• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

I’m just a talker, trying to find a channel!

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

There is one struggling party in US right now, and it’s not the Democrats.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

‘Museums aren’t America’s attic for its racist shit.’

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

This blog will pay for itself.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Mobile Menu

  • Four Directions Montana
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2024 Elections
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Failing Up

Failing Up

by John Cole|  October 21, 201110:28 pm| 236 Comments

This post is in: Our Failed Media Experiment

FacebookTweetEmail

I got nothing:

Former Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina may have not have been able to run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after his 2009 cheating scandal, but he will at least get to talk about the campaign on national television – as a paid contributor on Fox News, the Caucus has learned.

A network spokeswoman confirmed that Mr. Sanford, once considered a potential Republican presidential contender, has signed on with the network. While he is certain to appear prominently at the debate Fox News is holding in South Carolina in January, he will appear well before that and will stay on with Fox even beyond the general election.

What is the likelihood that Anthony Weiner will one day a paid contributor to one of our “liberal” media networks?

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « Predicting Votes by Counting Checks?
Next Post: Saturday Morning Open Thread »

Reader Interactions

236Comments

  1. 1.

    Exurban Mom

    October 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Oh, I’ve been figuring that any day now, someone is going to hire Anthony Weiner for an on-camera gig. Smart money would probably go with Current TV: they have more to gain than lose from the controversy such a hire would raise.

  2. 2.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Travel show?

  3. 3.

    General Stuck

    October 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Say wha? Mark Sanford was an innocent victim of reality. Liberal reality. All it’s victims end up at Fox News, sooner or later.

  4. 4.

    asdfasdf

    October 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Elliot Spitzer.

  5. 5.

    Jay in Oregon

    October 21, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Well, we have to counteract that durned liberal media bias somehow.

    I wonder how well it would go over if every guest asked him about his time “hiking the Appalachian Trail”…

  6. 6.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    October 21, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    Spitzer had a gig on CNN, so there’s hope.

  7. 7.

    BGinCHI

    October 21, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    I really thought Sanford wold get a travel show:

    Mark Sanford Does Argentina.

    It writes itself.

  8. 8.

    Mike Goetz

    October 21, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    I have no doubt that Weiner will wind up as a paid contributor somewhere. He has no other marketable skills and he is good on tv.

  9. 9.

    BGinCHI

    October 21, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Had a great meal at La Merenda in Milwaukee last weekend. Plus good wine list and gentle pricing.

    Then Woodman’s on the way home. Gotta get that New Glarus….

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    @BGinCHI: Never eaten there. Then again I don’t get to Milwaukee all that often.

  11. 11.

    Mike Goetz

    October 21, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Plus, I’m not sure Fox News contributor counts as “failing up”. It’s sort of the final slushpile for washouts and never-were’s.

  12. 12.

    Boudica

    October 21, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    I posted this on the open thread, but it’s dead.

    Speaking of worthless on-air pundits:

    This is in my town. I don’t think I can drive by it every day. Help! I can’t believe I might run into Glenn Beck on the street or in a store. I don’t think I could be civil….

  13. 13.

    Jade Jordan

    October 21, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    John Cole have you abandoned your EERS. They are playing now and you haven’t mentioned them.

  14. 14.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    @Boudica: Link no work. You fix.

  15. 15.

    Cacti

    October 21, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    What are the odds?

    Better than you might think.

    Eliot Spitzer got a gig on CNN.

  16. 16.

    Boudica

    October 21, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: My bad. Too many http’s. Fixed now. Thanks.

  17. 17.

    different-church-lady

    October 21, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    *COUGH*COUGH*SPITZER*COUGH!

  18. 18.

    beltane

    October 21, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    @Mike Goetz: Yes, Fox is hardly a stepping stone to bigger and better things. More like the graveyard of political aspirations, albeit one which comes with a hefty paycheck.

    Maybe Mark Sanford will be filling in some of the space left over when Sarah whatshername’s balloon finally deflated.

  19. 19.

    Violet

    October 21, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    Weiner gives good talk. He’ll get a TV gig eventually. Just has to go through a purgatory period and then he can be rehabbed. I agree with the Current TV suggestion. The controversy would bring eyeballs.

  20. 20.

    LowProfileinGA

    October 21, 2011 at 10:50 pm

    Not really a fair comparison as much as I agree Weiner was an idiot.

  21. 21.

    The Dangerman

    October 21, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    Sanford just cheated on his wife and lied about it; not all that unusual in the overall scheme of things.

    Weiner took pictures of his pride and joy and sent it to random women; quite a bit more unusual (or so I would hope, so help me Brett Farve).

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    @Boudica: Junk punch him. What jury would convict you?

  23. 23.

    Boudica

    October 21, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: This is Texas….I might could get the chair for that….

  24. 24.

    cmorenc

    October 21, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    @John Cole:

    What is the likelihood that Anthony Weiner will one day a paid contributor to one of our “liberal” media networks?

    …when Weiner starts showing his weiner to Argentenian women on the Appalachian trail, that’s when.

  25. 25.

    hhex65

    October 21, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    Count me amongst they who think Anthony Weiner might get a call from TV; he’s young, urbane and familiar with the workings of social media.

  26. 26.

    Spaghetti Lee

    October 21, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    If you manage to get yourself victimized by The Liberals, you’re damn near set for life. Even if Fox cuts him loose one day, he’ll just write a book or do talk radio in South Carolina or something. But wingnuts treat the victims of liberal bias (read: victims of their own fuckuppery) like Christians treat martyred saints.

