I totally agree with what John said yesterday, that the reporters in that Salahi chat yesterday didn’t do anything wrong (even if I don’t agree with the answer about Jeff Gannon), that in fact they did a good job in tracking down that third party crasher and that if the story is overblown, it’s not their fault.
Trying again today with the crazy questions, but the guy is wise to it:
Rochester, NY: Review? Review?!
Did FDR order a review after Pearl Harbor? Did Lincoln order one after Gettysburg? No!
This president needs to recognize that we are at war — the Salahi dinner attack proves this.
Doesn’t the president understand the gravity of the existential threat that we are facing?
Michael D. Shear: The Salahi dinner attack?
I’m guessing Rochester’s tongue is in his/her cheek.
Re: the 3 AM phone call: I’m wondering if the whole “3 AM phone call” criticism you mentioned takes on extra weight because of the fact that Obama frequently vacations in Hawaii, which is in a different time zone. Is there concern that a regular 9 am briefing from DC is, in fact, a “3 AM phone call” in Hawaii? Would the president possibly be sleeping or less-than-alert when he gets his morning briefings if they do indeed come at 3 am local time?
Michael D. Shear: Cool question. In fact, I’m told the presidents staff who were in Hawaii did have 3 a.m. conference calls with their counterparts on the East Coast during the Christmas Day bomber incident. (Though I’m pretty sure the president was sound asleep during them.)
But hey, there’s also the other way to look at it: If an emergency call comes in at 3 a.m. Eastern Time, and he’s in Hawaii, it will still be 10 pm where he is, so he won’t be so tired!
Seriously, president’s deal with events around the globe in all different time zones. I’m quite sure no one is concerned about which time zone he happens to be in when something happens.
thomas Levenson
Now they know your tactics, and you’ve probed their defenses.
Sounds like a classic prey vs. predator relationship to me. ;)
Chyron HR
The “president’s deal”? A deal for what? And with whom? I don’t like the sound of this.
Punchy
And clown-car “Journalists” like yourself need to fix your fucking grammar.
Edit: dammit, beaten again
Cat Lady
You are such a dick/
Violet
I guffawed at this. Excellent. Too bad he caught on.
Malron
3 am phone calls.
Connect the dots.
Won’t say “war on terror.”
The entirety of modern day political discourse is just an endless stream of juvenile memes and catch phrases.
PeakVT
Perhaps you need to be a little more subtle. The first one is definitely over the top. The second question is pretty good.
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
I love your questions to the WaPo. They remind me of your early work at Balloon Juice, before you became a responsible member of the community.
Punchy
Doug, he knew you were joking b/c you got your refs all correct. A true winger would have completely biffed the history. Something like this:
Did Reagan order a review after Perrel Harber? Did Lincoln have debates with Douglass? No! Clearly the Saladi dinner mess shows that Clinton giving Monica that blowjob was only the tip of the ice cream when it comes to presidental mall fee sense.
Comrade Jake
I think you should misspell a few words here and there, and throw in the occasional reference to Ayers or an ALL-CAPS. That would be closer to the authentic version of the crayzee.
soonergrunt
The Salahi Dinner Attack-
There’s one for the lexicon.
Crashman06
I love it, I love it. Please make this a weekly feature.
Doug, the WAPO Hive Mind is getting smarter, it’s growing and evolving. You may need to vary your tactics.
Bob L
The Salahi dinner; Obama’s 911. Will Obama find his “voice” among the rubble?
hmm, that I go mainly go “huh?” “WTF?” about this crises is sign of the Wingnutarity?
SpotWeld
Um.. okay, I got to admit. I don’t get it.
What is “The Salahi dinner attack” a reference too?
danimal
@Comrade Jake: Jake, it’s not ALL CAPS, it’s the JESUS KEY.
DougJ
What is “The Salahi dinner attack” a reference too?
The couple that crashed the state dinner.
soonergrunt
@Bob L:
@SpotWeld:
This is a toungue in cheek reference to Tariq and Michaele Salahi, who crashed the State Dinner honoring the Prime Minister of India.
