tube troubles). See ya tomorrow nite, same bat time, same bat channel.

Ah, Ma Cheri, so soon??? Aloha Oe!!! *g*

Redshift @ 47

SunnyNobility @ 41

Cookies? cookies? did I miss cookies? Say they weren’t chocolate chip!
whaaaa!!

They were — ya snooze, ya lose! Well, we’re not actually that mean here; there are probably some left, but you may have to hunt around downstairs for them.

Looks like Alias got the last of ‘em @44.. But that’s ok.. Guess I’m just not worthy.

Night all.

-GSD

GSD @ 107

Night all.

-GSD

Nite, GSD!!!

TRex @ 92

BigMitch @ 84

Tony snow asks, “what has congress proven re: Gonzo? Bupkis!

For the yiddishly challenged:

Bupkis: Literally, ‘goatshit’ figuratively, “nothing.”

That man makes my skin crawl so bad. There’s just something so SLEAZY about him. He seems to have an actual thin coat of slime on him. He’s always sort of shiny.

BLECH!!

He and Bush and Buttercheeks all have these voices that just drive me wild with irritation. It can make it very hard to work in radio.

Like Bush’s meandering, X*n*x-ed to hell and back sounding speech with Gordon Brown today. There were these…huge…gaps…between…the…words. It was like he was too far away from the cell tower or something. He kept cutting out.

