Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

We’re not going back!

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

American History and Black History Cannot Be Separated

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

I really should read my own blog.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

This fight is for everything.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

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  1. 1.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    Is Darrel actually DougJ?

    Discuss.

    You’re the man with the IPs. Check it yourself.

    I still maintain that Darrell is your class project. (How come we never hear from any of your students, Professor Cole? If I were in your class, I’d probably post here every day.)

  5. 5.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    The hunt for DougJ is like the hunt for Osama: Frustrating, inexorable, and fraught with both Afghan tribal politics and the duplicity of the Pakistani government.

    My new theory: Osama = DougJ. Think about it. Both are cryptic, mysterious, and evil. Both are shameless Islamofascist Commie moonbats who hate America in general, and Balloon Juice in particular. Most importantly, both despise President George W. Bush. That was the giveaway, for me.

    I thank you for your time. God bless America.

  6. 6.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    I’ve never seen any of you at the same time as myself, so maybe you’re all me. I love solipsism.

    We are all DougJ. We are all Osama. We are all Darrell. We are all Winston Smith. We are all Spartacus.

    I love us.

  7. 7.

    Teak111

    Darrel had some good comments on the mortgage banking collapse and what it all meant. Guess every board has to have its agent provacators or its just preaching to the chior. I know Drum has Al and a few others who keep it stirred up.

  8. 8.

    ThymeZone

    Is Darrel actually DougJ?

    I’m with Scruffy. There is one person who knows the answer, and it’s the same guy who posed the question.

    My very educated guess is, no. But I am not convinced that the D-turd in our pool is not spoof. The last few days’ behavior has been profoundly spoofy for D.

    If I had to wager my own money, I’d figure that it’s about 1 chance in 3 that he’s spoof, and if spoof, 1 in 3 that the persona is written by more than one person.

    Keep in my mind that I am, in fact, a persona, I don’t actually exist. My creator exists, and he ain’t talkin much about what goes on there, at least not in this forum, he ain’t.

    So here’s a question: Does DougJ actually exist, or is he a creation of the blogowners?

    Cuss, and discuss.

  9. 9.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    My very educated guess is, no.

    It’d be a pretty astounding feat, though, wouldn’t it? Evel Knievel of the Intertron spoofs.

    If I had to wager my own money, I’d figure that it’s about 1 chance in 3 that he’s spoof, and if spoof, 1 in 3 that the persona is written by more than one person

    I agree, but if spoof, I think the odds go up to just about 3 in 3 that it’s a persona written by more than one person. How else do you explain the constant posting and the inexplicable mood swings?

    Cuss, and discuss.

    Fuck, no!

  12. 12.

    mrmobi

    Gruppenfuhrer Darrell, from yesterday.

    …the lefist would lie his fucking ass off again. Most of you really are pure scum. No honor code, zero integrity, lie whenever convenient.. just pure scum. This is BJ leftist example #46,889

    So. Can’t spell, abusive, and incapable of wrapping his mind (such as it is) around any concept of government which is not totally authoritarian.

    Godwin’s Law notwithstanding, this creature is a proponent of camps for illegal immigrants, advocates the incineration of children (if they happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and, you know, brown) is unapologetically homophobic, and slavishly anti-democratic. He is, in fact, the very model of a modern National Socialist.

    I don’t think he is a spoof, but it’s hard to believe anyone could be as disconnected from his own humanity as he seems to be. I mean, even Hitler liked dogs.

    John, if you are writing him, Stephen King has nothing on you.

  13. 13.

    The Other Steve

    Darrel had some good comments on the mortgage banking collapse and what it all meant.

    Oh, I must have missed those. What thread was that in?

    Here is my explanation of what has happened:

    Alan Greenspan is a moron who promoted inflationary monetary policy following 2001. Coupled with property speculators who I don’t feel sorry for. I do feel sorry for the little guys who got suckered into refi’s who didn’t need them though.

    The fall out is going to be a collapse of the predatory lenders who over leveraged themselves into subprime, leaving room for responsible lenders to expand through acquisition and market grab. i.e. consolidation down to a few big lenders.

