It’s strange and troubling that we now have a president who thinks rationally: President George W. Bush once boasted, “I’m not a textbook player, I’m a gut player.” The new tenant of the Oval Office takes a strikingly different approach. President Obama is almost defiantly deliberative, methodical and measured, even when critics accuse him of …
Archives for November 2009
Wednesday Night Rescue Thread
The story: I live with my girlfriend here in Durham NC, and we had been together about two years when we started talking about getting a dog. We had just discussed the idea that morning when her mom calls (they live in Clayton) to tell us that there was a stray in their yard, and …
We are all Harry Reid now
By popular demand, a post about the David Broder/Harry Reid smackdown that was detailed in Politico last night. The short summary: David Broder has had his Depends in a twist for years about Reid and he recently wrote a column (dissected by Ezra here) telling Reid and other Congressional Democrats to get off his lawn. …
Is It Just Me
I’ve read all my newspapers and online magazines, and I have nothing to write about. I guess I’m just pretty excited about eating turkey and stuffing until I get the meat sweats. *** Update *** Actually, now that I have thought about it, can you get meat sweats from turkey? I’m gonna try, but after …
Open Thread
nffcnnr, Window Washer. Grumpy Code Monkey, Calling The Game. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one. Click on the photos for …
I don’t get this
You probably heard about this (via Steve Benen for example): But Perino’s appearance last night with Sean Hannity was more noteworthy than most. The topic was the shootings at Fort Hood, and Perino, playing her usual role, criticized the White House for not having labeled the massacre as “terrorism.” She emphasized that the rhetorical description …
STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP
We have close to 2k. We have plenty. Send any more and I will spend it on booze, gambling and loose women and what is left after that I will piss away. Oh, and thank you. I’ve also had several emails from programmers who are going to help fix this mess once and for all.