ThinkFast: May 26, 2006
ThinkFast: May 26, 2006
The new White House domestic policy chief, Karl Zinsmeister, altered his own quotes and other text that appeared in a published profile of him, originally written by the Syracuse New Times but later amended and posted on the AEI website. The White House claims that the alterations were “corrections†due to “misattributions†by the reporter, an unlikely story given that Zinsmeister emailed the New Times reporter after the interview to thank him for his “fair and thoughtful treatment.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sen. Rick Santorum’s residence: “He doesn’t live here anymore.†The paper sent a letter to Santorum’s supposed residence in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania in March, only to watch the letter bounce back “with a sticker from the U.S. Postal Service checked as ‘Not Deliverable As Addressed — Unable To Forward.’â€
In an e-mail and robocall message, Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) attacks his opponent, Zack Space, as too liberal because he appeared on Rachel Maddow’s Air America show. Ney calls her a “cross-dressing lesbian” who “uses a different name when dressed ‘in drag.’”
Meanwhile, two of Ney’s top aides have been subpoenaed in the Jack Abramoff bribery investigation. Paul Vinovich, formerly Ney’s top aide with the House Administration Committee, and Will Heaton, Ney’s current chief of staff, both accompanied Abramoff, Ney, Ralph Reed, David Safavian, and Neil Volz on an Aug. 2002 golf trip aboard a private jet to Scotland.
ABC’s Brian Ross stands by his story that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) is under FBI investigation. “I think our story is accurate. We’ve gone back to our sources, and they believe what we reported was accurate as they knew it.” George Stephanopoulos, ABC’s chief Washington correspondent, called the implications “potentially seismic.”
“Deserts in the American Southwest and around the globe are creeping toward heavily populated areas as the jet streams shift, researchers reported yesterday. The result: Areas already stressed by drought may get even drier.”
A British Joint Committee On Human Rights charged with evaluating the Blair government’s compliance with the United Nations convention against torture has concluded that the government has not adequately investigated allegations of renditions. The report states the British “should take active steps to ascertain more details about certain flights known to have used UK airports and suspected of involvement in extraordinary renditions.”
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has “ordered a probe of dozens of television stations” after a report by the Center for Media and Democracy found that at least 77 stations had “aired advertisements as if they were news reports” in violation of an FCC warning to disclose sponsors.
The data analyst whose house was burglarized, resulting in the loss of 26.5 million veterans’ personal information, routinely took home data for three years, without authorization. “It will cost at least $10 million to inform veterans that their personal information may be in the hands of criminals.”
And finally: It’s good to have friends in high places. “A 26-year-old college dropout who carries President Bush’s breath mints and makes him peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches will follow in his boss’s footsteps this fall when he enrolls at Harvard Business School,” the Harvard Crimson reports. “Though it is rare for HBS — or any other professional or graduate school — to admit a student who does not have an undergraduate degree, admissions officers made an exception for Blake Gottesman.”
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So basically, something like this:
Warrents.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:15 amNot good enough for us.
Too good for you.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has “ordered a probe of dozens of television stations†after a report by the Center for Media and Democracy found that at least 77 stations had “aired advertisements as if they were news reports†in violation of an FCC warning to disclose sponsors.
Shhhhhh- this is a responsible government action… Why we have a government ‘for the people’ in the first place. Don’t point it out or someone from the Bush Regime will find a way to cut the FCC’s funding and force Martin into retirement.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:17 amIt’s a twofer morning.
First, ask not for who the bell tolls it tolls for Bush and Blair. My take on their joint declaration of defeat is here.
After Musharraf stayed for a month the execution of an innocent man, there are now concerns that he will be murdered in jail. And see how a big Pakistani newspaper’s editorial is advocating that he be murdered. Mr. Bush is in the wrong country spreading liberty. The editiorial is a chilling reminder of who the enemy really is.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:17 am“Though it is rare for HBS — or any other professional or graduate school — to admit a student who does not have an undergraduate degree, admissions officers made an exception for Blake Gottesman.â€
If I were a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy Business School, I would be seriously pissed off. This act just dirtied the centuries old prestigious reputation of that $150,000 diploma daddy just bought me…
I dated a guy who graduated from the GSD at Harvard. He said the education he got wasn’t worth going $150,000 into debt – but the doors it has since opened for him (he grew up poor) sure are.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:23 amI am confused. How does a woman cross dress? Does she wear a fake mustache?
Most woman wear pants and I have a few mens shirts cause they were, well cute. So I guess that makes me a cross dresser…cool. But I don’t have a mustache, at least not yet!
May 26th, 2006 at 9:24 amToo good for you.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 26, 2006 @ 9:15 am
Uh-oh… A light bulb just turned on (in a Pineapple under the sea :)
May 26th, 2006 at 9:26 amWarrants! We dont need no stinkin’ wearrants!
May 26th, 2006 at 9:30 amToo good for you.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 26, 2006 @ 9:15 am
Uh-oh… A light bulb just turned on (in a Pineapple under the sea :)
Comment by unbelievable
That Is FUNNY!!!!
May 26th, 2006 at 9:30 amGood one, Unbelievable!!!
(except that I now have that stupid song stuck in my head!)
Uh-oh… A light bulb just turned on (in a Pineapple under the sea :)
It’s been on, it’s just not one that I worry about much. I’m to busy being a fry-cook.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:32 am(except that I now have that stupid song stuck in my head!)
Comment by trueblue — May 26, 2006 @ 9:30 am
Sorry… (now me too damn it: )
May 26th, 2006 at 9:37 amIf nautical nonsense is something you wish….
May 26th, 2006 at 9:38 amTotally off topic:
May 26th, 2006 at 9:42 amDo you know who does the voice of Mr. Krabs?
The guy who was on Wednesday’s “Lost”, the guy down in the hatch that the English guy killed. He was also the priest demon in HBO’s “Carnivale”. Voice over’s for Home Depot.
Just a little useless info for you.
Back to more important things……
Back to more important things……
Nothing is more important then popculture references, 65 people voting in AI can’t be wrong.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:44 amI’m to busy being a fry-cook.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 26, 2006 @ 9:32 am
Well, according to you – someone has to be. Why not you?
May 26th, 2006 at 9:45 amCNN News Alert:
U.S. Senate confirms nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden to be new director of the CIA.
No article yet, hey Mash, lets see how many abstained :)
May 26th, 2006 at 9:45 amNothing is more important then popculture references, 65 people voting in AI can’t be wrong.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 26, 2006 @ 9:44 am
That is so very sad. I can’t understand why that show has so many people hooked. I cnnot even watch half of an episode.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:46 amso, new nickname for Karl Zinsmeister – SPINmeister ?
May 26th, 2006 at 9:48 amRe: Bush’s new policy ‘meister’. I’ve been trying to keep the Orwellian comparisons to myself, but this story about changes to a copyrighted article in the New York Sun that was reposted on the AI website provoke one-to-one comparisons with 1984 and Orwell’s fictional Ministry of Truth and its mandate to rewrite history to suit the ruling elite. Un. Buh. Lieve. uhble.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:49 amThe department of justice went on the record and released the following statement: “Speaker Hastert is not under investigation by the justice department,” but Brian Ross is standing by his story. While he’s at it, he may as well stand with Dan Rather and his phony documents.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:49 am“That is so very sad. I can’t understand why that show has so many people hooked. I cnnot even watch half of an episode.”
I had a friendly 30 min argument with the bouncer at my local pub about why politics is more important then sports, his claim was that politics dosn’t affect him at all, because he’s in the lowest income bracket, but sports do, because it increases/decreases patronage by sporting season, and by teams playing that night.
Also, some of my good friends watch AI and other such shows and talk about them the next day at work, I bring up the latest headline on CNN or other such thing, and their eye’s glaze over and I get the ‘thats boring move on to something else’ bit I’m sure you’ve all received before.
“Well, according to you – someone has to be. Why not you?”
May 26th, 2006 at 9:51 amYet notice its one of the two biggest idiots in town who does it, and he can’t even graduate from his (driving)school.
“Speaker Hastert is not under investigation by the justice department,â€
Comment by Antagonist — May 26, 2006 @ 9:49 am
I think Ross said “FBI” not “Justice Department”…
May 26th, 2006 at 9:55 am#16 squegeeboo,
I guess we will see the content of their characters now :)
My guess would be they mostly voted “yes” unless they found a brain overnight.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:58 amwouldn’t it be great if AI did a community service type bulliten to remind all those viewers of the importance of their civic duty to vote?
May 26th, 2006 at 10:00 amoh wait – are all those viewers red-state ignoramuses?
never mind…
Here is what they get for all the secrecy they want. Their own bloated burreaucracy that they just can’t farm out enough along with built in planned obsolesence. Sounds like it’s time to buy stock in Security related data base companies. I know, they can use ATT & Verison and pay them for the info the NSA asked them to gather. National Security, the next Ike style industrial complex behemoth. They(PNAC) create these huge disaster sites, then say oh by the way here is one of friends , who just happens to be one of the only experts on how to solve this problem we just created. With full funding please. The President is running a charity with the Taxpayers’ dollars. Where is our contract with Iraq?Where can I find a copy of it?
May 26th, 2006 at 10:03 amhttp://www.fcw.com/article89497-07-11-05-Print
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119233,00.html
78-15 vote on Hayden. Don’t know about the remaining 7. I guess cowardice got the best of them.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:03 amI bring up the latest headline on CNN or other such thing, and their eye’s glaze over and I get the ‘thats boring move on to something else’ bit I’m sure you’ve all received before.
Well, why we all come here. I have a small handful of friends who are interested in politics. The rest don’t have any interest in discussing these kinds of issues. Even though the reality is the polar opposite of the ego-centric bouncer with whom you drink. The sheep have bought the propaganda that they don’t count – so just vicariously live through desperation television (have you ever seen any of those MTV college reality shows? Shoot me.). Unfortunately, the kool-aid tastes good…
Yet notice its one of the two biggest idiots in town who does it, and he can’t even graduate from his (driving)school.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 26, 2006 @ 9:51 am
It’s not what you know – it’s who you know.
Partly why I came back to my home town to change careers. I knew I’d know people here and it would help. Granted I’m highly-qualified to be a science or architecture teacher – but let’s face it – people would rather hire people they already know. It gives you an edge.
