Let's have at it.
Glenn Reynolds fleshes out the Obama-Carter comparison in the Washington Examiner:
...Obama here was like Carter without the engineer's rationality, or force of personality.
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Happy May Day to all.
Posted by: Agent J. (formally known as "J".. | May 01, 2011 at 10:36 AM
If April Showers bring May Flowers, what do May flowers bring??
Posted by: Lord Whorfin says Murphy was an optimist | May 01, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Pollen,buy an Oreck
Posted by: 1041 | May 01, 2011 at 10:44 AM
I beg your pardon. There's a lot of force of personality there. In fact, that's all there is.
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Posted by: Flim Flam Force | May 01, 2011 at 10:47 AM
O is more like Nixon.Taping everyone,putting defense,etc in for pals money.Hes also using drones to bomb and assasinate his enemies,world leaders and their families.The O coups,like the rose coups are customized for him and you dont see him dodging phone calls or hesitating to murfer world leaders and their families with cia,drones.Maybe kennedy,castro,bay of pigs?
Posted by: goldforoil | May 01, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Interesting post at HotAir on Krugman's bizarre nostalgia for the bucolic fifties of his childhood. Of course everything he and the rest of the left now champions is what destroyed that supposed Golden Age, and also of course it took the unparalleled destruction of WWII to bring about a good deal of the 'equality' he seems to cherish. But hey what's a few score million dead if it feeds Paul's nostalgia and proletarian instincts?
The article also describes the essentially reactionary nature of leftism; whatever exists is always inferior to the kingdom they seek to create which always equals some infantile fantasy of a lost golden age, usually the one where their mommy used to tuck them in and read them a story.
Posted by: Ignatz | May 01, 2011 at 10:53 AM
I grew up in the Middle West during the 1950's and in a sense it is Paradise Lost..but that "equality" and "prosperity" owed something to the fact that most of the rest of the world had been devastated in the war and the depression and then the war had made it hard for most people who didn't inherit it or steal it to have a lot of money.
Posted by: clarice | May 01, 2011 at 10:58 AM
The "force of personality" line reminds me of what we litigators used to say about our tax lawyers: good with numbers, but not enough people skills to be an accountant.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Be sure to view the video at the end of Iggy's Hot Air link. It's Jon's Show.
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Posted by: Black and white and red all over, ah hahahahaha. | May 01, 2011 at 11:10 AM
But, I see Glenn's point that it wasn't Obama's force of personality that got Obamacare passed, it was those of Pelosi and Reid.
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Posted by: What I just said. | May 01, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Here is DoT's Legal Insurrection link from the last thread. Obama at the correspondents dinner.
I don't have the words....just sickening.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 11:23 AM
I'm much more irritated by the idea that this has become a celebrity event. Celebrities already have plenty of events.
I hate it that journalists so crave their company. They aren't going to get that in a Republican administration, and they know it. And they aren't going to get a cool celebrity to come with them if they are too tough on Obama.
Posted by: MayBee | May 01, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Obama and Trump take themselves far too seriously; neither man is capable of laughing at himself.
Trump may (or may not) have helped his ratings, but he has certainly established himself as a buffon, if he hadn't done so long ago.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 11:32 AM
DOT's remark about tax lawyers reminds me of a presentation I made to a state agency on a proposed bond financing structure. After the presentation, the agency head thanked me and stated: "You speak very clearly . . . for a tax lawyer."
Posted by: Thomas Collins | May 01, 2011 at 11:33 AM
See LUN (via Instapundit) for an article pointing out that although there are still conservatives in the legal profession, Establishment law firms now lean to the prog side of the table. The article also points out that progs really don't follow their statements that everyone deserves vigorous legal representation (for example, it is OK to defend those allegedly engaged in terrorist activities, but not OK to defend DOMA).
Posted by: Thomas Collins | May 01, 2011 at 11:43 AM
I love the life my kids have had. They do, too. I know they have wonderful memories.
I loved my own childhood too, although I suspect one reason it seemed like paradise to me was that I wasn't the one paying the bills and worrying about what was on the news.
Posted by: MayBee | May 01, 2011 at 11:45 AM
I don't see Trump as a buffoon. Not with the BC issue anyway or questioning Obama's life. Who else has taken on Obama? Who else?!? Palin, Beck, Rand Paul, Trump,....