  27. 27.

    Nevgu

    October 21, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    You are right about one thing. You got nothing. Anything to distract from Libya eh Wrong Again Cole?!

    And why am I not surprised you supported the Iraq war. LOL! That’s just so funny….bahahahahahah!

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    @The Dangerman: Sanford bailed on his job as the governor of a state to “hike the Appalachian Trail.” The cheating wasn’t his major problem.

  29. 29.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:00 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Ooh, let me do that instead. Not that I’d want to take my chances with a TX jury. OT – I answered you in the music thread (and killed it dead).

    Also OT, mistermix put my little nonprofit in the Friday Pimpcast (many thanks). We did have a tough time with our fall fundraiser – the road got closed so we probably lost half our potential donors and thus need to try to recoup online.

    I vote for the young and urbane twittermonster to go on and get a gig. Easy for me to say, since I don’t watch any of it.

  30. 30.

    Jewish Steel

    October 21, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    Oh, I don’t know if it’s failing upward to go to a position of real power to talking about others who still do.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    @Boudica: All you need is one sane person to get a hung jury. Oh, Texas… I see your problem. Shoot ‘im in the junk with your six shooter. That can’t be a crime there.

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Which music thread? And, as far as I am concerned, Beck can get junk punched as many times as there are grains of sand on a beach.

  32. 32.

    Jewish Steel

    October 21, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Shorter Nevgu: Armpit fart noise. Runs away.

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    @Jewish Steel: Are you sure it was an armpit fart noise? There is now a distinct pong in here.

  34. 34.

    Three-nineteen

    October 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    Spitzer got a gig, and he actually committed a crime.

  35. 35.

    clayton

    October 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    Spitzer

    Perhaps someone has already said it.

  36. 36.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: And satrs in the sky, for good measure. The Song of the Week “music” thread. My response was kind of an inside joke, I think. Though I expect Doug J to get it if he sees it. And you of course.

    @Three-nineteen: There’s that, but remember that he wasn’t charged, oddly enough.

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q): Oooh, a quest. I shall go look.

    ETA: Safe European Flock.

  38. 38.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    well, you’re no doug, but I guess you do kinda own the place.

  39. 39.

    hhex65

    October 21, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    what the– did the Vikings trade McNabb back to Syracuse?

  40. 40.

    Jewish Steel

    October 21, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    @Jewish Steel:

    go to* a position

    Uh, you mean from, dude.

    @Omnes Omnibus: Ha! I guess that poutine stuff can repeat on you.

  41. 41.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    so quiet. jeebus. eschaton’s so lively.

  42. 42.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    @beltane:

    Maybe Mark Sanford will be filling in some of the space left over when Sarah whatshername’s balloon finally deflated.

    Two words for you: Nikki Haley. The woman is MADE for Fox punditry. As a South Carolina resident, I wish they’d hire her tomorrow. Except she probably wouldn’t quit the governor’s job to do it. I don’t know why Kasich bothered.

    Sanford’s an odd fucking dude. He’ll be GREAT on Fox.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    @Little Boots: The night shift hasn’t punched in yet.

  44. 44.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:32 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I’m waitin.

  45. 45.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Is Doug on the night shift?

    Oh, god, what the hell is happening to me!!!!

  46. 46.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    @Nevgu: Are you a.k.a. Derf?

  47. 47.

    MonkeyBoy

    October 21, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    @Boudica:

    This is in my town. I don’t think I can drive by it every day. Help! I can’t believe I might run into Glenn Beck on the street or in a store. I don’t think I could be civil….

    I really hate newspaper sites like the Star-Telegram link you gave. I have no idea where it is located much less where “Southlake” is. And all the header information on that page gives no clue. Navigate to the home page there and there is still no clue however after reading some local headlines it appears to be in Texas. Finally resort to Google and you can find out that it is located in Fort Worth which at least I recognize.

    Over and over again I have followed links to newspaper sites that even when they are in butfuck flyover assume they everybody knows them so they don’t need to say where they are located.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    @Little Boots: Watch it or I will post a link to “Deeply Dippy” by Right Said Fred and no one wants that.

  49. 49.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    October 21, 2011 at 11:38 pm

    Can’t wait for the inevitable moment in the debate when Sanford asks Gingrich about protecting marriage.

  50. 50.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    ooooh, 80’s night. but first, what ever happened to sinead oconnor?

  51. 51.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    @Tara the Antisocial Social Worker: Oooh! Oooh! Invite his ex wife as his first guest!

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    @Little Boots: RSF is early 90s. And as far as Sinead goes, why don’t you check out her blog?

  53. 53.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    wait does this work?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

  54. 54.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    October 21, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    @Little Boots: After “The Lion and the Cobra?” Nothing except tearing up pictures of the Pope and pissing off Sinatra.

  55. 55.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    yeah I’m always pretty hazy about dates. but still, sinead.

  56. 56.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    everyone loves sinead, well, cept John Paul, but he’s dead, so it’s all okay now.

  57. 57.

    Hawes

    October 21, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    Is the Spice Channel liberal?

  58. 58.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    @Little Boots: Two big albums, critical acclaim, and then the SNL Pope photo incident. She got ordained as a minister/priest/shaman at one point. Still, the woman can sing.

    @Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy): Cueball.

  59. 59.

