Ugh, went to this event after work and it was disappointing. Although I did get my mother a Christmas present. But I skipped the second rehersal of my chorus tonight because I had this ticket before I joined the chorus, and now I want to skip next week, too, because my mother will be out of town. I'm afraid they will kick me out!
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2012 2:50:10 pm PDT #25341 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Oct 11, 2012 3:13:51 pm PDT #25342 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
From Suela's link:
a decline in triumphalist boasting does not mean that patriotism is in decline
It's so sad that I'm shocked at how reasonable this statement is!
Burrell - Oct 11, 2012 3:15:44 pm PDT #25343 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Dude, who knew I could like a conservative blogger?
That's because he talks like an old school conservative, not a Neocon.
Kat - Oct 11, 2012 3:17:12 pm PDT #25344 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Being kicked out would suck. Would they do that?
Thunderstorms here today. Always exciting. I just turned the heat on am burning off the dust I hope.
Kat - Oct 11, 2012 3:19:08 pm PDT #25345 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I share a lot of values with old school conservatives even as a crazy liberal. Like I have a general distrust of government institutions. It's is just that my distrust of the market and corporations is greater.
I am voting in tonight. AIFG!
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2012 3:26:25 pm PDT #25346 of 30001
brillig
Old School Conservatives can be very reasonable. But think how much more depressing it is for them, being lumped in with lunatics. Though they could do more to snatch the title of conservative away from the loons.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2012 3:28:18 pm PDT #25347 of 30001
brillig
ION, I'm quite enjoying the New Yorker cartoon of the day: a man in a suit is climbing a rope ladder up into a helicopter, shooting back at something as bullets fly past him. Above him, a woman's legs are crawling into the chopper.
Caption: "Well, that's the last time we drop in on *your* parents."
Burrell - Oct 11, 2012 3:32:19 pm PDT #25348 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I share a lot of values with old school conservatives even as a crazy liberal. Like I have a general distrust of government institutions. It's is just that my distrust of the market and corporations is greater.
Wrod.
But think how much more depressing it is for them, being lumped in with lunatics.
But that's their choice. They could denounce the behavior of the Republican party as reactionary and radical, not conservative. They could leave the party and loudly proclaim why they are doing so. But instead what's his take home message: eh, doesn't matter who you vote for, which can easily be translated as "I think Mittens will suck as a Pres but what the hell, the country will survive." That kind of bullshit is why they get lumped in with the reactionaries.
Dana - Oct 11, 2012 3:34:59 pm PDT #25349 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
How much backlash has there been with Mitt's thing about not having any anti-abortion legislation planned? If I were a pro-life Republican, I'd be pretty pissed about a sudden change of heart like that.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2012 3:38:05 pm PDT #25350 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Being kicked out would suck. Would they do that?
I have no idea! We'll see, I guess.
How much backlash has there been with Mitt's thing about not having any anti-abortion legislation planned? If I were a pro-life Republican, I'd be pretty pissed about a sudden change of heart like that.
Didn't he literally turn it around the next day, though? I think he's proven himself to be a politician who goes with the crowd, more than anything else. If he's working with the more extreme folks in Congress, I'm sure he'll display himself as more of a right-winger.