Slurp's Up!

Because nothing says 'summer' like beaches, bikinis and rolling waves of... slurpees? More pics here and background from the Times.

Comments

[Cecil Turner]

Not "bingo." The Obama Admin's strategy is feckless and misguided, and the excuse that the victims (e.g., Iraqis, Syrians, Ukrainians) aren't doing enough to help themselves is empty spin. Obama (and his spokespuppets) assured us Iraq was stable, didn't need a stay-behind force, and touted it as a demonstration of his foreign policy brilliance:

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to cast himself as a strong leader on foreign policy, highlighting a pullout from Iraq and the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as success stories.

It was obvious drivel then . . . and by now it certainly ought to be obvious even to the most ardent partisan.

[narciso]

I guess the logic of this funding bill, is they want to see if Hanen is upheld,

[narciso]

answers no one was considering:

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-27/give-jonathan-gruber-a-break

[clarice]

Thanks, hit.

[narciso]

well why bother them, with small shiny objects:

http://libertyunyielding.com/2015/02/28/why-hasnt-the-fcc-released-the-300-plus-pages-of-govt-regs-on-the-internet-inquiring-minds-dont-want-to-know/

[Threadkiller]

Temporary Funding for the Department of Homeland Security

February 27, 2015 

Vote Notes on Legislation

Vote Notes:

2/27/15:  Motion to go to Conference on HR 240: Yes.  

2/27/15:  H.J. Res 35 – Temporary Funding for the Department of Homeland Security: Yes.

On January 14th, the House voted to adopt HR 240 to fully fund the Department of Homeland Securitywhile forbidding the President from using those funds for his illegal amnesty order.  On February 26th, with just one day to avert a shutdown, the Senate finally responded by voting to fund both DHS AND the President’s amnesty.   These motions invoke the conference process to resolve the differences between the two houses while extending three week stop-gap funding for DHS to allow these negotiations to take place.

The American people overwhelmingly oppose the President’s amnesty orders; a federal court has already issued an injunction against them; nine Senate Democrats have promised their constituents they would oppose these orders (only six are needed to take up legislation on the Senate floor), and I believe the chances are very good that the President will ultimately be reined in both by legislative and judicial action.  These two measures give these dynamics time to work.  In my judgment, this is the only course that allows the House to stand its ground in defense of the Constitution while averting a shutdown of DHS.

http://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/vote-notes/temporary-funding-for-the-department-of-homeland-security

[Old Lurker]

Not wanting to be outdone by my Episcopal Church?

" ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis launched a fresh attack on economic injustice on Saturday, condemning the "throw-away culture" of globalization and calling for new ways of thinking about poverty, welfare, employment and society.

In a speech to the association of Italian cooperative movements, he pointed to the "dizzying rise in unemployment" and the problems that existing welfare systems had in meeting healthcare needs."

[Jeff Dobbs]

DoT:
Good God, Hit. Who keeps all those stats during every game?

The scoresheet is rather simple. The break has a box where you put Y if a ball is made, a N if no ball is made and F if you scratch (or as is often the case on my breaks the cue ball leaves the table).

Each shot is given a box. A made ball is marked with an X for a striped ball and O for solid. A miss is marked with an M. A foul is marked with an F. A safety is marked with an S. An intentional foul (I hit your ball in to keep you from having a ball to use to get position on a later shot, for example) is marked with an I.

And that's about it. The league takes those scoresheets and loads all the relevant stats to the database.

I have never met the Duchess of Doom. There is a guy in my old APA league who used to be a touring pro. APA has an annual Las Vegas tournament you can qualify for. The captain of the team he's once told me about the time that Allison got on the elevator with them at the Vegas tournament and she and Mahesh just started chatting it up like long lost buds.

Mahesh is the best player I've ever played...although, Johnny Archer comes in town quite often and I've watched him play in some 9-ball tournaments here, but I've never played him (I don't do 9-ball tournaments). Earl Strickland used to play at the bar I now play in, but that was 20 years ago (and the bar was quite different), but he comes in town from time to time as well.

[narciso]

welp no good deed,

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/28/hawaii-rising-dem-star-risks-future-to-take-on-obama-over-islamic-extremism/?intcmp=latestnews

I don't think she's a pushover though,

[Danube on iPad]

Thanks hit. Is the Duchess a lezbo? Is there a man in her life?