The villagers have been in full outrage mode since it happened, with yesterday’s article in the wapo by Sally Quinn demanding the heads of the Secret Service and the Social Secretary’s office be brought to her on platters like Salome.
bemused
OT but just heard on msnbc a couple of ND Dems have asked Ed Schultz if he would consider running for Dorgan’s seat. Gah! Is Ed the best they can come up with?
Stooleo
D-Day: War’s over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.
Bluto: Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
Violet
Speaking of demands that people be fired, Sully is happy:
Apparently Obama taking his time to review the whole situation and then making a decision on who, if anyone, should be fired is now a good thing in the Sully universe. Whatever happened to the “Off with her head!” Sully of a last week, when he wouldn’t rest until Janet Napolitano was removed from her job?
Does he not see how his knee-jerk responses make him look like an idiot?
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
@soonergrunt:
OK, at first I was LMAO at this comment.
But then I thought “dance of the seven veils”.
And Sally Quinn.
Ewww! Ewww! Brain Bleach alert! Brain Bleach alert!
bastard.
ajr22
“Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! ” These questions are amazing. keep this up, the wapo isn’t nearly competent enough to catch them all.
Mike Kay
Okay, anyone else think Michaele Salahi is hot!?!
soonergrunt
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ:
I’m here to serve.
@Mike Kay:
No.
Violet
@Mike Kay:
Eww…no. But I’m probably not the person to ask. She seems like another skinny, bleached blonde dimbo to me.
Mike Kay
@bemused:
Ed would be awesome.
Jon O.
The answer to that second question really puts it in perspective: No matter how dumb the Village gets, they think we’re dumber.
The Republic of Stupidity
The word is ‘Salami’… and no doubt, along w/ the crackers, there’d be some headcheese…
***silence…***
Okay… so that one’s not so funny…
Mike Kay
@Violet:
Check this out.
http://www.realitytea.com/wp-content/new-uploads/2009/11/Michaele-Salahi.jpg
MikeJ
@The Republic of Stupidity:
Mmm, salumi.
Mike Kay
@soonergrunt:
I don’t know, the Jarheads looked happy
http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/000-Tareq-and-Michaele-Salahi-978.jpg
AngusTheGodOfMeat
Yeah, this all boils down to one thing. Nobody gives a fig when a president gets a phone call, or how long he takes to get an internal review of events, or whether he treats every incident on the cable news channel as an act of “war” or not … until the president is a negro. And then, everybody seems to care.
This is all bullshit. Obama is fine, and the chattering classes are starting to sound like a bunch of old ladies at the Daughters of the American Revolution luncheon.
And frankly the attention being paid to this nonsense on the blogs is just adding to the absurdity of it all. Is there not something important going on the world today?
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
@soonergrunt:
Speaking of which, I was lurking but unable to access comments on the thread back during the holidays where you mentioned that it looks like your unit is probably going to be deployed again before you get out. So here’s a belated “Good luck and stay safe”. You’ll be in my thoughts.
Violet
@Mike Kay:
Is that her? Is that photo twenty years old or something? She doesn’t look like that now unless the pic has been ‘shopped to death.
I saw that interview with her on the Today Show. She didn’t look anything approaching “hot” on that show. And if brains have anything to do with hotness, she didn’t acquit herself well in that department either.
catclub
Didn’t the Union WIN Gettysburg?
Or was that the tell, and I’m just slow?
DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio
@AngusTheGodOfMeat:
I totally agree with you.
In fact, I am you.
JGabriel
DougJ @ Top:
Good news for democracy, not so good for comedy. However, that’s a “loss” we can deal with — reporters who recognize, and are not afraid to mildly ridicule, right-wing frames are worth it.
Besides, the wingers will still be there to mock, even in the unlikely event that the entire media corps wises up.
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soonergrunt
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ:
That’s because they are jarheads. When you have a great dress uniform (ours make us look like the best mallcops in the world) and not much else, well…
@Mike Kay:
Curiously enough, we haven’t heard anything since then. I have drill this weekend, and I hope to get more information. In any event, a mobilization would still be at least three to six months away at this point, and probably more.
Notorious P.A.T.
@Mike Kay:
I do.
DZ
@Violet:
IMHO, brains are the essence of hotness.