Then there are the Christians that state the truth about Islam...Franklin Graham,Pat Robertson, Hagee,....
The pattern is that any American that is finally brave enough to state the truth is labeled a kook or buffoon.
...while the propaganda machine of the MFM continues.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Well, now, there's a good point (as usual) , MayBee.
Posted by: clarice | May 01, 2011 at 11:49 AM
DoT:
Obama and Trump take themselves far too seriously; neither man is capable of laughing at himself.
I don't think so. Trump is the man who did Oreo double-stuff commercials with the SNL guy who does him for skits,competing against the Manning brothers in a fictional competitve eating league -- and losing to them because he and his twin were busy effusively praising one another for their good looks and business acumen.
He does it out of self-interest,of course -- he's created a buffoonish personality that for whatever reason some number of the public eats up,and he is using it to make money.
But he's certainly willing to laugh at himself --as a bufoon-- all the way to the bank.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 11:54 AM
"Obama and Trump take themselves far too seriously; neither man is capable of laughing at himself."
I guess so, but it'd be refreshing to have Trump as President channeling "Les Grossman" in "Tropic Thunder." Do you think any tin-horn dictator or snot-nose prog journalist would sneer at a Prez who told him, "Now I want you to take a step back... and literally f*** your own face!I will f***ing massacre you! Got that, playa? You're f***ing F.I.R.E.D!"
Posted by: MarkJ | May 01, 2011 at 11:55 AM
If April Showers bring May Flowers, what do May flowers bring??
June bugs.
Posted by: Charlie (Colorado) | May 01, 2011 at 11:57 AM
(( what do May flowers bring??))
pilgrims and compacts?
Posted by: Chubby | May 01, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Ryan's Medicare 'premium support' proposal makes sense to me, and put into effect, wouldn't competition in the insurance industry and Medicare not handling medical payments drive down costs substantially? In my household we're paying the Medicare premiums plus long-term premiums and Medi-gap premiums--not to mention regular life insurance premiums. We're insurance poor, and yet still unsure if we are covered enough for the over sixty age group.
Posted by: OldTimer | May 01, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Need more income? Become a politician!
""Nearly half of the money Miller raised in 2010 - $338,223 of $785,103 - was donated after the Oct. 13 announcement that he would be coordinating the 50-state attorneys general investigation," the National Institute on Money in State Politics reported on April 21.
"Iowans shouldn't have to wonder if the national attorneys general settlement with the big banks is being unduly influenced by campaign contributions to Miller, the investigation's top dog.
On April 21, the National Institute on Money in State Politics reported that Miller raised $785,103 in 2010, more than twice the amount he's raised in the last 10 years. Contributions from the finance, insurance and real estate industries in 2010 were 88 percent higher than in the previous decade. More than 63 percent of his 2010 total came from out-of-state donors, compared to less than one-tenth in 2002, the last time prior to 2010 that he ran a contested race."
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110429/OPINION01/104290326/?odyssey=nav|head
"Carl Seel must have been in a very good mood the day of his unexpected tardiness, because even though he had been previously turned down twice for his own loan modification, two days before he showed up too late to propose the amendment, Ocwen granted him a PRINCIPAL REDUCTION that reduced his mortgage to $88,000 from roughly $190,000… that’s a reduction of approximately 56% give or take a few points one way or the other.
lun
Posted by: pagar | May 01, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Clarice,
Nice Pieces. I tried to access it this morning, but it wasn't available. Your editor is clearly discriminating against us French people.
Did you know that the lock workers are on strike? No worries, Caro will take over and we will get it done.
Just had a lyrical panel with Jay Nordlinger asking Paul Johnson and David Pryce Jones the most interestng questions.
I'd tell you more but I must now go on deck for cocktails. Pity me.
Posted by: Jane | May 01, 2011 at 12:12 PM
MayBee:
I love the life my kids have had.
While there is certainly some loss of individual liberty (I Blame Obama!) for kids these days in general,I really feel blessed having ended up in the neighborhood we have.
We're out in the middle of nowhere,and we're surrounded by a bunch of like-minded parents with a lot of kids near the same age.
It's a kind of "it takes a village" community in the very best sense where you know that other parents will look out for your kids without having to be asked (whether to keep them out of danger or to bring the swift force of justice if they are misbehaving).
