I have quit Sarah Palin.
No more clicking on links, no more watching her on teevee, no more pouncing on Twitter links or YouTubes or mashups. No more tuning in to Oprah or Barbara or Hannity (yeah, I watched, I admit it: I have a problem.)
I don’t care if her fans tear her limb from limb like the boys did in “Suddenly Last Summer” or if she starts holding fraudulent prize lotteries like Evita Peron. I don’t care if she goes ballistic on John McCain and campaigns for J.D.Hayworth for Senate in Arizona. Sarah’s Rainbow Tour — Christian Dior me, Lauren Bacall me, make a Caribou rose! — ends tonight, for me.
Those underlined Caribou Barbie references in posts? Those tempting hyperlinks to the Thrilla from Wasilla? Watertiger’s link-y threads? Those cryptic comments you leave at Tbogg’s? I’m done. Sure, I’ll still read my favorite sites, but I won’t go any deeper. I won’t click. I won’t. No more. No mas. Make. It. Stop.
Please?
My intelligent friends back in college often took pot breaks — they’d say “No, thanks, it makes me stupid!” I would wonder, “well, that’s kinda the point.” And that’s how I feel about Sarah Palin now. She makes me stupid. And full of despair. And I love America — and democracy! — too much to accept that she is its future. Especially only one short year since America decided its future was Barack Obama. She’s hurting America, just like Jon Stewart told those Crossfire yellers.
2008: Hope! Now: Dope?
2008: Change! Now: Petty harangues?
No thanks.
It’s gonna be easy to swear off Sarah and all the Palins: Levi Johnstons‘s underwhelming nekkid debut has happened, and I was waiting for that before I went cold turkey. There’s nothing more to see, nothing else to find out, no more worth knowing about Sarah Palin or from her family. Her contribution to my amusement has run its course. That itch is scratched raw. My funny bone is funned-out. I feel like I used to the day after Halloween: nauseous, cranky, stupid, recollecting previous encounters and realizing I knew better before it began. I was over the MJ-palooza long before it ended, too, but at least Michael Jackson made a contribution to the world’s music.
Can anything remotely similar be said for Sarah Palin? Does she enhance, uplift, enrich, engage, distract, redeem? I don’t think so. Not in a way that’s good for me, or for America. I watched “Network” again last night, for the first time since the mid-seventies (you should too!). And I learned one thing: we, the people formerly known as the audience, are responsible for our choices. I think.
So help a brother out, won’t you please? My first step is admitting I have a problem. Another is finding a supportive community that shares my shame. Let’s stop, together, shall we? Let’s exorcise her from our lives. Let’s leave her behind, together, all of us. We’ll all be better for it, and at least until the GOP signs a national suicide pact in 2012 by nominating her, so will America.
Join me, won’t you?
* Palinsanity h/t Matt Taibbi. Make this your last Sarah Palin click, I have!



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Sarah who?
no more palinsanity for me (same caveats) i’ll join ya teddy
Didn’t her 15 minutes run out about six months ago? On the other hand she is still a (rather dark and ugly) force in Republican politics, so I cannot entirely abandon her. I have cut way back, however.
I am So with you, Teddy. No mas whatshername. She silly gull and I’m not even worried about her.
I read headlines, haven’t clicked any links in a long time… except for THIS one.
Hi Teddy!
(That’s what we used to say to the newbies in AA – both times I went).
can’t say I can join you just yet but I’m real, real close. i watched Hannity tonight to. well I was switching back and forth between that and espn.
She’s gonna be here in The City Beautiful on Tuesday and that will probably put me over the hedge.
Teddy -
Loved your earlier post and left a couple of comments, but seemed to have been EPU’d.
Been there done that.
I am pretty much on the same page with you on this. Keep track, but don’t delve below the surface.
Yeah. I mean, you gotta keep an eye on her. and you never know when she’s gonna say something like she did on O’Rieley the other night– “I have a guttural feeling… ” no shit. couldn’t make that up. But from what i saw on hannity it’s the same ol’ broken record.
It’s gonna be heard to just totally shut her off.
Let the stoopid end!
So, okay, we’re not doing Her, what are we going to talk about? Sex or Food?
I think we will have to wait until the Republican Party finally totally implodes for that.
Good evening!
