Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Craig,
What you wrote has left me speechless.
That is not an easy thing to accomplish.

Since McCain is battling for the Hispanic vote, I think the trip makes more sense than portrayed in the article.

Craig,
Do you by any chance believe the theory that this whole thing was orchestrated? And continues to be?

Sounds like "act as if," and "fake it till you make it."

ralph nader just claimed to have a great sense of humor........lol

typo in second paragraph line 3.

Craig- I try to look at these things objectively, but McCain is getting harder and harder to listen to- it is not his age that I refer to when I write he just seems old- there is nothing there to excite or envision- and though this is all just rumor to me about his temper, what I fear most is how he would act diplomatically.

Most I know respect McCain a lot- how could you not - due mostly to his POW status. But most I know as well, consider him a sellout who catered to Bush to get by, and befriended the right wing who he one assailed.

Anyway, I think the media is trying to make this a real horse race, when anyone just looking at the stats of who voted R or D this year can tell how November is going to turn out.

Kathy: I agree completely. But you never know, it's still early. McCain may very well catch up to Obama in some of these polls later on down the line.

Good post, Craig. Off to brunch.

June 27, 2008
Gallup Editors' Election Poll AnalysisFrank Newport, Jeff Jones, and Lydia SaadUSA Editors Blog Election 2008 Frank Newport: Gallup Poll Daily tracking over the past week or so, along with a large sample USA Today/Gallup poll conducted last week with 1,600 national adults, indicates that the race for the presidency at this point is quite close. Barack Obama has held a modest lead for the most part, but over the past several days, even that small lead has evaporated to the point where Obama and John McCain are tied among registered voters. In fact, the tie has now persisted for two straight Gallup Poll Daily tracking reports (each report consisting of a three-day rolling average of more than 2,600 registered voters).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108430/Gallup-Editors-Election-Poll-Analysis.aspx

POA-

totally agree and I don't want to count my chicks, however, I feel shades of the late 70's in the mood of the country. There is not a lot that anyone feels good about- and even some pretty unspared by the high prices have freaked over the stock market last week-

McCain does not have anything to offer- certainly no break from how things are.

I do remember the sinking put in my stomach when Dukasis blew the death penalty question that everything was headed downhill- but it feels more like 1980 to me

Utopia -- I'm glad you are here....I was thinking about you this morning.

Just wanted you to know I felt no glee at your post about being somewhat disillusioned with O-flip-flops. I'll admit to having a "told-you-so" thought...but I'm such an old cynic when it comes to politics, that very little surprises me anymore.

Plus, I now realize I was wrong in thinking you were Nash in disguise....Nash would never admit to an honest feeling. Sorry!

This is a CQ article explaining the differences in the polls that show Obama winning and others showing the race much closer.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&docID=news-000002907401

Next a debate in Dubai...apparently not a joke and being seiously considered by both campaigns.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702769.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

KGC I watched the video analysis over the differing polls. Basically it has to do with loaded samples of Democrats on the Newsweek and LA Times polls?

Video worth watching!

If America elects McInsane, then they deserve what they get. More gridlock, further war in Iraq, further war on the middle class and lower class, economic disasters, health care crisis grows unabated, right wing Supreme Court determined to take us back to the 1920s. etc. etc.

Vote Obama even if you have to plug your noses!

Tom

EuroTom

It's hard for me to believe with 80% of Ameicans thinking we are on the wrong track...McCain is getting any votes above 20%.

My favorite wtf newstory is from Holland, no smoking regulatons are going to be enforced in the brown coffee shops. How can they do that.? Isn't that the reason for the shops?

KGC -- Good article on polls...thanks for the heads-up. Here's still the big problem in the 0-camp...posts like this one after the polling article:

"Anyone who claims to be a life long Dem and is voting for McSame this fall is either nuts or a closet racist."

If I continue to see that crap floating, then I will have to back off my promise to my son that I'll probably vote-O is polls in TN show the state close. I HATE that "you people are stupid racists" BS!

Regarding Craig's Trail piece....It shouldn't be a surprise that any candidate puts a "winner" face on....I think they'd be stupid not to.

Shouldn't be arrogant, though.

Oh yes, the Coffee Shop ordinance was first proposed at least 2 -3 years ago. All other cafes are going to have to go smoke free as must the restaurants. (Here in Belgium we are already almost 2 years with smoke-free restaurants .. hallelujah). But I have always felt that "coffee shops" specifically because of their unique identity, should be exempt from the new law. I am sorry to see it go that way and it will certainly harm tourism to the Netherlands. I know that part of the reasoning deals with healthy working conditions for employees so they should have the right to the same clean air others will get but really! The coffee shops are as much as part of the Dutch national identity as cheese, windmills, tulips, sex shops, prostitutes, and wooden shoes (not necessarily in that order). I'll have to share my experience working in a sex shop one day.. it's in my blog somewhere. :-)

I am off soon for dinner with the bookkeeper. You folks be nice ok?

xoxoxoxo

ProfMarcia and flatus...

Not the word police, but currently playing one on the internet...
the actual word is disdain.

"I'll have to share my experience working in a sex shop one day.. it's in my blog somewhere. :-)"

Tom! You aren't the guy who kicked me out of a sex store in Denver back in 1980 are you???!!!

My college age neices wanted to see one, so we slid into a shop on Colfax....I saw a magazine called Fannies on Fire, started reading aloud from it, and the three of us were laughing hysterically -- until we got kicked out for being disrespectful....

Kathy, PoU, Unlikely, who am i forgetting? Really appreciate the respectful way you advocate, not just to the opposing side's candidate, but to those who don't support yours. Thanks for that.

can't believe Tom left us hanging with that teaser about a sex shop story, sounds exciting

"Craig, Do you by any chance believe the theory that this whole thing was orchestrated? And continues to be? -- Posted by: chloe"

not sure what you mean, chloe, sounds dicey

"can't believe Tom left us hanging with that teaser about a sex shop story, sounds exciting"

Exactly, Craig! Tom -- where are you!

patsi....was that shop on colfax by chance next to the Gold Nugget Country Disco?

well, Patsi, yours was darn funny, we'll have to be satisfied with that for now

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/06/does-mccain-think-hes-already.html#comment-108735

Sturge -- can't remember....but it was close to Sid King's....I live just a couple of blocks off Colfax, on Race Street. Ate breakfast at The Kitchen every Saturday morning. Best biscuits and gravy I ever had, except for mine....:)

HW,

Put away those handcuffs:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Distain

Thanks Craig- no one has ever swayed me to a position by being heavy handed.

Oh, and as far as getting kicked out off that store....the manager said we should "git on home to the suburbs" if we weren't too drunk to get there. I said, "Oh, we're not from the suburbs. I just live over here on Race Street. We walked."

