Still Hating America.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

I couldn't stomach more, but two questions:

1) Why is Hillary already touting universal health care?

2) Is the guy from Alaska the brother of Admiral Stockdale?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I couldn't stomach more, but two questions:

1) Why is Hillary already touting universal health care?

2) Is the guy from Alaska the brother of Admiral Stockdale?

I couldn't stomach any. And wasn't there MLS soccer to watch, or something?

eta:

Sez Ana Marie Cox,

• [Sen. Lindsey] Graham also had the line of the day yesterday, responding to a reporter's query about the "threat of a Clinton/Obama ticket." Replied Graham: "In South Carolina? We will drive them here, and give them a place to stay."

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I couldn't stomach any. And wasn't there MLS soccer to watch, or something?

eta:

Sez Ana Marie Cox,

• [Sen. Lindsey] Graham also had the line of the day yesterday, responding to a reporter's query about the "threat of a Clinton/Obama ticket." Replied Graham: "In South Carolina? We will drive them here, and give them a place to stay."

I don't get it.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I don't get it.

He was repeating a funny at the expense of the Dems -- must have thrown you off.

S_A_M

P.S. Or you've just heard a huge rush of air from me whiffing.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
He was repeating a funny at the expense of the Dems -- must have thrown you off.

S_A_M

P.S. Or you've just heard a huge rush of air from me whiffing.

No. i understood that it was meant as a joke. I just don't get the joke.

[Shape Shifter]

It's been a while since the subject of camel-schtupping came up. Perhaps this can fan the flames a little.

• Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant By Andrew Hammond
  Fri Apr 27, 9:23 AM ET
  
  GUWEI'IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous.
  
  
  Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels.
  
  This week, the Qahtani tribe of western Saudi Arabia has been welcoming entrants to its Mazayen al-Ibl competition, a parade of the "most beautiful camels" in the desolate desert region of Guwei'iyya, 120 km (75 miles) west of Riyadh.
  
  "In Lebanon they have Miss Lebanon," jokes Walid, moderator of the competition's Web site. "Here we have Miss Camel."
  
  . . .
  
  "Beautiful, beautiful!" the judge mutters quietly to himself, inspecting the group. Finalists have been decorated with silver bands and body covers.
  
  "The nose should be long and droop down, that's more beautiful," explains Sultan al-Qahtani, one of the organizers. "The ears should stand back, and the neck should be long. The hump should be high, but slightly to the back."
  
  The camels are divided into four categories according to breed -- the black majaheem, white maghateer, dark brown shi'l and the sufur, which are beige with black shoulders. Arabic famously has over 40 terms for different types of camel.
  
  Some females have harnesses strapped around their genitalia to thwart any efforts by the males to mount them. One repeat offender called Marjaa has been moved away.
  
  "This one would fetch a million!" says Hamad al-Sudani, a camel-driver, admiring the heavy stud, or fahl.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070427/...V1tr6xH3nMWM0F

[Replaced_Texan]

Where is a vice president to get appearance fees if even the Mormons don't want him?

By MARTIN STOLZ
PROVO, Utah, April 10 — The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation’s most conservative.

Some of the faculty and the 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, who are overwhelmingly Republican, have expressed concern about the Bush administration’s support for the war in Iraq and other policies, but most of the current protest has focused on Mr. Cheney’s integrity, character and behavior. Several students said, for example, that they were appalled at Mr. Cheney’s use of an expletive on the Senate floor in a June 2004 exchange with Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont.

“The problem is this is a morally dubious man,” said Andrew Christensen, a 22-year-old Republican from Salt Lake City. “It’s challenging the morality and integrity of this institution.”

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I just don't get the joke.

He doesn't think a Clinton/Obama ticket would do well in the South Carolina in the general election, so he was offering to help them out.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
He doesn't think a Clinton/Obama ticket would do well in the South Carolina in the general election, so he was offering to help them out.

not do well in S Carolina, or elsewhere?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
not do well in S Carolina, or elsewhere?

I think he specifically meant South Carolina.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think he specifically meant South Carolina.

Could even be why he replied, "In South Carolina?"

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Could even be why he replied, "In South Carolina?"

You have my proxy on matters of Southern charm, unless otherwise noted.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Could even be why he replied, "In South Carolina?"

but why drive then there and give them a place to stay? You guys know i get stuff usually, but I really don't get this.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Mitt Romney says it's not worth it to catch Osama bin Laden.

Why aren't conservatives serious about the war on terror? Why does Romney want to let the mastermind of 9/11 get away with it?

If a Democratic presidential candidate said something like this, s/he would be tarred and feathered and run out of town. (Except for Mike Gravel. Maybe he already said this, and no one noticed.) Yet the media is not bothering with Romney's comments, reflecting a disinterest in running with stories that don't fit into the usual templates (see, e.g., $400 haircuts). I suppose the GOP candidates are going to need all the help they can get.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I suppose the GOP candidates are going to need all the help they can get.

RT just keep the board paid for until November 2008. Ty will be paying for a few months after that.