It's not quite the hop on your bike at dawn and be home by dark days of my youth,but it's probably about as close as you'll find these days. We feel very secure in letting our kids run around with friends without needing uninterupted direct supervision/attention.
Five years ago I nearly took a job in the Dallas area. I grew up in Dallas. I love Dallas. But even though we found a great neighborhood with all sorts of wonderful qualities,we would have been giving up the kind of autonomy a kid can have here.
And then,when we were going through unemployment in 2009,we put the house on the market and told the kids that if it sold we would be moving back to Texas. You should have seen their faces drop at that prospect. And the joy the night we sat together as a family and I got to tell them I had gotten a new job here that meant we wouldn't have to move.
Blessed indeed.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Good point, Hit.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Obama is worse than Carter by a large margin. He is willfully destroying the economy and the Republic. Carter was simply incompetent and had his head up his ass. Obama is at the core anti-American.
As to Trump, he is just another oligarch playing the populist card. The man has scammed and snookered his way to fame and a very tenuous fortune. He, along with Immelt, Geithner, and the Pacific Life scammers represents the dark side of American capitalism. There is as much corruption in this administration as in Grants.
Posted by: matt | May 01, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I believe that a lot of the loss of liberty is a result of increased paranoia of parents. It has turned a lot of parents into veritable captors of their young children, and voyeurs of their older kids.
We have moved a lot, and have always managed to find just the right situation to fit the stage of life the kids were in. Which either means we are the luckiest people in the world (and we are), or that there are still a lot of great options out there in the world.
Posted by: MayBee | May 01, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Where do you live, H&R?
Posted by: (Another) Barbara | May 01, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Should have prefaced my 12:05 comment with 'stuff they discussed on Fox News Sunday'. Wallace did his best to embarrass Michelle Bachmann and render her presidential campaign possibility the dreams of an idiot and ridiculed her intransigence on raising the debt ceiling. Ms Lindsey proved once again why he's McCain's special little twit. Why can't the GOP have a plan for placing intelligent well-spoken guests on the Sunday shows? If it weren't for occasional Brit sightings, I wouldn't bother. Juan has become unbearable.
Posted by: OldTimer | May 01, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Just outside of Greensboro,NC.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 12:51 PM
I know Trump is a buffoon whose personal life and wide financial holdings disqualify him from holding office in the post-JFK days. We know little more about how he would govern than the blind did about Obama. I grant all the criticisms of him and acknowledge all the impediments to his election and, further, confirm the potential harm he could do to a legitimate (born in wedlock?) GOP candidate.
If we stop there, however restful it is to diminish and run, are we not missing something significant? He strikes a chord with the voters. I realize it takes at least 4 chords to made a rock song and his could even be a minor chord, but there is something to be learned from it. Whatever one thought of the failure to produce a BC, Trump rallied the voters and intimidated Obama. No one else had the simple courage to frame the argument, having been bullied out of something simple by the press, including ours, who found the mere asking of the question to be racist and, following along with the Obama themes, “distracting.”
While I’m not certain of what can be learned from the Trump salient, but it is worth watching and worth capturing all maneuvers that undercut the fable Obama has told. I don’t see Romney, The Younger, making this sort of headway nor anyone else among the well-mannered group that seems to be preparing their civilized concession speeches along the way. I think Palin may have slightly opened this door on Obama, but she, too, was repelled by our polite establishment.
Meanwhile, Obama vilifies, extorts, bribes and even invites folks to sit with before him while he scolds them. He’s at what today? 50%. Well then, tell Trump and Palin to tone it down.
Posted by: MarkO | May 01, 2011 at 12:53 PM
I really enjoyed your column today, Clarice.
Does anyone else think Trump was set up? I do. His ego is so big that he couldn't fathom what they did to him.
I am sure Sarah Palin was first on their list to invite. Wonder if Trump has some sympathy for her this morning. Nah.
Posted by: Ann | May 01, 2011 at 12:53 PM
TC, I should point out that some of my best friends are tax lawyers.
This scumbag is getting something of a bounce at Gallup, too. It is beyond my ken.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 12:54 PM
WTF?
“Most Americans don’t want their president going around saying the ‘F-word,’ so Mr. Trump has a lot to offer but he’ll have a tough sell in South Carolina.” — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Fox News Sunday this morning
Posted by: MarkO | May 01, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Just outside of Greensboro,NC.
