९ ऑक्टोबर, २०११

At the No Boundaries Café...



... it's another glorious day.

(Photo by Meade, from yesterday's protest. We've got another protest to cover today. Enjoy this open thread.)

५१ टिप्पण्या:

अनामित म्हणाले...

Lovely day in the Obama-Biden city. A lovely last night happy hour. The campaign is finishing extremely well and it is becoming clear each day that the re-election is a foot. The SNL last night was honest: GOP has no chance till 2016, if at all. As Thomas Friedman writes in the NYT today: Where is the vision in the GOP?

Come join us in the re-election of the greatest POTUS. You will have no regrets and you will be part of the WINNING team!

edutcher म्हणाले...

I see the leaves have turned (have you had a cold snap?) where you are. Some trees here have, but nowhere near enough.

The Blonde and I drove over to Sharon PA last week, which is usually her annual "leaf ride", but everything is still pretty much green, so she's a little disappointed.

Nice pic, BTW, love the colors.

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

Where I live NWS is forecasting 99 F on Wednesday, just when we were getting used to seasonable coolness. Our paltry few sycamores up in the hill valleys will change and be beautiful, somewhere around the end of November.

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

Alas, both Saturday Night Live and Tom Friedman have sussed us out! Drat!

Shanna म्हणाले...

I see the leaves have turned (have you had a cold snap?) where you are.

It's so pretty and I'm ready for our leaves to change! There are a few changed leaves here and there but none of that gorgeous reddish color yet.

I'm also ready for this high 80/low 90's weather to go away. We had gorgeous 70's for a while and now it's hot again...

ndspinelli म्हणाले...

My bride is an elder in our local Presbyterian Church. Everyone..EVEN FOLKS WHO DON'T THINK GAYS SHOULD BE CLERGY, will say this is a good man and a great preacher.

Although I have a strong faith, I no longer belong to any church, this Westboro cabal is one of the reasons for that. Thanks to organized religion, more people have been killed in the name of The Lord, God, Allah, Yahweh, than have been saved in his name.

edutcher म्हणाले...

Tyrone Slothrop said...

Where I live NWS is forecasting 99 F on Wednesday, just when we were getting used to seasonable coolness. Our paltry few sycamores up in the hill valleys will change and be beautiful, somewhere around the end of November.

Yesterday was the 140th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, the result of a late heat wave, so a lot of places can still have very bad days ahead.

Are you in TX?

Dr Weevil म्हणाले...

So Obama's re-election is "a foot", AP? Would that be his own foot in his mouth, or the nation's foot in his ass? Or did you mean "afoot"?

DADvocate म्हणाले...

Magnifying the picture, those two women need to set some boundaries at the dinner table.

Couldn't read the signs completely. They look like a couple of middle class homies committed to radical change, until it interferes with their cable TV or cell phone service.

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

@edutcher

Southern California-- Riverside County.

edutcher म्हणाले...

You have my sympathy. I thought the West Coast avoided the kind of heat the southern part of the country had.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Any city in America is an Obama-Biden City. Why you ask? It is simple: People support the POTUS and V-POTUS.

Today the economic leadership of the wonderful economic team is described by E. Klein, the founder of the world-famous Journ"o"list.

He will get pulitzer prize.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/could-this-time-have-been-different/2011/08/25/gIQAiJo0VL_blog.html

Hoosier Daddy म्हणाले...

Jesus, is all you guys do in Wisconsin is walk around protesting?

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

We suffer through ridiculous heat all summer-- we're usually the same as Las Vegas or Phoenix-- but our winter weather is glorious.

garage mahal म्हणाले...

Tell Meade to be careful, he almost got himself arrested yesterday. ;-)

HT म्हणाले...

I wish I could agree (the stuff about the greatest president), AP. Of all the menu items to select from, what I will choose is the vice presidency. Of late our actual VPs and candidate VPs have been uncomplementary. They just didn't fit. Biden, Cheney, Palin. There's no OOMPH there.

I'm gonna say it, so brace yourselves. The last really inspired VP choice was of course, Gore, of Clinton-Gore.

We shall all dream on.

A. Shmendrik म्हणाले...

Cards @ Brewers 4:20 pm (ET) on TBS.

Packers @ Falcons 8:20 pm (ET) on NBC.

That is all.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

Obama the greatest POTUS?

Chip S. म्हणाले...

Say, devoid of protestors Madison would look very nice.

blake म्हणाले...

Nobody ever talks about the lives saved by "organized religion".

Wonder why that is.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

How could anyone really think Obama is the greatest President? Was that a parody?

Carol_Herman म्हणाले...

This picture would be prettier, if the two protesters had left the camera's range.

Tyrone Slothrop म्हणाले...