He said: "Well, don't make this one of your regular haunts."

flatus...

I sit corrected...and must admit that distain is not a word I've ever heard or seen used before.

"Thanks Craig- no one has ever swayed me to a position by being heavy handed. -- Posted by: Kathy"

Kathy, you are so right. Both sides around here could use a lighter touch now and then

I went into a sex shop once, looking to purchase some sex, but they were out of sex.

So I just bought a loaf of bread.

Nor had I seen it before, HW. I think Magee used it perfectly.

I will ad hominem no more forever.
--Chief Josephus

patsi ........i lived at colfax and madison.....the Gold Nugget was a joint we played from time to time when not on the road and was next to a sex shop which we also were run out of from time to time for being disrespectful....ie playing with the toys in a ludicrous manner.......

while at the gold nugget once....the very taciturn owner's younger brother came in one night when we happened to be playing a rock and roll song, which was what some customers happened to request......he ambles to the stage and says "Play country." The drummer says "But when we play country everyone leaves...and those customers requested some rock and roll......" Norm says, "So HUMOR me."

for those who might be excited about Canada Day on tuesday, we're gearing up for it on the Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17347137146

"I went into a sex shop once, looking to purchase some sex, but they were out of sex.

So I just bought a loaf of bread."

ROFL, Lard!

" next to a sex shop which we also were run out of from time to time for being disrespectful....ie playing with the toys in a ludicrous manner......."

Ha! Sturge -- I can picture it, because some of that stuff was just astonishing....the manager actually cost himself a sale because I was thinking of buying my co-editor of the feminist magazine a Dominatrix costume, and a bottle of scotch, for her upcoming birthday....since her husband was always saying she was too bossy when she drank scotch. (He would have cracked up more than she would have probably....)

Colfax and Madison....close to my old territory! Late 70s, early 80s. I moved from Race to another street fairly close...it was the street Corky had his place...

Ok Ok... I am about to leave but if you REALLY want to read about the sex shop experience... it really isn't all that exciting but interesting... here is the link. I have opened my blog so anyone can read it...

http://eurotom.blogspot.com/

Glenn Greenwald
Sunday June 29, 2008 07:48 EDT
The baseless, and failed, "Move to the Center" cliche
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/29/center/index.html

Tom -- Loved the sex shop story! Hope they paid you for the day!

Tom, quite a compelling read! You are the Joseph Conrad of sex shops

Patsi they didn't... !!! I was pissed !!! heheheh oh well... it really opened my eyes on how different Europe is to America in such attitudes. LOL LOL LOL

I will always see the three lesbians and there eyes growing bigger at the vibrator demonstration. There was a lot of OOOOOHHHHSSS's and ahhhhhhhhhhsss" being said !! LOL... it still cracks me up.

Oh and Patsi, you got 86'd out of a adult bookstore for being DISRESPECTFUL????

LOL LOL LOL... THat is soooo funny!

Kansas City had a great red-light district in the late 70s, early 80s. My housemates and I used to go down there and flirt with the streetwalkers all the time. (This was before crack cocaine, so most of them were lively and friendly -- as opposed to dangerous. Plus, we were young and stupid, which helped). One Saturday night, this really cute hooker who appeared to be drunk on her ass actually climbed through the window of our car and started crawling around over all our laps, hugging and kissing us, telling us she wanted to marry us, all kinds of nonsense like that. After about 10 minutes of this, we finally had to ask her to get out of the car, and we drove on home.

Next day, Sunday: The same four of us are at the grocery store buying ribs and beer and charcoal and other supplies for a big backyard barbecue. We get to the checkout line, and we all simultaneously reach for our wallets to pony up cash for the bill. And we all simultaneously open up our wallets to discover that all four of our wallets are absolutely empty. Stripped clean.

We looked at each other and just laughed our asses off.

That little hooker had some fast hands. She most definitely was NOT drunk. And she should have been nominated for an Oscar.

" the Joseph Conrad of sex shops"

God...that's a FABULOUS honor!!!!!! Tom, print that out, and quote Craig!

"And we all simultaneously open up our wallets to discover that all four of our wallets are absolutely empty. Stripped clean."

No! That's hilarious. Lard! You're exactly right -- them's some fast hands!

Ah, to be young and stupid again.....

Sorry...meant that to say: "No POST-1990 stories allowed."

"No pre-1990 stories allowed."

I'll ex-post ante that.

re Nick Post:
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/06/does-mccain-think-hes-already.html#comment-108722

Nick,
I was honestly trying to better understand your position. My comments were my own honest thoughts. It's what I called "conversation."

Sorry to get your under your skin, that was not my intention.

vote Barack Obama 2008 !
peace~

"Lardo's Retreat"

I vote for that!

I think the DC red light district should return. At least the American public would have some place other than Congress to go get screwed.

Where's a Mary Ann Hall when we need her?

http://civilwarstudies.org/articles/Vol_4/maryannhall.htm

http://www.si.edu/oahp/nmaidig/#antebellum

msnbc had a story today that Obama was going to take a big overseas trip

And we could make it the first-ever "family friendly" sex blog.

No porno links.
No cussing or dirty words.
Same expectations of civility that we shoot for here

Just funny, personal stories about sex-related hijinks and pratfalls from days goneby.

thanks Craig......and just to clear a post up, from yesterday...it was referring to Senator Larry Craig...not you...lol

audio of reading of Mark Twain's story on blue jays......click on the red 5.5 m........about 5 minutes

http://www.archive.org/details/Blue_Jay

Not the word police, but currently playing one on the internet...the actual word is disdain.
Posted by: harborwoman | June 29, 2008 11:07 AM

"distain Definition
transitive verb

1. to discolor; stain
2. to stain the honor of; disgrace

http://www.yourdictionary.com/distain"

Chloe, considering the man was given votes he didn't get, and another's fairly won delegates--sound like the orchestra was being conducted from without--It's a fair and reasonable assumption on your part.
Posted by: Nick | June 29, 2008 11:34 AM

Nick,
Thanks for getting what I was trying to say.
I sometimes feel really misunderstood.
Glad you're here.

Ok.... I'll add my sex shop story to the mix....

back in the late 80's, I used to visit the DC area frequently with a girlfriend who had a gay brother, Michael, and his partner, Tim, living in Alexandria, VA ( Nick... it's a beautiful town you live in!)....

My very first visit was with my friend, her older sister, and one of her friends.... 4 married girls in their mid-30s driving in a mini-van. Michael and Tim thought it would be great fun one night to take us to a sex shop in DC.... they were expecting us to be embarrassed and want out as fast as possible....

The minute we stepped into this shop, all of us girls understood what was being done and without a word exchanged between the 4 of us, we instinctively decided to turn the tables.....