Let’s look out for each other. If I find you over at Watertiger’s commenting deep in the threads, I’ll pull you out, okay? And if you see me over at Sully’s, rescue me!
Yeah, who is that?
Teddy, what about clicking on links to stories about Palin’s fans?
deal dood
Until presidential politics starts up, I’m prepared to try hard to ignore her. I really only think her entertainment value in 2010 will be to watch rational GOPs try to avoid her.
Although if she campaigns for Hayworth against Gluehorse, I might have to peek.
Gave up on batty, bizarre, bonkers, cracked, crackers, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, frenzied, gone, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony*, lunatic, mad, maniacal, mental, moonstruck*, nuts*, nutty*, paranoid, preposterous, psychopathic, psychotic, rabid, raging, raving, schizo, schizophrenic, screwy, senseless, stupid, touched, unglued, unhinged, unsettled, unzipped, whacko, wingnut, quite a while back.
Well, I think there’s an exemption if she actually touches down in your city limits. Are you going? Maybe to start a chant if she dismays her acolytes?
I do not expect this exemption will save me, though? Can you imagine her showing her face in Sodom? I can’t.
Thanks, it was a lively one. We’ll have more on the topic of Ts.
No, I don’t have to keep an eye on her and it’s really really easy to shut her off. She’s just not my type. :)
On the other hand, there’s something to be said for waiting till Friday. It’s the best time of year for cold turkey.
Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil.
Or at least: Let the paying attention to the stupid end!
I don’t think we can even remotely hope for an end to actual stupid. Not while Luke Russert’s around the teevee machine chatting with his Auntie Andrea, anyway.
Do you suppose she has checked out the Levi pics yet?
You know she did.
See, that’s where I’ve got sucked in, today, thinking, “Well, it’s just a story about her fans.” Before you know it, she’s claimed another 45 minutes of my life I will never ever get back.
So, here’s how it works: If someone puts a story about her fans up somewhere I hang out, like Watertiger’s or TBogg’s or Sully’s, I’ll read it. But I WON’T click on any links.
Kind of like easy cool turkey moderation. I can still drink at weddings, etc. Stop anytime I want to!
She’s hurting America, just like Jon Stewart told those Crossfire yellers.
STEWART (to Tucker Carlson): You know what’s interesting, though? You’re as big a dick on your show as you are on any show.
“Do you suppose she has checked out the Levi pics yet?”
You think she’ll see anything new?
Ouch!
So does the t in tbsa stand for Thesaurus?
Somehow, I wonder if she has her own personal set. He says he has *dirt* on her, after all — ah, shit, there I go!
I dunno, the pictures I’ve seen, and I mean, like, on the side bars of some sites, make him look kinda, um, can I say it?
quick… try a double dose of brain bleach teddy — i’ll reel ya in
You know Tucker Carlson is starting a *new* online venture, right? Called — drumroll please! — The Daily Caller. Funny how it sounds like another, very successful, online venture, but on the left and orange-y.
I give it three months, unless Tucker’s got some serious Daddy money pegged on the deal. Or Mommy money, I guess. Every time you open a can of Swanson’s Chicken Broth, Tucker buys another bowtie, you know.
The Stoopid appears to be simultaneously shrinking and becoming denser. Eventually Glenn Beck’s head will converge with Rush Limbaugh’s black hole and moments later the entire universe will get sucked in.
Something to look forward to.
well, she’ll be near me at 7:30 p.m. I get out of work 5-ish. It’ll be her 3rd stop of the day so I assume she’ll be running late. How long does she stay at these places? 20 minutes? I dunno. Then a bus home. Bottom line is I’ll get home late and it’s not worth it. If I knew someone who was going and could catch a ride with maybe. Maybe. But i sent an e-mail around at work asking if anyone was going and the response was basically “Are you nuts. that woman is… (fill in the rest.. nuts, evil, stupid..)
am So with you, Teddy. No mas whatshername. She silly gull and I’m not even worried about her.
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ratfood November 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
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In response to DrDick @ 3 (show text)
I read headlines, haven’t clicked any links in a long time… except for THIS one.
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Beerfart Liberal November 22nd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
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Hi Teddy!
(That’s what we used to say to the newbies in AA – both times I went).
can’t say I can join you just yet but I’m real, real close. i watched Hannity tonight to. well I was switching back and forth between that and espn.
