hey Eli!

Hey jayt!

with the cheat codes turned on

say no more – you’re a shoe-in.

~flowers_and_candy_on

Well, Eli..I’ll take Agriculture for $100….I know how to shear sheep, milk goats, muck out a barn, grow veggies, can, dry and freeze, prune fruit trees and …oh, yes, I know the song that the little girls sing to bring Mothra, so I’m obviously an expert on insect behavior. got my bag all packed.

say no more

did I get the accent right?

I fear you may be overqualified.

Secretary of State, because I live in one.

Dang..was it the shearing sheep thing? Or the barn thing?

Well, you sounded kinda… competent.

I’m pretty sure I could read a mean teleprompter.

(but there’s the little ‘problem with authority’ thing which probably un-qualifies me)

But only for Agriculture..for Treasury, I’d be a total loss, so I’ll switch with someone.

I’m smart enough to pour piss out of a boot and I know my ass from a hole in the ground. Do I qualify for Secretary of Education?

Eli! Howzit?

Good question:
HHS – I have my health (such as it is) and I’m human
DNI – I’ve watched most of the James Bond movies plus Flint, Matt Helm, and the TV series “It Takes Thief” (Robert Wagner as Alexander Mundy) so I’m obviously qualified to be Director of National Intelligence.
Treasury – I used to walk by the Mint in Denver and I can spend money like you won’t believe.
Defense – I attended a Military High School and was in the Air Force

Hell, I think you might be overqualified for president…

hey, I could do the FDA post. Testing of new drugs? Hell, I’ve already done the testing on a whole bunch of….

Wait – does experience from the ’80’s count?

I’m qualified to be director of Los Alamos National Labs because as a kid, I could see Los Alamos from my house.;)

Only if you can remember it, dude.

prerequisite, I should think

Only if you can remember it, dude.

shit.

DOE I can pronounce nuclear !!

No! No! Wait….I can job share…I’ll do Agriculture half time and State half time..I took French in high school and passed the qualifying exam for foreign language my freshman year in college. That works out nicely and I’ll get a couple of trips to Paris every year to look at the collections….

I figure I could do *all* of them, but I’m kinda lazy. I mean, not *Dubya* lazy, but lazy.

Oh, and my step-uncle is a doctor.

I think my step-doctor is an uncle….

Me= Sec of State. live in FL so I have I special insight into Cuba which you can actually see from Florida land. When those old geizers there die soon I propose Cuba for a vassal statedom and get admitted to NATO.

Evenin’ Eli,

I reckon as jayt’s correct; you is a shoe-in.

Now, calcumalatin, best as I can, with the qualifications you’re burdened with, you is the bestest candydate for any o’ them there positions you listicated.

So, here’s muh question fur you, which o’ them positions wud ya most like to tackelate?

Second question, have you got lots of good buddys to take with ya?

And just one bit o’ advice, don’t you go doing ths outta the goodness of yer heart, make shore ya takes a bit o’ care o’ number one, if ya know whut I mean. Gummint service is fine, but ya gots ta make it worthwhile especially if’n yer doing sumthin’ dangerous. Don’t risk yerownself, that’s what they make underlings fer.

Good luck, old buddy, and don’t ask me fer no money lessin’ ya got something worth muh while.

DOE I can pronounce nuclear !!

what period of time are you willing to commit to spending in the Re-education Camp?

Only if you can remember it, dude.

Not to worry, flashbacks also count. Hell, McCain has them all the time. Where we see a throng of reporters waving microphones, he imagines a gang of Viet Cong brandishing rifles.

P.S. the drug thing might also qualify you for Agriculture or Commerce.

DHS: I watched 9/11 on the Teevee

Education: I watched Sesame street, I must be qualified.

Transportation: I buy gas.

Energy: I drink redbull.

Commerce: I saw that once.

Treasury: I read that book…Treasury Island.

Agriculture: I shovel my share of sh*t everyday.

Interior: I have a nice sofa…I watch HGTV

Justice: Ummm…I read Christy and LHP and EW.

EPA: I believe in equal pay for animals.