We made a beeline for the edible panties and started ooohing an aaaahing over them..... we started to pick up various sex toys and exclaim how much fun they'd be to play with.... at one point I picked up a huge black dildo and shouted to Michael across the room.."hey MIke, look at this!".... seeing his face turn red was priceless....

I don't know if the guy behind the counter was the owner or not..... but he seemed to knew exactly what was going on and he was laughed his butt off at us.....

needless to say... Michael never took us to that shop again..... although I have been to many gay bars throughout the area with him....
and sadly..... they both died of Aids in the early 90s.....

From profmarcia's 4:53 AM post...
"I cannot forgive the DNC, Obama or the media, not now, maybe not ever. I cannot reward all the Clinton haters by giving them my vote. It's all I have to voice my distain. But, distain is not the main reason I won't vote for Obama even though I believe it is enough reason."

From Chloe's attempt to correct me...
"distain Definition
transitive verb

1. to discolor; stain
2. to stain the honor of; disgrace

http://www.yourdictionary.com/distain"

After flatus proved to me that distain is actually a word, I was going to just let this go, even though I feel reasonably certain that profmarcia's word usage is in error.

Chloe, when you use "voice my distain", as profmarcia did, the meaning of distain does not fit. It might be construed as fitting her meaning in the following sentence, but given her previous usage, I doubt that's what she meant.

Sorry, all! It's just the 'teacher' in me escaping. I'll try to bottle her back up and leave you to whatever word usages you choose.

i like precision in word usage...........Set the teacher free......

Me, to, sturge...me, too...the lack of precision in using words quite obviously bugs me...even though I know it's irritating to others when you try to correct them, which is why I so rarely indulge in it....

lol...Let me be first to correct my misuse of the word 'to'...should be 'too'....

HW

I knew Distain was a word, but took her meaning to be "disdain" as in a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

Maybe we could declare neutral ground with "Besmirch". : )

"they both died of Aids in the early 90s....."

I'm sorry about your friends, Renee....They sounded like great guys. And I'm glad you have fun memories like the sex-shop-sideshow!

precision:

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

--Robert McCloskey

Thanks, Jamie! That's how I read it, too. But the really excellent news for me is that I learned a new word today...never a bad thing!

sturg...

Am reading Dixiana Moon. What a hoot!

the world little knows nor cares what storms you encountered along the way......but did you bring in the cargo?

--i forget

thanks harbor.......I'd also recommend those to Flatus as they all take place mostly in and around Columbia SC.....the books by Wm Price Fox, that is.....

be sure and get Southern Fried + 6......a finer collection of short stories does not exist.......

McCain is McCain what you see is what you are going to get.
But at least he does not have a "SEAL" like Obama "HAD"

VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com

On the strength of the pleasure I'm enjoying as I read Dixiana Moon, I ordered Southern Fried + 6 a few days ago. Since it's coming via media mail, the mailman (or woman) is probably somewhere in Kansas now...as s/he makes way on foot across the country....

Cannibal liberals
Why do left-leaning journalists eat their own?

"What we get, then, is a bunch of wealthy journalistic stars bending themselves into pretzels pretending that they are down-to-earth working stiffs vastly different from the politicians, at least from the highfalutin' liberal ones they cover......."

"Thirty-five years ago, journalists perceived themselves as public servants whose mission was to inform their readers and viewers. The best reporters simply got the facts right. The story was the star...

..Which is all the more reason why Democrats' expectations of a favorable November should be tempered by the cold reality that Obama will be taking heavy fire from both sides. After all, hasn't left-leaning Newsweek already told us that this election pits arugula against beer?"

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-gabler29-2008jun29,0,3903436.story

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” --Robert McCloskey Posted by: sturgeone | 1:52 PM

Sturge,
I keeping a copy of that one. I relate.

"Dixiana Moon"

Absolutely, harbor! A grand book....

From Chloe's attempt to correct me...Harborwoman

Harbor,
I wasn't attempting to correct you.
I'm sorry if you took it that way.

I was just pointing out that a word I had never heard of existed.

Printing or writing out scads of business cards would include a lot of work and probably a bit of expense.....I cant see "vandals" going to that sort of extreme......would lead me to "pro quo bono?"

"I'd be inclined to view such overt tactics as a blatant "dirty trick" by some gop agent provocateur."

G Man, . .where were you last last night?

Chloe -- Yes, yes, yes to that LA Times piece!

""What we get, then, is a bunch of wealthy journalistic stars bending themselves into pretzels pretending that they are down-to-earth working stiffs vastly different from the politicians, at least from the highfalutin' liberal ones they cover......."

"Thirty-five years ago, journalists perceived themselves as public servants whose mission was to inform their readers and viewers. The best reporters simply got the facts right. The story was the star..."

My Webster's Third International says defile, dishonor, or sully.

Keeping all this in perspective, I have never, nor do I plan to, nor have I ever aspired to edit the back page of The Atlantic Monthly.

Alrighty then, Chloe...and the bonus is that we both learned a new word today.

Thanks Harbor,
It wasn't my intention to insult you in anyway.

Chloe and Patsi...

I think that's an excellent and important point. It's far too easy for us 'regular Americans' (God! How I hate that term!) to fail to see that our so-called journalists have been co-opted into the wealthy class...upper middle class to flat-out rich...by their moneyed corporate employers. What better way to bring them into the fold than to make them part of the class the media truly represents today?

Speaking of books....let me recommend Jujitsu for Christ by Jack Butler.

Patsi, from your post at 10:49 am - thank you for the kind words!

'Preciate it, Chloe. I am now uninsulted....

-- Yes, yes, yes to that LA Times piece!

Yes Patsi, I liked it too.
It's nice to see someone finally talking about it.

Good.

"G Man, . .where were you last last night? "

ROFL, Rez....

As long as we're recommending books, I'm reading two pretty good ones at the moment:

"The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein (This one just came out in paperback.)

# 14

G Man, . .where were you last last night?
--Rez

you mean where's the last place I was last night....or where was I last night?

"The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein

I've been wanting to get that, Utopia -- but I fear I'll start screaming and never be able to stop.....

Patsi--- you mentioned not liking many of the Dem stategist. I agree. Used to loveTerry McAuliffe but he got down right silly toward the end of Hillary's campaign. I also got sick of his flirting with Mika B in the morning. I guess only because I don't like her! Axelrod looks really scary but I guess he got the job done. I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark ally that's all I can say--

I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark ally that's all I can say--

He's ruthless.

Axelrod! Now I remember his name...couldn't think of it earlier....maybe selective memory loss....

There's something weaselly about him, just like McAuliffe...