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

From narc's 01:58pm link above: The most laughable piece of journalism I have read since Ron Fournier's Walker piece.

Bob Jones, columnist for the Oahu-based Midweek, wrote a scathing piece suggesting Gabbard should be challenged in 2016. "I take serious issue when somebody who's done a little non-fighting time in Iraq, and is not a Middle East or Islamic scholar, claims to know better than our President and Secretary of State how to fathom the motivations of terrorists, or how to refer to them beyond the term that best describes them -- terrorists," Jones said.

Bob, my 11y.o. son knows more about Islam and the ME than Lurch and the Champ. But according to you he isn't qualified since he hasn't done any "fighting" over there (yet).

[Jeff Dobbs]

Extraneus:
Anyone remember how to go directly to a comment? If someone can remind me, I could try to get the narcisolator to fix the Recent Comments links.

This one's fun.

Take the post url:

justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2015/02/slurps-up.html

...take out the .html
...add the /comments/page/X/

...then add the part of the comment link beginning with the "hashtag" - for example, here's the url from my pool reply to DoT:

justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2015/02/slurps-up.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfa445970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfa445970c

and you just want the...

#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfa445970c

Put it all together...

justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2015/02/slurps-up/comments/page/2/#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfa445970c

Or hyperlinked

Easy as pie.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I don't know enough about Allison to know, DoT. I don't see Mahesh any more since changing leagues. But if I ever do see him....I'll ask.

Oddly enough, I was at the bar where we used to play his team last night with mrs hit and run for dinner (a chef at a great local placed move to the bar - and now that bar's food is spectacular for a bar. i highly recommend the x-hot buffalo shrimp hoagie).

No Mahesh though.

[jimmyk on iPad]

"less [sic] violent deaths today"

Perhaps Lurch was saying that while there are no fewer deaths today, some of them are less violent. /sarc

Ext, I've been away from the desktop since this morning, so haven't had a chance to test drive the latest narcisolator on the indentation. Will get there later today.

[narciso]

yes, that's a stickler I do admit:

http://babalublog.com/2015/02/28/but-if-we-changed-the-onerous-terms-we-could-sell-cuba-a-lot-more-says-the-farm-lobby/#comments

[Swashbuckler Sue]

Road trip! Hey Kim.

[Threadkiller]

I take serious issue when somebody who's done a little non-fighting time in Iraq, and is not a Middle East or Islamic scholar, 

Look at how much the "scholars" have already done for/to America.

[Rick Ballard]

OL,

The Greek commies will default on the IMF loans before Chicago BKs. The bluff against the Germans just increased the number of Greeks deciding that paying taxes was a suckers play - are the commies going to put the whole population in jail?

I'm curious as to whether Detroit will actually default again prior to Chicago defaulting.

[narciso]

wouldn't this pose a bit of a problem?

http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2015/02/27/irs-employee-looking-for-lois-lerner-emails-was-blind-literally/

[clarice]

hit, I just hit the time and date stamp under the comment and the banner gives the hyperlink which I can copy and past.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

My garage is not attached so I don't have a good explanation of why the temperature in my car is 13 degrees warmer than outside. It consistently is that way but in summer it is cooler.

[GMax]

OH BTW Zero drops again today, now down to 42%. That Keystone pipeline veto was a hell of a good idea, eh liar party? He is going to take the rest of you down with him, AMFs.

[narciso]

heh, Koskinen does look like evil Kip:

http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/an-inside-look-at-nyet-neutrality-t15956.html

[Jeff Dobbs]

clarice:
I just hit the time and date stamp under the comment and the banner gives the hyperlink which I can copy and past.

That only works to....

WAIT. WHAT?!1?!!?!!!

Did typepad fix that at some point and nobody told me about it?

Used to, the hyperlink for the time/date stamp only took you to the page of the comment, not the comment itself.

But now . . . it appears that in both Firefox and IE, it does indeed take you to the actual comment.

Whoa whoa whoa.

Since I uninstalled Chrome yesterday, I don't know if maybe Chrome was my problem all this time or not.

So. The url on the Recent Comments on the left sidebar for clarice's comment is this:

justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2015/02/slurps-up.html#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfac5f970c

The link in the time/date stamp on the page is this:

justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2015/02/slurps-up.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfac5f970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d0dfac5f970c

And the link in the time/date stamp works - meaning, if Ext can change the Recent Comments sidebar to includ ith "?cid=xxxxxx", it should work, I guess.