And why politics IS a popularity contest. Look at Ray Nagin. The people of New Orleans could have picked a whole lot better. But they didn’t. Validation that people are more comfortable to roll in the misery of the known than venture into the discomfort of the unknown…
May 26th, 2006 at 10:06 amWow. For all the times people make jokes about Bush being Big Brother and how “we;ve always been at war with Eurasio”…now we have a member of his admin going back to a past written record and having it changed to “correct misunderstandings.”
Also known as rewritting history so that what he said is always right.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:08 amIslamic Jihad leader killed by car bombing
Apparently they got his brother also.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:08 amAlso known as rewritting history so that what he said is always right.
Comment by Rosencrantz — May 26, 2006 @ 10:08 am
Sounds like another unknown history repeating itself… (so much for the victors always dictating history)…
“Pharaoh Ramses II was soundly defeated by the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh in 1294 B.C.E. Undaunted, the Egyptian ruler erected a memorial to commemorate his magnificent “victory”. The monument endured, and generation upon generation of historians paid tribute to Ramses’ military triumph. Only recently have archaeologists unearthed the truth about the Battle of Kadesh.”
ttp://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts
May 26th, 2006 at 10:17 amAs a resident of Ohio, if Bob Ney gets re-elected in November, I’m going to give up on the intelligence of my fellow Ohioans.
He’s an idiot. He’s corrupt. And he’s a hateful homophobic.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:23 amGood Morning Unbelievable and all. Tried the thread and it woulden’t work on my old iMac. Have studied a lot about the old Pharoes. Some of the art work that has survived is amazing.
Looks like we have a typical F***ed Friday. The anti inviromental governor is about to be put into office, guess he and Pombo the pig can sell everything off now. The war is still on, bush is still stumbling through more photo ops and the house and senate have gone completely nuts.
A friend who lives in N. H. said she is going to D.C. for a class and I reminded her to take her own water. She agreed. Every one back there is definately on anti sanity meds…..
I’m off for the day, going to hug the pup and some trees……..Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 10:41 amSharon
“Good Morning Unbelievable and all. Tried the thread and it woulden’t work on my old iMac. Have studied a lot about the old Pharoes. Some of the art work that has survived is amazing.”
Did you notice the missing h at the start of http? If not, put that in and try it again.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:43 amIf Rep. Bob Ney had an ounce of decency in his entire body, then he would resign from the Congress in shame, but he has zero decency so he remains in office as a corrupt ass!
May 26th, 2006 at 10:43 amSharon – you’re a riot! Enjoy your day… : )
May 26th, 2006 at 10:45 amOff topic,,,Shots fired in house side of Rayburn building at the capital. CNN reporting now..Check it out.;;;;Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 10:45 amYes some kind of shooting incident as a distraction on the News today at the Rayburn building in DC! Members of Congress are the most frightened imbeciles on the planet > if a small cessna plane flies over the capital they run and hide in bomb shelters! It is time for them all to be replaced by honest and brave patriots!
May 26th, 2006 at 10:55 amThank’s Squeegeboo, will try that as soon as I do the hugs and change my ip to Verizon today. Ha ! Ha!
Have decided to change my provider, on purpose, so bush and company will have no trouble monatering my disdane and disapproval. I do want them to know with out a doubt I think this entire administration, left, right and center is totaly bonkers.
They need to check out their water system and make them all pee in a cup to check for bad medications. If pilots, bus drivers and rail road engineers have to, bush and all the rest of them should have to as well. Ha!… Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 11:01 amOnly ‘possible’ gunshots… I guess they are afraid of being targets due to guilty consciences? The tell-tale heart? Just a group hallucination? Hmmm… :)
Yes, the h was missing from the link – it’s to a website of ‘interesting facts’.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:06 am(except that I now have that stupid song stuck in my head!)
Comment by trueblue — May 26, 2006 @ 9:30 am
Sorry… (now me too damn it: )
Comment by unbelievable
Try this one: Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, banana phone…Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, banana phoooooone…!!
It’s Friday! Enjoy!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:16 amAnd why politics IS a popularity contest. Look at Ray Nagin. The people of New Orleans could have picked a whole lot better. But they didn’t. Validation that people are more comfortable to roll in the misery of the known than venture into the discomfort of the unknown…
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 10:06 am
unbelievable – I just saw on C-SPAN that Nagin was elected because of overwhelming support from republicans.
Douglas Brinkley, the author of the book “The Deluge” claims that Nagin is a Liberman democrat and that he gets support from local republicans because they know that a repub can’t win… so to them he is the best option.
You sure wouldn’t know this from listening to Sean Hannity would you.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:18 amPlastic Man, Gov Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, was confirmed as the Sec of the Interior today. Woo Hoo! I wonder if he can get sworn in today, too? Go away, Plastic Man, go away!!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:18 amYou sure wouldn’t know this from listening to Sean Hannity would you.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist
Do you do that? *shudder*
May 26th, 2006 at 11:22 amNo evidence of actual shots being fired at the Rayburn building > no bullit holes in anything, so maybe a starter gun with blanks was fired > makes noise and smell of gunpowder?!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:30 amHey guys, Hayden got confirmed this morning, how come this site hasn’t been shut down and most of you are not in Gitmo? Maybe he is going to wait until Tuesday? Oh well you all have a nice Memorial Day weekend and think of all those fascists that served so you can bitch and whine WITHOUT getting killed, maimed, or imprisoned. Quick quiz:
May 26th, 2006 at 11:31 amWho has more Courage?
A) Jean Rohe
B) John Murtha
C) ANY Police Officer in Iraq
D) Ward Churchill AKA “Walking Eagleâ€
Thanks a lot, Zookeeper,
Now it’s the banana splits song!!
Arrrrrggggggg!
It’s gonna be there all day now!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:32 amYou sure wouldn’t know this from listening to Sean Hannity would you.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist
Do you do that? *shudder*
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 11:22 am
I am currently out living in an area where I can’t get any political radio… but I used to tune in sometimes.
I used to like to contrast his take on things with that of people like Randi Rhodes… it’s pretty funny to see how the same news can be reported so differently.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:36 am#45 Er, strawman.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:37 amYou sure wouldn’t know this from listening to Sean Hannity would you.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 26, 2006 @ 11:18 am
I can’t. He makes my ears bleed…
I had heard that Nagin courted Repiglicans. And well, after the job he did evaculating teh city (none), I can see why they would find him appealling.
He should be ashamed of himself. But, I think, were he capable, he would have had a real job to begin with…
May 26th, 2006 at 11:40 amPost 45 so the Senate secretly voted to confirm Hayden to run the CIA? Was not on C-Span so what was the vote? How many YES and NO? How many Dems voted YES? What are their names so we can record them as traitors?
May 26th, 2006 at 11:40 amWho has more Courage?
A) Jean Rohe
B) John Murtha
C) ANY Police Officer in Iraq
D) Ward Churchill AKA “Walking Eagleâ€
Comment by Retired Republican Soldier — May 26, 2006
All of the above!!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:41 amRetired Republican Soldier – I have a quick quiz for you.
Who is the worlds biggest idiot?
May 26th, 2006 at 11:41 amA) You
B) George Bush
C) Your mom for not aborting you
D) You
makes noise and smell of gunpowder?!
Comment by Jay Randal — May 26, 2006 @ 11:30 am
One of those mechanical neocon robots (with their icy hearts of steel) must have just farted.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:42 amShots fired at the capital: Mckinney warned the cops to let her go where she wants to, they didn’t listen so she packed some heat in case they got in her way again. That or Jefferson took himself out.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:43 amI am confused. How does a woman cross dress? Does she wear a fake mustache?
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 9:24 am
Ask MA (s)he does it here all the time…………………………………………………………………………..
May 26th, 2006 at 11:46 amLOL post 53 > they now say a car could have backfired in the garage > Capital police are not trained well so exhaust fumes could smell like gunpowder to them, or as you say a GOP member farted in the basement?!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:46 amComment by jeff — May 26, 2006 @ 11:43 am
Further proof that neocons are incapable of humor.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:49 amRetired Republican Soldier – I have a quick quiz for you.
Who is the worlds biggest idiot?
A) You
B) George Bush
C) Your mom for not aborting you
D) You
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 26, 2006 @ 11:41
I know, I know….this is a trick question cause you would think the answer would be all of the above, but the questions asks for the BIGGEST idiot, so the answer would be B (followed closely by A and D)
May 26th, 2006 at 11:49 amOn the Hastert Story. The FBI, whether some posters know it or not, is part of the DoJ.
Hastert is fighting this tooth, nail and hammer, but they got him dead to rights. They have e-mails of him asking Abramoff for money. He accepted more that 150K from Abramoff. Money from Abramoff paid for his “love nest”. Hastert is, and has been, in bed with all kinds of strange bedfellows.
It will all come out folks, but probably not before he has been re-elected in his safe, neo-con district which was made exclusively for him and paid for by your tax dollars.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:51 amthey now say a car could have backfired in the garage
Comment by Jay Randal — May 26, 2006 @ 11:46 am
Cessnas? Car backfire? Next they’ll be running from their own shadows (claiming the dark-skinned man is out to get them?)
May 26th, 2006 at 11:51 amThis non-shooting is beginning to sound like a cover for voting Hayden into the CIA as Director, which means that Americans would go ballistic if they heard Democrats voted for him like scared sheep, so have a CIA guy fire off a cap pistol in the basement and press gets distracted to not report treason vote on Hayden?!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:52 amWhat is all the discussion about women crossdressers? Just look at PIAPS. There you have it.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:54 am58 Jules – I just wanted to see if he would pick himself, his mom, or Georgie Boy… quite the conundrum.
May 26th, 2006 at 11:55 am#46 – It’s gonna be there all day now!
Comment by trueblue
I’m here to serve. ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 11:55 amThis gunfire story is just another excuse for “the do less than the do nothing congress congress” to do even less.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:01 pmjeff you really should not be talking about your mother that way!
May 26th, 2006 at 12:04 pmPIAPS ain’t my ma, my ma dead
May 26th, 2006 at 12:05 pmGuys be fair…they need to stretch their weekend out another day. They work such long hard hours you know!
May 26th, 2006 at 12:05 pmThe Senate has betrayed the entire nation by confirming the criminal General Hayden to run the CIA, but the ultimate irony is that Bush is spying on every member of the Congress and can out them all for hidden skeletins in their closets! Really sad day in America today!
May 26th, 2006 at 12:07 pmI’M Back…..Jay and Unbelievable, we need to laugh to keep from crying. All of D.C has turned into candy assed, bad water drinking, dip shits. Only a few are any good and they probably don’t drink the water. All of today’s crap is probably just that. Friday F***ed day. You remember they always pass stupid shit and put nut jobs in office on Fridays.