I have the same problem listening to any of them becuause of that too, TRex! I stopped listening to any of the presidential speeches much less the briefings because of sheer aural irritation. Between that and my impulse to hurl something at the TV screen while i’m at it. The stupid..it HURTS. >_

~~~ModNote: Edited for content to clear filters.~~~

wesgpc @ 100

I LOVE Waffle House. Some one told me there is a Waffle House in my home town where I grew up. But Waffle House in California? No way. But she said yes, it was a real Waffle House. I find that hard to believe but will check it out next time I go home, hoping against hope.

I think it’s just a place with the same name that set up in an old McDonalds or something… an imposter. But even it is not a real Waffle House, there will be… waffles.

I think my favorite Waffle House is the one in Buckhead. It’s just so incongruous.

GSD @ 98

Does Bill O’Reilly ever mention ‘fisking’?

-GSD

He’s in the tease business, not the expertise business.

;>)

Goodnight, all.

TRex, you forgot your asterisks so my reply to your X*n*x post is in moderation. :P

*sips some tea while waiting*

Nite, Darkblack!!!

Yipee! There are now Waffle Houses in Denver! I can get a fix next week when I’m there for a meeting! Life is good!

aliasofwestgate @ 112

TRex, you forgot your asterisks so my reply to your X*n*x post is in moderation. :P

*sips some tea while waiting*

Refresh and there it is.

The Lurking Mod @ 115

aliasofwestgate @ 112

TRex, you forgot your asterisks so my reply to your X*n*x post is in moderation. :P

*sips some tea while waiting*

Refresh and there it is.

Thanks LM!

wesgpc @ 81

Whew! The Brooks bust article is still on the innertubes! I held my breat while it loaded. I thought I had downloaded the text but I just had the URL, below. Thanks for asking, it reminded to make sure I had a copy. I will not be able to resist quoting a few of my favorite lines a few minutes, so apologies in advance.

http://www.phillymag.com/artic….._paradise/

***

Thanks, wes…VERY enlightening!

The Lurking Mod @ 114

aliasofwestgate @ 112

TRex, you forgot your asterisks so my reply to your X*n*x post is in moderation. :P

*sips some tea while waiting*

Refresh and there it is.

Why on earth should X*n*x need disfigurement?

Anybody left lakeside?

wigwam @ 118

Refresh and there it is.

Why on earth should X*n*x need disfigurement?
Prescription drug spam.
And for the record, The Lurking Mod hesitated when the original comment hit. But there is zero future in moderating the scaly one.

finifinito @ 118

Anybody left lakeside?

Just us anti-chickenhawks….

wigwam @ 117

The Lurking Mod @ 114

Refresh and there it is.

Why on earth should X*n*x need disfigurement?

Because Big Pharma and A*P*C have the cachet to enforce their copyrights!!!

yo, fini. back to basics: shed your obz, eh?

finifinito @ 119

Anybody left lakeside?

Fini! Missed you this weekend – working on the boat. How was it?

Man o man have I had it with the chickenhawks. I’ve been fighting with one lately on my own home blog. What’s the natural predator of the chickenhawk? I want to get it tattooed on my chest.

wigwam @ 118

Why on earth should X*n*x need disfigurement?

palindromes trigger the filters.

oh, wait…

punaise @ 123

yo, fini. back to basics: shed your obz, eh?

whahuh? Is my slip showing? [quickly looking around his ample backside]

finifinito @ 124

What’s the natural predator of the chickenhawk? I want to get it tattooed on my chest.

The cleaver.

Le corps de l’un des 22 otages sud-coréens que les talibans ont annoncé avoir abattu lundi a été retrouvé dans la province de Ghazni (140 km au sud de Kaboul), a annoncé mardi le chef de la police provinciale Alishah Ahmadzai.

body of one Korean hostage found.

nice job of finishing off the Taliban, W.

newtonusr @ 124

Fini! Missed you this weekend – working on the boat. How was BlogTalk?

It was great, I interviewed a lady that owns a website that supplies raw diets to cats and dog owners. We talked about alternative pet health care and related topics. Pretty interesting stuff.

finifinito @ 130

I interviewed a lady that owns a website that supplies raw diets to cats and dog owners. We talked about alternative pet health care and related topics. Pretty interesting stuff.

Getting the podcast right now.

montag @ 128

finifinito @ 124

What’s the natural predator of the chickenhawk? I want to get it tattooed on my chest.

The cleaver.

I cant get that tattooed on my chest. Cleaver was the name of the movie Christopher Moltisante on The Sopranos produced. People would think I got a cleaver put on my chest because of that.

Is there some sort of larger bird that preys on chickenhawks? Or like a mountain lion or some shit?

punaise @ 128

nice job of finishing off the Taliban, W.

Well, after all, Dubya did his time in finishing school.

toOBZ

punaise @ 134

toOBZ

AHhhhh…yes, I shed my obz when I registered for the purpose of gaining the coolio Facebook badge next to my nom de plume

finifinito @ 131

I cant get that tattooed on my chest. Cleaver was the name of the movie Christopher Moltisante on The Sopranos produced. People would think I got a cleaver put on my chest because of that.

Is there some sort of larger bird that preys on chickenhawks? Or like a mountain lion or some shit?

Hey, chickenhawks are a breed unto themselves. The only thing that really hurts them is the truth–about themselves and their beliefs.

How `bout a tattoo of Jonah Goldberg in overfull diapers and little stubby wings, bent over eating birdseed? :)

punaise @ 133

toOBZ

I’m ecstatic that Teddy’s Toobz are currently impounded!!! 8-)

The Lurking Mod @ 119

wigwam @ 118

Refresh and there it is.

Why on earth should X*n*x need disfigurement?
Prescription drug spam.
And for the record, The Lurking Mod hesitated when the original comment hit. But there is zero future in moderating the scaly one.

Ah so. Thanks for the explanation.

montag @ 136

How `bout a tattoo of Jonah Goldberg bent over eating birdseed? :)

HOLY SHIT! You lead taking up the collection to pay for it and I will seriously get that done!

finifinito @ 138

montag @ 136

How `bout a tattoo of Jonah Goldberg bent over eating birdseed? :)

HOLY SHIT! You lead taking up the collection to pay for it and I will seriously get that done!

Not right to put it on your chest, though. Much more satisfying to have spread across both cheeks of your ass. :)