Kids these days and their newfangled linkie thingies, I tell you what.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

In what alternative universe does anybody care about Peter King's opinion?

[henry]

Union Power!!!

Yup, the power to walk around in circles while right to work sails through the legislature.

[narciso]

how about that, I thought only Volodya's paradise was perfect:

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2015/02/28/where-journalism-goes-to-die/

[sbwaters]

Hokay. So long as this is a techie thread, how does one know how many comments have been posted on a JOM thread?

[jimmyk on iPhone]

"heh, Koskinen does look like evil Kip"

I'd said he reminded me of Mr Kruger on Seinfeld.

[narciso]

it usually say under the byline, leaving out those in progress,

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

CH,

Believe it or not, but the first responders of NYPD and NYFD, that's his main constituency, Them and their relatives and their friends and neighbors. Its who he represents. 90% of the NYPD and NYFD live in his district.

BTW, Even if your garage is disattached and not heated, its always going to be warmer than the ambient temp outside. The engine heat alone before it dissipates is also enough to keep it warmer than the outside.

[henry]

Sbw, the easy way is to open a new tab and go the the JOM home page. Comment counts listed below each post. If you want to work hard, (page#-1)*100 plus count the comments on the current page. ;)

[Jeff Dobbs]

sbw:
how does one know how many comments have been posted on a JOM thread?

On the home page, each thread lists the number of comments.

Posted by Tom Maguire on February 28, 2015 | Permalink | Comments (132)

Or....

Page number in the url is 2. That means we are in the 101-200 comments.

Ctrl F = "posted by:"

Take the count on that and add to 100.

132 comments.

[Jeff Dobbs]

henry is conciser than I am.

[sbwaters]

go the the JOM home page

I’ll be darned. I never go to the Home Page, since I keep current threads continuously open.

Thanks, henry.

[henry]

That.

[sbwaters]

And thanks hit.

[Old Lurker]

Which word is not like the others?

"...Peter King appeared on MSNBC’s online platform to tell Luke Russert..."

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

As if it matters but in 30 minutes or less the CPAC POTUS preference poll will be released. Any bets on who other than Rand Paul will be crowned?

Does anyone know if libertarians are RTW types?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Jane, I want to offer you a word of encouragement....

We got our 8" overnight on Wed, and this is my yard today.

Ok, it may be late June before you see something like this, but still . . . it'll melt sometime...

[narciso]

at what point do they really pay attention,

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/28/mohammed-emwazi-isis-london-bomb-plot-links

[peter]

Captain Hate, re: dashboard temperature reading, on my car (Honda) the initial number is the temperature the car was when engine was turned off last, then it gradually goes to the current reading. Does not factor in wind chill, which is largely the effect of evaporation on one's skin and not applicable to inanimate objects.

[Old Lurker]

Peter "evaporation on one's skin and not applicable to inanimate objects"

My wife has accused me of being an inanimate object many time.

[Miss Marple]

henry and Gus, I just ran across this on Twitter and thought you guys would appreciate it:

Jennifer Melton ‏@jenmelton1976 9m9 minutes ago

@JohnRiversToo @drawandstrike @DRUDGE_REPORT I swear, I hope that Walker's people put skulls on his campaign plane's wings.
0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites

[henry]

Miss M, LOL. Some things are better sotto voce.

[Marlene on the phone on the road]

Florida! We are in miles long back up on I-75S, must be a terrible accident. I-75N is shut down. Oh no,bad accident northbound,multiple vehicles,a car is hung up on the guardrail.Terrible.

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

marlene,

We have big rain as does the south part near Palm Beach area. Where on 75 are you? I can check.

[Buckeye]

CH That is weird. Put an old fashioned outdoor thermometer in the garage. See if it and the car agree when you start it.

If drastically different, particularly after car sits overnight, suggests the sensor in the car is faulty.

[Marlene on the phone on the road]

Ocala. Southbound is moving now.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I-75 upon entering Florida?????????

Marlene, I'm concerned you passed much closer to me than anticipated with nary a word, unless you came down I-95 and have since crossed over to I-75.

I don't want to add you to the list of JOMers who came close by and chose not to stop.

But I will. I keep lists. It's what I do.

[Rick Ballard]

Henry,

I would prefer a pale horse rampant with crossed reaving axes over the motto "Pray I do not alter it any further." (in Latin) as a fine campaign blason.