    Narcissus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    liberal with what

  60. 60.

    Little Boots

    October 21, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    that’s what I’m on about.

    and I don’t even know why I care, especially now, tonight, but she could sing, and I think she got a raw deal.

    so walker? no, stop it, I don’t want to get you in trouble.

  61. 61.

    some guy

    October 21, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    Weiner’s gig on HaaretzTV will be what finally brings that outlet into the regular cable TV lineup.

    mark my words

  62. 62.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 21, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    @Little Boots: I brought it on myself by being a tease. But you ain’t getting an answer.

  63. 63.

    some guy

    October 22, 2011 at 12:01 am

    I still think Weiner’s meltdown at that townhall in Crooklyn (see Mondoweiss) is my favorite3 moment of American Political Puppet Theatre.

  64. 64.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 12:06 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    good :) but really, I do not want any answer that would screw you up.

  65. 65.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:08 am

    @Little Boots: Instead, I give you Willy DeVille. It is a fair trade, I think.

  66. 66.

    amk

    October 22, 2011 at 12:11 am

    So yet another adulterous pinhead pol is recruited by pox news. bfd.

    Fraudulent Defense Contractors Paid $1 Trillion

    “The report detailed how the Pentagon paid $573.7 billion during the past 10 years to more than 300 contractors involved in civil fraud cases that resulted in judgments of more than $1 million, $398 billion of which was awarded after settlement or judgment for fraud. When awards to “parent” companies are counted, the Pentagon paid more than $1.1 trillion during the past 10 years just to the 37 top companies engaged in fraud.

    Another $255 million went to 54 contractors convicted of hard-core criminal fraud in the same period. Of that total, $33 million was paid to companies after they were convicted of crimes.

    Some of the nation’s biggest defense contractors were involved.

    For example, Lockheed Martin in 2008 paid $10.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the government by submitting false invoices on a multi-billion dollar contract connected to the Titan IV space launch vehicle program. That didn’t seem to sour the relationship between Lockheed and the Defense Department, which gave Lockheed $30.2 billion in contracts in fiscal year 2009, more than ever before.”

  67. 67.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 12:13 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    yes, fair trade.

    I think that’s the best kind of song. the one you didn’t know you wanted to hear til you heard it.

    thanks.

  68. 68.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 22, 2011 at 12:13 am

    Ever since that utterly incompetent legal hack, Marcia Clark, got a gig as a special commentator on legal issues on CNN after losing the final trial of the 20th Century through sheer incompetence and more attention to her fucking hair than the evidence, it’s been all downhill.

    Cripes, another legal hack, this one ethically and morally challenged along with questionable competence, the excreable Nancy Grace, has a show on Headline News (where Glenn Beck used to have a show) has been on the air quite some time. CNN is an utter cesspool. Just look at one of their stars, Leslie Blitzer, who disregarded his own expert guests to continue to speculate that the balloon boy was floating above Denver someplace…

  69. 69.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:14 am

    @amk: Simple looting. Fuckers.

  70. 70.

    eemom

    October 22, 2011 at 12:17 am

    Spitzer got a gig!! Spitzer got a gig!! Anyone mention that yet?!?

    Srsly. I mean I know we’re all a bunch of life-challenged losers, but surely we can do a LITTLE better than this on Friday night.

  71. 71.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:23 am

    @eemom: I have been posting interesting musical links. So there.

  72. 72.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 12:24 am

    @amk: dammit man, that PALES in comparison with those black panther people intimidating people on street corners! I’m sure they’re linked to welfare cheats that are defrauding the government out of HUNDREDS of dollars each month! It shall not stand sir! Not to mention that they’re having babies and possibly even abortions, also too!

  73. 73.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:25 am

    @piratedan: Hundreds? TENS!!!!

  74. 74.

    amk

    October 22, 2011 at 12:28 am

    @piratedan: It’s high time ows started rattling the cages of the real villains – the congress critters & their lobbyist pals and their lying and misleading media enablers.

  75. 75.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 12:29 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: month after month, causing a relentless drag on our economy! That’s what this country needs, more regulation of social services! It’s obvious that you can’t trust these people else they will just take advantage of the system.

  76. 76.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:30 am

    @piratedan: I know and agree. We could lose dimes or even pennies!

  77. 77.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 12:34 am

    @amk: i hear ya amk, it’s just that this won’t merit a blip on the national media, as much as I wish it was otherwise.

  78. 78.

    eemom

    October 22, 2011 at 12:39 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    You are the veritable Apollo of the blog.

  79. 79.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 22, 2011 at 12:40 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    This, this, this.

    Dereliction of duty was his true crime (and could have been easily avoided, if only he’d told SOMEONE “hey, I’m going to be hiking the trails over the weekend, mind the store, won’t you”?), but the airheaded gits of the MSM were too busy thinking about the booty the twit was getting.

  80. 80.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:42 am

    @eemom: I am beautiful.

    @Villago Delenda Est: And she was foreign and exotic and shit.

  81. 81.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 12:43 am

    @eemom:

    let’s not go crazy here.

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:45 am

    @Little Boots: Let’s do.

  83. 83.

    hhex65

    October 22, 2011 at 12:45 am

    @amk: that’s a lot of free speech changing hands there

  84. 84.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 22, 2011 at 12:47 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    As in, “she’s not from Myrtle Beach.”

  85. 85.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:48 am

    @Villago Delenda Est: Pretty much.

