You know what, Thers? You and everybody else who’s giving Rudy a hard time for taking that call from his wife during a speech to the NRA need to lighten up. Seriously.
By crossing this new frontier in boundary-free living, by once again raising the personal narcissism bar to new heights of impolitesse, Rudy has finally given me, an American liberal, a way that 9/11 can personally benefit me on a daily basis. And it’s about damn time.
For conservatives, this is old hat. 9/11 has provided them with excuses to live out their full, “Triumph of the Will” wet dream. 9/11 is their touch-stone, their magic word to silence all argument and smother all dissent in its crib as they trample human rights and throw more and greater freedoms on to the bonfire of their vanities.
But now, with one simple act of me-first exceptionalism, Mayor Ghouliani has shown me The Light. I can justify even the most petty acts of selfishness simply by invoking the fall of the Twin Towers. I will never, ever, ever have to turn off my cell phone again.
Tomorrow morning, when the groggy solemnity of the Monday staff meeting is shattered by my cell phone blasting Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothin’”, all I have to do is chuckle sheepishly and say, “9/11!” and take the call and everyone will automatically just sit there and wait ten minutes for me to finish talking to my brother about whether he should order another pair of Red Wing boots or get some Dingos like mine.
Because, you know, 9/11? It changed everything.
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9/11
‘It changed everything, my pretties‘
;>)
*crickets*
DB!!
Hollaaaaaaaaaahhh!
Early shift, T.?
;>)
darkblack @ 2
“…and your civil rights, too!!”
LOL
Hi TRex
I love to hate Rudy
darkblack @ 5
Yeah. It was this or do the dishes.
Snark won.
Hey, TRex, these Merrell TRek boots not only almost already have your name on ‘em, they say “9/11″ almost as well as a blaring cell phone during the most poignant moments of Mozart’s Requiem.
Read the first sentences of this post, and it sounded as if written by…finished reading it, and yes, indeed, TRex brand of Snark.
Oof.
I love me some Kanye.
*wipes brow*
I need to write his mama a thank you note.
TRex @ 9
Dishes are so 9/10.
;>)
Me, I’ll have to take a powder soon if I want to get my meager accomplishments achieved today.
What I find so funny is how out of touch Rudy is with the makeup of the NRA crowd. The idea that they would think it “good family values” or “AHHHHH” sweet that he and his wife do that….
What I hear is Joesixpack saying…… boy is that guy on a short chain or crudely “p**SY whipped”.
Ed*ard Teller @ 10
Dude, those are cool.
Okay so the Awesome New Jacket came…and it’s even better than I dared to hope. Except that the weather is soooooo not cooperating. It’s a balmy 82 degrees. Razza frazza global warming fricka fracka…
It’s such an awesome jacket, though.
It’s why Trudy doesn’t vist eyerack..his cell phone doesn’t work there
I still want to know who the staffer was that made the call so Rudy could do his “9/11 I love my
mistresswife!” routine.katymine @ 14
good point!
TheOtherWA @ 17
I suspect it was just an alarm he set, devious ass hole that he is.
on 9/11 Trudy was still married to Donna Hanover
Hey Trex. Great post.
Don’t worry, Trex, it will be chilly enough to wear your new jacket soon enough. BTW, did the model come with the jacket? ;)
And if he’s straight, can I have him?
raven
Good point.
TheOtherWA @ 22
No model, unfortunately. They wouldn’t even let me keep the UPS guy that brought it.
TRex @ 24
LOL!
btw… did you know that Rudy’s campaign finance guy was the money bags behind the California electoral ballot measure?
Listening to local show Action Point had had a SF reporter on this story….
http://actionpoint.blogspot.co…..es-to.html
Then add the nominee for AG…. am I having a bad math moment where == Rudy as prez
katymine @ 14
He’d have gotten more traction with the ‘filet cro-magnon’ approach, for sure… “Don’t bug me, wench, I’m with mah gun-shootin’ buddies and won’t be home ’til I feel like it…Have dinner ready on the table when I arrive, there’s a good girlie.’
…Spoken to a subservient dial tone, of course.
;>)
hola, señor TRex.
Trex
That’s so not fair!
Looks like these guys are going to be ordering themselves not only new boots, but a whole new political party if Rudy gets the GOP nomination:
Sept. 30, 2007 | WASHINGTON — A powerful group of conservative Christian leaders decided Saturday at a private meeting in Salt Lake City to consider supporting a third-party candidate for president if a pro-choice nominee like Rudy Giuliani wins the Republican nomination.
katherine Graham Cracker @ 20
And cheatin’ on her with Queen Judy.