Remember the old song about Monday’s not being any good any way, Tuesday I get a little cross ways, forget most of it but Thursday, Friday take to long, before I know it Saturdays gone. Bla, Bla.. This shots fired was the best they could do on short notice and since there are so many chicken shits there they made a story…….Gonna try to improve my day….Maybe I should go do some target practice…..A person knows when I fire off my 357 there is no doubt, shot’s are fired……..Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 12:21 pmPost 70 Sharon > Fridays are used to vote in criminals like Hayden and the weekend is used to divert attention from it, plus the holiday on Monday gives the Congress more cover too! The shooting incident in DC is totally made up nonsense, so the press will not report on Hayden!
May 26th, 2006 at 12:30 pmThis is unbelievable arrogance.
….
”Or maybe you mean in the design of excrement? Though,as an architect,I would be fired for creating something that poops”…
Comment by unbelievable–May 24,2006 @ 2:58 pm
That should remind you,next time you’re taking a dump,to e-mail God His pink slip.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:30 pmDenny,
Give it a rest. I know you’re wildly infatuated with me and really have been laboring away to be a good President of my Fan Club… But, I think most everyone knows I’m an Atheist and accepts it. We on the left are after all, inclusive. Plus, several people here are also not religious.
So, while I appreciate all the flattery of your actions – you are only making yourself look like a deperate idiot. You know – the kind who would go to funerals to harrass people about what invisible idols do or do not believe?
May 26th, 2006 at 12:36 pmGood one’s Jay and Unbelievable…..We all still have the freedom to choose or not to choose. I prefere the not when it comes to relegion. Like big business, it is a big business……..Blessings from the witch.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:44 pmIt’s not my unbelief that bothers people,it’s my arrogance.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:48 pmI just use unbelief as an excuse.You know,religious persecution,works every time.
73 unbelievable – is Denny “also smarter than my father”?
What’s his deal?
May 26th, 2006 at 12:50 pmHey everyone, since it’s Friday and there’s nothing else happening on the planet since “shots” were fired in DC, I wanted to ask commenters here to answer the following questions (seriously or not, because, really, who cares, right?):
1. How did you acquire your commenter name, whether or not it is your actual name?
2. How did you make your way to Think Progress?
3. What is the one thing that pisses you off the most?
4. What is the one thing that makes you smile the most?
5. What are your pets names (assuming you have any)?
See? Not too hard! Enjoy!
May 26th, 2006 at 12:52 pmIt’s not my unbelief that bothers people,it’s my arrogance.
I just use unbelief as an excuse.You know,religious persecution,works every time.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
What?
May 26th, 2006 at 12:53 pmGWSC, Denny & also much smarter than my father have attached themselves to unbelievable and like to follow her around taunting her. Neither ever makes much sense, but unbelievable responds to them pretty much all the time (because it’s so hard to resist!) and so they keep it up.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:57 pmIt’s not my unbelief that bothers people,it’s my arrogance.
I just use unbelief as an excuse.You know,religious persecution,works every time.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
G.W.Superchrist you know the part of the religion about honoring you father and mother…that part
May 26th, 2006 at 12:58 pmWhat’s his deal?
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 26, 2006 @ 12:50 pm
Lonely, bitter, and afraid of everything that opposed his fragile belief systems I imagine.
I made a comment one Sunday to a very nasty neocon post that simply said “Church out already?” Several people made further comments, and Denny went nuts. It thinks I’m Satan and has been trying to harrass me ever since. He posts as all weird sorts of things.
It’s actually very funny and quite amusing how it thinks that the rest of us see the world the same way it sees the world. And that by trying to harass me, I’ll ’see the light’ – as will others. When, the reality is that it only re-inforces my rejection of gods and religion with its ridiculous behavior. Very funny stuff.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:00 pmSharon,
You might find this interesting:
http://touregypt.net/bkofdead.htm
It’s the Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead’. Pretty much a simplier form of the Bible, and further proof that the Bible was not inspired by a god, but by pagans :)
May 26th, 2006 at 1:01 pm1. How did you acquire your commenter name, whether or not it is your actual name? NICKNAME
May 26th, 2006 at 1:06 pm2. How did you make your way to Think Progress? LINK FROM THE RAW STORY
3. What is the one thing that pisses you off the most? THAT 29% STILL THINK BUSH IS DOING A GOOD JOB
4. What is the one thing that makes you smile the most? THAT SOMEDAY ALL OF THESE SONS-OF-BITCHES WILL BE IN JAIL OR ON THE STREET
5. What are your pets names (assuming you have any)? JAMES (ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND. SINCE HE IS ALLERGIC WE CANNOT HAVE ANY – SO HE’S IT)
#77
Oh so off topic. Ok. I’ll play!
1. Initials of first and middle name. I’ve seriously been thinking about changing it to something a bit more dramatic. Number 1 on the list is “Bush Exterminator” but I’m afraid it may draw the attention of the NSA and FBI.
2. From a link posted on crooksandliars.com
3. George Bush, if he counts as a “thing.”
4. My 5 year old daughter laughing and smiling and enjoying life. (Runner-up: George Bush out of the White House).
5. Coco, my girl’s pet rabbit.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:07 pmHay, Zookeeper. Good little post. Please add what state the poster lives in, Then you show me your’s and I’ll show you mine…..Ha Ha !
May 26th, 2006 at 1:07 pm78 Senators voted YES for General Hayden to run the CIA this morning! Those 78 need to resign which would mean a clean sweep of all the corruption in the Senate! 78 new Senators would give America a new start in Washington, DC!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:08 pmbut unbelievable responds to them pretty much all the time (because it’s so hard to resist!) and so they keep it up.
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 12:57 pm
It doesn’t matter if I respond or not… in fact, it is like Santo (maybe even is Santo) and starts copying and pasting in every forum trying to get an answer. Better to laugh at it. It is, after all, whack-a-troll on crack and organized religion… Nothing to take seriously.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:08 pm“We on the left are after all, inclusive…”
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
“the reality is that it only re-inforces my rejection of gods and religion…”
May 26th, 2006 at 1:10 pmComment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
#77 & #85
State: TN
May 26th, 2006 at 1:11 pm1. How did you acquire your commenter name, whether or not it is your actual name? My name
2. How did you make your way to Think Progress? Buzzflash
3. What is the one thing that pisses you off the most? general ignorance..like if they do not acknowledge it it will go away and not hurt them…
4. What is the one thing that makes you smile the most?In the end we all are truly equal and no amount of money or fame or adulation by the backwash can change that
5. What are your pets names (assuming you have any)? I have three cats but do not “name” them..it comes from understanding that by naming something I have “ownership” over it…and I do not own them …I just share my house with them
May 26th, 2006 at 1:12 pmSuperChrist – has Jesus said anything to you about denny and “my father was an idiot and my IQ is slightly higher?”
This ought to be good!!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:12 pmPlease add what state the poster lives in, Then you show me your’s and I’ll show you mine…..Ha Ha !
Comment by Sharon Cox
Ok, ya’ll, Sharon wants me to add the above question, so here it is:
6. What state do you live in, you show me yours and I’ll show you mine!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:14 pmComment by Whaaa??? — May 26, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
Inclusion of things known to be real – a.k.a. people.
Rejection of mythological things that are not real – a.k.a. invisible idols, the dark, the boogeyman, laughing purple unicorns, the tooth fairy, the sun god Ra, The flying Spaghetti Monster and so on..
Big difference. I know, you don’t get it. It’s obvious.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:16 pmTX *sigh*
May 26th, 2006 at 1:18 pmThis ought to be good!!
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 1:12 pm
Oh please – do encourage him! :)
May 26th, 2006 at 1:18 pmF.Y.I.
” I am also much smarter than my father was,”…
Comment by unbelievable–May 16 @ 12:17 pm
Has nothing to do with ‘out of church’ comment,didn’t even see it.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:19 pmIt’s the arrogance,not the religion.
#83 – Thanks, Jules! Sorry about the pets, just pat James on the head for us.
#84 – Thanks, WC in TN! Great answer about your little girl, so sweet!
#90 – Thanks, Clif! Cats don’t answer to their names, and I find they only tolerate us anyway.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:20 pm1. How did you acquire your commenter name, whether or not it is your actual name?
2. How did you make your way to Think Progress?
3. What is the one thing that pisses you off the most?
4. What is the one thing that makes you smile the most?
5. What are your pets names (assuming you have any)?
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 12:52 pm
1) G.W.SuperChrist is my actual name… the funniest part is that the G & W don’t stand for anything… I think my mom may have been on the pipe when she named me
May 26th, 2006 at 1:20 pm2) I was looking for a thoughtful prostitute – so I googled think prost and somehow ended up at think progress… it was three months before I realized you guys weren’t hookers.
3) Questionnaires!
4) Thoughtful Hookers!
5) I have a one toothed mange riddled rabid badger named Mighty Aphrodite
#92.
Oh that was a good one! What do you thing this is…vaudeville?
May 26th, 2006 at 1:21 pmIt’s the arrogance,not the religion.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
You started in that forum that day. And you keep bring up religion. Stop lying because you’ve been called on your silly behaviour.
Not arrogant – confident. And honest. Know that confuses people like you (willfully ignorant) – but it’s not my problem you read my posts with an incorrectly assumed tone – it’s yours. And you keep it up, you’ll find that you can’t post about it either.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:23 pm#98 – I was hoping you would answer, GWSC! And I knew you would say G.W.SuperChrist was your actual name! Damn, I’m good. How do you know we’re (I’m) not thoughtful hookers?
May 26th, 2006 at 1:23 pmCats don’t answer to their names, and I find they only tolerate us anyway.
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 1:20 pm
Mine do. The female also does tricks – sits, shakes hands and begs (totally adorable, and she knows it). The male plays fetch with wine bottle corks (odd, but as a kitten he pulled one out of an empty decorative bottle on the counter himself and droppedit at my feet to throw). They were raised to be affectionate and not bite. I have a hard time keeping the female out of guest’s laps. She thinks that if you are in her house – you should be petting her.
I came here from a link through Buzzflash. The name was to respond to some unbelieveable things IRI had said… Had intended to come up with something better later, but didn’t do it in time.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:29 pm#99 – Um…yes. It was Sharon’s idea!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:30 pm*Sharon Cox being thrown under the bus*
It’s Friday, and it’s the open thread!