HHS: I gradiated HS too…not in Houston, but still.

HUD: I live in a HUD HUT HUd…whatever

FCC: I already told you…I shovel Fcc’s everyday, and my dogs are housebroken.

That’s an interesting question, actually. I didn’t list it, but my first choice would almost certainly be NASA. Not cabinet, though, so I guess whatever department it would be under, if any…

State: I once had a French manicure.

Most of you above is overqualified!

I also watched the first two Jason Bourne movies.

NVA, VC were in the South, he was in the North.

I’m not sure which office I’m fit for, but yesterday I went from operating a chainsaw to using a waffle iron in about an hour…

ELI and John Cleese…all inthe same thread……JOY!!!

…*And* Michael Palin.

707

Eli, I cannot top your list. This is too funny, and you took all the good jobs. All I can come up with is, I have seen some blogs. So I could lead Total Information Awareness.

Ah, but have you ever kayaked? I believe I outrank you for Transportation.

Although we all may be unqualified to be president of a corporation…who among us has driven a Fortune 500 company into a ditch? And brags about it?

NASA didn’t come along until 1958. Prior to that, we had the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). I imagine that’s what we’d go back to under McCain

Not on your hair I hope?!

so I guess whatever department it would be under, if any…

I’m pretty sure that all departments are currently under The Office of The Most High Villainous, His Imperial Neo-Con Majesty, Barnacle-Assed, Office of The President of Vice.

Wow!!
I could be head of the DEA!!

Agriculture: My stepmother used to have a garden, and my dad used to have an apple tree.

Sorry, to qualify for Ag in the McPalin Administration you must have had a deep and abiding love of cows in your childhood.

Dude, I can’t take *all* of them. Just pick one – or several!

DOE I can pronounce nuclear !!

Trick question – in the GOP that actually dis-qualifies you.

Actually, yes. And canoed, and rowed. I really miss kayaking.

I want to be the Czar of something. Doesn’t matter what. I think a McCain Admin would have lots of Czars.

I’d say that just about anyone who likes designer shoes could easily follow in Condi’s bootsteps at State

Not sure what department this would fall under but I can convert pounds and ounces into grams and kilograms and vice versa. Usually.

And I had a Boy Scout Merit Badge in Firemanship so that gives me the quals for FEMA.

Still better than my flashbacks featuring mobs of villagers with torches and pitchforks. Those family reunions were hell.

OK, this is OT, but I just watched a CBS video on McCain at the NASCAR race in NH — this is for all the folks out there who are eating up that GOP meme that McCain can’t use a computer because he has limited use of his hands. sorry…the guy was wading into the crowd, shaking hands like the devil and signing autographs. shaking with his right; signing with his left. It is NOT that he can’t – he’s just not interested….which makes him very much like the majority of people who are over 70 when it comes to the Internet. Just…not…interested.

Justice: I’ve paid all my tickets for speeding.

I’m looking forward to his Czar Search.

Okay, we’ve a tie on the water transports…except….paddleboat?

Swan or no swan?

and im more qualified than Eli,for i have been on a Hovercraft,Hydrofoil,hot air baloon,and 2 humped camel

Did I mention I like designer shoes?

I’m looking forward to meeting you when you head up FEMA.

i missed him….genius

old man-itis. A well-known syndrome among white collar men of a certain age who are used to havin’ the guuurrrrlll write it down in that little book with the wire spiral.

I want to be the Czar of something. Doesn’t matter what. I think a McCain Admin would have lots of Czars.

Why not Czar of Russia? That way you can wave at Sarah whenever she goes home to get her per diem.

Either. Both.

707…he owns no Arabians

Maybe you have it backward. The qualifications a la BushCo are the opposite.
Agriculture:I eat beef w/o concerning myself with Mad Cow
Education:I home-school my kids….using the Bible.
DHS:I know exactly which states need funds to boost the re-election prospects of repub incumbents.
Transportation:I drive a Hummer, damnit, and no one’s going to talk me into mass-trans.
Energy:I coined the phrase “Drill, baby, drill.”
Commerce:I agree with Erin Burnett.
EPA: I once shot a tree-hugger.
Treasury: Monopoly money’s good enough for my kids, it’s good enough for you.
FCC: I know as much as Ted Stevens.

