Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I swear, my job doesn't require knowing anything other than a) who has the info b) how to best cajole it out of them and c) how to spin it for the people that need it.There's something after a? Completing a) might be my workplace Holy Grail. It happens and I expect cherubs to descend. Singing. And with the harps too.
My very favorite part of the McClellan grilling:
Q And you're saying there is not a blame game, but you open the door to the response --
MR. McCLELLAN: I can't tell you that everything you said is factually correct, and they've got -- we've got to look at all the facts. We've got to determine what worked, what didn't work, and apply --
Q Well, what's not working? What's not working in your view right now?
MR. McCLELLAN: -- and apply lessons from that.
Q What do you see that's not working right now? What is not working? Because these people are dying from dysentery now --
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, last week --
Q -- infection now; they're displaced, homes are gone. Does anyone in this administration know anyone that's down there --
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think you need to talk to people on the ground --
Q -- beyond Trent Lott?
I so need to find video of this. And play it every Christmas.
Is the Daily Show new again tonight?
I'm personally of the opinion that if you can't talk nice -- and often, people talking politics can't -- then you should talk about the weather. Family gatherings are not a place for screaming argument about people you've never met (unless your name is Bush, and then it is a legitimate family problem ). When family go busting out with inflammatory political arguments, and you're just trying to enjoy their company, it is perfectly legitimate to wield the Iron Wand of Smiting Politeness and ask them to kindly stop mentioning [Rush Limbaugh, Noam Chomsky], or else invite him next time instead of you.
If there is one thing I despise, it is people who make a hobby out of petty feuds. There is no call for glee at crude divisiveness, and stoking of same may justifiably be called rude. (See Iron Wand etc. etc., above.)
The Daily Show is new.
I'm personally of the opinion that if you can't talk nice -- and often, people talking politics can't -- then you should talk about the weather.
Unless, of course, the problem was sparked by said weather...
My most conservative family members are all Canadian, and not in Alberta. Even my pro-life and very churchy cousin comes across as liberal compared to the US right, and my parents and in-laws are about as blue as blue gets. I'm so glad I never have to deal with the left/right split at the dinner table.
In fact, the worst political thing I have to deal with is filtering out an insane amount of West Wing talk from the in-law side. If I never hear, "It's like they say on the West Wing..." when talking about actual politics ever again, it will be too soon.
If I never hear, "It's like they say on the West Wing..." when talking about actual politics ever again, it will be too soon.
Of course, if we could get two thoughtful Supreme Court Judges now like they did on the West Wing...
Oh, god, that White House Press Briefing link is comedy gold.
Especially this:
Does anyone in this administration know anyone that's down there --
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think you need to talk to people on the ground --
Q -- beyond Trent Lott?
Heee!
Keith Olberman just named Geraldo Rivera the "Worst Person in the World" for the second take thing with the old lady and her dog.
My keyboard is having major spelling problems right now. What's up with that?
I actually like the fact that my aunt is a not very political Republican, because it means we don't talk about politics at extended family gatherings. Certain members of my family have rage issues, so when it's all Dems and people really get going, it just gives me a headache, frankly.