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Give ’em enough thread

by DougJ|  February 2, 20104:47 pm| 106 Comments

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You’re all a bunch of phonies.

Discuss.

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  1. 1.

    AhabTRuler

    February 2, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    Isn’t everyone?

  2. 2.

    scav

    February 2, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    [ring, ring, ring…..]

  3. 3.

    Ash Can

    February 2, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    Are we having fun yet?

  4. 4.

    Alice B. Stuck

    February 2, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    Not me

    My White Wabbit is waughing

  5. 5.

    Max

    February 2, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    (via @senatus)

    Watch C-SPAN 2 LIVE at 10am Weds as President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat.

    It’s going to be good folks.

    But, I’m an O-bot and not a “real dem” or part of “the base” so what do I know.

  6. 6.

    freelancer

    February 2, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    “You mean when you’re out in public you don’t really have your friends call you ‘DougJay’? You’re a phony! You’re a big fat phony!“

  7. 7.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    Meh. Work and politics have done me in.

    I think I’ll be hanging in tonight with the baby, Bizarro-Tunch, and Bizarro-Lily.

    I foresee drinks, leftover braised rabbit, and possible Futurama.

    More excitement in your homes?

  8. 8.

    Waynski

    February 2, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    @ DougJ

    You’re all a bunch of phonies.

    Does that make this the Holden Caufield thread?

  9. 9.

    Joel

    February 2, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    Lancet retracts paper championed by anti-vaccine nuts.

  10. 10.

    Martin

    February 2, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    @Max: Yay! Moar of this plz!

    Can we get an executive or congressional order or some fucking thing etched in a tablet that says that the prez needs to do this every full moon or some damn thing in strict round-robin format with House GOP/Dems, Senate GOP/Dems, Governors, [insert appropriate elected officials that I may have missed] and broadcast from on high?

  11. 11.

    Violet

    February 2, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    @Max:
    Man, I’m a total political geek that I get excited about stuff like this.

  12. 12.

    Bobbob

    February 2, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    But I thought everything on the internets was real.

  13. 13.

    Colette

    February 2, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    Damn, DougJ’s discovered that I’m actually a 350-pound 17-year-old hermaphrodite posting from my cell in juvenile hall.

  14. 14.

    El Cid

    February 2, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    I know I am.

  15. 15.

    Sentient Puddle

    February 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    That I am. But at least I have beer. So I got that goin’ for me…which is nice.

  16. 16.

    scav

    February 2, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    Wild Birds Playing an Electric Guitar.

  17. 17.

    Zifnab

    February 2, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    @Max:

    as President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat

    Wow, there’s a double entendre here.

  18. 18.

    DougJ

    February 2, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    @Waynski:

    Yes, that was the idea.

  19. 19.

    DougJ

    February 2, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    @Colette:

    Who drinks giant, giant glasses of wine.

  20. 20.

    Ash Can

    February 2, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    @Max: Woo hoo! Can’t wait! :)

  21. 21.

    ihop

    February 2, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    third try (o heck just go):

    http://christwire.org/2009/10/the-golden-girls-how-one-tv-show-turned-a-generation-of-american-boys-into-homosexuals/

    woo hoo! and a hat tip to eschaton for this bit of tomfoolery.

  22. 22.

    nutellaontoast

    February 2, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    http://cardhouse.com/x07/catcher1.htm

  23. 23.

    mr. whipple

    February 2, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    @Max: “It’s going to be good folks.”

    Can’t wait.

  24. 24.

    freelancer

    February 2, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    @Joel:

    Jenny McCarthy haz a sad.

  25. 25.

    nutellaontoast

    February 2, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    oops, missed:
    http://cardhouse.com/x07/catcher2.htm

  26. 26.

    Ash Can

    February 2, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Who drinks giant, giant glasses of wine.

    A girl after my own heart.

  27. 27.

    Tom Hilton

    February 2, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    God damn it, I got hippie on my shoe. Do you know how hard that is to clean off?

  28. 28.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    @Max:

    Ok, I’m re-hooked on politics now. Whip ’em, BO.