Daaaaang. What about monorail, maglev, ski-lift, helicopter?

(I’ve done maglev & monorail, oh, and cog railway.)

Camel? In Marrakesh?

I thought McCain was running for Czar?

708

Alas, if you’re going to play the Bizarro Cabinet Card, then I got nothin’.

heh – Michael Ickycough on Rachel says that the McCain campaign lawyer filed a Motion to Dismiss Sarah Palin’s Motion to have herself investigated by The Personnel Board (which answers to – the governor) on the grounds that there was no probable cause to investigate anything in the first place.

McCain moving to dismiss his Veep’s own Motion – priceless.

and im more qualified than Eli,for i have been on a Hovercraft,Hydrofoil,hot air baloon,and 2 humped camel

Having humped a camel is the wildcard in a Republican administration. Feel free to assume any cabinet post you want.

yes Finicula too

Oh, did I mention that I was “Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow” of my senior HS class?

I’m sure that puts me in line for at least something minor, like Ambassador to Bolivia.

Gondola/tram to the top of Mt. Teide…
Anybody mentioned hydrofoil? [weary eyes skimmin’ tonight]

Holy buckets. I’ve just realized I can be both State and Transportation!

Dayum, finished third. Tip o’ the cake to you.

LOL!

Luciano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..re=related

Did you also do the “Make it with Wool” contest? If so, I will gladly job share Agriculture AND Commerce with you.

You win. Solai for President.

I’ll run a truly vicious 527 for you.

I think I’m better qualified for DOJ. Unlike those weenies, Abu and Mukasey, I’ve never prosecuted *anyone*.

(come to think of it, I don’t know that they have either)

never mind.

Pittsburgh has Inclines, which I believe are the same thing, but I’ve never been on them. I *think* I’ve been on a cable car, and on one of those aerial hangy-down cars whose name escapes me (I think it was from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island, IIRC).

Im overqualified to be Sarah Palin

Please put me down for Head Dude of American Samoa. I wrote this great report, with handouts, in the fifth grade…

Forget Health and Human Services. I have health concerns and I’ve done things of service to other humans when I helped someone change a tire. It’s mine.

And, energy is mine too as I use electricity, natural gas, and solar … the last when I got a sunburn.

Don’t feel bad. I don’t have any homemaking skills at all. My library addiction was responsible for this. Senior year I was looking through the stacks at the local library, and found a book called something like “How to win the Betty Crocker prize”. I kid you not.

, did I mention that I was “Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow” of my senior HS class?

So was I.

seriously.

(and this goes absolutely no further, right, gang?)

loves me some Hovercraft…. noisy though

red lipstick, red shoes, red herring

The Rovian Texas lawyers throwin’ everything at the wall hopin’ something sticks long enough to distract the media from the economy debacle and Carly Furious.

Will be interesting to read EdwardTeller’s take on all these Texas desperadoes invading their Alaska tundra.

If I gave money to the campaign don’t I get a job automaticaly?

Hm, I could be ambassador to Liechtenstein, Surinam, or, um, Libya…

omigod, you are cracking me up! No… never heard of that one… but… if I had…

Yes, but not necessarily a cabinet post. You might have to settle for, say, Ambassador to Italy, or some vaguely-defined assistant undersecretary job that pays well.

im qualified to be head of agriculture,for my Rosemary plant…did NOT die this year as it has every year in the past

I fed all five cats, and their vaccinations are coming up.

Plus, on Sunday I drove to a Farmers’ Market.

I’m a natural for Department of Agriculture and FDA.

[with a minor in DOT.]

Oh: I’ve been arrested and jsiled on civil disobedience charges, so I’m qualified to direct DHS, Homeland Security, and the FBI. [I’m tired of hearing their orders at demos anyway: about time to tell them where to stand.]

