Made it to Charleston, btw, and am blogging from the hotel. Listened to Limbaugh the entire way down, and that literally is three hours without a fact. It is mind-numbing. Also heard this on one of the oldies stations, and it is now stuck in my head, so I thought you should suffer, too:
We both agreed that Hall and Oates have aged better than Billy Joel’s music, though.
chiggins
Better than most of it, but The Stranger is still really, really good. It would be even if it didn’t evoke the image of sitting on your hand until it falls asleep, and then using it to shake hands with Mr. Cranky.
Stuck in the Fun House
when I saw Hall $ Oates I thought it better be Sarah Smile and it was . Good choice
Punchy
Josh Marshall just excoriating the McCain group for fucking up the Walter Reeds. As long as they prep for this shit, as much a show as it is an actual political gathering, this is a colossal fuck up. How NOBODY realized they had the wrong building….how is this possible? Is exactly NO ONE in the McCain camp an ex-military brass?
But hey, Palin can shoot meese with a gun, so I bet she’d make an expert negotiator with Syria or Iran.
Stuck in the Fun House
And to demonstrate how thick I am sometimes, I just now thought of why. Crocodile Smile would be better.
peach flavored shampoo
We?
Ned Raggett
All of us.
(Hall and Oates still are gods. And Billy Joel, well, not enough flaming pits in hell.)
zzyzx
If McCain were running McDonalds, he’d start an ad campaign with the slogan, “Have it your way.” Come on, it’s sad enough that the party in power is trying to say that electing them again is “change,” but they’re literally using, “That’s not change, it’s more of the same,” to describe Obama. I guess it’s working.
Brick Oven Bill
Rush Limbaugh makes better than $50 million a year. I don’t believe that there is $50 million to be made selling advertising for select comfort beds, Nevada incorporation paperwork, and flowers. I have convinced myself that he is funded in large part by the oil interests.
Shell engineers estimate that they can make a profit from oil shale at $30/barrel. We have 16 years of oil offshore and on government land. We have 300 years of oil in shale.
Limbaugh is correct in that Sarah Palin is hot though.
jnfr
I made a Sarah picture!
Now I’ll have this song stuck in my head all evening.
Brachiator
And here I was guessing it would be Maneater
PC
Biden calls out the high school sniping.
jibeaux
This is presently amusing me, from Ben Smith:
Genetically incapable of factual accuracy, Republicans.
Laura W
You have not lived until you’ve seen Daryl Hall move on stage.
mmmmmmmmmmmm….
Why are you driving right into the Hannah and the Ikes? Aren’t people driving in the other direction?
Did you prop the doors open for the poor, abandoned cat?
Did I miss anything this week? I heard some boring, delusional people were yelling and spewing lies on the tee vee.
I’ve had a horrible head/chest cold all week. How many different over-the-counter cold/sleep medications can I mix with Ketel One? And live?
If you have Repub “friends” (the quotes indicate my ambivalence, clearly), how do you not bite your tongue off when they say, of Palin: “I LIKE HER!!”??
It’s been a surreal week, has it not?
DougJ
Good song. That got its start on R&B radio. People just assumed Darryl Hall was black. That’s the highest compliment you can pay a white singer.
Laura W
Hey! Is there more than one Charleston in the US?
I’m South Carolina-centric this week.
NobodySpecial
‘Out of Touch’ ftw, tyvm.
dslak
I just listend to be a program on BBC Radio 4 (I’m in the UK) with a townhall event in Missouri. It was interesting to hear the few self-identified conservatives, including a US Congressman from Missouri, state that McCain was not one of them.
Cris
The video for “She’s Gone” is still the best. Though the song won’t be applicable to the campaign season for a while yet.
Noah
Sarah Palin is Michael Jackson.
PC
Wingnuts have set up a Google bomb. A retarded one, but certainly a Google bomb.
HumboldtBlue
Joel’s piano work was good, but his lyrics could have been written by McCain.
Also, the righty blogs are chock full of joy today. TIDOS is working overtime to prove he’s the stupidest man in the universe and Malkin is teetering on the edge of insanity.