  29. 29.

    mr. whipple

    February 2, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    @Tom Hilton:

    “God damn it, I got hippie on my shoe.”

    Why’d you step on it in the first place? It’s yer own damn fault.

  30. 30.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    Couple of new pups at the shelter:

    This one looks a whole lot like a Boston terrier.

    And this one is a mystery to me.

  31. 31.

    gwangung

    February 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    I take it we’re all tired of hippie punching and the hippies trying to fight back….

  32. 32.

    Max

    February 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    @Violet: I know! Me too. I’m on the West Coast, so I can shower @ 6:30am and then listen while I get ready for work.

    Moving back my 9am meeting, just in case.

  33. 33.

    Cat

    February 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries

    It would be irresponsible not to speculate on what all these non-denominational evangelicals will do with their well trained angry young men….

  34. 34.

    nutellaontoast

    February 2, 2010 at 5:08 pm

    @scav: They sound just like Nirvana

  35. 35.

    freelancer

    February 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    @DougJ:

    Bunch of crumby people talking about crumby politicians and how they grew up to be guys that talk about their gas mileage, and took pictures of their food on some slick typewriter thing nobody ever reads, like some dirt old geezer trying to find the name he scribbled on the bathroom stall twenty goddam years ago. Who the hell would ever do that? And why the hell would anybody ever think it’s any kind of a joke. Like fun it is, and you’d never catch me doing any some such goddam thing.

    @Sentient Puddle: Ha!

  36. 36.

    Sentient Puddle

    February 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    @DougJ: In one of my writing classes in college, we had an in-class assignment where we were given a literary passage and had to write about something while attempting to mimic the voice of the piece as best we could. The professor didn’t say where the sample came from, but I immediately recognized it as Holden Caulfield. I gleefully got to work, picking some mundane topic and writing fully stream-of-conscious, going off on as many tangents as I could. I then sprinkled “goddamn” where appropriate, and turned it in. She said that I captured the voice the best out of everyone in the class by far.

    I could go all Holden Caulfield on you all. But I’ll spare you. And besides, it would make me totally hate myself.

  37. 37.

    DougJ

    February 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    @gwangung:

    In Soviet Union, hippie punches you!

  38. 38.

    Violet

    February 2, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    @Max:
    Heh. I’m clearing my calendar. Hope the link doesn’t crash. Will set it to record on DVR. That’s kind of sad, isn’t it?

  39. 39.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    Awww. Mine was a rescue dog.

    She often has that Lily look, despite being significantly bigger. Which doesn’t prevent her from getting her ass kicked by this guy (also a rescue):

  40. 40.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    All of the black and white pups are adopted out, but there is still one of these fellows left.

  41. 41.

    Sentient Puddle

    February 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    @freelancer: I know you edited your post to make that link, but man, that’s a total mindfuck.

  42. 42.

    Stooleo

    February 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    I had a thought. Instead of getting rid of the filibuster, say you start each two year session with a set number times (100) each party can filibuster. That way, a point the opposition party would be forced to participate in at least some legislation. Also, you could save a few and still be able to knock down really odious legislation ( privatization of SS).

  43. 43.

    slag

    February 2, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    @Max: This Weds? As in tomorrow?

    Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Like Violet, I sincerely hope CSpan’s site doesn’t crash!

  44. 44.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    February 2, 2010 at 5:17 pm

    I’m so fake, I disappear every time I close my eyes.

  45. 45.

    Max

    February 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    @slag: Yes, tomorrow.

    Whitehouse.gov should also be streaming it, as will all the networks, I imagine. (Except Fox)

  46. 46.

    Violet

    February 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    @slag:
    You want me to bring the popcorn? LOL.

  47. 47.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Seems like we’ve picked up another stray. Buddy is bravely barkin him from the porch.

  48. 48.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    @jeffreyw:

    Ok, first attempt in moderation hell. Mine was a rescue dog (not much market for Rottie mixes). Love the terrier, by the way.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4326403654/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4325667745/

  49. 49.