Thanks. It wasn't just idle curiosity: my grandson and his bride are doing research to find a place to settle and start a family. Hawaii's too blue (they're avid conservatives), too expensive and probably too confining also. I believe that NC is one of the states they've been considering.
Posted by: (Another) Barbara | May 01, 2011 at 01:01 PM
'stuff they discussed on Fox News Sunday'. Wallace did his best to embarrass Michelle Bachmann and render her presidential campaign possibility the dreams of an idiot and ridiculed her intransigence on raising the debt ceiling. Ms Lindsey proved once again why he's McCain's special little twit. Why can't the GOP have a plan for placing intelligent well-spoken guests on the Sunday shows?
Needless to say I agree 100% with this. This Priebis fellow really needs to tighten the reins on the usual suspects that may as well be Schumer in terms of craving camera time while doing nothing to advance any coherent concept of governing. And Chris Wallace really needs to go play with Shemp and Jerry; he obviously gets pleasure out of dinging conservatives and tongue-bathing Dems. His daddy must be so proud.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 01, 2011 at 01:14 PM
Insty:
You don’t punish Donald Trump by giving him attention. A more experienced politician would know that. Nor is building Trump up good for Obama — Trump has actually hurt him more than all the others combined. Because, you know, Trump has actually been willing to criticize him without being afraid of the Big Media retribution. The various traditional GOP candidates still have the old cringe-reflex where Big Media criticism is concerned.
Posted by: MarkO | May 01, 2011 at 01:15 PM
nucular engineering to be precise. LOL
Posted by: Gmax | May 01, 2011 at 01:22 PM
Sear, OT. I never watch the Sunday shows or any other day shows and i really miss nothing. Just saying.As long as you keep watching, they'll keep on keeping on.
Posted by: clarice | May 01, 2011 at 01:22 PM
*Dear, OT*
Posted by: clarice | May 01, 2011 at 01:22 PM
My niece might be moving back to Hawaii in the near future. She lived there awhile when she was Coast Guard,got married,then got divorced and moved back in with her mom to get back on her feet. Once she does so,she'll probably go back.
I would definitely recommend NC (at least my little corner of it) for lifestyle.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 01:25 PM
we would be moving back to Texas. You should have seen their faces drop at that prospect.
Hit change is scary to kids, even as cute of kids as yours.
But if have a bright economic future and stable unintrusive government is at all important, take that next transfer back to the Lone Star State. Your children when they are older and wiser, will thank you.
Posted by: Gmax | May 01, 2011 at 01:32 PM
From the previous thread, a link that includes
the afterparty in the heart of the beast, MSNBC, and will torment Rocky as Captain calls her, for a fortnight or two:
Posted by: narciso | May 01, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Btw, I guess we are in a bizarro universe, where the Zeppelins fly, because a company
that doesn't put out a financial statement
like Obama and the Congress, did would be on it's keester, right pronto.
Posted by: narciso | May 01, 2011 at 01:38 PM
Was that "engineer" thing supposed to be sarcastic? I thought the consensus was that Carter exaggerated his background, that he was no more a nuclear engineer than Rosalynn was.
Posted by: jimmyk | May 01, 2011 at 01:43 PM
I lived a year in Hawaii and it was, indeed, very confining. Island fever sets in after a while, lovely as the place is.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 01:44 PM
He's known more in my neck of the woods as 'El Manisero' the peanut vendor, than as the
engineer, and that probably insults more peanut vendors
Posted by: narciso | May 01, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Hti and run, if you get to move back to Texas, try Sugar Land or Katy areas, southwest and west of Houston. My kids are growing up in an area where they can ride their bikes all over New Territory Master planned community (Sugar Land) they just carry a cell and let me know when they move from place to place. Plenty of these communities outside of Houston, planned for the lifestyle you desire. Helps that there is no Metro service to our area. We do not want it.
Plus we need conservatives before we are overrun with lib refugees from California!
Posted by: Texas Mom 2010 | May 01, 2011 at 01:48 PM
There have been a number of articles on this topic recently: Remember "The American Dream?" What A Bunch Of Crap!