Bondo
H&O are okay I suppose, but Billy Joel is one of the great songwriters of all-time.
dslak
This just goes to show that people with no sense of humor can’t do a decent Google bomb.
dslak
So, all-in-all, it’s an average day for her?
Not my fault
With the whole bridge to nowhere, “Sure, I vetted her” and other obvious, easily checked lies…. (No, not exaggerations or misstatements or gaffes. Lies.)
They aren’t even pretending to tell the truth any more. They seem to be going for “We are serving all red meat. Anyone interested in facts can eat shit.”
PC
That’s like teetering on the edge of pregnancy.
…too soon?
Cris
What kind of retarded Google bomb is that? Sets the bar pretty low, IMO. That’s like Google bombing “Michelle Maglalang” to point to michelle malkin dot com, which is already the fifth result for that search.
dslak
That’s obviously some low-quality meat they’re peddling.
dr. bloor
The whole set for the RNC reminded me of this all week long.
harlana pepper
Hall & Oates. Now that’s just *really* uncalled for! Esp., since it is now sticking in my mind. Damn, I think I hate you.
JL
No way would I listen to Rush in a car. You have far more stamina than the average person.
Cris
Not even Moving Pictures? I mean, I understand if you don’t wanna put up with 2112.
Conservatively Liberal
There is a Charleston, Oregon. It is just south of Coos Bay on the Oregon coast.
IOW, nothing new to report.
Jeff
This is what they need to do. Joe Biden rips into the candidates.
gil mann
Their “Greatest Hits Vol. 1” is fantastic, though the title has proven overly optimistic in retrospect.
Friend of mine had a date stolen away by Oates at a bar once. He was crestfallen. He was like, “Hall, okay, I could see Hall, but what did this guy ever do? Go ‘watch out?'”
Litlebritdifrnt
I used to merrily listen to my local talk radio station, local show in the morning, Laura Ingram from 9 til noon, Rush, then Dave Ramsey. Laura Ingram has got so freaking shrill recently that it is painful to listen to her, and Rush? Never mind. I listen to Dave Ramsey from 3 to 5, other than that the radio is off. I just can’t stand it. In my car this afternoon Rush was actually trying to tell us how the McCain speech was “measured” and while it was not “awe inspiring” it simply gave a serious story of how McCain was a POW………… GAG.
harlana pepper
She’s a Moooose Eater!
mortimer icabod marker
Gloria Steinem offers her two cents on Sarah Palin and protest votes: “To vote in protest for McCain/Palin would be like saying, ‘Somebody stole my shoes, so I’ll amputate my legs.'”
AkaDad
Is McCain Palin’s bitch?
Tattoosydney
I have just woken up (it’s 9am Saturday here), and was a skimming the discussion… and was struck by these two comments:
and:
I think it was Harry Truman who said that given a choice between a fake Republican and a real one, the public will choose the real Republican every time.
If the default has flipped, and the Republicans are now being “fake Democrats”, might those 71.8% win percentages for Obama on 538 be justified?
Conservatively Liberal
Last night my wife said that she expects a story to come out that Sarah not only shot a moose but immediately after that she ripped a leg off and ate it right there.
I added:
Then she ate its liver to absorb the spirit and strength of the moose. Afterward, she went over to a tree and marked her territory. Then she picked up the the rest of the moose, tossed it over her shoulder and headed home, carrying it over 250 miles (in one evening!) so that she could feed the starving townspeople. While the town was feasting she quietly cleaned and oiled her rifle.
It’s enough to make male members explode throughout the Republican party!
Stuck in the Fun House
Thanks AKADad! That made me laugh out loud.
AkaDad
Yeah me too. I figured you all would appreciate it.
Sherrell
What will be the difference between the Bush-Cheney administration and the McCain-Palin administration?
Lipstick
L. Ron Obama
Q: What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and George Bush?
A: Lipstick.
Q: What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani?
A: Certainly not lipstick.
Tattoosydney
Samantha Bee is wonderful…
This deserves another viewing…
chopper
yeah, i love how they don’t mention that the jet didn’t sell.
of course it didn’t sell. WHO THE FUCK LOOKS ON EBAY FOR A PRIVATE JET? did they think someone like cindy mccain would be looking to add one to her fleet? well, i was looking around ebay for a brand new diamond-encrusted car and figured ‘what the hell’.
seriously, the only thing more inane than thinking someone would buy a private jet off ebay is actually posting a private jet on ebay and thinking it’ll sell.