She’s
Damn! You have a lot more faith in ol’ Tucker than I do. I doubt he will make it that long.
aw shit aw shit……….
LOL… tbsa, stands for This Blog is So Awesome. I lurked for years when I finally made an account that is what I came up with.
It’s so easy to describe that woman. I could have gone on…
Between LoudObbs, Beck, and Sarah, I think it’s pretty clear the 2012 GOP nominee will be celebrity-selected and -endorsed, if not an actual celebrity. I wonder if Obama will recycle those old McCain 2008 anti-celebrity ads?
Is there room in Rushbo’s black hole for two heads?
bsa is Boy Scouts of America. Man, they don’t like teh gays, not a’tall.
Wow, you self-selected pretty well when it comes to workmates. Was that hard in Florida? (Which I imagine being populated by ignorami and you, exclusively)
Maybe Levi is Trig’s daddy. Poor Trig, only a pawn in their game.
daddy must be done payin’ Scooter’s lawyers and just doesn’t know what to do with his $$$.
Stop writing about this fool. What the fuck is wrong with people that continue to waste space on this woman. Nobody gives a shit about her, not in this blog anyway.
Just block anymore threads about her. Enough
And the cyst that got Rushie outta Vietnam? Hardly.
Or don’t visit them, eh?
say it.
Please and Thank You!
I gave up clicking any Palin related link after the election, unless it was obviously extremely entertaining.
For the first step in your recovery, I do recommend Matt Taibbi’s column linked at the end of mine. Like all Matt’s work, it’s extraordinary.
To me it looks increasingly like it will be an evangelical or two. Must scare the bejeezus out of the party leaders.
LOL
I can’t. Just a personal dislike of guys with a comehither look, ya know? I’m sure it’s just me.
Funny though.. I’ve said the same thing here more than once about the heath care reform “debate” as you’re saying about Palin, Ted. Make. It. Stop.
Another shitty post asking me why I even click on TPM, HP, or FDL anymore, when it’s usually this kind of shit.
You’re naughty. *g* But, I like ya.
OK. Nothin’ to do with hockey then, right?
Actually, it was the cyst that got the deferment because it was on Limbaugh’s ass.
Didn’t Rush have the cyst removed around the time Beck appeared on the scene? Coincidence, or might Beck BE the cyst?
What are these “party leaders” of which you speak?
Rush? He loves her.
Romney? He’s worried because *he* wants the nomination.
which kind of shit is that?
Right now, the front runners are Romney & Palin, with Huckabee coming up second (fairly close IIRC). The talibangelical base will never go for Romney, so it is currently looking like Huckabee or Palin. I do have a feeling the little Sarah may implode before then, however.
i’m hungry.
Not that I’m aware of.
Ohhhhhh, now I get it. I thought Flush WAS the cyst.
Nobody is forcing you to read them, now are they? I don’t find it hard to skip over stuff I am not interested in and do it all the time.
she’ll never accept VP nomination again. not good enuff.
Ted, you’ll look back at Palin and laugh some day.
Fuck you.
Go away.
heh heh
I thought Huck was actually leading the other two. A Huck/Palin ticket would be Rapturiffic.
i thought the last post was where you could say “fuck” and stuff b/c it was late night- but everybody there was so serious.
I’ll join Teddy and resolve not to click through any links. I will still read Tbogg in its entirety, but refuse to click through anything beyond the FDL family of sites when the topic is Sara Palin.
I refuse to click ANY Palin links.
With a little work you could probably make that a haiku.
Oh Teddy….weep
Jesus Christ, Theodore. You just made me spew on my laptop.
Well, yeah.
On one part of the Hannity interview I saw she couldn’t understand why people would think she couldn’t say what she reads. Hmm. Anybody? I can’t figger that out either.
Just so you didn’t get any on your computer.
well I’m still hungry. Time for a midgetnight snack, some more espn and some sleep and back to work. Good night and I won’t do anything to hamper your recovery Ted. Good luck. I think once your off the stuff a few days you’ll realize you feel much better without it and never go back to it.
g’nite BFL
Night, Bfl.
O, Grand Wizard Theodore, Supreme Tautolog, I wear your bitch-ass curse as a badge of honor bestowed by you, Master of the Obvious.
i said the same thing,no more SP
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/15930
g’nite bfl
As many times as I say Ha!, I very rarely actually lol. But, on that I did. The mister jumped and said What?
