Comments on: The Week of Living Dangerously http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/ America's favorite blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: ice weasel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14628 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:35:16 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14628 Well wf, I was hoping you were at least sporting a Marine Magnum but you made a fine point about the Express and not worrying about what happens to it. Well wf, I was hoping you were at least sporting a Marine Magnum but you made a fine point about the Express and not worrying about what happens to it.

]]> by: Julia http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14626 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:06:34 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14626 If Bob Edwards were back on Morning Edition, maybe I could once again listen without cursing and bashing my fist on the steering wheel. In completely selfish terms, in the last 10 days I've seen, read, or ordered at least 2 documentary films, 3 books, and 2 music CDs specifically because I heard them on his XM show. He probably introduces me to a wider variety of in-depth information than any single other source (I tend to surf, rather than dive, into the web). I would seriously miss that if NPR got him back again... Julia If Bob Edwards were back on Morning Edition, maybe I could once again listen without cursing and bashing my fist on the steering wheel.

In completely selfish terms, in the last 10 days I’ve seen, read, or ordered at least 2 documentary films, 3 books, and 2 music CDs specifically because I heard them on his XM show. He probably introduces me to a wider variety of in-depth information than any single other source (I tend to surf, rather than dive, into the web). I would seriously miss that if NPR got him back again…

Julia

]]> by: waterfowler http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14620 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:10:40 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14620 Ice, I must be a plebe. If you're quail huntin' w/ Dick or dove huntin' w/ anyone, take the Belgium-made Browning Auto-5, I have 2. But, when crawling through the rice fields or river bottoms of East Tree Stump, the Express (matte finish) is the only way to go. It's cheap, easy to take apart & re-assemble in the field, and you don't mind the mud and sand and scratches so much. Ice, I must be a plebe. If you’re quail huntin’ w/ Dick or dove huntin’ w/ anyone, take the Belgium-made Browning Auto-5, I have 2. But, when crawling through the rice fields or river bottoms of East Tree Stump, the Express (matte finish) is the only way to go. It’s cheap, easy to take apart & re-assemble in the field, and you don’t mind the mud and sand and scratches so much.

]]> by: Sharon http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14615 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:35:53 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14615 The Cheney story is priceless. "his five draft deferments during the Vietnam War make him an honorary member of the tribe" HUH? Run that by me again? Which tribe would that be? Not of the 58,000+ who died there. Is that the total we have to reach before we can say that the Great Middle-East Restructing Effort (in CorporateSpeak) has failed? The Cheney story is priceless. “his five draft deferments during the Vietnam War make him an honorary member of the tribe” HUH? Run that by me again? Which tribe would that be? Not of the 58,000+ who died there. Is that the total we have to reach before we can say that the Great Middle-East Restructing Effort (in CorporateSpeak) has failed?

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14614 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:07:35 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14614 Just Shoot Me - don't know how it could be put any more engagingly insightfully. And while I'm at it, what fucking difference does it make if Iran builds a nuclear weapon? Starting a war over something so insignificant in the larger scheme of nuclear realities, now that does matter. Just Shoot Me - don’t know how it could be put any more engagingly insightfully.

And while I’m at it, what fucking difference does it make if Iran builds a nuclear weapon? Starting a war over something so insignificant in the larger scheme of nuclear realities, now that does matter.

]]> by: Sharon http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14613 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:02:53 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14613 Re David Brin's <i>The Postman</i>, I'll second what Pete said. I liked the book very much, and I thought the movie was a lot better than some of the reviewers said, but it did hit a few sour notes. I thought the ending (of the movie) fell pretty flat. But I'd recommend the book, and the author. I loved his novel <i>Earth</i>, in which, in the not-so-distant future, one teevee station shows Star Trek 24/7. Re David Brin’s The Postman, I’ll second what Pete said. I liked the book very much, and I thought the movie was a lot better than some of the reviewers said, but it did hit a few sour notes. I thought the ending (of the movie) fell pretty flat. But I’d recommend the book, and the author. I loved his novel Earth, in which, in the not-so-distant future, one teevee station shows Star Trek 24/7.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14612 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:27:22 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14612 ice, good link. Thanks. Adam, Bikini Vixens of the Amazon? That may be just the ticket to get Bob Edwards to ditch his satelitte radio career, call in all his chits and favors over the years at NPR, get Nina Totenberg tranferred to traffic and he takes over the Supreme Court beat. It could happen. Also, how did you know about the woman who sent in her own obituary to beat a traffic ticket? How do you know this stuff? Good show, BTW, lots o' laughs. ice, good link. Thanks.

Adam, Bikini Vixens of the Amazon? That may be just the ticket to get Bob Edwards to ditch his satelitte radio career, call in all his chits and favors over the years at NPR, get Nina Totenberg tranferred to traffic and he takes over the Supreme Court beat. It could happen. Also, how did you know about the woman who sent in her own obituary to beat a traffic ticket? How do you know this stuff? Good show, BTW, lots o’ laughs.

]]> by: ice weasel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14611 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:35:07 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14611 And just for giggles, please go read this brilliant bit... <a href="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11217" rel="nofollow">Just Shoot Me</a> Oh how I aspire to this greatness. And just for giggles, please go read this brilliant bit…

Just Shoot Me

Oh how I aspire to this greatness.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14610 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:39:04 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14610 Hot Tube Teddy is the alpha inmate at the facility at which Hot Tub Tommy might get to spend some out-of-government-service and into-inmate-service time. My lone shotgun is like the horse in that desert song. Note to Mr.Dickhead: It never got aimed at other hunters, ever, under any circumstances, in part because I never drank happy beverage before or while hunting, and in part because I'm not quite that much of a dumbfuck. Hot Tube Teddy is the alpha inmate at the facility at which Hot Tub Tommy might get to spend some out-of-government-service and into-inmate-service time. My lone shotgun is like the horse in that desert song.

Note to Mr.Dickhead: It never got aimed at other hunters, ever, under any circumstances, in part because I never drank happy beverage before or while hunting, and in part because I’m not quite that much of a dumbfuck.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14609 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 03:46:13 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/03/02/the-week-of-living-dangerously/#comment-14609 Gee, you think Musharraf dyes his hair? Looks awfully dark for someone who has to dodge assassination on a regular basis. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5245736 Gee, you think Musharraf dyes his hair? Looks awfully dark for someone who has to dodge assassination on a regular basis.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5245736

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