*whining in a really cute manner*
I live in Kentucky but am orginally from upstate NY..and squeegy and Tundra will know why I say that
May 26th, 2006 at 1:32 pmThank (insert whoever it is you tank when something great happens) for GW SuperChrist. I laugh all day at his posts.
Oh, and by the way I am very thoughtful, but retired!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:35 pmHere’s mine:
1. I’m the Zookeeper because I wrangle four lawyers — believe me, it fits.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:37 pm2. Found Think Progress through Altercation.
3. Stupid on purpose.
4. Watching my sons grow into the fantastic men they are.
5. Our dog is Honey Bump, she’s an assistance dog to Zoo Jr the Elder; and our cat is Kosmo, a mean little thing who fetches bottle caps, and she belongs to Zoo Jr the Younger.
6. I live in the red state of Idaho (I’m showing you mine) Ha!
Thanks for the info Unbelievable, put it on file to read later. Have a lot of thoughts to discuss later on the book written by men. I may be wrong but my particular pagan findings did not contribute to the writing of the bible and were over thrown by the radical relegious. Instead most of my study has been earth based and was over taken by the relegious zelots. Even our sabbots were turned into christian holidays. But like everything I still have much to learn and am always open to more research. Thank you again.
Off topic and for fun,,
Name..actual….State Washington
found out about TP from another site, can’t remember the name.
What I hate the most….discussions with a closed minded person
what makes me smile…. many things, a child laughing, my pups and cat, flowers and trees, a hug from a friend.
name of pets (famaliers) in this house we all have names. No ownership just acknoledgment and titles….C.C the lead cat. Hilda the lead dog and Bear the nubie in the house.
Blessings all, we need them
May 26th, 2006 at 1:38 pmSuperChrist – has Jesus said anything to you about denny and “my father was an idiot and my IQ is slightly higher?â€
This ought to be good!!
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 1:12 pm
I am glad you asked Jules!!!
He did mention them… he said that they might be able to help me answer a very difficult question.
Denny & also much smarter than my father – please help a confused Christian Brother answer this Biblical Conundrum.
The other day I was talking to Jesus and he asked me a riddle… he said what do you think my genetic make up was… I said what do you mean Jesus?
He said you know that a haploid individual is about 23 chromosomes away from being able to survive right… I said that’s right… he said then you would agree that I had a full set of chromosomes… I said that sounds right to me.
He then said if I had a full set of chromosomes… did I get the entire set from my mom or did Big G. contribute half?
He said if I got the entire set from my mom… wouldn’t that make me a clone of Mary… or if I got half from my dad then wouldn’t that mean that the elements of the universe existed before he and that he is therefore just a product of the nature?
I said damn Jesus that’s a good one… he said I know.
He then said that he had to run… something about a party in heaven and him having to convert a dozen water towers into wine dispensers.
So Denny & also much smarter than my father… if you can… please help out a confused Christian Brother here
Sincerely,
Confused in Chattanooga
May 26th, 2006 at 1:39 pm# 100:
Give that forum,and let’s see how wrong you are.
If I showed up that day,it was about your arrogance,not religion.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:39 pm#105 – Oh, and by the way I am very thoughtful, but retired!
Comment by Jules
See how you are? Making me do all the work around here. ;)
I, too, am thankful for GWSC!
#104 – Having lived most of my life in western states, I don’t know what that means. Did you move to get away from Squeegy & Tundra?
May 26th, 2006 at 1:41 pmYou’re welcome Sharon.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:43 pmWhat is it about conservative men that they feel so threatend by strong intelligent women?
May 26th, 2006 at 1:45 pmIf I showed up that day,it was about your arrogance,not religion.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 1:39 pm
You really don’t see your hypocrisy here?
Basically – who died and made you Jesus? What gives you the right to judge anyone else? You can’t even read my posts correctly. Probably because you have ZERO sense of humor.
In my conversation about Walt, I was being honest. We were debating intelligence and he said that a persona cannot be smarter than their parents. Well, according to the I.Q. test we’ve all taken – my number is highest. Thererfore debunking his claim that intellect is sheerly genetic. It was contextal. I didn’t just show up to a forum and start bragging for the sake of being the center of attention as you so falsely claim.
I suggest you focus on yourself. You cannot change anyone else.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:49 pmZoo and Jules thanks for the kind words!
I am like a mischievous child who is mostly motivated by self amusement… but if my mischief help amuse others… well that is just gravy!
May 26th, 2006 at 1:51 pmDid you move to get away from Squeegy & Tundra?
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
No first time went into the army and they sent me to germany…squeegy and tundra were in diapers them(if at all), Germany was the best accident that ever happened to me…it opened my eyes early that everything is not like America and showed me a whole lot of differences
The second time I went to LSU as a grad Art major..
ended back up in the ASrmy and desert storm..after medical discharge I was here and liked the state..so I stayed…
May 26th, 2006 at 1:51 pmUnbelievable – I think you are right. People have to be more intelliegent than their parents. It is not only the environment, which is hopefully stimulating, but parents teach you how to recover from mistakes you have made and hopefully teach you about the mistakes they have made.
I know I am smarter than my mother and I can tell my daughter will be more intelligent than me (although she thinks she already is).
May 26th, 2006 at 1:52 pmWhat is it about conservative men that they feel so threatend by strong intelligent women?
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 1:45 pm
Nail on the head! Bingo Jules :)
I think it is self-doubt. That they need to feel superior – and in patriarchal systems that means superior to what is labeled inferior – women, minorities, gays, cats, dogs, petunias…
May 26th, 2006 at 1:53 pm#114 – Mmmm, gravy…
May 26th, 2006 at 1:55 pmJules, can I answer that.? Yep? I can. Strong willed women with good minds know we should treat bad behaving males like we would treat a bad stallion. Guild them. Takes the starch and bad behavior right out of them. HA, HA!….Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 1:56 pm#103
*Sharon Cox being thrown under the bus*
Hey…you aren’t trying to, like, distract us from the other news of the day, are you???
That seems to happen on Fridays (wink, wink)…
May 26th, 2006 at 1:58 pmUnbelievable
Do you know why this person who is harassing you think your intelligence is arrogance? Does he see everyone who displays intelliegence and confidence as arrogant, is it just women in general, or you in specific? Has he attacked others on TP or are you the lucky one?
Just because I’m paranoid does not mean they are not out to get me. If he is following you around TP I think you need to be careful.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:59 pmI know I am smarter than my mother
Uh- oh, did Denny hear that? ; )
(although she thinks she already is).
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 1:52 pm
You’re so funny! :)
Does she know what she wants to ‘be when she grows up’?
Both of my parents were unplanned pregnancies. I however, was a wanted child. They read to me, took care of me the way they had wished that they had been cared for, and gave me opportunities to be ‘better’ than they were. I was and am very grateful for that – and I tell my mother on a regular basis (my father is dead). She knows I’m smarter than she is. And she knows why. She’s the one who pointed it out so that I would do something with my life of value. The only one who has a problem with that is someone who doesn’t even matter or exist in the relationship.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:00 pm#120 – Would I do that? Ok, I would, but only in a good way.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:01 pmI’ve got this weird hyper feeling today. Must be time for a nice, long hike.
Wink, wink, back at ya, WC.
Ok I’ll play along:
1. How did you acquire your commenter name, whether or not it is your actual name? Because I am retired from the USAF and I am a staunch Republican,
May 26th, 2006 at 2:01 pm2. How did you make your way to Think Progress? Went to Google, typed in “LLL Moonbat Fever Swampâ€, and Viola!
3. What is the one thing that pisses you off the most? Liberals who think they have won an argument by saying: “well you suckâ€, “you’re a naziâ€, “your stupidâ€, or their argument are devoid of any thing closely resembling a fact.
4. What is the one thing that makes you smile the most? When you all take a scrap of information and twist it into a World Wide Right-Wing Conspiracy.
5. What are your pets names (assuming you have any)? Cat – Sami, Dog – Lavern
Thanks Unbelievable, Zookeeper , G.W and all for the fun F***ed Friday…You have improved my day….Outta here for now…..Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 2:02 pmWe were debating intelligence and he said that a persona cannot be smarter than their parents. Well, according to the I.Q. test we’ve all taken – my number is highest. Thererfore debunking his claim that intellect is sheerly genetic.
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 1:49 pm
Even in the strictly genetic inheritance view of intelligence you can be smarter than at least one of your parents… unless your parents have exactly the same IQ I think that this would be mandated.
If your mom is a rocket scientist and your dad is a scientologist… and you get half of your genetic info from each… then you can expect to be halfway between mom and dad in terms of intelligence…. The average of the two… smarter than one not as smart as the other.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:03 pm78 Senators Should Retire Today!
Friday 26th of May 2006
By Jay Randal
‘
78 Senators of both political parties, today, voted YES for General Hayden to become the Director of CIA, so those 78 should tender their resignations from Senate!
The 78 Senators have proven to America that they NO longer represent its citizens, and are paid stooges for the Bush Regime, so they should announce retirement!
Replacing the 78 with new blood in the Senate would give our nation a chance to start fresh in Washington, and end the corruption that manipulates Senate!
General Hayden’s assurances of not being connected to the Pentagon are ludicrous, so anyone who believes his nonsense is proven to be gullible and/or paid off!
Americans have a right to uncorrupted government Representatives and Senators, so we the citizenry do demand that bribery of politicians comes to an end!
The Constitution says clearly that if at any time our government fails to represent the people, then we do have a right to abolish that govt. and start a new one!
( Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Stone Mountain, Georgia.)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:04 pmMy daughter wants to be a doctor. An OB/GYN in particualr. Now isn’t that a hoot. Not because she wants to practice her love with the women of America, she LOVES babies. Probably comes from being an only child.
Her plan: work with Doctors Without Borders in Africa helping the orphan children with AIDS, then moving to Hawaii and surfing and birthin babies.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:05 pmIf he is following you around TP I think you need to be careful.
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 1:59 pm
He changes names like a chameleon – so it is hard to say who else he is.
I think I must have embarrassed him at some point by posting something to rebut something he said, and he took it personally. Just trying to be a jackass because he thinks he’ll feel better if he can get me back by embarrassing me. Which he seems to be failing at miserably – which only seems to make himmore viscious. And more entertaining.
I once read somewhere that you should allow people who mean nothing to you to have an equal impact on your life – none. Sage advice. And apt :).
