And Obama is supposed to be making a statement any time now.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Natter 61*
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.
sumi - Sep 24, 2008 10:34:44 am PDT #331 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2008 10:35:27 am PDT #332 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I don't think requesting a time out looks presidential at all. I think it either looks like he's exploiting the economy to get out of the debate or best case, he can't keep up.
To me, it looks like grandstanding.
JZ - Sep 24, 2008 10:35:39 am PDT #333 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The Obama campaign said Obama had called McCain around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to propose that they issue a joint statement in support of a package to help fix the economy as soon as possible. McCain called back six hours later and agreed to the idea of the statement, the Obama campaign said. McCain's statement was issued to the media a few minutes later.
Oh, for fuck's sake. What a cockbite!
Burrell - Sep 24, 2008 10:36:58 am PDT #334 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I will be really fucking angry if Obama does ANYTHING to help Bush & Co get this $700 billion Trojan Horse through the gates.
Trudy Booth - Sep 24, 2008 10:38:47 am PDT #335 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Daisy Jane - Sep 24, 2008 10:39:44 am PDT #336 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I will be really fucking angry if Obama does ANYTHING to help Bush & Co get this $700 billion Trojan Horse through the gates.
Absolutely. Though this makes me feel a bit better about what his idea of a package would look like. [link]
Gudanov - Sep 24, 2008 10:40:45 am PDT #337 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I don't know enough about the financial markets to have a valid opinion on the bailout plan. It seems like it will pass, I'm just hoping there is sufficient oversight. It seems like the potential for corruption is enormous.
Trudy Booth - Sep 24, 2008 10:44:49 am PDT #338 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dude, "oversight" is for wimpy over-regulating Democrats. This is a time for mavericks and bold action.
amych - Sep 24, 2008 10:45:33 am PDT #339 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I keep thinking I want a 10-year moratorium on the whole "Main Street/Wall Street"* line, but the literal involvement of Wall Street is making that look pretty unlikely.
* not the issues, obvsly, just the rhetorical trope
(and just to be clear, I'm reacting to every pundit and speech and not-so-smart article on the current crisis, not anything that's been said here. Including, in spirit, by Hank Hill.)
Burrell - Sep 24, 2008 10:46:43 am PDT #340 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It seems like it will pass, I'm just hoping there is sufficient oversight.
Given that the Republican starting bid is NONE, Treasurer should have more power than the President? Not likely.
In more trivial news, bad celebrity baby names made me laugh.