Obama picked Joe Biden precisely because Biden is an idiot. Obama, the community organizer, state senator and short-timer US senator could not afford to be shown up in ability by his VP. George W. Bush, on the other hand, picked perhaps the most experienced, intelligent and effective person available. He wasn't worried about being shown up. Cheney for his part contributed greatly, and in my opinion for the better, to W's administration and to our country.

Toshstu म्हणाले...

Madison is a test market for Big Protest.



wv: hanes. Big Underwear tests in Madison as well.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

WBC is more akin to organized crime, but I doubt it makes that much money. It exists more to feed Fred Phelp's ego. It is not a religion but more of a cult.

Peter Hoh म्हणाले...

Fred: Was that a parody?

For quite some time, Seven Machos has been arguing that AP is a conservative writing a parody of a liberal.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Atheists have no need for boundaries.

What me worry? They are lucky.

The day Israel wakes up with no boundaries, it will be a terrible day.

On December 6, 1941 the U S Navy had no worries either.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

Obama and Phelps are both Democrats.

Known Unknown म्हणाले...

The Blonde and I drove over to Sharon PA last week, which is usually her annual "leaf ride", but everything is still pretty much green, so she's a little disappointed.

I was born in Sharon, PA. You're about a week early.

Wince म्हणाले...

We've got another protest to cover today. Enjoy this open thread.

I feel like the teacher just left the study hall.

Spitballs!

richard mcenroe म्हणाले...

"Thanks to organized religion, more people have been killed in the name of The Lord, God, Allah, Yahweh, than have been saved in his name."

Yeah, yeah, give the Zororastrians a pass...

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

There is a unique protest culture in Madison. But not in similar cities like Austin...why is that?

jeff म्हणाले...

"Although I have a strong faith, I no longer belong to any church, this Westboro cabal is one of the reasons for that. Thanks to organized religion, more people have been killed in the name of The Lord, God, Allah, Yahweh, than have been saved in his name."

I have no faith, which is why I don't belong to any church, but I know that the Westboro is no church, to use it as a reason not to belong to any church is stupid and perhaps organized religion is (in your mind) considered bad precisely because of people like you not being involved.

richard mcenroe म्हणाले...

"Madison is a test market for Big Protest."

And so far Big Protest has given you broken civil service unions, GOP control of the state and the public humiliation of leftist judges.

Damn, maybe I should Occupy something...

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

I think Seven Machos is right about AP.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

Organized religion is bad...blah, blah, blah. Same old clap trap. The problem is not religion but people. Human beings are very flawed, capable of great good and evil.

edutcher म्हणाले...

E.M. Davis said...

The Blonde and I drove over to Sharon PA last week, which is usually her annual "leaf ride", but everything is still pretty much green, so she's a little disappointed.

I was born in Sharon, PA. You're about a week early.


Thanks. Good to know.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

The Eagles are losing to the Bills.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Fred FP, keep trying to connect the Phelps to Democrats, nice try, but you fail. They are MOBYS to Democrats as they are Mobys to Baptists and Christians in general.

somefeller म्हणाले...

There is a unique protest culture in Madison. But not in similar cities like Austin...why is that?

Better weather and entertainment options.

garage mahal म्हणाले...

David Duke and Rick Perry are Republicans.

Tom म्हणाले...

The one on the left is holding a camera, a couple of signs, a cuppa coffee, AND a cigarette. Does she have to:

Stop walking, and
Unload all that stuff
Just to take a puff?

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

Well no fail in saying Phelps is a democrat because he is a democrat. But Garage is also correct. How about we agree that Phelps and Duke are both assholes.

garage mahal म्हणाले...

Yea I think we can all agree with that Fred.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

The leaves on my street were glorious on Thursday. Today they're mostly fallen, and people are raking.

I suppose there is beauty in the starkness of a bare tree, but it's hard for me to see it.

James म्हणाले...

Wow...the Brewers just exploded; 6 runs and no outs in the 5th.

kjbe म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
kjbe म्हणाले...

I suppose there is beauty in the starkness of a bare tree, but it's hard for me to see it.

The beauty is that that it'll be back next year...not long after pitchers and catchers report.

HT म्हणाले...

The beauty is that you now have a wider perspective, can see farther, and all that. When the spring infill comes, you have less to see.

Freeman Hunt म्हणाले...

is all you guys do in Wisconsin is walk around protesting?

No kidding. Does the city have no cultural offerings? Is there really so little to do that carrying signs is the city's most popular pastime?

We've all seen pictures on this blog from various Madison attractions. Maybe people should be handing out brochures about these places to protesters.

Fred4Pres म्हणाले...

Actually Madison is a really nice little city and most of the people do not engage in stupid protests. But the few that do are really into it.