  86. 86.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 12:50 am

    There’s only one thing I’m not clear about: Did Eliot Spitzer get a gig on CNN?

    By the way while it’s sort of a fair point, there is a difference you all realize, right? Not on the side of whether scandal should have disqualified someone from having a cable show, but on the side of whether there was anything interesting enough about the person to warrant such a thing.

    I can’t think of anything remotely interesting or newsworthy about Mark Sanford except the scandal. Not so with Eliot Spitzer, he was controversial and muck-raking and governor of one of the largest and arguably the most important state in the country before any scandal happened. And he’s been fairly interesting on TV as a result. For Sanford, scandal is virtually the only reason anyone knows who he is. But hey, that’s enough for FOX.

    Fox News: Give us your fired, your poor of judgment, your puddles of sanctimonious hypocrisy…

  87. 87.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 12:50 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    oh, if only, we could.

  88. 88.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 12:52 am

    @eemom: This one is for you.

  89. 89.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 12:58 am

    At the bottom right now I see a Herman Cain ad with the headline “Let’s Take This Nation Back.” Back where, that’s what I wanna know. Anyway, under this is a nice inviting tag “Click Here For More Information” and naturally I did, cuz I want me some more information about where (and when?) Mr. Cain wants take America back to.

    It’s a donation page. And not even a decent one it looks like it was whipped up in 10 minutes using some web templating app. So disappointing.

  90. 90.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 12:58 am

    and this one’s for everybody, because it’s needed.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unfzfe8f9NI&ob=av3n

  91. 91.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:00 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    And if eemom doesn’t want it I’ll take it. Also, this.

  92. 92.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:00 am

    @handy: So you the additional information they want to give you is taking your credit card number? How odd. Or not.

  93. 93.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:05 am

    such bitter music. why?

  94. 94.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I can’t even make this up. Just above the form it said “Brought to you by the 9-9-9 Plan.”

    Umm, thanks?

  95. 95.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 1:06 am

    @handy: There was this great song during the 2004 election…. oh I found it, amazing.

    I liked it so much I wrote to the guys who wrote and produced it. I told them it reminded me of how much I liked really good country music, hard core, Merle Haggard style, which was timely since I was in danger of drifting into the mindset of wanting to write off certain portions of the country entirely. It had a double meaning for me, taking my “country”, as in music, back, from the ultra right wing yahoos.

    The bridge is particularly great.

  96. 96.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:07 am

    @handy:

    ohmygod, that is hilarious.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:08 am

    @handy: I can only quote a Psychedelic Furs lyric at you: 999 – the police don’t come.

  98. 98.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:10 am

    @Little Boots: Jesus, the only good thing in that video was the Les Paul guitar and it looked embarrassed to be there.

  99. 99.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:12 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Glad I’m living on Easy Street then.

  100. 100.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:13 am

    @handy: Well played.

  101. 101.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:16 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    DON’T YELL AT THE ABBA.

  102. 102.

    amk

    October 22, 2011 at 1:17 am

    teh stoopid irony of rwnj’s.

  103. 103.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:18 am

    @Little Boots: I will fucking link the Right Said Fred if you do not behave.

  104. 104.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:20 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    see, I would love that. that’s the problem here.

  105. 105.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 1:22 am

    @Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy): I am Coles festering infected wound that won’t heal. Aka Fight club for those too dim to get the reference. That would be most here by all accounts.

  106. 106.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:23 am

    but because we’re unleashing the 80s (and if Right Said Fred ain’t 80’s, it should be)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A&feature=relmfu

  107. 107.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:27 am

    @Little Boots: Here. Now stop your bitching while I play one of my all time favs.

  108. 108.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:30 am

    @Little Boots: Deal with this. It is the original; Lauper’s version, while good, was a cover.

  109. 109.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2011 at 1:31 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: I demand a + number.

  110. 110.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 1:32 am

    Best song of the 80s, no contest.

  111. 111.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 1:32 am

    what this thread needs is some chewy instrumental goodness:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79udf50tqCE&list=FLkDPwfAZtSnJT0epbWGf41A&index=10

    and don’t make me get even more obscure on you

  112. 112.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:34 am

    @Yutsano: +4. I filed my divorce paperwork today. I also got a triple paper cut. I get to drink.

    ETA +5

  113. 113.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:35 am

    @piratedan: This I like.

    ETA: I dare you.

  114. 114.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:38 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    damn, I like that. thank you.

  115. 115.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 1:39 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: remember… you asked:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8fFU5Xmw1U&feature=BFa&list=FLkDPwfAZtSnJT0epbWGf41A&lf=autoplay

    from the jangle pop/eclectic pile of stuff I groove to

    and another instrumental, because I like to sing along to them….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgUqpws4zs&feature=BFa&list=FLkDPwfAZtSnJT0epbWGf41A&lf=autoplay

  116. 116.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:41 am

    but the important thing is, yaz.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_HrktOwrk

    oh, god I loved that album

  117. 117.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:42 am

    @Little Boots: You are welcome. I know my shit. Seriously though, Lauper’s version is great.

  118. 118.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2011 at 1:42 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I filed my divorce paperwork today.

    Understood.

    I also got a triple paper cut.

    Watch for lemons.

    I get to drink.

    I have Laphroaig and it’s Friday and I’m sober. I r doing something wrong.

  119. 119.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 1:44 am

    Failing up? Oh, I see. This post is about Dana Holgorsen.

