...Gingritch and his intercepted cell phone conversation.

"The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation".

-George Orwell

It us nice of you to wish Beck well, but deep down didn't you wish for just a moment he's followed through on his threat to blow his own brains out?

Of course by Beck's Orwellian logic, doing so would improve his health.

So Republican congress members would rather have terrorists blow up an American city with nuclear bombs, than to have all Americans have health insurance.

Patrick,

I'm very sorry about the passing of your mother. I wish you comfort, peace and happy memories of her.

What does smart mean? How about intellectual? Do either have Nything to do with evaluating situations, and providing a realistic and correct interpretation? Krauthamer has been wrong about so

any things, I don't Know how he even keeps his job as a commentator. How he has any standing to evaluate Obama's intelligence is a mystery. The guy should be retired where his opinions can kill no more American soldiers.

Seems we are both right, although as noted below, the use is ambiguous.

ful·some [fool-suhm, fuhl-]

–adjective

1. offensive to good taste, esp. as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.

2. disgusting; sickening; repulsive: a table heaped with fulsome mounds of greasy foods.

3. excessively or insincerely lavish: fulsome admiration.

4. encompassing all aspects; comprehensive: a fulsome survey of the political situation in Central America.

5. abundant or copious.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME fulsom. See full1, -some1]

—Related forms

ful·some·ly, adverb

ful·some·ness, noun

—Usage note In the 13th century when it was first used, fulsome meant simply “abundant or copious.” It later developed additional senses of “offensive, gross” and “disgusting, sickening,” probably by association with foul, and still later a sense of excessiveness: a fulsome disease; a fulsome meal, replete with too much of everything. For some centuries fulsome was used exclusively, or nearly so, with these unfavorable meanings.

Today, both fulsome and fulsomely are also used in senses closer to the original one: The sparse language of the new Prayer Book contrasts with the fulsome language of Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer. Later they discussed the topic more fulsomely. These uses are often criticized on the grounds that fulsome must always retain its connotations of “excessive” or “offensive.” The common phrase fulsome praise is thus sometimes ambiguous in modern use.

"fulsome" means insincere or offensively excessive.

It's funny, but..... I, myself, don't work in a business where I have clients. I am the client in most cases. But I have a friend who is a business owner, and someone I listen to. He told me once: "sometimes you just have to fire a client". Me, being from the 'customer is always right' side of the fence, couldn't believe this. All customers are good, right? No, he explained to me. Some customers end up costing you way more than you make from them. You have to fire those customers.

Makes sense to me.

....if slicing the scrotum of an innocent man distubs the moral compass any....

I have not seen it yet, but I already don't like it.

Let's all agree not to kill any of the talking embryos.

Why do I think that it doesn't matter how much evidence of torture is revealed? It will change nothing. But Hey! Paris Hilton may be geting a new puppy!!!!!

It's not Norway, it's Sweden ...

...Rush, Hannity, Beck, et al. should acknowledge that they are anti- American for their views on Obama's prize. Coulter should acknowledge that she is a traitor if she doesn't like it.

But how awesome would it have been if Obama had turned it down?

A woman walks by a let store. There is a parrot outside in a cage with a sign marked "sale".

As the woman walks by, the parrot whistles and says: "hey lady! You're ugly!"

the next day, she walks by the pet store, the parrot says the same thing.

The third day, the parrot whistles and says " hey lady, you're ugly!" again.

Incensed, the lady gies into the store and complains. That's why he's on sale, explains the shopkeeper.

The third day, the parrot says the same thing to the woman. This time the woman addresses the parrot directly.

"if you say I'm ugly ONE MORE TIME, I'll buy you, take you home, pull out all of your feathers one by one, then wring your neck, and stuff your carcass down the garbage disposal!"

The next day, the woman walks by the pet store.

The parrot whistles and says: " hey lady!".

"WHAT?" says the woman.

The parrot says " you know!"

Would those be the one carrying "Obama is Hitler" signs?

I'd prefer to just make fun of them.

You were not wrong. It is not that those who oppose reform don't deserve health care, but they should receive that care via the "only if you can afford it, no pre-existing condition, subject to the decisions of insurance company death panels, free market system that they advocate. It's like animal rights activists that oppose research using animals, and want to deprive everyone of the benefits of that research, yet still accept for themselves care gained through this research. Such people should be denied the coverage they oppose, or at very least be required to wear a sign stating: I am a hypocrite!

Carrie,

I think you have let your San Francisco-ness get the better of you this time (speaking as a fellow Bay Area resident).

The proper response here is tell the posturing creature that there are no assigned spaces and that you will park in any open space that pleases you. Under the circumstances one might add, for effect, that this creature might consider inserting his reproductive organ into his own waste removal orifice. The only way to effectively deal with a bully to to stand up to him/her.