So nakedly honest. So perfect.
Yay!
nitey nite bfl. Don’t sleep on the couch, tho. Find a bed.
No refunds. Reader emptor.
Not a Palin link.
Fuck you, are you still here? That can be corrected. *poof*
FYI, Sarah’s dialect is Authentic Frontier Gibberish.
How’s your little doggie getting along, sadlyyes?
???? No Latin. Something to do with contractual responsibilty?
I didn’t realize she made it to age 68, remarkable under the circumstances. From Wikipedia.
I also thought Huckabee was in the lead. I suppose they’ve buried that poll, though. The money boyz would surely prefer Romney, but I’m just not sure he can connect with, you know, actual GOP voters in a touch-me-Jesus kind of way.
much better thankyou,stitches out tomorrow,fingers crossed
Exactly, I don’t think the fundies will ever vote for Mittens.
So glad to hear!
707…Jesus of latter day saints?
i’ll take care of it teddy.. sorry for missing that
You are absolutely right about Romney. The “sane” branch of the party want him, but the talibangelicals hates them some Mormons something fierce.
Fred Thompson is also owed by the big-money boys, though, for heading off Huckabee for McCain in 2008. I suppose Fred could be Palin’s Cheney.
Fantastic! Sending positive healing thoughts his way.
Thank you!
thanks Teddy,he was used and abused by a drug co……..thats another diary though
i invented name Mittens….tru dat
Variation on caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). Since “emptor” refers to the buyer, the variation should probably be “caveat reader.”
He’s also not a “businessman” he’s a privateer who’s cost many *real Americans* their actual jobs. Bain Capital has closed many plants and shipped them abroad. I can’t imagine that will go over any better than being a lobbyist, but the Versailles media talks up Haley Barbour as if he wasn’t the worst of all possible worlds: talks like a Southern sheriff, but invented the K Street project from the lobbying side.
Best wishes to both of you from Bob and me.
Time for me to toddle off. Take care all.
She and her husband did not, could not, know of the dangers but they were brilliant nonetheless… and were also just about everything else the Palindrone is not.
I thought it appropriate :)
thank you so much,some people told me to euthanize my boy…………heas steams
Thanks. Now that I’ve learned something, it’s reader in bed time for me.
Ta all.
And, thanks for Both Posts, Teddy.
Good night Dr (pause) Dick. Corrupt some young minds for me tomorrow!
Thanks! It is truly most fitting, I always call him Mittens.
Most of the big money types are. There are only two ways to amass great wealth. You can win it through shear luck (which includes inheritances) or steal it.
This could be the beginning of what you wish for – the NRC National Suicide Pact for 2012….har…har…har….
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/79282.html
This will finish your weekend off with a …. I not sure whether to say purge or a surge….
g’nite DrDick
Thank you. My Latin is so long ago I couldn’t remember which word was which, isn’t that terrible?
hugs
G’nite, sleep tight, don’t let the mister bite. :-)
Must
Not
Click
nite Dick Doc!
My pleasure to assist. I never studied Latin but remembered that caveat typically applies to a warning of some sort.
I lost my boy in fur last April. I had him for 16 years. It’s still very hard, he is missed everyday. Do what you can to save your boy.
Oh, sadly, you’re such a good person.
(I really am leaving. Just waiting for the tea water to boil.)
doh!
oh my what wonderful parenting 16 years…….Bazzie is 5 1/2….,i wish to be as fortunate
Deepest sympathy for your loss. Critters is some of the best people I know.
It seems a shame our pets can’t last as long as we do but they pack so much love into the time they share.
I am old enough that I remember thinking as a lad that it must be some French thing that couples worked together in the olden days, or something, when we learned about the Curies. There weren’t that many women in the work force in our neighborhood unless they were teachers. That soon changed, of course, but I do recall thinking it *different* somehow that the Curies worked together.
thanks demi……they bring such joy,and awhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bazzie is so lucky to have you. Making a note to remember his name.
And the ones I’ve known who’ve outlasted their human companions just seem utterly lost without them, so maybe it’s for the best. Still going to the door after many years, at the time the Master is supposed to get home, for instance….
Einsteins too!
I’m sure it gives Bazzie something to fight for with such a wonderful human to love him.