finifinito @ 134

punaise @ 134

toOBZ

AHhhhh…yes, I shed my obz when I registered for the purpose of gaining the coolio Facebook badge next to my nom de plume

Yeah right, you earnestly joined the lemming masses, over that cliff!!! *g*

I may have to mention this tattoo thing on the show this week. You dont quite understand just how large of a man I am, if I had this tattoo done on my chest it would be huge.

montag @ 140

Not right to put it on your chest, though. Much more satisfying to have spread across both cheeks of your ass. :)

sailor wanted to get a “mom” tattoo, but the parlor was charging by the letter and he was low on cash. he settled for “m” on each cheek.

CTuttle @ 141

Yeah right, you earnestly joined the lemming masses, over that cliff!!! *g*

Earnestly and wholeheartedly…I love FB. Its become my newest addiction. I dont understand what drives the fascination with my Mini Feed.

punaise @ 143

montag @ 140

Not right to put it on your chest, though. Much more satisfying to have spread across both cheeks of your ass. :)

sailor wanted to get a “mom” tattoo, but the parlor was charging by the letter and he was low on cash. he settled for “m” on each cheek.

Hmm. jOnah gOldberg. Time for someone to tear him a new asshole, so finifinito gets his wish. :)

I feel compelled to offer this in honor of the FBI and IRS raid in Alaska today.

finifinito @ 144

CTuttle @ 141

Yeah right, you earnestly joined the lemming masses, over that cliff!!! *g*

Earnestly and wholeheartedly…I love FB. Its become my newest addiction. I dont understand what drives the fascination with my Mini Feed.

I absolutely adore your Quotes!!! (Jefferson, Jackson, and LBJ!) I couldn’t believe I only scored a Four on the political scale, c’mon Jesse is too mainstream for my taste!!! ;-)

shuffling off…
buenos nachos, todos

punaise @ 148

shuffling off…
buenos nachos, todos

Adios, Amigo!!! 8-)

GSD @ 56

Look at the poll question at Dame Rudy’s site.

What a viper.

-GSD

Takes an incredible disconnect to put a photo of the candidate next to Cheney atop the website, altho it’s not the official site….

CTuttle @ 147

I absolutely adore your Quotes!!! (Jefferson, Jackson, and LBJ!) I couldn’t believe I only scored a Four on the political scale, c’mon Jesse is too mainstream for my taste!!! ;-)

What can I say, I am kickin’ it old school philosophically. I call myself a liberaltarian because there is a non wingnut strain of libertarianism that really appeals to me if you keep them away from the economics. All of my political heroes are dead and gone by at least 30 years.

Actually the Presidential quotes are being put up by my blogmate The Stick. But he and I are identical politically and he is much better at finding those quotes than I am.

back briefly – can’t believe this is happening on Ron Dellums’ watch:

California City to Transform Red Light Cameras Into Spy Cameras
Oakland, California to lobby legislature to allow 24-hour video surveillance with red light camera system.

Red light cameraPrivacy advocates have long viewed red light cameras with the suspicion that the devices were the first step down a path of increased surveillance. Those fears may come true as the city of Oakland, California has revealed that it is working with the state legislature to secure a change in the law that will allow red light cameras to become full-scale surveillance cameras. In a memo from the Oakland Police Department dated June 26, Police Chief Wayne G. Tucker recommended that the city’s lobbyist be ordered to advocate a new law in Sacramento.

“The legislation would also allow the use of those (red light camera) images for evidentiary purposes other than the enforcement of red light violations, such as reckless driving, assaults, public nuisance activity, drug dealing, etc.”

The request came in conjunction with a plan to allow camera vendor Redflex to operate 20 video cameras at intersections 24-hours a day. The city council unanimously approved this ticketing contract with the Australian company on July 17 which is expected to generate several million in new revenue.

Because California law currently forbids the use of red light cameras for spying, the proposed ordinance urged deletion of the following passage from the Vehicle Code Section 21455.5: “Confidential information obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles for the administration or enforcement of this article shall be held confidential, and may not be used for any other purpose.”

Oakland recommends this passage be replaced with, “Photographic records may be used by law enforcement agencies for any law enforcement purpose.” One observer suggested Oakland’s red light program may be a Trojan Horse.

I have a friend who swears he has seen those red light traffic cameras going off at random during green and yellow lights here in Indianapolis. He insists theyre already using those cameras to nail folks for other crimes.

finifinito @ 146

I feel compelled to offer this in honor of the FBI and IRS raid in Alaska today.

Even the techno mix couldn’t mask Teddy’s tonal deficiencies!!!

CTuttle @ 155

Even the techno mix couldn’t mask Teddy’s tonal deficiencies!!!

Its a series of TOOBZ!

The Lurking Mod @ 115

aliasofwestgate @ 112

TRex, you forgot your asterisks so my reply to your X*n*x post is in moderation. :P

*sips some tea while waiting*

Refresh and there it is.

Oooh.

I feel so refreshed!

Okay, going to bed now.

Nighters!

finifinito @ 151

CTuttle @ 147

I absolutely adore your Quotes!!! (Jefferson, Jackson, and LBJ!) I couldn’t believe I only scored a Four on the political scale, c’mon Jesse is too mainstream for my taste!!! ;-)

What can I say, I am kickin’ it old school philosophically. I call myself a liberaltarian because there is a non wingnut strain of libertarianism that really appeals to me if you keep them away from the economics. All of my political heroes are dead and gone by at least 30 years.

‘Liberaltarian’ Where’s the dotted line??? 8-)

Night nite T

punaise @ 129

Le corps de l’un des 22 otages sud-coréens que les talibans ont annoncé avoir abattu lundi a été retrouvé dans la province de Ghazni (140 km au sud de Kaboul), a annoncé mardi le chef de la police provinciale Alishah Ahmadzai.

body of one Korean hostage found.

nice job of finishing off the Taliban, W.