Here's the relevant graph--it may come out better at the link above:
Posted by: anduril | May 01, 2011 at 01:51 PM
Well, the USA is to the right of France on the graph. Follow the link for a better picture.
Posted by: anduril | May 01, 2011 at 01:53 PM
Here's another informative one--15 charts, or something like that, in the slide presentation: Your Short Course On Why The US Is Screwed.
Posted by: anduril | May 01, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Does Bachmann know what she's doing here, in the LUN
Posted by: narciso | May 01, 2011 at 02:03 PM
"I realize it takes at least 4 chords to made a rock song and (Trump's) could even be a minor chord"
half-diminished.
Posted by: macphisto | May 01, 2011 at 02:06 PM
— Sen. Lindsey Graham
That's Lindey, You Jackass, Graham.
Posted by: sbw | May 01, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Arrrgh!
That's Lindsey, You Jackass, Graham.
Posted by: sbw | May 01, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Texas Mom:
if you get to move back to Texas, try Sugar Land or Katy areas, southwest and west of Houston.
Actually,my wife volunteers at the elementary school here each week. This week a couple came in to take a tour of the school. They're moving here from just that part of Houston (mrs hit and run grew up on the north side of Houston).
Turns out,he's taken a job at the company I work for . . . and they're looking at houses in our neighborhood.
Small world.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 02:09 PM
Actually I don't watch,--I 'listen' to keep sound in the house, so I won't notice the ringing in my ears so much.. :)
Posted by: OldTimer | May 01, 2011 at 02:14 PM
ding ding ding- the correct answer is Pilgrims.
Congrats Chubby- you win today's prize!
Posted by: Lord Whorfin says Murphy was an optimist | May 01, 2011 at 02:23 PM
She lived there awhile when she was Coast Guard,got married,then got divorced and moved back in with her mom to get back on her feet. Once she does so,she'll probably go back.
I hope her motivation is firm, Hit, because she'll need some large feet to land on. The house next door to me is for rent, for $3,250 per month. It would be more, except that there's an absentee owner who has let it run down, and it's not large. Nonetheless, renters will line up to grab it. A one-bedroom apt. in a decent area of Honolulu rents for a couple of grand per month, and everything else is priced accordingly. Hawaii is beautiful and I've loved living here and raising a family here, but more and more it is becoming a place for only the wealthy. I just looked at Greensboro on realtordotcom and if I weren't so long in the tooth I might go there myself. Houses for sale are priced at less than a quarter of what a similar dwelling sells for here, where you're going to be in a hovel unless you have $800k to spend. That's why our kids and nearly all of our friends' kids -- all born and raised in Hawaii -- now live on the mainland. Alas.
Posted by: (Another) Barbara | May 01, 2011 at 02:23 PM
OT Clarice et al: Why does no one ever ask this question regarding uninsured Americans--
If there were 30 million in 2005, how many of those from 2005 are still uninsured today??
Posted by: Lord Whorfin says Murphy was an optimist | May 01, 2011 at 02:26 PM
AB:
I just looked at Greensboro on realtordotcom and if I weren't so long in the tooth I might go there myself.
Well,at least come for a visit. We'll get JMH to come over. Or better yet,we can just invite ourselves over to her place.
I have no idea how my niece would foot her living in HI,but the last thing I want is to make any inquiries lest she start hitting me up for help! I'm quite sure I would be powerless against her charm.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 02:43 PM
((Congrats Chubby- you win today's prize!))
I did? I thought for sure that "June bugs" was the winner. If May flowers bring in June bugs, what do June bugs bring in?
Posted by: Chubby | May 01, 2011 at 02:49 PM
I have no idea, LW..
Posted by: clarice | May 01, 2011 at 02:50 PM
((lest she start hitting me up for help!))
you can always run
Posted by: Chubby | May 01, 2011 at 02:51 PM
Mighty fine bird hunting around Katy.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 03:01 PM
If you live in New York, are you better off now than you were two years ago?
"The price is not right. In addition to skyrocketing rent and gas prices, New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents more for a box of Corn Flakes, 29 cents more for a six-pack of beer, and about a buck extra to go to the movies. It even costs more to treat a headache than it did in 2010."
Prices up 14% in a year.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 03:05 PM
Upon hearing of Trump’s language in Vegas, Biden reported to the President: ”This is a big f’ing deal!”
