Comments on: watch this space! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/ America's favorite blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36157 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:16:23 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36157 Now, Nate; patience please. You just keep watching. You'll Know when its time to stop. You won't have to ask. Now, Nate; patience please. You just keep watching. You’ll Know when its time to stop. You won’t have to ask.

]]> by: Nate http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36138 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:33:37 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36138 OK, it's been 2 weeks. Can I stop watching now? OK, it’s been 2 weeks. Can I stop watching now?

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36029 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:37:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36029 Hey aunt Sam! I agree. It's weird how the political spectrum gets so tugged around. I think it started with the whole L word thing (Liberal, not the other). Of course now it means anybody that doesn't agree with Billo, Hanity, or Limbaugh. So, by their standards I am a liberal, heck a soci al ist. But to me, I'm still middle of the road. I had a very conservative friend tell me once that if I continued to stand there, I'd get run over. Hey aunt Sam! I agree. It’s weird how the political spectrum gets so tugged around. I think it started with the whole L word thing (Liberal, not the other). Of course now it means anybody that doesn’t agree with Billo, Hanity, or Limbaugh. So, by their standards I am a liberal, heck a soci al ist. But to me, I’m still middle of the road. I had a very conservative friend tell me once that if I continued to stand there, I’d get run over.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36023 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:16 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36023 Aunt Sam, you remind me of my college days. When I was at school in U.C. Berkeley, I was a moderate centrist. On weekends when I drove 45 minutes home to Napa, California, somewhere on the drive I morphed into a raging Commie pinko, without changing a single opinion. It is indeed all relative. Aunt Sam, you remind me of my college days. When I was at school in U.C. Berkeley, I was a moderate centrist. On weekends when I drove 45 minutes home to Napa, California, somewhere on the drive I morphed into a raging Commie pinko, without changing a single opinion. It is indeed all relative.

]]> by: Aunt Sam http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36006 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:50 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36006 Alright, here's an interesting (to me at least) discussion: how do you define yourself politically? I got an e-mail from the Obama campaign, with a survey asking my opinion on the future direction of the volunteer base. The answer I kept changing was progressive/liberal or moderate. Compared to my "let the markets work" brother, I am progressive. Compared to my 30-something "I can see the anarchist's side" niece, I'm moderate. It's all relative. Alright, here’s an interesting (to me at least) discussion: how do you define yourself politically?

I got an e-mail from the Obama campaign, with a survey asking my opinion on the future direction of the volunteer base. The answer I kept changing was progressive/liberal or moderate. Compared to my “let the markets work” brother, I am progressive. Compared to my 30-something “I can see the anarchist’s side” niece, I’m moderate. It’s all relative.

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36003 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:56:34 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36003 Now, Zee, I am never right, but pretty much always just to the left of center. Now, Zee, I am never right, but pretty much always just to the left of center.

]]> by: Zee Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36002 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:26:06 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36002 Oh.... OK. Never mind. I didn't take time to read the entire article. My rage-o-meter pegged after seeing the headline. My bad. (Damn, don't you hate it when Chris is right?) Oh…. OK. Never mind. I didn’t take time to read the entire article. My rage-o-meter pegged after seeing the headline. My bad. (Damn, don’t you hate it when Chris is right?)

]]> by: Chris Harlan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36000 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:53:59 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-36000 Oddly, Zee Man, the article you linked to with the headline, "Clinton Lawyers vetting her Secretary of State," does not make this claim at all. In the body of the article, the only actual mention of the attorneys in the vetting process is: A team of attorneys is representing the Clintons in negotiations with Obama officials, in talks which have taken place this week at a law firm in Washington. My guess is the headline writer is being oddly sensational, or doesn't know the meaning of "vetting." Sadly, this is what happens when teachers and journalists are underpaid. Oddly, Zee Man, the article you linked to with the headline, “Clinton Lawyers vetting her Secretary of State,” does not make this claim at all. In the body of the article, the only actual mention of the attorneys in the vetting process is:

A team of attorneys is representing the Clintons in negotiations with Obama officials, in talks which have taken place this week at a law firm in Washington.

My guess is the headline writer is being oddly sensational, or doesn’t know the meaning of “vetting.” Sadly, this is what happens when teachers and journalists are underpaid.

]]> by: Zee Man http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-35999 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:49:44 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-35999 Hey, I thought the election was all about ending this sort of crap. Hillary's own lawyers are vetting her for Sec. of State? Yea-zues christa! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/clinton-lawyers-vetting-h_n_144802.html Hey, I thought the election was all about ending this sort of crap. Hillary’s own lawyers are vetting her for Sec. of State? Yea-zues christa!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/clinton-lawyers-vetting-h_n_1 44802.html

]]> by: Dirk's Diary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-35996 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:49:52 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2008/11/12/watch-this-space-3/#comment-35996 11-18-08 Dear Diary, Several of <strike>Vice</strike> President Cheney's goons and rabid wharf rats came by the office this morning and administered the new loyalty oath to all mid-to-upper echelon employees at Interior. This pledge involved a blood oath on our first born to keep the goddamn pie hole shut re any extralegal activities ordered up by the Bush Administration over the past eight years. I signed the pledge, so I had to give back Time-Life's $300,000 advance for my tell-all memoir of my life in DC. Jesus, that's a lot of money, but like I've mentioned before, I'm financially set for life (thanks, Gung!!) <em>AND</em> since I signed the oath, I won't have to be worrying about some black operative with Cheney's shadow government serving me anthrax with my fries at the McDonalds in Boise 18 months from now. At least, I'll <em>try</em> not to worry too much about that. Dirk 11-18-08

Dear Diary,

Several of Vice President Cheney’s goons and rabid wharf rats came by the office this morning and administered the new loyalty oath to all mid-to-upper echelon employees at Interior. This pledge involved a blood oath on our first born to keep the goddamn pie hole shut re any extralegal activities ordered up by the Bush Administration over the past eight years. I signed the pledge, so I had to give back Time-Life’s $300,000 advance for my tell-all memoir of my life in DC. Jesus, that’s a lot of money, but like I’ve mentioned before, I’m financially set for life (thanks, Gung!!) AND since I signed the oath, I won’t have to be worrying about some black operative with Cheney’s shadow government serving me anthrax with my fries at the McDonalds in Boise 18 months from now. At least, I’ll try not to worry too much about that.

Dirk

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