Confused Gator fans. BHO would probably grant these fools their wishes.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=6873208&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Senor Pescado,

G Man refers to GORDO, not you. Sorry for the confusion or better yet, you're cut off ! lol

Some HRC's supporters take this stuff seriously. As the enlighten one said just the other day, "Hillary rocks". LOL BHO is such a goober. She rocks, the problem BHO, you don't. :-o

http://www.wftv.com/news/16738560/detail.html

Many women and men who voted for Hillary in the primaries are planning on demanding that Hillary be on the first ballot at the convention. If that does not happen things could get very ugly in Denver. It won't be a repeat of '68 but what happens after the convention is going to be history making in the way Hillary voters cast their votes.

Many Hillary Clinton voters really feel that she is being forced to back Obama but secretly wants us to carry on to Denver. With the "Million Voter March" being planned in all 50 states our voices will be heard.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/06/dems-get-it-together-in-unity.html#comment-108793

arrrgh......cut off.......a fate worser'n deaf...........

Okay folks. "Lardo's Retreat" is up and running. It's a rough shell at the moment, but at least I got the mission statement posted. Hopefully it will be accepting comments. I'll be tweaking it in days to come, and reminding you of its existence. I also want to figure out how to give Renee, Patsi and ET the ability to post the funny stories they've already shared here.

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

Finally got around to reading yesterday's Journal. Here's more on the new G.I. Bill:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121461476029012803.html?mod=todays_us_page_one

It clarifies candidates positions.

In an article in the subscribers' section of the Air Force Times posted today, Rick Maze says:

"...
OTHER BENEFITS

• More time: Active-duty members have 15 years after separation to use benefits, up from the current 10.

• Transfer benefits: Service members with six years of service who promise to serve four more can transfer full benefits to spouses. Members who serve 10 years can transfer benefits to children.

• No enrollment fee: $1,200 member contribution eliminated."

For many service members, the transfer benefits will be very important and will serve as a career motivator. Hopefully they will provide enough incentive to keep experienced people in the service beyond their initial enlistments.

Lardo

The can do a simple "copy and paste" to the comments section. Love the logo.

Lardo,

A nice blog start.

Thanks Jamie...I may need help along the way in terms of administering this thing, if it turns out to be sustainable and funny/interesting enough to be worthwhile.
This is all learning as I go.

Ditto Fry. We'll see how it goes.

anonymous 2,

Let it go. Please.

Any other posters here that want to read the Back Channel, and then take the time to copy posts from the BC, and post here on the Tral Mix blog - is totally missing the point of separate blogs!

You can't imagine how disappointing this behavior is to those who want to make this a better place!

peace~

Question: How can you humiliate someone that is un-humiliate-able?

Anonymous 2.0 -

Please at least try to understand that your desire to continue along your current path may be a benefit to Craig's Trail Mix blog.

You (as in any one person) can only control yourself....Do as you wish. I have stated my opinion .... everyone have a nice evening.

peace~

* may NOT *

"You can't imagine how disappointing this behavior is to those who want to make this a better place!"

Burrito....here's where I am not quite following. Are you saying this has been some horrible place? Because I don't agree. Certainly not to some message boards I've seen on the net.

Just because some people took offense at arrow and flung them back....doesn't translate to this blog is filled with children who must be corrected. I understand that sometimes name calling gets out of hand, but this is a slippery slope.

I remember that Sheila said it was so much nicer when I confined my posting to country music and recipes....

Besides, sometimes I just gotta call a maroon a maroon! :)

I am just home and I have to say how much I have laughed and enjoyed the posts today! Is it the magic of our wit or just the magic of sex?

Let's keep the fun going and not let the snarky posts show up again. This SHOULD be fun eh? Enough of the personal attacks! Let's find where we can agree and build from there.

Tom

Viv,

Sorry I didn't read your post of yesterday, yesterday. 2 thumbs up!!! Beautifully said!!! Some individual you can not enter into a conversation with, or debate a topic without them just making-up stuff for the sole purpose of causing trouble, or maybe they are just needing attention. The 2 best ways, not the only ways, to deal with such individuals is either to completely ignore them, or attack their post with facts without ever mentioning their name. Both methods will just drives them "F"ing batty. ;-)

Besides, sometimes I just gotta call a maroon a maroon! :)

Posted by: Patsi | June 29, 2008 4:37 PM

In that spirit Patsi, I personally see no problem with it! I also doing think you should have to just post re country music and recipes, those they are nice posts too!

xoxoxo love ya,

Tom

anon p did a post last night on BacChannel about the number of posts per poster on yesterday's C-list thread.........i would that he take into consideration that yesterday was a saturday, and there would be somewhat different numbers for most but not all of those posting for a day during the week, when most are working......perhaps a more accurate count would be the number of posts per poster for any given week's time.......

that said....I understand that I, as much as has anyone else, have added my 2 cents and more to the mostly tedious discord lately here extant.......apologies to all for that..........both here and to all at the bac/chan......but I guess I wont be taking part in the War Between the Blogs that is now brewing up.......have seen it too many times with too many post schism dueling chat rooms......

I like it here and if welcome will continue to contribute.....

but no more schismatic postage......

In response to Craig's initial blog ... I suspect that Sen McCain has decided to
#1. Be himself
#2. Do as many "free media" events as he can.

Both men were quite good at the Forum of Latino government officials yesterday and Sen McCain was actually quite passionate about the twin problems of high gasoline prices and the urgent need to save the planet ... and very moving when he spoke about the Hispanic population ...
I'm certain more than a few people remember poor old Bob Dole...attempted to compete with Bill Clinton during the summer of 1996 and wound up totally out of money two months before the Convention.

I read an old AARP magazine today. It was the Jamie Lee Curtis issue. The magazine's main article was on the year of 1968. It contained a priceless quote from comedian Pat Paulsen about him running for President in 1968. I couldn't find the quote on-line. It was about him being vague on all the issues etc...I was able to find this interview with him in 1993. It talks about all his campaigns for President. It's pretty funny!

http://www.humorproject.com/blog/?p=14

Patsi: You can call a maroon a maroon ... just as long as you don't call him a macaroon.

I want to thank all of you for the delightful sex shop discussion. A close friend has a significant birthday approaching ... I intended to give her a red hat but that is so old hat ... I now feel that I absolutely must find her something totally inappropriate at the F Street Bookstore. I will, however, have to call upon my daughter and her best friend to chaperone my visit.

Hey Corey, what's up with your Dad? It sounds serious but I didn't find your original post. I hope all is well...

I agree, sturge....and I'm posting too much too, including about sex shops, books and blog wars. I'll cut back to a couple a day as well.

Patsi,
I must be dense, but I don't know what you guys are talking about. I thought the posting has gotten better lately?

