Comments on: Hiatus! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/ America's favorite blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:13:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29626 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:43:44 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29626 Many, many thanks for that link, Aunt Sam. Many, many thanks for that link, Aunt Sam.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29625 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:35:16 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29625 Cass Sunstein - the name sounds familiar. Looking forward to reading the commentary. Meanwhile, regarding Smilin' John McCain, Robert Dreyfuss has weighed in in The Nation magazine with a pretty good summary of who and what Ole Smilin' John is, and actually has always been: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080324/dreyfuss Cass Sunstein - the name sounds familiar. Looking forward to reading the commentary. Meanwhile, regarding Smilin’ John McCain, Robert Dreyfuss has weighed in in The Nation magazine with a pretty good summary of who and what Ole Smilin’ John is, and actually has always been:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080324/dreyfuss

]]> by: Boomer http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29622 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:57:55 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29622 Welcome, Aunt Sam! The more the merrier. Welcome, Aunt Sam! The more the merrier.

]]> by: Aunt Sam http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29616 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:27:24 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29616 I've been reading Adam's blogs & the responses y'all have to offer for a few weeks, so right now I'm feeling like the lurker from the sidelines hoping the cool kids will accept her. Fortunately, I am relatively confident in my grammar. I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago, so can confess to being sweet on Barack for a few years now. There was a great commentary in Friday's Chicago Tribune, written by Cass Sunstein, a former colleague of Obama at U of C Law School. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0314obamamar14,0,2169730.story I’ve been reading Adam’s blogs & the responses y’all have to offer for a few weeks, so right now I’m feeling like the lurker from the sidelines hoping the cool kids will accept her. Fortunately, I am relatively confident in my grammar.
I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago, so can confess to being sweet on Barack for a few years now. There was a great commentary in Friday’s Chicago Tribune, written by Cass Sunstein, a former colleague of Obama at U of C Law School.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0314obamamar14,0,21 69730.story

]]> by: Zee Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29615 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:11:34 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29615 All of these erudite, pithy, and hilarious comments that we write here and offer up to the comedy gods (who look a lot like a giant, hovering plate of spaghetti, BTW), only to have them "disappeared" into the great unknown, do you think they'll ever serve any good. Perhaps one will be intercepted by a technologically advanced civilization, zooming across the galaxy at warp speed, and they will find it amusing, maybe even give out a chortle, perhaps die laughing at our wit. This would be a good thing, because if they traced the transmission back to Earth and chose to investigate our planet out of curiosity, we would no doubt blast the bejesus out of them with a preemptive strike - no questions asked - a justifiable act of self-defense. Yeah, it's better to die laughing. Oh, hi Fanny! Come here darling! Look at this NY Yankees baseball bat I have here, signed by Billy Crystal himself. Come closer, sweetie. I want you to get a <em>good</em> look at it... All of these erudite, pithy, and hilarious comments that we write here and offer up to the comedy gods (who look a lot like a giant, hovering plate of spaghetti, BTW), only to have them “disappeared” into the great unknown, do you think they’ll ever serve any good. Perhaps one will be intercepted by a technologically advanced civilization, zooming across the galaxy at warp speed, and they will find it amusing, maybe even give out a chortle, perhaps die laughing at our wit. This would be a good thing, because if they traced the transmission back to Earth and chose to investigate our planet out of curiosity, we would no doubt blast the bejesus out of them with a preemptive strike - no questions asked - a justifiable act of self-defense. Yeah, it’s better to die laughing. Oh, hi Fanny! Come here darling! Look at this NY Yankees baseball bat I have here, signed by Billy Crystal himself. Come closer, sweetie. I want you to get a good look at it…

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29614 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:27:54 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29614 ...to vote in this election...and I do know how to spell strengths, dammit. Sharon, what's to wonder? cooper's right. Wish the folks at Orkin were right-to-privacy liberal activists. …to vote in this election…and I do know how to spell strengths, dammit.

Sharon, what’s to wonder? cooper’s right. Wish the folks at Orkin were right-to-privacy liberal activists.

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29602 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:10:39 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29602 <em>"I’m beginning to wonder if maybe my computer is bugged."</em> Sharon, you're still <em>wondering</em> if one of your electronic devices might be bugged? “I’m beginning to wonder if maybe my computer is bugged.”

