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Re: We're Not the Only One Out to Lunch

chicagobureau — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:39:05 -0000

PS: We should get together on Friday regardless. Booze is helpful at times like these. Remember 1929? No booze, and the Great Depression followed that crash. Here, we can actually knock a few back. That can't be anything but helpful at this point.

Re: We're Not the Only One Out to Lunch

chicagobureau — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:37:40 -0000

Well, homofascist, given what we now know, the debate might be missing a certain something. Like Geezer.

You have to admit -- for people who don't pay any attention, this will make him look like a fucking hero. And, unfortunately, the American electorate is crazy with people who don't pay attention.

Credit where due: for a campaign that couldn't find its own ass with a map, this was a shrewd play. If Black Eagle follows him to Washington, McCain looks like a leader. If Black Eagle stays away, Barry's more concerned with getting elected than actually doing something that helps real Americans. Not that this move would do a damn thing for real Americans, but that's not the point. It reinforces the whole "country first" bullshit. It's transparent as hell, but it doesn't matter because Americans will, as we know, believe anything.

Of course, Obama had the right answer. I will debate an empty chair if I have to. They agreed to meet today for a debate. It's on. Etc. But Geezer still looks wonderful out of this.

God damn it.

Re: We're Not the Only One Out to Lunch

chicagobureau — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:00:37 -0000

PS: flippin -- any idea on getting the other Chicagoans on board with a debate watching party? (And not to run over any plans that you may have already had.)

Re: We're Not the Only One Out to Lunch

chicagobureau — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:59:11 -0000

This could be the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Tagging Barry to Dubya? For real?

I think that such a plan -- if ever put into motion, and I don't think that even Steve Schmidt and Rick Davis are stupid enough to put this idea forward -- would be designed to go after and convince only one group. But PUMAs were so last month.

Re: Eternal Sunshine of the Blogless Mind

nojo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:02:33 -0000

@cb: The mothership is reading from the database fine, but you can't write to it -- you can't even save a draft of a post right now. The comments still work there because Disqus keeps them in its own database, far from the madding hamsters.

Re: Eternal Sunshine of the Blogless Mind

chicagobureau — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:28:00 -0000

No, no, no prommy -- the Clintons are totes behind Black Eagle. I hear that Hillary Clinton is going to go to a rally today and lay some sweet, sweet smackdown on Sarah Palin on her being too chickenshit to let the press within 50 yards of -- what the?

[spooky looking vortex opens in wall, sucking Chicago Bureau into it and depositing him into the same place he was before, only in the "correct" position in the time-space continuum]

What just happened? Wait, let me check something. And..... yes -- the Clintons totally blow. I thought something wasn't quite right when I woke up this morning.

(BTW: The Mothership was working just fine in the alternate dimension I was just in. How about in this dimension -- any sort of update?)

ALSO: if word can be sent up and down the line -- there was talk recently about a local CP get-together here in Shekagoh. I would suggest Friday Night at some place with a teevee and lots of alcohol, so that the debate can be enjoyed properly.

Re: This Time It’s Personal

chicagobureau — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:50:46 -0000

Another fun fact -- Dick Cheney dropped out of UW Madison. This rarely comes up in viewbooks and other admissions lit, I would imagine.

Re: That and $700 Billion Will Buy You a Bailout

rptrcub — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:22:30 -0000

Speaking of gay Democrats, this one is engaging in battle with someone who says Sarah P. is a libertarian. I'd appreciate a counterattack from the HFA.

Re: That and $700 Billion Will Buy You a Bailout

chicagobureau — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:49:02 -0000

@Blogenfreude: Nancy, of course, is hemming and hawing about how People On Main Street (TM) have to get something out of this deal. But she will cave. It's what she does.

Meanwhile: for the record, please note that the point man for the House Democrats on this whole mess has the gay. (He also has a wild sense of humor. But, mostly, the gay.) Chew on that for a moment, Dr. Dobson.

On Bob Schieffer's House Party this a.m., Barney brought up the possibility of tax hikes and CEO salary caps, and Sen. Shelby didn't automatically shoot that down like Republicans are wont to do. Interesting.

Re: World Financial Markets At a Glance

nojo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:18:04 -0000

@cb: No update on when the Commenting Caddy comes back from the shop. Disqus options are limited -- looks like you get bold, italic and links only.

Re: World Financial Markets At a Glance

chicagobureau — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:31:38 -0000

@Cynica: Man. I was holding out to win a controlling stake in WaMu. I'm hearing though that WaMu might be a jackpot promotion at a <strike>riverboat</strike> barge in Northwest Indiana this weekend. Banking industry, here I come!

(PS: WaMu has a between-inning promotion at Wrigley, complete with the PA cheerily saying the "Whoo hoo!" tagline. Did everything I could to keep from laughing my ass off.)

(PPS: strike tag is fubar. Any update on what tags do / do not work with Commenting v2.0? And embedding pics / videos?)