In response to Craig's initial blog ... I suspect that Sen McCain has decided to
#1. Be himself
#2. Do as many "free media" events as he can. maggisd

Magg,
I read an part of an article earlier today that McCain was trying to run his campaign on too little money. But I can't remember where I saw it, and I've been everywhere. Do you think it's smart, because they didn't.

hey I think the sex shop chat today (mea culpa) was DELIGHTFUL !!!! When my Mom visited me in The Netherlands back in 2000, we took her to Amsterdam. She would have been around 62 years old. Anyway she walked into a sex shop and bought a matching penis salt and pepper shaker. I had her stand outside in front of the sign that said "SEX SHOP". She loved it. I wuz gonna ask one of the professional girls if my Mom could stand in the window for a moment, but I was sure the answer would be "no" so I didn't... It would have been hilarious!

Anyway, we've all been giddy and exuberant today and I've enjoyed my participation and what I've read!

Time for bed... another work week begins :(

bye bye b ye

Craig said he liked it when we talked about our personal lives. He was referring to Corey, and said he wish he had more like him. So open and honest. Patsi, you don't post too much. You're good for this blog. Are you guys listening to the Back Channel?

chloe: He may not have much choice. He did do well in fundraising last month, but he can't compete with Obama in terms of money -- not just the individual donors but all the corporate bundlers, etc.
I think he's just hoping to use as much free media as possible until the Conventions, hope that Sen Obama wears out his welcome and make a big push in September and October. That's when McCain will get the Federal money. What I see as his biggest problem is that he will not have all the evangelical organizations doing their massive GOTV efforts as they did for GWB.

ET,

"Enough of the personal attacks! Let's find where we can agree and build from there."

Actually that has never been a problem with 99% of the people here. But there is that 1% who like to stir-up stuff. And as long as I have been here, and that is almost 3 years, that same 1% has been stirring the cauldron. There use to be a guy when I first came name Fritz. Fritz was a R, the only R at that time. Fritz would say some horrendous things, maybe he felt threaten because of his political beliefs. I never voiced my opinion for or against him, because although was a very bright person, he was also his own very worst enemy. He was given so many chances here it wasn't funny, but there came a time when enough was enough and Fritz was asked to leave, and much to his credit Fritz without a fight. Now I am not professing to be any choir-boy cause I have had my problems with any number of members here. Maybe I could have handled them much better than I did, but I do try to learn from my mistakes. But there are individuals who think they never make mistakes, and therefore there is nothing for them to learn.

Magg,
Do you think it's as bad as Craig makes it sound?
Some people are talking as though it's over for McCain.
And frankly, I was shocked when I read Craigs blog today,.

Magg,
Do you think it's as bad as Craig makes it sound?
Some people are talking as though it's over for McCain.
And frankly, I was shocked when I read Craigs blog today,.

Posted by: chloe | June 29, 2008 5:14 PM

I hope it's over McCain... It's too early to tell, but I just don't find him intriguing at all. If there was a LIBERAL republican running, I could support him or her, but the typical right wing republican machine I can do without... They love trickle down politics, but I for one was tired of being politically and economically "pissed on"...

And now really goodnight

FryDaddy, good comment and observation...

Bye all...

Chloe,

Today is June 29th, November 4th is a long way off. A lot can and will happen.

Feeding time at the Fry household.

chloe: I was actually somewhat puzzled by Craig's comment -- a first for me. Personally, I think it's far too early to count anyone out. It is my belief that Sen McCain is relying on what has worked for him in the past ... he's not a great speechmaker, and has never liked large rallies. He can make foreign trips on our dime (as ranking member of the Armed Services and Commerce Committees) and just keep on doing his Town Hall Meeting type events. We all need to remember that the 36 million people who voted in the Democratic primaries represent only about 1/3 of the people who will actually vote in November ... most people really aren't paying that much attention yet.

Patsi,Sturge
Hey I love and enjoy your posts!!! I love this place!! I don't see it as how much a person posts but what is posted and the value i get from reading you all.Yes some posts get me pissed,but so do some of my family members.This place is like a family.We get along and agree with some and not some others and with me thats ok.I don't expect Unity from this blog i will leave that to the political parties.Keep them coming everyone..........Please

Nick: My point exactly.

just dont call one a macacaroon....

Trailmix Regulars...there's a new post up at Lardo's Retreat inviting you to (and explaining how you can) become a guest poster there.

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

Chloe: Here's an article that discusses the same thing as Craig did ... only with a bit more detail.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccain29-2008jun29,0,1575201.story

I saw my Dad this afternoon. He wants to go home. Don't know when that will happen for him. I think it's up to my Mom. The guy named Philip gets to go home tomorrow. He wanted to go home yesterday. When he said he couldn't go home until Monday a nurse said to him, "That's not too bad!" He gave her a bewildered look. I said, "That's not too good either!" In one final bit of news , they wheeled a stretcher passed my Dad's room this afternnon. Whoever was on there was completely covered up with a blanket. Someone must have died. Sad.

Corey

Is this the quote you wanted?

As a gag, show star Pat Paulsen ran for office during the 1968 presidential election. “I’m consistently vague on the issues,” announced Paulsen on national television, “and I’m continuing to make promises that I’ll be unable to fulfill.” Regardless of his humorous motives, Paulsen seemed to have a “Ralph Nader Effect,” stealing 200,000 votes from the Democrats and helping to swing one of the closest elections in history. Thanks to Paulsen’s efforts, Nixon narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey. “Hubert Humphrey told me I cost him the election,” recalled Paulsen, “and he wasn’t smiling when he said it.”

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13566

It could very well be the mood of the country means a Democratic sweep but the presidential preference polls don't reflect the right track/wrongtrack numbers.

I think McCain is going to continue to use the argument with Republicans especially moderate ones that they won't agree on everything but he is still a better choice.

For example, Schwarzenegger's spirited defense of McCain the environmentalist.
(06-29) 10:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, appearing in a taped interview Sunday on "Meet the Press," defended GOP presidential candidate John McCain as "the real deal on the environment" within days of taking a shot at the Arizona senator's call for lifting the federal ban on offshore oil drilling as "blowing smoke."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/29/MNDB11H66C.DTL&tsp=1

Sturgeone: Water sprayed on the keyboard .... ROFL...

KGC: I agree with the Governator. McCain is the real deal on the environment. He displayed as much passion as I've seen from him on almost any issue yesterday at the Latino forum ... on the environment and also on immigration reform.

Gotta go folks ... have a good one.

I think McCain should pick Christy Todd Whitman (even with the problems at the World Trade Center - they can always blame that on Rudy)

Bush 1 and Ford had a lot of great, moderate Republican women and if they can some how mobilize that bunch, it could be a horserace for real and not a media invention.

