'Objects In Space'
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.
Has it always been the case that winning politics hinges on mudslinging and scandal?
Well, there used to be duels involved, too.
I honestly think the Democrats (generally) weather these scandals better because they don't set themselves up as paragons of virture.
I've just put a ginormous pot of vegetable soup on the stove. Now we just have to let it cook for a few hours.
Barak Obama admits to cocaine and marajuana use in his book, probably as a way of immunizing himself against future attacks.
This, on the other hand, is just plain depressing:
There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study.
Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating.
Barak Obama admits to cocaine and marajuana use in his book, probably as a way of immunizing himself against future attacks.
So if I ever run for office, I suppose I should admit to puppy-torture right off the bat....
because they don't set themselves up as paragons of virture.
I guess that explains Marion Barry...
raised wholly on hoe-cake made of coarse-ground Southern corn, bacon and hominy, with an occasional...fricasseed bull-frog."
I love that his childhood diet proves his lack of worth. Oh how times change! Today, it would be, "I grew up so poor, I ate frogs from the pond sometimes! I walked uphill to the outhouse, both ways!! I may live in a ten-bedroom house today, but once upon a time, I did know what ordinary people were like!"
Feh.
Hominy is grits, right?
Unless he's got a twin, that's definitely Colin.
Shrift, thanks for the google info. Makes sense.