tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2027741343671499232..comments2024-03-29T05:01:52.320-05:00Comments on Althouse: A Saturday coffeehouse.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90651888597463838502008-01-20T12:57:00.000-06:002008-01-20T12:57:00.000-06:00Late to the game again *sigh*.It is my true desire...Late to the game again *sigh*.<BR/><BR/>It is my true desire that, sometime before the year is up, I'll be able to post some jazz to go with the coffeehouse. It's all about getting my current band recorded; we live in six different cities and teach at or attend four different colleges. But it'll happen...Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18083160817057753512008-01-20T08:17:00.000-06:002008-01-20T08:17:00.000-06:00"What the heck is wrong with the Republican Party ...<I>"What the heck is wrong with the Republican Party in South Carolina? Two freakin' thirds of them voted for either Huckabee or McCain. "</I><BR/><BR/>I hear you, except it doesn't appear McCain actually won with Rep votes. This, of course, is a big problem for him.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248882642756619950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17959588256719350892008-01-20T07:30:00.000-06:002008-01-20T07:30:00.000-06:00the problem is we have never had a real mathematic...the problem is we have never had a real mathematician in the whitehouse.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps JImmy Carter is the closest with having a BA in physics. If I talk to my own three mathematical sons, physics is the most difficult math. But anyway, I think mathematicians must be too much the humanitarians to be a President. That conclusion works with my three sons, too.<BR/><BR/>"Poetry must be made by all and not by one."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57907978845625129292008-01-20T05:27:00.000-06:002008-01-20T05:27:00.000-06:00Virtual reality is the most real one. Consider m...Virtual reality is the most real one. Consider <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~rhhardink/lautreamont.math.txt" REL="nofollow"> mathematics. </A>rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36620047103066789612008-01-20T05:03:00.000-06:002008-01-20T05:03:00.000-06:00YOU KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET JAMMED UP WHEN:You wa...YOU KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET JAMMED UP WHEN:<BR/><BR/>You wake up hung-over in a seedy motel, naked, with your genitals freshly shaved, a ball-gag in your mouth, a bottle of tequila crazy-glued to your hand, a pistol emptied on the floor next to a puddle of someone else's blood...<BR/>Suddenly someone outside the door yells:<BR/>POLICE DEPARTMENT! SEARCH WARRANT!!!!!!Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60358328706193860452008-01-20T02:27:00.000-06:002008-01-20T02:27:00.000-06:00What the heck is wrong with the Republican Party i...What the heck is wrong with the Republican Party in South Carolina? Two freakin' thirds of them voted for either Huckabee or McCain. Did they mean to vote in the Democratic primary and just showed up on the wrong day?<BR/><BR/>At least Thompson came in third, albeit a distant third.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10583465806029931762008-01-20T01:01:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:01:00.000-06:00"A leftist cannot truck with an Obama candidacy as...<I>"A leftist cannot truck with an Obama candidacy as it would negate his entire world view: a black on the reservation cannot rise to the level of his overseer/benefactor. And it doesn't matter how liberal Obama is, his rise is more a threat to the left than any winning conservative candidate."</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, this is absolutely true, and one reason this life-long Republican is thinking of crossing party lines and voting for Obama in the primary. Not because I want him to be president, but because I think it far better for the Republic for the Democrats to abort the Clinton "dynasty" before the nomination than to foist that problem upon the rest of us; and to force the White race-baiting Left to deal with the fact, with apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd, "a black man don't need him around, anyhow."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248882642756619950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65398309758756669002008-01-20T00:45:00.000-06:002008-01-20T00:45:00.000-06:00"The Latin American left, sensing that the story o..."The Latin American left, sensing that the story of racial mobility implicit in Obama's personal story is too good an ad for American society, has chosen to moderate its embrace of the black American senator."<BR/><BR/>Pulled this from Reynolds. This resonates with me, as I think Obama has a major reverse resonance with the American left, for the same reason. <BR/><BR/>A leftist cannot truck with an Obama candidacy as it would negate his entire world view: a black on the reservation cannot rise to the level of his overseer/benefactor. And it doesn't matter how liberal Obama is, his rise is more a threat to the left than any winning conservative candidate.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344824510190345160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65118165804849222942008-01-19T23:35:00.000-06:002008-01-19T23:35:00.000-06:00who was walled alive into a room Wasn't that "A Ca...<I> who was walled alive into a room </I><BR/>Wasn't that "A Cask of Amantitado"?<BR/><BR/>Speaking of <A HREF="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article3185449.ece" REL="nofollow">tale-telling twats</A>, Linda Tripp is apparently running a store in toney Middleburg, Va.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46645005612526276902008-01-19T22:35:00.002-06:002008-01-19T22:35:00.002-06:00"Screw 'em, I say."Okay, but my advice: Don't use ..."Screw 'em, I say."<BR/><BR/>Okay, but my advice: Don't use condoms made in China. Who knows what's in 'em.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316388500723034455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57636364787705796422008-01-19T22:35:00.001-06:002008-01-19T22:35:00.001-06:00Tim,You heard wrong. It was a rumor put out to ke...Tim,<BR/>You heard wrong. It was a rumor put out to keep their where abouts a secret. The three of them are working together to put on a retro concert cum poetry slam.<BR/><BR/>Morrison is clean, sober, and a born again Christian, Elvis lost weight with Nutri-system, and Poe leaves in mufti everyday to attend AA meetings.<BR/><BR/>Update:<BR/>The jig may be up. Drudge may be reporting on them Sunday.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38950311958697200522008-01-19T22:35:00.000-06:002008-01-19T22:35:00.000-06:00When I say "republic" as opposed "democracy," I'm ...When I say "republic" as opposed "democracy," I'm obviously referring to the federal, national government, and not more local ones. I'd think that is obvious, but these days, you never know.