[jimmyk]

update on narcisolator2: The changes seem to be working 100%: Troll blocking, formatting, etc. Thanks again to Extraneus and Rob C.

[Extraneus]

Hit, I couldn't get the Recent Comments links to go to any comments with the narcisolator disabled.

After modifying the narcisolator, I was able to get the links working, but since page/100/ is hard-coded, this probably only works if the recent comment is on the last page of the thread.

These changes might have screwed up something else that used to work, though, so if anyone tries the latest update and finds any bugs like that, please let me know.

[Jeff Dobbs]

If narcisolator2 changes are blocking my avatar, it's your loss.

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

Marlene,

Weather ahead of you. Has been all day. But now letting up some on the west coast around Brandenton. Be careful. Lots of 80 y.o. Canucks and people from New Jersey driving blind in the raiin.

[Extraneus]

Glad to hear it, Jimmy! If anyone finds bugs or has other suggestions - especially any javascript programmers (like Rob, hint hint) who can suggest code changes - I'll try to update further.

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

marlene.

Accident is five miles north of SR326 (exit 358) traffic barely moving since 3:30 at HWY 27. Emergency vehicles still heading north as of ten minutes ago (5:PM).

You must be pass it by now. More ahead.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Ok, I have a soft spot for Eliana Johson, but her post at the Corner is bizarre.

I was going pull a quote from it, but it's too hard to pick a small sample to choose from. Seriously sloppy writing/editing (is she pulling stuff from Walker's latest appearance of from "a recent meeting in New York" in her third "paragraph"?)*.

I HATE HATE HATE the insinuation that a Governor should be all up in the business of the federal government particulars.

Do you want a Senator as candidate? Because this is how you get a Senator as a candidate.

A general governing principle is ENOUGH, when you have a person who is truly committed to those principles, as evidenced by his governing by those principles in his tenure as chief executive in the position to which he has been entrusted.

Probe him on his philosophy and principles, question the hell out of him on his experience in governing.

I do not give a shit about whether he knows the particulars of federal legislation jot and tittle.

Otherwise we're dealing with the equivalent of who is the Minister of Economic Development in the country of Hoogivesafukistan.

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*Fuck it. I would never, ever claim to have an ounce of editorial talent. But pleeeeeeeeease, this sentence has me adrift at sea.

The takeaway from his speech before this libertarian-leaning crowd came, oddly enough, on foreign policy, when at the close of Walker’s presentation, moderator Frayda Levin, a Club board member and supporter of Kentucky senator Rand Paul in the 2016 race, came charging at him.

Comma, please!

Sentence Diagrammers of JOM to the battle stations!

I think I get it. The takeaway came when Frayda charged him. Um, ok.

[jimmyk on iPad]

Hit, I still have the privilege of seeing your avatar on Safari. Until someone writes a bookmarklet to block avatars on Safari, that is.

[clarice]

Rand Paul, Walker second..

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

Funny, the base gets all fired up about CPAC but give the Club for Growth a pass. They get more money and passi it out better than all the other PACs. Its where the money is and yet, crickets.

I will go with their candidate over the CPAC one unless its Bush, Christie or Huckabee. Who knows.

[Jane]

RAND PAUL #1, SCOTT WALKER #2 by 5 points.

[Jane]

CPAC is kids and Club for Growth is establishment and monied - altho I did see a friend from the cruise at CPAC on TV. That was fun.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Yike. Nevermind, I am now scrolling down on the Corner to Eliana's coverage of Cruz's speech at CPAC.

It’s something of an oddity that Cruz, widely considered the 2016 candidate with the most serious intellectual bona fides, and somebody with a long history as a debater and public speaker who eschews podia and prepared texts, relies so heavily on canned lines. Even his acknowledgement of his wife, Heidi, seems to be done by memory. In all of his public appearances, and again tonight, he praises her beauty, brilliance, and business savvy. “She is my best friend in the entire world,” he says, and he said it again tonight.

ZOMG! A politician who gives a speech using lines from other speeches written in the format of a speech to be given!!!!!

What if he uses the same line again in his next speech?!1!?1?1?!?!!?!?

Cast him out! Not good enough! Better Hillary than #cannedlines

The soft-spot is becoming calcified.