Exactly. I spent time in Malkinland wondering that she says “World Yawns” about these Korean hostages with no apparent irony over who, exactly, let the Taliban re-surge to the point where they take hostages. Pssst, Anchor Baby! It was your hero, Commander Codpiece!

TRex @ 157

The Lurking Mod @ 115

Refresh and there it is.

Oooh.

I feel so refreshed!

Okay, going to bed now.

Nighters!

Niter, TRex!!!

hitting the hay here too

g’nite all

TeddySanFran @ 160

punaise @ 129

Le corps de l’un des 22 otages sud-coréens que les talibans ont annoncé avoir abattu lundi a été retrouvé dans la province de Ghazni (140 km au sud de Kaboul), a annoncé mardi le chef de la police provinciale Alishah Ahmadzai.

body of one Korean hostage found.

nice job of finishing off the Taliban, W.

Exactly. I spent time in Malkinland wondering that she says “World Yawns” about these Korean hostages with no apparent irony over who, exactly, let the Taliban re-surge to the point where they take hostages. Pssst, Anchor Baby! It was your hero, Commander Codpiece!

No! Worse yet! The Taliban gets a hold of Pakistan’s Nukes, Hmmm… Not Good!!!

TeddySanFran @ 162

hitting the hay here too

g’nite all

Nite, Teddy!

CTuttle @ 158

‘Liberaltarian’ Where’s the dotted line??? 8-)

Its already a documented sub-sub-movement in the Democratic Party observed by no less than Big Orange Chief Kos himself. Kos wrote a couple of controversial pieces about Libertarian Democrats that have kind of validated the liberaltarian philosophy. Its actually already quite prevalent here at the Lake but has not really been identified as such.

Basic tenets are restoring the Constitution, Rule of Law, respect for the Bill of Rights, a strong sense of social and economic justice and healthy skepticism of bureaucratic overreach and incompetence. Your basic Netroots staples if you ask me.

finifinito @ 165

CTuttle @ 158

‘Liberaltarian’ Where’s the dotted line??? 8-)

Its already a documented sub-sub-movement in the Democratic Party observed by no less than Big Orange Chief Kos himself. Kos wrote a couple of controversial pieces about Libertarian Democrats that have kind of validated the liberaltarian philosophy. Its actually already quite prevalent here at the Lake but has not really been identified as such.

Basic tenets are restoring the Constitution, Rule of Law, respect for the Bill of Rights, a strong sense of social and economic justice and healthy skepticism of bureaucratic overreach and incompetence. Your basic Netroots staples if you ask me.

I love the sub-sub part! I’ll reiterate; ‘Where’s…’!!! *g*

finifinito @ 165

Basic tenets are restoring the Constitution, Rule of Law, respect for the Bill of Rights, a strong sense of social and economic justice and healthy skepticism of bureaucratic overreach and incompetence. Your basic Netroots staples if you ask me.

Plus they love their weed, from what I hear… Works for me.

newtonusr @ 167

finifinito @ 165

Basic tenets are restoring the Constitution, Rule of Law, respect for the Bill of Rights, a strong sense of social and economic justice and healthy skepticism of bureaucratic overreach and incompetence. Your basic Netroots staples if you ask me.

Plus they love their weed, from what I hear… Works for me.

Hey, No Bogarting!!! ;-)

Well this isnt a recruiting drive or nuthin’ but you can feel free to self identify and use the term liberaltarian royalty free. It does spark interesting conversations with the wingnuts that like libertarians. They hear me call myself liberaltarian and start asking questions but they always have that “eww..liberal” look on their face when they hear me out.

The economic libertarians hate me though. I believe in a fair market, not a free market. I think our economy does need minimal regulation to secure the rights of everybody, they find this abhorrent.

newtonusr @ 167

Plus they love their weed, from what I hear… Works for me.

True dat brudder! :D

CTuttle @ 168

newtonusr @ 167

Plus they love their weed, from what I hear… Works for me.

Hey, No Bogarting!!! ;-)

You should talk! :)
And I can remember lobbying for a spelling change some time ago. Always thought there should be an ‘h’ in there somewhere.
bhogart… no
boghart… no, not that either
bogarth… getting closer. Maybe we should have petro check out that third one for us.

finifinito @ 165

CTuttle @ 158

‘Liberaltarian’ Where’s the dotted line??? 8-)

Its already a documented sub-sub-movement in the Democratic Party observed by no less than Big Orange Chief Kos himself. Kos wrote a couple of controversial pieces about Libertarian Democrats that have kind of validated the liberaltarian philosophy. Its actually already quite prevalent here at the Lake but has not really been identified as such.

Basic tenets are restoring the Constitution, Rule of Law, respect for the Bill of Rights, a strong sense of social and economic justice and healthy skepticism of bureaucratic overreach and incompetence. Your basic Netroots staples if you ask me.

I’ve not seen eye-to-eye with Markos at times, tho! That’s why I love the Democrat’s party ‘organization’!!! Blind Faith is the guiding principle!!!

There is no H in Bogarting! It comes from Humphrey Bogart and his habit of holding onto a cigar forever in his films.

newtonusr @ 171

CTuttle @ 168

Hey, No Bogarting!!! ;-)

You should talk! :)
And I can remember lobbying for a spelling change some time ago. Always thought there should be an ‘h’ in there somewhere.
bhogart… no
boghart… no, not that either
bogarth… getting closer. Maybe we should have petro check out that third one for us.

Hmmm… his pests err… guests have detained him for another nite!!! :-(

I dont think Markos is a libertarian Democrat or liberaltarian. I think he’s a regular ol’ centrist Dem in liberal clothing. I do agree with his assessment of why small-L libertarians should leave the GOP and come to the party of Jefferson.

finifinito @ 173

There is no H in Bogarting! It comes from Humphrey Bogart and his habit of holding onto a cigar forever in his films.

Didn’t he have a cameo in Reefer Madness? His stiff upper lip is an iconic symbol!!!

The inclusion of the phantom ‘h’ isn’t a correction or a substitution. Rather, it suggests a certain breathlessness that somehow seems appropriate to the word. ;-)

CTuttle @ 176

finifinito @ 173

There is no H in Bogarting! It comes from Humphrey Bogart and his habit of holding onto a cigar forever in his films.

Didn’t he have a cameo in Reefer Madness? His stiff upper lip is an iconic symbol!!!

