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sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 08:14 PM

One more thing....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
In my perfect world, you would write one of every 25 majority opinions for the US Supreme Court.
You'd be wearing a mumu and communicating by kazoo right now.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 08:16 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
You miss the point. I don't want to be at work, but I don't think everyone should leave. (Spanky, especially, needs to stay, so we can get more wildlife stories.)
Of course I miss the point, but you miss the point. Everyone should go in both instances, and you secretly think it. We all think it.

ltl/fb 03-01-2006 08:22 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Of course I miss the point, but you miss the point. Everyone should go in both instances, and you secretly think it. We all think it.
Who would make my dinner and keep the internet running???? Who'd make the wine? And make sure I have electricity and running water?

Good god, man. I don't think everyone should stop working.

Spanky 03-01-2006 08:44 PM

Democrat voters low on enthusiasm

By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 23, 2006

Democrats, after 11 years as the minority party in Congress, still
can't get it right with their own voters, a poll shows.

By objecting to virtually every initiative and proposal of the
Bush administration and congressional Republican majority, Democrats
are undermining their party's chances of regaining the majority this
fall, the John Zogby poll of 1,039 likely voters suggests.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate
Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other visible Democrats in
Washington pick fights with Republicans, the poll shows that 58
percent of rank-and-file Democratic voters say their leaders should
"accept their lower position in Congress and work together with
Republicans to craft the best legislation possible."

Only 6 percent of Democratic respondents say the No. 1 goal for
their party's lawmakers in Congress should be to bury Republican bills.

The poll suggests that many Democratic voters accept their
party's minority status. Nearly a quarter of Democrats -- 23 percent
-- say Republicans do a better job running Congress.

"Democrats nationwide now seem to be adopting this
minority-status mind-set," says Fritz Wenzel, Zogby International
spokesman. "Democrats are tired of the warring and bitter
partisanship that goes on inside the Washington Beltway."

The Democratic National Committee disputes that interpretation.

"The poll reconfirms what Americans have been saying for months:
Under Republican leadership, America is headed in the wrong
direction," said DNC communications director Karen Finney. "The truth
is, a lot of Democrats know that Republicans aren't doing a good job
running Congress, and a strong majority have faith in Democratic
leadership and ideas."

The Zogby survey also finds that 29 percent of Republican voters
deem their party's leadership in Congress a "failure because it has
passed legislation that has caused massive increases in federal
spending and has not made meaningful progress on issues important to
the rank-and-file Republicans."

"Republicans have lost a third of their support in their own
ranks," Mr. Wenzel said. "Respondents who identify themselves as
'conservative' or 'very conservative' are leading the way in
unhappiness over the growth in government since 2001 and the
ballooning federal spending and budget deficits."

Republicans in competitive races who are looking to hold on to
their elected offices can take comfort in the poll's finding that 61
percent of Republican voters think the Republican-led Congress "has
passed much legislation during the past 11 years that has reflected
Republican values."

The Zogby poll indicates that Democratic voters are less
enthusiastic about their party's representation of their interests
and values in Washington. About 55 percent said congressional
Democrats did a good job on that score, and 43 percent said they did not.

The poll's margin error was 5.1 percentage points for the
Democratic and Republican subgroups sampled.

Spanky 03-01-2006 08:45 PM

One more thing....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You'd be wearing a mumu and communicating by kazoo right now.
I could live with that.

Sidd Finch 03-01-2006 09:01 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Of course I miss the point, but you miss the point. Everyone should go in both instances, and you secretly think it. We all think it.
Fuck no. I do not think everyone should leave work. I'd be happy if I didn't have to work. But knowing that everyone else did have to would make me a whole lot happier.

Plus, I need someone to make stuff for me.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 09:17 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Fuck no. I do not think everyone should leave work. I'd be happy if I didn't have to work. But knowing that everyone else did have to would make me a whole lot happier.

Plus, I need someone to make stuff for me.
You selfish bastard. You want to have your cake and eat it.

I'm at least ready to sacrifice my own comforts and live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland for the benefit of not having to work.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 09:20 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Who would make my dinner and keep the internet running???? Who'd make the wine? And make sure I have electricity and running water?

Good god, man. I don't think everyone should stop working.
I think we need to get back to nature, live more simplistically and such...

I'd dig breeding like an apeman and killing boars. I'd get along smashingly with the Sleestacks.

ltl/fb 03-01-2006 09:27 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You selfish bastard. You want to have your cake and eat it.

