Letters to the Editor
-
If i were a rich man
I remember a day when you could be reasonably sure, if you saw a Jew carrying a violin case, that there was a violin in it.
I'd be able to afford a custom built case for my Thompson.
http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2500/2573.htm
I think it would have been a viola case, at least.
-
quickstrategy
Thanks. Steal away.
As for your typo, I actually interpreted it as, "Yeah, but it's environmentally kind," so it made sense anyway! (The eye "repairs" a lot of our errors for us, oddly enough.)
-
Hey Glenn!
I'm suing for patent infringement. You're crowding very close to my trademarked and patented Overblown Relentless Sarcasm™
I've got the copyright on such posts that are nothing but bitter and caustic sarcasm and ridicule from top to bottom.
Mine ... mine ... mine ... to quote a couple "characters" from Finding Nemo.
Cheers,
-
Amen
Thanks!
-
@ Flatulence Warning
We can discuss Glenn's inability to use sarcasm or irony with anything close to an ounce of wit....
He's forced to use a sledge-hammer approach, because nitwits like you are sufficiently obtuse that you wouldn't catch on otherwise. If you had the wit to appreciate more subtle digs, he'd have more room to play. As they say in my business, "use the appropriate tool for the job in front of you"....
Capece?
Cheers,
-
Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention
Good for you Glenn, when if ever will the news media talk about the real problems that this country has.
-
@Joel_Grant
Jeremiah Wright's opinions are intesting as an election issue only insofar as they are shared by a candidate. And that means they are of no election interest at all, because if a candidate shares those views they are interesting because they are the views of a candidate.
Fair enough, and perfectly logical.
But not very realistic. The media are justified in seeking out and talking to, and writing about, people who have significantly associated with or mentored a candidate. I believe that applies here.
You're assuming that the proper interest in Wright is to find out what he thinks, because inevitably Obama will think the same thing Wright thinks. I didn't say that. It's been the media's approach, and I don't agree with it. That was my point.
Remember, too, not all candidates will be as forthright as Obama. Some will have friends who are criminals, such as the NYC police chief who was such a pal of Giuliani's.
-
"Wow" indeed, hornetdriver.
Been away for awhile, but, wow, the idiocy has really been dialed up lately.
Indeed. Your return has pushed it well into the red.
I'll refrain from further comment as my tolerance for said idiocy is well past the red right now.
-
Curious question
Why does the Reverend Wright need to be conciliatory, mainstream, accommodating, deferential, sanguine, complacent, polite, fawning, obsequious to his betters, (you get the picture) etc.?
Why do 'we the electorate' (supposedly) demand that of him?
Why don't we hold the religious/fundie/nutcase standard-bearers on the RW to the same standards, eh? They certainly aren't the least yielding, complacent, conciliatory (just look at the anti-abortion cadres, hell, they're slinging charges of "Murderers if not actually throwing bombs....
Why is it a crime that someone Obama knows is outspoken about "injustice"?
We know the answer....
Cheers,
-
Thank dog
Its sarcasm, I nearly had a fit when I saw Glenns headline.
-
Hallehluha Glenn....
I can no longer watch the news. It's like a bunch of middle school girls dissing on one of their classmates. It's become a freak show. As usual Glenn, you nailed it.
-
WT - OT from last thread
I was flying to Denver that night and, while I had plenty of help with my carryon, I also ended up suspended in the middle seat between two sets of massive shoulders.
It was a good thing I am a small person. ;-}
-
Sorry WT- another urban legend debunked
Most likely an urban legend, the Thompson in a violin case. Probably originated with a Dick Tracy strip where a very expensive violin is destroyed because it is thought to conceal a machine gun instead of a violin in the case.
Hollywood took it from there.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1992.00097.x?journalCode=jpcu
More likely bootleg whiskey in those violin cases.
-
@Green Job
His littering South Carolina with brochures about what a committed Cbristian he is
That's the only item on your list that is actual pandering. I'll give you that one. But please heed the meaning of the word.
To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses
-
Should Girls Make-up their Minds?
This is very serious. 9-11 was the first prong of a two-pronged attack on America's intelligence assets. Experts have estimated almost half of America's intelligence assets were destroyed in the deadly attack.
Now we have the Wright imbroglio. This, I believe, will be culmination of this dastardly plot to make us all dumb as shit.
By the time it's over there won't be a single iota of an intelligence quota from sea to shinig sea.
-
Glenn
Thank you so much.
-
@ L.W.M., Pedinska
L.W.M.: Pistols would fit, I suppose. It was a good line anyway.
Pedinska: The thing in Ohio was some sort of fitness conference under Arnold's auspices; I suppose they hold them in various places around the country.
Anyway, when I de-planed in Columbus -- finally -- I didn't have any trouble finding the librarians, and the librarians' bus to Dublin. I just looked for rumpled suits on small people, with small plastic bags and those wheeled carry-on thingies with extendable handles. The hunks, male and female, were all over six feet tall, blonde, and carrying what looked like the designer equivalent of dufflebags over their shoulders. Hitler would have had an orgasm. The buzz was that Arnold's arrival, via private plane, was imminent, and none of the pneumatic horde wanted to leave the concourse before catching a glimpse of the Great One.
-
@Baldie
Green Job doesn't even get that one unless he has some compelling evidence that Obama isn't really a committed Christian. Pandering in a political context is more specific.
In politics, pandering is to portray one's views to fit in line with a certain crowd of voters the candidate is attempting to impress, when often, these are not the candidate's true beliefs. A candidate may engage in pandering out of desperation if s/he is already losing a race, or if polls taken prior to an election show others as being in the lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandering