I find those nude pics kinda meh. They look like a mediocre art student's class portfolio. Maybe they are supposed to be ironically retro?
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Burrell - Apr 15, 2009 10:04:38 am PDT #15360 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2009 10:10:24 am PDT #15361 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If there was ever any soul in those pictures, I'm sure it's been retouched out. Still, if you're a hottie Eliza fan, it's a fix.
Fred Pete - Apr 15, 2009 10:28:03 am PDT #15362 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
if you're a resident of Washington DC, a tea party actually makes some sense
Also because it's cold (well, mid to upper 40s, which is pretty cold for this time of year), wet, and rainy in DC today.
Calli - Apr 15, 2009 10:41:22 am PDT #15363 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I want to throw a proper tea party, complete with cake and watercress sandwiches. We could video-tape ourselves raising our cups and saying things like, "That Obama, he's a pretty good president." "So nice to see some consideration for infrastructure in the budget." "I do hope there's a bit more oversight in the new stimulus bill than in TARP." And we'd all keep our pinkies out.
Ginger - Apr 15, 2009 10:56:04 am PDT #15364 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Of course, there are no tea bags at a proper tea party.
Tom Scola - Apr 15, 2009 11:00:32 am PDT #15365 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
When they had the Boston Tea Party in 1773, tea bags weren't invented yet. They were invented in 1907.
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 11:30:09 am PDT #15366 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tea Partiers are hoping that if they mimic the energy of anti-war protests and the savvy of Obama’s new media operation, that at some point an actual movement will spawn. Getting together a bunch of pissed off middle-aged white people with no clue about how the tax system works in public areas will generate a coherent agenda designed to combat the stimulus; if it gets enough media coverage, they will DOMINATE THE AGENDA.
It’s like taping a horn to a horse and waiting for it to alight on a magic cloud of stardust and pixies.
Tom Scola - Apr 15, 2009 11:33:14 am PDT #15367 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
Getting together a bunch of pissed off middle-aged white people with no clue about how the tax system works in public areas will generate a coherent agenda
That's exactly how California passed Proposition 13.
Burrell - Apr 15, 2009 11:39:33 am PDT #15368 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
And just look at our public education system in California! That didn't have any unintended consequences, did it?
However I am in no position to grouch about Prop 13 given that it saves my ass when it comes to property taxes.
Fred Pete - Apr 15, 2009 11:51:23 am PDT #15369 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yet Proposition 13 latched onto an issue, or maybe an entire mindset, that was on the rise. Level of taxes, size of government, and the like were Ronald Reagan's big campaign issues. And he became President just two years after Proposition 13 passed.
The tea partiers, on the other hand, are trying to create a movement on the same issue when the mindset is different. The mindset has moved on to worrying about jobs, health care, infrastructure, and the like. Maybe there's a way to address those concerns with a low-tax, small-government agenda. But the tea partiers don't seem to be able -- from what I've seen, don't want or don't even have an idea that they might want -- to do that.
If I'm making any sense here.