And — after my very short jail stint — I’m qualified to run the Bureau Of Prisons

is that a tram? if not, what is a tram

Do you recall several year ago, Pavarotti performed in Shanghai? Tickets cost the U.S. equivalent of $800 and Luciano was slightly taken aback when the crowd began to sing along. At the time I had a friend/coworker who had grown up in Shanghai. I don’t know if he was typical but he used to sing along to the radio and he was clearly tone-deaf. It made me laugh to imagine thousands of people doing that during a Pavarotti concert.

I watched Dr. Zhivago yesterday, so I should be Secretary of State…I could deal with Pootie…besides, I’d offer him some tequilla..

okay ill lead the treasury dept,since my Piggy Bank has NO lipstick on it

708…and i have 5 cats too

(and this goes absolutely no further, right, gang?)

FAT chance!

Now that I think of it, there was a thread a long long time back where Jane was being Jane and used the phrase “Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow”, and crickey, turned out there were lots of us out there.

I kinda vaguely remember that you mentioned that honor at that time. But that was before your pregnancy issues. *g* Or, am I making this all up?

Does anyone have Labor sec’y yet? I watched my wife give birth to our son.

OK..here is THE important question…and the only qualification that really counts for Agriculture…were you(or anyone in your family)a member of …wait for it…4H?

that is hysterical
hahahahahahahahhahahahaha

I’m so enjoying this diary, needed a diversion desperately.

Dang, I forgot that one.

Again, my main qualification is that I have a job.

Best $ 5 I ever spent!!

Since Chertoff, I think there is a rule stating that the head of DHS has to look like Peter Cushing.

Hey, Solai – I see from Accuweather that we should expect a freeze tomorrow night; time to cover the tomatoes.

hahahahahahahahahaha
you could double as health and human services

I want the Department of Interior. I know how to fish, hunt, grow veggies and my last name is Hunter… I lay claim to that department I am well qualified… did I mention I can read a compass in the fog on a boat???

I guess if I started crash dieting now…

I could go for Undersecretary then…

I kinda vaguely remember that you mentioned that honor at that time. But that was before your pregnancy issues. *g* Or, am I making this all up?

Nope – I did admit it on that thread. I got a tie-tack.

As to the pregnancy thing – it’s still too painful to talk about.

heh.

You can job share with the DH – his last name is wood and will take care of Parks.

LOL! You got my vote, Eli.

uh uh uh…i want to be ambassador to Italy…i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee linguini

Night all

“G”

Smooch, eCAHN…sleep well.

oops, rules me out. Need to lose weight, but not cushingoid here….

Interestingly, no ambassador to Italy has ever gone on to become head of DHS.

you cant go now,things are just warming up…oh well if you must….nitey nite

I was not a member but had family members belonging to 4H AND FFA.

Shoot, too soon.

You’re a shoe-in..just bring the family along. After all…there will be First Dude…

Night, eCAHN.

Jeebus! I’m ashamed of y’all!

If’n Eli wants to snuggle up ta them varmits down in Dee Cee, well thas his lookout.

But the rest o’ ya, got almuddy!, yer offered a mere chance at a gummint job and y’all line up like lettuce plants.

Ain’t ya got no self-respect?

Besides who ya thinks gonna tend the farm while yer all off galivantin’ who knows where?

Neveh woulda imaginated that y’all wuz pollytishuns, ya shore foolerated me, here I been thinkin’ that y’all wuz jus’ regular folkses, ya know whut like downin’ beers and mooses, next thang I know youse all toutin’ yer un-de-nigh-abul credentulations like ya wuz sum kindda edumacated Volvo drinkin’, expresso drivin’, baby-thumpin’, uppity city people.

Whutsa madder wid ya?

Just how much gold y’all calcumalatin’ are in them thar hills in that there swampland on the Potomac?

After all, ole Boss Cheney done probahly cleaned the whole place out by now.

Y’all know how he is?

‘Course I know if’n y’all git seelected ya ain’t got no choice. If’n the Preznit wants ya, well ya gotta go. But why volunteer? Why not wait ’til ya git drafted, at least there cud be sum honor in that.