JWW
To All,
The tears of Keith Olbermann!! What a bunch of BS. “I knew several people in the twin towers”. He says what a disgrace to show the events of 9/11. I say we need to be reminded. I have never heard anyone forget about or ban 12/7 and Pearl Harbor. I have been reminded every year of my life, of Peal Harbor, I feel no offense. I see the real footage and the movies associated with it each year on Dec 7th. Why does he have to excuse anyone from his comment? He is a pussy. He saw reality, my heart goes out to all who were lost. Maybe we should strike the terrible event from history to appease th left. I and my entire family are New Yorkers. What a puss.
Tattoosydney
Sorry for the long quote… this is the best (and most accurate) rant I have seen for ages, and that kind of righteous anger deserved another airing…
Conservatively Liberal
“Country First” was chosen as the McCain campaign slogan to give us a hint what the first major failure of a McCain administration would be.
Our country.
JWW
To All,
At least “The Land of The Rising Sun” attacked a military target. Keith is a whining wuss, we will never forget 9/11 and I didn’t here him whine when his network made a fortune broadcasting 9/11 live.
The national media are not the sheep who follow, they are the manure left behind.
r€nato
It just occurred to me that “Blockwatch” is a form of community organizing. What terrible people we are for trying to make our neighborhood safer.
Ned R.
I feel enlightened.
Ned R.
(Sorry, that was to JWW.)
Josh
JWW…Tie a plastic bag around your head, breathe in a few times, stroke harder, and you might just get that nut.
gil mann
Just the perpetrators.
libarbarian
He had a point, but I am also kind of sick of the way I see this trotted out everytime someone is pissed at a Dem for making some reasonable compromise or other (I’m not saying you did this, but I hear it a lot when it isn’t warranted).
Random Musings:
I’m wondering if I was wrong in my initial reaction to Palin.
On one hand she is polling well and, for some reason I can’t grock, a lot of people seem to honestly like her and NOT find her creepy.
On the other hand I still think she is going to be scandal bait – she has so much baggage. There are two levels to this. On one hand there are the political scandals, like the growing Troopergate and earmarks and lies about policy. On the other there is the personal “scandals”, like the pregnant daughter, which has no political relevance but will be tabloid fodder, as will the “affair” rumors and will produce all sorts of covers with so-called “scandals” that will be seen by millions on the covers in check-out lines. And that’s assuming it’s all false – if any of it is true then it will just be worse.
For an old Pol’, who is established, this might be survivable because s/he already has an established reputation – we know Clinton is a poon-hound so we’re not shocked by it. She is a fresh face, however, that has only 2 months to be introduced to America … and now it’s inevitable that much of the talk over those two months are going to be about pre-existing scandals. Plus she has ENEMIES – even her supporters acknowledge this – and some of them are going to hit her back. When people you know that well and that long talk decide to air your dirty secrets or even just invent some to spread around ….. its usually damaging.
Anyways, I’ve vented …..
Conservatively Liberal
JWW, if that don’t work then take two wetsuits and a dildo and don’t call me in the morning.
Bob In Pacifica
I really liked “She’s Gone” and “Did It In A Minute”. I don’t go back and listen to them very often, but when one of their songs slips past on the shuffle I appreciate it.
As far as Sarah Palin being hot, forty years ago I had a penpal from England during high school and into college. Writing back and forth she became in some ways my best friend. She was smart and funny when she was an ocean away, but when she came over to visit she was crazy. A friend of mine told me, “She just needs a good ****.” Now it turned out that that’s what I needed. My penpal was still crazy though. Nothing but trouble down that bad road.
There are many warning signs to keep yourself disinterested with Mrs. Palin on many different levels. I suspect that many men have regretted decisions regarding her, with more regret on the way.
tBone
When rationality and coherent thought are bogging you down, Birdzilla and JWW are the perfect palate cleansers.
w vincentz
A name you might be hearing soon is Brad Hanson, former half owner of a car wash in Anchorage, Alaska.