I dont think he was but I could be wrong…I’ve been high since I saw that!

newtonusr @ 177

The inclusion of the phantom ‘h’ isn’t a correction or a substitution. Rather, it suggests a certain breathlessness that somehow seems appropriate to the word. ;-)

So its simply a stylish accessory?

newtonusr @ 177

The inclusion of the phantom ‘h’ isn’t a correction or a substitution. Rather, it suggests a certain breathlessness that somehow seems appropriate to the word. ;-)

*Kaff* *kaff* Huh??? ;-)

finifinito @ 179

newtonusr @ 177

The inclusion of the phantom ‘h’ isn’t a correction or a substitution. Rather, it suggests a certain breathlessness that somehow seems appropriate to the word. ;-)

So its simply a stylish accessory?

Yeah, a peace sign of sorts, where none existed before. A stamp.

CTuttle @ 180

newtonusr @ 177

The inclusion of the phantom ‘h’ isn’t a correction or a substitution. Rather, it suggests a certain breathlessness that somehow seems appropriate to the word. ;-)

*Kaff* *kaff* Huh??? ;-)

707!

In that case I’m partial to bhogart, it has an Indian mystic quality.

finifinito @ 183

In that case I’m partial to bhogart, it has an Indian mystic quality.

Bhuto.
Bhogart.
Bhanjo.
Bhenji.
Done! Cut and print!

finifinito @ 183

In that case I’m partial to bhogart, it has an Indian mystic quality.

Hmmm, I’ve read the Bhagavad Gita!!! *g*

newtonusr @ 184

finifinito @ 183

In that case I’m partial to bhogart, it has an Indian mystic quality.

Bhuto.
Bhogart.
Bhanjo.
Bhenji.
Done! Cut and print!

Bhingo!

May be nothin’, but Friday’s press briefing, the one in which Helen Thomas told Tony Snow he wasn’t speaking English, is not posted on the whitehouse.gov site. This is one during which Mr. Snow tried again to explain the lack of contradiction between testimony of Gonzales and the FBI director.

I called this a.m. asking about it and was told it would be up by noon. It was there briefly, not in the listing accessed by clicking on “Press Briefings,” but on the home page. Now that link is gone, and today’s press briefing (if there was one) is not there either.

. . . inquiring minds . . .

Other Pat @ 187

May be nothin’, but Friday’s press briefing, the one in which Helen Thomas told Tony Snow he wasn’t speaking English, is not posted on the whitehouse.gov site. This is one during which Mr. Snow tried again to explain the lack of contradiction between testimony of Gonzales and the FBI director.

I called this a.m. asking about it and was told it would be up by noon. It was there briefly, not in the listing accessed by clicking on “Press Briefings,” but on the home page. Now that link is gone, and today’s press briefing (if there was one) is not there either.

. . . inquiring minds . . .

I’m sure Helen will be persistent enough to have it available! She is the Grande Dame of the WH Press Corpse!!!

Okie dokie, time for me to hit the rack. GNite all!

finifinito @ 186

newtonusr @ 184

Bhuto.
Bhogart.
Bhanjo.
Bhenji.
Done! Cut and print!

Bhingo!

Damn, all that Waffle House talk is starting to sound pretty good about now…

finifinito @ 189

Okie dokie, time for me to hit the rack. GNite all!

Auf Weidersehen, Fini!!!

finifinito @ 189

Okie dokie, time for me to hit the rack. GNite all!

nite fini!

I think fini has the right idea.
Hey cTut – if petro rides by…

*Kaff* *kaff* Huh??? ;-)

Man, I am easily entertained! Beauty.
nite all

newtonusr @ 193

I think fini has the right idea.
Hey cTut – if petro rides by…

*Kaff* *kaff* Huh??? ;-)

Man, I am easily entertained! Beauty.
nite all

Ahs well, the Lake ebbs!!! Nite, Newtonusr!!!

Other Pat @ 187

May be nothin’, but Friday’s press briefing, the one in which Helen Thomas told Tony Snow he wasn’t speaking English, is not posted on the whitehouse.gov site. This is one during which Mr. Snow tried again to explain the lack of contradiction between testimony of Gonzales and the FBI director.

I called this a.m. asking about it and was told it would be up by noon. It was there briefly, not in the listing accessed by clicking on “Press Briefings,” but on the home page. Now that link is gone, and today’s press briefing (if there was one) is not there either.

. . . inquiring minds . . .

My favorite item that never appeared on the WH site (or the US press so far as I know), was the resignation/recall of our Ambassador to Switzerland (aka “Swiss Miss”) a couple of months after the infamous February Texas hunting trip.. I chanced on it reading the Swiss press online. She gave a farewell interview in which she explained she was returning home to head up one of Laura’s hallmark initiatives. The appointment of her successor months later was shown (buried) in the site. His predecessor wasn’t mentioned.

SunnyNobility @ 195

Other Pat @ 187

May be nothin’, but Friday’s press briefing, the one in which Helen Thomas told Tony Snow he wasn’t speaking English, is not posted on the whitehouse.gov site. This is one during which Mr. Snow tried again to explain the lack of contradiction between testimony of Gonzales and the FBI director.

I called this a.m. asking about it and was told it would be up by noon. It was there briefly, not in the listing accessed by clicking on “Press Briefings,” but on the home page. Now that link is gone, and today’s press briefing (if there was one) is not there either.

. . . inquiring minds . . .

My favorite item that never appeared on the WH site (or the US press so far as I know), was the resignation/recall of our Ambassador to Switzerland (aka “Swiss Miss”) a couple of months after the infamous February Texas hunting trip.. I chanced on it reading the Swiss press online. She gave a farewell interview in which she explained she was returning home to head up one of Laura’s hallmark initiatives. The appointment of her successor months later was shown (buried) in the site. His predecessor wasn’t mentioned.

OK, now I have to go find out who that was.

I shall bid a fond adieu to the Lake! Aloha Oe!!!

Best I could do. No indication of a hearing
and no specific date of nomination.

From Thomas:
Pamela P Willeford departed Switzerland May 6 06
appointed Oct 7 2003
left post May 6 2006

————-

June 28 three amb nominees presented to
senate foreign relations committee.
Switz approved.
———————
Oct 26 2006- Oct 18
Ambassador designate
Peter Coneway

http://www.amcham.ch/events/m_swiss_past06.htm
——————
per
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/75148.htm
Peter O Coneway
nominated in May 2006
