The baby names banner really makes it work....
Violent though it is, I am rather partial to clicking on the deer.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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.
Gudanov - Oct 15, 2008 5:28:26 am PDT #4610 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
amych - Oct 15, 2008 5:35:18 am PDT #4611 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Emily, do they trust Snopes more than Factcheck (since it's more of a general-purpose site, and doesn't look like it was set up just for the election -- which I know Factcheck wasn't, but I wonder if that's what the students were reacting to)?
I've never seen a repub-leaning version, but if Snopes comes off more neutral to them, it could do the trick.
For crap like not saying the Pledge, there's plenty of video out there of Obama actually saying the Pledge, and if that doesn't stop that one, they aren't actually looking for disproof...
tommyrot - Oct 15, 2008 5:38:04 am PDT #4612 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My students -- my college-bound, high-achiever, new-media-literate students -- believe that Obama is a Muslim (because he went to pre-school in Kenya, and pre-school is "a very important age for religion") and won't swear on a bible or take the pledge of allegiance.
Well, um... er.... That's depressing....
Really. This is the new generation? With all the difficulties this country faces, it'd be nice if we could limit ourselves to "fact-based" discourse as we try to fix things....
Oh well. Just a mini-petite rant on my part.
SuziQ - Oct 15, 2008 5:39:08 am PDT #4613 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Isn't there a clip of a lady telling McCain that Obama is a Muslim and McCain saying that isn't true? I wonder if it is on youtube. I know I saw something like that on the news cause McCain got boo'ed for his response.
Gudanov - Oct 15, 2008 5:41:25 am PDT #4614 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
My students -- my college-bound, high-achiever, new-media-literate students -- believe that Obama is a Muslim
So what if he was? But more to the point, because of Rev. Wright it is well established he's been going to the same Christian church for 20 years. Do they think he has devoted his adult life, even before his political career, to maintaining a ruse about his religion.
sumi - Oct 15, 2008 5:43:26 am PDT #4615 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
There's should be multiple copies of that clip of a lady calling Obama an Arab and McCain saying it's not true.
Jesse - Oct 15, 2008 5:54:21 am PDT #4616 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course, you can be a Muslim and not be Arab. NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
Vet is giving me a pain prescription.
It sounds like anti-anxiety would be more helpful. Oh, you mean for the cat?
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2008 6:12:37 am PDT #4617 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Vibing hard for Mr. Kitty and for sarameg to have a more peaceful and less stressful day.
From last night:
I want to vote on the day with all the hubbub and lines and people and stuff.
Living in Chicago may be a stroke of luck, then.
Clearly, to savour the full Chicago experience...
Last night, I was watching a doc on Chicago in the 19th century, and a local political expert repeated the old joke about the woman in Indiana who was a lifelong Democrat and who wanted to be buried in Chicago. When asked why so far away from her family, she replied, "Because I want to remain active in the party!"
lisah - Oct 15, 2008 6:13:54 am PDT #4618 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
For crap like not saying the Pledge, there's plenty of video out there of Obama actually saying the Pledge, and if that doesn't stop that one, they aren't actually looking for disproof...
Yeah, do they seem happy to be ignorant? I mean, where are they saying they're getting this information? Forwarded emails?
tommyrot - Oct 15, 2008 6:14:12 am PDT #4619 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Last night, I was watching a doc on Chicago in the 19th century, and a local political expert repeated the old joke about the woman in Indiana who was a lifelong Democrat and who wanted to be buried in Chicago. When asked why so far away from her family, she replied, "Because I want to remain active in the party!"
Chicago was at the forefront of the zombie suffrage movement....