  14. 14.

    Krista

    Is Darrel actually DougJ?

    You tell us. Many of us have been sticking around this site for years, through thick and thin, and still haven’t left, despite having to put up with Darrell’s tantrums. Don’t you think we deserve a reward for our loyalty/obstinacy?

  15. 15.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    I don’t think he is a spoof, but it’s hard to believe anyone could be as disconnected from his own humanity as he seems to be. I mean, even Hitler liked dogs.

    In fairness, he’s very concerned with the welfare of Boy Scouts.

  19. 19.

    Zifnab

    I’m one upping the Commissar and banning Darrell from my blog after zero posts.

    Can you do that? Is that legal? Why do you hate free speech? We must let Darrell speak or the terrorists win!

  20. 20.

    Pb

    Is Darrel actually DougJ?

    Discuss.

    Well, since you asked, let’s reason this out:

    * According to scs, Darrel (sic) is DougJ because:
    * According to scs, everyone is DougJ.
    * scs is full of crap.
    :. Darrel (sic) isn’t DougJ.

  21. 21.

    Anonymous Coward

    I think that Darrell is a run-of-the-mill liberal Democrat with an absolutely zesty sense of humor.

  22. 22.

    Pb

    Now that that’s over with, and for an encore…

    * According to Bush, Gonzales isn’t going anywhere.
    * That’s also what he said about Rumsfeld you-know-when…
    :. picks for our next Attorney General?

    The next attorney general, Fein said Thursday, should immediately “issue a memorandum to the Congress and to the White House” informing both “that any gripes about prosecutors they may have should be funneled through the Attorney General and not through the prosecutors themselves.” Another memo Fein would write, he told me, would be to remind U.S. Attorneys that they must immediately report any improper conduct or pressure–of the sort that occurred here with at least one federal prosecutor–brought by members of Congress or executive branch officials. And, for good measure, Fein would want the next Attorney General to get a public commitment from the President to abide by those rules.

    In my humble opinion, and recognizing that there may be a few other worthy candidates, there is only one person who perfectly currently fits the bill. He is a Bush-appointee, either an independent or a Republican, but not a partisan or a crony or a hack like so many other current appointees. He has a sterling record of integrity and doggedness. He is obviously his own man and has shown a remarkable tendency during his career as a prosecutor for rankling partisans on both sides of the aisle. He is beholden to no one. His nomination to head the Justice Department by President Bush, and his ratification by the Congress, would send a clear message to the country that our government is willing to turn the page on the sordid recent history of the Office of Attorney General. His name?

  24. 24.

    p.lukasiak

    If nothing else, we can find out whether or not this is all just a class project.

    Sorry, but I don’t think this is possible, sinceDarrell has no class.

    As to Darrell being a spoof… just visit LGF on any given day. There’s a whole world of Darrells there, a Darrellverse of alternate reality.

  26. 26.

    pharniel

    That could be an RPG. Adventures in the Darrell-verse.
    It’d be as bad as FATAL or RaHoWa, but hey, it would be funny.

  27. 27.

    ThymeZone

    I’m betting Darrell is actually ThymeZone…

    I want some of that action.

    Oh wait, I’m not Pete Rose. I’d be banned from baseball for betting on my own team …..

    And I desperately want to get into the Hall …..

  29. 29.

    Mr Furious

    Darrel had some good comments on the mortgage banking collapse and what it all meant.

    Shocking, but true. Things That Should Scare You Darrell made good arguments, and I told him as much. While he got impatient a few times, he kept things pretty calm, and insults and accusations of lying to a minimum. It was model behavior for him, and the thread was better for it.

    If that Darrelll showed up more often I’d actually welcome him as an echo chamber-check. But that was only a day after he completely torpedoed a thread, and at the same time as a non-Darrell thread was flourishing.

    Did Darrell stay out of the Gone-Zo thread because he knew no one would play? Was he on his best behavior in the next thread because of the same reason? Who knows?