Geeeeeeeez.

since Bear..Lust-scummy is president there again,mebbe ill opt for India,sice i love curry too

G’night!

Let’s see…
Treasury OR Education, given my ability to run up vast amounts of student-loan debt…
NASA, as I have seen many launches from the Cape…
DNI, as I have read the blogs of both Al the Spook and Dr. RJ Hillhouse
DEA, having years ago had a junkie next door who tried to ruin my life…

I’m sure there are others.

Hey I am not working so I should get dept of labor, so I can tell the difference between Labor and employers(who haven’t hired me in 7 years) so I can back at them for unfair labor practices!!

In the eleventh grade I lied about turning in a book report. I think that makes me qualified to be press secretary.

Job sharing??? Sounds great so’s I can get some fishing in..

were you(or anyone in your family)a member of …wait for it…4H?

present president – 8th grade.

Projects – weren’t there projects? I don’t remember actually ever completing one.

Maybe I impeached myself.

Ain’t ya got no self-respect?
—————–
no and i MUST put country foist

Dang, you got dibs on the best country. Well, I guess there’s always the Netherlands, although I hear Amsterdam has a problem with people not curbing their dogs.

It will save oodles of money…

708!!

No, no…think of Katrina….not finishing projects is the best sort of training to be president…..My God, you are a natural!!

lol

I got drafted once can I have the defense dept??

I have a heartbeat,that should qualify me for something!!

I would probably choose Australia. Or possibly Spain, just so I could wander around taking pictures of Gaudi architecture…

hahahhahahha

The brilliance of this post Eli, is that this is EXACTLY the way they decide this shizzola!!! I know, my family was involved in this kind of stuff.

Best ever!!!

yes you could be …”a heartbeat away from the Pretzeldent”

It should probably be pointed out that nobody qualifies for any of these positions if they know what the Bush Doctrine is.

really can you share some more

I got drafted once can I have the defense dept??

Can you sing bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?

We may need an audition tape…

I reckon, nahant, that yer a natcherole fer that puticulur job, but that’s only cuz I’ve known ya fur so long.

I gave money to the campaign I should get first choice!!
So There!!!

Hell, the key to McPalin getting elected is going to be pretending that they don’t even know who *Bush* is.

What do you want to know?

oh yes,i didnt know their was Gaudi architecture in Australia

Bush who?

I fired expert when I was in so I would miss the correct target!!

how did they make these decisions…just sitting around with a bottle of Scotch?

I once played Gen. Buck Turgidson in a stage version of Dr. Strangelove…can I be SecDef, or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs?

I always thought the Bush Doctrine was “do nothing, say nothing, and ride my bike” – imagine my surprise.

Spain would be good. Denmark can be comical.

Got sum bushes down on the ranch, Eli, but I keep after ‘em wid the chainsaw, on a regulur baysis.

Ooo, I just remembered: I played Teddy in a summer camp production of Arsenic & Old Lace! I’m qualified to be *president*!

I am looking forward to the final bush clearing in January.

I’m totally incompetent! I am fairly sure that qualifies me for a number of positions in a McCain-Palin Administration. I’d kind of like to be a Czar, though. I don’t really care what it is of, though.

I *am* rather keen to see Legoland. I had a chance to see the one in SoCal, but it was a long drive and $45 admission…

You are overqualified

my parents are from south america, I studies abroad in germany and married a brit oh and one of my fav movies is “Roman Holiday” so I call Sec of state

As long as Obama’s doing the clearing!!

lol! They have it but they spell it with a “y.”

If you had a childhood love of cows you can be Sec of Agriculture.
I’m gonna be Sec of Treasury ’cause I like money.
And I sat next to Sarah in History class.

Crazy John McCain, had his jet shot down and was captured by America’s enemy and became a POW. This qualifies Insane McCain to lead us into more military defeats.

I fired expert when I was in so I would miss the correct target!!

hey – are you really Dick Cheney blogging anonymously?

True, true. Although for all his crazy, I just don’t have the same kind of visceral dislike for McCain that I have for Bush. Palin pushes all my Bush buttons, though.