  120. 120.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:45 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I can tell. and I do appreciate that. I really do love hearing new (well, new to me) versions of songs I love.

  121. 121.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:46 am

    Oh my genitals? No, I’m a janitor.

  122. 122.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:46 am

    @piratedan: Brill. Totes brill.

    @Little Boots: Midnight is the song from that album. Problem is that I have never found a great version on YouTube. Alison Moyet is stunningly talented. Vince has his moments too.

    ETA: I found a version of Midnight.

  123. 123.

    Jewish Steel

    October 22, 2011 at 1:47 am

    Omnes: dee eye vee oh ar see ee, huh? Well, mazel tov, old bean. I felt quite liberated when it was all said and done.

  124. 124.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 1:48 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: glad I could send you some good musical vibes… I figured Burnsie would be all over that fleshtones track I referenced up above

    oh and if you’re a Nick Lowe fan, GQ is featuring a series of interviews with what they call “the survivors” people that have been thru the music machine and have somehow come out the other side, soul intact. Lowe’s piece should be available on the 26th

  125. 125.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:49 am

    @piratedan:

    Somebody else (or maybe it was you piratedan) linked a Nick Lowe video not too long ago. Glad to see his work is appreciated in some parts.

  126. 126.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:50 am

    @Yutsano: I am maintaining.

  127. 127.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 1:51 am

    The DOW is almost back up to 12000. Why no breathless spittle spray headlines from Wrong Again Cole how the stock market is on a tear? Why does Wrong Again Cole and the rest of his typing monkeys only get excited when things seem to be getting worse and then nothing but crickets with they seem to be getting better?

    Cole and this worthless blog. Just more of the same old worthless background noise of a bunch of chicken littles running around looking to find something negative to talk about.

  128. 128.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:51 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    true. awesome song. and since my tastes aren’t that refined:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOZ3XUj1jg0

  129. 129.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:53 am

    All this talk about drinking I figured this might be an appropriate artist to link. (Song’s not bad either).

  130. 130.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 1:53 am

    @handy: aye it was most likely me, I’m a big fan, but I try not to rag on other folks for their musical tastes, we all have different vibes that move us from various parts of our lives, so I just do what I can to promote the folks that I do like.

  131. 131.

    Suffern ACE

    October 22, 2011 at 1:53 am

    Missed Cindy and Dr. John in concert last weekend. I hate this cold.

  132. 132.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:53 am

    @Nevgu: Seriously, do you have nothing better to do? You are a sad little worm.

  133. 133.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 1:54 am

    @piratedan:

    I will be momentarily.

    Posting YouTube links from iPad is difficult. The theme for tonight appears to be jangly guitars.. Go to YouTube, and search for “Phil Seymour Let Her Dance.” then search on “Raspberries I Wanna Be with You.”

  134. 134.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:55 am

    @Little Boots: I found the album version. Yours has more reverb.

  135. 135.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:56 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    and see I’m totally fine with that.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsTK6TZnsB8&feature=related

  136. 136.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2011 at 1:56 am

    @Nevgu: Repeat after me: the stock market is NOT the economy.

    @Omnes Omnibus: Maintenance in your position is quite acceptable.

  137. 137.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 1:57 am

    all I know is it takes me back to my dorm room, and I love that.

  138. 138.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 1:58 am

    @burnspbesq: no argument, I like Seymour, but bleeping adore the Raspberries….

    and I’ll raise you another overlooked wonder:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U59z_KhAbnI&feature=related

  139. 139.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 1:58 am

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    “More reverb.” Probably the most heard phrase from the lips of studio album producers in the 80s. Runner up would probably be, “Hey this sounds like a good spot to drop that handclap thingy.”

  140. 140.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 1:59 am

    @Yutsano: I am being careful with my music choices. Little Boots is killing me though. Great songs, wrong mood.

  141. 141.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 1:59 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Omnes, why not just admit you dream of taking warm showers with me. Anyone who follow every single post I make with such interest has got to have some kind of obsession the likes of which are only reserved for movie and rock stars. Get some help.

  142. 142.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:00 am

    @handy: Dude, I am 47.

  143. 143.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:00 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: maybe this will help OO:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAH1ioLiaHw&feature=related

  144. 144.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 2:01 am

    Not to mention the greatest jangly-guitar song of all time:

    Oh I’m going out,
    I’m going out looking for a cynical girl,
    Who has no use for the real world,
    I’m looking for a cynical girl.

  145. 145.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:01 am

    @Nevgu: I enjoy cold showers and steel wool massages, so you are probably right. Oh, wait, none of that is true.

  146. 146.

    Admiral_Komack

    October 22, 2011 at 2:02 am

    “Former Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina may have not have been able to run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination after his 2009 cheating scandal, but he will at least get to talk about the campaign on national television – as a paid contributor on Fox News, the Caucus has learned.”

    “Well, Sean, let me show you how I did Argentina, using these two shitting pigs as props.”

  147. 147.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:02 am

    well as long as the DOW is happy, who could be unhappy. except nearly everybody.

  148. 148.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 2:02 am

    @piratedan:

    That is a classic. How about this.

  149. 149.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:04 am

    @burnspbesq: oooo, so you’re gonna drop the Crenshaw hammmer eh? I have to admit, I got all his stuff and it has aged incredibly well, hell, I think I still have Miracle of Science in the cd player in the car!

  150. 150.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2011 at 2:05 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: I forget sometimes how fiendishly clever you are verschnickered. I appreciate the refresher.