Sharon, you’re still wondering if one of your electronic devices might be bugged?

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29600 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:53:53 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29600 Dave, I agree Clinton was able to kick GHWB's ass in the final stretch, but down this way Perot siphoned off Republican votes. I'm thinking more in terms of the electoral college, but I could be wrong with my impressions. I also think his presence, and his early popularity, helped weaken significantly the incumbent's stature, in that it contributed significantly to the general story line that gained such understandable traction in the press that people really didn't want four more years of the incumbent. It got a hell of a lot of attention, turned the general election into an open free-for-all, and really created a playing field on which Clinton's natural strenghts could shine. Press story lines are powerful shapers/reinforcers of popular perceptions. But no, it certainly wasn't just Perot's presence that "gave" the election to Clinton. He won the damned thing. Florida legislature said No, Democrats cannot use the regular county elections offices and personnel for a make-up primary (estimated cost is $12 million), so now the Florida Democratic Party is putting together a party run, counted, and funded mail-in primary. Don't know where the money will come from, or how significant a financial burden it represents. Also don't know how many people who would now like to register and vote but can't there are. There was no point in new people registering for the first primary, since it wasn't going to count. We voted because we were already registered. Hillary is the likely continuing beneficiary, so this is probably a victory for the old guard. And a victory for the old guard is likely a defeat for the future of the Democratic Party because it will cost Democrats a chunk of a whole new demographic. The other interesting development is that the reformer at Immigration and Naturalization has created a whole new backlog by modernizing the system. Net result is that hundreds of thousands of new immigrants (according to NPR) who wanted to vote in this direction won't be able to. Guess which direction immigrants are trending... Dave,
I agree Clinton was able to kick GHWB’s ass in the final stretch, but down this way Perot siphoned off Republican votes. I’m thinking more in terms of the electoral college, but I could be wrong with my impressions. I also think his presence, and his early popularity, helped weaken significantly the incumbent’s stature, in that it contributed significantly to the general story line that gained such understandable traction in the press that people really didn’t want four more years of the incumbent. It got a hell of a lot of attention, turned the general election into an open free-for-all, and really created a playing field on which Clinton’s natural strenghts could shine. Press story lines are powerful shapers/reinforcers of popular perceptions. But no, it certainly wasn’t just Perot’s presence that “gave” the election to Clinton. He won the damned thing.

Florida legislature said No, Democrats cannot use the regular county elections offices and personnel for a make-up primary (estimated cost is $12 million), so now the Florida Democratic Party is putting together a party run, counted, and funded mail-in primary. Don’t know where the money will come from, or how significant a financial burden it represents. Also don’t know how many people who would now like to register and vote but can’t there are. There was no point in new people registering for the first primary, since it wasn’t going to count. We voted because we were already registered. Hillary is the likely continuing beneficiary, so this is probably a victory for the old guard. And a victory for the old guard is likely a defeat for the future of the Democratic Party because it will cost Democrats a chunk of a whole new demographic.

The other interesting development is that the reformer at Immigration and Naturalization has created a whole new backlog by modernizing the system. Net result is that hundreds of thousands of new immigrants (according to NPR) who wanted to vote in this direction won’t be able to. Guess which direction immigrants are trending…

]]> by: Jim (OJNTNJ) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29599 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:52:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29599 Sharon, I believe <a HREF="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack_Obama's_Iraq_Speech" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the speech your trying to link to. SeattleDan, you're quite welcome. You now owe me $5. I intend to send my goons to Seattle to shake it out of you if you don't pay up. Who cares if it's a $250 flight. It's the principle that matters. Sharon, I believe this is the speech your trying to link to.

SeattleDan, you’re quite welcome. You now owe me $5. I intend to send my goons to Seattle to shake it out of you if you don’t pay up. Who cares if it’s a $250 flight. It’s the principle that matters.

]]> by: Ann http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29598 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:49:19 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/03/11/hiatus/#comment-29598 Oh, Zee man, haven't you been reading my comments? I'm not blinded to HRC's flaws. And it's "batten." That was a gimme, wasn't it? Oh, Zee man, haven’t you been reading my comments? I’m not blinded to HRC’s flaws.

And it’s “batten.” That was a gimme, wasn’t it?

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