[Steve]

Video - Phil Robertson CPAC 2015

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2015/02/video-phil-robertson-cpac-2015.html

[clarice]

Senator Rand Paul wins the CPAC straw poll with 26%....Governor Scott Walker is the runner up with 21%.....Ted Cruz 12%.....Ben Carson 11%....and Governor Jeb Bush takes 5th place with 8%.

[Jeff Dobbs]

jimmyk:
Until someone writes a bookmarklet to block avatars on Safari, that is.

When that day comes, I am prepared for that.

[Frau Meerrettich]

Take care, Marlene. I hope you are the navigator.

hit, that sentence sounds as if it was delivered in German and translated by Babelfish.

hit sez: "Probe him on his philosophy and principles..."
Ouch!

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

Jane brought a point about the millenials who vote for Paul and how they may be a differenial in a POTUS election for the GOP. Does anyone think that if the GOP caters more toward the libertarian base versus the conservative base, that they cge a better candidate for a national electorate?

Not challenging Jane, but its an interesting dynamic in politics that needs discussion. Seeing gay marriage and legalizing pot polls tells me that there may be something there but then I watch a guy like Walker killing the democrat criminal enterprise (uniions are the foot solderies) and I don't know. Honestly.

[Frau Meerrettich]

No flags, discs or paddles for semaphore? Don't despair unless you need a "u.".

[clarice]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/dnc-stop-scott-walker_869933.html

DNC email--STOP WALKER.

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

...can get a better candidate.....

terrible typing moment.

[Frau Meerrettich]

Clarice @ 5:48 - What carp! Is this Debbie's dirty doing?

[Extraneus]

Very fair criticism, hit. I've worked with high-level execs who often spoke publicly, one in particular. His style was to write out individual thoughts on index cards, one per thought, and arrange these thoughts/cards differently for each talk, including or excluding as appropriate.

Each card contained carefully honed and memorized phrases, which we worked on and he rehearsed.

After years of doing this, he was able to speak very effectively on numerous topics, some quite technical, without reference to the cards. (He still carried them and reviewed their order before speaking, but usually left them in his pocket. Even when he didn't, all he had to do was glance down a few times and flip through them without looking.) As a result of this practice, those who heard him speak often were treated to the same exact phrases multiple times.

I believe this is how it's normally done in politics, too, for those good enough not to need teleprompters.

Some people are obviously more talented, and can come up with great phrases on the fly. I think Rush Limbaugh is one of these people, but even he covers the same thoughts over and over, with only slight variations.

[Centralcal on iPad]

So, as predicted, Rand Paul won CPAC straw poll, but Walker only 2 points behind and he didn't bus in supporters. Ha!

[Marlene on the phone on the road]

Yes Frau,I navigate.
Hit,we took 95,got on 75 in FL.
Jack,we actually had a reservation to stay in Ocala and continue tomorrow.

[clarice]

I imagine so, frau. Show's you who they fear, doesn't it?

[Danube on iPad]

"A general governing principle is ENOUGH"

See, e.g., Ronaldus Maximus.

Who, by the way, spoke from a series of cards exactly as Ext describes.
Walker has seemed a little shaky on occasion in the early going, but given his demonstrated inner strength and devotion to principle, I believe he is going to wear very well with the electorate. The Dems have already caught on.

[Jeff Dobbs]

JiB:
GOP caters more toward the libertarian base versus the conservative base

In the words of some stoopid-azz President, I reject this false dichotomy.

Cater, no. Target based on a more general understanding of what makes a demographic tick?

Whoa. What if we went in and studied these mysterious "yutes", and come to find out they didn't just want weed, they wanted the federal government off their backs.

Maybe . . . and this could just be crazy talk . . . maybe conservatives could build a message that first hit on freedom from authoritarian control, and eschewed on the whole "libertarians are selfish-adolescents" condescension?

You know, politics.

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I'm not saying that there doesn't exist a bunch of "big L" Libertarian "selfish-adolescents" (Paulians 4EVAR!). What I'm saying is, take the LIV libertarian-ish tendencies of the yutes and make a play for them based on the conservative message of Big Government wants to control you.

My goodness when did it become hip for the hip to want the federal government to control the hip????????

[Jane]

With younger people it generally matters if they are more into social issues than fiscal ones. I suspect the fiscal stuff may come to the forefront this year.

I wish the right would simply state the truth - my opinion on gay marriage doesn't matter because it is up to the states. I think Rand Paul said that in his CPAC speech about marajuana.