Thanks rat….
there are some who say that the first mrs einstein was behind a lot of albert’s work. after he divorced her to marry his cousin — well, it must be sad to do your finest work at a young age (20′s iirc) and spend the rest of your life trying to out do yourself.
he is named after Basil Faulty….he is kooky,not like Cokie however
A sobering thought:
In 2008, nearly half of the American electorate voted to put Sarah Palin in the White House.
We are not a very highly evolved country.
yep ,she was a genius too,son born completely insane,and instituionalized
Not Manuel’s Siberian hamster named Basil, then? :-)
Hello peeplz! What a lively thread!
and 50% of american children live on food stamps
I’m with you, Teddy. SP fatigue. And I’m just embarrassed at the condition of my country …. to think this broad still has an audience is just insulting to anyone’s intelligence.
Teddy,
You need to turn your SP addiction over to a higher power. Maybe Alan Grayson.
Albert’s like the anti-Rudi, who married his cousin first.
i try to save as many as possible,and adopt out as many ,as i can
hehehe,ya always make me laugh
Hey you. Trouble’s afoot now.
Hey Kelly! And was it eveah! Score, Teddy!
May the Goddess bless you richly.
Indeed – as I do believe I’m a threat to the National Discourse, iirc. :)
Like you, I am underwhelmed about the no Johnson in the Levi’s. Meh.
Yes, I’m back to Alan Grayson, I guess. I thought for a while I was intoxicated by Admiral Sestak, but he supports the escalation in Afghanistan. Showing how a primary clarifies the mind, Spectre opposes escalation; so I guess Joe needed to stake out a contrary position. Being a high-up vet, though, he may just not see the futility yet.
Why, hello there dear
With luck my Bob could last another 30 years, gotta take really good care of myself for both of us.
sorry, way too many exclamation points — will keep fingers off #1.
merci…………as you know….they give us alot…….and unconditionaly
Her biography is one of the most memorable books I read in grade school. I don’t know if it was from the school library or regular one, but it was fascinating.
YES AND YES
“Meh” was exactly the word I used when Watertiger alerted me via email to the Mediaite video of all the actual shots of Levi. As I said then, “When the face is the best part, you’re continually disappointed the more clothes they take off.” I’ve known others like that, to whom one simply wants to say, “Could you put those back on, please?”
One per sentence?
Not so bad. I remember CTuttle, back in the day!!!
FunnyWheelieDiva
look away from America’s greatest perpetual-slow-motion-train wreck
Shirley you jest
(wink)
Great post Teddy! I laughed my britches off. For me adieu, SP!
and there’s a more recent one that was also quite, quite good.
Marie Curie, A Life.
Can’t remember the author…
Indeed, she was so amazingly radiation-resistant that she didn’t believe that radiation actually made people sick. We know better now, of course…
FWDiva
You mean Johns-ton. I suspect that is a short ton, not a metric ton. Still impressive, even a two-pounder would be a monster.
CE! What’s shakin?
@ rf #158: Isn’t that wild? I lived with a African Grey for a number of years about 15 years ago, and we bonded. I really wanted one, but decided against as a young bird would most likely survive me, and I just didn’t lke that uncertainty.
So I decided to have an aquarium and belch and I started it about 8 years ago. I bought these loaches, who are cute and have personality. I didn’t do enough research because the damn things will live to be 50 years old!
Heh, heh,
I’m blogging for the library, and we are trying to behave.
I miss CT around the threads, I think his job took him away from us, up on the mountain at the observatory. But we had a tough time curing him of that 1/caps key!!! I finally helped him see that the exclamation points made it harder to see his explanation points.
When you pen hundreds of additional words to aver you won’t be penning hundreds and hundreds of still more words about her, you’re not off to a good start.
The mania over Palin is due in large part to the fact it has been months now since we have had a truly riviting news story that wasn’t over in a week.
Most of the really big stories of late [from healthcare to the economic crisis to Afghanistan] dribble out from day to day in small doses.
Had Palin’s book come out at a time when, say, Iran was being invaded or the economy had plunged down into that dreaded double dip, she would have been on the margins.
Unless, of course, I’m wrong. And if I am, God help us all.
She was extraordinary.
Almost made me spew….
