Awesome pieces on CBS Sunday morning. My favorite was the one on Music’s Ending Power.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.
“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”
A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.
Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.
Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.
If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!
Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.
Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?
We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.
Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.
Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.
The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.
The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.
75% of people clapping liked the show!
Damn right I heard that as a threat.
When we show up, we win.
There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.
You cannot love your country only when you win.
In after Baud. Damn.
Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?
They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!
Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.
I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.
Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
ThymeZone
I watch some of the excellent CBSSM every week, despite the fact that they continue — interminably — to use theme music that is tiresome, worn out, annoying, and boring to the point that it actually kills brain cells while you listen to it.
In the name of all that is holy and decent, can’t they have some variety and some new ideas in their theme music? WTF ARE THEY THINKING?
John Cole
It is official. You will complain about ANYTHING.
demimondian
Hey, BJuicers…question.
Is this piece of advocacy real, or spoof? It looks like it belongs in our comments section, not on the official page of the Republican minority on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee.
ThymeZone
Ah, your Sunday morning congeniality. Charming.
You try listening to that crappy theme music for a couple of years (you know, it takes two seasons to really understand how bad it is) … and then come back and apologize to me. If you haven’t gone mad and cut off an ear by that time, I mean. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, that music will DESTROY YOUR BRAIN.
Fledermaus
This weekend “This American Life” re-ran the Squirrel Cop story. It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
srv
Between that and having watched an episode of The Wire, you must not have many left.
John, if you haven’t ‘discovered’ this show yet, it is easily the finest radio in all the lands. Yes, better than Sunday Morning. Apparently there’s a TV version now, but I don’t have cable. My faves – ‘Fiasco’, ‘Telephone’ and ‘My Pen Pal’. Don’t listen to the first one by driving.
I’m sure ppGaz thinks it sucks though.
Punchy
demi, where you been? havent seen you in weeks…
Ted
Some rightwing blogger I’ve not yet been familiar with decided to expand the artistry of the smear from a 12 year old boy to American servicemen insufficiently damaged in the war, but complain too much.
Ahhh, Sunday morning.
ThymeZone
No worries! I need very few to stay ahead of you!
If you like it, it must suck, yes. A priori.
:)
Dennis-SGMM
Back in Vietnam days the guys who came home with PTSD (The diagnosis hadn’t been accepted by the VA at that time) were derided by the Right as a bunch of fakers and malingers. This was way before blogging so the wingers had to make themselves heard through television and newspapers – all of whom were more than glad to give them a platform. References to Patton having slapped a combat-fatigued soldier for cowardice were rife.
The American soldier: use up and throw away.
CT Voter
Squirrel Cop story. It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
Definitely. One of my favorite stories is the one about the two teenagers who used to, to just get out of the house, tell their (crazy, sad, bitter) mother that they were babysitting…it’s very touching.
The other favorite is the person in New Mexico, I believe, who was arrested by the police, suspected of being some sort of terrorist, for painting frog figures on the sidewalk. And Donald Rumsfeld’s daughter played a role…
Great show. For those of you who haven’t listened to it, “This American Life” is worth a try.
Ted
It’s just that, maybe I shouldn’t be, but I’m stunned the rightwing can tolerate this crap in its ranks. They practically worship our military as sacred demi-gods, and then they don’t even feel the need to pretend to maintain this facade once many of the troops are back home.
If PTSD has you so messed up you can barely leave your bedroom or stop taking pills, you’re pretty much just as injured as if you needed a crutch or a cain. And then for the bitch (I’m sorry, but she is) to agree with the position that many of the troops complaining of PTSD symptoms are merely pussies who otherwise would be fine had they not been brought up among such liberal ideas, well, I’m just speechless.
demimondian
Busy — out of the country a lot of the time, getting products out the door most of the rest of the time. I still read, but I just don’t have time to write. Sadly (for me — luckily for the rest of you), my schedule isn’t going to get any less crazy between now and the middle of January.
Dennis-SGMM
Ted; it gets better. This morning’s WaPo has an article titled When Service Limits Options, explaining how reservists are finding it difficult to get hired because of the threat of extended deployments.
I must selfishly recount how, on my return from Vietnam, I was told by one prospective employer (Replete with American flag lapel pin) that I was eminently qualified but that he wouldn’t hire me because his other employees would be in fear that I might “go off”. The current myth was that Vietnam vets were ticking time-bombs.
For the American right, patriotism ends at their wallets. Our wallets, on the other hand, are to be plundered in the interest of the greater good.
magisterludi
The right wing’s commitment to the troops is as bogus as their professed commitment to the teachings of Christ.
Punchy
From the I-had-no-friggin-idea file…
Ted, that link is amazing. “unhinged” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Rome Again
I hope you’re not just now figuring this out.
Rome Again
You have no freaking idea just how far that goes.
Ummm, yeah TZ, I did say that! :p
Ted
Parodists can’t come up with this shit. Send that sentence you quoted to Stephen Colbert; it’s right up his alley, if it weren’t so completely offensive and disrespectful.
rachel
C.S. Lewis had a good description about how this works. Fro Screwtape letter #8:
D-Chance.
Sunday Open Thread: NFL.
Today, we Cowboy fans discovered the bleak reality.
There’s New England, there’s Indianapolis, and then there’s “those other 30 teams” in the NFL.
TenguPhule
Hah! That’s what you think, moonbat!
The New Kinder Gentler Republican Party *RECYCLES* soldiers by sending them back into combat until they die. And then the corpses are stuffed and mounted as Human Shields to defend against the Rampaging Herds of Mad Liberals demanding accountability.
Remember, they die in Iraq to provide a reason to send the next batch into the meatgrinder!
rilkefan
Is that intended to be “Music’s Enduring Power”?
Billy K
I see it more as:
Tier I: Patriots, Colts
Tier II: Cowboys, Green Bay, Pittsburg
The rest (and the rest really suck this year)
Tax Analyst
It’s like I tell my friend, Norris, “Man, you’d complain if they hung you with a new rope.”