Archive for August 29th, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
In a blockbuster move, the White House announced that it has traded two of its most prominent criminals to FOX News for undisclosed compensation and future consideration. It is expected that Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzalez will join Oliver “Ollie” North and other criminals on the FOX News team in the next couple of months. Karl Rove will be a commentator on campaign finance and government security, while Gonzalez is expected to fill the slot designated for international law expertise. After all, who knows better than somebody who violates a law what the law actually is.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, it is believed that part of the compensation for Gonzalez and Rove is payback for FOX News’ trade of Tony Snow to the White House. Additional compensation is rumored to be a “snow-job” in an undisclosed bathroom at MSP International Airport. It is also rumored that this has been Dick Cheney’s hiding place since 9/11. According to sources he is serving as the administration’s “designated hitter”.
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
The Top Commenter list on the right sidebar has been removed.
Feel free to now post as many comments as you wish without feeling like you are hogging all the conversations. You may still be hogging all the conversations, but at least it won’t be so damn obvious to everyone anymore.
BTW, (dis) pencer officially wins the Top Commenter award for 2007.
I’ll have your prize at RADIUS #3 (dis) pencer.
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Norm Coleman calling for Sen. Larry Craig’s resignation for soliciting sex in MSP International Airport: “Senator Craig pled guilty to a crime involving conduct unbecoming a senator.”
Norm Coleman regarding his 81 year-old father having been caught engaging in sex with a 38 year-old woman in the parking lot behind Red’s Savoy Pizza: “He clearly has some issues that need to be dealt with, and I will encourage him to seek the necessary help.”
So for his father, it is a psychological disease that needs treatment. For Sen. Craig, it is a crime and he needs to be banished from his community for his activities.
Is it a fair comparison? Is it apples-to-oranges? What are the differences? Similarities?
Discuss
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
From the International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/29/opinion/edi ncome.php
Referencing this report right here:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf
Discuss
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
So I came across this the other day:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/mis/405417671.ht ml
Usually when I look through these things they follow the same basic form and patterns. Drunk at a bar; didn’t have the balls to say something; too young to understand how this stuff works; co-workers; jacked each other off in the Lifetime Fitness locker-room and are unsure if the other is gay. For some reason this one struck me in a way that the others didn’t.
Think about it: this guy has been carrying this regret around for over forty years now. Do you think he has thought about her every day? Was he able to move on and lead a normal life, but now that he is coming to the end of it wonders what might have been? Does he have a wife?…grown children?…in a way would this constitute being unfaithful to her? What came between them? Was he sent to Viet Nam? Was the shifting cultural norms of the 60s an obstacle? Timidity? Religion? Race? Did he fart at just the wrong time? Was there another lover?
Every day we make hundreds of choices and have choices made upon us. Some of these choices are our own doing and others present themselves and force us to react. Nearly all of these choices are insubstantial, but every now and then we are confronted with one that has a substantial impact on the rest of our lives. Oddly enough, these usually don’t present themselves as being so important when they first occur. I was most struck by the haunting bareness of the last line: I never should have let her get away.
That is my philosophical rambling for the morning. What choices do you regret–other than reading this blog?
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