Men like Denny are usually impotent. It’s why they are threatened by women. I am not afraid of him. Someone else will inevitably cut him off in traffic and he’ll go after them…
May 26th, 2006 at 2:09 pmDenny & also much smarter than my father – I am still waiting for some help on #108.
Come on guys… help a brother out!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:14 pmShort and sweet: Conservative men do not like uppity women.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:14 pmLib/prog men crave us….mmmmm.
#124 – Thank you for playing RRS. I don’t care what everyone else says, we love you anyway.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:16 pmHer plan: work with Doctors Without Borders in Africa helping the orphan children with AIDS, then moving to Hawaii and surfing and birthin babies.
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 2:05 pm
I love to hear it when girls want to have their own lives. Not define themselves in terms of a man the way our society has frequently dictated they should. Good for her. I can’t relate to the babies part (broken maternal clock I think), but Hawaii sounds like a dream (ocean thing :). I’m sure she will make you proud (and already does).
Should be interesting to see how the reality aligns with the goal. :).
My niece wants to be a ‘pet-a-narian’…
May 26th, 2006 at 2:17 pm#108 – GWSC, that is a true gift you have, it truly is. :-D
May 26th, 2006 at 2:18 pmPeople who are insecure are much more insecure around those who are not…
the culture in the US which requires men to be oh so secure, has the insecure ones much more so,
thus the reich wingnut variety of trolls we have….
May 26th, 2006 at 2:21 pmGWSC, that is a true gift you have, it truly is. :-D
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
I second the sentiment… Hilarious is an understatement!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:21 pmMy niece wants to be a ‘pet-a-narian’…
Comment by unbelievable
Mine, too. That, and ride a horse to work everyday, no cars for her. Horses — scary monsters. Don’t know where she gets the love-a-da-horse.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:22 pmThe insecurity even has one pretending to be female and a lawyer….
May 26th, 2006 at 2:22 pmthus the reich wingnut variety of trolls we have….
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:21 pm
Can we trade them for some cute Canadians? They seem to be of a more agreeable culture up there. :)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:24 pmDon’t know where she gets the love-a-da-horse.
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
: )
May 26th, 2006 at 2:26 pmCan we trade them for some cute Canadians? They seem to be of a more agreeable culture up there. :)
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 2:24 pm
yes if you can round them up…I for one do not want to go in IRI’s trailer….or MA’s basement apartment
May 26th, 2006 at 2:27 pmThe insecurity even has one pretending to be female and a lawyer….
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
How true!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:27 pmunbelievable – do you think that your friends heads exploded?
I was kinda hoping they would respond to Jesus’ riddle but I guess I should have know better
Jesus told me he didn’t give em enough smarts to think their way out of a paper bag… but I figured that since there wasn’t any paper involved that they might give it a shot.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:32 pmThe insecurity even has one pretending to be female and a lawyer….
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
But that would not be me. I swear I am a lawyer. I would give you my bar card number but then those freaks could find me and I am all about security!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:33 pmThis is unbelievable how my dim-bulb,lap-dog friends,like Zookeeper and Jules,can not figure out that I’m NEVER in class teaching or out doing architecture.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:34 pmSad but true. I must be smarter than them too.Fooled again I guess.
yes if you can round them up…I for one do not want to go in IRI’s trailer….or MA’s basement apartment
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:27 pm
We’ll just send Pat Robertson a message that God wants all of them to move to Fort Simpson Canada (just pulled it off the map). That should save us from any physical contact. :)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:35 pmbut I figured that since there wasn’t any paper involved that they might give it a shot.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 26, 2006 @ 2:32 pm
I think they still receive their talking points by fax.
You crack me up!!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:35 pm#144 – Jules, I believe Clif is referring to Mighty Hag. ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:35 pmJules you do not claim to be a lawyer in san diego or know everything
May 26th, 2006 at 2:35 pmWe’ll just send Pat Robertson a message that God wants all of them to move to Fort Simpson Canada (just pulled it off the map). That should save us from any physical contact. :)
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 2:35 pm
What did Ft Simpson ever do to you?
May 26th, 2006 at 2:38 pmShe lives in San Deigo? Now I know she is lying. First, few criminal attorneys who are defense attorneys are conservative. Second, very few criminal defense attorneys who live in San deigo are conservative. Sorry but the part about knowing everything comes with the license. Ask Zookeeper, most lawyers do think they know everything.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:39 pmI’m NEVER in class teaching or out doing architecture.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 2:34 pm
I don’t think they care what you do Denny.
I’m not an architect anymore. And we explained to you the last weeks of school – which is now over – expect for paperwork, which I can do while posting. I’m almost done actually…
See, most women’s brains are wired for multi-tasking. There are days I haven’t posted until the end of school. Go look at last Friday. I wasn’t around until after school. There are others. You just can’t notice them because you’re so blinded by your dementia. And your irrational need to be right.
I’d give you the phone number of my principal, but even I don’t dislike him that much…
May 26th, 2006 at 2:41 pm#144 – Jules, I believe Clif is referring to Mighty Hag. ;)
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 2:35 pm
Yeah, I figured, but it’s Friday, I wanted to start something before the weekend …..unlike Congress!
May 26th, 2006 at 2:42 pmbut I figured that since there wasn’t any paper involved that they might give it a shot.
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist — May 26, 2006 @ 2:32 pm
He’s too consummed by universal injustice and irrational revenge to notice?
(You are a trip :)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:44 pmWhat did Ft Simpson ever do to you?
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
Random bad luck? :)
May 26th, 2006 at 2:45 pmHere is the real riddle G.W.
Why is it so unbelievable that she is so much smarter than everyone else?
May 26th, 2006 at 2:46 pm.
Show me where I claimed to be so much smarter than everyone else?
In fact, I told Walt that I knew that there were people who are smarter than me.
You’re just getting desperate. And making up more lies.
And you still haven’t answered my questions about why you think you have the right to judge anyone and act like a reckless vigilante?
May 26th, 2006 at 2:51 pmUnbelievable you are arguing with a 10 year old..I thought a year teaching in a red state school would have cured you of that
May 26th, 2006 at 2:54 pmAsk Zookeeper, most lawyers do think they know everything.
Comment by Jules
Too true, that’s why I keep the tranquilizer gun handy.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:57 pmWashout only because congressmen are going to be invetigated over the NSA leak and probably Plame.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:00 pmUnbelievable you are arguing with a 10 year old..I thought a year teaching in a red state school would have cured you of that
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Clif – he’s been at this for weeks. Am just calling him on his nonsense, and inconsistencies like you do with MA. Just standing up to a different bully.
None of the kids in high school act this immaturely.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:02 pmAsk Zookeeper, most lawyers do think they know everything.
Comment by Jules
Too true, that’s why I keep the tranquilizer gun handy.
Comment by Zookeeper — May 26, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
Zoo – are you an attorney or do you just frequently require their services;)
May 26th, 2006 at 3:05 pmUnbelievable you are arguing with a 10 year old..I thought a year teaching in a red state school would have cured you of that
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
watch out clif – she can’t handle constructive criticism at all…
i tried offering similar advice once and am now on her shit-list…
and even though this is addressed to you, clif, i’m fairly certain that she will just HAVE to respond somehow… always the last word…
sorry, just couldn’t resist…
May 26th, 2006 at 3:06 pmOk… about me,
May 26th, 2006 at 3:09 pm#1 My cat’s first name, my last name. Also use BigHeavingSigh.
#2 A link from Buzzflash
#3 STUPID PEOPLE!!! (Especially when they drive in front of me!)
#4 Seeing my friends and family.
#5 Cat’s full name, Cyra Marie Constance Valentine (used when she is being naughty, almost always) And a Beta fish, named Alpha. Alpha Beta… get it?
#6 Washington State
This was fun!
sorry, just couldn’t resist…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
But you should have…..we adults can
May 26th, 2006 at 3:11 pmsorry, just couldn’t resist…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
katy, I would have been happy to take your advice – but you didn’t offer advice – just inappropriate condescention. Repeatedly. Just like this unnessary commentary now.
Why are you incapable of minding your own business? Whenever I have a disagreement with a man, you immediately jump in and begin chastizing me like I’m supposed to be demure and reverent.
Don’t post about me and I won’t respond to anything you say. Just like I said. But keep insulting me and you’ll get an earful. Also, just like I said.
Don’t like the consequences of your actions? Try some different actions.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:13 pmClif:
Congradulations;you’re the newest member of the ‘unbelievable dim-bulb lap-dog club.’
May 26th, 2006 at 3:19 pm.
Never signed up BOY but when you want to personally meet and discuss this I am open
May 26th, 2006 at 3:21 pmyep – what’d i tell ya…
May 26th, 2006 at 3:21 pmyep – what’d i tell ya…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
That you are juvinile in your games you play here
May 26th, 2006 at 3:25 pmAnyone else interested in signing up for the
…..’UNBELIEVABLE DIM-BULB LAP-DOG CLUB’
do so now,applications are LIMITED.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:29 pm.
Now I understand why people get banned.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:32 pmdo so now,applications are LIMITED.
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Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 3:29 pm
As are his cogniutive abilities when not sniffing glue…
May 26th, 2006 at 3:32 pmhere you go, un – something to help validate your petulance,
reposted at yesterday’s ThinkFast, #73
hmmm… seems that ms.unbelievable might have some kind of pull here at TP… always threatening others that they will be banned… this could do it for me too…
because i see that my post in response to hers at #62 has been deleted…
i admit, the f-word was a bit over-the-top, even for me, but it was indicative of my reaction upon reading her self-serving, immature reaction (#62) to information i posted in #59…
so, here it is again, the “cleaned up†version:
63. WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UNBE-F*****G-LIEVABLE???
seriously – who do you think you are? and who do you think you are talking to? one of your “studentsâ€???
i’ll post whatever i da*n well please on this public blog…
do you really think this whole thing revolves around YOU???
obviously… but, guess again…
really – learn to ignore what you don’t like…
May 26th, 2006 at 3:34 pmi didn’t address anything to YOU – only the info in that post…
grow up, girl… and get a grip on whatever personal injustices you PERCEIVE… it ain’t always about YOU.
thanks, i feel better now… ain’t “free speech†grand?!?
As are his cogniutive abilities when not sniffing glue…
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
This is the 29% who still supports Bush.
Fortunately, I think Denny lives in the U.K. He won’t be voting in 2008. (Not that we let felons or mental patients vote here anyway… )
May 26th, 2006 at 3:37 pmAnyone else interested in signing up for the
…..’UNBELIEVABLE DIM-BULB LAP-DOG CLUB’
do so now,applications are LIMITED.
