Comments on: Unity! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/ America's favorite blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32611 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:16:58 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32611 Hey, I've just noticed that Mo Rocca is out and Susie Felber is in. Okay, may the fun begin! Hey, I’ve just noticed that Mo Rocca is out and Susie Felber is in. Okay, may the fun begin!

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32610 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:14:38 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32610 Well, siobhan, fear mongering does seem to be their schtick! How's the bird book coming, BTW? Well, siobhan, fear mongering does seem to be their schtick!

How’s the bird book coming, BTW?

]]> by: siobhan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32561 Sun, 18 May 2008 15:48:50 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32561 The thing that worries me about McCain's age is his vice president. I know many people way older than McCain who still have all their marbles, but simple actuarial tables tables work against him (yes, I know his mom is 92) work against him. I'm afraid the R's will nominate a truly frightening veep and hype the geographical balance to get people to ignore the VP's ideology. The thing that worries me about McCain’s age is his vice president. I know many people way older than McCain who still have all their marbles, but simple actuarial tables tables work against him (yes, I know his mom is 92) work against him. I’m afraid the R’s will nominate a truly frightening veep and hype the geographical balance to get people to ignore the VP’s ideology.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32548 Sun, 18 May 2008 00:41:59 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32548 Speaking of What kind of tomorrow? I just discovered a nascent website that I think might prove about as important as anything out there: http://www.350.org/4/ We lose this one, and everything else becomes a moot point. Speaking of What kind of tomorrow? I just discovered a nascent website that I think might prove about as important as anything out there: http://www.350.org/4/
We lose this one, and everything else becomes a moot point.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32546 Sat, 17 May 2008 22:51:06 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32546 Well said, Harold, and good points, cooper. Meanwhile, fuck the Republicans. They are about to get their asses handed to them in November (nearly 8 years late, but I'm still gonna celebrate like there was no tomorrow, especially since if we don't stop destroying ecosystem earth, there might not be). Did you see, cooper, that the Democrat is moving ahead of Liddy Dole? Since I have a little place in Hendersonville, and am working toward spending much more time in NC, I will also celebrate the end of Liddy's Dole-ful, empty suit, rubber stamp tenure in the Senate by getting commode-hugging drunk. I remember the days of some great senators from North Carolina. I mean they weren't all Helmsian shitheads or Dole non-entities. Well said, Harold, and good points, cooper. Meanwhile, fuck the Republicans. They are about to get their asses handed to them in November (nearly 8 years late, but I’m still gonna celebrate like there was no tomorrow, especially since if we don’t stop destroying ecosystem earth, there might not be).

Did you see, cooper, that the Democrat is moving ahead of Liddy Dole? Since I have a little place in Hendersonville, and am working toward spending much more time in NC, I will also celebrate the end of Liddy’s Dole-ful, empty suit, rubber stamp tenure in the Senate by getting commode-hugging drunk. I remember the days of some great senators from North Carolina. I mean they weren’t all Helmsian shitheads or Dole non-entities.

]]> by: Pope Benny 16 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32543 Sat, 17 May 2008 21:00:28 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32543 Cardinal Anselmo came down to my cell today, to speak with me about a thorny theological conundrum. He wanted my opinion about a situation he had to make a ruling on, concerning another alleged appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary. This new sighting came from America (naturally). A young man was riding his motorcycle without his leathers (whatever those might be) and laid his bike down on the asphalt (again, these inscrutable American fads! I was fearful to ask what that might mean.) As a result, he suffered a road rash. In appearance it is said to resemble The Blessed Virgin. The man is sure that Mary saved his life. "Should the Holy See recognize this as a miracle?" Before I gave my answer, I was promised by Anselmo an hour daily out in the exercise yard with Franco Zeperelli and a more Teutonic punch to my meals. I told him - "No. We have too many miracles to keep track of as it is. Besides in a week, the injury will probably look more like Georgy Jessel." I asked the Cardinal to supply Franco with a deck of cards for our visits together. Cardinal Anselmo came down to my cell today, to speak with me about a thorny theological conundrum. He wanted my opinion about a situation he had to make a ruling on, concerning another alleged appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary.