That is why I would only have a rescued bird. The breeders are evil bastards, so many birds and so few good homes and when they have been abused or neglected they suffer for a very long time.
it is only when he is on the mt that he has internet. none at home — sometimes he will hang out at a wifi cafe but they close before lln posts iirc.
I think 2 ouncer is more likely in Levi’s case. Once again, and all together now:
“Meh.”
Probably the biggest arrow in my quiver tonight, so if that didn’t get the job done…
Oh well, from little acorns grow… Not in my case but hope springs eternal.
Thanks for that information, Suzanne. Wow, who knew? I miss him, too (!!).
That and Suzanne did a little death glarin’ and butt kickin’…
I miss ‘im, too.
FWDiva
Good for you! I tried that actually.
I volunteered as a way station/temporary home for a B&G Macaw named Petey. He was a mess, and just a very difficult “person” to live with.
We did get him to like showers and baths and being handled again, but he was always going to be quite grumpy and un-trustworthy outside his cage or a grooming routine.
I always wondered what the bad human did to that bird, and more to the point, why?
is why he is an infrequent commenter — usually up on the mt on their computer late at nite in between going out to do his hour shift outside and then back inside
no country deserves a palin more than america.
after all they got 46% of the votes last time
when obama fails to bring the troops home and the economy sinks she will look better and better to americans.
give the woman credit she knows the american people better than most americans
this is a country that voted reagan into office twice a b rated movie star
why not have a barbie doll to look at
after all the gov is not the solution but the problem
hey that worked out well
the middle class lined up to vote for reagan twice
the lower class, the religious, and the upper class will line up to vote for palin
the way the middle class is shrinking the lower class will be the majority.
now what are we waiting for lets invade iran and get some more of that black gold.
the world stood by and watched us invade iraq why not iran?
If you’re still tempted consider adopting an older bird that needs a good home. As you know many outlive their owners and it is particularly difficult to place them. If you ever do, first spend enough time together to ensure that you are compatible.
Oh that death glarin’ — the LQQK always has me laughing. I know that it is winter, but will we see any high diving in the future?
Spent all day cleaning and painting — we are old, aching pups.
tis way too forking brrr cold to even think about putting on a swimsuit much less diving (shrudder) into that cold water. tis a damp 43 outside and temps are dropping fast. brrrr
when obama fails to bring the troops home and the economy sinks she will look better and better to americans
I worry about that as well. Too bad President Obama doesn’t even resemble candiate Obama.
I’ll have you know I haven’t clicked on a Sarah link since I wrote that post and linked up those stories (there’s ironicality there if you’d care to hunt for it). And I have lots of friends here around me to help me through the P.T.’s
Go, Go, GO!! – dang.
Palinerium Tremens?
FWDiva
‘You’ll be back, Teddy’
;>)
Well, dear georgewalton has it backwards too.
If we had invaded Iran, SP’s book publishing would become the Great Shiny Object. That’s how the Village works, and is indeed WORKING!
The Democrats need to start hollerin’ about the GOPs holding up unemployed Americans’ extension and trying to block Dodd’s bill to keep the banks from upping rates before his credit card bill kicks in. The banks have skinned Americans alive on fees, and the right is harvesting the populist anger. If the Democratic party can’t get right with folks on the banks’ greed, they probably deserve to lose next year.
But structurally, it will be almost impossible to lose control of either House. Still, a smaller House caucus could actually be a more progressive caucus, as Blue Dogs are most at risk. Lots of those districts should be represented by GOPs anyway; sorry, those of you who are, but it’s true.
Power-less Blue Dogs, neutered and in smaller numbers: works for me.
Might have just been neglect. Hook-bills require lots of human interaction to compensate for what they would normally receive in the flock. A neglected bird can actually go insane from boredom. If it had been actively abused it probably would have had a strong aversion to people and might have hurt itself or you trying to get away.
Formerly neglected birds can be rehabilitated to a point but you have to take the long view, not days and weeks, more like years. Still, I’ve had Bob less than two years and he has made good progress. He still gets a little bitey at times, though.
dood, that is going commando on such a WRONG level
Won’t
Won’t
Won’t
Not even for you, DB. Well…. NO!
omg
I KNEW you’d look! LOL!
When I went to the shore near Portland, OR in August (1971, maybe it’s much warmer now) the water was so freaking cold standing in it up to my knees turned my lips blue. I did see one person swimming, though. Made of tougher stuff than I.