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Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 3:29 pm
Why are you so threatend by her? Dang, you have got to get a hooby buddy.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:37 pmkaty…
Grow up. If belittling other people makes you feel better – you shouldn’t be in here. You should be in a therapist’s office. Go soon. You are seriously cracking up.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:43 pm# 176 Jules:
[shiver,shiver]
# 173 Clif:
Real men aren’t lapdogs-like you.And,no,I don’t wan’t to meet–I’m straight;but thanx.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:48 pmThis is getting pretty weird. I figured barely endowded trolls like denny or whatever the hell your name is today would be beating up on a progressive, but I thought katy was a progressive. Was I wrong?
Good tactic there ole denny boy. Find someone who is intelliegnt and not afraid to share their beliefs and attack, attack, attack, just like all your repub so called leaders. They figured it worked to beat the dems into submission so it will work here. Just trying to pick us off one at a time.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:50 pmWhy are you so threatend by her? Dang, you have got to get a hooby buddy.
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 3:37 pm
I was told that something similar happened to Ryan (not that I am equal to Ryan, but I did support him and vice versa). That once a couple of them gang up on you – it’s like a feeding frenzy for the rest of them. katy just always appears in the middle of it and acts like a Mother Hen. No clue why.
The difference is, I don’t take Denny, Santo, Mighty Mouth, or katy lunatic seriously. People either like me for my willingness to call it like I see it, or they don’t. Works well for me actually, because I wind up with friends like you and Zoo and Clif and GWSC and Gregor. Intelligent and sane people with a grasp on reality and a great sense of humor. But occasionally, I run into ultra senstive people with a chip on their shoulder who want to shut me up because they can’t handle either the truth or opposition. They don’t. And they won’t.
I’ve been here a while now. And I post a lot. If you stick around as long, you’ll probably get your share of it, unfortunately, being a smart and independent woman. Part of the ’system’ I suppose. Just can’t let people like Denny matter. Because, really, if they did in any regard, they wouldn’t act like this.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:53 pmDenny – no really, I would like to know what threatens you so much about unbelievable that you have to follow her around from thread to thread and attack? It just seems kind of weird. If I do not like the way someone writes I just skip their posts, why can’t you do that?
May 26th, 2006 at 3:54 pmReal men aren’t lapdogs-like you.And,no,I don’t wan’t to meet–I’m straight;but thanx.
Comment by also much smarter than my father — May 26, 2006 @ 3:48
And GUTLESS
May 26th, 2006 at 3:55 pmJules, where can I get a hooby?
May 26th, 2006 at 3:59 pmJust trying to pick us off one at a time.
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 3:50 pm
I think so. A lot of the older regulars seem to be silent lately. I guess they get tired of the puerile behavior of most far-right winders.
I’m not going anywhere (unless Judd says so :). In fact, they make me more determined to speak out. And not with the raving lunatic insults and spin that they themselves offer… And I have the whole summer off :).
So, are you going back in the fall for certain?
May 26th, 2006 at 3:59 pmUNBELIEVABLE DIM-BULB LAP-DOG CLUB
Full member:
1] Clif
2] Jules
Associate member:
1] Zookeeper
2] Sharon Cox
Apply now APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED
May 26th, 2006 at 3:59 pmZoo – are you an attorney or do you just frequently require their services;)
Comment by G.W.SuperChrist
No, GWSC, I’m not an attorney (thank goodness), I just wrangle ‘em — hence the tranquilizer gun. I claim attorney/client privilege on how frequently I require their services. ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:00 pmA complete list of “also much smarter than my father” (a.k.a. Denny and E.coli)’s “Fan Club”:
May 26th, 2006 at 4:03 pm#164 – Thanks, Cyra! I’ll check out your blog (link doesn’t work, by the way). Loathing stupid people seems to be a theme, so far. Clever name for the fish!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:04 pmJules, where can I get a hooby?
Comment by jeff — May 26, 2006 @ 3:59 pm
You just go to the hooby shop, of course! :)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:04 pmA complete list of “also much smarter than my father†(a.k.a. Denny and E.coli)’s “Fan Clubâ€:
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May 26th, 2006 at 4:04 pm.
Unbelievable – First, I need to say how honored I am that I am not only a FULL member of your fan club, but I am number one!!!!!
I already accepted a poition to teach Geometry. I am so excited I can harly wait!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:07 pmDang – I meant to say the #1 Lady. How come guys are always first? This proves denny is a mysoginist (did I spell that correctly – I am starting to write like spongebob)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:09 pmExcuse me for intruding, but has anyone been able yet to ascertain just how smart, Mr Smarter-than-his-father’s father is/was?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:10 pmActually unbelievables fan club would be the ones that follow her around the blog…like Kenny so much dumber than his acting on south park would have you believe…
and Denny probably denny hastert thus we know his problems….
and also much smarter than my father which says a lot that he would attempt to get us to believe he is what he claims when his lack of friends a job or class belies any attempt at pseudo-intellectual creation except for the daily relief by his trip to the only thrown he will ever sit on
May 26th, 2006 at 4:13 pmWell Terry – I would match his IQ up against GW Bushe’s anytime!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:14 pmIs it too late to play?
#1 wanted something that left no doubt that I’m a Democrat – forever. (I grew up in Cambridge, MA if that gives you a clue to my politics!)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:14 pm#2 a link from Al Franken’s site
#3 I’d have to say stupidity in general pisses me off
#4 hmmm, seeing the Sagamore bridge in my rear view mirror makes me smile.
(I live on Cape Cod and do NOT enjoy it)
#5 2 beagles, Sherlock and Baxter. One cat, who does come when called, named Boo
Did I just help the NSA out by posting that info?!!?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:15 pmjules, of course i’m a progressive AND a proud liberal…
i’ve been reading TP since day one… have recently become very aware of some blatant hypocricy and enjoy pointing that particular deficiency out…
another thing i notice, just the past few days, the way some rightwing tactics have taken hold – the name calling, the slandering…
the guilty have a hard time admitting their participation…
i think un’s problemwith me began weeks ago, when, after reading the posts one morning and returning that afternoon to see that she was STILL arguing (while saying something like “i’m not going to argue with you”) about 9/11 conspiracy theory, and i posted a message to her, as a “friend”, that is was ok to NOT have the last word, to let it drop (ala clif?), something i learned in a parenting class (2 kids in college)… that was left alone, but when i posted another time, another day, to explain why it was so important in this coming election to NOT vote independant, she let loose with the “i don’t need a mother! quit telling me what to do” thing…
May 26th, 2006 at 4:15 pmnow, due to my old age and brain farts and all, these two instances may be turned around, but to the best of MY knowledge that is what started her on this jag… i’m just sayin’…
and thanks for asking…
Unbelievable – First, I need to say how honored I am that I am not only a FULL member of your fan club, but I am number one!!!!!
I’m sure you’ll do a far better job than Denny did. He was always drinking on the job… Not nearly as astute and had absolutely no sense of humor. Was easy to fire him… :)
I already accepted a poition to teach Geometry. I am so excited I can harly wait!
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 4:07 pm
Excellent! Congrats! That’s great news… Are you sticking with the day job until then – or are you going to be able to get in some time off beforehand?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:18 pm#196, Jules that doesn’t narrow the field down much. I mean could I pick him out of a box full of rocks?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:18 pmI would be delighted to join the ‘club’! I am a huge fan of Ms.Unbelievable, and I would like an application, before they are all gone! ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:22 pmnow, due to my old age and brain farts and all, these two instances may be turned around, but to the best of MY knowledge that is what started her on this jag…
and the fact you keep showing up and renewing the acts…sort of juvinile ..NO MATTER what your biological age is….
that is was ok to NOT have the last word, to let it drop (ala clif?), something i learned in a parenting class (2 kids in college)
Too bad you don’t do as you say…
May 26th, 2006 at 4:22 pmand thanks for asking…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 4:15 pm
Thanks katy, I thought I was going crazy…er.
You know, I can get like that. A subject comes up in an area that I have extensive knowledge (rare, but it happens) and I want so badly for people to understand my points I kind of ignore theirs. I am human and that is what happens when you get a bunch of humans in a room….on a thread.
I am sorry that the two of you have had a disagreement, but we are not like neo cons. We disagree with each other and it’s OK. We do not all have to have the same talking points that Rush and Rove give them.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:24 pmNo katy – it started much sooner than that. I’ve repeatedly explained why and you’ve repeatedly refused to accept it.
I don’t like the way you talk down to me.
And you are still doing it by talking about me to other people in from of my face as if I am some irrational child who won’t do thingsyour way (which is excatly what this is all about – you getting your way).
Who cares if I’m in here arguing with someone? Mind your own business about my personal habits. You just can’t stand the fact that I don’t want to hear from you. Ever since I spelled it out (since yo couldn’t take a hint when I just ignored you) you’ve been going out of your way to be a jackass to get a response from me. I’m gonna call you on your hypocrisy every time katy. So, to use your own philosophy – deal with it.
Get it yet?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:25 pmI would be delighted to join the ‘club’! I am a huge fan of Ms.Unbelievable, and I would like an application, before they are all gone! ;)
Comment by Cyra Brown — May 26, 2006 @ 4:22 pm
The feeling is fully mutual Cyra :)
And really, I would never have a fan club. Probably why I’m not running for Congress :)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:28 pm#196 – Never too late to play! Thanks, trueblue! Beagles are soooo cute!
#197 – Thank you, I’ll add the information to your file.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:28 pmEr, nevermind…damn, I knew I would slip up. Bad Zoo!
Are you sticking with the day job until then – or are you going to be able to get in some time off beforehand?
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
I am taking 2 weeks in June to drive across country with my daughter. It is our last girls only trip. Then I’ll have 2 weeks in August.
Are you going anywhere this summer or just lounging?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:28 pmI mean could I pick him out of a box full of rocks?
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — May 26, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Unlikely…
:)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:29 pm#196, Jules that doesn’t narrow the field down much. I mean could I pick him out of a box full of rocks?
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — May 26, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
I’m thinking no.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:30 pm#200 – no, that would be the bag of hair. ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:30 pmToo bad you don’t do as you say…
EXACTLY clif! I’M not the one saying those things!
it’s ok – you’ll catch on soon enough… took me awhile too…
hey – wasn’t that addressed to jules? hmmm…
ya know, i think unbelievable is one of the most intelligent people posting here, but the inconsistancies are just funny to me…
and she taught me not to back down, stand up to the bullying!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:32 pmI am taking 2 weeks in June to drive across country with my daughter. It is our last girls only trip. Then I’ll have 2 weeks in August.
