Comments on: Exit Toll http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/ America's favorite blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29524 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:16:54 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29524 Dale, I apologize for misleading you on the spelling of her name. I realized after I'd posted the comment that I had probably misspelled Power. I think it was because the last thing I read had the possessive, and my kind of tired brain led me astray. I went back an checked, and sure enough... And my apologies to Samantha Power. She really is a terrific thinker, writer, and panel discussion participant. Dale,
I apologize for misleading you on the spelling of her name. I realized after I’d posted the comment that I had probably misspelled Power. I think it was because the last thing I read had the possessive, and my kind of tired brain led me astray. I went back an checked, and sure enough… And my apologies to Samantha Power. She really is a terrific thinker, writer, and panel discussion participant.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29520 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:53:26 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29520 Yeah, Dale. Here's hoping Obama wins and she returns to his inner circle of advisers. She is one bright light in the often very dark world of US foreign policy, and of atrocities against humanity around the world. Where she went wrong is in calling Hillary a monster instead of calling whatever had her likely righteously incensed a despicable thing to do. Or else just say nothing until the race is won, and then champion humanity. Yeah, Dale. Here’s hoping Obama wins and she returns to his inner circle of advisers. She is one bright light in the often very dark world of US foreign policy, and of atrocities against humanity around the world. Where she went wrong is in calling Hillary a monster instead of calling whatever had her likely righteously incensed a despicable thing to do. Or else just say nothing until the race is won, and then champion humanity.

]]> by: Dale http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29505 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:17:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29505 Isn´t is possible that Samantha Powers was comparing Hillary to a good monster--like Grover, or Elmo? (Sigh, I really admire her work as a historian.) Isn´t is possible that Samantha Powers was comparing Hillary to a good monster–like Grover, or Elmo? (Sigh, I really admire her work as a historian.)

]]> by: Dave von Ebers http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29504 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:46:46 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29504 Hedera ... "a pundit only in my own inflamed imagination": I like that! Hey, if ya can't be a pundit in your own imagination, where can ya be a pundit. And let's face it, the same could be said of Bill Kristol, David Brooks, George Will ... Hedera … “a pundit only in my own inflamed imagination”: I like that!

Hey, if ya can’t be a pundit in your own imagination, where can ya be a pundit.

And let’s face it, the same could be said of Bill Kristol, David Brooks, George Will …

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29500 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:47:56 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29500 Regarding Samantha Powers: http://www.thewashingtonnote.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/archives/2008/03/victim_of_prima/#more Regarding Samantha Powers:
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/archives/2 008/03/victim_of_prima/#more

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29499 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:04:51 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29499 Actually, I'm the one who said Clinton would "lie, cheat, and steal to get the nomination," in response to DvE's comment. I'm not a member of either campaign staff (Obama's or hers); I'm a pundit only in my own inflamed imagination; and in fact, if she gets the nomination, I'll vote for her. But that's my honest opinion of the strength of her desire to be President. Actually, I’m the one who said Clinton would “lie, cheat, and steal to get the nomination,” in response to DvE’s comment.

I’m not a member of either campaign staff (Obama’s or hers); I’m a pundit only in my own inflamed imagination; and in fact, if she gets the nomination, I’ll vote for her. But that’s my honest opinion of the strength of her desire to be President.