    John clearly is reluctant to ban him, so it’s up to us to deal with Darrell. When the good Darrell shows up, engage. When he acts like a dick, ignore him. Simple. Last week was a pretty small sample, but maybe it will actually work.

  30. 30.

    John Cole

    They are not the same. I have checked the IP’s and so has Tim. Darrell has two ip addresses, one of which I assume is from home, the other is from work/jail/therapy/child care.

    DougJ has a number of incarnations that are pretty damned obvious to anyone who has been here longer than, say, this week.

  31. 31.

    Tim F.

    To finish John’s comment, nobody but Darrell uses Darrell’s IPs and Darrell never comments with anybody else’s IP. It would get marginally less silly around here if we can drop the conspiracy stuff. Neither John nor I have the free time to screw around with commenters.

    I mean, other than lazy-ass baiting like the thread I’m posting on.

  32. 32.

    RSA

    Is Darrel actually DougJ?

    I don’t know if this is a serious question, but just in case, I think a better way to phrase it is “Is DougJ actually Darrell?” That is, DougJ’s persona is much smarter than Darrell’s, has a better sense of humor, appears to be more knowledgeable, etc. I’d say that they’re different people.

    And from Pb:

    His name?

    FITZ! (Sorry–I hate the comment section of firedoglake, which is sometimes completely dominated by such one-liners, but it seems at least appropriate here.)

  33. 33.

    Tulkinghorn

    DougJ drops in and out, like he has a job, or a life, or something. D is so regular and exercises such consistent bad faith (a/k/a “good faith” to the loyal Bushies) that I suspect being here IS his job.

  34. 34.

    ThymeZone

    John clearly is reluctant to ban him, so it’s up to us to deal with Darrell. When the good Darrell shows up, engage. When he acts like a dick, ignore him. Simple. Last week was a pretty small sample, but maybe it will actually work.

    Your points are well taken and your argument is reasonable, however, I must vote NO.

    What we need in the case of Darrell is information, not time to ponder all the different ways to deal with him.

    Let’s compare and contrast, TZ to Darrell:

    TZ: Has a real name, and a real email address, in plain view as we speak right now.

    Darrell: Anonymous.

    TZ: Engages BJ participants offline on a regular basis, is known to at least a couple dozen other posters here by real name and location and occupation and ….

    Darrell: Anonymous

    The problem with Darrell is that he’s a complete enigma. If he is not a “real person” (as opposed to persona, or spoof) then what the HELL is the point of trying to devise a set of tactics for dealing with him?

    Without that information, nothing you cook up is going to be worth a damn.

    Anybody here wants to know more about me, settle the “is TZ actually Darrell” question … need do nothing more than email me and join our list. Unless the other members hate you, you’re in, I have no control over the membership. You just have to agree to keep a few things to the list and not reveal them to the outside world. That’s pretty much the only rule.

    Do you suppose Darrell would expose himself to that kind of public scrutiny?

    You tell me. And if not, what good is a “strategy” for handling him? It won’t last and it won’t work.

  35. 35.

    Krista

    It would get marginally less silly around here if we can drop the conspiracy stuff.

    But that would mean accepting that Darrell’s real. It’s a harsh reality, indeed. I think I have to go lie down…

  38. 38.

    RSA

    To finish John’s comment, nobody but Darrell uses Darrell’s IPs and Darrell never comments with anybody else’s IP.

    Fruitbat (whoever that is, of course) pointed out this exchange last night:

    Darrell Says:

    Hey demi you’re a proven lying sack of shit.

    and later:

    Jimmy Mack Says:

    I said.

    Hey demi you’re a proven lying sack of shit. Here is a photo of S. Sharkansky. Look at him. That’s him standing up.

    So was Jimmy Mack spoofing as Darrell? Too many questions. . .

  39. 39.

    Pb

    RSA,

    FITZ!

    Swopa!

    (Sorry—I hate the comment section of firedoglake, which is sometimes completely dominated by such one-liners, but it seems at least appropriate here.)