Very cool! What kind of stuff do you do on your trip? Why the last one?
Are you going anywhere this summer or just lounging?
Comment by Jules — May 26, 2006 @ 4:28 pm
I’ve been invited to Seattle and Long Island so far… Will probably mostly be working on getting my program together,since it’s all from scratch. I’m excited about it though. Same as you )
May 26th, 2006 at 4:33 pm#211 – Hat Tip for katy! I wanted to tell you I got the idea for asking the questions in #77 from you a couple weeks ago, when you asked me about my name. the open threads have been so nuts lately, that I waited until today. I’m going to ask another question next Friday, unless it’s Fitzmas or something equally important. Thanks, girl!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:36 pmand she taught me not to back down, stand up to the bullying!
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 4:32 pm
I’m not bullying you. Just telling you that if you are going to insult me, I’m gonna respond – no matter who you pretend to be talking to.
Bullying you would be to continue talking to you after you asked me to leave you alone and had stopped acknowledging me. Hmmm sounds familiar.
Really, do you have to talk to me? Can’t accept that I have no interest in your opinion anymore? Think you could take your own advice katy? Why don’t you try it?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:37 pmUnbelievable – first we are going to stop in Memphis. I never wanted to see Garceland but I thought as we were driving through…. I am trying to find a book or website that has all of those weird things you see like the largest ball of thread, etc. We both think it would be a blast to drive around and see really stupid things. We are stopping off in trublues neck of the woods. My family is from Boston and my mom has not seen my daughter since 1999 (looooong story there) Any help anyone could give me in finding this type of book would be most appreciated.
I love Seattle. That is one of the most beautiful areas in this country. I love when you walk down the street and they have all the flower pots hanging off of the street posts. Very lucky girl!!!
New York is very cool too. Especially in summer. Unless, of course, they get one of those brutal heat waves that have been coming theough the past few yeats. But therer isn’t any global warming….right!!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:39 pm1 katy the comment was directaly address to you because in comment #199 you state one thing and in comment #170 you DO the exact opposite..
2 that is hypocracy you know the things the repugs do in DC daily that most progressives do not like. Thus to most of us it sort of stands out here……………………………………………………
May 26th, 2006 at 4:43 pmJules –
Try this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671769316/102-4280117-6879351?v=glance&n=283155
Will write more in a minute…
May 26th, 2006 at 4:44 pm#215 – Jules, I’m glad you and your daughter are still going on your road trip. Gas prices! Arrrghh! My son and I were going to jump in the car and head east to wherever, but $3 gas is too much, so we may just make it a long weekend and head up to Canada or to the WA coast. Have a great time!
May 26th, 2006 at 4:46 pmJules,
May 26th, 2006 at 4:47 pmGraceland will be a disappointment, but one that you need to see!
He called it a mansion. It’s a regular house to the rest of us.
The decor is *awful*.
But the history and the inside info from the headset tour is fun. That’s why it’s a diasppointment (the house, on a sketchy St. in Memphis), that you need to see for the costumes and insider look, etc.
Enjoy!
Hey, I just read the rest of your post.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:52 pmI’m jealous. You’ll be in Boston! (Waaaaahh!)
If you need a place to stay @ the beach just let me know. My daughter and I would be happy to give you a room.
I had a book a while ago called Wierd Wonderful America. (can’t find it right now.)
Look that up, maybe you’ll get something from it.
Jules,
That sounds like fun! There were a few books with that link on stuff like that. Hopefully one will work for you.
Boston in June will be great! Especially compared to Texas :). But becareful of all those attacking glaciers. You know, Al Gore said he’d do something about them :).
I have a bunch of Delta frequent flier miles I wanna use. So I am debating whether to use them now – or risk that next summer I can use them to go somewhere in Europe.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:54 pm#212- Seattle?!? I live about 1/2 hour away, (south) in Tacoma, home of glass artist, D.Chihuly, and the “Museum of Glass”. If you do make it out here, let me know. Perhaps we could meet? I know Sharon is in the area as well. I will bring my autograph book! ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 4:59 pm…Can’t accept that I have no interest in your opinion anymore?…
Comment by unbelievable — May 26, 2006 @ 4:37 pm
and yet…
and clif – my advice to un about not having to have the last word was just that – advice to her – i never said “self, you don’t have to have the last word”…
and zoo – thanks! your name cracks me up, you sense of humor and attitude is great too!
May 26th, 2006 at 5:01 pmand clif – my advice to un about not having to have the last word was just that – advice to her – i never said “self, you don’t have to have the last wordâ€â€¦
May 26th, 2006 at 5:05 pmComment by katy
…not to get in the fray…. but isn’t that your back-handed way of “getting the last word”?
Just sayin’……..
my advice to un about not having to have the last word was just that – advice to her – i never said “self, you don’t have to have the last wordâ€â€¦
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 5:01 pm
“Do as I say not as I do”.
Seems like your many years have not made you any wiser.
May 26th, 2006 at 5:07 pmLAST WORD, ALREADY!! *sniff*
May 26th, 2006 at 5:09 pmIt’s OK, Zookeeper, we’ll play nice.
And your name always made me think you had a bunch of kids at home!
May 26th, 2006 at 5:13 pmThe hypocracy I spoke of was this since you can not seem to realise you are.
i’m fairly certain that she will just HAVE to respond somehow… always the last word…
sorry, just couldn’t resist…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
yep – what’d i tell ya…
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
those two posts shows about a 13 year old mentality
something i learned in a parenting class (2 kids in college)
Comment by katy — May 26, 2006 @ 4:15 pm
then to claim being all grown up and even raised two kids.
well you might have but sometimes you do not show it here…..if you do not like hypocracy..then do not create it in the firtst place..just my opinion, like yours to unbelievable.
May 26th, 2006 at 5:15 pmCyra – That would be so cool! Absolutely! My friend just mentioned it and I have been tellinghimI am coming to visit. I’ll keep you posted…
I can’t believe you mentioned Chihuly! I love his work… and have been wanting to see the museum. Have you been?
I’ve actually been considering moving there at some point. Have friends out there. They love it. I think only the weather concerns me. I need the sunshine on some regular basis. :)
May 26th, 2006 at 5:15 pmSeems like your many years have not made you any wiser.
Comment by Gregor Samsa — May 26, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
Thanks for your sanity :).
I still think you would be a great teacher… Just sayin’… :)
May 26th, 2006 at 5:18 pm#215- Jules, there is a hotel in Memphis, called “The Peabody”, that has an interesting event that might work for you. There is a group of ducks that live in the hotel, in the Penthouse, no less. Twice a day they take a little trip, in the morning, they ride the elevator down, and proceed to a fountain, where they hang out for the day. In the evening the get back in the elevator and go home for the night. I understand it is a very popular thing to see. These must be the”Lucky Ducks” I’ve heard so much about.
May 26th, 2006 at 5:18 pmif you do not like hypocracy..then do not create it in the firtst place..
Comment by Clif — May 26, 2006 @ 5:15 pm
You seemed to have chased off Denny… unless he choked on a pretzel or something :)
May 26th, 2006 at 5:20 pm#227 – Thanks, trueblue. Emotional blackmail works every time. ;)
Only two sons, thank goodness, but they’re huge, so they seem like quite a few. I’m almost 6 feet tall, and I’m the tiny one in the house. I have more trouble with the damned lawyers.
May 26th, 2006 at 5:20 pmWell everyone – it has been an interesting day on Thinkfast to say the very least.
I am off to Barnes and Noble w/my daughter to look at books. Thanks unbelievable for the book suggestion and trueblue thanks for the offer. Maybe we’ll meet up at the beach.
Unbelieveable I am not too worried about ice at the moment, but being washed away is a big concern!!
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.
And that my friends is my last word!!!!
May 26th, 2006 at 5:21 pm#234 – Woo Hoo!!
May 26th, 2006 at 5:22 pm#233 Zookeeper,
May 26th, 2006 at 5:28 pmDamn! I fell for it!
I’m a mom, too… I’m supposed to be an expert at emotional blackmail!
I have to take a refresher course or something….
hey trueblue – how was the “mom’s day” event in d.c.?
May 26th, 2006 at 5:39 pmthat was you, right? with your daughter?
i sure thought about all the girls there! the pics were fun…
can’t say it got any news coverage, but it’s the thought that counts, right?
#236 – *laughing maniacally*
May 26th, 2006 at 5:41 pm#229- If the weather here is a worry for you, it shouldn’t be. Take your pick of a climactic zone, and we have got it covered! From rainforests, to almost desert-like conditions, we’ve got it all! You can go from mountain to ocean in a few hours. I have not been inside the glass museum yet, no reason why not, but it is about 5-10 minutes from my house. Union Station, old railroad depot, now a federal courthouse, has several of Chihuly’s pieces hung on the back windows, lots of them. A local pub, “The Swiss” has some of his stuff too. Last summer, the “Tall Ships” paid us a visit, that was just amazing! There is much to enjoy here, even if it is only for a short time. Your friend can back me up, I’m sure.
May 26th, 2006 at 5:50 pmOn Zinsmeister:
It’s worth noting that the President’s new domestic policy adviser should, as a matter of course, publicly ddescribe the American underlcass as morally repugnant.
Is it unreasonable to wonder whether this attitude may color his evaluation of matters affecting the wellbeing of the broader class of poor people?
A minor point, perhaps, but not irrelevant given Zinsmeister’s other past statements.
May 26th, 2006 at 6:06 pmOn Zinsmeister:
It’s worth noting that the President’s new domestic policy adviser should, as a matter of course, publicly describe the American underlcass as morally repugnant.
Is it unreasonable to wonder whether this attitude may color his evaluation of matters affecting the wellbeing of the broader class of poor people?
A minor point, perhaps, but not irrelevant given Zinsmeister’s other past statements.
May 26th, 2006 at 6:06 pmIdiot Congressman admits to panicking about imaginary gunshots this morning in DC.
From Yahoo news:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US lawmaker admitted to being the source of an erroneous report of gunfire in a Congress office building that led authorities to shut down a large part of the legislature’s sprawling complex for several hours.
Republican Representative Jim Saxton (news, bio, voting record), speaking to Fox television, said he was in the elevator at the garage level of the Rayburn House Office building, when he heard what he thought was gunfire.
