That screencap is awesome.
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Dana - Sep 10, 2009 6:29:08 am PDT #7798 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
erikaj - Sep 10, 2009 6:30:57 am PDT #7799 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, that's classic Good Cop/Bad Cop "I am a reasonable person, but my partner? He's been doing politics a long time so he gets...impatient. But I just know you and I can work something out and you can keep that one testicle...he did that over the phone? Wow, fiber-optics sure are impressive these days."
Strega - Sep 10, 2009 6:31:14 am PDT #7800 of 30001
Personally, I sort of liked Rep Joe Wilson’s idea of introducing British-style heckling to the halls of congress; totally disrespectful and out of step with American tradition, true, but their tradition is better. Unfortunately, Wilson was also lying about the point at issue and will thereby set back the cause of heckling by decades.
I am so with him on this.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2009 6:33:43 am PDT #7801 of 30001
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
At least according someone in Salon Letters (I know, I know, I'm an addict...) calling someone a LIAR is one thing you can't do in Parlaiment -- and if you don't apologize you get escorted from the room.
Hil R. - Sep 10, 2009 6:35:58 am PDT #7802 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Animal rescue group pledges 5 bags of dog food to a DC animal shelter for each time Michael Vick is tackled during the game against the Redskins. [link]
Tom Scola - Sep 10, 2009 6:38:40 am PDT #7803 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In British Parliament, you can heckle your opponents, but calling someone a liar is still specifically prohibited:
Unparliamentary language
Language and expressions used in the Chamber must conform to a number of rules. Erskine May states "good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language". Objection has been taken both to individual words and to sentences and constructions ‐ in the case of the former, to insulting, coarse, or abusive language (particularly as applied to other Members); and of the latter, to charges of lying or being drunk and misrepresentation of the words of another. Among the words to which Speakers have objected over the years have been blackguard, coward, git, guttersnipe, hooligan, rat, swine, stoolpigeon and traitor. The context in which a word is used is, of course, very important.
The Speaker will direct a Member who has used an unparliamentary word or phrase to withdraw it. Members sometimes use considerable ingenuity to circumvent these rules (as when, for instance, Winston Churchill substituted the phrase "terminological inexactitude" for "lie") but they must be careful to obey the Speaker's directions, as a Member who refuses to retract an offending expression may be named (see below) or required to withdraw from the Chamber.
Jessica - Sep 10, 2009 6:47:44 am PDT #7804 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Via John Hodgman's Twitter feed:
"BREAKING: SC has changed its state motto to: "SO ANYWAY! DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ELLEN DEGENERES ON AMERICAN IDOL?"
smonster - Sep 10, 2009 6:57:54 am PDT #7805 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Loving JH.
Help me, lord, I'm debating the healthcare bill on a friend's FB page. Fortunately, the twits aren't my friends so I can walk away.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2009 7:00:48 am PDT #7806 of 30001
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
Help me, lord, I'm debating the healthcare bill on a friend's FB page. Fortunately, the twits aren't my friends so I can walk away.
A twit who IS my friend (well, a friend who's being a twit) just declared "Look, sorry to be controversial so early in the morning, but the new plan has a few holes".
I congratulated her on having read all 1,200 pages overnight. She hasn't replied.
Jessica - Sep 10, 2009 7:07:01 am PDT #7807 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
GOP rebuttal doc sued 8 times for malpractice.
Raise your hand if you're surprised. Anyone? Bueller?