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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Very nice. GoodCelery's ankle is as delicate as I'd imagined.
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Browsing through a phonebook in Western Maryland,
a bunch of immigrants came from the shores of Wales.
Look:` James? Many drunks live in hovels atop a V.F.W.
There is the name:`Greenwald on the Vietnam Memorial.
My advice is:`No date, hire, and never-ever marry: James.
My idea is silly:`Scream the lungs out in the inner beltway?
In the DC streets pretend Ya a Psychotic? Yell read Huck Finn?
Beware of a sudden military attack! GOPS have evil symptoms.
Blintzes. Remember death camp survivors. Impose time-outs?
This is no game about Who has the best burp skills. Who juggle?
Who was kindergarden president? O. Pick the 5th Ave Doberman?
Select inferior breeds of hyenas as a B. Obama pet mascot pup pet?
O. Teach the elite to snub noses at all other American worker classes.
Pick Bambi, Thumper, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, or a ill schizophrenic.
I believe to be cut-off from Natural Laws * What transpires is a depravity. I browsed, no burps.
I found that statement a little odd...Can you give me some examples of what you are referring to here? Because this "phenomenon" sure hasn't been something I've seen in the women in my life.
Completely agreed, my dear. I suppose that's what the men of the Donner Pass tragedy were thinking as they withered and passed: "Damn, if only I were a princess, I might get out of here alive." Translation: There's a reason more girls, I mean Princesses, survived than boys.
I will admit to wearing a small tiara on my wedding day...
Are you sure Jebbie wasn't the one wearing a small tiara?
oops, my last post was meant for you. I accidentally pasted the wrong name in the subject bar.
The courts are there to ensure that the majority does deny the rights of the minority. To say they are the least democratic branch is unsupportable. I would posit that democracy is not the rule of the majority, but governance via a majority. Semantics, but, I believe, a necessary distinction.
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burp. bump.
I clicked on the TOD link yesterday, but it wasn't until I clicked on it today (h/t bamage) that I realized how hilarious yesterday's TOD(s) actually was. Appearances are never what they seem, unless it's Pedinska hoisting herself and her bra atop the rafters.
Well done, sir.
Thank you for enlightening me. I figured he was just a maniac, not necessarily several maniacs.
That's a whole lotta crazy for just one persona to contain. Apparently it's enough for several.
Dear Glenn,
To my emphatic agreement, let me simply add that Dan Lipinski in the Illinois 3rd House District has to be the worst example of what you describe. His father, Bill, the long-time incumbent ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and won easily. A few weeks before the general election he withdrew and the Illinois Democratic Committee met with him for 15 minutes, late at night, behind closed doors before emerging with their new nominee, his son, then residing in central Tennessee where he was an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee.
In this heavily Democratic district that includes part of southwest Chicago and adjacent suburbs, Dan was the winner. Still worse, a family friend with no funding ran as the Republican in 2004 to help insure that Dan faced no more than token resistance. He holds the seat by twice winning close-fought primary battles against divided, woefully underfunded opposition and landslide general election victories.
Democracy for America has tried to challenge Lipinski, but against Lipinski's endorsement by Barack Obama and the financial backing of the Rahm Emanuel machine we've raised a pittance. Beyond the undemocratic arrogance of Lipinski's appointment, the bad policy results are clear. Lipinski is one of the bluest of the blue dogs. He has a very low rating from Planned Parenthood (he's as anti-choice as Henry Hyde) and the ACLU and every other progressive group. From his perch on Transportation, he advocates more highway construction and doesn't bother to say anything about Chicago's public transit crisis.
Thanks for the good work you continue to do. I look forward to your ideas for how we can break up this dangerous bloc of scions.
Sincerely,
Benton Williams
Assistant Professor of American Constitutional & Legal History
History Department
DePaul University
Add a 5th point to your four:
5. Our popular culture is tending towards promoting aristocracy over meritocracy as the norm. Kids are exposed to this idea by Disney at a quite early age (Lion King, and countless others).
As for the inherited wealth point, that is a very good one, and brings out why we desperately need a capital gains tax that is progressive and comparable to the income tax, and why we desperately need to restore a proper estate tax. For "death tax" it is not. Al Franken more properly termed it the "Paris Hilton Tax."
The Strogers, from John to Todd, is another fine Chicago example.
They all have the one thing that you can actually buy: Name recognition. Although you'd think by now the names 'Bush', 'Rumsfeld', 'Cheney', and 'Gonzales' to name a few would be all used up. You'd think...
Does Lotus Newberry also = Electrospambot ?
This whole internet "anonymity" thing is starting to grate...
Don't forget the governor of New York, whose father is a prominent politician. Indeed, David Paterson was elected lieutenant governor, a position for which his father Basil had run and lost.
"I was just reminded of such titles as 'The King of Pop', 'The King of Rock' and other such designations that arise in our pop-culture. Many people in the thread have pointed out that politics is not the only sphere in which a fascination with royalty exists and here is another example."-- Patrick Morgan
Yes, but would you really want to be deprived the royalty of such artists as Hank Williams Jr, Desi Arnez Jr, Enrique Iglesias, etc.? Particularly Hank Jr, who is not only a dumbfoundingly awesome performer, but the complexity & insight of his political observations put Michael Savage to shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2MKG2hFWao
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