Hey, I once goofed off during a tornado warning, and I know how to blame other people when things go wrong. No reason I can’t head FEMA.

The question is, how much trouble will it be to drive Cheney, aka Bunker Bluster our of his shadow government?

I love this place!

Just when the news misery index hits 110 percent, the Lake gives laughs. May all y’all smile in your dreams.
*smooch*

Very much so…and they constantly attend cocktail parties where they schmooze and drink and eat….they bond with certain people and they get favors because of those bonds….it is mostly not money…it is about making a bond…a contact…cronyism…the wives have to put on (cater) these huge 200 plus “parties” all the time….every weekend in D.C. rotating….it is nuts. That is what happens in D.C. “Celebrities” become part of the in-crowd….plenty of gossip and intrigue. That is the truth of how it works. It doesn’t happen in the offices during the day so much…Scotch is exactly the right catalyst….I’m not kidding.

health sec – i just flipped past ER on the teevee

I had lunch at McDonalds – can I be Ambassador to Scotland?

Dugg it!

Palin pushes all my Bush buttons, though.

I second that!!!

For Sect. of Agriculture I would like to nominate that fundie preacher who said a few months ago that cow emissions were causing global warming. This is a guy who really knows his s… eh, stuff.

Hm. I don’t drink *or* golf – is there a teatotaler ceiling?

Crazy John McCain, had his jet shot down and was captured by America’s enemy and became a POW. This qualifies Insane McCain to lead us into more military defeats.

His only claim to fame if he hadn’t he would have been swept into the dustbin of history… that is if he survived his next jet crash.. he has a penchant to crash them… Wouldn’t make a good jetliner pilot, insurance would be to high with his record!!

So, I’d need an undersect. of Dairy or something – I’m not real fond of large ruminants – when one of those girls steps on your foot…you feel it all the way until next Thursday. But I’ll take all the rest…just find me a dairy person and I’ll job share..

Okay but you have to have a name that sounds good when used in the following context “Heckuva job, ______ie!”

I used to play Operation
I should be Surgeon General

Didn’t Reagan say that too? Another champion of the environment…

We need someone with serious hard time under their belt for DOJ… anybody??

LOL
You are a quick study.;)

ONly if you are ready to eat Haggis springrolls(I’m not kidding; we just got back and I saw that on a menu in Edinburgh)

jayt- I had to step away for a bit, but when I came back I was going to ask you if you still had your lapel pin- but, gosh, you answered my question! Come to think of it, you may have also mentioned that at the time. Wow, I wonder when they started tie-tacks! That is so funny. I still have my lapel pin. Mint condition. LOL

Incredibly stressful on the wives or husbands of the person who is directly involved BTW…

“Pumie”?

Pretty much impossible to do with my name…

sounds like a bad nighttime soap

Nah he didn’t serve in the military … he got 5 yes 5 deferments… bastard!!

I’d vote for Ted Bundy – he’s got the experience and is pretty smart…but I think he’s unavailable because he’s …dead.

i believe it

self absorbed absorbing EACH OTHER…”g”

I invented the television…

oops, no, that happened before I was born

LOL hahaha

I’ll legally change my name to “Sparky” if I get the job.

I’ve camped in a national park…that should be good for the interior department.

Jebbie
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, a prestigious Wall Street firm, will touch Florida’s pension funds and the state-run insurer because both hold its securities.

The State Board of Administration holds $322 million in Lehman stock and bonds. The SBA manages the state’s employee fund and more than two dozen other funds, including assets for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and the Florida Prepaid College Plan.

Hm. I don’t drink *or* golf – is there a teatotaler ceiling?

Nah – all ya gotta do is claim that you’re a *reformed* drinker.

and that the reason you’re not currently golfing is – umm, to support the oil companies – or something….

Death hasn’t stopped McSame from running for President.

I adopted two kids from Korea….. I can be the Ambassador to Korea or since I’m a nurse ….. I can head …Health and Human Services….. last time I looked I was still human….. seems pretty natural fit…

hehe mr said I forgot to claim FCC cause I have a teevee and we just came back from biking down to the lil liquor store where some lil kids were playing with water guns outside of the liquor store so I call head of ATF

Hmmm…no so much…They are drinkers and eaters…My particular experience (My parents were in it for 18 years in D.C.) was more on the “party circuit”…the pressure drove my mother literally insane…they never played golf, but there was the daytime “Congressional Country Club” DC crowd that schmoozed during the day…and went to the parties at night….

Cindi Lou…VICODAN

Dude, that’s mine

I had one toooo! Bronzed plastic if memory serves.

health sec – i just flipped past ER on the teevee

Unless you flipped PAST it because you’re some kind of IN-TEE-LEK-SHOE-ALL elitist. You didn’t stop at PBS, did you?

Well, I could handle the eating, although my weight would probably double…

If dead folks can vote, dead folks can serve.

omfg. bloomberg news just announced that bushco has just nationalized AIG. congratulations… we the people now own 79.8% of a failed and corrupt insurance company.

I adopted abducted two kids from Korea….. I can be the Ambassador to Korea Japan
fixed it for you

Yep…one of the few genuine examples of ‘the walking dead’ that i’ve ever seen lately. As long as you can keep ‘em refrigerated, they should last for quite a while. Not too sharp on the decision-making skills, but they listen real good.

Wow, I wonder when they started tie-tacks!

That was for the *guy* winner(s)(?)

gawd, I hope that truly should be plural….

wicked funny post t’nite I’ll be smiling in my sleep!!

Later all!!!

Aww… just what I always wanted! How did they know?

Privatize profit
Socialize Risk

Rinse – Repeat

(FD – I actually get a pittance back from that one because my Dad left us a small AIG annuity)

now that really teh SUKKKKKKKKKKETH

I went to grade school with Sarah Palin. All other issues are irrelevant.

(actually, I lied about that. But doesn’t that make me even more
qualified?)

NITE nite

Absolutely. It was “milltown” at the time. Amphetamines and barbituates…

The stress on my mother was profound….too much really…she used to say that such and such a date was “her” turn…call the caterers…and freak out for weeks…it had to be pulled off perfectly…I’m talking big fish…They went to the WH too many times..I have the invitations to some of those events…also to meet QEII herself…and Philip…

Too much stress…but I know the game…I watched it…

I’ve thought about writing about it..

Fsckin amazing.
In 8 short years Federal economic policy has converted the USA to a Socialist State
Who knew?

I’m off — the battle begins anew tomorrow

Well, I could handle the eating, although my weight would probably double…

HHS or Press Secretary… the fat ones look so good sweating under the lights. Hate to be the person who has to mop up after a lengthy presser.

Unless you are a religious fanatic and a member of the Federalist Society, you won’t be appointed to any position in the McCain administration. Of course, that isn’t too bad because McCain will be back in the Senate after the election in November. That is if he remembers where his office in Washington is located.

See ya, BB.

i had a similar life for 5 years..husbands client was CEO of Metromedia sold out to Fox…..teh stressful,entertaining all the time…i live on a farm now..much better

Oh…and since I invented the iPod, can I head the Patent Office?

you should write about it

My mom never got out of it, but I did, and I live on a farm too!! Hahahaha

snort lol,lol

Oh, Eli- you done good tonite. Reminds me of one of the most awesomely funny FDL threads of the past- something about someone having lost their bearings…

Oh, I’m going with the idea that you kicked that one off too, Eli!

we could definately compare notes!!!!!

Hee, thanks. I’m pretty sure I had nothing to do with the bearings, although I hope I’m wrong…

I’m thinking about it. My mom was even “beauty of the week” in the Washington Post…in the early 50’s… she was something else…

ian upstairs

LS- thanks for the goods- totally fascinating!

Why should he be BACK in the Senate? He hasn’t cast a vote since April, I believe. It will all be fresh and new to him come November. Makes me happy.

Well, I will have to look into that. It was something like “Lieberman has lost his bearings”, irrc.

Denmark?!

I heard there was sumthin’ rotten there.

Wud about that?