I'm at least ready to sacrifice my own comforts and live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland for the benefit of not having to work.
Imagine what your wife, and other women for that matter, would look like without benefit of science and exercise machines. And you want your wife being pregnant and giving birth in a world where no one works as a healthcare provider?

Knock it off with the chest-pounding and smoke-blowing. Seriously, it's annoying on this topic, given how very materialistic you are (liquor, shoes, shirts, suits, cars).

Alternatively, I need to get laid and/or get some non-sexual exercise.

Hank Chinaski 03-01-2006 09:31 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think we need to get back to nature, live more simplistically and such...

I'd dig breeding like an apeman and killing boars. I'd get along smashingly with the Sleestacks.
no offense, but if we actually lived in Caveman days, you would be my bitch. I'd have you go gather food for me. If I ever let you breed one of my females, it'd be like nfh or someone like that. you should be grateful for the rule of law.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 10:18 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Imagine what your wife, and other women for that matter, would look like without benefit of science and exercise machines. And you want your wife being pregnant and giving birth in a world where no one works as a healthcare provider?

Knock it off with the chest-pounding and smoke-blowing. Seriously, it's annoying on this topic, given how very materialistic you are (liquor, shoes, shirts, suits, cars).

Alternatively, I need to get laid and/or get some non-sexual exercise.
Alternatively? How are my being a king hypocrite and your needed to get a piece mutually exclusive? Do you know something about the universe I don't?

sebastian_dangerfield 03-01-2006 10:20 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
no offense, but if we actually lived in Caveman days, you would be my bitch. I'd have you go gather food for me. If I ever let you breed one of my females, it'd be like nfh or someone like that. you should be grateful for the rule of law.
Rubbish. I'd serve you wormwood whiskey. Once blinded, you'd be catching for the entire tribe. A primordial Mr. Magoo meets Howl.

SlaveNoMore 03-01-2006 10:40 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

sebastian_dangerfield
I'd dig breeding like an apeman and killing boars. I'd get along smashingly with the Sleestacks.
Move to Chester, PA.

Tyrone Slothrop 03-01-2006 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spanky
Democrat voters low on enthusiasm

By Ralph Z. Hallow
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 23, 2006

Democrats, after 11 years as the minority party in Congress, still
can't get it right with their own voters, a poll shows.

By objecting to virtually every initiative and proposal of the
Bush administration and congressional Republican majority, Democrats
are undermining their party's chances of regaining the majority this
fall, the John Zogby poll of 1,039 likely voters suggests.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate
Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other visible Democrats in
Washington pick fights with Republicans, the poll shows that 58
percent of rank-and-file Democratic voters say their leaders should
"accept their lower position in Congress and work together with
Republicans to craft the best legislation possible."

Only 6 percent of Democratic respondents say the No. 1 goal for
their party's lawmakers in Congress should be to bury Republican bills.

The poll suggests that many Democratic voters accept their
party's minority status. Nearly a quarter of Democrats -- 23 percent
-- say Republicans do a better job running Congress.

"Democrats nationwide now seem to be adopting this
minority-status mind-set," says Fritz Wenzel, Zogby International
spokesman. "Democrats are tired of the warring and bitter
partisanship that goes on inside the Washington Beltway."

The Democratic National Committee disputes that interpretation.

"The poll reconfirms what Americans have been saying for months:
Under Republican leadership, America is headed in the wrong
direction," said DNC communications director Karen Finney. "The truth
is, a lot of Democrats know that Republicans aren't doing a good job
running Congress, and a strong majority have faith in Democratic
leadership and ideas."

The Zogby survey also finds that 29 percent of Republican voters
deem their party's leadership in Congress a "failure because it has
passed legislation that has caused massive increases in federal
spending and has not made meaningful progress on issues important to
the rank-and-file Republicans."

"Republicans have lost a third of their support in their own
ranks," Mr. Wenzel said. "Respondents who identify themselves as
'conservative' or 'very conservative' are leading the way in
unhappiness over the growth in government since 2001 and the
ballooning federal spending and budget deficits."

Republicans in competitive races who are looking to hold on to
their elected offices can take comfort in the poll's finding that 61
percent of Republican voters think the Republican-led Congress "has
passed much legislation during the past 11 years that has reflected
Republican values."

The Zogby poll indicates that Democratic voters are less
enthusiastic about their party's representation of their interests
and values in Washington. About 55 percent said congressional
Democrats did a good job on that score, and 43 percent said they did not.