Graham remained silent so as to not embarrass Slow Joe.
Posted by: Threadkiller | May 01, 2011 at 03:17 PM
From DoT's quote:
29 cents more for a six-pack of beer
Beer's up $2 per case here since the Dawn of the Age of Obama.
Interestingly enough,liquor is the exact same price. Down to the penny.
See,state control over liquor sales isn't all bad. Thanks ABC!
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 03:24 PM
Prices up 14% in a year.
Six months ago, Sarah Palin was blasted for noting the rise in grocery prices.
Posted by: Porchlight | May 01, 2011 at 03:25 PM
Am I ever feeling out of it today. Until last night I'd never heard of Seth Meyers...
Posted by: glasater | May 01, 2011 at 03:45 PM
Palin is a buffoon. Her & Beck. Oh & Michele Bachmann is a buffoon too, & Trump. George W. Bush was a buffoon too.
I know this for sure because George "the green COLB is the BC" Stephanopoulos and Eliot "client #9" Spitzer tell me so...
Anyway, Sarah's voice is irritating...
and whatever happened to Christine O'Donnell?...she was a buffoon too. Glad we got rid of her.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 03:46 PM
Oh, Janet, I feel your pain! lol! We are ALL buffoons too, because we are not insane lefties.
Posted by: centralcal | May 01, 2011 at 03:56 PM
The children today will never know the freedom that we enjoyed growing up in the '50s and it shows in politics. They are so used to having every facet of their lives controlled and scripted, we now have at least two generations of young adults incapable of governing themselves without some central authority establishing the rules.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 03:57 PM
In So. Calif. we don't have many April showers, but April leads into "May Gray," and May leads to "June Gloom."
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 03:59 PM
The Dems get all the good non-buffoon people. Guam flippers, 57 staters...they get the liars like Representatives John Lewis, Andre Carson, & Emanuel Cleaver. They get the non-buffoon tax cheats like Rangel & Dodd & the cool prostitution ring people like Frank. Lucky Dems.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 04:01 PM
Prices up 14% in a year.
Not only that, but Mayor Bloomberg continues to find ways to annoy us and intrude in our lives. He's narrowed heavily trafficked streets to create bike lines that no one uses. He's banned smoking in Central Park. In Central Park! I don't smoke and I find that ridiculous.
Posted by: jimmyk | May 01, 2011 at 04:01 PM
Sorry for the sarcasm...I missed getting to go meet up with Jim Ryan at the Flying Circus. It was/is overcast & drizzling here so we didn't go.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 04:06 PM
Janet:
Sorry for the sarcasm...I missed getting to go meet up with Jim Ryan
I think you meant,"I would like to apologize for the sarcasm,but I won't. That's how I roll."
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 04:11 PM
Althouse doesn't agree with you who think Trump was trumped last night:
And the media would like us to believe he stuck it to Trump:
Hey, it's a victory for Trump that the President talked about him at all, and he talked about him a lot. And all these stories about how grim and grumpy Trump looked? Trump always has a grumpy expression on his face. I detected more of a shadow of a smile than usual.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 04:12 PM
Hahahah...exactly Hit!
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 04:12 PM
I still don't know who Seth whatshisname is. I find Obama's voice much more irritating than Palin's and cannot listen to him ever.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 04:22 PM
Yeah, goldforall, more like Nixon.
We had a walk-in from China recently here at JOM, who left a very astute trail to follow, one which self-erased: the sites they visited here - a Watergate thread, a Wen Ho Lee thread and a nationalization of US Banks thread.
In case they come back to read this: I applaud you for your brilliant adaptation of Deepthroat - your pattern of posting elsewhere was exciting to follow. Got it re Nanshan, nuclear district and the GPS physicist's cover as musician.
PS - Do you know anything about a Hamas connection? And which years he worked at Lucent and Nortel?
Posted by: BR | May 01, 2011 at 04:23 PM
So the Aston-Martin Will and Kate drove after the day's events yesterday is Prince Charles's.
So you know it's green.
Did you know it runs on wine?
OK,it's one thing to sacrifice food on the altar of global warmerism. But alcohol!?!!?!!??!!
That does it. Game over. The end is near. No way civilization survives this.
Posted by: hit and run | May 01, 2011 at 04:25 PM
I think I'll call you China Doll.