Face
I can only speak for guys, but that’s pretty much the definition of “hot”.
The Grand Panjandrum
@AngusTheGodOfMeat:
Yes. Michael Yon was detained for a short while at Seattle airport. I guess the Customs agents thought he was related to Joan Rivers.
Martin
After the United Pastry Jihad logo contest, I think we need to get in on this one:
TSA Logo Contest
Violet
@DZ:
That’s what I think. But…
Me:
Response:
@Face:
So, like I said. I’m not sure I’m the right person to ask.
Chat Noir
@Face: Ew. Her hair looks like it’s ready to fall out from all the chemicals to color it.
JGabriel
ajr22:
Actually, they might catch that one. It’s a quote from Animal House.
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Violet
@Martin:
That’s awesome! We should have our own contest!
Edit: It would be hard to beat Cory Doctorow’s t-shirt: http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=3630
Chat Noir
@Violet:
I agree. I’ve always been a sucker for a brainiac. That’s partly why I like the president so much.
DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio
@Face:
Hmm. No offense, seriously, but aren’t you gay? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Whatever the answer, my suggestion is that you don’t speak for guys. The three or four billion of us out here that aren’t you have not voted you our spokesman.
Speaking only as one guy, things about a woman that are hot to me are items like curves, brains and kindness.
Just saying. YMMV.
Michael
For shits and giggles, it looks like Dear Sarah is going to speak to the Teabaggots at the Teabaggot Convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. As Palinpaloozas go, this will be a doozy.
She’ll be sharing top billing with WingNutDaily head nutcase Joe Farah, who will be doing his best Village People gay biker impersonation onstage.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=120956
Martin
@Violet: Oh, that’s almost impossible to beat.
But I’m thinking there’s a business opportunity in clothing with hidden metallic inks to deliver messages visible only through the full body scanners.
PeakVT
Okay, anyone else think Michaele Salahi is hot
If a guy likes that general look (a certain famous golfer clearly does), she’s decent. But the look also gets on a lot of guys nerves.
DZ
@Violet:
Well, I must not be the right person to ask either. By any objective standard, my late wife of 30+ years was average looking. But, she was smart, funny, interesting, knowledgeable and in your face – i.e. hot.
Face
@DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio: Nope, not the gay one you’re thinking about.
bemused
@Mike Kay:
I can’t watch his tv show. His radio show has gotten just as annoying. I listened to his radio show for awhile & he doesn’t do his homework as well as other “liberals” I’ve listened to on radio & tv do. To me, he is all radio personality & that’s about it.
Michael G
Belushi’ed that up for you.
DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio
@Face:
Okay. Sorry. But still, I would like to speak up for the idea that each male can have his own idea of what hotness is. I don’t want to belong to a club that has those kinds of rules.
The Salahi woman looks to me too much like Barbie.
TIA. Your pal, DonBDP.
Mike Kay
@Chat Noir:
Yeah, but john edwards agrees wth me. Trashy, blonde party girls are fun!
Violet
@DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio:
And she looks like she has paid a lot to look that way, which makes it even worse. And sad.
@DZ:
Your wife sounds lovely. I’m sorry for your loss.
Mike Kay
@DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio:
What’s wrong with that?
Sure she could have bigger boobs, but “Barbie” Bo Derek types still have striking looks.
Notorious P.A.T.
Yeah, women say they like brains. Then they ride off with the tattooed guy on a motorcycle.
Violet
@Mike Kay:
Tiger agrees too. Not sure you’re in the best company. It’s all fun until your girlfriend gets preggers and your wife and the tabloids find out. Then it’s notsomuch fun anymore.
Mike Kay
@Violet:
That was the most shocking part! You’d think Edwards would have used protection.
Notorious P.A.T.
@Michael:
LOL “teabaggot” )
Violet
@Mike Kay:
A man with his ego probably figured it wouldn’t happen to him. Or maybe she told him she was on the pill. Or she poked holes in the condoms because she wanted a baby. Who knows.
Still, he’s an idiot for getting involved with her in the first place. And a scumbag for running for President anyway. And Elizabeth was complicit in that last decision and the trying to pull a fast one on the American people. Horrible.
