Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.

'War Stories'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


hippocampus - Jan 04, 2008 5:55:15 am PST #828 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

happy birthday Ita!


Sophia Brooks - Jan 04, 2008 5:55:19 am PST #829 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

My boss is driving me crazy, because she is such a big Guiliani fan. She thinks he is the only one who is qualified, and I am not sure why I think he isn't (as I tend to discount all Repubs), but it is really because the NYCers here don't like him. I figure that if you have been living with him and don't like him, I won't like him if he is President.

The only person I like, really is Kuchinich, but I will vote Edwards in the primary, as he seems the most genuine of the "big three" Dems.


Gudanov - Jan 04, 2008 5:57:14 am PST #830 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

What do people think of proportional representation in the States? I was thinking yesterday that if I only had an either/or choice I don't know what I'd do.

I think more parties would be a good thing. I'd like to see instant runoff elections where you can vote for at least a second choice. Then if a marginal party like the Green, Libertarian, or Reform runs a candidate I like, I don't feel like I'm throwing away my vote if I vote for him or her. It would make having other parties a lot more viable.


Theodosia - Jan 04, 2008 5:58:27 am PST #831 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Giulani has most of the craziest NeoCons integral to his campaign staff, which would disqualify him even if he wasn't a hateful, autocratic troll.


Gudanov - Jan 04, 2008 5:59:30 am PST #832 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

She thinks he is the only one who is qualified

I kinda think of Guiliani as the least qualified of the Republicans. I'd see McCain as the most qualified.


Jesse - Jan 04, 2008 6:00:13 am PST #833 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm not sure why Giuliani thinks he has foreign policy experience. Among other things.

I dunno, maybe you're getting the questions because you've made being more Christian (whatever that really means) that everybody else in the race a central theme of your campaign.

I think it was Charlie Pierce on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me a couple of weeks ago who was hilarious about the "controversy" about there maybe being a cross in Huckabee's "Merry Christmas" ad? He was like, "Huckabee is telling everyone to have an extra Jesus-y Christ-mas, and people are concerned about a possibly hidden cross???"


Sophia Brooks - Jan 04, 2008 6:03:32 am PST #834 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think she is just following what Fox News tells her. The thing is, she is actually a really independent thinker, so I could probably convince her he is an autocratic troll if I had, you know, actual facts. But I tend to do things based on feelings, not facts, and I tend to not pay attention to the Republican candidates because I just get angry.


Jessica - Jan 04, 2008 6:08:41 am PST #835 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I've been fiddling around with glassbooth.org all morning. It's not telling me anything I don't already know (Kucinich is my best political match, the Big Three on the left all vote the same way all the time), but it's a really well put-together site.


Gudanov - Jan 04, 2008 6:10:21 am PST #836 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

He was like, "Huckabee is telling everyone to have an extra Jesus-y Christ-mas, and people are concerned about a possibly hidden cross???"

Yeah I saw and article about that and I thought it smelled of the media manufacturing a controversy. I mean who cares? It's like watching a beer commercial and seeing a beer in the background.


Lee - Jan 04, 2008 6:11:01 am PST #837 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Happy Birthday, ita.

I didn't feel strongly one way or another about Giuliani until I heard the NYers here talk about him. After that I read more about him, but if it weren't for the NYers here, I know I would feel more positively towards him.

The weather here is totally depressing, and wet, and I really don't want to go to work.