    Chyron HR

    February 2, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    President Obama addresses & takes questions from Senate Democrats at their retreat

    About time, they’ve been in retreat for a couple weeks now.

  50. 50.

    daryljfontaine

    February 2, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    @jeffreyw: I dunno about the second one either, but he looks like one terrified pile of cute. He needs a good family, stat.

    D

  51. 51.

    Violet

    February 2, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    We used to have possums all the time in our relatively urban neighborhood. They don’t need a lot of greenspace to live, apparently. And they’re totally unafraid of you. I remember I was outside BBQing dinner when this possum just walked right across the deck in front of me. Glanced over at me, then kept on walking. Didn’t bother it that I was out there moving around. Probably would have come right up and taken the food off the grill if not for the actual fire.

  52. 52.

    mr. whipple

    February 2, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    @jeffreyw:

    Oh my. Didn’t expect to see that critter out in snow.

  53. 53.

    freelancer

    February 2, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    Anyone want to catch the LOST refresher before it airs at 7 CST tonight, someone posted it on Megavideo.

  54. 54.

    Dee Loralei

    February 2, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    @Chyron HR: Unfortunately, you win the thread for speaking the truth.

  55. 55.

    Betsy

    February 2, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    @jeffreyw:
    Why do you torment me so?

  56. 56.

    Sentient Puddle

    February 2, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    @freelancer: I have not watched that refresher, but for my money, this refresher is the only one you ever need for Lost.

  57. 57.

    Mike E

    February 2, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    @Fergus Wooster: If you’re gonna watch Futurama, may I suggest a menu of gooseburgers and a special eggnog made out of bourbon and icecubes.

    Everybody else, I’m gonna have to see some ID.

  58. 58.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    @Betsy: Same reason a dog licks his ba…er buddies?

  59. 59.

    slag

    February 2, 2010 at 5:35 pm

    @Violet: Seriously. I’m unreasonably excited about this. But I’ll try to keep my expectations low. My new slogan: Having low expectations makes the world a better place. I’m sure it’s on a bumper sticker somewhere already.

  60. 60.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    Lots of cardinals today, oddly, the blue jays are absent.

  61. 61.

    John Cole

    February 2, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    @jeffreyw: That second one has lots of beagle in it. Put it down and run away.

  62. 62.

    demkat620

    February 2, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    Hey guys, word of warning. There is a really nasty stomach bug going around.

    Knocked me flat on my ass. Literally.

  63. 63.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    @Fergus Wooster: Great lookin dog, Mrs J says the baby looks reallly safe.

  64. 64.

    demo woman

    February 2, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    Is it wrong of me to assume that Sarah was more concerned about Bristol because Rahm used the word fucking.
    We all know that the dems are retarding the passage of health care laws.

  65. 65.

    Chat Noir

    February 2, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    @jeffreyw: Wow! Gorgeous pix.

    We have many cardinals, dark-eyed juncos, and black-capped chickadees. When I fill the bird feeder, I dump out extra seed on the deck so the ground feeders can nosh. A couple days ago, we had five mourning doves eating.

    It all makes for excellent kitty television.

  66. 66.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    @John Cole: I agree that it has some beagle, Mrs J reports that he has to have some wiener dog in him because he’s very long in the body.

  67. 67.

    bob h

    February 2, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Now that HCR has stalled, the tens of millions of uninsured have magically disappeared, the doctors and hospitals do not have to worry about treating them, employers have stopped dropping coverage for employees, private insurers have stopped the recission of sick customers and raising premiums to unaffordable levels, and the seniors have had their pill donut holes filled. We owe this all to Senator Brown.

  68. 68.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    @Chat Noir: Yeah, we have all those and more, Mrs J always pours out seed for the ground feeders.

  69. 69.

    Chat Noir

    February 2, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    @John Cole: Hey, many thanks for recommending “Southland.” Started watching it on TNT and it really is an excellent show.

  70. 70.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 5:48 pm

    @Mike E:
    Beats Slurm and Bachelor Chow.