  151. 151.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:08 am

    @handy:

    also awesome. I love these versions of songs I thought I knew.

  152. 152.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 2:08 am

    @Yutsano: No sheit sherlock. But you would never know that reading Wrong Again Coles posts when it is going down. Like this one.
    https://balloon-juice.com/2011/08/04/a-feature-not-a-bug/#comment-2708585

    Of course I should not have to remind you that the main stream media does the same thing. Plenty of examples of BS factories like Fluffington Poo doing this all the time as well.

    Having said all that, over the longer term, the stock market actually IS representative of the health and size of the economy. And the long term is the ONLY thing that should EVER be used when reading the tea leaves of the stock market. Whether it’s down or up. But I know I am just wasting my breath. The next time there is a one day fall because of [insert BJ issue of the day], the next day Wrong Again Cole will be on here saying “see, look at what the stock market did yesterday, this proves we are doomed”

    Just gotta shake my head at the utter stupidity of it. I don’t know how people like Wrong Again Cole manage to wipe their arses in the morning without getting poo on their hands. They just don’t seem to have the intellectual capacity to get something as simple as that right much less survive day to day.

  153. 153.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:09 am

    @burnspbesq&lt: Marshall. My personal history with that song enters in here, but I cannot deny its brilliance. Also too, the one time I saw Crenshaw, he was awesome.

    @piratedan: Dude, It has been years since I heard that. Love it.

  154. 154.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 2:11 am

    running around looking to find something negative to talk about.

    I can’t figure out what kind of troll this is. Are people supposed to think it’s morning in America and nothing is negative because Leader Obama can do no wrong (in which case er, you’re complaining to the wrong blog, I promise you) or that everything is rosy because as long as the rich get richer who cares about massive unemployment and no health care and depression and so on (and again, is this because of Republicans or Bush or something?)

    Or am I looking for coherence where none exists?

  155. 155.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:12 am

    @Nevgu:

    good to know. thanks. on the other hand, can the unemployment rate ever matter? is that allowed?

  156. 156.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 2:12 am

    Love the English one, but this Beat’s pretty good too.

  157. 157.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 2:16 am

    @Bill E Pilgrim:

    Obot corollary to Poe’s law?

  158. 158.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:16 am

    and just, I don’t even know why, except it’s late and I’m drunk.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts

  159. 159.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 2:18 am

    @Nevgu: I see. Do you understand that if the stock market going higher is the only thing positive you can point to as proof that austerity is working, when everything else is collapsed, then when it collapses too that pretty much ruins your whole argument?

    No, of course you don’t.

  160. 160.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:18 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Three attempts at fixing the link and all I can say is FYWP.

  161. 161.

    Villago Delenda Est

    October 22, 2011 at 2:19 am

    @handy:

    “More cowbell”

  162. 162.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 2:20 am

    @Little Boots: Of course the unemployment rate matters silly. But only when it is going up which should be obvious.

    When it is going down:
    a) ignore it and find some other shiny object to distract with
    b) pretend it does not matter because it is temporary, inaccurate, still not enough yada yada blah blah.

    c) crickets

  163. 163.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:20 am

    well here’s another one from my college days:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKEqGcES4Xw

    I’ll see if I can find some more with some cobwebs on ’em for your aural edification

    like this one, a favorite from the Triangle area:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw76DZDkoK8

  164. 164.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 2:20 am

    @handy: Oh it’s a spoof? I guess I should read more posts going back in time but I’m far too lazy to do that. Even so I can’t get a fix on what it’s spoofing, but that’s probably me and not enough caffeine yet.

  165. 165.

    Yutsano

    October 22, 2011 at 2:21 am

    @Nevgu: You realized in that hundred plus word screed you said virtually nothing beyond.”WHY WON’T JOHN COLE FUCK ME??” Jealousy is an ugly emotion dude.

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Three attempts at fixing the link and all I can say is FYWP

    This cannot be said enough.

  166. 166.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 2:22 am

    @Bill E Pilgrim:

    “Or am I looking for coherence where none exists?”

    Bingo, sort of. It’s Friday night, and people want to escape for a while. Is that so terrible?

  167. 167.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:22 am

    @Bill E Pilgrim: He is a simple “I think John Cole is wrong” troll. Weirdly, there apparently is a living to be made in this. People should look into it.

  168. 168.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:23 am

    @Nevgu:

    pompous AND vague? you should be on the Federal Reserve Board. totally.

  169. 169.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:24 am

    you should enjoy the monkees though. they’re fun.

  170. 170.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 2:25 am

    @Little Boots:

    You might like this.

  171. 171.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:26 am

    @Little Boots: LB, nothing to apologize for, while their start was rather clouded, they worked their collective asses off to be real musicians who put out some very nifty stuff, my favorite stuff from them were some Nesmith works:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqdQPxDs8L0&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjuJIOVYU3M&feature=related

  172. 172.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    October 22, 2011 at 2:28 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Fascinating. Said Spock-like. That’s certainly what it looks like.

    @burnspbesq: It’s 8:30 Saturday morning here. But I wasn’t complaining about the escapism, if you mean the music, that part’s fun.

  173. 173.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:33 am

    @handy:

    I do like that. thanks.