“I heard what I thought to be between six and ten shots,” the Republican lawmaker said.
“It sounded exactly like gunfire to me. It was not of a backfire nature. it was the sharp crack as comes out of a weapon.”
He continued: “I dove back into the elevator, rushed back to my office and asked my chief of staff to report what I had seen or heard to the Capitol Hill Police, which she did, and that started the chain of events that unfolded over the course of the day.”
The report prompted police to lock down the Capitol dome building and Rayburn for more than five hours, while they searched in vain for a gunman, trapping lawmakers, visitor and office workers in the congressional complex.
May 26th, 2006 at 6:16 pmYour friend can back me up, I’m sure.
Comment by Cyra Brown — May 26, 2006 @ 5:50 pm
He’s lived all over the world and loves it there. It does sound like a great place. I’ll keep you posted!
Have a great weekend!
May 26th, 2006 at 6:21 pm# 232
Clif is a real scarecrow.[oooowww shiver shiver I'm scared.]
May 26th, 2006 at 6:42 pmHe’d be lucky to scare off a mouse.
Talk about a lapdog boob club. I thumbed through all of the above and found only about a dozen on topic.
One commented that it was Friday open forum. No comments on the subjects provided.
I wish a bunch of you boob would just find a way to trade e-mail addresses and confine you comments to each other in that manner.
Thats right, I am an old cranky son-of-a-bitch, before any of you jump on it, but at least I have the integrity to stick to a topic, wherein a whole big bunch of you think this site is a personal trip for you.
Get real folks, who wants to read all your patter. Not I. This is a fine site, why do you all have to ruin it? At least try to.
Good God, get out your blow up dolls and your dildoes and make something happen!
May 26th, 2006 at 7:44 pmYahooooooo, I’m on Unbelievables fan club list. At the bottom of the heap, but there non the less……Made my day again. Good company to be with..
Say ladies I am 45 minutes north of Seattle, sadly my old beater truck would never make it to Tacoma but maybe I could car pool with my neighbor and meet you both some where in between. Wow, Chuhuli . Seen some of his work and all the specials on him. Great artest. Let me know, keep me posted…This old woman would hitch a ride to meet other progressives.
Oh and Katy..Like Ron White said on his comedy act ” the next time you have a thought, just let it go”………Blessings all
May 26th, 2006 at 8:15 pmHay Paul, give us all a break and stop your sexual plabber just because we drifted off topic for a day…… Most of us here have worked hard for the progressives for years, we show some respect and read your posts, lighten up and skip over if you don’t like it. Take a pill, drink a beer, get a grip. This was another loosing day for america and her people all around and we are entitled to get off point………Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 8:25 pmSharon, you’re the greatest. Hug a bunch of trees and rub that puppy’s tummy for me this weekend. ;)
May 26th, 2006 at 8:43 pmpaul – i must say that i do agree… too often it turns into a chat room…
first and last time for me…
sharon – i’m sure you’ll pass that nugget on to the rest of the gang…
it’s a good one…
and, for the record:
1. katy is my real nickname
2. i think i heard of TP from Center for Am. Progress via AirAmericaRadio
3. hypocricy and bigotry
4. flowers, monet, renoir and good music – in any order
5. an old yellow cat – minnie; a new yellow cat – teeny; a newly rescued elderly shitzu with
cataracts and hearing loss – izzy
6. we all live in south-central illinois
peace!
May 26th, 2006 at 9:55 pmThanks, Zookeeper, I will. …Have a good evening also….Blessings
May 26th, 2006 at 9:58 pm# 245 Paul in Mexico:
Did you notice that the lap-dogs had a real good Sponge Bob Square pants convo going early in the thread ?
May 27th, 2006 at 1:33 am# 245 Paul in Mexico:
Did you notice that the lap-dogs had a real good Sponge Bob Square pants convo going early in the thread ?
Comment by Denny — May 27, 2006 @ 1:33 am
We were missing you squidward..glad you could finally make it…
May 27th, 2006 at 3:20 am#251- 4 comments do not a ‘real good convo’ make. How petty of you. You are free to go at any time. The only thing keeping you here is you. If you are so unhappy here, you should move on, to more hospitable pastures, with more agreeable companions. Good Journey to you.
May 27th, 2006 at 3:33 am#249 – Yay, katy! I knew we’d get you sooner or later! Such a big heart to take in Izzy, sounds like a dog my sis took in. Our little Honey Bump was found under an abandoned house with 5 pups, one look from her big brown eyes tells us she’s so happy to have a home.
May 27th, 2006 at 11:50 amYo! Cranks! This is the OPEN THREAD! TP made this thread to gather in comment on smaller topics and corral off topic crap — like my meme. If you don’t like it, don’t participate, or post a comment on one of the Think Fast topics and steer the comments that way. Jeebus…
May 27th, 2006 at 11:54 am# 246 Sharon Cox:
Oh and katy…………..”the next time you have a thought, just let it go”
Comment by Sharon Cox.
You should follow your own inane advice,Phony.
May 28th, 2006 at 3:39 amHappy Sunday to you to Denny, the old kid phrase applies here, ” it takes one to know one”….Lot’s of Blessings to you……You need them..
May 28th, 2006 at 9:59 am# 257
1] Like I said-inane.
May 28th, 2006 at 10:49 am2] Check that spelling.
3] Hope that coffee is not ‘too’ hot.
Good God, get out your blow up dolls and your dildoes and make something happen!
Comment by Paul in Mexico — May 26, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
Paul,
Take Denny, Mighty Mouth, and the numerous other cantankerous old grouches that lurk around here bitching about people being human – and go form your own think tank. You could call it “Misery loves Company” or “I HATE EVERYTHING (including myself)”. That way you all could sit around and bitch about all the great injustices in the world such as people who post a joke or some personal information on an open forum. Nevermind Global Warming or the lies of the Bush Regime.
There are a a dozen other current threads for you to go read and post within. But you instead wasted your time, and ours, to post your rant about utter nonsense. If anyone is a ‘boob’, Paul, it is you.
May 28th, 2006 at 11:59 amComment by Denny — May 28, 2006 @ 3:39 am
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”
May 28th, 2006 at 12:02 pm—-Plato
# 259:
Who is following who around now ?
May 28th, 2006 at 12:25 pm.
Who is following who around now ?
.Comment by Denny — May 28, 2006 @ 12:25 pm
Amazing that you haven’t managed to fatally injure yourself. Really.
May 28th, 2006 at 12:57 pmDenny,
So, if your father was an alcoholic – you too should become one? Or any list of atrocities that he might have committed? That’s what your biblical nonsense is advising. Christ, you are an amateur. No wonder you think re-posting quotes I already intentionally posted on a public forum is some how supposed to be effective at who knows what. The GOP is truly wasting its pittiance on your efforts. But, to TP’s amusement.
You really should get rid of your steak knifes. And lock your own medicine chest. It can’t be very much longer now before you become a statistic of a self-inflicted injury. You are definitely a Darwin Awards Winner for 2006 – in the making..
May 28th, 2006 at 2:33 pm”Valediction is upon the head of the just;
May 29th, 2006 at 1:48 ambut violence fills the mouth of the scorner.”
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That’s you alright Denny – violent. Why I suggested you lock up those steak knives and bottles of iodine. You’re quite capable of hurting yourself. YOur visciousness in here has demostrated that repeatedly.
Oh, and good luck with that bed wetting problem.
May 29th, 2006 at 8:29 am…Tu les chercheras et ne les trouveras plus,
May 29th, 2006 at 10:57 amCeux qui te suscitaient querelle;
Ils seront reduits a rien,au neant,
Ceux qui te faisaient la guerre.
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You made the war. And it’s going about as well as Iraq.
May 29th, 2006 at 2:34 pm# 269
You can do better than that.
May 30th, 2006 at 1:18 amI thought you spoke French.
?
This one is easy:
DIEU ET MON DROIT
May 30th, 2006 at 2:07 am.
Maybe you’re not worth more.
There are no gods.
May 30th, 2006 at 8:27 am# 272.
You are correct;there are no gods.
I,not Denny,am monoTHEistic.
Now,how about that French I asked you to interpret?
May 30th, 2006 at 11:36 amSoon I’m going to have to quiz you in the Italia you also said you could speak,albeit’rusty’.
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You, denny, are delusional.
‘No gods’ includes your version of a God. It is the same as all mythological creations that do not exist.
I am not your trained seal. And you’re just as inane in French as you are in English.
May 30th, 2006 at 12:21 pm# 274.
Nice out on the French lesson-it’s sad really.
May 30th, 2006 at 1:00 pmNext time you’re bragging on your French and Italian skills,I’ll pay particular heed to your version of Dieu.
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If you want a French lesson – go take a class.
Being condescending and obscure is just flat out demented. Dieu is god. And “my right” is Christ. What else would a nut who has been quoting the Bible mean?
As for the one prior – it is nonsensical out of context. Just like everything you post in English. You’re just trying to act like you’re stumping me when you’re just being a jerk to make yourself feel better about that fact that you have no arguments and the best you can do it to use obscurity to make yourself look knowledgable. Only it’s just as transparent as all your other psycholtic tricks, and desperation.
May 30th, 2006 at 1:47 pm# 275:
Seixon is so right about you.
May 31st, 2006 at 2:35 amHe expressed the same thing I’ve told you for weeks now.
You are an absolute miserable hag.
You lie about what you say:You lie about what others say:
You,like Rove,pidgeon-hole:And worse of all you lie about your accomplishments.
All this to climb to the top of whatever sh!t-pile you think you’re on.
YOU are not well.Now leave me alone.
Leave you alone? That is the funniest thing I have heard…. You’re the miserable wretch following me from forum to forum trying to embarrass me because you are clearly psychotic – and when it backfrires – you tell me to leave you alone. Hilarious! Can’t stand the heat – get out of the kitchen. This is a forum for heated political debate. You aren’t manenough to handle that – then go to myspace where you belong.
You’re the one who makes the rovian smear attacks, and then blames me for using the facts to win debates. It’s what you lunatics do when you can’t beat the mind – you throw yourself on the ground and cry like the victim you think you are. Oh, no – she hurt my feelings. No I didn’t – you are just too weak to handle reality. Stop blaming me for that you intolerable mess – it has nothing to do with me.
Now, Denny, go make an appointment with a therapist. Make several.
May 31st, 2006 at 8:07 am