    I’m just getting caught up on the four “movie” installments. I’m as far as Bender’s Game. This toddler thing is forcing me to regress in my TV viewing.

  71. 71.

    demo woman

    February 2, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    @jeffreyw: You obviously have a lot of love for the pups. How do you manage to walk away rather than take them home?

  72. 72.

    Mario Piperni

    February 2, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    The Scott Brown Cosmo Action Figure.

  73. 73.

    Bruce (formerly Steve S.)

    February 2, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    Phony? Moi?

  74. 74.

    flavortext

    February 2, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    @ihop:

    I smell a poe.

  75. 75.

    Mike E

    February 2, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    @Fergus Wooster: Well, keep your expectations low on the movies–the math geek docu on the 1st one is great tho. What is the sum of two cubes, indeed…

    My question: when is the new-ordered episodes gonna hit the airwaves? I’m missing Leela something fierce. And Bender is great. Also.

  76. 76.

    Ash Can

    February 2, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    @demkat620: Wherever you are, keep it there.

  77. 77.

    WaterGirl

    February 2, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    @Max: I hope someone here will live blog it – they took cspan2 off the cable line-up here a couple of months ago.

  78. 78.

    t jasper parnell

    February 2, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  79. 79.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    @MikeE – Hermaphrodite was a nice touch though. My wife is a big LOTR fan, and loved it. The baby just loves Zoidberg.

    Not OT, but a little late to note – isn’t it redundant to call phony on a bunch of people posting under pseudonyms?

  80. 80.

    Something Fabulous

    February 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    @jeffreyw: Oboyoboyoboy! Puppeh #2 looks very much like my childhood dawg, facially. The vet guessed that she [the dog, not the vet] was mostly fox terrier with some pointer mixed in. If this one ALSO has weiner-dog shaped body, it might just be Peak Cutenut.

  81. 81.

    Max

    February 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    @WaterGirl: I will be online @ cspan.org, whitehouse.gov, etc. If that helps.

    I’d liveblog, but I will be wrestling with a flat-iron @ that time.

    :)

  82. 82.

    t jasper parnell

    February 2, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    I’ll try this again

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  83. 83.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    @demo woman: I let Mrs J do all the walking away. It’s her gig, she takes the pics

  84. 84.

    Jackie

    February 2, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    @Fergus Wooster: My dad had a rott/basset mix. Longest Dog On Earth. Incredibly sweet too. The shelter told my dad he was a basset/dashound mix and at six months was full grown. He got longer, and longer and longer over the next six months. He was so obviously a rott that I know they lied on purpose. But it was in a good cause so I don’t blame them.

  85. 85.

    WaterGirl

    February 2, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    @John Cole: Are beagles bad?

  86. 86.

    Mike E

    February 2, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    @WaterGirl: Naw, just houndy. Put a strong leash on ’em and know they can smell your fear plus a squirrel fart from a mile away. My daughter’s dog is part springer, a million parts beagle, and a really sweet dog.

  87. 87.

    WaterGirl

    February 2, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    @Max: I have a daily bandwidth limit so that doesn’t work for me. :-(

  88. 88.

    t jasper parnell

    February 2, 2010 at 6:32 pm

    Last try

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

    via

  89. 89.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    February 2, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    @Zifnab:
    Brave Sir Robin Senate ran away – No!
    Bravely ran away, away – I didn’t!
    When danger reared its ugly head
    He bravely turned his tail and fled – No!
    Yes, brave Sir Robin Senate turned about
    And gallantly he chickened out
    Bravely taking to his feet
    He beat a very brave retreat
    Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin Senate!

  90. 90.

    t jasper parnell

    February 2, 2010 at 6:50 pm

    Holden on American History

    If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is how the Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look and that kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

  91. 91.

    mcc

    February 2, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    MEANWHILE, ON GOOGLE NEWS

    The I’s Have It: Obama Hits 45 I’s in Nashua, NH
    FOXNews – ‎1 hour ago‎
    Much attention has been given to President Obama’s persistent use of “I” when giving speeches to sell his administration’s agenda.