  174. 174.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:34 am

    @handy: aye, that set of Poptopia albums/cd’s from the 70’s and 80’s are incredible, chock full of stuff that seems to effortlessly push away the troubles of the day

  175. 175.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:36 am

    @piratedan:

    that’s awesome. I know I’ve seen that show, I used to watch it, but I cannot for the life of me remember an actual episode, except now these ones, sort of. and I love the songs.

  176. 176.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:36 am

    getting archaic here…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-HqLqGBGA

    only a man in love can really sing this song

  177. 177.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:39 am

    @piratedan:

    cool. and I do love archaic. I love this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb5IweiYG8

  178. 178.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:42 am

    @Little Boots: hahaha!!! I have to admit I was surprised that you pulled that out of the hat….. here ya go, I’ll counter you with this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUaUIwuU8so

  179. 179.

    karen marie

    October 22, 2011 at 2:43 am

    @amk: Here here.

  180. 180.

    handy

    October 22, 2011 at 2:44 am

    The one that got George Harrison in trouble.

  181. 181.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:45 am

    @piratedan:

    I know I don’t know where that came from except I love the oldies. like:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qtW1jAwZgU&feature=related

  182. 182.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:45 am

    @piratedan: Fucking brilliant.

  183. 183.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:50 am

    @handy: good one! I have to admit, I have a real soft spot for the early girl groups, something almost mythic about them….

    so hows about this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDN_FnkWsLc

  184. 184.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:50 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhbGaCwBzs

  185. 185.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:51 am

    @Little Boots: it’s great that you have an appreciation for different kinds of music LB, try this one on for size and tell me what you think….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbDV-QnvJJc

  186. 186.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:51 am

    oh now I’ve fallen into a whole 60’s girl groups thing.

  187. 187.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:52 am

    can anyone tell that I wanted to be a DJ? LOL

  188. 188.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 2:55 am

    @Little Boots: Awesome.

  189. 189.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 2:55 am

    @piratedan:

    needs more, oh,

    sixties girl group, preferably black.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzKUoxL11E

    see I’ve totally fallen into the hole and I can’t get up now.

  190. 190.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 2:55 am

    @piratedan:

    Awesome. The only possible response to Bram Tchaikowsky is the Records.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAH1ioLiaHw&feature=related

  191. 191.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:57 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: let me see if I can get you some more jangly goodness…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vb9V8PTsjs

    yeah it’s a cover, but its a kick ass cover!

  192. 192.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 2:59 am

    @Little Boots:

    well if you’re gonna try and improve your outlook, I’m not sure it gets much better than this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc_QzU6Njdc

  193. 193.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Then there’s this one. Jangly, but dark. If I’m ever in another band, we are so doing this song.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo9qQ9lAV5w

  194. 194.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 22, 2011 at 3:00 am

    @piratedan: Excellent.

  195. 195.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:02 am

    @piratedan:

    hey, if you could get any better they wouldn’t be called The Supremes.

  196. 196.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:07 am

    @piratedan:

    that’s … pretty hot, actually. nice.

  197. 197.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:08 am

    @burnspbesq: that’s a good choice from that dark edge of the new wave/alternative scene

    here’s an almost was…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gZSH9QeOqQ&feature=related

  198. 198.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 3:11 am

    @Yutsano: Your freudian slip is showning.

    Hey Cole. You and Yutsano. Sounds like a hot date to me. I’m sure it would be a very santorum producing experience.

  199. 199.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:13 am

    oh, get into the spirit of the thing, nevgu. what’s your favorite music?

  200. 200.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:13 am

    and another one that I still have on vinyl around here somewhere

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=groX6RbdeQ0&feature=related

  201. 201.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:16 am

    and this is another one for OO, in case he’s still up and needing some help to stay sane…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAXy8gyMFI0

  202. 202.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:21 am

    not sure OO’s around, but that was awesome, piratedan.

  203. 203.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 3:22 am

    I’ll be back in a while. I stumbled across a bunch of live Los Lobos video from German TV, circa 1987. The Finnish subtitles are cracking me up.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxI-mHsz9wU

  204. 204.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:23 am

    and my favorite.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwaxT7zL7kA

  205. 205.

    Spaghetti Lee

    October 22, 2011 at 3:23 am

    Hey nevgu, you’re a stupid fuck, you know that? Who gives a fuck if the stock market is up? Doesn’t mean fucking shit to real people out there looking for jobs. You’re a pretty pathetic fucking asshole, you know that? You fucking concern trolls are all the same. Go piss off, you dick. And respond with whatever dumbassed shit-fart response you like, I’m going to bed and I’ll be gone tomorrow, so I won’t have to read it.

    SpagLee +whatever.

  206. 206.

    AxelFoley

    October 22, 2011 at 3:25 am

    I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet, but Spitzer.

  207. 207.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:26 am

    @burnspbesq: I gotta admit burnsie, seeing that translated into Finnish just makes you appreciate how awesome the world can be sometimes.

  208. 208.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 3:27 am

    @Spaghetti Lee: Needs more “fuck”. It will help emphasize your point better and make it sound more intelligent.

  209. 209.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:27 am

    I suspect Nevgu just needs love.

    Nevgu, feel the love. post your favorite video. then we can talk about the stock market.

  210. 210.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:31 am

    @Little Boots: okay LB, if you enjoy the roots rock sound, I’ll hit you with another one…..

    the first is a cover of an old smiley lewis tune, but Dave is bleeping incredible doing the cover

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMVXxvUUGE

    and here’s another cover, this time of the incomparable Mr. Berry

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgWzd5wZrbI&feature=related

  211. 211.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 3:35 am

    My Favorite Video? Hmmmmm. I dedicated this one to Cole + Yutsano.

    http://youtu.be/WZvl2aqIyNg

    This is a close second.
    http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

  212. 212.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:36 am

    @piratedan:

    piratedan, you are awesome, as are those vids.

