Did you say you wanted my address?
Heh. I'll shove a piece through the modem?
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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 - Nov 09, 2012 4:25:57 pm PST #191 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Nov 09, 2012 4:33:10 pm PST #192 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I know many white women who voted for Romney. Extremely pro-life, probably other issues, but that would be the big one.
Anne W. - Nov 09, 2012 4:37:02 pm PST #193 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
My mom voted for Romney primarily based on the fact that she believes his economic plan would Save Us All, and that Obama would send us spiraling into another Great Depression.
le nubian - Nov 09, 2012 4:42:09 pm PST #194 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Anne,
what economic plan did she think Romney had?
Anne W. - Nov 09, 2012 4:47:30 pm PST #195 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Basically that he knew what he was doing as a successful businessman (ha!). When I try to counter on anything political, however, she gets very confrontational and I get so flustered I can't think straight to state my case.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:05:19 pm PST #196 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have two students who voted for Romney because they are single issue voters (pro life) and 18 and and and.....but also poor and latina, so I don't get it.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:07:52 pm PST #197 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Which makes me think, am I single issue? And the answer is yes and no. Everyone I vote for is pro choice, but they have a constellation of other issues that are as important (and frankly more so) than just that one.
I voted for Obama because I genuinely like him. I like the no drama, contemplative thing, which is hard to keep and maintain. I like the pragmatism even when it means he drags his heels on issues I care about. And, you know what, I like that he seems like a genuinely thoughtful, compassionate, careful human. Those may all be "bad" political reasons, but I just like him.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 09, 2012 5:14:21 pm PST #198 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm single issue if a candidate is vocal about trying to relegate me to second class citizen status, but otherwise tend to vote for whomever I think will do the best job for the most people. For the past couple of decades that's tended to be Democrats, even though we disagree on abortion and in some cases gun control and military action.
meara - Nov 09, 2012 5:17:29 pm PST #199 of 30001
Assuming there was a pro-gay republican, would I vote for them? Hm. Maybe if their opponent sucked. I did vote for Senator Lugar back when I lived in Indiana, and the democrat who won this year was pro-life, so who knows. But generally, single issue that will make or break is your views on gay. So...yeah.
Kat - Nov 09, 2012 5:18:35 pm PST #200 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In total other news, I'm reading 1984 with my AP students and To Kill a Mockingbird with my 9th grade.
I have forgotten how amazing 1984. I think the last time I read it was around 1984 so I'm enjoying it so much this time around. Orwell's use of language is phenom.
My students are doing a role-play though. They have a list of 10 rules (what color to wear, how to speak to people, what stairways they may use). Each time they break a rule and it is reported, they have to write an additional page in their reflection paper. There are 4 Thought Police among them who report their misdeeds and I then announce them each day. They are seriously wigging out.
TKAM is a lovely book. Funny. But my students don't get the humor as much.
The classics are wasted on kiddies.