Nick,

And they are sending copies to everybody.

speaking of the environment:

Land Claims in the Arctic

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080627/iceless_north_080627/20080627?hub=CTVNewsAt11

KGC,

Choosing Christie Todd Whitman, who's despicable actions after 9/11 jeopardized the lives of the recovery crews at Ground Zero and on more than one occasion, used her office to protect her husband's bank account with favorable business from the State of NJ.

She is a moderate in that she is willing to whore herself out for financial and not ideological purposes first, unlike most politicians who would go the ideology first.

well i am seriously lookin forward to being a lurker at Lardo's Retreat:

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

Bear

That's one way of looking at her. But she is also another Shrub cast off and can say the 9/11 problems were Rudy's fault. I don't know about the conflicts with her husband.

She is believable as a not Bush Republican. In fact, I think McCain should put together a kitchen cabinet of all the people pushed out of the Bush administration.
If McCain can make the case the Republican Party is the biggest victim of the Bush administration and everyone was acting out of patriotism, he might get the right leaners back.

Here's a link to Todd Whitman's base in the Republican Party

http://www.republican-leadership.com/

geez, war on iran not waiting for the election. maybe kucinich is right:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh

Hersch was scary on CNN today......story in new yorker even more so......

I swear Bush is like a malevolent little boy playing with his toy soldiers. Intead of dropping rocks on anthills just to watch the creatures run, he likes to drop real warheads on children just to watch the armless flail around in agony.

Jamie,

Actually... he would stuff as many lit firecrackers as he could down the mouths of (very temporarily) living frogs as reported by a childhood friend named (I think) Throckmorton.

Now... should we consider those a) concealed weapons of mass destruction or b) IEDs?

Bush, Cheney et al are very dangerous people. 1/20/09

Try not to smile while watching this ... go ahead ... try

http://www.vimeo.com/1211060?pg=embed&sec=1211060

Can't be done, Jamie! If you hadn't smiled before, the DMZ shot is laugh-out-loud funny.

well it seems like if pelosi and reid are worth a damn, they would stop this iran foolishness -- but, instead, they are enabling it. amazing. are dems no different than repubs when it comes to this stuff?

Birth Certificate MYSTERY Ongoing

"In the past 48 hours, several new pieces of information related to Barack Obama’s birth certificate have come to my attention. --- The developments in this story are dynamic and fast-moving. ---"

The Daily Kos Diary

FightTheSmears

Hawaii State Department of Health

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/birth-certificate-mystery-ongoing/

Lardass..... I copied and pasted my sex shop story over to your retreat.....
it's the only sex shop story I have....... but I can always make some up.... :)

9/11..... so good to see you!..... I always enjoy it when you pop up here.....

Frydaddy..... well stated.... it's always the 1% that cause the problems and then claim to be innocent.....

I just got a call from a young Obama supporter asking me if I went to the Unity event..... when I said no.... he said they must have got their list wrong....
suuuuuuurrrrrrre........ it's all accidentally on purpose.....

Craig....
my father has said for years that there's no real difference between Republicans and Democrats.....

boy have we had some verbal contests on that subject over the years!

but after the 2006 election and this primary season..... I'm beginning to see his point..... ssssshhhhh...... don't tell him I said that.....

Lest you forget, Mr. Crawford, it wasn't Mr. McCain, it was Mr. Obama who invented the faux presidential seal.

Now who is jumping the gun and thinks he's already elected?

Renee...posts by you, Patsi, EuroTom are all up on Lardo's Retreat, with visual aids. We're off to a great start! Thanks for your contributions!

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

That's the quote , Jamie. Thanks!

Kurt Vonnegut wrote an article for Ramparts Magazine I think in 68.....(could have been 72) about attending one of the conventions......his summation was that there is only one political party in the US.

Proof positive that Photoshop was used on the BC image posted in the Daily Kos

"JPG files can contain a lot of information about the nature of the image -- and even information not related at all to the image. Beginning with the 24th byte in a JPG file, one can embed information hidden from view...except, of course, when you look at it with a hex editor.

I opened both the image posted on the Daily Kos and the image on the "Smears" websites in a hex editor. Inside, I saw information indicating that both had taken a trip through Photoshop land."

http://polarik.blogtownhall.com/2008/06/29/proof_positive_that_photoshop_was_used_on_the_bc_image_posted_in_the_daily_kos.thtml

Lardo

I posted mine but don't have a clue how to get it to you except that I put Lardo's Retreat in the 'trackback" line. If anyone wants to read it and it doesn't make it to the retreat, it is at

http://jamiesplace.wordpress.com

Jamie...you're up at Lardo's Retreat. I hope you enjoy the new Frost-inspired headline:

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

"well it seems like if pelosi and reid are worth a damn, they would stop this iran foolishness -- but, instead, they are enabling it. amazing. are dems no different than repubs when it comes to this stuff?"

It is stupifying, Craig.

Hey GORDO,

Here's some great information for your Birth Certificate farce...

I'm sure this is what Scalia fears with his 2nd Amendment ruling but I'm sure there are many in Compton loading up as we speak...lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nkPb4s0-QcI

My only question is how long it takes for this to be spun as an Obama crisis

Patsi,

What is so stupefying about the Politics of Self Aggrandizement and Preservation?

You got me there, Bear.

(Hmmm...sounds like a hillbilly song to me."

Thanks Lardo,

Maybe I should use the tag line in here:

"This is NOT humorous" : )

Whoa...just learned that Inspector Lewis is on PBS -- one of my favorite Morse folks...

Bear

I can' see the word "Stupefying" without thinking of Julie Newmar as Stupefying Jones in Li'l Abner

http://www.leconcombre.com/serials/newmar/julie-newmar-thanks.jpg

Patsi

I've already got it marked for 9:00. After all the Inspector Morse episodes, it's nice to have a follow up series.

Lardass

The wife has been out of town so long all I can ask is.
What is sex?
It rough when you get old and your memory fails.

Jack

Nick,

If you're going to play this fake outrage card, may I suggest the following:

1. You realize that a delightful older woman just made you cry? I wonder if there is an Oedipus complex that needs to be flesh out with a therapist of some type.

2. I hate to tell you but Al Sharpton has the "selective victimization" market cornered. If you are going to play that card, I would suggest emailing him and getting some pointers.

I have no idea hwat you are crying about but I do know that were I ever to be in a knife fight, I would much rather have Patsi or Jamie than you.

WaPo article re Sen. Kerry's Democratic opposition.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062900935.html

let me add...on my side to that last post...

maybe it's his way of telling you he needs help in a fight.

Am I drunk?

As I told the last person who asked me that question, I don't drink.