    My current working theory is that at least half of them have had so many psychotropic drugs in the past that they just like how some words sound on the printed page.

    But yes, quite appropriate in this case. :)

  40. 40.

    srv

    John has said he isn’t Darrell, so then he can’t be DougJ. Unless he’s lied about it. Darrell talks too much to be DougJ. DougJ is around alot less, as are many of his historical personalities, so perhaps he actually has to work for a living at this point.

    Demi and DougJ seem to know each other, but have never seen any Demi-JC side jokes. Demi and ppGaz pretend fight when they’re really bored – which wouldn’t make sense if one of them could just “do” Darrell.

    Another option is that Tim F. is behind some of these personalities, and John saw he was doing more work than he was, so he gave him posting rights.

    If Darrell is “real’, then I think that there’s actually some guy out there who is paying retired nuts to jack-off around on liberal/moderate blog sites. Started as a political counter-information project. It seems to have been cut back, but Darrell is probably required to make a certain number of posts a day to justify the minimum wage they (or John) pay him.

    As ppGaz says, Darrell seems to have slipped alot lately, so either he’s on the sauce more, or he’s been replaced by someone else. I have a multiple-Darrell theory, as you can be slapping him around on one response, and he can’t connect cross-references about on another response, even if it’s on the very same thread.

  41. 41.

    jenniebee

    What John fails to mention is that Clinton also had open threads, and his open threads were worse than any open threads that Bush has never had. BDS, wacktards!

    /Darrell

    Carry on.

  42. 42.

    ThymeZone

    Demi and ppGaz pretend fight when they’re really bored

    Are you on our list? If not, then that’s very insightful.

    But to make the game more interesting, as I said to another thread only yesterday I think:

    Not all the arguments are staged. Some are real, and some are partially real (real, but overblown, say). To get to the next level, you must be able to distinguish the various kinds from each other. And that’s hard, because not even the participants always know for sure!!!

    BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

    { sorry, the loud laugh was gratuitous, I know …. }

  44. 44.

    ed

    The original Darrell from back in the day was polite in language, with nary a curse word or angry statement. Either we have a new Darrell or the original has stopped taking his Abilify, leading to the manic outbursts that make little sense, accompanied by Tourette’s level swearing.

  45. 45.

    srv

    Are you on our list? If not, then that’s very insightful.

    No, but I think it went on even before your list. So the question was which spoofs are list-spoofs vs. DougJ, etc. I can say that if you think scs is real, then someone you know (probably on that list) is really f*ing with your mind and got scared about it. Which is why we don’t see her much.

    When I pointed out the Demi-DougJ connection (probably 2005 or so), nobody replied, so I assumed it was an inside thing.

  46. 46.

    Dreggas

    Holy Shit!

    There’s going to be a Press Club briefing by a new conservative group called “The Conservative Coalition On Presidential Power” or something similar with the intent of fighting back against the erosion of civil liberties by the executive branch, namely under the bush administration.

    Wonder who’s signing on for this? They’re going to be on CSpan shortly.

    Also looks like the senate overwhelmingly passed the bill regarding repealling the specter ammendment to the patriot act. Didn’t catch numbers but it was something like 98-2.

  47. 47.

    Krista

    Demi and ppGaz pretend fight when they’re really bored – which wouldn’t make sense if one of them could just “do” Darrell.

    I wouldn’t call it a “pretend” fight. But, I also would safely assume that they’re both enjoying themselves immensely.

  48. 48.

    ThymeZone

    paying retired nuts to jack-off

    Wait, I can get paid for that?

    Okay, just to clarify ….

    First I’d have to retire, and then I’d have to learn to do the other thing.

  49. 49.

    Dreggas

    ThymeZone Says:

    Okay, just to clarify ….

    First I’d have to retire, and then I’d have to learn to do the other thing.

    But wouldn’t that totally invalidate retirement? I mean getting paid to rub one out means you have a job.

  51. 51.

    ThymeZone

    Of the hand variety…

    Please send for my informative booklet “Washing Your Car and 100 Other Things You Can Do With Hairy Palms”.