  213. 213.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:39 am

    @Nevgu:

    okay, I think I know what you’re doing there, but still… that is really, really funny man.

  214. 214.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:40 am

    @Little Boots: tyvm for the kind words and am glad you dug the music. It’s a passion that I don’t get to exercise as often as I might. My wife’s tastes and those of my kids have very few points of intersection with my own.

  215. 215.

    Nevgu

    October 22, 2011 at 3:41 am

    But seriously, favorite youtube video. Here’s a couple.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlTdkYXuzE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX39J_YyKbs

  216. 216.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:47 am

    wait, did I totally just ask to be rickrolled? okay, fine.

    I might even have liked it a little.

  217. 217.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:48 am

    @piratedan:

    do NOT let them Stop the Music, man.

  218. 218.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:49 am

    @Nevgu:

    and then you do this? nevgu? really?

  219. 219.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:54 am

    tumbleweeds. tumbleweeds.

  220. 220.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 3:56 am

    @Little Boots: just pie him LB, he’s a simply a sad little troll who has nothing better to do than spoil fun for others and to be honest, how sad is that?

    something to forget him by….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ax60-OedEQ&feature=related

  221. 221.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 3:56 am

    It’s time to Drop the Big One:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADmUT7dCDi8

    Night, all. It’s almost 2:00 in Denver, and I have to be conscious by 6:30.

  222. 222.

    burnspbesq

    October 22, 2011 at 3:58 am

    And this will take care of any survivors.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-nqzhfCC3o

  223. 223.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 3:58 am

    @piratedan:

    yeah seemed like he actually had a sense of humor for a hot second, but no. just a troll.

    love your vid, again.

  224. 224.

    amk

    October 22, 2011 at 4:04 am

    the goopers’s horse race – animated

  225. 225.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 4:09 am

    and since burnsie is intent on dragging us back into the 80’s, I’m gonna sign off with this one…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK7krHSZVg0

  226. 226.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 4:11 am

    well, just to be, well, contemporary.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8

  227. 227.

    piratedan

    October 22, 2011 at 4:12 am

    @amk: reminds me of that old Jane Fonda flick…. They shoot horses don’t they?

  228. 228.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 4:13 am

    i’m sorry, I just love that song. and that opening.

  229. 229.

    Little Boots

    October 22, 2011 at 4:13 am

    @piratedan:

    if only.

  230. 230.

    amk

    October 22, 2011 at 4:18 am

    @piratedan: I would use a machine gun against this entire kooky field. The fucking politics in amurika has reached ridiculous levels.

  231. 231.

    hamletta

    October 22, 2011 at 4:52 am

    @Bill E Pilgrim: Ha! He wrote that for the Dean campaign in Tennessee!

    My Dean peeps annoyed the shit out of the Clarkies with it at the annual TN Dems’ Labor Day Picnic. When I arrived at the crack of noon, as is my wont, they begged me to make them take it off eternal loop.

    But it’s a great song, isn’t it? I still have Dean T-shirts that say “Taking My Country Back” on the, well, back. When the Teabaggers appropriated it, I found it disturbing.

    Unlike Dean, they weren’t backing it up with support for unions, and gays, and health-care reformers, oh my!

  232. 232.

    hamletta

    October 22, 2011 at 5:23 am

    Popheads!

    I always thought Semisonic’s FNT was the second coming of The Raspberries, but maybe that’s just me.

  233. 233.

    Flugelhorn

    October 22, 2011 at 8:38 am

    SPITZER! Moron.

  234. 234.

    soonergrunt

    October 22, 2011 at 10:59 am

    @hamletta: I like Semisonic, and that song particularly. Chemistry is good, too.

  235. 235.

    Joel

    October 22, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Fox is just reaching out to hispanics. Just wait until they hire Mark Foley as their gay issues correspondent.

  236. 236.

    Carbon Dated

    October 22, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    Jayzus, 235 comments and no one mentioned Spitzer ??

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

Recent Comments

  • Baud on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:16am)
  • mrmoshpotato on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:15am)
  • mrmoshpotato on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:12am)
  • Barbara on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:12am)
  • mrmoshpotato on Thursday Morning Open Thread — Nancy Pelosi: Every Day Is A Matter of Life and Death (Apr 18, 2024 @ 7:11am)

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Balloon Juice Meetups!

All Meetups
Talk of Meetups – Meetup Planning
Proposed BJ meetups list from frosty

Fundraising 2023-24

Wis*Dems Supreme Court + SD-8
Virginia House Races
Four Directions – Montana
Worker Power AZ
Four Directions – Arizona
Four Directions – Nevada

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
Positive Climate News
War in Ukraine
Cole’s “Stories from the Road”
Classified Documents Primer

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Mailing List Signup
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)

Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Balloon Juice for Ukraine

Donate

Twitter / Spoutible

Balloon Juice (Spoutible)
WaterGirl (Spoutible)
TaMara (Spoutible)
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
ActualCitizensUnited

Political Action 2024

Postcard Writing Information

Balloon Juice for Four Directions AZ

Donate

Balloon Juice for Four Directions NV

Donate

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2024 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!