I sick of seeing a little pissant like you whining about yet another slight from Obama people.

I'm sure we'll now here about how you're the victim of reverse racism and how your father lost a job promotion because he was more qualified that the fat, lazy black woman that took his job...whatever.

You want to pick on your bully, fine.

Well Burrito that seems to be the problem with some Obama supporters, you really DO NOT GET IT!
Where do you get off assuming you got under my skin when it is you with the attitude (lizard skin). In my post to you I encouraged you to vote for who you want but you insist on this above " vote Barack Obama 2008 !" and then followed by "peace~"
That's not a conversation it attempted conversion.
Know where you can put your peace!

This however is bullshit that will not go unanswered. Someone is making an attempt a conciliatory gesture with a light hearted plea and you become a cyber Ike Turner... Not acceptible.

And I am not interjecting them into this except to say that for all of my disagreements with them, I have more respect for them than for you.

Were I ever to be in a fight for my life, I could trust them with having my back while I'm certain you would go run to mommy.

I read what you wrote am I am choosing to defend someone that you were rude to. If you want to pick a fight, fine.

Just remember this...the biggest similarity between Obama and Bush is that they in the face of Bill Clinton and won.

The biggest similarity between H. Clinton and Bush, both had huge surpluses of good will and finances and pissed them both away in short order to be where they are now.

I know for pointing this out I must be anti American for putting myself in front of my country but oh well...I'm just going to kick back and drink your milkshake...which reminds me, I want the next one to be strawberry.

Bear, You know you're a real piece of work and a coward. You bring my mother and father into this!
We will see!

Posted by: Nick | June 29, 2008 9:59 PM

Apparently when the bully gets punched in the nose he can't react??? Obviously you haven't read what I wrote and you are going to the Al Sharpton victimhood defense...appropriate because he still hasn't apologized to the Duke Lacrosse Players...when will you apologize to her?

ad hominem

Nick,
Just to be clear....I am a Hillary supporter with my vote in the primary and with a my wallet (a substantial amount of cash) and I will be voting for Barack Obama in the GE. Barack Obama is the candidate actually running for President that best shares my ideals and goals for our country.

My tag line [was]
vote Barack Obama 2008 : ( to show my support, not to insists anything to anybody)
peace~ ( is hopefully self explanatory)

there is no peace~

Hate to interrupt the latest pointless fight here, but take a break and come talk about your sex life at "Lardo's Retreat"

http://lardosretreat.wordpress.com/

This offshoot was your creation folks. It's up to you to keep it going. We've already got grand contributions from Jamie, Patsi, Renee and EuroTom.

Jack...as for your post...an "I haven't had sex lately because my wife is away" post would be entirely appropriate for Lardo's Retreat. Also, for all you history buffs, start mining Wikipedia for great sex stories of Past Presidents and Congressional Leaders. If I don't see a Wilbur Mills post on there by this time tomorrow, I'll be disappointed.

The sky is the limit.

I've looked everywhere I can think of and cant find that Ramparts Magazine article by Vonnegut.......found out that it was from the Repub convention in ' 68.....but not the title.......i used to have the magazine itself, but after my old man began to come up with the al's hammers, this woman friend of his "cleaned out the attic".........lost a goodly number of mags.....esquires, new yorkers, avant garde, rolling stones, R. Crumb...........lots of irreplaceable stuff......but learned a lot about "letting go".......

anyway, if anyone can find it, it's one hell of an article, the conclusion of which was that the people (yes, the people) were being sold down the river by the only party in america.....the politicians........

Lardomann......working on one...........will try to finish it tomorrow..... it's a good one about a snake show band, st petersburg, lincoln continentals, and ........and....oh.....I cant tell that one.....well.....i'll finish one tomorrow.....a different one......

well at least it's nice to see some new characters in the late-night brawl scene. Somebody put the good shot glasses away and clear the furniture. Bear and Nick, it's all yours

Craig,

Half the problem is that you insist upon locking up the good liquor and glasses...

Remember, people play up or down to their level of competition and when you set out the Old Grand Dad instead of the Lagavulin...these things will happen...

"I read what you wrote am I am choosing to defend someone that you were rude to. If you want to pick a fight, fine"

Bear
I suspect there was a much better way to support UB than a full broadside blast at Nick. Noticed that it did not bring about a change in behavior but escalated the confrontation.(and yes, I know I am not one to talk most days.)

One thing we all need to constantly remind ourselves is we almost all write in a conversational manner. That is a very sloppy way to communicate in text. Because when we converse we are not only using the words but the tone we use, our facial expressions and gestures all give meaning to our words. All of these are missing in text.
Nick would have done better if he had assumed a miscommunication and expressed himself in that manner. Phrases like "did you mean this", " did you intend to say this". can go a long way to correct misunderstandings. It looked to me as if Nick assumed the worst and reacted with anger. then (from my view) you did the same. then back and forth and back and forth it goes. I enjoy the many posts by both you and Nick. But I have to admit that some times both of you make me cringe when you fly off the handle. I hope neither of you view this as an attack, it is not intended as such but just my clumsy attempt at pouring oil on troubled waters.

Jack

Yikes. Perhaps we should just put the whiskey away and break out the bong instead...?

THE WINNER by BOBBY BARE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWlnv0_svU

The Great Smoke Off
Shel Silverstien

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVfE_-ZJAxc

Been a weekend of family as my mothers family had their annual family reunion. I've got nieces and nephews scattered around the house. The dishes are washed and everyone is setted down to sleep except me. I'm just enjoying the quiet. Bed time for me I will see you all tommorrow, after everybody leaves.

Jack

Sturgeone

Are you thinking of the 1972 Republican Convention in Harpers article that Vonnegut wrote?

http://harpers.org/archive/1972/11/0021584

You have to be a subscriber to read the whole Harper's article, but I found this excerpt for "In A Manner That Would Shame God Himself"

Writing from the 1972 Republican National Convention Kurt Vonnegut decided to reduce all of American society into two parties, Winners and Losers. Winners win elections and treat themselves very well. The rest are Losers and are treated miserably. The essay “In a Manner that Must Shame God Himself” (originally published in Harper’s Magazine) collected in Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons Vonnegut says:

“There is a witty winner, a millionaire named William F. Buckley, Jr. who appears regularly in newspapers and on television. He bickers amusingly with people who think that Winners should help the Losers more than they do.

“He has a nearly permanent and always patronizing rictus when debating.

“As a visitor from another planet, I would have nothing to lose socially in supposing that Buckley himself did not know the secret message of his smile. I would then guess at the message ‘Yes, oh yes, my dear man–I understand what you have said so clumsily. But you know in your heart what every Winner knows: that one must behave heartlessly toward Losers, if one hopes to survive.’”

