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.
My back feels better this morning. I wore a heating pad for almost two days straight (the way I had it rigged up in my underpants probably looked like I had a load in my diapers) and that plus more Valium than I usually take seems to have finally settled it down. I'm going to England in three weeks, for nine days, with two vigorous young friends, and instead of being excited, I'm scared that I won't be able to stand and walk around long enough to keep up with them.
Sorry. I hate talking about being in pain, especially when those around me have it so much worse. I don't really know how to deal with this.
Zenkitty, I hope your back is feeling better soon. I know it is not ideal, but almost all of the touristy placed in the UK will have wheelchairs and/or scooters available if you need them to be able to enjoy yourself.
THose of you that want to GOTV, please go with that feeling...people will be thrilled to see you, I swear.
And you can have enough candy or donuts(depending on the hour, naturally) to choke Rafalca, if that's what you like.
Or you can see democracy from your house with the Obama, or Move-on calling tools...AFL-CIO has one too, but as I recall, it's more automated and I'm too slow for it. Damn micro-targeting.
I admit that I like phone banks more than the average person.
Every Facebook political argument you've ever seen
Oh that's hilarious. And vindicates my continued refusal to join Facebook.
This would be hilarious if it weren't also so incredibly depressing, that someone with such an abysmal knowledge of American history (and basic world geography) could be the next President.
What's fucked up is that I thought GWB was bad. And he was. But how is it possible MR is/could be worse?
Does MR want to be President because he wants to be wealthier? Does he just want to win because he is competitive? I can think of no other reasons. He doesn't seem to really have a moral center (besides his family), he doesn't seem to want to be educated about the various things Presidents should know.
He lacks intellectual curiosity in a way that only Palin rivals.
Yeah...well, it's true enough anyway.
I sort of wish I never had...the relationships I thought I have are not the relationships I actually have.
Although it was fun to smack that guy about the auto industry, though.
I believe that Romney wants to be President for the same reasons that GWB wanted to be President: Daddy issues.
Does he just want to win because he is competitive?
More that, I think. I read or heard someone recently saying that he's most interested in success, which seems about right. He ended up so rich because he wanted to be the most successful businessman. He's running for president because he wants to be the most successful politician.
And I think his actual moral center is his religion, which he's not allowed to talk about on the campaign.
Oh that's hilarious. And vindicates my continued refusal to join Facebook
And my continued refusal to log in. I've not been on FB in six months or more.
Does MR want to be President because he wants to be wealthier? Does he just want to win because he is competitive? I can think of no other reasons.
Because it's the most powerful position in the world, and because Dad failed to become president. He's got to beat out his dad, and show the world that Romneys Are Awesome.
I'm guessing.
What kills me is that he appears to have no conviction at all. Charlie Pierce's column points out how thoroughly Romney has thrown his advisors under the bus. Which is funny, except that it means we have no idea what he'll do when he's in office. If nothing that he says sticks, how can we predict his behavior?
If I were Republican, I'd be more worried about Romney being a closet liberal than about Obama being a closet Muslim.
