"You're in the asshole of the universe, Captain..."
 

girls don't count.

"You're in the asshole of the universe, Captain..."
 

math is hard?

"You're in the asshole of the universe, Captain..."
 

In RT's case I think Sebby was excepting her because her contributions here are distinctly sensible.

In your case its probably more because the posts are so vacuous and without merit as to not even register on a scale of measure, including the nuttiness scale that Hank's score on.

"You're in the asshole of the universe, Captain..."
 

What did the GI Joe voiceboxes in Barbie say? Anyway, one of those, backatcha.

Class
 

Chief Justice Rehnquist was a master at that mission. For that, and for the steadiness of his leadership, I will always remember him with profound gratitude and admiration.


compare and contrast with the classless gutter dwellers like Dershbag-o-shits and Souter. Notwithstanding the general rot on the left, there are beacons of decency, albeit few and far between.

"You're in the asshole of the universe, Captain..."
 

Isn't this more appropriate for PM?

Your federal government working for you.
 

One cite after you said over and over that you had not heard any evidence that Nagin had done anything wrong. One cite after you realize the absurdity of your comments. But of course, you were never defending Nagin.

in other news
 

Say what?

• A spokeswoman for Mr. Schwarzenegger, Margita Thompson, said after the vote that the governor believed that the issue of same-sex marriage should be settled by the courts, not legislators, but she did not indicate whether that meant he would veto the legislation.

tomorrow's NYT

Your federal government working for you.
 

You're really getting tedious. I said I hadn't seen any evidence. I then went and looked for some, found it, and posted it. Notwithstanding, you spent the rest of the evening beating your dead horse. I just was looking in tomorrow's NYT for more about the state and local response, but none of the headlines seemed relevant, and I got distracted by the same-sex marriage thing. If you can find some article explaining what else Nagin could have and should done, please post it.

This is an interesting article from the NYT about two Navy helicopter pilots from Pensacola who diverted from re-supply missions early last week to rescue civilians in New Orleans. They saved more than 100 people. When they got back, they were scolded for leaving their mission for so long. It sounds like there are some servicemembers angry about the decisions made about how to use the available copters. From the article, it's hard to say who's right.

Dumbass?
 

You are the most pathetic type of partisan hack. You don't care what the truth is. You just want to blame Bush.

If the President was a Democrat and the Mayor and the Governor were Republicans you would have been finding all sorts of cites that showed that it was all the Governors and Mayors fault. And even though you found those cites, you would have found no evidence of the President's culpability because you had not been "reviewing the news". Of course during this non review of the news you would still, somehow manage to find criticism of the Governor and the Mayor. Of course, while defending the President you would also claim you were not defending him.

In the current situation, if the Mayor and the Governor had gone out and shot people on the streets and the federal government had done everything right you would have still found fault with the Bush administration.

When I pointed out that you were defending Nagin, when you said you were not, you said I was twisting the truth (even though all I did was take two of your quotes and place them side by side), and then you went and defended Nagin again, and said you were not defending him, again. Then when I pointed that out by simply quoting you, you said I was twisting your words when I didn't even paraphrase you. After I point out that all you do is point out evidence that shows FEMA culpability you create your biggest post doing just that.

You have the temerity to critisize people for not focusing on the human tragedy (focusing on the buses) when your main focus during this whole tragedy has been to find reasons to blame the Bush administration.

No one on the board comes even close do your partisan bias or your hypocracy. You may call me a dumbass but I would much rather be a "dumbass" than a partisan hack with a complete disregard for the truth.

Dumbass?
 

When you repeatedly mis-read and mis-construe what I and other people say, you will get called a dumb-ass. Congratulations: You've done it again.

I'll admit this: I expect more from the federal government than I do from the New Orleans city government. I think federal service is a honor and a calling; I think that the federal government ought to attract the best and brightest, and I think anyone who gets to work for it should feel lucky for the chance. I have never felt any of this about the New Orleans municipal government. So when I see the federal government fail the people of Louisiana, I feel particularly let down and disappointed. In my book, that's not hypocracy.

And while you're slinging the term "partisan hack," only one of us is involved in party politics, and it isn't me. I have been a registered Republican, I vote for Republicans, and I would happily go to work for a Republican administration.

Maybe part of the reason I spend less time arguing with Democrats on this board is that none of them are as pedantic, stubborn, and obtuse as you have been in the last several days.

eta:

Dan Balz in the Washington Post describes Bush's unique success in dividing the country along party lines. But the fact that many of us can no longer abide Bush does not make us partisan, unless the GOP is defined not by its principles but as a cult of personality.

Any takers.
 

I would appreciate if people would start framing their criticisms of Ty with temporal boundaries. Like in the above, it would make it fairer to me, and I think clearer to the board, if you refer to "the current Ty."

Pardon the Interruption
 

about Katrina, however it appears that the Palestinians have begun doing what everyone thought they would do once the Israelis pulled out of Gaza - begin slaughtering each other. Way to go guys! Good luck with that whole "country" thing!

PA ratchets up security alert following Moussa Arafat killing

Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasser Youssef ordered security forces to go on high alert Wednesday, following the pre-dawn ambush and murder of former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat.

Arafat, 65, a nephew of late Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat, was fired earlier this year by the new PA chairman, Mahmoud Abbas.

A Palestinian militant coalition, the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility earlier Wednesday for killing Arafat and kidnapping his son, Nahmal, a senior Palestinian security official. A spokesman for the committees said that the organization was "questioning Moussa's son, Manhal, over his father's crimes and he will be sentenced according to Allah's law."

Youssef also ordered an investigation into the killing.

"This is a very regrettable and dangerous incident that does not bode well as we await Israel's pullout. The president... cabinet and all security forces are determined to find the perpetrators," said Abdallah al-Ifranji, a senior aide to Abbas.

Dozens of gunmen stormed Arafat's Gaza City home early Wednesday morning, dragged him into the street and shot him dead, witnesses said.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/621914.html

aV

Justice Janice Rodgers Brown
 

You still think the GOP can win with the white-male vote alone?

And, Penske, why would the Christian-Right want an anarcho-libertarian justice?