Another might be a soon to be deployed son-of-a-gov, that spent his senior year in Portage, Michigan playing hockey to avoid the pulic scrutiny of his home town, Wasilla, AK, for damages caused when school buses were vandalized.
I sure hope the soon-to-be written movie does justice to the drama.
Who in heck would name their youngest daughter after a 1958 single engine aircraft?
Jay
Charleston,WV is the capital of John’s home state. No, it’s nowhere near Richmond and I don’t give a shit if you have relatives in Staunton, VA: it’s a completely different state, and if they have zero knowledge of geography like you, I’m glad I don’t know them.
That’s what we WVians want to say when we’re confronted with this – and it happens far too often – but don’t. Enjoy!
Conservatively Liberal
To hell with ‘bulldog’ or ‘barracuda’, a reader at TPM posted a great title for Sarah:
The Gorilla from Wasilla
Now we need to get her a wrestling outfit and pit her against Bullwinkle.
JWW
To Tattosydney,
If the Repulicans win. I would like to see a postcard each week for 52 weeks straight to prove you have left the country. You are so full of shit, your pure Irish eyes are brown and you have an Asian complexion. Continue with your BS spewing. I will pay for the postage of your weekly postcards.
Conservatively Liberal
There is a sixth child named Cessna ? Or is it Beechcraft ?
Ned R.
Oh yay, happy economic news! Uh.
Jay
I think they started out with a NASCAR theme with Track and Bristol but realized it wouldn’t do their kids any favors.
Conservatively Liberal
Shorter JWW: I farted.
We know. Are you proud of it?
Stuck in the Fun House
I know Dick Morris is a sack of green pus, but this article is a work of art in wingnuttery.
Apparently, Morris took a poll in his head to come up with this analysis.
From today’s ABC poll
Does % Does not% Unsure%
Palen 42 50 7
Biden 66 21 13
Tattoosydney
Libarbarian said:
I couldn’t agree more…
Obama talks about working together and change and reaching across the aisle and really means it (and might just make those things work).
McCain spouts lines about the same things but as cover for the real agenda of the Republican party – staying in power.
If the American public is looking for leadership and change and bipartisanship, I just hope 51% of them are listening hard enough to work out which side actually cares about those good “Republican values” like family and patriotism and community service and looking after the troops.
HINT: It’s not the Republicans.
Stuck in the Fun House
I know Dick Morris is a sack of green pus, but this article is a work of art in wingnuttery.
Apparently, Morris took a poll in his head to come up with this analysis.
From today’s ABC poll
Does % Does not% Unsure%
Palen 42 50 7
Biden 66 21 13
Ned R.
Mike Wooten (the trooper at the heart of troopergate) speaks. Interesting, to say the least.
JWW
Tattosydney,
John McCain is not what I was looking for either. But I will vote for anyone who will not put another Ruth Bader Ginsburg on our court. I can live with, and the nation will survive a poor option as president for four years. The nomination and seat of a Supreme Court Justice has bound me to think other at this time.
If you do decide a life of self exile, write me, I will pay for the postage. Your a working class guy, talking out your ass. Quit your job and move, not many will miss you.
low-tech cyclist
We both agreed that Hall and Oates have aged better than Billy Joel’s music, though.
For me, Hall and Oates have aged completely out of memory. Even reading through the comments, “Maneater” was the only title that conjured up a tune or lyrics. I found them forgettable at the time, and I’ve apparently forgotten them.
Billy Joel, OTOH, remains interesting across the decades. “No Man’s Land” from River of Dreams is a kick-ass song about the spread of the ‘burbs over the landscape. I’ve been reading Perlstein’s Before the Storm lately, and about once every twenty pages, something from “We Didn’t Start the Fire” pops up. The Stranger is a great album: “Movin’ Out” and “Only the Good Die Young” are great fun, “Just the Way You Are” is a terrific love song, rising above its cocktail-lounge-style music. Billy Joel’s niche was good pop music with the occasional bit of intelligence and insight mixed in.
I was listening to his stuff in my early 20s, I’m still listening to it in my mid-50s, and I’ll be listening to it in my late 80s if I live that long, which is a good bet.