    Just $29.95 plus S&H today only.

    { add to cart }

  53. 53.

    ThymeZone

    Oh boy is this good, Highly recommend listening to CSpan if you can. These guys are hammering the admin.

    Ixnay, I am currently being waterboarded by a Boy Scout troop from Houston. I’m going to need to see the replay ….

  54. 54.

    MikeF

    If nothing else, we can find out whether or not this is all just a class project.

    Sorry, but I don’t think this is possible, sinceDarrell has no class.

    Well, I would have to dispute that. Darrell has a LOT of class. It is all low, but he does have a lot of it.

    I am changing from Mike to MikeF since I have seen a MikeS posting here lately.

  55. 55.

    AkaDad

    I think you just broke my brain

    I apologize.

    The last thing I wanted to do was create another neo-conservative.

  56. 56.

    Dreggas

    ThymeZone Says:

    Ixnay, I am currently being waterboarded by a Boy Scout troop from Houston. I’m going to need to see the replay ….

    Channelling your inner Foley?

  57. 57.

    Paul L.

    Tim F’s friend at NASA is still having his descent crushed.

    A NASA scientist who said the Bush administration muzzled him because of his belief in global warming yesterday acknowledged to Congress that he’d done more than 1,400 on-the-job interviews in recent years.

    James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who argues global warming could be catastrophic, said NASA staffers denied his request to do a National Public Radio interview because they didn’t want his message to get out.

    But Republicans told him the hundreds of other interviews he did belie his broad claim he was being silenced.

    “We have over 1,400 opportunities that you’ve availed yourself to, and yet you call it, you know, being stifled,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican.

    Mr. Hansen responded: “For the sake of the taxpayers, they should be availed of my expertise. I shouldn’t be required to parrot some company line.”

  59. 59.

    Andrew

    Tim F’s friend at NASA is still having his descent crushed.

    Where was he going before he was crushed? Down some sort of mine shaft?

  61. 61.

    ThymeZone

    Who’s Darrell?

    I think the accepted phrasing, at the Darrell-of-the-Day Project that meets every Thursday in John’s office, is:

    Who’s Darrell today?

  62. 62.

    Jake

    How dare you? We are all DougJ. If DougJ = Darrell, then WE = Darrell.

    I think an apology of some sort is order.

  64. 64.

    demimondian

    Hey, Paul, great snippet! Did you notice the name of that Congressman? *Darrell* Issa — one of the most do nothing of the do nothing Republicans in California, obsessed with illegal immigration…an associate of Duke Cunningham…in trying to push Carol Lam out…

    Now we know what he was doing during the 109th Congress,,,

  65. 65.

    Bruce Moomaw

    Congratulations, John. You have just done one of the most effective jobs of opening the gates of Hell that I have ever seen.

  67. 67.

    ThymeZone

    Congratulations, John. You have just done one of the most effective jobs of opening the gates of Hell that I have ever seen.

    There will be a lecture tonight at Darrell Hall to explain what in the world that comment means.

  68. 68.

    Tim F.

    Paul, no matter what Ace of Spades might tell you that news story doesn’t help you. Among other things we found out just how thoroughly superstition and rightwing ideology permeated scientific agencies like NASA, and the feds had a minder listen into all of Hansen’s interviews.

    Think that’s normal? Normal for the Soviet Bloc, yes. The fact that you want to go on defending it speaks volumes about your personal credibility.

  69. 69.

    mrmobi

    “We are conservative scholars, activists and writers. We do not favor a crippled executive or enfeebled government. In a time of danger, checks and balances make for stronger government because the people will more readily accept a muscular authority if barriers against abuses are strong. If at some future time Congress, in turn, aggrandizes power and invades the executive or judicial domains, we will be equally alert to sound the alarm. But today, the clear and present danger to conservative philosophy is the White House.”

    This is from the group led by Bob Barr who want an end to rendition and torture, restoration of habeus corpus, etc.

    Good stuff.

  70. 70.