Violet
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Only for a fling. They’re not keepers. And the older you get, the less interesting they are.
NobodySpecial
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Women can’t sleep with brains. Well, maybe they can, but I’m fresh out of mental floss for THAT image.
Chat Noir
@Notorious P.A.T.: Not really. Brains and a good sense of humor are important. Self-deprecation is also a plus.
Mike Kay
Boobs > Brains
Notorious P.A.T.
@Violet:
well that’s comforting :(
geg6
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Huh. Never worked that way for me.
Tattoos and motorcycles (neither of which interest me or attract me) could not possibly compete with brains. I don’t even go for impossibly good looking guys without brains any more. Thankfully, Robert Downey, Jr. and George Clooney have been blessed with both. And my John is the smartest guy I’ve ever met. He may not look like Downey or Clooney, but he’s the sexiest man alive, AFAIC.
MattR
@Mike Kay: What? C’mon, don’t you walk around muttering “look at the brains on that one”?
mclaren
Like blind mole rats who’ve accidentally wandered into sewage, these characters vaguely recognize something is wrong when you keep asking these kinds of satirical questions…even though they don’t know precisely what it is.
geg6
@mclaren:
This. I think this is exactly what the dynamic is. DougJ really is awesome at this.
Mike Kay
@geg6:
Downey is a born-again republican.
Corner Stone
@Notorious P.A.T.: What’s the matter? You don’t like waiting around to see if the sparkle’s going to wear off their fling?
Mike Kay
Perfect IQ = 34C/26/24
JGabriel
Mike Kay:
Then explain all the guys, like me, who would rather hang out with the sexy librarian than the Baywatch babe.
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J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
@DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio:
I’ve always preferred them to be a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty. Because you know what they say, “crazy in the head, crazy in the bed.”
JGabriel
@Mike Kay:
So you’d prefer a girl with her brains in her tits, and, apparently, the ass of a 14 year old boy?
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MattR
@Mike Kay:
Ooh. Hexadecimal math. I love a good challenge. Unfortunately, the answer is less than 1 and I don’t know how to express that in hex.
GReynoldsCT00
@ Violet “And she looks like she has paid a lot to look that way, which makes it even worse. And sad.”
Wasn’t there an article that she spent HOURS at the salon before the dinner attack? Wasn’t long enough apparently. :/
ruemara
@bemused:
If he can win, I’ll take it. He won’t be half the statesman Al Franken turned out to be but his heart is in the right place, he’s got visibility and he’ll fight for working class people-even if he’s not pointed in the right direction.
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Really? It certainly doesn’t float my boat. My Mr. is smart, funny, nerdy and would only ride a motorcycle if there was a cool side car he could be in. I’m more likely to be tattooed and burning doughnuts with my 3-wheeler. Bad boys are boring, sweet nerds rule!
Mike Kay
@JGabriel:
No, I’d rather hang out with Meagan Fox.
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/09/16-22/megan_fox_lesbian.jpg
Those are her exact measurements.
Mike Kay
@JGabriel:
I would say, you’re shy.
Frankly, I don’t anyone who would rather hang out with a sexy librarian than Scarlett Johansson
NobodySpecial
@Mike Kay:
I think you meant 34 on that last number…
GReynoldsCT00
@Mike Kay:
Say it ain’t so!
I love me my John Cusack. Handsome, smart, funny and liberal
NobodySpecial
@Mike Kay:
Oh, and by the way? I’d rather have Scarlett Johansen help the sexy librarian find a book for me. On the top shelf there. I’ll hold the ladder.
MattR
@NobodySpecial: Megan’s site says 24, but I am thinking that is unpossible.
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
Assuming that Darwinian selection is a reality and taking into account that people tend to inherit their looks from their parents, a quick glance at the general population suggests that most guys are not, in fact, all that picky. Lights out, clothes off = good enough.
And I have some old photos of my ancestors in the early 1900s which suggest that really, really bad lighting was a very important factor indeed, in keeping my particular family tree going. YMMV.
MattR
Why can’t Scarlett Johansson be the sexy librarian? Then everyone is happy.