  92. 92.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    @Jackie:

    Awww. Sophie’s mom was a full rott, and her dad was some sort of Northern mix.

    Sweetest dog you can imagine, despite her size and muscle tone. Just wants to play with the cat, and the baby.

    But gives a bark and look that makes persons approaching the house piss themselves.

    I’ve become a zealous Rottie convert.

  93. 93.

    Fergus Wooster

    February 2, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    @ThatLeftTurnInABQ:

    His head smashed in and his heart cut out
    And his liver removed and his bowels unplugged
    And his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off . . .

  94. 94.

    jeffreyw

    February 2, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    The red bug is back.

  95. 95.

    Jackie

    February 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    @Fergus Wooster: You should hear what happens when you put a bassett woo woo in a massive rottie chest. Sounded like a dinosaur should. Every rottie I know has a big heart to put in the big chest. Shame that they were the flavor of the month for the” I have a small dick so need a big, bad dog” set and got a bad rep.

  96. 96.

    J. Michael Neal

    February 2, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    Green balloons! Green balloons!

  97. 97.

    Toni

    February 2, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    Somewhat OT, how come the Iranians are willing to ship out their Uranium now according to the UN deal? Seemingly all of a sudden they aren’t stalling, or wanting to change the deal as they were a couple months ago? What changed?

  98. 98.

    reality-based

    February 2, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    @gwangung:

    Ok, I’ll bite – as one of the hippies who got repeatedly punched around here for blaming the healthcare mess on Rahm –

    and now that a bunch of non-hippie centrists – Jonathon Cohn, Jonathon Raitt, Andrew Sullivan, Ezra Klein – have started pointedly blaming Rahm –

    NOW is it Ok to blame Rahm? And what IS it with the whole “leave poor Rahm ALOONE” stuff here at BJ?

    and since we were wrongly punched – who do we get to punch for free now?

    Rahm, after all, is in charge of implementing the President’s agenda, and turned the whole thing over to Max Baucus last summer, and then hectored Reid into bargaining with Lieberman, and made the deals with Big Pharma in the first place. He got royally rolled by the GOP – and now he’s out in the papers, loudly pushing off HCR to “some other time” in the future.

    So – NOW can we blame Rahm?

    (hey, just trying to liven up the place)

    I mean

  99. 99.

    Mnemosyne

    February 2, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    @reality-based:

    Andrew Sullivan is a centrist?

  100. 100.

    Karen

    February 2, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    Okay, you got me. I’m Karen’s cat and this is part of my diabolical plan for world domination!

  101. 101.

    machine

    February 2, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    Phonies? Is this a Salinger/Caulfield homage?

  102. 102.

    DougJ

    February 2, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    @machine:

    Yes.

  103. 103.

    polyorchnid octopunch

    February 2, 2010 at 9:46 pm

    @Max: Interesting. The two legislative groups that have probably caused the most problems to his legislative wish list… House Republicans and Senate Democrats.

    I bet he goes for the Supreme Pwnage there too. I wonder which ones he’s going to target for “humiliation!”.

    @Stooleo: Why not try something like Canada’s constitutional amendment formula? You want to filibuster, you have to get 1/3 of senators representing at least 50% of the population to vote for it.

  104. 104.

    keestadoll

    February 2, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Has anyone brought up the Edwards whistle-blowers allegations yet?

  105. 105.

    SiubhanDuinne

    February 2, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    I’m only a phony down to the core. Beyond that, I’m pretty superficial.

  106. 106.

    I still need a name for in here

    February 2, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    You’re right, I am a fraud, I secretly have the hots for Sarah Palin.

    @mcc: An old friend posted a count of “I” and “me” from Obama’s SOTU address so I got my computer to count them in other addresses in history.

    Lincoln “I” 53 times in 1861.
    George HW Bush “I” 64 times in 1990.

    There’s a wide variance of I’s and me’s between the presidents, may be as simple as a speaker’s style or may be as simple as the I counters being simple like FOX News.

    Hmmm, Icounter, a new Apple product?

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