    ThymeZone

    Among other things we found out just how thoroughly superstition and rightwing ideology permeated scientific agencies like NASA, and the feds had a minder listen into all of Hansen’s interviews.

    If we are talking about the proceedings we saw this week on C-SPAN, all I can say is, my jaw has bruises on it from hitting the floor.

    The attack on science is truly an amazing thing to behold, I never thought we’d have to relive the time of Galileo, andthat our own government would play the part of the Church.

  71. 71.

    ThymeZone

    I have to say, I think I was wrong about Bob Barr. The guy has really stepped up lately. I used to think he was just One of Them. But he has shown some real leadership, I think.

  72. 72.

    Dreggas

    mrmobi Says:

    “We are conservative scholars, activists and writers. We do not favor a crippled executive or enfeebled government. In a time of danger, checks and balances make for stronger government because the people will more readily accept a muscular authority if barriers against abuses are strong. If at some future time Congress, in turn, aggrandizes power and invades the executive or judicial domains, we will be equally alert to sound the alarm. But today, the clear and present danger to conservative philosophy is the White House.”

    This is from the group led by Bob Barr who want an end to rendition and torture, restoration of habeus corpus, etc.

    Good stuff.

    I listened to them give their presser and it was something to listen to. Granted I had to raise an eyebrow here and there but they did strike me as honest and really meaning what they were saying. They were PISSED.

  73. 73.

    The Other Steve

    Shocking, but true. Things That Should Scare You Darrell made good arguments, and I told him as much. While he got impatient a few times, he kept things pretty calm, and insults and accusations of lying to a minimum. It was model behavior for him, and the thread was better for it.

    Man, I’m sorry I missed the rest of that thread.

  74. 74.

    Dreggas

    As an Addendum, their whole message was “Yes we are conservatives, yes we believe in conservative principles and our freedom is a conservative principle and no one should be able to erode it. These positions are American positions not just ours it’s a Democratic Position, A Libertarian Position and a Republican position and should be treated as such.”

    Really it was worth listening to.

  75. 75.

    Halffasthero

    Many of us have been sticking around this site for years, through thick and thin, and still haven’t left, despite having to put up with Darrell’s tantrums.

    Speaking of people who have been here through thick and thin – anyone seen/remember Stormy70? Fall off the cyber cliff or just get sick of posting? I had little in common politically but we had simlar tastes in alcohol (which is important).

  76. 76.

    Bubblegum Tate

    Where was he going before he was crushed?

    Cue the Jason Lee/Joey Lauren Adams oral sex-reltaed injuries discussion from Chasing Amy

    Where’s that Bob Barr quote from?

  77. 77.

    The Commissar

    RSA Says:

    To finish John’s comment, nobody but Darrell uses Darrell’s IPs and Darrell never comments with anybody else’s IP.

    Fruitbat (whoever that is, of course) pointed out this exchange last night:

    Darrell Says:

    Hey demi you’re a proven lying sack of shit.

    and later:

    Jimmy Mack Says:

    I said.

    Hey demi you’re a proven lying sack of shit. Here is a photo of S. Sharkansky. Look at him. That’s him standing up.

    So was Jimmy Mack spoofing as Darrell? Too many questions. . .

    Like Churchill said,

    A Balloon Juice comment thread is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma within a blockquote.

  78. 78.

    p.lukasiak

    Speaking of people who have been here through thick and thin – anyone seen/remember Stormy70?

    There is a Stormy70 who comments over at Tom Maguire’s Just One Minute blog…. (he fits right in there, given that the site commentariate is completely moronic…)

  80. 80.

    Paul Wartenberg

    I think the bigger questions should be, “Who wants to claim being Darrell or DougJ in the first place?” Kinda not a fun thing to admit to. Personally, I’d claim to be Tom Hanks… back when he was funny…

  81. 81.

    Pb

    Tim F.,

    I’d wager that he got it from C-SPAN; the group is Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances. And as for Bob Barr giving up on the GOP… well, let me know if he gets kicked out of the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Freedom and Privacy at the American Conservative Union Foundation.

  82. 82.

