Now I officially hate Xers AND Boomers. Can this forty-two year old get transferred to, like, the Millenials or the Transcendentalists? 'Cause y'all suck. kthx

Did you also walk uphill in the snow to school? Both ways?

I mean, seriously, did you READ what you just posted?

You may want to reread omooex's comment. There were commas that I think you missed.

On second thought... maybe you have some other subjects you want to comment about.

I was neither defending nor attacking Omar, but I just thought you misread his comment.

I don't really think I want to get in the middle of your blogfight... but I'd rather you quote or link to what he actully said instead of asking me to comment on your opinion of what he said.

Finally, passion is fine, but you do seem like you're pretty amped up. Now might be a good time to watch some Jon Stewart videos and take a break from commenting.

Heru-ur, what Omar said was "Everytime you call me, a Palestinian-Colombian-American-Catholic-Muslim, a bigot and a racist..."

In this sentence, the multiply-hyphenated bit between the commas is a descriptor that refers back to "me." Omar/omooex is of mixed Palestinian/Colombian ancestry, as far as I know.

He didn't say that you called him a Palestinian-Colombian-American-Catholic-Muslim, he said that you called him a bigot and a racist, and that it makes him laugh.

I'm really trying to stay out of this, and failing miserably.

Glenn, see what happens when you wait so long between posts?

Corporate sports no more define sports than the two-party system defines politics. I suggest you check out some Dave Zirin... might change your perspective somewhat.

Also: if the Princeton men's ice hockey team is included in your blanket condemnation, I take back every nice thing I've never said about you.

Who knew Aycharaych and bucky1 were related?

concupiscient metallic sandwich

Is that the big question this year?

Is there anyone, be they a supporter or foe of the President-elect, who thinks there's a snowball's chance in Haditha of that happening?

What about Hank Williams III, gents?

What is this "facism" of which you speak? Something having to do with people's faces, I guess.

fas·cism - a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

You haven't been keeping up. As you would know if you'd been following talk radio at all, Obama bin Biden's plan for America is communistic. That's the state control of industry part. You know, like taking an equity stake in the nine biggest banks:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122398468353632299.html

To a certain narrow segment of the American political scene, everything bad that ever happened (9/11, the economic collapse, Gigli) was the fault of the Democrats, and everything good was a direct result of tax cuts or blowin' shit up.

Nobody was thinking y'all were gonna change, justsoyaknow.

Those who think otherwise believe in a free lunch. There's no free lunch.

Better trolls, please.

there is a large grassroots community that is being led by our next president who wants community and caring for others to matter and be our top priority. There are many young people who sense there future is in peril and who need the help of knowledge, experience and maturity to find their way to some success in their hopes for their future. Let’s stop worrying about who has the last word and worry about what we can do to really help.

RMP< I honor and applaud your idealism... I'd sure like to see something be done with the "large grassroots community" that campaigned for Obama. Right now I don't see that our next President has any plans for these people - nor do I think he should: the President, I think we'd agree, needs to be focused on presidentin'. I don't have much use for Presidents or kings, but even I don't think he should be our community-organizer-in-chief.

It would be great if all that energy could be organized into a coherent force for social change in the country... sort of a domestic analogue to the social movements that have sprung up in Venezuela. I have to say that I see the UT comments section as possibly the least likely venue for discussions of such matters, but I'll certainly not stand in your way.

I wouldn’t underestimate what the grassroots movement could accomplish

I wouldn't either. I'm not really sure what you think I believe, and I have no idea, obviously, what's in your inbox.

There are effective models for grassroots social change lying around. I hope somebody picks one, jumps on it, and for God's sake keeps it independent of the White House.

I still don't see how Salon Letters fits in, but I'm all ears.

Actually that would be 1/2 of Bush's term in office. The Senate was Dem in the first half of Bush's first term.

Which was 1/4 of Bush's term in office. Math is hard.

Please, if you're going to dominate the thread with a pissing contest, I'd ask that you at least be interesting. The way things are going, I'm waiting to see who's the first to talk about the other's mother.

Jebbie, thanks for the context on that expression. It's another reminder, if we needed one, that you become what you hate. Cf. rightwingers and torture.

You are correct. Coffee before posting.

No.

Not the first time, and not now.

You're fast. I wasn't even sure that was him at first.