Posted by: BR | May 01, 2011 at 04:31 PM
And you don't have to post here again.
I'll find you serendipitously.
Posted by: BR | May 01, 2011 at 04:32 PM
And via Insty:
Despite the overall impression here that Trump is a buffoon, and he may well be, but he is obviously under Obama's skin and the business man's "killer instinct" will make mince meat of the real clown. Remember, none of these people are used to dealing with someone who has made it very clear that any publicity is good publicity and who doesn't give a damn what they think of him so he can say what he wants.
I just don't understand why so many of you can not appreciate Trump. You don't have to vote for him, but, by gosh, he is putting on a damn good show and I, for one, have been enjoying the hell out of it. Now I will wait to see how he "gets even" for last night. Don't get mad, get even, and be sure they spell your name right!
Oh, and the "racers" attacks have become a broken record and ineffective. The best way to respond is with a good belly laugh and then "next" as you move on to someone with a modicum of intelligence.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 04:35 PM
Heh, H&R, the wine, which is distilled further, is only available because the English producer is not allowed to bottle more than its EU quota. The craziness is deep over there.
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Posted by: Chuckles. | May 01, 2011 at 04:36 PM
"I just don't understand why so many of you can not appreciate Trump."
I am extremely pleased with the way he is attacking Obama, and I hope he keeps it up. At the same time, I know him to be a vulgar, dishonorable bully, and I wish him ill. I would much prefer that he be describing himself as a Democrat--a claim he could support every bit as much as his claim to be a Republican--and challenging Obama in the Dem primaries. He is a vile human being.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 04:44 PM
At the same time, I know him to be a vulgar, dishonorable bully, and I wish him ill. ... He is a vile human being.
And DOT writes tomorrow's talking points for the opposition. Thanks DOT.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 04:49 PM
Torricelli Principle, DoT? LUN
Posted by: BR | May 01, 2011 at 04:51 PM
The Eleventh Commandment was a phrase used by former President of the United States Ronald Reagan during his 1966 campaign for Governor of California. The Commandment reads:
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
He knew better. Is it any wonder the consensus out there is that the Republican roster of potential candidates is called weak? When you have Mark Levin and so many others on national radio and TV spewing hate against so many, when blog comments are filled with hate directed at fellow Republicans and when, IMO, the worst occurs, fellow Republicans believe everything they read in the far left MSM.
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 01, 2011 at 04:55 PM
It's a time for heroes. Big Damn Heroes.
Here is a great little post on chivalry....it even has a wonderful short Firefly clip.
A lovely post.
Posted by: Janet | May 01, 2011 at 05:00 PM
How small a man is Barack Obama? We now know.
He spent a good portion of the White House correspondent's dinner belittling Donald Trump. So reports Toby Harnden in the Telegraph. Naturally, the U.S. press said little.
Posted by: matt | May 01, 2011 at 05:03 PM
Obama's tactics: 50%
McCain's? Not so much. The world seems to be different. I speak only from the perspective of what seems to work. It worked for Clinton.
Maybe we can prefer to be genteel losers.
I'm watching the NBA in the background and it is my lucky day. The announcers' mikes are turned so low that I would have to strain to hear them, so I don't. The NBA is bad, but ESPN's crew is worse.
Posted by: MarkO | May 01, 2011 at 05:11 PM
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
Reagan never knew Trump. Trump is only a Republican for the moment, because it suits his personal ambition of the moment.
It is Trump who is writing the talking points, not me. (See which one of us gets quoted and ridiculed by the MSM.)
Posted by: Danube of Thought | May 01, 2011 at 05:14 PM
Alls i know about lucent is its all lucifer.Tracking is for fools because someone already did and knows now,so,like its tracking yourself.Its all been done,so we talk about O and his off planet luciferian birth.I dont want to count again,so maybe Ill just lock it on.
Posted by: nickelforurgold | May 01, 2011 at 05:16 PM
Word usage confirmation from Kaus:
The synecdoche–Obama himself as Exhibit A in the broader race preference policy debate–works now in a way it didn’t in the Fall of 2008
Posted by: MarkO | May 01, 2011 at 05:23 PM
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
Tell it to Gerald Ford. I believe that he held some sort of high office when Reagan went after him in '76.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | May 01, 2011 at 05:25 PM