Martin
If you will never forget, why the need for the video? Oh, right, because nothing gives the hardcore GOP wood like visuals of Americans leaping to their deaths.
Now, if it was the video from the capture of Bin Laden, that I could understand. Why didn’t they show that instead?
Tattoosydney
You dick. I was quoting someone – hence the grey box. That means that I didn’t say I was leaving the country – GEW did. However, I understand what he means…
I’m an Australian – which I suppose makes me even more suspicious in your eyes (although you probably now think I come from the same country as Ahnuld.) We threw out our fascist, right wing, lying scumsucker, George Bush fellating government last year.
It’s your turn next.
Charming. Really charming. Dick.
w vincentz
Academic record (sorry, no grades available):
Six years, five schools attended:
Fall 1982: Hawaii pacific University, Honolulu
Spring+Fall 1983: North Idaho College, Coer d’ Alene
Fall 1984+ Spring 1985: University of Idaho, Moscow
Fall 1985: Matanuska-Sustina College, Palmer, Ak
Spring 1986-Spring 1987: UI, graduating with a Bachelor Science in journalism.
Tattoosydney
Whatever it is you are smoking, mate, you really need to stop for a while….
JWW
To the Sarcastic,
You have never had the slightest thought of what this country is or stands for. You think only of yourself, and your personal failure. You find a way too blame it on somebody and the president or country is an easy target.. Look at the inner self and you may find that you are the root of the failure.
But then again, I would have been the boss if it weren’t for??? You aren’t the boss because you suck and find fault in everyone but yourself.
Tattoosydney
Governor Palin? Is that you?
PC
Children, children. Don’t make me turn this blog around.
Dildos and wet suits at 20 paces.
Josh
Of course JWW’s no failure…he’s commenting on this blog on a Friday night. Yeah baby!
BethanyAnne
Goddamit, what’s this gibberish? The last trolls were at least able to string a few words together coherently. Now look how pathetic they’ve gotten…
*shakes head and drops a nickle in the old guy’s cup*
JWW
Tattoosydney,
I would venture to guess by the word “mate” you are an Aussie. Well, it may be a long ride home, I hope you enjoy it.. Maybe you would me send an invite after your return.
Tattoosydney
Worse, given the size of Alaska, she has small town enemies – where everyone knows that you are enemies, and have been gossiping about your feud for months…
Tattoosydney
Awwww, but it’s fun…
Tattoosydney
Well spotted. There’s no getting anything past you, is there?
JWW
Martin,
That was not the point.. We see the video of Pearl Harbor every year, displayed as pageantry by every news network in the nation. What does the date matter, or where we were attacked. Is it now considered hallowed ground. 9/11, well I do consider it something to remember.
zoe from pittsburgh
I’m almost embarassed to admit that I have brain cells committed to such knowledge, however, in reference to the great Samantha Bee “Daily Show” piece on choice…
The guy who, when asked why he supports Palin, said “She’s a beautiful lady…” is none other than Lou Sheldon, the founder of the Traditional Values Coalition. (Yes, I recognize him by sight. It’s sort of sad.) Sheldon is a right-wing fucknut who never had anything nice to say about women in power before Sarah Palin.
patroclus
Hall and Oates did a really nice cover of the Righteous Brothers’ “Loving Feeling.” The extended version on youtube is readily available.
I think it was Sam Rayburn, not Truman, who said that if “you give the voters a choice between two Republicans, they’ll choose the real one everytime.” I agree that that maxim seems applicable in reverse this year. Dewey said something similar – that voters would choose the liberal over a conservative every time; sadly that doesn’t seem applicable anymore; except perhaps also in reverse.
w vincentz
From thinkprogress.org (video also available there):
Partial transcript: (foreign policy experience dealing with Russia:
GREGG JARRETT: She has no national security issue – experience. It’s pretty brave of that campaign to put her out there on that, isn’t it?
TYLER HARBER (GOP strategist): It is. You know, one of the things we – one of the most important things that we tell our clients in the political realm is, “Do not be reactive.” If you become reactive, you are going to lose.