Violet
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Aww…don’t worry. The bad boys get dull pretty quickly. “Hey babe, get me a beer” isn’t the kind of scintillating conversation most women are looking for.
But just as an attractive woman may catch your eye from time to time, a bad boy may be fun for a bit. But they’re not keepers.
And if a woman you’re interested in goes for the bad boy, she’s not the one for you, at least not right now. She’s in no position to be looking for a serious relationship if she hasn’t dealt with the bad boy part of herself.
@geg6:
Yep. There is nothing sexier than a smart guy with a good sense of humor. If he’s kind, generous, good to animals and loves his family and friends, he’s a serious keeper.
MattR
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ: You can’t trust old photos because of the difference in technology. You know how they say cameras today add 10 pounds, well back then cameras added a third eyebrow.
James K. Polk, Esq.
Funny women are hotter than non-funny women. But it’s not a single criterion that determines a person’s aggregate hotness.
Well rounded is the key to hotness. You need physcial attraction and mental interaction to make a lasting relationship.
libarbarian
99 Luftballoon-Juice?
libarbarian
Being able to suck a golfball through a garden hose doesn’t hurt either…..
Mike Kay
@NobodySpecial:
thanks!
bemused
@ruemara:
Ed’s no Al, that’s for sure. It’s probably moot anyway since Ed’s residence is in Minn. Doubt he could run even if he wanted to. It’s puzzling then that the ND Dems even asked him if he’s not a resident. I haven’t heard, at least on msnbc, any news mouths pick up on that yet either.
iLarynx
YES, he did:
The Roberts Commission, 18 December 1941-23 December 1942:
This commission, set by presidential executive order, and chaired by Owen Roberts, a justice of the Supreme Court, was charged to determine the facts of the Japanese attack and establish if any dereliction of duty had occurred.
http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/center_crypt_history/pearl_harbor_review/investigations.shtml
Mike Kay
@libarbarian:
This!
Violet
@MattR:
She does do the look well.
Notorious P.A.T.
Dammit, when I open a jpg with “lesbian” in its title I expect to see more than one woman!
Mike Kay
@Violet:
Scarlett sure knows how to lace them up! (pours water on overheated computer monitor).
http://socialitelife.com/images/2006/10/sj100506_06.jpg
MattR
@Notorious P.A.T.: Damn straight (no pun intended).
@Violet: Thank you very much for that. Might have to watch The Spirit tonight.
Mike Kay
@Notorious P.A.T.:
Try post #103
JGabriel
OT, but interesting, and potentially big news if it pans out.
The NY Times is reporting that Harold Ford, who moved to NYC after losing the race for an open Senate seat in TN three years ago, is considering a challenge to Kristen Gillibrand.
Personally, I think Gillibrand only needs to publicize this sentence, from the NY Times article, to guarantee she’ll win:
Just what we need, another Wall Street apologist in the Senate. Fortunately, I don’t think Ford can win. It’s true that NY is usually welcoming to outsiders as politicians, but Ford lost his last race, while Gillibrand has proven she can win even in a conservative-leaning district.
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Chat Noir
@Violet:
You describe my husband. And, he is a talented, tho lazy, writer.
MattR
@JGabriel: I wonder how many of those Wall Street executives are actually registered Democrats who can vote for Ford in the primary?
gnomedad
@iLarynx:
Typical librul. W would have invaded China without waiting for some pantywaist commission.
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
@JGabriel:
She could run an add with a Merrill Lynch bankster calling Mr. Ford up and telling him to come by the board room some time, ending with: “Harold, Call me!”.
JGabriel
@Mike Kay:
Bwahahaha! I may have occasional shy moments, but, in general, it’s pretty much the last thing anyone would call me.
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Violet
@MattR:
You’re welcome. I have no idea if the film is any good. But I get the impression you wouldn’t be watching it for the plot. :P
Mike Kay
@JGabriel:
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ahahahhahahahhahahhahhahahhahahahhahahhahah
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Harold Ford
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hahahahahhahahahhahahahhahhahahahahahhhaha
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He’s anti-choice. You can’t get elected state wide if in NY if you’re anti-choice.
Chat Noir
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ:
There you go!