sworn in by Rice Sept 7 06
arrived in Bern Sept 21 to assume duties
———–

Looks like the bare minimum..

A gathering of eagles: first Bergman, now Antonioni

Hello, is there anybody out there?

Good Morning Raven! I’m out here. Reading the not so friendly Vanity Fair article about Judith Giuliani. Vanity Fair

Mornin’ all!

Tropical depression swirls in Atlantic

A tropical depression gained speed early Tuesday off the East Coast between Bermuda and Massachusetts and was expected to briefly become a tropical storm.

The depression was about 380 miles north of Bermuda and 380 miles southeast of Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod, according to the Hurricane Center.

Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping

I like that the Democrats have raised the minium wage in 6 months we should START to see a positive change in the economy. Unless the falling value of the dollar cancels out the positive effect on the economy that raising the minium wage should have.

SunnyNobility @ 201

Good Morning Raven! I’m out here. Reading the not so friendly Vanity Fair article about Judith Giuliani. Vanity Fair

Great article, I hope they nominate this jerk.

twolf1 @ 204

Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping

or?

Good morning, pups. Today the NYT has Bobo on Obama’s and Edwards’ approaches to poverty, and Judith Warner tells us that the television program “24″ is, ahem, fiction.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and there’s a selection of bagels with lots of cream cheese. I wonder if what twolf1 posted about the tropical depression was what we got a piece of last night. We had ferocious thunderstorms, and the power was out for 4½ hours. Mr. Marion in Savannah’s “weather foot” tells him we may be in for more of the same today. Have a good day.

selise @ 207

twolf1 @ 204

Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping

or?

…or he’ll be forced to once again flip-flop and align with ChimpCo.

twolf1 @ 209

…or he’ll once be forced to once again flip-flop and align with ChimpCo.

thanks twolf1, for a moment i thought i’d woken up in an alternate reality this morning.

twolf1 @ 204

Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping

Specter forgets that he is not chairman any more. Now there a is competent chairman, one who practices oversight. Forget it specter, go back to being a silent fa** in a church.

Stagflation is rising prices which we have now, slow to no growth, wages that rise but don’t keep up with inflation. Currently the S&P 500 which economist say is a better benchmark than the DOW is down 17% when adjusted for inflation from its year 2000 high. So when Republicans talk about how well the economy or the market is doing under Bush hit them!

Greenspan group presses case to buy Dow Jones stake

Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan said on Monday he has gained the support of five investor groups interested in buying a stake in and investing in Dow Jones & Co. Inc. to thwart News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s $5 billion buyout offer.

Oh the market will bounce back right it always does or does it? In 1968 the S&P 500 reached a high it didn’t top again until 1992 when you factor in inflation.
The Vietnam war much like the Iraq war caused America to be in debt which depressed markets, caused stagflation for a few years and ultimatly a lower standard of living. This went on through the Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagen, and Bush 1 administrations.
Carter tried to pay off some of the debt which resulted in the Regean boom. Reagen’s new debt spending crippled Bush 1 who to be fair also tried paying down the debt.
Clinton sacrifed a Democratic Congress by doing the right thing and paying down the Debt early in his term. The Republicans under Newt made being responsible and paying your debts a raising taxes issue and won control of Congress.
Only to realize that even with the Right Wing Media screaming Impeachment over BJs a strong economy saved Bill’s baccon.
I wonder where are all the MSM talking heads who called for impeaching Bill now?

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

egregious @ 215

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

No sugar added fudge popsicle please! Happy happy.

egregious @ 215

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

Happy Birthday.. Geez you blog so young.

JPL @ 217

egregious @ 215

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

Happy Birthday.. Geez you blog so young.

She is young.

happy b-day egr!

Paying down our debt will strengthen the dollar. Right now if we just stop spending on this war we already lost we can save Hilary from being Jimmy Carter provided she works as hard as Bill did to cut the debt.
It would be even better if we can start paying down the debt now during Bush’s term.
It is no accident the S&P 500 rose the way it did during Bill’s term we need to push this meme in the press!
Let the GOP push tax cuts real investors want the Clinton years back now!

Happy Birthday to eg, Happy Birthday to eg!
Happy Birthday good eg, Happy Birthday to U….

And maaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyy more!

Happy Birthday Egregious!

things come undone @ 214

Oh the market will bounce back right it always does or does it? In 1968 the S&P 500 reached a high it didn’t top again until 1992 when you factor in inflation.
The Vietnam war much like the Iraq war caused America to be in debt which depressed markets, caused stagflation for a few years and ultimatly a lower standard of living. This went on through the Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagen, and Bush 1 administrations.
Carter tried to pay off some of the debt which resulted in the Regean boom. Reagen’s new debt spending crippled Bush 1 who to be fair also tried paying down the debt.
Clinton sacrifed a Democratic Congress by doing the right thing and paying down the Debt early in his term. The Republicans under Newt made being responsible and paying your debts a raising taxes issue and won control of Congress.
Only to realize that even with the Right Wing Media screaming Impeachment over BJs a strong economy saved Bill’s baccon.
I wonder where are all the MSM talking heads who called for impeaching Bill now?

They, like Emerson, believe that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” At least, they believe that one-liner gives them permission operate on the principle that good is when they attack you and evil is when you attack them.