Two good laughs today, TRex. Your excellent post and this:
http://www.newyorker.com/onlin…..y_borowitz
It’s a conversation between Alan Greenspa and OJ Simpson on writing.
TheOtherWA @ 17
Exactly. I thought some fit was about to hit the shan and Rudy was cutting them off at the pass.
Hello, TRex and pups! Here’s a petition on standing with the Burmese protesters. It will go to Chinese President Hu Jintao and the UN Security Council.
Ed*ard Teller @ 30
Be still my heart!
Ed*ard Teller @ 30
… and it looks like McCain is pushing hard to be that candidate …
Loo Hoo. @ 34
Hiya Loo Hoo, the Chinese leader(s) will never entertain such a petition, hopefully the UNSC will !
Scott Ritter is being interviewed right now on Action Point & can listen live
http://aaphx.com/stream.php
Loo Hoo. @ 34
thanks
yellowdog jim @ 39
Just signed.
TheOtherWA @ 29
That’s so not fair!
Life can be so terribly cruel.
So, can we use 9/11 in other faux pas situations?
* farting in church
* falling asleep at the desk at work
* puking on guests at the dinner table
…
demi @ 42
“So sorry, I’ve just never been the same since 9/11.”
demi @ 42
I think it works more for deliberate acts of selfishness than awkward bodily functions.
Cutting people off in traffic, “Officer, I had to rush home to my boyfriend! You know, 9/11 and all.”
Refusing to wait your turn in line, “But, 9/11! I’m in a hurry here!”
Stealing your neighbor’s firewood, “Hey, 9/11. Society could collapse tomorrow. Would you want my family to freeze to death?”
Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young, as he’s – hopefully – being carted out of his house in handcuffs next week – “But, but, but 9/11 changed EVERYTHING!!!”….
TRex @ 15
Afternoon TRex!
Snark always trumps just about anything else in this post 9/11 world.
Like the boots, they’ll look good with the Awesome Jacket. Don’t worry about the weather not co-operating with you. Do like NOLA women do. As soon as the calendar says “fall”, they break out the fur coats. As God as my witness I have seen women in the grocery store, 70 degrees outside, wearing shorts, t-shirts and a full length fur. I guess when the window of opprotunity for fur wearing is so narrow, you do what you can.
Larry Craig: After 9/11 I’ve had an urge to play footsie with men in bathroom stalls, I just don’t know why.
Ed*ard Teller @ 30
Was the fact that this meeting was in Salt Lake City just a happy coincidence? I guess this means they aren’t going with the Mittster either.
T-
You are absolutely, (brruuuup)correct, of course.
And, thank you sir, may we have more(examples)?
LS @ 47
Shorter Craig: I’m straight, but 9/11 changed
meeverything !madmommy @ 48
Could be an opening for FreddieT & the twins …
madmommy @ 48
I wonder who they could be thinking of. Franklin Graham or someone like that?
Speaking of 9/11 have you seen today’s Friedman dropping?
Apparently even a well fed lapdog of the establishment press can find an endless diet of panic and fear tiresome.
TRex @ 44
How can I use it to stay from the in- laws ?!! *g*
I think your brother should go with the Red Wings. I’ve been buying the Red Wings since well, well, well, well before 9/11. So they make me feel all fuzzy inside.
Andy did you hear this one?
Have I said how much i enjoy listening to Man On The Moon?
Oh, did go OT? 9/11.
Green @ 53
Wow. He’s switched beverages.
How do we know that it was Rudy’s current wife on the phone that called during his speech? His history is such that we can presume the call came from his current floozy on the side! Hey, you never know with these ‘family values’ GOP candidates!
Which one of the great minds on FDL said that Obama & Clinton would begin
to beat up on each other so much, Edwards would win the nomination ?
Hillary- Since 9-11 I just can’t make myself read intel reports or resist my destiny to be a war criminal.
Pelosi – Since 9-11 I just hate the thought of anything peach related.
Harry Reid – “Who is KBR?”
Eureka Springs @ 60
LOL
Petrocelli @ 59
Well, whomever…from their fingers to God’s ears.
I wish I could stay…gotta go to another fucking funeral.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
From Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films:
Dear activists, colleagues and friends,
We can imagine how busy Rudy is. Running for president while distorting your record on 9/11, takes a lot of time and energy. So I can’t say we were surprised to learn that Rudy (plus Romney, Thompson and McCain) was too busy to attend Thursday night’s debate on minority issues hosted by Tavis Smiley.
