Politics As Usual

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
My uncle the neurosurgeon did this too. The people with severe head injuries hadn't been wearing seat belts, or had been riding motorcycles.

sometimes, when my son drifts and doesn't want to study in school, i force him to read Panda's posts.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
So does dog shit, but most smokers whom I know would think it distasteful to discover a fresh deposit.

there's a Chuck b. riff on this, but i already posted it once.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
sometimes, when my son drifts and doesn't want to study in school, i force him to read Panda's posts.

I tried for a while that with my daughter and your posts, but we agreed that she needed to work up to Joyce and Faulkner before she could handle your style, and she's not quite there yet.

So you see, we lefties prefer the carrot, while you guys prefer the stick.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Dredging up an old thread, I know, but I was reminded of it when I saw this article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

From it we learn --

• The GOP convention this year is "latest nominating convention in U.S. history."
• Positioning it so late required the Administration to seek amendments to laws in 8 states, where state law requires the nominees to be finalized at an earlier date.
• They didn't get it done in time in Illinois. Now, in order to make an exception, GOPers will need to push through a 3/5ths majority in the legislature, which is unlikely. (Whoopsie!) Or, go to Fed Court to try and fix it.

I am not unsympathetic to the point that it makes little sense to deny Illinoins voters the ability to vote for a GOP nominee, but there's something to be said for asking why the courts should let Bush off the hook. It's not as though the GOP has no idea about the rule, and was caught completely by surprise, right?

well since its 2 days later than clinton 96, I suppose the current "latest" is clinton 96. And no worries on precedant for late nominations. the Dems took care of that real good up in minnesota.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I tried for a while that with my daughter and your posts, but we agreed that she needed to work up to Joyce and Faulkner before she could handle your style, and she's not quite there yet.

I plan on being in my "Benjy" section for the summer

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
well since its 2 days later than clinton 96, I suppose the current "latest" is clinton 96.

Spot the logical fallacy.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I plan on being in my "Benjy" section for the summer

I'll speed it along for you. WE GET IT. SHE SMELLED LIKE TREES. ENOUGH ALREADY. She was probably sitting on a pine-scented air freshener when she was letting all the boys "take a ride in the Caddy," IYKWIM.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
well since its 2 days later than clinton 96, I suppose the current "latest" is clinton 96.

Nicely done. Now accuse Clinton of pre-emptively benefiting from 9/11. You can do it!

And no worries on precedant for late nominations. the Dems took care of that real good up in minnesota.

It's amusing to hear Republicans complaining about having to run against Walter Mondale. Do it again!

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
well since its 2 days later than clinton 96, I suppose the current "latest" is clinton 96. And no worries on precedant for late nominations. the Dems took care of that real good up in minnesota.

What happened in Minnesota? Was the Democratic Convention after deadlines in several states, including MN, and MN let people vote for Clinton anyway? Or were the Democrats smart enough in 1996 to schedule their convention so that there would be a nominee before all state deadlines?

What color is MN, anyway?

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Not Me
Diseases that are expensive to treat are disease where we do have an effective treatment that doesn't cure the disease, but treats it and allows the person to continue to live but with complications that require more treatements - like diabetes.

Speaking of that, 90% of diabetes is type II diabetes, an almost entirely preventable because it is caused by obesity (in combo with a genetic propensity). Type I diabetes (not caused by obesity) used to be called juvenile onset, but now that so many fat kids are getting type II diabetes, they had to scrap the juvenile/adult distinction and use type 1/2 instead.

This of course, ties well into my theme of the week that "Americans are gluttons."

One of the most astounding statistic about type II diabetes and obesity is that in the US, the poor are more likely to be obese and have type II diabetes! Only in America are the poor dying of diseases of obesity!!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
What happened in Minnesota? Was the Democratic Convention after deadlines in several states, including MN, and MN let people vote for Clinton anyway? Or were the Democrats smart enough in 1996 to schedule their convention so that there would be a nominee before all state deadlines?

What color is MN, anyway?

one guy dies so they nominated another guy but he got caught doing bad just before the election and so they replaced with another guy, but it was too late if you could read english but they told the court not to read it because people deserved a chance to vote for someone- slave has a dead guy story if you want to hear it too.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
What color is MN, anyway?

Fluorescent blue.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Spot the logical fallacy.

until its done, you can't assume it'll go the distance. remember this is a guy who jimmied up a reason to go to war to increase his chances of getting elected. he's not above a contrived "attack" forcingthe convention to close early and hunker down until election day.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
sometimes, when my son drifts and doesn't want to study in school, i force him to read Panda's posts.

I'm hurt, Hank, really I am. After all I did to convince the manager you were more Nuke LaLoosh than Crash Davis, to get your butt back to the show from the minors, and this is the thanks I get.

[Not Me]

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=...3-024158-2278r

• Analysis: Palestinians ask U.S. for election help
  
  WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Given the deadlock that Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations finds itself in, Palestinian authorities are turning to the United States for help in organizing "free elections" and reviving the Middle East peace process.
  
  Such a move, Palestinian officials hope, would convince the Bush administration that the Palestinian Authority is serious about returning to the negotiating table. Furthermore, they say, democratic elections would fall in line with President Bush's vision of expanding democracy in the troubled Middle East.
  
  Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, told United Press International Thursday that the Palestinian Authority wants to hold "presidential, legislative and local elections as soon as possible."
  
  . . .
  
  Erakat is in Washington meeting with top U.S. officials hoping to elicit their support in restarting the stalled "road map" that was to see the peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and the creation of an independent Palestinian state by 2005. Erakat met with William Burns, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, after Secretary of State Colin Powell was unexpectedly called away. Erakat also is to meet with Elliott Abrams, Bush's Middle East specialist at the White House as well as with a number of senators from both sides of the political aisle.
  
  But holding elections does not come without certain risk factors for the Palestinian administration and the United States. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the Islamist militant movements in the Palestinian territories, are said by a number of analysts, including some Palestinians close to the leadership, to be in a position to win an important part of the vote should elections be held today. Many believe Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, would easily win in Gaza and grab about 25 percent of the West Bank.