[henry]

Clarice, althouse got that DNC email as well. Actually mild compared to the recall, and even compared to what the union goons are carrying as they march around the Capitol today. Look at the bozo hope & change poster and it becomes clear the DNC has two depiction modes: good fascist and bad fascist. Once Walker is officially running that email will have a small mustache (like in the recall).

[Jack is Back! [IPFL No. 324557L4]]

Well, hit, I would agree with all that if it wasn't from the millenial reception of Net Neutrality.

Back to the drawing board. I think the message for millenials is goiing to more nuanced than John Kerry's semantics.

[Jane]

This is what the liberals I know are posting about Walker:

"http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/07/31/a-nonpartisan-
ethics-organization-just-named-the-worst-governor-in-
america-the-contest-wasnt-even-close/"

[Jane]

This should work:

http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/07/31/a-nonpartisan-ethics-organization-just-named-the-worst-governor-in-america-the-contest-wasnt-even-close/

[henry]

Jane, the "nonpartisan ethics organization" Citizens for Responsibilty and Ethics is a Soros / SEIU front. A simple rule works well, "nonpartisan=Soros."

[Jim Miller]

Rand Paul? I guess the attendees weren't bothered as much by that little "Southern Avenger" problem as I am.

(Either Paul knew about Jack Hunter's opinions and thought them acceptable, or he didn't vet this close aide, as he should have.)

As with his father, you really have to wonder about some of the people Rand attracts.

[Extraneus]

So they're also afraid of Tom Corbett and Susana Martinez? Good to know.

[Miss Marple]

Whenever I see the name "Tom Corbett," I always think of this show from my childhood:

[AliceH]

Brendan Loy ‏@brendanloy 1h1 hour ago Stapleton, CO

“This is no mere ranger. He is Rand, son of Ron.”

“This…is Ron Paul’s heir?”

“And heir to the poll of #CPAC. You owe him your allegiance”
******************

LOL!

[Jeff Dobbs]

JiB:
Well, hit, I would agree with all that if it wasn't from the millenial reception of Net Neutrality.

"Yes, persuasion is dead, let's give up and write off a whole voting block."
--stuff Reagan (never) said

[Jane]

I know Henry, I just posted it to show what is going around. The left is absolutely delusional.

[henry]

They will get a net neutrality education before 2016.

[Jeff Dobbs]

What if Rand is an imperfect vehicle, but the voters he attracts are get-able for the GOP. But what if getting them necessitated not trashing the Paul name?

I fear there are those for whom losing the votes would be worth it.

[Jim Miller]

I hate to say this, but . . . . John Kerry is probably right about the long-term decline in violence.

[Extraneus]

'Knives are out': Hawaii Dem faces backlash for taking on Obama over 'Islamist' extremism

Gabbard called "mind-boggling" Obama's refusal to associate ISIS with the Muslim religion, even though the terrorist army is emphatic it is enforcing a strict interpretation of Islam.

"[Obama] is completely missing the point of this radical Islamic ideology that’s fueling these people,” she said.

The Army veteran has encountered rough political surf since challenging President Obama.

Her comments have stunned political experts in her home state.

“It is very, very unusual for a junior member in the president's own party to criticize him,” said Colin Moore, assistant professor at the University of Hawaii Department of Political Science. “Especially for someone considered a rising star in the party. This is a serious gamble for her.”

Slurps up?

[Swashbuckler Sue]

What I want is for our candidate to bring people to the party, not change to attract people. Ronald Reagan sold his style of conservatism and drew people to vote for him, ala Reagan democrats.

[Swashbuckler Sue]

I don't want a candidate who "plays" to any particular group. Sell conservatism and the groups will follow.

[Miss Marple]

Unfortunately, the word "conservative" turns off a lot of younger voters, even those who might be attracted tot he principles.

It will have to be sold as "getting the government out of your business," jobs and opportunity, free speech, etc.

[Captain Hate]

What if Rand is an imperfect vehicle, but the voters he attracts are get-able for the GOP. But what if getting them necessitated not trashing the Paul name?

The Ronulans have never been shy about badmouthing anybody who doesn't bow down to Uncle Crazy. They're like a bad case of jock itch; do you let it just fester away and be irritating without killing you or do you say "life's too short to put up with this nonsense"?

[DrJ]

FWIW, today's Ecommunist had a column about Walker that did not mention his lack of a college degree. They don't like him, but it is for other reasons.