Some (like your law school roommate, though he's smart enough to usually avoid Greedy Politics) have been doing this since 1999 or so.

And even those of us who have been around a while are ignorant of a lot of the inside baseball type stuff that goes on here.

Stick around. Before you know it, you'll be picking up on two-thirds of the stuff like the rest of us.

First you don't read Clarke's book and expect us to summarize it for you. Now you don't even bother catching up on a (slow) day's worth of posts and want an explanation. I call bullshit. Maybe you can get away with it when you're POTUS; otherwise, people just think you're a lazy bastard.

people already think that. But I'm glad we take RT's word.

BTW, I've found that providing a parenthetical after a citation often helps advance the argument. Just saying.

Today's Topic for Debate
 

At the risk of failing to STP, I'll say that I don't think it's fair to lump Cheney and Keyes. I don't think Cheney is particularly religious. He's a Wyoming libertarian, of the "live and let live" crowd. He may be willing to accommodate the social conservatives in the party, but that's not his thing.

Keyes is a whole 'nother thing.

See, e.g., Burger (being a lazy bastard).

All due Respect
 

If he's a sock, how did he change? If he's new, where did he come from? Where, Hank, where?

Actually I was rather impressed that so many people could follow such obscure references.

All due Respect
 

RT says he's new and Ihave to be nice:confused: :(

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I didn't say you had to be nice. I just confirmed that as far as I can tell, he's a brand new poster.

Suck on my aluminum tube, bitch. You should have told me this before I sat down with you.

(Oh, and welcome -- nice to see you again. Wanna go for dinner with Slave's money?)

All due Respect
 

The irony, of course, is that Hank believed Iraq had WMD. Apparently, absence of evidence is evidence of presence.

You'll get used to it. It takes a week or two, but you learn to entertain yourself by posting just the word "Hillary" and watching Slave sputter.

I think I just figured out what a sock is. I was confused there. Could you confirm to your collegues that I am new. And sure - I will buy you dinner with Slave's money.

All due Respect
 

so you're equating me to the UN- that's f'ing cold Sidd

Just for that, you get this...

http://www.mycardbuilder.com/jpgs/kerryfootball.jpg

He's new, he's real, and he knows I can be bought.

Did we ever have a caption contest for that one?

Mine is: "I just took a crap thiiiiiiissss big!"


(and who is that guy, anyway?)

All due Respect
 

It beats being compared to France.


I mean, not in this discussion, but generally.

Is that the new photo in the entry hall of the French Embassy?

Hope not, or else Condi's recent visit to France would be no more than tourism at taxpayer expense. Or maybe W just likes leaving his Secretaries of State out to dry.

Slave - Are we the only Republicans on the board?

Which makes it different from the last two democratic presidential campaigns how?

Slave is a Republican?!? The GOP really has moved to the right.

Hmmm. Let's see.

There is always Penkse

There is Club, and Hank, and Say Hello and often Aloha Hand.

SB and BnB appear to be the gun-toting wimmens

Sometimes BRC but she trends libertarian.

Less plays the fence.

GGG is a convervative catholic, but not much else.

Everyone else is pretty much a granola bar.

I miss Plate [sniff]

It is 2005. I am a Humanist.

Who, bilmore?

I thought Greediva finally retired that sock.

Is it time again for me to break out the tests?

Fly right, shitbird. I'm conservative.

Really? I never could pin you down.

Is it Tuesday? Oh yeah, right.

Pay to Play
 

He's waiting for Sanguine to cough up that dinner before he comes back.

Since I'm conservative today, let's talk gun control.

I'm fond of guns, especially heavy artillery.

I suggest a move to New Hampshire.

An 88mm is the perfect choice for home defense.



Plus, it adds that little touch of historical kitsch.

Now I just pull it out for cameos.

The average 88mm is a nice historic gun, but I don't think it's appropriate for home defense. They are calibrated to strike at target too far away, and a bit on the slow side to aim since you've got to employ a bit of trig before firing. If a kamikaze pilot is heading straight for the homestead, they're great, but not as useful if a couple of tanks and an armoured personnel carrier are coming your way.

For serious home defense, I'd recommend a 90mm hand held rifle . Two or three people are all you need to operate (one in a pinch), and you can aim by sight. You can always keep the 88mm around in case you have anti-aircraft needs (though they're a bit slow for that and you probably want a battery instead of just one), but for basic anti-personnel and anti-armor use, I think it's hard to beat the 90mm. And, it has historic charm, too.

Testosterone-fueled cowboy foolishness. A four-acre yard with a well-planned claymore perimeter may not be as sexy, but it's all you really need.

Bilmore and the Loons
 

Goddam. No wonder you're always in trouble with the animal control people.