wigwam @ 223

things come undone @ 214

Oh the market will bounce back right it always does or does it? In 1968 the S&P 500 reached a high it didn’t top again until 1992 when you factor in inflation.
The Vietnam war much like the Iraq war caused America to be in debt which depressed markets, caused stagflation for a few years and ultimatly a lower standard of living. This went on through the Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagen, and Bush 1 administrations.
Carter tried to pay off some of the debt which resulted in the Regean boom. Reagen’s new debt spending crippled Bush 1 who to be fair also tried paying down the debt.
Clinton sacrifed a Democratic Congress by doing the right thing and paying down the Debt early in his term. The Republicans under Newt made being responsible and paying your debts a raising taxes issue and won control of Congress.
Only to realize that even with the Right Wing Media screaming Impeachment over BJs a strong economy saved Bill’s baccon.
I wonder where are all the MSM talking heads who called for impeaching Bill now?

They, like Emerson, believe that “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” At least, they believe that one-liner gives them permission operate on the principle that good is when they attack you and evil is when you attack them.

What’s a hobgoblin?

Happy birthday! Here’s a birthday wish from “Chippendales” for the birthday girl.

(YouTube link)

Awww you guys are so good to me. :)

I feel younger than a year ago. Something about what we are doing here at the lake is very hopeful. It’s changing me.

egregious, I celebrated my 58th two weeks ago.

Good morning egregious. Hope your day is filled with good things and pleasant surprises.. and balloons, lots of balloons!

I’ll have my cake and ice cream right now, for breakfast, if that’s ok. Tart lemon cake and mint sorbet.

JPL @ 227

egregious, I celebrated my 58th two weeks ago.

I’m on your heels, Nov 10!

Just imagine all the money we could save if Hiliary gives up her healthcare plan and just copies the French plan. Just Imagine all the money we could save if Congress raised the Miles Per Gallon cars get to 40 mpg!
Democratic ideas could add even more spark to the economy. Insurance companies would have to get by on their car and housing insurance business.
The oil companies would face a demand drop caused loss in profits but the rest of the economy would ROCK!

bonkers, that was very…educational ;)

egregious @ 215

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

egregious is a girl!

me did not know this 2 b true

very happy birthday

perris @ 232

egregious @ 215

Good morning!

Birthday girl here. A proud 56. My life is good :)

Cake and ice cream for everybody!!

egregious is a girl!

me did not know this 2 b true

very happy birthday

I had this odd sense she was a woman!

egregious -

Hoping you a wonderful birthday and many, many more! {{{hugs}}}

Egregious,
You always throw out the welcome mat for new firepups to take a dip in the lake.
Hope your day is special and that you have many happy returns.

Wigwam @ 223 Your right we have to push back hard against the GOP no taxes theme that is inbeded in GOPers minds. These Hobgoblins would rather get their’s now rather than risk waiting a few years for a much bigger payday later.
There comes a point when your drinking when you just want an other drink now and you spend the rent money. A More Now for tommarrow we die philosophy didn’t work all that well for Akhenaten.
Or the GOP but they did do a better job at spin to be fair.

things come undone @ 236

Wigwam @ 223 Your right we have to push back hard against the GOP no taxes theme that is inbeded in GOPers minds. These Hobgoblins would rather get their’s now rather than risk waiting a few years for a much bigger payday later.
There comes a point when your drinking when you just want an other drink now and you spend the rent money. A More Now for tommarrow we die philosophy didn’t work all that well for Akhenaten.
Or the GOP but they did do a better job at spin to be fair.

and push back with the theme;

“return tax giveaways for the wealthy to the middle class, the engine that drives the American econnomy”

I forget the metric but the middle class is now paying a highest percentage and the wealthy are paying the lowest

this has GOT to be reversed, it is INSANE that the people so wealthy they will never spend their money get funds from the coffers of the middle and lower class…people that WILL spend that money and re invest BACK into THIS economy instead of abroad.

it’s insane

Wigwam @ 223 Your right we have to push back hard against the GOP no taxes theme that is inbeded in GOPers minds. These Hobgoblins would rather get their’s now rather than risk waiting a few years for a much bigger payday later.

OK, you forced me to go to the google:

Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to a friendly or amusing goblin.

The word seems to derive from ‘Robin Goblin’, abbreviated to ‘hobgoblin’, ‘hob’, or ‘lob’. The name originally referred to a specific folkloric character Robin Goodfellow but has grown to be defined as a different species of goblin or fairy. In French folklore, hobgoblins are called Lutin.

The name is often interchangeable with “bugbear”, “boogeyman”, “bugaboo” or “bogie”, and the term “hobgoblin” has grown to mean a superficial object that is a source of (often imagined) fear or trouble; probably the most well-known example of this usage is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s line, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” from the essay Self-Reliance[1].

you know, I got up at 6 ockock this morning…couldn’t sleep

it’s times like this I’m glad there are the other firedogs that can’t sleep as well…keeps me company

perris @ 239

you know, I got up at 6 ockock this morning…couldn’t sleep

it’s times like this I’m glad there are the other firedogs that can’t sleep as well…keeps me company

Ha, I get up at 5:30 when I can sleep!

Please note some stocks will rise even if we don’t get the debt under control which I’m sure Bobo Brooks will mention Exxon’s stock price if we attack the GOP economy under Bush. But the market as a whole when adjusted for inflation will not rise.