But where was Rudy going? John Ehrenfeld, a BNF field producer, volunteered to track him down. Turned out he would be right here in Southern California accepting an endorsement from widely discredited Pete Wilson, who’s known for exploiting racial division for votes, and pushing the horrible proposition 187. Then off to a $2300-a-plate fundraiser at the Biltmore Four Seasons in Santa Barbara with Bo Derek.
John attended the “open to anyone” endorsement announcement, but was quickly escorted out when they learned he was from Brave New Films! (Read John’s blog about the whole event) Quietly though, Phillip snuck through and got the full deal on tape. Always send two people!
So here’s the WHERE’S RUDY video:
LS @ 52
The mind just boggles. Maybe Dobson his ownself? The possibilities!
TRex on a Sunday afternoon, now there’s a pleasant surprise.
Petro, that’s been my hope all along. Obama and Clinton chew each other up and Edwards emerges.
madmommy @ 64
Daniel Baldwin ?
madmommy – I didn’t say thank you last night for your kind words. I heard once that one of the functions of friends is they help you know yourself better.
TRex:
You have convinced me unequivocably that there now is a way for the Cubs to win the pennant!
TexBetsy @ 66
Yep, I’d campaign for JE in a heartbeat … although I know Gore is going to enter this fray …
Eureka Springs @ 60
And a sad supplement to your catalog-
Waxman – “What’s Inherent contempt?”
Fe @ 69
Well, maybe not this year ... Cubs fans live in the land of eternal hope …
demi @ 68
We had a similar situation a few years ago with a friend of hubby’s. Their 12 year old daughter complained of a headache one afternoon, went to the doc the next day, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and died the day after. So devastating I cannot fathom such grief. All you can do is be there.
Without the peach one only has a pit.
Therefore I will now call Speaker Pelosi.. Pits Pelosi or Pits for short.
demi @ 68
I like this phrase, “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when you are down.”
LS @ 57
No kidding:
We can’t afford to keep being this stupid! We have got to get our groove back. We need a president who will unite us around a common purpose, not a common enemy. Al Qaeda is about 9/11. We are about 9/12, we are about the Fourth of July — which is why I hope that anyone who runs on the 9/11 platform gets trounced.
Loo Hoo. @ 76
“We are about 9/12, we are about the Fourth of July … “
Great quote !!!
Petrocelli @ 72
Please understand, I am an SF Giants Fan. We live in the land of Lowered Expectations.
On the upside, it will be an ecumenical experience for us.
James and Chris get to experience wearing a yamuka. :)
Petro, I Really Like That One.
ooooooooh!
over at http://www.indecision2008.com/ , on the right are potential presidential contests, and Hillary (33%ish) vs Chris Dodd (66%ish) just flashed! I’m thrilled – i’m rooting for Chris Dodd for pres.
OT: Per the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment:
Emphasis added.
So, when Iranian armed Shiites inflict fatalities on our troops, it’s “murder.” But then, what is it when the Sunnis whom Petraeus has been arming and paying turn their weapons on our troops?
None dare call it “betrayal.”
LS @ 43
I can’t give any names here, but at least one rethug lobbyist actually used this excuse after stabbing a colleague and friend of mine in the back, on a deal for a completely unrelated House bill… in apologizing on the phone, she said “I’m really sorry. I lost a friend in 9/11. I just haven’t been myself since then. I don’t know what I was thinking.”
OT – Per TPM, Senator Craig (R-Toe Tapper) appears ready to remain no matter what. So the Rethugs are considering an ethics committee investigation to force him to resign:
One senior Republican aide imagined “witnesses, documents, all in front of the klieg lights.” The committee also could look for “a pattern of conduct” — which means combing court records in other locales to discover whether Craig had prior arrests that haven’t come to light.
Fe @ 78
Hey, that’s our slogan in Toronto ! *g*
Petrocelli @ 72
I have a friend who was drafted by the Cubs many years ago, but didn’t play for them. He’s been a lifelong Cubs fan. And he says that you can’t be a Cubs fan unless you have had your heat broken by them at least once. They have a chance this year to win many new fans.
Bursesq told me there would only be one NY team in the play-offs this year, and it turns out, he was right. Give him my sympathies if you see him.
OK. No more baseball talk for me.
MayDaze @ 83
Craig is one of the people subpoened in the Wilke’s case. He’s got dirt on a lot of people I’ll bet. Also, he has a boat that he lives on just down the slip at “D Dock” from where the Dukstir was docked….