DougJ
“Hey babe, get me a beer” isn’t the kind of scintillating conversation most women are looking for.
What if it’s not a beer but a rioja or a martini? Does that improve things?
Notorious P.A.T.
@JGabriel:
Yech. I hope Ford loses. Stupid New Democrats.
JGabriel
JGabriel:
Mike Kay:
I fail to see a conflict here.
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Violet
@DougJ:
Not really. Although imagining some tattooed guy saying, “Hey babe, get me a rioja” gives me a chuckle.
Now if tattooed guy says, “I discovered a fantastic rioja on my last trip to Spain. Can I pour you a glass?” that would be an entirely different story!
Martin
The hottest woman is the one that’s genuinely into you. What catches your eye and what keeps your eye are very different things. Some guys never find the overlap.
Sentient Puddle
@bemused: Ed got his start in broadcasting in North Dakota. He was a sportscaster there at least as far back as the 80s, and also grew a national talk radio show there. Near as I can tell, he was a North Dakota resident up until he got his show on MSNBC.
And beyond that, he has contemplated a few runs for office there, including a potential run against Hoeven in 2004. So the idea of courting him for this seat doesn’t sound too preposterous to me.
Valdivia--phone
Sorry to revert to mad men to jump into the what is attractive conversation but is there any question Joan is much more appealing than that sourpuss Betty? Granted they are both attractive in different ways but one has sass and spirit and a brain and the other is a pretty doll-like child.
I personally like my men smart. Smart is sexy. Look looks matter but the lack of brains makes a good looking man boring and unattractive.
Mike E
@DougJ:
OK DougJ, it finally dawned on me — you’re channeling Lazlo Toth, right? If not, you must find Don Novello’s collections of his alter-ego’s missives. Fucking hilarious!
ruemara
@Martin:
this.
carolatl
@Chat Noir: And you just described MY husband. All that, and he’s a frustrated musician, too.
JGabriel
@MattR:
You’d be surprised. Nouveau riche, and NY newcomers like Murdoch, might lean towards the conservative side, but a lot of rich New Yorkers, including Wall Street types, come from old New York families — whether WASP, Jewish, Dutch, or Irish — that typically lean Democratic. Think Roosevelt.
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bemused
@Sentient Puddle:
I may be wrong but I think MN has been his home for a couple of years or more.
I know Ed’s story. I listened to him when Air America put his show on. I didn’t mind listening to him at first but somewhere just before he got the tv spot, something changed. Just couldn’t listen to him anymore. A couple of very liberal friends (who love Rachel Maddow’s show) had never heard of Ed Schulz until his tv show. They weren’t impressed & are no more interested in watching Ed than they are in watching Hardball unless Lawrence O’Donnell or David Shuster are filling in for Chris.
DonBelacquaDelPurgatorio
@Mike Kay:
I dunno, that Barbie look seems a little stylized and fake to me.
I like the darker, more interesting type. This early Suzanne Plehsette shot is an example.
The combination of dark eyes and quick wit …. makes me all melty.
Mike Kay
@Valdivia–phone:
Betty likes to be tied up
http://thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2009/10/1013%20January%20Jones%20GQ/gallery_main/gallery_main-1013_january_jones_gq_05.jpg
bago
@MattR: The answer is roughly 0.559ECA008DF8ADA9
geg6
@Mike Kay:
If you mean a Christian, he’s dead to me. I find religion repellant.
If you mean he’s a Republican, I can deal with that as long as he’s not a wingnut or teabagger. Some of my best friends are Republicans.
daryljfontaine
@Malron:
Still awaiting the day that “Operation Cheezburger” is launched, or that we’re told the stimulus created “OVER 9000!” new jobs, or for the State of the Union Address to turn into a nationwide-broadcasted Rickroll.
Stupid media is stupid.
You think post-Boomer presidency is a paradigm shift? Wait til the first 4chan presidency.
D
“Yo dawg, I heard you like war, so I put some Iraq in your Afghanistan so you can war when you war.”
Notorious P.A.T.
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ:
Haha )
Bob L
@soonergrunt:
Thanks.:)
It sort of reinforces my point that this “crises” needs to be explained the uninitiated means they finally slid off into their on little dream world that the rest of the nation can’t relate to?