If we continue Bush’s policies we get a repeat of the 70’s -80’s and early 90’s when Bush 1 lost because he didn’t try and pay down the debt until to late to save his presidency.
Where the MSM gets the idea that reporters without economic training can write about the economy just because they memorized Karl Rove’s talking points on the economy is beyound me.
Repeating talking points might brainwash people into believing something is true but belief runs into reality sooner or later.
We have to make sure it happens sooner!

perris @ 237

things come undone @ 236

Wigwam @ 223 Your right we have to push back hard against the GOP no taxes theme that is inbeded in GOPers minds. These Hobgoblins would rather get their’s now rather than risk waiting a few years for a much bigger payday later.
There comes a point when your drinking when you just want an other drink now and you spend the rent money. A More Now for tommarrow we die philosophy didn’t work all that well for Akhenaten.
Or the GOP but they did do a better job at spin to be fair.

and push back with the theme;

“return tax giveaways for the wealthy to the middle class, the engine that drives the American econnomy”

I forget the metric but the middle class is now paying a highest percentage and the wealthy are paying the lowest

this has GOT to be reversed, it is INSANE that the people so wealthy they will never spend their money get funds from the coffers of the middle and lower class…people that WILL spend that money and re invest BACK into THIS economy instead of abroad.

it’s insane

I’d favor a significant so-called carbon tax, and I’d like to see income tax become progressive in reality.

things come undone @ 241 –

do you think the usa budget deficit is more or less of a problem than the trade deficit?

things come undone @ 241

Please note some stocks will rise even if we don’t get the debt under control which I’m sure Bobo Brooks will mention Exxon’s stock price if we attack the GOP economy under Bush. But the market as a whole when adjusted for inflation will not rise.
If we continue Bush’s policies we get a repeat of the 70’s -80’s and early 90’s when Bush 1 lost because he didn’t try and pay down the debt until to late to save his presidency.
Where the MSM gets the idea that reporters without economic training can write about the economy just because they memorized Karl Rove’s talking points on the economy is beyound me.
Repeating talking points might brainwash people into believing something is true but belief runs into reality sooner or later.
We have to make sure it happens sooner!

under this administration the stocks will rise that the insiders choose

in addition, we haven’t felt the inflation yet

the printing presses are working so hard the administration discontinued reporting the m3 index, this is the index that shows how much money we’re printing, it is so bad we aren’t allowed to see that metric anymore

now, when will this actually effect us?

when china and suadi arabia begin to spend all the moeny they’ve aquired through lending

they will buy something like the empire state building, give 4 times the dollar value…they will spend and but assets in America so that they have some real value

when they do that and all that paper starts floating around we are gonna see inflation probably higher then in the days of viet nam

Why do so-called progressives want to take all the money from those of us who do the most with it and put it work along with a lot of other people? I have never understood the philosophy.

Perris@237
The Bushy trust fund babies realize subconciously that Bush 2 for example after failing at so many businesses and having to be bailed out by his dad how many times need to protect their trust funds even more!
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, George Soros (God I know that I’m forgetting a few people) all made UnGodly amounts of money. Most of these guys I know support Democrats.
When was the last time you heard of a trust fund kid both increasing his fortune the way Bill or Warren has and staying a Republican?

The Death Tax needs to be called The Paris Hilton Tax,or The Rush Limbaugh Tax.

There are something like a dozen wealthy families that are pushing to end the estate tax, they (oh the irony) have spent a small fortune selling the idea that losing this tax benefits everyone. The rottenest myth of all is how this tax destroys family farms.

Christy has a new thread up.

Perris @244 Don’t forget government corporate welfare and war profiteering that the “insiders” also benefit from. Haliburton would still be a nothing company if it were not for all the government contracts Dick got them.

selise @ 243

things come undone @ 241 –

do you think the usa budget deficit is more or less of a problem than the trade deficit?

They are both equal and related problems I think the deficet is a problem for investors first.
The trade deficet is a bigger problem for factory workers. I think we can fix the trade deficet. I don’t think fixing the deficet will help fix the trade deficet problem much. A strong economy would only provide better paying ENTRY LEVEL jobs for factory workers whoose plants closed. that was the problem with the Clinton economy
But no it would not give them entry level jobs that pay as much as there former jobs. Sure a few workers will adjust and thrive but I doubt the majority would.
Without a strong industrial base our investors will invest over seas (well they already are) we need to fix this problem.

Trade deficets, workers need high paying jobs and American factories need to compete against cheaper goods.
Why don’t we in the short term give workers good paying jobs rebuilding America’s infrastructure power, water, sewage bridges etc. We have been neglecting our infrastructure for years.
Then why don’t we build some high speed trains for passengers and freight so we could then deliver American products faster ussing less diesel or electricty if we build monorails.
Faster and cheaper delivery of American goods would be a good first step toward restoring the competetivness of American goods and reducing the trade deficet.
Plus until we figure even more ways to help America compete we would be providing factory workers the good paying jobs they need right now.
Investors on the other hand would have to wait a few years even if we started now for the Bill Clinton type changes in the economy to take affect

Thanks, SunnyNobility, for all those details. Would love to know the reasoning.

joyeux anniversaire egregious!