LS @ 86
Aren’t dukestir’s colleagues going on trial this week? Maybe we should try to rope all of this together in one sordid morass… which it probably is. Wide Stance Soup.
suddenly,
well, not so suddenly really,
i had to take a crap
on the minister’s plate
at the Sunday supper.
Fortunately,
i was able to make it spell out
9/11,
MOTHERFUCKERS!
So, everyone
(except the Is-lamo-fascist-terrarist-enablers!)
understood.
Rudy is a real “hands-on” executive or so says his
mistresswife, kinda like this joke:Blub @ 87
Well, at least it was on-topic…
OMFG, that would be AWESOME. Can you IMAGINE the froot-loop they’ll run? Excellent. The snark value alone would be worth the price of admission.
testing in preparation for 5 p.m. book salon
LS @ 86
Read somewhere that the subpoena is the true motivation – remaining in Congress gives Craig cover to avoid compliance, since they’ve made it a separation-of-powers issue.
TRex @ 92
TRex, I read about this and St. McCain’s comment that America should have a Christian President, and immediately thought of you !
Charlie Savage @ 93
Ooooh…ooooh…looks really good!!!
MayDaze @ 83
Wonder if we could make ‘em drag Vitter into that probe as well *ahem*.
May I offer an early welcome to FDL for Pulitzer Prise winning reporter Charlie Savage?
Welcome indeed!
Petrocelli @ 95
With the possible exception of one or two closet deistic unitarians from early republic, has there ever been a US president who did not at least nominally claim to be Christian? And even Johnny-go-lately (sorry) must realize that, for the wingnut theocon fringe, he could never be anything more than nominally Christian, retroactive conversions to Southern Baptism not withstanding.
peanutbutter @ 97
Vitter can’t keep from stepping on his own feet here lately. He’s trying so hard to distance himself from the madam thing, first he released a statement taking credit for something he had no part in, then he announced a 100K earmark for “faith-based” science education in La. schools. Like we’re not already scraping the bottom of the barrel anyway.
9/11 , Hell –
LARRY CRAIG CHANGED EVERYTHING !!!!!
Back when I was growing up being gay meant Broadway, Hollywood, and Hot and Cold-running Fabulousness !
Now it means you’re self-loathing Republican closet case.
Hmmmm….remember when DC Madam made all those comments about the politicians and being set up…I’ll bet they are all running away from the subpoenas, maybe…because all the sordid details could be exposed in that trial.
Blub @ 99
Agreed … IMO, McCain has delusions of grandeur and is saying anything to be their nominee.
dakine01 @ 98
Great to see you, Mr. Savage.
You are coming through clear as a bell.
We will be tuning in later to hear about
Takeover: Return of the Imperial Presidency.
see ya there
Petrocelli @ 103
Naked desperation is so very unattractive.
Ooooh — going to be a great book salon today. Welcome Charlie!
And, on an entirely different note, am on hold with the Sam Seder Show. Am on in about 3 minutes with Atrios and Matt Yglesias today. :)
Ok I have an idea re Liberman that I would like to discuss logistics “off site”~how would I drop Jane a note?
Blub @ 99
Lincoln was a close case. Never belonged to a church. Spoke in very religious terms, as you can see in his 2nd innaugural address, one of the most beautiful speeches ever written. But as to what his actual beliefs were, little is known. In his time he was ridiculed as an athiest, if IRC.
Another beautiful speech was just delivered by John Sterling. It began…. “THUUUUUUUUUUUH….
sorry- I seem to be on a different post than I thought I was on~ did not mean tobe OT on this posting!!!
madmommy @ 105
Rick Santorum…they like him…he gave a big speech at the Policy Counsel not too long ago.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 106
Hey Christy … waving from Toronto … got an internet linky ?
Ruffian @ 109
I’m not sure what “T” you’d be “O” on. Contact Us (above on left says to get Jane at firedoglake@gmail.com
Here, Petro.
Book Salon:
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..e/#respond
Thanks Laura-I couldn’t find it on the page (blushes)
Loo Hoo. @ 113
Thanks Loo Hoo !
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Charlie Savage
is upstairs now.
Great stuff, TRex. Like others, I wonder whether this ploy is designed to squeeze out discussion of any news from these appearances.
Why discuss Rudy’s support of gun-control when he can distract attention away with an awkward phone call from his princess? Of course the media obliges wittingly or not.