you never give me your money; you only give me your funny paper
I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter—of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three or four times … – Wm. Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1 A few friends shared David Brooks’s [...]
they’re all pussies, dicks and assholes
MSNBC senior analyst suspended for calling the President “a dick” MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin was suspended on Thursday by the cable network after he called President Obama “a dick” on a popular morning show and then quickly apologized. “I thought he was a kind of a dick yesterday,” Halperin, who also is an [...]
you sharp as a tack, you some type of lawyer or something
I thought I had another post lined up for Friday, but I guess I’m talking about President Obama’s birth certificate. In its racial aspects, this is an ugly moment. As Baratunde Thurston put it, it’s not shocking to hear a rich white man asking a black man for his papers in America, except that this [...]
you make me feel like I’m living a teenage dream
James Wolcott in Vanity Fair (February 2011): A blogger named David Seaton provided the keenest insight into the tactical superiority of Beck’s home-brewed surrealism. “To understand what Beck is doing, to understand him, you must suspend your capacity for rational thought and just let the emotions wash over you and try to take note of [...]
everywhere I go, people know the game I’m playing
Every nine months, I start talking about politics again. Roughly six months after that, I stop, realizing that my tone has become insufferable. As I slip further along into adulthood, I put a higher premium on being civil than on being right all the time. People can disagree with me – within earshot! – and [...]
god’s left hand wasn’t made to get by
Glenn Greenwald: At this point, I didn’t believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record. In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar Awlaki’s father asking a court to enjoin the President from assassinating his son, a U.S. citizen, without any due process, [...]
it's the answer to the neverending story
God damn it. God damn it. I almost made it the entire week without saying anything about the health care reboot bill. And then: Obama signs order on abortion in health care bill (AP): With little fanfare, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday designed to ensure that no federal money can be used [...]
and if the law don't get her then I will
To get a car registered in Massachusetts, you will need to do the following: Acquire auto insurance. This isn’t hard; you can do this online. But I should caution that it’s not quite as easy as buying a book on Amazon. Every insurance company wants to give you a quote if you enter a few [...]
it all depends upon your appetite
HOPE Twice in the span of eight hours on Sunday I saw “Yes You Can!” used as a marketing slogan. Once for a dry cleaning special, once for an online dating site. Aside from the sheer silliness of appropriating a Presidential campaign slogan for, well, dry cleaning or online dating, I have two follow-up questions: [...]
it's not a habit, it's cool; I feel alive
In part of a slow effort to improve my productivity, I cut myself off from as many political weblogs as possible over the last month or so. I refused to let myself get drawn into the minutiae that amateur pundits obsess over (OMG Palin’s expensive wardrobe! WTF Obama socialism!), because I knew it would only [...]
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