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24289633007143798002008-01-19T22:31:00.000-06:002008-01-19T22:31:00.000-06:00I just realized that I have not "spoken aloud," bl...I just realized that I have not "spoken aloud," blogosphere-wise, a thought I've had for awhile--<BR/><BR/>And I suppose--<I>I suppose</I>, though reluctantly--that it will only be of interest to (if there's interest at all, of course) the lest-fresh among us--<BR/><BR/>But when, exactly, in context of political reportage, of political journalism, did it become standard to present results of presidential dysyr relays in terms of wins of the popular vote as opposed to delegate counts? (And I do mean as opposed to: there is, of course, the option to present both, within the same story, but that's the road not taken.)<BR/><BR/>Does this telegraph anything to you all? Is it supposed to? What do you think about that?<BR/><BR/>Are we supposed to take from this that the "vote" is in as to whether the concept of republic has been rejected in favor of democracy?<BR/><BR/>And how does that square with how, even now, the USA is technically set up, according to official documentation?<BR/><BR/>Just thinking aloud, emphatically curious.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78089404268199815052008-01-19T22:21:00.000-06:002008-01-19T22:21:00.000-06:00Yale law professor Jack Balkin just noticed that A...Yale law professor Jack Balkin just noticed that Althouse.blog is banned in China (<A HREF="http://balkin.blogspot.com/2008/01/balkinization-banned-in-china.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>).<BR/><BR/>Over a billion souls who'll never be enlightened by the postings of this esteemed group.<BR/><BR/>Screw 'em, I say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89393511767651732752008-01-19T21:22:00.000-06:002008-01-19T21:22:00.000-06:00It is a little known fact that Heather Poe, the le...It is a little known fact that Heather Poe, the lesbian lover of Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary, is the great-great-great granddaughter of Edgar Allen Poe. She has a surprisingly good relationship with her “father in law” and affectionately refers to him as “The Conqueror Worm.”Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35386738245075669782008-01-19T21:18:00.000-06:002008-01-19T21:18:00.000-06:00"I have it on good authority that he is living in ...<I>"I have it on good authority that he is living in an apartment in Brooklyn with Elvis and Jim Morrison."</I><BR/><BR/>Still?<BR/><BR/>I heard Morrison drove him to suicide, what with his endless heroin-fueled rants he was a much better poet than Poe. That, and Elvis kept eating all the food. I couldn't blame Poe for pulling the plug after that.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248882642756619950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59263696239743161492008-01-19T21:05:00.000-06:002008-01-19T21:05:00.000-06:00Ralph said... uh, Trooper, Poe died in 1849. Do y...Ralph said... <BR/>uh, Trooper, Poe died in 1849.<BR/> <BR/>Do you have documentation? Can you cite links? Where is the body? Got DNA?<BR/><BR/>Sheesh, some people will believe anything!<BR/>I have it on good authority that he is living in an apartment in Brooklyn with Elvis and Jim Morrison.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41180737257022972072008-01-19T20:59:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:59:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56603696969825659792008-01-19T20:51:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:51:00.000-06:00speaking of living on...Happy Birthday, dear Janis...speaking of living on...<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday, dear Janis. You would have qualified for Social Security starting today. Thanks for sharing your sweet soul music.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNEgcqWDG4Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316388500723034455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10883643074767102122008-01-19T20:44:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:44:00.000-06:00And now he's channeling John Edwards (again!).Then...And now he's channeling John Edwards (again!).<BR/><BR/>Then there's this (again, please excuse if I'm off by a word or two, but I'm not off in the sense of hte sentence): "... the Republicans are all about ensuring that everyone has the best possible future."<BR/><BR/>I'm making this observation--and that's what it is, an observation--in context of Huckabee's compaign, and his history, but above all, in terms of the language.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76566064623032923532008-01-19T20:43:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:43:00.000-06:00Just last year he published a novella about a inno...Just last year he published a novella about a innocent intern who was walled alive into a room in the White House by the evil wife of a philandering Chief Executive. It was called "The Tell-Tale Twat."Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85322372281874289912008-01-19T20:39:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:39:00.000-06:00So you say. He lives on.So you say. He lives on.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58574564809688208492008-01-19T20:38:00.001-06:002008-01-19T20:38:00.001-06:00Huckabee (not exact): ... and although I'd ruther ...Huckabee (not exact): ... and although I'd ruther there be a little bit of difference--between the first and second place-- ... "<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'll bet: that is to say, I think that's true, in that what he's really wishing is that there had been a really, really big difference in the results for Thompson.<BR/><BR/>Which might have very well taken care of that little bit of difference in the first and second place. (For starters.)reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15765497466808614712008-01-19T20:38:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:38:00.000-06:00uh, Trooper, Poe died in 1849.uh, Trooper, Poe died in 1849.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49729197087153603442008-01-19T20:33:00.000-06:002008-01-19T20:33:00.000-06:00Twas first beer of summer, And budweiser of light;...Twas first beer of summer,<BR/> And budweiser of light;<BR/> And lagers, in their orbits,<BR/> Shone pale, thro' the light<BR/> Of the colder, cold moon,<BR/> 'Mid drunkards her slaves,<BR/> Herself in the Heavens,<BR/> Your pee out in waves.<BR/> I gazed awhile<BR/> On her cold glass;<BR/> Too cold- too cold for me-<BR/> There pass'd, as a shroud,<BR/> A belching cloud,<BR/> And I turned away to thee,<BR/> Proud Evening Bud,<BR/> In thy Eye Mud.<BR/> <BR/> (Poe Beer Coaster, 1847)Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com