My phone rang at work one day when I was away from my desk. A colleague answered and took this message for me:

Chick called from the adult bookstore and said your order is ready.

It was my brother-in-law.

I for one do think Obama's campaign is orchestrated, altho brilliantly I don't know. You can tell by the extreme control and discipline.

Obama had some competition for his state run, local neighborhood activists who had been around for a while. "He" got rid of them by challenging names on their petitions - these were other black activists who had put in plenty of time. I do not believe for one minute he knew how to do that, and I also think he didn't have the staff or the time to do it. The Chicago machine took care of it for him.

Machines work best at a county level, and I think they have already made some mistakes cuz their judgement is impaired by the size of the campaign - it's national, not county. It will be interesting to see how the handle the rest of it.

Craig, I agree both men have been a little lackluster, but apparently Obama is going on a whirlwind trip to the Mideast - maybe Europe? - and I was stunned to hear it on the news crawl I think that's county style campaigning and it might backfire, kinda like the seal. That might play at home, but was childish if front of the world.

I don't think this is a cakewalk for either man yet, altho it might get to be. I'm voting for a balanced supreme court (so I say today) but I'm still afraid Obama will give it away to show he works across the aisle.

That fight back there, I couldn't make heads or tales out of it. Are you guys sure you were insulted? Oh, well, none of my beeswax.

Tony39b - Thank you for the nice compliment back there aways. I enjoy your posts, too, cuz you're always nice,pleasnt, and happy. It helps us all.

harborwoman,

Thanks for the correction! Of course, you are right about the word--disdain. It was a typo. I've made typos before and will probably make them again.
It was about 4 AM here in California when I typed my post earlier.

It's a great word--disdain-- and it's exactly what I feel about the primary.

burrito: the only way I could see myself voting for Obama is if Hillary were on the ticket. That's all Obama could do. Even then, I'd still feel that the Democratic Party, the media and Camp Obama have a lot of explaining to do.
I simply don't trust them anymore.

harborwoman,

Although "distain" is a word I like just as well.

I think I started Wordgate, today. I'm glad everyone seemed to learn
two new words, though.

Distain- is a lack or loss of honor/shame, a cause of disgrace

Disdain--the feeling of contempt I have for the DNC, media and Camp Obama

My phone rang at work one day when I was away from my desk. A colleague answered and took this message for me:

Chick called from the adult bookstore and said your order is ready.

It was my brother-in-law.
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/06/does-mccain-think-hes-already.html#comment-108947

Bethyboo,
another classic.

Everytime I'm just about ready to give up on this blog, you say something like that. I can't stop reading it..

And.......thank you for knowing what I meant by 'orchestrate'.

nite.

Glad you liked the story, Chloe. He is a painfully funny man.

Another good friend answered the phone once and the caller asked for his wife, a good firend of mine, by name. He told the caller she wasn't home at the moment and offered to take a message.

A pause and then he said, "Who am I? I'm her first
husband."

I choked, and I think the caller must have,too, because the phone was very silent for a while, and then he let her off the hook.

Craig -- my estimate of the "media" doesn't in any way apply to you. There are a few I really respect, and most of them are the older sort. Of the new, so far I like Chris
Cillizza. So far.

I found this blog cuz I wanted to hear your input. I scoured the net trying ti find out what happened to you, altho I was pretty sure you had been black-listed. Most of the entries were older and mis-leading, and the I found one which said, 'Where the heck ic Craig Crawford?' I was delighted to see so many others
had looked for you too.

Hey gang,

back from an amazing three day fest at Wimbledon.
I saw the amazing Venus Williams serve at the end of her game on Saturday (127MPH...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Also saw Roger Federer take another casualty on the amazing fed express....
Wow, the wimbledon tradition is too much for me....Hopefully it will be an all Williams final so that our pride will be flying high at this years Wimbledon. Serena and Venus to play today in singels back to back and then immediately for their doubles 3rd round game! All US men were out before round three...SAD

I was also able to see the Unity performance on Friday via the tube...:))
I have to say. HRC; you tried...but it wasn´t really true. I know you are doing it for the sake of the party and your own political carreer, but...let it be!
Move away from the spotlight and let the man do his thing......
Again I am truly pissed at the media. Lots of media are speculating about Bill Clinton. Where is he, and what should he do... I mean for the love of God....wasn´t it the same media that asked him to back away from her campaign? Wasn´t is the same feaking media who said that he was too much on the forefront? Wasn´t it the same media who said that they do not want anymore Clinton and they should just disappear?
Now this same media is questioning whey Bill hasn´t come full throttle with BO...
Amazing, what this mafia is dictating. But alas, the presumptive nominee owns them and vice versa...so keep on looking which steps they both will take to lay any blame game somewhere....
If he loses, it will be beacuse:
1. Either HRC came in too much and it hurt him in the end
2. Bill did not help enough
3: Bill and Hillary fed the repugs machine
4. ..........

No, but Obama obviously thinks he's president. Just look at his new emblem he sports:

http://politicaldiscontent.blogspot.com/2008/06/this-mutha-may-be-most-power-hungry.html

Or a long time ago as I posted here:

http://politicaldiscontent.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-isnt-presidential-campaign-this.html

His own words as reported in Vogue:

""Not long ago at a Hollywood fundraiser:
"When Morgan Freeman comes over to greet Obama, the senator begins bowing down both hands in worship. `This guy was president before I was,' says Obama, referring to Freeman's turn in Deep Impact and, clearly, getting a little ahead of his own bio. Next, a nod to Bruce Almighty: `This guy was God before I was.""

Most arrogant, unqualified, dangerous candidate in history? me thinks so...

Jason - there's a piece in the NY Times this morning that contends the reason this Bill Clinton "news" and other non-news stories are being bandied about is because the primary was so much more exciting than this general:

http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/is-that-all-there-is/index.html?ref=opinion

And here's another reason to have "disdain" for the press. This is an article tracing the Obama/Muslim emails history....back to at least 2004. When the emails were brought up in the campaign, Obama and his people, Axelrod included, insinuated time and again that the Clinton campaign was behind them. The Clintons were vilified over it. At that time I kept saying on this blog: these have been out there for YEARS.

Here's their background, and believe me, Obama's crowd KNEW the real story, as did the press. But they kept laying it all at the Clintons' feet.

Dishonest campaign.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703781.html?nav=rss_email/components

Hi Patsi,

Your post is very interesting! Thanks for the links, too.

I know so many of us cannot be wrong about the dishonesty and skullduggery of the Obama campaign no matter what malarkey the press and the New United Democratic party are giving us.

Now there are two interesting words for you--skullduggery and malarkey. . .

Yours in disdain. . .