The poll's margin error was 5.1 percentage points for the
Democratic and Republican subgroups sampled.
What Democrats need to do is get more advice from Republicans like Spanky and the Washington Times.

sgtclub 03-01-2006 11:23 PM

Bush Lied, the Board Died.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
My point? Fuck them both. A pox on both their houses. I wish them all oozing anal chancres and/or a .22 slug between the eyes. We'd be better off without the lot of them.

Vote Libertarian - Give Darwin a Bigger Say in Things.
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sgtclub 03-01-2006 11:27 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
no offense, but if we actually lived in Caveman days, you would be my bitch. I'd have you go gather food for me. If I ever let you breed one of my females, it'd be like nfh or someone like that. you should be grateful for the rule of law.
PO2006

sgtclub 03-01-2006 11:29 PM

Finally - An Explanation
 
  • The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/...districting_12

ltl/fb 03-01-2006 11:33 PM

Let's get this party (re)started
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Alternatively? How are my being a king hypocrite and your needed to get a piece mutually exclusive? Do you know something about the universe I don't?
I may be predisposed to being annoyed because I need to exercise. Duh.

SlaveNoMore 03-02-2006 01:22 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

sgtclub
  • The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/...districting_12
Justice Luttig, here we come!!!

Gattigap 03-02-2006 08:31 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Justice Luttig, here we come!!!
That's sleep, not death. You'd better have Alito up the dosage.

Gattigap 03-02-2006 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What Democrats need to do is get more advice from Republicans like Spanky and the Washington Times.
In spreading its message of hopelessness and defeatism, the WT needs to take lessons from the Onion.

http://www.theonion.com/content/file..._c.article.jpg

futbol fan 03-02-2006 09:59 AM

Bush Lied, the Board Died.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield

My point? Fuck them both. A pox on both their houses. I wish them all oozing anal chancres and/or a .22 slug between the eyes. We'd be better off without the lot of them.

Vote Libertarian - Give Darwin a Bigger Say in Things.
I obviously need a new PR person. Everyone assumes I'm shilling for the Dems when it should be perfectly clear that my agenda includes the establishment of workers' soviets and the dictatorship of the proletariat.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-02-2006 10:36 AM

Bush Lied, the Board Died.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ironweed
I obviously need a new PR person. Everyone assumes I'm shilling for the Dems when it should be perfectly clear that my agenda includes the establishment of workers' soviets and the dictatorship of the proletariat.
I could have made it in the old USSR. No money, but no work, and anything's livable with a river of vodka pouring into your gullet.

And the Russian women? A Comrade would be hard pressed to find a better gams per square mile ratio anywhere on Earth.*

*Excluding Manhattan, LA and Argentina.

sebastian_dangerfield 03-02-2006 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gattigap
In spreading its message of hopelessness and defeatism, the WT needs to take lessons from the Onion.

http://www.theonion.com/content/file..._c.article.jpg
This runs dangerously close to Louis Black's hysterical bit about the ignorant American's perpetual optimism, where he chants "Keep false hope alive!!!!"

futbol fan 03-02-2006 10:52 AM

Bush Lied, the Board Died.
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I could have made it in the old USSR. No money, but no work, and anything's livable with a river of vodka pouring into your gullet.

And the Russian women? A Comrade would be hard pressed to find a better gams per square mile ratio anywhere on Earth.*

*Excluding Manhattan, LA and Argentina.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, sweet state-subsidized potato vodka.

Wait -- is there such a thing as potato-vodka-dick? Oh the cruel irony! Curse you, tantalizing but unattainable workers' paradise!

SlaveNoMore 03-02-2006 10:53 AM

Bush Lied, the Board Died.
 
Quote:

ironweed
I obviously need a new PR person. Everyone assumes I'm shilling for the Dems when it should be perfectly clear that my agenda includes the establishment of workers' soviets and the dictatorship of the proletariat.
You haven't fooled me, Comrade

sgtclub 03-02-2006 11:17 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Justice Luttig, here we come!!!
Seriously. I know Reagan needed his naps and all, but this has got to be grounds for impeachment, no?

sgtclub 03-02-2006 11:18 AM

More Virtues of Communism
 
  • ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the former Soviet Union were behind the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981, an Italian parliamentary investigative commission said in a report.

    A final draft of the report, which is due to be presented to parliament later this month, was made available to Reuters on Thursday by the commission president, Senator Paolo Guzzanti.

    "This commission believes, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the leadership of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate Pope John Paul," the report said.