How’s any of ya wud WANT ta live anywhere but the good ole YouEssAy jus’ amazes me.

Ain’t ‘Merkah gud enuf fer ya? Huh?

Oh, I gits it, y’all prefer hangin’ out wid furriners, thas goin’ in muh report, jus’ y’all wait ’til I tell the folks back home ’bout this mularkey.

Good thang nun of ya is lookin’ ta git VOTED in ta office cuz y’all ain’t no Sarah Palins, let me tell ya, youse gonna HAVE ta git yerselves apointudd.

Everthang wuz fine ’til that Eli fellah got y’all riled up …

Y’all knew yer places and wuz polite and nice ta each uther, now look at ya, all preening and struttin’ around like regulur ole style pollytishuns. And now, yer sittin’ around divvyin’ up the whole world like a bunch o’ them notsee boyz frum Chicago at that Unimaversity where all that waltzin’ buzniss went on.

I know, ’tain’t nun o’ ya lisnin’, but pollyticks is like cow pies, ya wanna be reel careful where ya step. And watch where ya sit cuz there are sum reel big splinters fallin’ off o’ all that dead wood whut passes fer pollytishuns in Congress, so take muh advice and don’t go avisitin’ there, even if they asks ya.

I think it was the one where Lieberman said he had personally examined McCain’s bearings, or something disturbing like that.

It was a welcome respite. I think Ian is prepared to bring everybody back to (sur)reality.

It was a totally hilarious thread, as this one is also. gawd, I needed a laugh!

my mother wasnt in magazines but she looked like this gal

http://msp199.photobucket.com/…..ardner.jpg

IIRC, LIEberman was checking McMavrick’s bearings, and found them delicious…

I was trying to remember earlier if McCain had a nickname for Joe. Punkin’ or Puddin’… something like that.

Huh. It appears you are correct. I had absolutely no recollection of writing that…

Yeah, I almost said in response to Suz- yeah, Ian’s upstairs with another feel-good moment.

rutroh…you are now COMPLETELY Qualified of CinC

qualified FOR CinC

LIEberman was checking McMavrick’s bearings, and found them delicious…

As I understand it, the secret is to start with a dry rub, place them over low heat, then spritz them frequently with fresh lemon juice to keep them moist.

That’s why they call it BBQ.

“The Bootlick Boy.”

709!!!!!

So you’d think they could socialize something useful. Like health care.

Aha! It was a totally hilarious thread.

Eli, You started it off with the Lieberman quote:

I just want to report that this morning, I personally checked John McCain’s bearings. He has not lost any of them, and they are all really in great shape.

I wasn’t sure if it had to do with Lieberman or McCain, when I was delving back in memory! Both, it turns out, having gone to the link you gave.

It really was a classic FDL thread!

I’m thinking FBI director. They did do a background check on me once, and as far as I know, I passed.

you should write about it, sounds fascinating

sorry, that was not meant to be in response to MrTenacle. It stands on its own merits, if any.

What I want to know is, was poor Lindsey left holding the towel?

Sadly, I don’t think that issue was addressed in the “ball bearings” thread.

well
that was fun

I had absolutely no recollection of writing that…

Aha! That qualifies you for any government position you aspire to!

mack- are you rayOgraph?

Seriously, LS, I agree with wobbly, your experiences-perspectives sound most enlightening, as well as intriguing, and are definitely of genuine interest. Most people do not realise how ‘things’ actually ‘work’.

If you write it, they will read it. And so will I.

DW

Bravo Eli!!!

Much appreciation.

But muh ribs hurt frum all dis laffin’…

;~D

I was just starting to reread the “bearings” thread. ET, mild mannered AK blogger:

http://firedoglake.com/2008/05…..nt-1437170

Eli, Spotlighted you to Olbermann [no address provided for Rachael Maddow]. Hope this bears fruit.

Thanks – that would be pretty cool.

Hey Eli, love this post.

Can I please have the DOJ? I’m pretty ignorant of the law and I can’t remember what I did last Friday, but I do belong to a book club and pray a lot. And I promise to be your best friend and hit the delete key on all your emails.