I think what you saw last night was Obama being reactive. Current polling shows him trailing McCain when it comes to trust about national security, trust about the war in Iraq, and trust about the war on terrorism. What you are seeing is the Obama campaign becoming reactive.
Now as far as Sarah’s comments, Sarah has dealt with, and has more experience from an administrative standpoint than Obama has. She has visited the Middle East as many times
JARRETT: But she has no foreign policy experience. She doesn’t know anything about —
HARBER: But she does. She does have foreign policy experience.
JARRETT: She does?
HARBER: Now let me point out, she’s worked with Russia – she’s worked with Russia on fishing issues. She’s worked with Canada on transportation issues.
JARRETT: In what capacity has she worked with Russia?
HARBER: She worked with permitting issues and with fishing issues dealing with the sea fishing industry there in Alaska.
JARRETT: Oh, come on. That’s a far cry from major international experience.
HARBER: But that’s still more experience than Obama has.
JARRETT: You guys are going to have a field day with that right? Mary Anne?
DEM STRATIGIST: That’s laughable.
Conservatively Liberal
No shit Sherlock.
JWW
Well Tattoosydney,
Why did you bring your sorry ass to the US in the first place. If you are so disappointed, go home. You will not be missed, other than in your own mind. Your contribution to the US has been fulfilled, you have no further obligation as an indentured servant.
Joshua Norton
That seems to be the opinion of all the cro-mangnon wingnutz stuck in 1953. They say inherently sexist remarks like: “She’s a spunky gal”. “She’s a hot mom”. They wouldn’t know a sexist remark if it bit them on the ass. And they accuse everyone else of being sexist, just to beat them into submission.
It’s obvious their bigoted little lizard brains can’t get around the actual concept of the word.
tBone
Just for fun, I ran JWW’s text through Babel Fish using various options. My favorite result was from Dutch-to-English:
I think it may actually make more sense than his original post.
LiberalTarian
Ew. Troll poop and drool. Smelly and sticky.
Tattoosydney
I’ll take this slowly using small words where possible.
1. I live in Australia. We have the internet here now too!
2. I think the United States is an amazing country, with so much potential for good, and Americans are an amazing people. Australia and the US have a long friendship that I support wholeheartedly. I just think your Republican party are wankers.
The only thing I am disappointed about is that it has taken 8 years for many of those people to work out that the Republican Party is morally bankrupt.
3. Seriously mate, whatever you are smoking, it needs to stop. It’s affecting you badly.
sylvainsylvain
Over at tbogg’s place they’re calling her “Caribou Barbie”
PC
They actually mix more often than you would think with that whole cranial-rectal inversion.
JWW
Conservatively Liberal Says,
Yeah, I do have a problem with English, that being yours. You can only decipher that which appeals to you. Being that I don’t speak or write Moron, I do aplogize. I will refrain and be kinder.
Conservatively Liberal
I like the tie-in with Malibu Barbie…lol! How about Bullwinkle Barbie?
As an aside, I think she has a jawline that Jay Leno would admire in a woman.
Conservatively Liberal
What, may I ask, does it mean to aplogize, and do you come with an optional JWW to English translator?
I do know it is clear that you read upward from the bottom of the page, so that explains why you are the bassackward fool that we all know and deride.
So that means that you will only skullfuck a dozen kittens tonight instead of the usual gross that you prefer?
Texas Dem
Regarding Palin’s lack of availability for press interviews, anyone else out there get the feeling we’re getting played? Could this be part of some elaborate expectations game, whereby the McCain campaign tries to convince us that Palin is just not ready for prime time, and then she starts giving press conferences and knocks em’ dead. This is the nightmare scenario that’s been running through my head for the past couple of days. Any thoughts?
Josh
I’m not afraid of her rocking press conferences, but I do worry about pushing the ‘Brittney Spears plus Moose’ take on her family too far.
JWW
I Am Very Soory To All,
I beg you please, don’t turn me in. I have a family, I have children. They need the money I earn. I beg all of you, forget I ever responded to any post on this blog site. I am sure they will revoke my healthcare, clean needles, condoms,and fresh cheese for my goats. Again, I am sorry for having given you a hard time.