Shape Shifter 03-02-2006 11:33 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sgtclub
Seriously. I know Reagan needed his naps and all, but this has got to be grounds for impeachment, no?
You never nodded during a law school lecture, a deposition, or a conference call?

dtb 03-02-2006 11:41 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
You never nodded during a law school lecture, a deposition, or a conference call?
Or at other inopportune moments?




No? Me neither.

Shape Shifter 03-02-2006 11:44 AM

Finally - An Explanation
 
Quote:

Originally posted by dtb
Or at other inopportune moments?




No? Me neither.
You weren't working hard enough.

futbol fan 03-02-2006 11:55 AM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by sgtclub
  • ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the former Soviet Union were behind the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981, an Italian parliamentary investigative commission said in a report.

    A final draft of the report, which is due to be presented to parliament later this month, was made available to Reuters on Thursday by the commission president, Senator Paolo Guzzanti.

    "This commission believes, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the leadership of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate Pope John Paul," the report said.

If Berlusconi told them to conclude that it was put together by the Boys from Brazil, working in tandem with Nessie and an Illuminati splinter group of lesbian ninjas, it would have been a much more interesting report and probably just as reliable. Not that I doubt the commies coulda done it, but an Italian parliamentary commission is all of a sudden the last word?

Shape Shifter 03-02-2006 11:58 AM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ironweed
If Berlusconi told them to conclude that it was put together by the Boys from Brazil, working in tandem with Nessie and an Illuminati splinter group of lesbian ninjas, it would have been a much more interesting report and probably just as reliable. Not that I doubt the commies coulda done it, but an Italian parliamentary commission is all of a sudden the last word?
The Italians had some really good information about SH's attempts to acquire yellowcake uranium from Niger.

Hank Chinaski 03-02-2006 12:01 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
The Italians had some really good information about SH's attempts to acquire yellowcake uranium from Niger.
Stop it, both of you. Take out 'Italian" from the last two posts and put in "Irish" or "scrawny little dim queer" and see how you feel.

futbol fan 03-02-2006 12:06 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Stop it, both of you. Take out 'Italian" from the last two posts and put in "Irish" or "scrawny little dim queer" and see how you feel.
Is the ad hominem stuff just because I'm here? I feel bad that my intimidating intellectual presence might be lowering the tone. :( I'm not here to judge, Hank, so you shouldn't be scared to try some of your more nuanced and thoughtful material, even if it flops.

Shape Shifter 03-02-2006 12:07 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Stop it, both of you. Take out 'Italian" from the last two posts and put in "Irish" or "scrawny little dim queer" and see how you feel.
I'm not scrawny. I'm wiry.

Hank Chinaski 03-02-2006 12:59 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I'm not scrawny. I'm wiry.
Pitchers can be wiry- catchers are scrawny.

Not Bob 03-02-2006 02:02 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ironweed
If Berlusconi told them to conclude that it was put together by the Boys from Brazil, working in tandem with Nessie and an Illuminati splinter group of lesbian ninjas, it would have been a much more interesting report and probably just as reliable. Not that I doubt the commies coulda done it, but an Italian parliamentary commission is all of a sudden the last word?
You forgot the Gnomes of Zurich and the Trilateral Commission.

Shoot, my take on the report was "this is new?" I was under the impression that everyone pretty much knew that the Soviets were behind it, with the KGB using the Bulgarian secret police as their proxies.

Even that movie with Jon Voight as the Pope blamed the Soviets. Sheesh.

futbol fan 03-02-2006 02:06 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Not Bob
You forgot the Gnomes of Zurich and the Trilateral Commission.

Shoot, my take on the report was "this is new?" I was under the impression that everyone pretty much knew that the Soviets were behind it, with the KGB using the Bulgarian secret police as their proxies.

Even that movie with Jon Voight as the Pope blamed the Soviets. Sheesh.
Yeah, well not all of us are as hooked-in to the international espionage scene as you are, Mr. Le Carre. Plus also I never bought Voight as PJPII for a minute.

Sexual Harassment Panda 03-02-2006 02:09 PM

More Virtues of Communism
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ironweed
If Berlusconi told them to conclude that it was put together by the Boys from Brazil, working in tandem with Nessie and an Illuminati splinter group of lesbian ninjas, it would have been a much more interesting report and probably just as reliable. Not that I doubt the commies coulda done it, but an Italian parliamentary commission is all of a sudden the last word?
Mmmmmm.....lesbian ninjas.....


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