    Randolph Fritz

    I know a Darrell. It’s not likely it’s the same man, but I wonder…

    And the conservative critics of the president are a very interesting development. IIRC, what finally brought down Nixon was that some of the Republican Senators were persuaded of his failings, so there was a bipartisan alliance in the Senate. Could this bring down W?

  83. 83.

    mrmobi

    Tim F:

    Where did you get that quote?

    It was on the Huffington Post, Melinda Hennenberger.

  84. 84.

    sidereal

    Tim F’s friend at NASA is still having his descent crushed.

    Well, where’s he descending? If it’s Jupiter, he’d certainly be crushed, with over 2 million bar of atmospheric pressure. Put there by G-d, of course.

  85. 85.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    They are not the same. I have checked the IP’s and so has Tim. Darrell has two ip addresses, one of which I assume is from home, the other is from work/jail/therapy/child care.

    One is from the West Virginia University computer lab, and the other one is from one of the dorms.

    I thought of the jail theory, too, but there’s no way you’d get 2 ips in prison. Maybe he’s on some kind of furlough program, but I still think the class project theory is far likelier.

    To finish John’s comment, nobody but Darrell uses Darrell’s IPs and Darrell never comments with anybody else’s IP. It would get marginally less silly around here if we can drop the conspiracy stuff. Neither John nor I have the free time to screw around with commenters.

    So Darrell isn’t DougJ; that doesn’t mean Darrell isn’t 5 or 6 different people (at least).

  86. 86.

    Tulkinghorn

    I have to say, I think I was wrong about Bob Barr. The guy has really stepped up lately. I used to think he was just One of Them. But he has shown some real leadership, I think.

    I think we are still owed an apology from Barr for the frivolous impeachment. I suppose we will get the apology around the time his ex-wife gets one for his infidelities, and the court gets one for the perjury he committed during his divorce trial.

    Then again we could all grow old an die while waiting for the Republican Party to act with some sort of honor or integrity.

  87. 87.

    Andrew

    So Darrell isn’t DougJ; that doesn’t mean Darrell isn’t 5 or 6 different people (at least).

    I don’t know why you would trust the person who is playing all 4-8 characters.

  88. 88.

    Ted

    One is from the West Virginia University computer lab, and the other one is from one of the dorms.

    Is this actually true? If it were, it would be hilarious to know everyone’s been arguing with a 19 year old or something around there.

  89. 89.

    Fruitbat

    At this point, I’m just happy nobody’s tried to figure out who I really am.

    (Hint: it rhymes with “gumsweld” and I have a cask full of sour grapes.)

  90. 90.

    Dreggas

    Ted Says:

    Is this actually true? If it were, it would be hilarious to know everyone’s been arguing with a 19 year old or something around there.

    If that were the case it would be amusing but it would be even more amusing if it had been someone “older” and “wiser” who was getting p0wned time and again by some of the younger “Whipper snappers” here.

  92. 92.

    Dreggas

    Oh boy. TPM is liveblogging the bush “statement” in case anyone doesn’t know what’s happening sounds like Bush is throwing down the gauntlet and telling Dems to take it or leave it.

    Petulance…

    Of course this is a good thing, let him try to stonewall further.

    Choice bit I saw being reported on:

    “We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants,” Bush said in a statement from the White House. “I proposed a reasonable way to avoid an impasse.”

  93. 93.

    Pb

    We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants

    Don’t worry, they aren’t.

  94. 94.

    Pb

    One is from the West Virginia University computer lab, and the other one is from one of the dorms.

    Is this actually true? If it were, it would be hilarious to know everyone’s been arguing with a 19 year old or something around there.

    Or worse, a tenured professor (and scoutmaster)… eww…

  95. 95.

    Temple

    I thought i was going to enjoy this thread to get some real bitching out of the way.

    Not so much.

    Ah well, funny in places. Guess we save the serious bitching for ruining more serious threads, eh?

  97. 97.

    demimondian

    For what it’s worth — nothing — I’m not DougJ. I’m also not ppGaz. I’m also not Andrew — but I would say that, now wouldn’t I?