Heading out, splendid evening to all.
teddy teddy teddy *shaking head*
i am so disappointed in you young man
Fortunately, in 2008 the Democrats under Barack Obama built a policy bulwark against right wing populism with (1) a strong HOLC-like program that kept people in their homes, (2) a series of Congressional hearings that held the banks accountable and prepared the way for (3) strong financial regulations, a strong jobs program, starting with the swift passage of (4) card check and including (5) a WPA-style program that started greening New Orleans and Detroit, capping off the year with (6) a strong health care bill that extended Medicare-style protection to 130 million people and permitted single payer experiments in the states. And Obama, as a former instructor in Constitutional law, took personal charge of (7) rolling back the “unitary executive” programs of the Bush years, while (8) officials who broke the law were prosecuted.
(1) Oh, wait. (2) Oh, wait. (3) Oh, wait. (4) Oh, wait. (5) Oh, wait. (6) Oh, wait. (7) Oh, wait. (8) Oh, wait.
Look! Over there! Sarah Palin!
shall I help ya refill the brain-bleach
carbouystanks, ma’am?FWDiva
g’nite rat and all leaving sleepyheads
Hey, it was DarkBlack, not gawker or some other crap.
Teddy HAD to look!
“I’m heading up to the house at Stinson.”
– Sharon Stone
Ta ta rattykins! Sleep well.
Bad Theodore.
“But, soooooooz, it was DARKBLACK! I didn’t think DB would lead me astray!”
ahem don’t make me use the LQQK on you either — i can multitask yanno. no encouraging teddy
triple strength. and grab the restraints while you are there please.
[shuffles some papers meaninglessly, trying to avoid Suz's LQQK]
*sigh*
“Stop shuffling your papers and stand up on your own two feet, don’t lean on the table!”
– Judge Judy
I agree with you wholeheartedly. If the new bill coming out of finance is gutted to the extent I am hearing and more consessions are made with healthcare reform anger is going to rise sharply (and not amongst the teabaggers). Obama is pissing off the Independents and that’s what I most worry about. There is so much to be upset with. We need more Alan Grayson’s stat! My rep is a blue dog, I hope he loses to a republick who is willing to call himself one. I think Costa has voted with the GOP more than the dems. I don’t even bother with him anymore.
You funny…
hahahahahahahahah hahahahahahaha hahahahah
hahahahah hahahahahahahah hahahahah hahahahahahah.
Thanks FWD, I’ll get it at the library. How have you been lately?
Yer not calling Suz “Judge Judy” are you?
[ducks and runs]
‘I got Jonah G. and Teddy P., moo ha ha – Presdint Sarah ’12, you betcha!’
;>)
*raising eyebrows*
Yes, do it!
No problem here, not only have I turned off the Sarah channel I’ve tuned out of politics. This is the first thing I’ve read political in a week. The whole damn mess is just to sordid and lacking any redeeming features. If my apathy leads to this countries downfall, so be it. I can’t gag through another press conference, debate or interview filled with lies. So I leave it to you my fellow travelers to waste your time and effort as my father said just before he passed, “I’m done for now”.
late late nite upstairs
Darkblack!
Now I remember why I shouldn’t click on your links.
It takes forever to get that shade of bruise out of my mind. Blecccch.
fercryingoutloud I KNEW freecreditreport.com ruled the world.
Why’d ya have ta show me DB?
He should pay you for that one. You took 100 pounds off him, I bet.
He soiled my good pirate costume, the yotz!
;>)
eeeeeeek! Sarah Palin! eek!
what else was that you were saying?
too fraught with issues that induce the dreaded . . . cognitive dissonance!
so where were we?
oh yea, welcome to the Palindome!
(can someone make that a palindrome? ha ha ha)
Aye, Aye…
Appeal denied.
http://www.first-draft.com/2009/11/today-on-tommy-ts-obsession-with-the-freeperati-odds-and-sods-edition.html#more
Tommy
Teddy:
Count me in. I already was one of those who rarely clicked on those links anway. Now, I’ll simply not do it. Ever.
Teddy, I had been feeling the same way. Why is she still in the news so much? Because we all watch her. Even on the progressive sites there are too darn many Palin stories. What can I do to reduce them? Don’t click on them. Attention is her sustenance. I’m going to do my part by not giving her any more of mine.