Re: Miss a Day, All Hell Breaks Loose

chicagobureau — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:43:26 -0000

My guess is that, in truth, the true October surprise will be the disclosure of Kim Jong-il's demise, which will send many in North Korea to a Jonestown-like scene of ritual suicide, and also lead to the misplacing of keys to the fissile material and centrifuge closet (end of the hallway, make a right, second door on the left). And thus Geezer will give everyone the heebie-jeebies in a final attempt to win without relying on "I won't vote for a black Mooslim radical" vote.

Re: Miss a Day, All Hell Breaks Loose

flippin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:47 -0000

Maybe, just maybe, Unicorn could point out what Osama's hometown is in light of the Yemen attack? Although I'm with SFL that anything taking focus off broken economy and putting it on national security/Operation Precious Freedoms is bad for us and good for "U.S.A."-chanting, chest-thumping RWers.

Re: Miss a Day, All Hell Breaks Loose

chicagobureau — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:52:18 -0000

@SFL: Yeah. If I were Geezer I would probably say "I'm too old for this shit" and throw the election (without saying so, of course).

Black Eagle, meanwhile, can try saying, "well, seven years later, we still haven't caught Osama, have we?" Of course, U.S. Americans have cared little because Iraq Is The Central Front On The War On Terror. But maybe Barry can make them believe that, in truth, Osama's the guy we want.

And now, if you will excuse me, my medication has arrived.

Re: Miss a Day, All Hell Breaks Loose

chicagobureau — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:46:27 -0000

Meanwhile, here's the Geezer look-into-the-camera-and-tell-me-you-love-me ad. Only 30 seconds (in truth, about 15 secondsish before the voiceovers start). Which is good, because he looks really fucking scary (w/ scary music to boot) and really has nothing to say except the standard platitudes that we all know and love.

Note the oh-so-subtle POW POW at the end of his blurb. Totes helpful.

Re: Miss a Day, All Hell Breaks Loose

chicagobureau — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:16:17 -0000

And Barry comes out with a 2 minute ad, which I think locks up the win on the week on this whole Wall Street Goes POOF thing.

And our embassy in Yemen just got attacked -- which ought to cut against the Geezer, but may yet give him an opening to make a reasonable-sounding-yet-way-wrong attack that gullible voters out there might swallow.

My head hurts.

Re: Fed Nationalizes Wall Street

chicagobureau — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:12:32 -0000

To your point (prommy -- reply button = FAIL... but I am not complaining a bit -- lovely to be back online with y'all):

Geezer was on the CNBC this morning (yes, I know, financial porn). He basically said, even today, that the government should not bail out AIG. Sen. Shelby said the same thing this afternoon. But there truly was no choice. You can have hundreds of thousands of insurance policies go POOF.

McCain should be privately thrilled with this. If AIG went down, the election would be basically over, absent some Obama bombshell (or, of course, the stupidity of the American people -- which can never be discounted). Market goes down in flames, fingers start getting pointed, and all of the pointees have that "R" next to their name. Plus, McCain was chair of the Commerce Committee when the wheels of this trainwreck were in motion. In other words, OVAH.

Of course, he'll probably be praising Bernanke and Paulson tomorrow for their swift action to correct a problem that he absolutely positively had nothing to do with. Let's see if the media calls him on it. (Odds: 25m to 1 against. But there's a chance!)

Re: He’s Not Dead, He’s Resting

chicago bureau — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:19:04 -0000

The funniest part about this? Even Cardozo's not talking to Ralphie.

But seriously: how much do we have to pay to get Nader to dress up like a panda? This, I feel, is required.

Re: CP Commenter Strike Enters Second Day

chicago bureau — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:20:54 -0000

@nojo: I do not see these ratings of which you speak. But us regulars know that each of us should have seven diamonds next to our names, for we know that we are that quality in our posting skills. So no need to advertise it.

@jaime sommers: Forgot for the moment that you are an Astros fan. I could provide you with a nice politician apology, but I am real busy right now and thus cannot string together the requisite amount of weasel-words and thus will simply and humbly apologize for that remark.

(And, yes -- Cubbies / Dodgers would be good. I think we can safely slot them in at this point (they get three against Pittsburgh, three against Sandy Eggo, and six against the Giants, while Arizona has three against the Giants, six against Colorado, and four against St. Louis with 4.5 games to make up), and it would be a Divisional Series -- which the Cubs have been known to inexplicably blow.)

(Also: No D-backs in the playoffs, with the White Sox and Cubs, in all likelihood, in the playoffs? Take that, Geezer.)

Re: CP Commenter Strike Enters Second Day

chicago bureau — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:17:20 -0000

This would lead to another meltdown of the system. We don't want to fry two commenting platforms in the space of two days. This would make the Houston Astros feel even worse about getting one hit in two games.

By the way: Geezer, fundamentals, strong. Like wow. Pick -- six for Black Eagle (especially considering the new ad up this morning).