This new sighting came from America (naturally). A young man was riding his motorcycle without his leathers (whatever those might be) and laid his bike down on the asphalt (again, these inscrutable American fads! I was fearful to ask what that might mean.) As a result, he suffered a road rash. In appearance it is said to resemble The Blessed Virgin. The man is sure that Mary saved his life.

“Should the Holy See recognize this as a miracle?” Before I gave my answer, I was promised by Anselmo an hour daily out in the exercise yard with Franco Zeperelli and a more Teutonic punch to my meals. I told him - “No. We have too many miracles to keep track of as it is. Besides in a week, the injury will probably look more like Georgy Jessel.” I asked the Cardinal to supply Franco with a deck of cards for our visits together.

]]> by: Harold http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32542 Sat, 17 May 2008 17:31:57 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32542 Hmmm. My comment got eaten. AHA: I had two links in it. The unnamed senator was Idaho Republican Willam E. Borah. My last comment included links to his official biography at the Congressional website and his biography on the always-unreliable Wikipedia. I guess you'll have to look them up for yourselves! Hmmm. My comment got eaten. AHA: I had two links in it.

The unnamed senator was Idaho Republican Willam E. Borah. My last comment included links to his official biography at the Congressional website and his biography on the always-unreliable Wikipedia. I guess you’ll have to look them up for yourselves!

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32540 Sat, 17 May 2008 14:52:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32540 Thinking on Bush's line this week about the unnamed senator who had wished he could have spoken with Hitler about putting off the Fuhrer's plans for war, I thought maybe W was speaking of his grandfather, Prescott Bush. After all, the elder Bush was making shiploads of money (the rumored source of the family wealth) by acting as a fixer for the American companies of the Third Reich's industrial and military expansion up to and after America's entry into the war. So much involved, that the Federal government had to seize the assets of a number of Bush's companies under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Prescott would have been the perfect go between with Hitler (he knew a sweet teet when he had one in his teeth), but alas, I found out that it <em>wasn't</em> him. Prescott Bush did not become a senator until 1952. It would have made a great story though, don't you think? Thinking on Bush’s line this week about the unnamed senator who had wished he could have spoken with Hitler about putting off the Fuhrer’s plans for war, I thought maybe W was speaking of his grandfather, Prescott Bush. After all, the elder Bush was making shiploads of money (the rumored source of the family wealth) by acting as a fixer for the American companies of the Third Reich’s industrial and military expansion up to and after America’s entry into the war. So much involved, that the Federal government had to seize the assets of a number of Bush’s companies under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Prescott would have been the perfect go between with Hitler (he knew a sweet teet when he had one in his teeth), but alas, I found out that it wasn’t him. Prescott Bush did not become a senator until 1952. It would have made a great story though, don’t you think?

]]> by: SallyMutant http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32536 Sat, 17 May 2008 09:07:14 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32536 All Jessica Mitford fans know that Unity was the Nazi Hitler girlfriend Mitford sister. (Non-Fans---Jessica set the standard for snarky lefty writing in the early 60's and continued until her [American Way of] death.) All Jessica Mitford fans know that Unity was the Nazi Hitler girlfriend Mitford sister. (Non-Fans—Jessica set the standard for snarky lefty writing in the early 60’s and continued until her [American Way of] death.)

]]> by: Houston Euler http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32535 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:13:41 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/05/13/unity/#comment-32535 Here's my guess: the Clinton camp convinces the Democratic Convention rules committee to multiply Obama's delegate count by the square root of -1 and, presto, all of Barak's votes are imaginary. There's precedent: a similar technique is used to balance the federal budget during Republican administrations. Here’s my guess: the Clinton camp convinces the Democratic Convention rules committee to multiply Obama’s delegate count by the square root of -1 and, presto, all of Barak’s votes are imaginary.

There’s precedent: a similar technique is used to balance the federal budget during Republican administrations.

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