Yes, you're right- anyone who has had any experience different from your own is a 'snob' or 'pretentious' or (my favorite) not really living life. Nothing arrogant about that attitude whatsoever.

Since we're talking about a grown-up moviegoer's bill of rights, I would like to be able to go to a theatre and see grown-up movies- the sort of films that I probably wouldn't have enjoyed when I was 15, but which speak to my experiences now. Unless I'm mistaken, they used to make these things and actually show them in theatres.

Wow. 'Speak truth to power' and they kick you right in the balls.

Yeesh...

Some barrels have no bottoms to them, eh?

I'm probably alone in this, but I'm increasingly spending less and less time online for just these sorts of reasons- everything I can get online, I seem to be able to get offline in a much better version. There's also a sort of tactile joy to being in the world and wandering, erring, and skimming that can't be replicated with this fancy interactive TV set.

This just counts as annecdotal evidence, but I don't know any Democrats who are actually excited about voting for Hillary Clinton. Most of them that I know talk about it like they're getting a root canal. ”Sigh... I guess I'll have to vote for Hillary in the end...” Say what you will about Obama's qualifications; at least his supporters seem enthused about the idea of him becoming President.

Why can't we just measure their cocks and get it over with?

The funny thing is there are a number of us who question whether even Chamberlain was the cowardly appeaser that he's been made out to be.

By some grace of God, we only get CNN up here in Ontario. But, they're telling us that the Democrats are in big, big trouble because they don't hate Spanish-speakers enough. In fact, one of the more 'objective' journalists on the station told us last week, 'Well, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the American people told the Democrats to go to hell.'

I've been working in France all year and, to be honest, don't really watch TV when I'm at home. So, I've missed a lot of the mudslinging. But, I will note that the French talk shows weren't very interested in the race, aside from Ms. Clinton's comment about totally obliterating Iran. One of the talk show hosts, memorably, said that he found it completely terrifying that this is how American politicians run for President now. I had the same reaction. Maybe Americans really don't care about such things, but I'd like to believe that offhandedly talking about committing genocide also played a role in costing Clinton the nomination.

I read this at 6 in the morning and still laughed out loud:

"With stilted, stodgy intonations that seem to descend from the late-19th century era of one-room schoolhouses, McCain laboriously reading a speech is a painful spectacle."

This sort of thing is why I enjoy reading Paglia, even though I agree with her only about 50% of the time.

I love how so many people will make statements clearly implying one slander, but phrase it as if they're just stating a possibility or a reasonable question. "Is Obama the god of hellfire? Well, I don't know... I mean, isn't it possible?"

Who gets their news from tv anymore? I think in my life I've watched MSNBC for all of five minutes, which was about five less than I watched CNN, and five more than I've watched FOX.

I'd assume that there are a lot of Clinton supporters who are pretty unhappy right now. I would be too, if my candidate came so close to the nomination and didn't make it. And so, I'd mourn. But, in the end, I'd turn around and support my second choice, which would be a Democrat. I mean, seriously. Of course. I'm not voting for "bomb bomb Iran".

And I assume that most of the Clinton supporters will eventually be done mourning and move on. Such is life. The most vocal of the anti-Obama Clinton supporters(some of whom have got to be republicans) just strike me as belonging to a that minority of whites who, in these sorts of situations, will always believe that an uppity Negro "stole what was rightfully hers" from a deserving white woman. And trust me- people like that won't ever come around. But, the majority of people are not like that.

Seriously, I'm at the point where, if Obama puts a potted fern on the ticket, I'll vote for him.

But, I honestly don't think that VPs can accomplish very much, and I don't see any reason why Clinton would want to be in that position. She's too smart to get limited to the White House Easter Egg hunt and a few photo ops here and there.

I'm a big believer in keeping your head down, working your ass off, and hoping for the best. It's probably a better approach than gloating before the game's started.

I was pretty excited about quiet electric and hybrid cars. Then I read that they're giving them a fake engine noise so that old people don't get hit by them crossing the road. But, screw 'em I say. A few deaths is worth a quiet walk.

"I am absolutely '18th century." I love this line. I'm not even sure it makes sense outside of France.

I don't get why McCain's numbers seem to be rising (a bit) as he keeps saying stupid crap. Is it reassuring to people somehow? Does it remind them of the "good old days" of the last Presidency? Is it like wearing a comfortable old sweater and ignoring the fact that it smells a bit like urine?