Seriously, happy Canada Day to the nation that proves Republicans wrong left and right: you have gun control, gay marriage, national health care, and decriminalized pot, and you have yet to be struck from the face of the Earth by angry Jesus. Congratulations! I live in envy.
@pantsless economist...access RESTORED: What up, Canucks? Happy Canada day - I will be studying all day like a freight train, so eat a hamburger and hoist a mojito for me!
@Little Green Frog: Just read Ebert's review and it was lovely. There are few things in life that give me more pleasure than reading poor reviews of bad movies.
I continue to hold out hope for a functional opposition party, because America kind of needs it. Aside from anything else, I fear that the Blue Dog Democrats will feel they're allowed to fill the role if the Republicans don't stop acting like half-brained wankstains. Damn it.
Of course this must be why it felt like the grown-ups weren't in charge for 8 years -- the GOP appears to have a worrying dearth of grown-ups. This is like that point in the playdate when the parents say "You know what? We have to let them work it out. They have to learn how to work things out," and go to the kitchen for more coffee. COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN, RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICANS!!
@ellaesther: I agree. I pretty much figure any true democracy needs a functioning opposition party, what with absolute power corrupting absolutely and all that.
So I second your call. Responsible Republicans...it's time to come out of the kitchen!
@ellaesther: Completely, completely agree. I was raised a Liberal Democrat. I identify as a Liberal, as does my brother. The one thing we both steadfastly believe in is a functioning democracy where all views, opinions, and voices are heard. I truly want the Republican party to get its act together and start acting like it cares about its members and constituents. I want them to weed out the hate-mongering, racists. They are so fractured and so lost. And the ones that do dissent? Don't have the guts to stand up to their fellow Republicans cut the crap out. It's utterly sad and utterly pathetic.
I want a Republican party in America, I just don't want this one.
I just don't understand people who appear to be hoping for a terrorist attack in order to prove that the country's not safe with a democrat at the helm.
@dianersb was bit by a zombie: Lest anyone remind them that BUSH was president during the last (and worst) terrorist attack. I cannot wrap my head around people continuing to ignore that important fact.
Beyond that, Cheney can STFU about keeping us safe afterwards too. London, Madrid, anyone? They were all attacks related to our presence in Iraq. I think that qualifies as keeping no one safe.
@dianersb was bit by a zombie: yeah, it's especially bullshit due to the amount of time he and the rest of his blathering ilk spend trying to do the unpatriotic, "you are trying to make america less safe" witch hunt. and it's a sad day when the vile mouthpieces of the republican party think that the only way they will gain traction with voters is if there is a massive terrorist attack. not through policy, not through good governance, not through inspiration or ideas, but through death. fuck that.
According to my third source of news, the news reel in the elevator at my office, Bush signed something pledging the US troops will be removed from Iraq by 2011. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but isn't anyone else suspicious about him doing something like that at the tail end of his term, especially when 2011 is when the 2012 election year will be gearing up?
Re the death of CH: me so sad. I think it's time to just break out the whisky and put the Pogues' Christmas in New York on a continuous loop until the new year.
Imma gonna miss CH too, though I'm in agreement that it seemed like a lot of work for Megan to constantly track down someone who'd do this with her out of the goodness of their hearts.
@Jamie Sommers: YES! Was just going to post this. Shepheards are so much cuter with floppy ears and there is no reason to crop them. Save the german shepheard, doberman, and corgi ears!!!
@Jamie Sommers: I think you're thinking of the Doberman Pinscher. "They" don't crop a German Shepherd's ears. But you're right, it's a barbaric practice (for Great Danes and Doberman's and Boxers).
@scullymurphy: Do corgis really get their ears cropped? I have a corgi mutt and hers stand up naturally but I suppose that could be another breed in her.
07/01/09
COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
I mean, really: poorly sourced, too gossipy, giving SP a reason to complain about how she is treated, and keeping her in the national news.
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Yes, I do believe that is what it is like inside Glenn becks head EVERY DAY.
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Can't wait for my road trip up there this summer :D
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Lots of Canadians don't watch hockey!
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/kidding
Seriously, happy Canada Day to the nation that proves Republicans wrong left and right: you have gun control, gay marriage, national health care, and decriminalized pot, and you have yet to be struck from the face of the Earth by angry Jesus. Congratulations! I live in envy.
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Also, this made my life:
Remember how IO9 described the Transformers movie? That's what Beck experiences, in his mind, every day.
It's funny because it's true.
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Of course this must be why it felt like the grown-ups weren't in charge for 8 years -- the GOP appears to have a worrying dearth of grown-ups. This is like that point in the playdate when the parents say "You know what? We have to let them work it out. They have to learn how to work things out," and go to the kitchen for more coffee. COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN, RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICANS!!
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So I second your call. Responsible Republicans...it's time to come out of the kitchen!
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I want a Republican party in America, I just don't want this one.
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I just don't understand people who appear to be hoping for a terrorist attack in order to prove that the country's not safe with a democrat at the helm.
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Beyond that, Cheney can STFU about keeping us safe afterwards too. London, Madrid, anyone? They were all attacks related to our presence in Iraq. I think that qualifies as keeping no one safe.
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Again, I'm probably just paranoid.
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And Blagojevich, dude, calling your hairbrush "the football?" I would have beat him with the thing if I worked for him.
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@scullymurphy: Do corgis really get their ears cropped? I have a corgi mutt and hers stand up naturally but I suppose that could be another breed in her.
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And I totally have a crush on Joe Biden. Him with the puppy? MAJOR SWOONAGE.
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Way to Monday morning quarterback that one, Hollywood!