]]> by: Jim (OJNTNJ) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29498 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:55:09 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29498 Just to clarify....Tommy Chong's colombian coffee..light roast rather than full roast...three decades old...ergot...erm...ergo..half-baked........Oooh look at the shiny Flying Spaghetti Monster. Just to clarify….Tommy Chong’s colombian coffee..light roast rather than full roast…three decades old…ergot…erm…ergo..half-baked……..Oooh look at the shiny Flying Spaghetti Monster.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29497 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:35:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29497 From the Orlando Weekly (www.orlandoweekly.com) regarding the Republican-dominated Florida legislature (page 5 of the March 6-12 edition): It's March, and you know what that means: The silly season is here! Those brave vanguards of liberty we call Florida legislators are back in session, and this year - like always - there a ton of terrible laws in the offing because this state isn't screwed up enough. What's on the agenda this time around? The Jesus freaks who pushed the State Board of Education's controversial decision to finally teach evolution - because the world is only 6,000 years old, you know - aren't going gently into that good night. One of their own, State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Jesusland, is introducing SB2692, which she calls the "Academic Freedom Act." Basically, her bill will let teachers teach any crackpot theory about how the world came to be, and "prohibits a teacher from being discriminated against for presenting such information." So long as they include our own theory - that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created a mountain, some trees and a "midgit " in one day, the rest of the universe in three more days, then took three days off - we're fine with that. From the Orlando Weekly (www.orlandoweekly.com) regarding the Republican-dominated Florida legislature (page 5 of the March 6-12 edition):

It’s March, and you know what that means: The silly season is here! Those brave vanguards of liberty we call Florida legislators are back in session, and this year - like always - there a ton of terrible laws in the offing because this state isn’t screwed up enough.

What’s on the agenda this time around? The Jesus freaks who pushed the State Board of Education’s controversial decision to finally teach evolution - because the world is only 6,000 years old, you know - aren’t going gently into that good night. One of their own, State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Jesusland, is introducing SB2692, which she calls the “Academic Freedom Act.” Basically, her bill will let teachers teach any crackpot theory about how the world came to be, and “prohibits a teacher from being discriminated against for presenting such information.”

So long as they include our own theory - that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created a mountain, some trees and a “midgit ” in one day, the rest of the universe in three more days, then took three days off - we’re fine with that.

]]> by: Jim (OJNTNJ) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29496 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:33:22 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29496 Tommy Chong's columbian is still here? I <strong>must</strong> clean out the fridge. But I intend to do it in a half-baked way.... Tommy Chong’s columbian is still here? I must clean out the fridge.

But I intend to do it in a half-baked way….

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29495 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:20:59 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/05/exit-toll/#comment-29495 Chris, I was thinking about your point when I read that Bill Clinton said that a Clinton/Obama ticket would be unstoppable. I wonder if he is willing to say the same about an Obama/Clinton ticket. The reason I said what I did is that once the nominee is determined, I am having trouble imagining the other turning down the opportunity to join the ticket and help rescue the White House from the interlopers. As someone, I cannot remember who at the moment, said in a program I was watching, When you are called by the nominee and asked to join the ticket, it is very hard to say No. Also, remember the bad blood between the Kennedy and Johnson camps in 1960 (although perhaps that was overstated). I don't know why Obama said that he would not run for vice-president, unless he is pretty sure he will win the nomination and views Bill Clinton's statement an attempt to secure the notion of Hillary at the top of the ticket in the minds of undecided voters/super delegates, and Obama isn't willing to play that game unless Bill says that the two camps together, in either order, are the party's best bet. Chris,
I was thinking about your point when I read that Bill Clinton said that a Clinton/Obama ticket would be unstoppable. I wonder if he is willing to say the same about an Obama/Clinton ticket. The reason I said what I did is that once the nominee is determined, I am having trouble imagining the other turning down the opportunity to join the ticket and help rescue the White House from the interlopers. As someone, I cannot remember who at the moment, said in a program I was watching, When you are called by the nominee and asked to join the ticket, it is very hard to say No. Also, remember the bad blood between the Kennedy and Johnson camps in 1960 (although perhaps that was overstated). I don’t know why Obama said that he would not run for vice-president, unless he is pretty sure he will win the nomination and views Bill Clinton’s statement an attempt to secure the notion of Hillary at the top of the ticket in the minds of undecided voters/super delegates, and Obama isn’t willing to play that game unless Bill says that the two camps together, in either order, are the party’s best bet.

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