Kiss my ass you libs, you would suck the last breath of a dying man rather than share one too save him. You sorry fucks bring shame to the nation, and your parents if you are over 45 years old should also be shamed for your existence.
PC
I’ve trolled a toilet better than this after eating a Denny’s Grand Slam.
tBone
You know, if you’re going to steal my Babel Fish idea, you could at least credit me for it. Anyway, what did the original text say before you ran it through the Gibberish-to-English converter?
cain
Awww.. did a lib take your pacifier away from you? Poor baby.
Hey JWW, did you know McCain was a POW?
cain
Conservatively Liberal
Your if A = B and A = C then Q = H logic is undoubtedly far beyond my ability to comprehend. What is it that makes you the brilliant man you think you are?
A Republican with a goat fetish? Say no more.
rachel
JWW’s making as much sense as a fish wearing snowshoes again? Oh, wow. He only does that every time he shows up here.
Will Hunting
I think JWW’s hefty bag popped. Aisle 4 buddy…
Rome Again
I think you forgot to add something to that statement JWW:
You call Olbermann a pussy because you’re afraid and he’s not? How quaint.
12/7 – we had clear enemies
12/7 – we weren’t divided
12/7 – we didn’t go to a third party country and try to lay the blame there for what Japan, Germany and Italy did
12/7 – we had clear leadership
12/7 – we had clear goals
12/7 – The United States, after having been in the depths of a depression, banded together to create the necessary tools to fight this enemy, which built the economy by putting people to work
12/7 – we fought, with major backing of the world, and we won
12/7 – we brought a large majority of our troops home within five years
12/7 – we weren’t afraid
12/7 – Japan never attacked us again!
9/11 – 11 of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia
9/11 – we were told the enemy we were to fight was not a country but an ideology
9/11 – caused us to go to Afghanistan to take the fight to al Qaeda; but then the Bush Administration decided it was more important to depose Saddam Hussein in Iraq
9/11 divided the country
9/11 – caused people to trade their freedoms for security because they were told to be afraid
9/11 – we did not have clear leadership, and haven’t since that time
9/11 – instead of being told to band together and work for a cause greater than ourselves, we were told to go shopping
9/11 – After we invaded Iraq, we did not have the major backing of the world, instead we lost the respect of the world
9/11 – changed nothing to those of us who saw it as another terrorist incident (they happen all over the world, quite often), it only changed everything for those who bought into the idea that they should be very afraid. Those very same people who tell us that we need to stay vigilant because another attack might just be around the corner (and you pray for it, so that you’re side wins the divisive political contest).
Your 9/11 is no longer a symbol of anything but fear, a fear many Americans no longer buy into, so shove it.
12/7 was about a brave country standing up for what is right; 9/11 has turned into a travesty by a bunch of whining pussies who have no clue what they are really fighting, why, how to end it, or what the whole situation was about. Instead they have to lie and say “they hate us for our freedoms” – the very freedoms their favorite president stole from us.
Go suck gasoline, and swallow.
Rome Again
Make it so, please!
I’m about to go anarchy-bitch if this shit keeps up another couple of years.
Rome Again
GOTV is community organizing too. I suppose the McCain/Palin campaign doesn’t need to make phone calls, or go door to door or put signs up since that would be like……… so organizational.
rishathra
John, John…I mostly agree with you, and mostly keep silent.
But for you to diss a man with two first names, well, that’s over the line. Especially since he had the good grace to shut down Shea Stadium, which, despite the good things that happened there, has long been a nasty, ugly, white elephant here in Queens.
Besides, “Stiletto” kicks “Maneater”‘s coccyx :-)
dave
I’ll never miss a chance to throw in a yacht rocks link.
Hall and Oates and Sarah show up in episode 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFrzkTHP18
What are you gonna do Sarah? Smile?
David in NYC
We both agreed that Hall and Oates have aged better than Billy Joel’s music, though.
Well, that’s as fact-free as anything you’ll get from Limbaugh.
BTW, I say this as a fan of both of them, and as someone who has seen each of them in performance more than once. Billy Joel is, indeed, The Entertainer, both live and on record/tape/CD/mp3/whatever. Hall and Oates are, well, Hall and Oates.
De gustibus non est disputandum.