I supposed it could be in the Murdoc news era the idea is to generate “drama” to sell it to the public and Obama gives precious little of that. They had it easy with Bush and just don’t have the necessary skills to generate a proper mountian out of a mole hill.
JGabriel
daryljfontaine:
A porn-obsessed agnostic/atheist hacker wannabe (or maybe actually) who hates Scientology, approves of Internet music/movie piracy, and has better Photoshop than grammatical skills?
Um, okay. It’s not a perfect world, but I could certainly deal with that better than another born-again “Christian” like Bush.
Given porn’s cross-cultural appeal, he/she is certainly less likely to take a unilateralist approach to everything. And the only place that would need to fear being nuked is the L. Ron Hubbard’s Corpse’s Secret Island Headquarters.
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Cassidy
That isn’t fair. The nerds lik’em tight and perky too.
Great line if she’s drunk, btw. But that’s all it is: a line.
The only standard men hold too.
Cassidy
@Mike Kay: She’s also done her own voice on Robot Chicken. Instant cool
Something Fabulous
@DougJ: I think it’s the “hey babe get me a…” part. “Hey, let me bring you a [any you just mentioned]…” and we’d be in bidniz!
…ETA: or what Violet said.
JGabriel
Cassidy:
For you, perhaps.
However, your insistence that all men share your tastes, your lack of discrimination, and your lack of ethics, suggests a narcissistic or sociopathic bent that you may want to discuss with a therapist.
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Cassidy
@JGabriel: Pardon me if I’m not impressed with your Oprah psychology moment.
Here’s the deal, you’re a liar. You’re one of those lying pieces of shit that doesn’t have enough respect for women to be honest with them about what you want. You don’t have the confidence to say “I was really just hoping for a knobjob”, so you throw out the Molly Ringwald wish list, hoping to snare someone naive and drunk enough to buy into your bullshit. You’re a pathetic little fuck and a coward. Fortunately, most women are bright enough to see through the lameness, and guys like me get the score. Keep it up pansy. We thank you.
But, your pussiness doesn’t change facts. Every hetero male, will do any female. Willing and with a heartbeat is the only criteria. Those with scruples will make sure she’s of age.
Ed Drone
@Violet:
Fixed.
Ed
JGabriel
Cassidy:
Yawn. Looks like I struck a nerve.
Maybe if you looked over my posts, shit-for-brains, you’d notice I’m not the kind to complain about women or difficulties finding dates. Never had any problems to complain of. Nor do I think anyone I’ve ever dated would say I have difficulties expressing my desires in bed.
It’s a shame you can’t conceive of a world where a man genuinely prefers hanging out with a smart woman, but it certainly explains your difficulties.
Grow the fuck up, asshole.
Oh, and thanks for proving my point about narcissism/sociopathy.
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Cassidy
Blah, blah, blah…you’re a friggin’ pussy. That’s okay, guys like me and the women who blow you off like having a lauh about chumps like you.
Cassidy
The pansy with no confidence giving advice to grow up….funny. How’s life still living at home?
JGabriel
Oooh, it’s like you know me, big boy.
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Cassidy
I just find it amusing that you have to rattle off your “bedroom bona fides”. Me I’ve been married for quite some time, so I don’t really need that kind of ego boost. Try your schtick on some high school girls. It might fare better.
JGabriel
Cassidy:
Let me get this straight, Cassidy. You honestly think I’m lying when I say, and that every man who says this is lying, that I prefer the company of smart women.
And you honestly don’t think that says more about you than anyone else you’re addressing?
Hmmm.
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JGabriel
Cassidy:
Cassidy:
Right back atcha.
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Cassidy
No, I think you’re lying about being willing to bed anything with a pulse. That whole emo schtick of “I don’t care if she’s hot. I just want brains and a sense of humor, etc.” blah, blah, blah, is exactly that: a shtick. A line. And it’s intent is to show the girlies how sensitive and sweet you are and hopefully find the one who buys the bullshit.
Every guy prefers a smart women. Mine is friggin brilliant. But when 3AM rolls around, Hillary can take her call, but a dude will take anything home.