  99. 99.

    DougJ

    You know what else? It’s much easier to fool people on idiotic local newspaper blog comments than in the big, bad Balloon Juice city. Check this out.

    2/24/2007 5:25 PM
    DougJ said…

    Sadly, the ACLU seems more interested in protecting the rights of terrorists than in keeping our children safe from predators. It doesn’t surprise me to learn that the head of this America-hating group has been jailed for child pornography, though I have not read about that elsewhere.

    And that’s exactly right: pornography is bad. Period. And we all know what it is.

    It’s sad that we’ve allowed activist judges to override
    commonsense. As with the aboliton of prayer in school, mandated teaching of the quasi-scientific crock that is the THEORY of evolution, and the state-sanctioned murder of Terri Schiavo, these black-robed tyrants are destroying our values.
    2/25/2007 8:02 PM

    Petrena said…

    dougj, you can find the story at abcnews.com.. I think it will still be on there. Or you can just google ACLU.

    Loved your comments.

  100. 100.

    RSA

    . . .pornography is bad. Period. And we all know what it is. . . these black-robed tyrants. . .

    You are too damned witty for your own good, DougJ.

  101. 101.

    DougJ

    And Demi and I don’t really know each other, we’re just both mathematicians.

    Thanks, RSA (speaking of math, is that name after the encryption algorithm?).

  102. 102.

    Richard 23

    All these posts about Darrell and he never even posted here. You are all a bunch of obsessed wackjobs. All of you are scum and dishonest as hell. I’ll need some ice for that “spanking” you’re about to give me. I look forward to it.

  103. 103.

    RSA

    Thanks, RSA (speaking of math, is that name after the encryption algorithm?).

    Just my initials; I do appreciate the concidence of using the acronym to protect my real identity (not that it needs protection).

  104. 104.

    Richard 23

    Bob Barr is a washed up RINO. But he did do a good job back in the day during the Clinton impeachment. I like to remember how he was before he went senile.

  107. 107.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    I’m not Darrell. I don’t have it in me to be that hostile that much of the time.

    But, are you Spartacus?

    You know what else? It’s much easier to fool people on idiotic local newspaper blog comments than in the big, bad Balloon Juice city.

    No fair. That’s like tricking a child, or stealing candy from a baby. (The unarmed, gun-less ones, not the Maggie Simpson ones.)

    I’ll need some ice for that “spanking” you’re about to give me. I look forward to it.

    Thanks for sharing, Richard.

  108. 108.

    Zombie Santa Claus

    I’m not Darrell. I don’t have it in me to be that hostile that much of the time.

    But, are you Spartacus?

    You know what else? It’s much easier to fool people on idiotic local newspaper blog comments than in the big, bad Balloon Juice city.

    No fair. That’s like tricking a child, or stealing candy from a baby. (The unarmed, gun-less ones, not the Maggie Simpson ones.)

    I’ll need some ice for that “spanking” you’re about to give me. I look forward to it.

    Thanks for sharing, Richard.

  110. 110.

    J.R.

    All these posts about Darrell and he never even posted here. You are all a bunch of obsessed wackjobs. All of you are scum and dishonest as hell. I’ll need some ice for that “spanking” you’re about to give me. I look forward to it.

    Why would he?

    Anyway, ‘member bout the time Darrell was talking about his orthopedist? In the thread about universal health care?

  111. 111.

    Krista

    So, do you now have to put a piece of coal in your own stocking after all that swearing?

  112. 112.

    Gebäudereinigung

    Darrel had some good comments on the mortgage banking collapse and what it all meant. Guess every board has to have its agent provacators or its just preaching to the chior. I know Drum has Al and a few others who keep it stirred up.

  113. 113.

    ConservativelyLiberal

    Ok, time to fess up. BJ is a blog that is run and posted on by one individual. Nobody else can post to it, only me. I just can’t admit to myself that I have a multiple personality disorder, so we are stuck communicating like this here.

    Mom always said I spent too much time talking to myself…

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